836 Sinking! Yamato's Elegy (3)!
Strong! Surprisingly sturdy! Surprisingly sturdy!
After hitting so many shells, the Yamato ship seemed to be completely fine. Except for the A-turret that was completely destroyed and could not be repaired, other powers, command, air defense and other things were still operating. The giants controlled by thousands of people were indeed not so easy to deal with.
On the "Kunlun Mountain", a group of old seniors were in a state of excitement, but Zhu Bin frowned and pondered: "I didn't expect this guy to be really strong! It's okay to get so many shells. It seems that it's not easy to kill him quickly!"
Chen Shaokuan sincerely expressed his agreement and nodded, "Yes! It's indeed unexpected! Generally speaking, after being hit by so many shells, they should be destroyed in the waterline armor, main turret and bridge positions. They are almost done! They are fine yet, and the thickness of the armor must be very amazing!"
The total weight of the Yamato armor is 24,000 tons! It is not just amazing, it is simply perverted!
This is still the case of only key protection. The main armor belt just wraps the three turrets into the head and tail boundary to form an armor box. The rest of the bows and sterns of the ship are a hundred meters long, and they are all conventional hulls and have no defense capabilities.
This is why, at a high level, the entire warship seemed to have most of the artillery and important facilities crowded in the center, full of them, and they looked very messy and compact, while the front and rear decks were empty and very inconsistent.
On the other hand, Zhu Bin's main ships are all taught by the Germans and continue to use comprehensive protection designs. The advantage of this is that they can maximize the resistance of the entire ship, and the composite defense layer formed by the dome armor can protect themselves in all aspects.
The disadvantage of adopting this design is that the total weight of the armor will definitely increase, and some of the ammunition depots and power chambers that require key defenses may face the problem of insufficient local defense. Therefore, the "Bismar-class" battleship built by the Germans themselves, with a standard platoon of more than 40,000 tons, only used eight 381mm main guns. The caliber is really sorry for the tonnage.
But what I got was covered by more than 70% of the waterline area and provided 80-90% of the buoyancy reserve space. It can be said that it is not ordinary hard and very difficult to sink a warship with this structure!
The "Kunlun-class" battleship has a great reference to this kind of armor design, and of course it also comes from Zhu Bin's cosmic era. It is a battle mode with all-round attacks without blind spots. There is no focus or non-key point at all. In space, it is fatal to break a hole in any place you get shot, so comprehensive protection is natural.
Zhu Bin made it more thoroughly! Not to mention the full coverage of the nearly-integrated waterline defense belt and second-layer dome armor, the ammunition depot, power chamber, turret base, etc., all strengthen the defense. Mechanical support structures are everywhere, even the bulbous bow, bow, and the cabin plates at the stern of the ship are all space alloys that are more than 200mm thick. As a result, just find a little bit to try it. They are all hardened armor with at least 300mm thick, and the two layers are stacked. It is difficult to wear it!
If you have something in your hand, just tidy it up! The space alloy with a density of one-third is smaller, and the total volume of the building similar to the Yamato, and the displacement is different, but only the weapon tonnage is similar to that of the 406mm main turret. The rest are like the entire warship and the invincible steel shell?
The guy from the modular, fully automatic robot production line is negligible with the small error density, and there is no problem of manual welding that is not matched by one side. It is assembled according to the carefully designed mechanical structure, from the basic keel to the bridge, the entire building blocks are embedded, the construction speed is fast, and the maintenance is simple. There is nothing to say about resisting strikes!
Putting aside the fragile radar and anti-aircraft guns, Zhu Bin just lets them approach bombardment, so he can't open it! The overall average armor is equivalent to 1,000mm of armored steel defense capability. It will make all the shells desperate!
As he pointed out to others, Zhu Bin doubted that the Japanese had made such a perverted thing, otherwise why would he not have the armor-piercing bullet with added materials be able to penetrate it?
