Chapter 626 Night Battle Unparalleled 8

Parameters, I need the parameters of three-wheel shooting!"

"Angle 23."

"Southeast wind, 12.6 meters per second."

"The wave height is 3.6 meters!"

"The distance is 14,327 meters!"

"The muzzle is skewed to the left by 3°, shaking."

The telephone continuously brings the parameters from the external observers of the warship into the fire control module. In the shouting of the non-commissioned officer, the soldiers set them to the mechanical computer. The computer driven by the high-precision gears quickly adjusts the next round of shooting elements according to these parameters, and then converts them into electronic signals, through the secret The wire of hemp is transmitted to the turret follow-up gyroscope and synchronous motor.

Then, the three triple 380mm/L47 naval guns of Guam and Medan automatically rotated, and the barrel of the barrel moved up and down with the waves, aimed at the shaky opponent under the illumination bomb in the distance.

The naval gun follow-up system, or RPC, is another major killer of the Guam-class or Xinhua Navy in adverse weather conditions after the radar!

From the beginning of the bad weather in the Bus Strait, Li Mo has always dreamed of solving the weakness of the poor combat ability of warships in bad weather and high sea conditions. At that time, due to electronic technology limitations, the system did not make a breakthrough for a long time. It was not until the construction of the Guam class began, and it was installed on the Hebei-class battleships.

With the outbreak of the war and the price factor limiting the number of equipment was ignored, this system has now become the standard equipment of the Xinhua Navy, and even the latest Chongming Island-class destroyers have begun to be installed.

The fourth round of s shot.

"Boom."

The column of water kept rising from the side of the Guba. When Seymour and Bernice looked more and more ugly, they didn't expect that the naval guns of the Xinhua Navy could be so accurate in such bad sea conditions. When they were about to order the disbandment of the formation to break through, a huge fire flashed around them.

14,500 tons, the U.S. Tennessee-class armored cruiser Montana, which was once considered a battleship when it was launched, became the first victim. Because of the darkness, no one knew who it was hit by it. Although this credit was later recorded on the light cruiser Ussuri River, which had been bombarding at him, Many years later, the underwater research team gave the answer.

A huge wound cracked from the side of the stern of the USS Montana. It was a secondary gun ammunition depot that was hit by a 380mm. Because the Tennessee class was still an old-fashioned gun, and at that time, in order to save costs, the Americans adopted a unified ammunition depot design of the secondary gun, so it was 1052 pieces of 152 mm. After the shell was detonated, a large 30-meter-long wound was opened directly on the sideboard side.

Even when the wind is calm, this kind of trauma is enough to be fatal, not to mention the high sea conditions of rainstorms and strong winds, so before the Montana sends a distress signal, it quickly turns over and disappears into the waves.

The rapid sinking of the Montana was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Allied soldiers, especially for the U.S. soldiers on the remaining three Tennessee-class armored cruisers, they were shivering with only one thought in their hearts.

"Why are you always injured in the United States!"

Like the United Kingdom, due to insufficient preparation for the expansion of the world naval super-specification competition before the war, after a large number of veteran sailors were transferred to the new warships for service, these old warships and cruisers were all novices who were transferred from the reserve. With the sinking of a large number of American capital ships, the old sailors were killed, injured, and the consequences were evil. Finally, it began to appear that these reserve sailors had no intention to fight at all. After only hitting a string of signal lights to allow them to leave, they deflected the bow and began to accelerate their departure from the formation.

Seeing the three Tennessee-class armored cruisers with deflected bows, Seymour almost wanted to catch these Americans and shoot them all, because the enemy was a sneak attack, and the fleet had not yet completed the formation. In addition, in order to reduce the probability of discovery, a more dense wedge-shaped navigation formation was used. So as soon as Tennessee, which was originally blocked on the far left, walked away, the Australian, which was injured in the middle, was immediately exposed to the enemy's fire.

The Tumenjiang, which is only 8,000 meters away from the enemy, was the first to find this change. With the help of flares, the captain soon found the huge body of the USS Australia in the middle of the gap and immediately commanded 12 152mm main guns to shoot all the armor-piercing shells.

72 152mm shells per minute may not hurt the battlecruisers with shells from other countries. However, in order to enhance the killing ability of the light patrol main gun, Xinhua Equipment and Technology Department has spent a lot of effort to develop 152mm armor-piercing shells, and also used tungsten for the first time, although it has not reached the tungsten alloy armor-piercing shells in later generations. , but Australia is only the earliest tireless battle patrol, and the protection is already very weak.

Although after the gap was opened, Australia also saw the Tumenjiang firing desperately. The four double 305 guns kept roaring back, but the wind and waves were so great that the hull was already shaking fiercely. When the shells were fired, they were floating and could not hit at all. On the other hand, although the Tumenjiang's body was lighter and had a greater impact, The naval gun follow-on system ensures that it can maintain a considerable hit rate under high sea conditions.

