More importantly, because the British warship was originally designed and built in accordance with the requirements of the side-chord bombardment, this kind of battle was much more advantageous for the British warship than when the bow was against the enemy before, and the important parts were covered with thick armor, and if the non-important parts were hit by armor-piercing shells, the armor-piercing shells would often directly penetrate the hull and fall into the sea, which could not cause fatal damage to the two Kent-class heavy cruisers at all

And if the Chinese fleet saw that it was good and left the British Far East Fleet with the shame of being shaved for once, then they naturally had nothing to do, but at this time, everyone also noticed that the maximum speed of other warships was much faster than their own, as long as they wanted to escape, they would not be able to catch up, so why waste their strength needlessly and fall into the enemy's calculations? What's more, even if they escape now, the opportunity for revenge will appear soon, you must know that this is only a hundred kilometers away from Singapore, no matter how fast the Chinese warships are, can they be faster than the British planes flying from Singapore?

Ye Fei naturally thought of Singapore's British fighters for a long time, but because the radar screen has not been displayed, so he can make up his mind to continue to fight with the British warships, with the carrier-based radar's anti-aircraft detection capability, Singapore's planes should be discovered soon after liftoff, and the distance of more than 100 kilometers will take at least ten minutes even at the speed of the aircraft, which is enough for the task force to get rid of these British warships, and the officers and men of the task force now have strong confidence in the shipborne air defense system, As long as it is not engaged with British warships and aircraft at the same time, it is still generally believed that it can be completely escaped, especially if the enemy aircraft wants to capture the task force, they must disperse and search. It's easier to deal with

But no matter what, it was always right to kill the remaining two British heavy cruisers as soon as possible, and Ye Fei was always a little uneasy in his heart, feeling as if he had missed something. As a precaution, Ye Fei ordered the use of a special bomb for the first time since the fleet set sail -- a tail stabilized shell-piercing shell with a depleted uranium alloy core

"Generally speaking, this kind of shell is used to deal with heavy armor targets, compared to the terrible armor-piercing ability of 203 mm depleted uranium armor-piercing shells, the armor protection of heavy cruiser warships is obviously too weak up to 100 mm, even if the speed of the shell hit during long-range shelling is limited and greatly affects the armor-piercing ability, it is very likely to fall into the sea after directly penetrating the hull. That wouldn't be too lethal." Li Siping, an ammunition expert specially sent to the fleet by Hu Weidong before going to sea, did not agree with Ye Fei's use of depleted uranium shells at first, because his analysis of the characteristics of depleted uranium shells showed that this new type of armor-piercing bomb was not suitable for attacking targets such as heavy cruisers. But then Li Siping thought that any weapon would need to be tested in actual combat to fully understand its advantages and disadvantages, and the People's Navy was not rich enough to provide special target ships for this new type of shell, so he still agreed to fire three rounds of each main gun in order to collect data.

The results of the shelling of the 8 rear main guns were disappointing. Due to the distance. The first round of shelling hit only 1 shot. And because the depleted uranium armor-piercing shell cannot explode, there is no obvious movement after the hit, and it would be too good if it were not an optical instrument of German origin. It was difficult for the observers of the task force to even determine that the shells hit the target. Li Siping had expected this, and spread his hands and said, "I said it, if it is not an advanced weapon, it must be easy to use, it depends on the specific situation." ”

"It is impossible for a cannonball to sink a warship in a few rounds", Ye Fei replied stiffly, and at the same time ordered the warship to turn around and sail towards the enemy ship, and instead bombarded the main gun, while closing the distance to improve the hit rate of the shells, after all, even if he is a layman, he knows how precious depleted uranium armor-piercing shells are.

However, Li Siping frowned more and more, "If you get closer, the kinetic energy of the shell will be greater, and the possibility of penetrating the hull of the enemy ship is greater, and the actual destructive power will be even worse."

However, after closing the distance, even if it was only close to 1 km, the hit rate of the naval guns did have a qualitative leap, the first salvo of the 8 main guns hit 3 rounds, and the second salvo hit 7 rounds, Li Siping only continued to shake his head when he saw this, even if all the shells that could not explode hit, what use would it be for a big guy like a warship? Suddenly, however, his eyes widened, for he saw smoke billowing from the heavy cruiser "Kent", which had been shelled

"This must have been the spontaneous combustion of the depleted uranium powder abrasioned during the penetration process due to the high temperature, which caused the fire on the ship! It's just that I didn't expect that it could have such a big impact on the warship, and the fire caused by depleted uranium shells was easy to extinguish with the relatively large space inside the warship", Li Siping's expression became more and more excited, and he shouted hysterically in the middle of the sound, "Lean up, lean up, catch a few live Britons, I want to ask about the specific effect after the hit!" ”

Ye Fei couldn't help but twitch his face, thinking to himself that this master thought that it was so easy to grab his tongue in a naval battle? But the fleet was ordered to continue the approaching artillery bombardment, and after the third round of shelling, the Kent was completely covered in smoke, the fire spread everywhere, and the warship was almost completely incapacitated.

Just when the remaining officers and men of the British Far East Fleet were almost desperate, the British planes from Singapore finally arrived at the battlefield, and it was not until the officers and men of the task force saw the group of planes that they began to display signals on the ship's air defense radar, which made the radar crews feel ashamed and full of puzzlement.

It turned out that the British were quite familiar with the characteristics of radar, and after learning that the enemy ships were equipped with powerful radars, the British Air Force and Naval Aviation Units in Singapore came up with a very targeted combat plan for penetrating defense at low altitudes to avoid radar detection. Due to the limitation of the earth's curved surface, the shipborne short-wave radar of the task force has a detection distance of only about 20 kilometers for low-flying targets, while the radar waves emitted by the long-wave radar can go around the curved surface of the earth, but the resolution of the long-wave radar is very poor. They had to rush to meet the almost overwhelming Singaporean British bombers, but they were soon pleasantly surprised to find that the British bombers did not seem to be difficult to deal with (to be continued......