It was not in line with his initial expectations that he could not kill an enemy ship for a long time! A fierce look flashed across his face, and Zhu Bin immediately sent an order: "Continue to approach the enemy ship! Fix the combat distance to about twenty-five kilometers and approach the bombardment!"
The captains of both warships were surprised, and Sa Shijun asked: "Commander! In this way, we will be trapped in the group attack of the enemy ships! Twenty-five kilometers, their hit rate will be greatly increased! Our defense pressure will be very high!"
Zhu Bin said viciously: "Believe that our warships can withstand it! The key issue now is to break the deadlock and kill their main battleship first! When fighting, you won't take any danger!"
Sa Shijun was covered in blood and agreed solemnly: "Okay! Just follow the commander's opinion and force it to attack!"
He was actually very calm in his heart. It was normal for a day and a half to fight against the navy. It was not realistic to kill the opponent in just a few seconds. However, this guy ahead is indeed strong enough. Now he hits every volley, and many of them are high-explosive bombs, which is still very beneficial.
Zhu Bin, including Zhu Bin, did not know how perverted the Japanese design "Yamato" was! According to the design requirements, the ship's armor should be able to withstand the strikes of its 460mm main gun at a distance of 20,000-30,000 meters, and the mid-deck can also resist 800 kilograms of heavy aviation bombs dropped from a height of 3,900 meters. Even the servo cabin and other parts have armor protection at least 300mm, and it also has the requirement to withstand the 400 kilograms of tnt explosive-level torpedo attacks. This is almost the upper limit of the warhead loading of all fish in the world!
In order to ensure buoyancy, it adopts a three-layer bottom design. Even if it is hit by a lot of torpedoes or is hit by a lot of shells, it will not easily sink to the bottom. It is so strong!
The only drawback is that the defense of the entire warship is too concentrated. Most of the underwater armor is placed in 40% of the key areas, and the rest are exposed. This has led to the shortcoming of the defense against torpedo attacks, but it is also a helpless choice caused by excessive emphasis on artillery and air strikes.
Of course, compared with the British and American designs, they emphasize more on armor that may be subjected to air strikes, such as the rear and top of the turret, the rear side and back of the turret, the substrate, etc., layer by layer, plus five, and wish they could be integrated.
Such a cumbersome design actually fully reflects its overall design flaws. It is far less advantageous than having the overall design of a super intelligent brain, but no one can care about it.
In short, the "Yamato" proved with reality that her defense ability exceeded Zhu Bin's prediction, so it is reasonable to be taken seriously!
The attack artillery fire suddenly stopped, and the two ships of "Kunlun Mountain" accelerated and cut inward, bringing the distance they approached Yamato several kilometers in a row. So that the six main ships of the entire A formation could clearly determine the distance between each other. For a moment, Nagashima Tadaichi and his ghost animals were shocked!
"Is this... the Chinese people's head broken?! They are actually surrounded and they are still boldly leaning forward?! They are planning to test the power of our cannons?!"
The generals felt a little angry. This was really too arrogant! It would be fine if we couldn't hit you if we were far away, but the artillery technique always had its limit. If it exceeded 30 kilometers, it would be impossible to catch the force. If it hit, it would be abnormal.
But you dare to continue to get in. Is that sincerely humiliating our design accuracy not enough?
Nagashima Tadaichi reacted quickly and shouted: "No! The Chinese warships should be trying to enhance their strike capabilities! They already have enough hit rate, but the distance leads to insufficient lethality of shells. Only when they reach close to shooting can they penetrate Yamato's armor! Haga. It's really cunning, damn!"
He woke up, and the rest of the people also understood. For a moment, they looked at the Japanese with sympathy, and at the same time they couldn't help but be alert: "What kind of awesome designs did these little dwarfs use? They were actually hit by so many shells and were safe and sound, forcing the other party to approach the attack. It's really puzzling! No, you must find a way to figure out their structure in the future and learn from it!"
