"Boom, boom, boom......"

12:11 p.m. At a distance of 27 kilometers between the two sides, the first test firing of four overweight cruisers of the Chinese fleet took place, and eight 280-mm shells whizzed towards the Dutch fleet.

The first test launch of the "Boom Boom Boom ......" all failed, and the nearest one was more than 500 meters away from the Dutch fleet.

"Damn, this is an 11-inch class naval gun, this is not a Fuxi class! They should be Qingcheng class! How do their eyes grow?" Cruyff said angrily as he looked at the splashing water column, but his expression was full of smiles at all.

As an old navy, as long as you listen to the sound of shells flying by, and then look at the splashing water column, you can accurately judge the caliber of the opponent's artillery. Obviously, this kind of water column is definitely not a 14-inch main gun of the Fuxi class.

However, he also knew that this could not be blamed on the incompetence of the scouts, but only on the Chinese who were too perverted, and they actually built the capital ships of the three levels "Fuxi", "Qinling" and "Qingcheng" to be almost identical, whether it was the length of the hull, or the side line type and weapon layout. If you don't look closer, you can't see it at all.

However, this also made him feel confident that if the opposite side was really four Fuxi-class, this battle would be really difficult to fight. Don't look at ▲□ Netherlands has five battleships, but the Dutch monarch class only has 8 main guns, a total of 40. The Fuxi class has 12 main guns, and the four ships have 48 guns. In this traditional naval battle, it is a comparison of whose pipe is thicker, and in the case of similar thickness, it is more than whose pipe. 40-door 14-inch vs. 48-door 360 mm, no matter what, there is no advantage.

But now it's different, if the other party is only 4 Qingcheng-class, it will be crushed. 40-door 14-inch to 32-door 280mm, that's not too easy. Such a thing without suspense is to think with your knees, and you know who loses and who wins.

But now there are still two problems that are not easy to solve, the first is speed, as far as he knows, the speed of the Qingcheng class is 26 to 27 knots, while the Dutch monarch level can only reach 22 knots, if the other party wants to run, he will not be able to catch up anyway.

The second is the problem of firing range, although the tubes of the Qingcheng class are thinner, but their range is longer than that of the Dutch monarch class, according to what he learned before, the Chinese 280-mm naval guns are from the technology of the Austro-Hungarian company Skoda, and their effective range can reach 26-27 km. In the past, he thought that this information was exaggerated, but now it seems that it is not exaggerated at all, and the other party's range is indeed so far.

Cruyff would not think that the Chinese Navy was firing indiscriminately, and he was not Japan's secondary school.

But the Dutch monarch is more embarrassed. Their main guns are exactly the same as those of the Japanese Kongo class, and they are all Opium Ox's "Wicks" MKA 14-inch 45-fold diameter main guns. Prior to World War I, the Royal Navy estimated that battleships and rangers would not be more than 20 kilometers away from each other, due to the low visibility in the North Atlantic and the immaturity of fire control and sighting systems. Therefore, the maximum elevation angle of the main guns produced by their family is limited to 20 degrees, and the effective firing range is about 20 kilometers.

Later, inspired by the Sino-Japanese naval battle, the Dutch Navy asked Weeks to raise the maximum elevation angle of the "Dutch Monarch" main gun to 28 degrees in order to achieve a higher firing range. As a result, Wicks redesigned the projectile pusher and curved elevator track to synchronize the barrel with the barrel. However, the Dutch discovered in practice that this new system could still work properly at lower elevation angles, and once the elevation angle exceeded 25 degrees, the hydraulic system that drove the projectile device was not under enough pressure when pushing the projectile, and sometimes the force of the shell was not enough when pushing into the chamber, and the rifling did not grasp the closed loop so that the shell slipped backwards.

Originally, the Dutch planned to continue to revise it, but this plan was interrupted by the First World War. Therefore, although the current Dutch Monarch class can shoot at 28 degrees, due to the limitation of the projectile device, the maximum loading elevation angle is still limited to less than 20 degrees. If the firing angle exceeds 20 degrees, the firing speed and accuracy will be greatly reduced, and if it is used for shore bombardment, it can be improvised, but if it is used for naval warfare, it is a fool.

Therefore, the effective firing range of the main gun of the Dutch monarch class is theoretically 25 kilometers, but in practice it is only about 21 kilometers, so as to ensure the combat rate of fire of one round per minute (the theoretical rate of fire is 2 rounds per minute), if you really use a 28-degree elevation angle to shoot, the rate of fire is difficult to guarantee even one shot in two minutes. Besides, with the capabilities of the current fire control system of the Dutch, it is difficult to guarantee a hit at a range of more than 20 km, and it is really necessary to hit according to the theoretical range of 25 km, which is better than hitting the moon.

