As Siperl expected, the old target ship sank to the bottom of the sea in 5 minutes, and in less than 12 minutes, the target ship was hit a total of 7 times. The last few shells were killing the dogs. "In the rapid fire stage, there is almost one shot every minute, if you calculate the probability, it is about 5%, and even if you count the front shot, you can also have 4% hits, which is already a high hit rate at this distance." Sippel fully demonstrated his professionalism at this moment, and in just a few minutes, he handed over the approximate hit to Scheer next to him.

"Based on the calculations of the airship and the observation points on land, the distance at which the first shell hit was about 8,300 meters. And the farthest hit distance has reached 9,200 meters. From this point of view, with the assistance of the new fire control system, a battleship with full heavy artillery centralized fire control can still hit the enemy at a longer distance, and in future wars, a longer engagement distance with a larger caliber gun is the best choice. Sippel added.

"Okay, let's leave these words to the Admiralty summary meeting, it's time to look at us, although the Westminster-class is a quasi-dreadnought, but we have three, we can't lose to the guests in the Far East." After a moment of contemplation, Scheer regained his aggressive nature! Shout out encouragement to your own men! The most indispensable thing for an army is the military spirit and the courage to win! And Scheer is such a person who is full of fighting spirit.

Half an hour later, a steamer dragged another target ship 8KM in front of the three Westminster-class battleships. The three battleships began to operate according to the fire control process, in order to facilitate communication between the three battleships. The three warships are connected by telephone lines, and information can be transmitted in real time at any time. In order to coordinate the relationship between the three warships.

As Germany's only first-class quasi-dreadnought, the Westminster-type battleship was a little behind the Longxing class in terms of fire control. One of the biggest problems is that the settlement of the shooting elements is not handed over to the independent calculation center, but to the commanders of each gun position to get the data according to the shooting table. In other words, the fire control department on the battleship provided a ranging and lateral data, and the fire control of the other dreadnoughts was not much different, plus the number of guns on the Westminster-class battleships was only 6, and the Germans had certain doubts about the effectiveness of the half-salvo, so the Westminster-class was forced to use a full salvo to find the target. In this way, in terms of efficiency, it is a little worse than the other party.

A salvo of 40 seconds on average was designed by the Germans in advance, and in order to minimize interference with each other. The Germans numbered three battleships and shot from 1 to 3! The three battleships maintained a distance of about 900 meters between them, and then began to pour lethal fire on the target ship.

With the roar of the giant cannon, the six 11-inch 40L main guns of the No. 1 battleship let out an earth-shattering roar! 6 ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS WEIGHING 240KG FLEW AT A SPEED OF 800+ METERS PER SECOND TO THE TARGET SHIP OUTSIDE THE 8 FRONT. If nothing else. The first round of shelling did not hit the opponent, and after the shells fell into the water, six water columns were scattered around the target ship. The rangefinder at the top of the mast quickly catches the splash of water and begins to observe the distance between the two.

"The shooting was very unsuccessful, and the walk of the battleship's guns was somewhat large. It is simply not possible to carry out an effective comparison shot. Sippel said as he looked through his telescope at the far water column. What could happen for Lang? In the tests of the Krupp gun factory, our 11-inch 40L gun had a nice walk. It was at least the same as the British 12-inch 40L Vickers gun. An officer next to him said in disbelief.

"It's probably a matter of settlement. The firing parameters of each turret are calculated independently, and in order to achieve a salvo, the pace of each turret must be the same. In a relatively tight time, there will be some differences in the settlement parameters of each turret. In this way, the actual combat walk will naturally expand. Sippel said with some concern.

And at this time, after the first ship completed the salvo. While loading ammunition and resting parameters, the second ship opened fire. But the result was still tragic, the walk of the 6 shells was in an oval shape, but it did not even reach the side of the target ship. This was followed by the third ship. After a salvo of three battleships, a full 18 shells did not get any meaningful results.

But what really depresses the Germans is still to come. The target ship was moving, and the position of the three German battleships was constantly changing, and the target ship entered the test site from the direction of the No. 1 ship, and as the target ship continued to move, it began to gradually approach the No. 2 ship and move away from the No. 1 ship. As a result, the time interval that had been set to prevent interference from the water column was not sufficient. And then something very interesting happened.