After three minutes of heavy rain, the Tumenjiang finally made a great contribution. Several armor-piercing bullets drilled through the protective armor of the bow of 5 inches (127 mm). After being blocked, the trajectory was deflected and plunged down into the torpedo launch tube at the waterline.

Although the 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo in the launch tube is not as powerful as the spear, the power after detonation is still extremely amazing. What's more, the fragments after the torpedo explosion also penetrated the torpedo ammunition chamber behind, causing the USS Australia to be split in half of the axe, and hundreds of tons of seawater filled the bow in an instant. With 12 empty warehouses, the war patrol was also hit hard in front of the buttocks, and plunged into the bottom of the sea.

Perhaps this is the most bizarre sinking in the world. Although it was very dark, several chefs on the Tumenjiang still recorded this scene with cameras. They only saw a large black shadow plunged into the sea in the sea in the blazing white illumination bomb in the distance. The chimney was full of thick smoke, and it sank by the roadside until it disappeared ten minutes later. On the sea, there is no stop.

The two Guam-class battleships were depressing. No one expected that the light patrol was the first to open, and even the Australia fell into their hands. The angry officers jumped one after another and wished they could command the artillery battle in person.

At this time, neither Seamore nor Bernice wanted to fight, because they were not sure at all. Under the continuous illumination of the other party, the gunner could not see anything at all, and could only counterattack with the fire after the other party. In this case, even the accuracy of no wind was poor.

At 3:15, before the formation was completed, Seymour ordered the ships to disperse and break into Nouméa.

"Report, they dispersed!"

In the reminder of the staff, the Allied fleet in the telescope began to disperse. Two Lone-class battleships turned to the left, two Brave-class large heavy artillery light cruisers turned right, and three Tennessee-class armored cruisers had sailed about 5,000 meters.

Li Xiuyan immediately ordered the light patrol of the Tumen River and the Ussuri River to chase the three Tennessee ships, using the speed to entangle the other party, but he himself was in a dilemma.

This is the pain of not having a destroyer.

If there are several high-speed destroyers at this time, then under such sea conditions, you can use the speed to rush to launch torpedoes within 5,000 meters. With the almost abnormal power and speed of the spear three-type torpedo, and the advantage of no track, in this case, the enemy is basically dead.

Although there are also torpedoes on the four light patrols, they are still type two of spears, not to mention the obvious track, and the range and speed are not enough. Before the enemy has lost its ability to fight back, it is no different from letting the huge and obvious light patrol carry out a torpedo assault, which is looking for death.

So there are only two choices left at this time.

The first is to chase two brave-class large heavy artillery light cruisers. The Guam class is 2 knots faster than the other side, which can ensure that it catches up with and kills the other party, but that requires time, because battleships and cruisers are different. Even if the speed of the light cruiser is slower than that of the battleships, the flexible surname of steering and maneuvering is stronger than that of battleships, not to mention this high sea conditions. Next, it will take time to kill the other party, so that the two lone class can escape safely.

The second is to focus on dealing with the Lone-class battleship. This kind of French first-generation battleship is slow and cannot be the opponent of the Guam-class, but the problem is the same. The battleship is a battleship. Even if it is suppressed by high-level heavy artillery, it will take time to sink completely, especially in high sea conditions, so if it can't be in a short time. If the two battleships are killed or severely damaged, the most important target is to escape into Nouméa Port at night. Under the premise of shore-based heavy artillery in the port, even the Guam class will not dare to challenge the shore artillery easily.

In the distance, a Bristol-class light cruiser exploded. He was hit by an 850 kg armor-piercing shell of the Medan. After the shell penetrated the ammunition depot and caused the explosion, he penetrated the keel and exploded all the way through the bottom of the ship underwater, which shows that the 380mm armor-piercing shell How amazing the power is.

Time is urgent!

Everyone in the command tower looked at Li Xiuyan, but he suddenly turned around and looked at Li Zhen, who was an electronic tube and was qualified to enter the command tower to provide electronic data reference for the commander, and asked, "What will you choose?"

"I will choose to chase those two large heavy artillery light cruisers." Li Zhen hesitated for a moment and replied, "But I think sir, you will choose a battleship!"

As soon as Li Zhen's words came out, everyone in the command tower was surprised. They didn't understand why Li Zhen guessed like this. The latter smiled unhurriedly: "Because according to the information currently available, Britain is still far behind in power, which is only equivalent to our second-generation power system. If you want to accelerate to 27 knots full speed, you need at least It takes 20 minutes, and we only need 5 minutes to accelerate to 29 knots, including 15 minutes of use time, and we have radar. Although the interference is serious, we have locked them now. As long as we can kill the two battleships in 15 minutes, it can't run away!"

These words surprised Li Xiuyan. While Li Zhenxin was careful, he also nodded. After turning his head and taking a deep breath, his eyes were cold: "The left rudder, close to 8,000 meters, the secondary gun and the rapid-fire gun pay attention to the small target on the sea.

Lijiang and Lancangjiang immediately approached me, artillery covered the main formation, and didn't let the small warships approach!

Tell all the gunners that we only have 15 minutes!"

"Yes!"

(to be continued)