Cruyff calculated in his heart, and felt that although the two sides were so plus and minus, although he had the advantage, he still had to fight.

However, the information he got was already the old emperor's calendar. After the Qingcheng class has replaced the power system, the maximum speed has been increased to 30. 5 knots. And the maximum firing range of the main gun is 43 km.

The first large-caliber artillery of the Chinese Navy was indeed developed in cooperation with the Austro-Hungarian company Skoda, but the composition of the naval gun was not only artillery, but also turret and fire control. The turrets of the Chinese capital ships have been replaced with new turrets, the elevation angle has been greatly increased to 45 degrees (it was also 20 degrees when it was originally built in the United States), and the shell loading system has also been improved, and the ultimate rate of fire can reach 4 rounds per minute (the 280mm gun rate of the original German Scharnhurst class was 3 rounds per minute). 5 rounds), the combat rate of fire is also guaranteed 2 per minute. 5 rounds.

Not to mention the fire control system, such as the Qingcheng class, although China still pretends to be ignorant on the surface to call them "cruisers", but in fact they are still used as capital ships, and it has everything that a capital ship should have. What fire control radar, ballistic radar, fire control computer are all equipped. These software advances can make the effective range of the Qingcheng class reach an astonishing 35 kilometers, of course, this is an ideal condition, in the current weather and sea conditions, it can only ensure an effective range of about 25 kilometers.

If Cruyff knew the true number of Qingcheng, he didn't know what his expression would be, presumably it would be a hundred thousand divine beasts roaring past him.

"Keep going full speed!" Cruyff ordered. He knew that his cannon would not be able to hit his opponent at this distance, and although the maximum range of their main gun could reach 38 kilometers, that distance was no different from hitting the moon.

In his opinion, although the other party's range is farther than his, no matter how far it goes, it is only an 11-inch gun, while the Dutch monarch class is a regular super dreadnought, and it is not afraid at all. Although Niu Niu often cheats people, he still has a very good conscience about the two younger brothers, Japan and the Netherlands, and the warships built for them are quite good. The main equipment of the Dutch Monarch class is completely immune to 12-inch naval guns, and even against the real Fuxi class, it is guaranteed to penetrate each other.

The 11-inch cannon is afraid of hair, even if it hits, it will be nothing. And with the Qingcheng-level body, if you take a 14-inch shell, it will be a lot of fun. Besides, he still has a backhand.

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12:26.

In the wind and rain of the Java Sea, nine war beasts built by the most advanced technology of human industrial civilization chased each other in the waves, and their majestic figures made of tens of thousands of tons of steel loomed in the wind and waves. These war monsters are set off by the gloomy wind and rain, but also show a fierce killing atmosphere, they are the crystallization of human industrial civilization, each of which is only a top industrial power can create a top creation.

The four battleships that were "fleeing" in front did not show any panic, they hung unhurriedly from their opponents behind, and their thick gun muzzles erupted from time to time with fireballs. They are constantly probing, ready to deliver a fatal blow to their opponents. And the five battleships that were desperately chasing in the rear, even under the fire of the other side, looked very calm and continued to advance firmly.

"Detachment leader, they're catching up......" the deputy captain reported.

"Well, keep keeping your distance, let's continue to fly kites...... By the way, let the Purple Electricity move away from them......" Leon ordered. He didn't panic at all, anyway, his task was to firmly hold off the main force of the Dutch Far East Fleet, and just wait for Gao Yujie's main fleet to come over and clean up the other party, and there was no need to fight hard.

Of course, he wouldn't mind eating one or two if he had the chance. Although the speed of the Qingcheng-class can ensure that the task force can always lead the Dutch battleship by the nose, this kind of negative circle is not Li Ang's style, if it is just to contain the other party, how can it be worthy of him leading the fleet for the first time?

"Lao Qin, how long will it take for them to arrive?"

"It's about three hours ......," Qin Wenbin, the chief of staff, replied by looking at the monitor.

"Shen Honglie, where have they been?"

"The Seventh Patrol is going around at full speed, and it will take about 20 minutes to reach the planned position......

Li Ang walked up to the battle analysis computer and carefully observed the position of friend and foe on the display screen. After a while, he said: "If you just hang them like this, and keep them out of range all the time, I fear that the Dutch will run away." ”

Qin Wenbin said: "Indeed, if they are only beaten and can't fight back, I'm afraid they will have to change their plans." If they retreat, there's nothing we can do to stop them......"