Lieutenant General Philips did not want to reveal his inner thoughts, and waved his arms with joy: "Since the Chinese came to seek death, we will fulfill his wish! Order all ships to open fire! This is what they asked for!"
25 kilometers is a sensitive distance. The shells that were almost impossible to hit will suddenly increase in hit rate. The battleships that were enclosed in place can seize enough positions and can fire all the main turrets, and the density of the shells will increase. The probability of hitting increases, so the situation will be reversed in an instant. OK!
Gao Liuyisan didn't think so. He had holes all over his body after thirty kilometers. From this perspective, it seemed that the so-called unpierced armor was not safe. The power of the opponent's main gun was not much higher than that of his own 460mm. Could it be that they also used such a large caliber? That was a big mistake!
He has already gained the advantage and leaned in. This is clearly a sign of being punished to death! Damn guy, it's too much!
The angry Mr. Colonel roared repeatedly and ordered the remaining two main guns to fire with all their might. No matter what, he would hit the bastard hard. Even if he hit a shot, he would let them know what an invincible cannon is!
The two ships "Kunlun Mountain" are not conventional, but they are moving forward while firing. During high-speed movement, they do not fire at all. They are just for the soldiers to rest. Then the huge warships shuttled through the rainy shell drop points, and rumbling explosions one after another, but strangely did not explode even a piece of fireworks!
With full power, the speed of more than 35 knots is quite abnormal compared to Yamato with a maximum of 27 knots. If you want to get close, you can get close, and you can't run even if you run!
The two ships hedge and interlaced, with a distance of nearly 25 kilometers. The front and rear turrets rotated in place and fired again!
With a loud bang, the huge cannon tube was shocked. The terrifying shells at nearly three times the speed of sound swept across the sea with nearly straight ballistic trajectory, and fiercely blasted into the hull of the "Yamato"!
This time, without any surprises, all the shells hit reflect the manufacturing level and material strength beyond time and space!
Three rounds of shells hit Yamato! One round easily tear opens the armorless hull from above the waterline armor and smashes it in. Under the natural arc ballistic, a transparent hole was created by the second deck behind 25mm, and then smoothly penetrates the 230mm horizontal armor belt below, and continues to penetrate downwards, smashing the partitions one by one, and directly into the main compartment room under layers of protection!
The arc-shaped hole was broken in one breath. Wherever you passed, the stormy shock waves tear up all the fragile objects you encountered, whether it was a human or something else. The final shell exploded. Fortunately, it was a standard armor-piercing bomb with a kilogram of charge, but it still easily turned the wide cabin into a death space. The next few rooms were all broken, and more than a hundred crew members inside were finished at the same time. The worst thing was, this was the bottom of the bridge, the upward passage was opened, and the rushing fireworks rushed out all the way, sweeping along the road, burning whatever they caught, causing countless losses in an instant!
An elevator was destroyed. A main pipeline was damaged, and communication facilities and electricity were greatly affected, and it was deteriorating rapidly!
At the same time, another shell pierced through the unarmored bow from the waterline, smoothly crossed three compartments and exploded, tearing a huge hole open and pouring water into it!
The third shell hit the bridge itself with great luck. The nearly vertical ballistic even the external armor did not work at all. Just by touching the wind hood, it was smashed and collapsed by the terrible shock wave. The warhead squeezed and shattered on the surface of the hardened armor and was blown away. The super hard carbide warhead drilled in hard, and the terrible explosion force suddenly roared. The bridge was almost torn in half from the middle!
This is a type 2 high-explosive bomb! The power of the explosive is equivalent to more than 100 kilograms. It smashed a quarter of the huge steel bridge, dug out a gap of seven or eight meters in diameter, and it exploded into pieces with the stairs behind it. Two or three hundred people were finished on the spot. The entire bridge members, including the Day Battle Command Room above, were all shocked by the explosion that was close to the point where they were bleeding and dizzy!
