Chu Tingchang continued to pinch the watch and wait, this time it was reloaded in 17 minutes. The enemy anchored over there, but did not move. Although the drone observed that the shot just now only hit the side of the bridge on the side of the ship, which seemed insignificant, which also meant that the enemy had 17 minutes to escape, but the enemy ship only had a steam turbine and a heavy oil boiler, no diesel engine, and the card could not run away for a while. Now they're probably dying. In addition, the drone sent a message that it was observed from the air that the thick artificial smoke ahead was sufficient. However, it is necessary to continue to increase the smoke so that the huge air currents from the muzzles of the guns do not blow away some of the smoke.

Chu Tingchang did not continue to wait for the thunder and lightning in the sky, in fact, the thunderstorm seemed to be about to stop, and he decisively gave the order to shoot.

On the Kaohsiung, Toshihei Inoguchi was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, waiting for the power to recover, he hated himself for not maintaining the boiler pressure in order to save a little fuel, of course, at that time he felt that it didn't matter, thinking that no one could help such a huge ship, but now it was clear that there was heavy artillery bombarding him, but he couldn't move. Fundamentally speaking, this kind of underestimation of the enemy is due to the fact that he looks down on the army from the bottom of his heart, and feels that the army has no technical content, and it is very pediatric in terms of firepower, mobility, defense, and communication capabilities. It is not the same as a warship integrated with high technology.

"Army intelligence is really a bastard, and the enemy fortress here is not even drawn on the map." The pig gritted his teeth. He stared closely to the west, he roughly knew that the direction of the shells was there, but no one saw the fire, and it was also surprising, even at night, there were watchmen on duty on the ship, how could it be that he didn't find out after two shots, in fact, not only his ship, but the entire fleet didn't see it. Could it be that the enemy is a curved shot? It's almost impossible, where there is a curvature to shoot, where to hit. It was also reported that the angle at which the shell had just penetrated was apparently flat. Now, his seaplane has fallen into the sea and cannot take off, but he has telegraphed the Atago to prepare for take-off seaplane reconnaissance, even if it is raining, and the enemy must be found. Then teach him a lesson with the heaviest artillery fire.

The third shell pierced through the smoke and flew straight through. Chu Tingchang lowered the muzzle of the gun, and the expected hit position was below the area that had just hit.

The shell hit the side of the ship below the bridge. Piercing the weak armor directly, drilling into the boiler room. Since neither Chu Tingchang nor Cook knew the location of the ship's ammunition depot, they aimed under the mast, but this was not the ammunition depot but the boiler room.

The sailors who flocked here were trying to fulfill the commander's instructions to prepare the car, but the ship burned heavy oil, and unlike the traditional warships that shoveled coal, the large number of people did not necessarily have an immediate effect, but made the place chaotic.

The shell pierced the boiler and smashed into the crowd. The maximum delay set by Company Commander He Bisheng at random was obviously inhumane, making some of the wounded who were scalded by the hot steam think that they could still escape.

The explosion that occurred half a second apart destroyed the boiler and ignited the fuel pipeline, which was fatal and made it almost impossible for the ship to start up immediately with half of its boiler. Within ten seconds, high-pressure steam was spreading through some of the chambers, adding to the confusion.

Tao Mingzhang observed from a distance and did not see much explosion and fire. He reported the hit to the rear, but probably missed the vital point.

Chu Ting couldn't bear it, scolded Shengniang, and ordered to move the muzzle horizontally, which was quite an outrageous move, because it meant that he had to play with flowers again. The original practice of aiming first and then blocking the line of sight with smoke still has a rationality, but now it is necessary to move the direction when the target is completely out of sight, which is a bit of a blind shot. Of course, because the enemy ships in front of the report did not move, it seems that it is still possible to try.

Reloading is still ongoing, and the barrel has begun to move 1.5 positions. This means that the impact point will deviate by about 45 meters from ten kilometers away. The expected hit position will be below the No. 1 main gun.

Within 15 minutes, the shell was reloaded. Chief Chu ordered half of the filling squad to be replaced to maintain the loading efficiency. At the same time, wait for the drone to measure. Because the 47-fold-long barrel of the train gun is so conspicuous in the air, the drone can measure the barrel pointing to estimate the error accumulated during each shot, reseat, and resetting on an unstable train platform. After UAV observation, the lightning strike error exists, but it cancels each other out, and it can still hit the target.

He gave the order to open fire.

The shells were fired at the Kaohsiung again, burrowing under the No. 2 turret next to the No. 1 turret, where there was a self-loading bomb lifter, which was carrying the * bag, because Inoguchi ordered a counterattack at any time.

419 and Tao Mingzhang observed at the same time that the shells did not explode long after each time they penetrated the simplified body. Shu Ping considered that the delay was too large, and there was a risk of breaking through the non-armored belt and exploding in the sea, but it was too late to warn. For the time being, the positions they are going to hit are protected by armor.

The delayed chain explosion lifted the No. 2 turret entirely, and Osa Inoguchi was on the bridge, watching it fly up in front of his eyes, and then fell heavily and smashed into the turret in front.

Hearing that the enemy ship exploded violently, Chu Ting breathed a long sigh of relief, and it seemed that with a few more heavy blows under the waterline, this heavy patrol could be solved. But the drone observed that on the other side of the sandbar, the Atago was taking off as a seaplane, and now that the rain has subsided, the plane could take off at any time, and once the plane is in the air, it will be a major threat. Dozens of kilometers away, the Longxiang is also preparing for emergency takeoff, but the fixed-wing aircraft must consider the difficulty of landing in the rain at night, and the determination to take off is obviously difficult to make.