Although the iron turtles in the Netherlands can't catch up with the Qingcheng class, if they want to go, the Qingcheng class can't stop these iron turtles.

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12:48 p.m.

While the main forces of the two sides were entangled, the four light cruisers of the 7th Cruiser Detachment quietly made a large circle around the outer line at a high speed of 33 knots and came to the back of the Dutch fleet. Because the Dutch seaplanes were frightened and did not dare to take off, and without these heavenly eyes, the Dutch fleet was greatly reduced in the distance between the enemy and the enemy, so they did not detect the whereabouts of these four light cruisers at all.

At this time, on the light cruiser Daijiang, the flagship of the Seventh Cruise, the detachment leader, Colonel Shen Honglie, was watching the Dutch fleet in front of him with tears and laughter.

"Good fellows, five Queen Regent-class and one Seven Province Union-class shore defense battleships, six Dutch-class protective cruisers...... Li Kaicheng also thinks too highly of me, I only have four light cruisers here, I'm afraid it will break my stomach......"

The political commissar said beside him: "Old Shen, we don't need to eat them all, just hurt a few ships." ”

"If we don't eat a few more ships, wouldn't our Seventh Patrol run for nothing? There are not many opportunities like this, if we wait until the main force of the High Commander comes, where will we still have a chance?" Shen Honglie said seriously.

Of course, he still has something to say in his heart, if he returns empty-handed this time, wouldn't it make Li Kaicheng's kid see a joke? If he doesn't take the opportunity to earn a few results, how can he compete with the other three guys.

The political commissar looked at him, smiled slightly and nodded slightly, and did not speak again.

At present, in the Chinese Navy, there is the saying of the "Four King Kongs", that is, the four best young Zhuang officers, namely Colonel Wang Guangxing, the leader of the Second Patrol Detachment, Colonel Li Ang, the leader of the Third Patrol Detachment, Colonel Gong Xuetu, the deputy head of the Second Aircraft Carrier Detachment and the captain of the Qin Dynasty aircraft carrier, and Colonel Shen Honglie of the Seventh Patrol.

The competition between these four people can be described as fierce and abnormal, and in the current situation, Shen Honglie is from the bottom position of the four. Li Ang and Wang Guangxing became the commanders of the 1st and 2nd Task Forces, respectively, although this was said to be a temporary fleet, and it was to be disbanded after the mission was completed. But the meaning of the above is already obvious, as long as you are not a fool, you can see it. As long as the Netherlands is finished this time, these two guys will definitely be brigadier generals. And the detachment leader of the second aviation is about to be promoted to the president of HNA University, and the deputy detachment leader Gong Xuetu will definitely become a regular, and this position is the rank of brigadier general.

Shen Honglie now feels that Yali Mountain is big, and if he doesn't make some gains as capital, the gap will be even greater.

"Lao Bu, don't worry, although our Seventh Patrol is a light cruiser, it is the latest 10,000-ton light cruiser, and there is no problem in fighting those old ships. Shen Honglie said with great ambition: "Don't look at these Dutch ships more than us, and the pipes are thicker than ours, but they are all 20-year-old ships." Their 280 guns are not as far as our 155 guns. Besides, we have submarines to help......"

At this time, the Dutch fleet also discovered this Chinese fleet.

On the bridge of the Seven Provinces Soyuz, the flagship of the Dutch Second Column, the commander of the Second Column, Rear Admiral Worcester, looked at the four Chinese cruisers approaching and was very surprised.

"What's going on? Why is there still a Chinese fleet here? Obviously out of disadvantage, they still dare to divide their forces?"

The chief of staff put down the binoculars and said with a solemn expression: "These four should be China's latest Huaihe-class light cruisers, with a displacement of 10,000 tons, equipped with 15 155 mm main guns and 14 100 mm secondary guns, and the firepower is quite powerful......"

Woosette nodded and said, "It seems that Chinese wants us to ask for help from the Lord, let our main force return for help, and disrupt our plans......"

He also knew very well that although he had six shore defense battleships and six protective cruisers under his command, which looked like a large number, they were all outdated old ships. Although the shore defense battleship has the name of a battleship, its performance is extremely inferior. These six ships combined, although there were 2 280-mm guns, 10 9. 4-inch (240mm) guns, if they really fight, it is really hard to say whether they can win against those light cruisers equipped with new 155 guns.