All the bulletproof glass from top to bottom was broken or even exploded! Hundreds of tons of twisted steel were torn off. The fragments ran wildly like shells, smashing more than a dozen huge depressions on the surface of the chimney on the side, almost piercing them!
Gao Liuyisan roared above and shook his whole body so hard that he was swaying, his ears and noses were bleeding, and he was shaking. He couldn't recover for a long time until the staff member with good physical fitness rushed over and supported him and shouted several times. He reacted in a daze. Before he could speak, the next round of bombardment came again!
After getting closer, the "Kunlun-class" battleship finally showed its due terrible abilities! Not to mention the hit rate further increased to more than 50%, the armor-piercing of high-speed shells was also rising sharply!
At this distance, the Japanese army's own 460mm main gun can penetrate 500mm armor with a bold statement. It is hard to say whether it is bragging, but there must be no problem with the 420mm main gun here!
In fact, even the 45-diameter 406mm main gun of the "Tarzan-class" has a great armor-piercing power at this distance. I dare not say that 400mm is fine, and it is absolutely fine to have more than 350mm. If you use the same special warhead, it will be quite exciting. Even the largest 410mm armor in Yamato can be cleaned up!
Concentrate all the technological strength, lengthen the body tube, increase the initial velocity, stabilize the ballistics, and fierce warhead, which is even more invincible. Yamato's overly strong bridge, the command room and other places are really abnormal to 650mm, and there is also an external layer that cannot be used, and everything else can be worn!
"Boom!" The ton-weight shell hit the warship at a speed of 600 meters per second. The explosive power was enough to make the warship tremble. The thick steel plate pierced through like tofu, and even the holes made looked very symmetrical!
This is a near-angle shot of the missile attached to the waterline's rail. It smashed the armored hull from more than two meters underwater, penetrated the three-layer compartment in one breath, and directly entered the power transmission mechanism and oil depot at the stern of the ship. It exploded, breaking the damaged propeller transmission shaft and igniting a fuel compartment!
The curved spindle was twisted hard by the surging main engine power, and it squeaked and pulled the fixed shaft seats on both sides. The reverse torque caused the main engine transmission mechanism to be scrapped on the spot!
The burning oil ran around along the cracks torn open by the explosion and the holes pierced. Part of it rushed out of the hull to the sea, and the flames flowed out. The other part ran around the hull passage that was gradually leaning forward due to the flooding, burning the members of the engine room that were stunned into fireballs, roaring shrillly, and it was terrifying!
The bursting fire quickly wrapped half of the ship's stern from the outside. This scene could be clearly seen on both the Yamato and other warships. Because of the water in the front and the power system behind, the Yamato, which had a severely reversed course, changed direction to the inside, as if it was taking the initiative to send it to the door to bombard people, but it scared a lot of people!
Tadichi Nagamo ignored anything else and shouted loudly: "Our Yamato ship must not be sunk! Your Excellency Philips, please order other warships to temporarily replace Yamato's position and resist the attack of the Chinese warship!"
Lieutenant General Philips also knew that he could not play too much. Yamato ship, listen to the name, it is simply a thing that the Japanese have entrusted with national spirit. If it sinks, they may collapse or go crazy. Nothing will fit in with their own ideas. He nodded happily and sent a flag verb to let the Yamato ship retreat immediately. Another North Carolina-class battleship and the "Mushashi" rushed over to act as new meat shields.
Zhu Bin was cheering! Finally, he saw some decent killing! He couldn't see the details too clearly from too far away. The rolling smoke basically covered the entire warship, but just looking at the fire, you can tell that the injury was very serious!
He clapped his hands and shouted: "Still on, try to make a big fucking blow to this guy! His grandmother's juicy flagship must be killed. I will give the Japanese a heavy blow to the face!"
Such crazy shouting made the old seniors shake their heads, it was really a bit of that.
Zhu Bin doesn't care. As long as he does it well, he beats it smoothly, and enjoys it! He beats the dog in the water, and then he must play it happily in order to have fun!
Chapter completed!