419 decided to let Pavilion Chief Chu make this decision. He felt that the first heavy patrol was already meat on the chopping board, so it was better to put it first. So it was decided to shoot at the second heavy cruiser. Before starting to shoot, of course, he pretended to ask Tao Mingzhang for the target location.

This request simply made Tao Mingzhang dumbfounded. With his level of knowledge, it is completely unimaginable that such a possibility can still hit. If it is said that the first shot is aimed first, and then the height is corrected, in fact, it is within a reasonable range; Then the shot that hit the turret after correcting the direction can still be explained, after all, because the target has not changed, the enemy ship has not moved, and its hull is very long. But what the division wants now is to completely rely on the work on the map to complete the shooting of the replacement target. In particular, the berthing direction of this heavy patrol is very small at an angle to the line of fire, and its side length cannot effectively increase the hit rate.

However, Tao Mingzhang thought about it for a while: "After all, those shells have been fired?" ”

As soon as this thought arose, he began to believe in Ma Youyi, and he thought: Perhaps, the gods and Buddhas of the heavens are thinking of saying goodbye to the English God? After all, Tianzhu is the chassis of the Buddha.

He began to use the steering wheel to measure the azimuth of the target, and if it weren't for the fact that the enemy turned on part of the lights for the seaplane operation, he wouldn't even be able to see the ship. Of course, such a faint outline still could not be measured, and he judged from the map that the enemy was at the other end of the sandbar in the middle of the river, and estimated that the distance should be about 11.5 kilometers. He reported the bearing to his superiors and the distance he had judged. The 419 calculated the distance to be 1207.4 meters earlier than him. Tao Mingzhang could not see clearly the distance of the enemy ship from the sandbank, so it was inevitable that he would make a mistake in his judgment. This 500-meter error only allowed the shells to hit the sandbar instead of the target.

Chu Tingchang's side operated the cannon according to the 419 shooting table. The people who were replaced either went to the front to cut down trees and burn them to increase the smoke, or they prayed together and prayed that Emperor Guan would appear and give the god who did not appear a little ugly.

Behind the mountain beam, Cook received a report from the forward observation post that the Chinese shot every time, and at first he did not think so, thinking that it was actually the credit of his own aiming, and the Chinese were just making some corrections in the high and low. Later, he heard that the Chinese began to move the direction of the shooting boundary, and they were hit again, which was completely beyond his imagination, and he thought that there would be no more exciting news coming, and the Kaohsiung might be shot repeatedly. He didn't leave anyone on the train, and he didn't know the latest and craziest developments for the time being.

The cannon sounded, and the British, who were lying in the observation position, hurriedly observed the Kaohsiung to see if there exploded this time. But the shells went straight to the farther one.

The angle between the Atago and the train's artillery line was only 15 degrees, and the projection area, or bombed area, was very small, but the tactical requirement was that the shell not only hit it, but also hit the right side accurately, destroying the seaplane that was about to take off. Sure enough, the shell cut through this side, pierced through the secondary gun turret, stopped under the ship's side, and exploded after a pause, tearing the seaplane that was about to eject to pieces.

The British on the hill hastened to report to Cook that the hit, but not the Kaohsiung, but the Atago, which was farther away. Major Cook's mouth was opening wider and wider, and his jaw was about to drop. So far, the hit rate of these Chinese layman's guns is 100%, that is, there are no shells that have been prayed for in those nonsense methods. How could they quickly change the target without visual conditions and hit back? How could the gods they were asking for be so effective?

419 informed Chief Chu that the muzzle velocity of the cannon had been measured to continue to decrease. Probably related to the fact that the internal * residue was not cleaned, or the continuous firing barrel was heated and expanded, which would soon affect the accuracy, Chu Tingchang said that he did not have time to clean the chamber or wait for it to cool down, and hoped to provide corrections. Of course, Shu Ping counted the muzzle velocity through the muzzle flash and the time difference of the hit, and it was not difficult to calculate a general trend according to the list and predict the error caused by the next shot. Another suggestion from Shuping was to reset the delay, which he felt could not be used against a warship with a delay in shooting pillboxes. Because some parts of the target are weak, there is a possibility of piercing. Commander Chu immediately called Company Commander He over and scolded him, but it didn't help, he didn't pay attention to it when the British professor operated.

The heavy artillery began to lower its muzzle and prepare to fire at the Atago waterline. This reload was completed in 14 minutes, which is 3 times more efficient than the British standard.

The shells again hit the target accurately. Tao Mingzhang reported that the Atago tilted to one side, apparently not only penetrating and causing flooding, but the Kaohsiung, which was still breathing, began to activate and was escaping at a very slow pace.

Chief Chu asked him again to provide the position of the Kaohsiung, which was even more amazing, he was going to shoot at the sports target. But no one doubted that he would be able to hit. After all, the length of the warship is sufficient, and it moves very slowly.

Of course, Shu Ping was easy to calculate the amount of advance, and he was not worried about the enemy's deception and sudden turn, because it was measured that the Kaohsiung was currently only at a miserable speed of 4 knots, and there was not enough rudder effect for him to make a turn.