The rangefinder of the No. 1 ship saw a full 12 water columns in its own observation window! And in the next stage of design, when it was not the turn of the No. 1 ship to fire, the rangefinder of the No. 1 ship found that 6 water columns had already appeared in the shot! It makes people feel very funny, the former needless to say, naturally the impact time of the No. 1 ship and the No. 2 ship coincide, and the second situation is also very easy to explain, in the incident where the No. 1 ship should have been shooting, because of the distance problem, the shells of the No. 3 ship fell to the sea during this time, interfering with the observation of the No. 1 ship.

"It's all messed up, and if you continue to fight like this, it will only be a waste of time!" Scheer threw away the telescope in his hand a little impatiently and said angrily. Long-range shelling relies on columns of smoke and water as a reference to correct firing parameters, and if you can't even tell the difference between the water columns, then the rest of the shots can almost be considered blind, and now the Germans are facing this problem. None of the battleships could find the water column left by their shelling, or rather, the current comparison and observation were completely chaotic.

"All battleships stopped firing, reassigned the order and interval of firing." Looking at the clock hanging on the wall, 6 minutes have passed since the whole test, and the three Westminster-class battleships have not yet hit the target with a single shell, and the results of this comparative test are already clear. But Scheer still has to finish this road, and it is not terrible to lose, what is terrible is that he does not have the courage to face the reality and the courage to face it!

After several minutes of communication, the three German battleships recoordinated the firing sequence and widened the firing interval. Began to re-fire at the slow-moving target ship in the distance. In the rumbling gunfire, the three German battleships finally hit in the 15th minute, and an 11-inch shell from the No. 2 ship smashed into the rear of the target ship after crossing a graceful arc in the air, and it can be clearly seen through the telescope, and a hole was made in the waterline part of the target ship, but the after-effect was not very obvious.

"The power of the 11-inch shell is not enough. Vickers's 12-inch bomb hit only 2 hits and half-crippled a target ship of the same model. The research and development progress of our large-caliber heavy artillery needs to be accelerated. Scheer said worriedly.

"The Westminster-class 11-inch 40L gun has only 240KG of shells. The shells of the Vickers 12-inch 45L gun are 386KG. The bullet weight is more than 50% higher than ours. The effect of hitting the same ship is naturally different. To be honest, I also doubt the performance of the small-caliber guns on the warships of the high seas battleship fleet, the past practice of relying on the rate of fire in exchange for the amount of projection has become undesirable, in actual combat the advantage of the rate of fire of the artillery is very limited, but the effect of the powerful heavy artillery with deep penetration is more obvious. Sippel nodded, agreeing with Scher.

The result of this contest was that the German High Seas Fleet lost very badly, very badly, and it took a full 35 minutes to send the old target ship to the bottom of the sea. On average, each battleship consumed 45 shells per gun. The superiority of the high rate of fire of the German vertical gun bolt guns, limited by the backward fire control system, was not manifested. The actual performance is similar to the rate of fire of the Vickers 12-inch 45L main gun.

And the most criticized thing by the German Navy was the power of the German 11-inch 40L gun, "The armament on our battleships is simply a combination of toothpick cannons and cream shells!" Our caliber is an inch smaller than the British, and the weight of our shells is more than 50% lower! We need larger caliber artillery and heavier shells. In addition, personally, I absolutely do not accept the fact that the new capital ships that will be built in the future will be equipped with 11-inch guns, even if it is a new 11-inch 50L main gun. Afterwards, General Scheer said this when he confronted Admiral Tirpitz.

And the results of this comparative test made Tirpitz mixed feelings, one new warship actually had higher combat effectiveness than three quasi-dreadnoughts. And in the future, the Imperial German Navy was equipped with such warships. Ask yourself, Tirpitz did not believe that the Westminster-class was less combat-ready than the British dreadnoughts, and after this test, Tirpitz could determine that the role of the British dreadnoughts, which were large in numbers, would be very limited in future naval battles.

As for worrying? The result is also very clear, the gunnery shooting of the three battleships can be described as miserable compared to the Chinese fleet, although there is the problem of lagging behind the tons of fire control, although there is a gap in artillery performance, but one of the unavoidable points is that the German Navy is too lacking in actual combat. After all, the German Navy had never tried its skills on the battlefield, and at most some officers participated in the Spanish-American War.

"If you can, in the future Sino-Russian war, we can temper our naval team, and if you have equipment, you have to continue to hone yourself in actual combat." Tirpitz said in his heart.

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