"Hit!"

"Confirmed to have hit the enemy ship An Yi, currently evaluating..."

"Keep firing. Once we win, we'll have time to evaluate!" Xu Sunming interrupted.

"yes!"

The procedure of evaluation only exists in terms of regulations, but if a war breaks out, who will wait for evaluation?

Even if the enemy can sink, doesn't it mean it hasn't sunk yet?

"The main gun fires a salvo according to the following parameters, and the secondary battery automatically adjusts its firepower according to the parameters." Captain Liu issued the order.

The name battleship first appeared in the seventeenth century with the sailing battleship.

They are often equipped with four or more layers of naval guns and fight in a line, which is called a battle line.

A battleship is the main battleship that fights on the battle line.

With the development of the times, especially the emergence of ironclads, the term battleship disappeared from the navy for a period of time. It was not until the pre-dreadnought period that it was called a battleship again.

The characteristic of battleships is that they line up to fight. During this process, the speed of an individual warship must match that of other warships, and it cannot maneuver at will.

Even if you are targeted by the enemy, you must remain on the battle line and fight unless you are seriously injured and withdraw from the battle line.

A bit like heavy armored cavalry and lining up to shoot.

This combat style determines that once a warship in the battle line is hit, it will be hit like a violent storm.

Because you cannot maneuver at will, it means that the artillery parameters remain unchanged, and the enemy does not need to continue to aim, but only needs to fire wildly according to the parameters.

As for whether it is a hit or not, it has to be left to the goddess of luck.

boom!

Volley, continuous volley.

The Chang'an projected firepower at an average rate of one round per minute. The Anyi was lucky enough to miss a single hit in three consecutive rounds.

Boom!

The explosion was accompanied by violent vibrations, causing Xu Sunming to almost lose his balance.

They were hit.

"Report the damage." Before Xu Sunming could stand up, the captain ran to the phone and shouted.

"Report, the starboard midship was hit by a 305mm shell. It failed to penetrate the armored belt, but the deformation caused by the explosion destroyed six pieces of armor." After a while, the damage control responded loudly.

"The armor belt fell off, but the rest is not serious." The captain breathed a sigh of relief and reported to Xu Sunming.

Xu Sunming just nodded slightly to show that he understood.

As for the fallen armor belt, he didn't take it seriously. How could he be hit again in the same position without success? How unlucky would that be?

"Hit! Three hits were observed. An Yi... exploded?"

Hearing this, Xu Sunming quickly picked up his telescope and observed. A thick plume of smoke rose into the sky, originating from the position of the Anyi's front main gun.

"The speed of the Anyi has been reduced, it is finished!" Xu Sunming nodded slightly when he saw the Japanese naval fleet that had distanced itself from the Anyi.

The Japanese did not speed up, that is, the Aki slowed down, but it was extremely unwise to slow down like this, so there was only one possibility: the explosion damaged its power system.

Even if you let it go, it can't do anything.

In fact, among the three hits just now, two shells hit the armor belt amidships and one hit the rear of the chimney.

Although it caused a fire and destroyed several cabins, the damage was minor at best. The fatal one was the one that hit the No. 1 main turret.

The shell hit the front of the turret. After the 356mm shell traveled 10,000 meters, it failed to shred the 305mm thick armor.

But the huge explosion that followed caused the barrel to deform. There happened to be a shell waiting to be fired in the barrel, and the shell was also filled with picric acid.

Picric acid is an extremely reactive substance. It may explode if it receives vibration or impact, not to mention the vibration and high temperature caused by the explosion.

So, not surprisingly, there was a suicide bombing.

The flames ignited the propellant in the turret, and coupled with the Japanese tradition of leaving the fire door open, the No. 1 turret and the ammunition depot below were destroyed.

Fortunately, as the first two types of warships tried to be domestically produced, the Japanese have not yet taken the idea of ​​lowering defense to increase firepower and mobility to the extreme, and have not detonated the No. 2 turret.

But even so, the bow of the Anyi suffered heavy damage, the keel was deformed, the transmission system was damaged, and the battle capability was completely lost.

(It cannot move, but it will not sink if it is stopped in time, and the rear turret and midship turret can still fire.)

"Aim at the enemy's flagship..."

Boom!

The Chang'an was hit again. This time Xu Sunming failed to stand firm and fell.

"Report the damage." The captain was still holding the phone.

"The rear of No. 4 turret was hit by a heavy artillery round, which penetrated the armored belt and damaged three cabins."

"The No. 4 turret was damaged and temporarily unable to rotate. Emergency repairs are underway." The voice of damage control came from the phone.

"Turrets No. 1 to 3, aim at the enemy's flagship, call the Luoyang, and attack the enemy's flagship together." Xu Sunming got up and covered his head and said.

"Yes!" The captain hurried over to help him.

"I'm fine. How is the situation on the Luoyang?"

"It was hit five times and none hit the core area. It's not serious at the moment."

"Where's Master Deng?"

"The Japanese army did not tilt their firepower towards Mr. Deng. Mr. Deng said that only the auxiliary ships were conducting interference attacks."

"Are you treating us as soft persimmons?"

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"Yoshi! Just fight like this, show them how powerful you are!"

"Let these Chinese people know how powerful the Japanese Empire is!"

"Ha! God Amaterasu bless you, let's fire!"

The atmosphere here on the King Kong, whether it is the command tower or the turret masts of each gun position, is very hot.

Because they hit the enemy again.

Because the four battleships were not close to each other, with the Kongo at the front and the Anyi at the rear, they did not know the situation of the Anyi very well.

But since it didn't sink and didn't get any worse, they pretended not to see it.

The sailors can pretend not to see it, but Ijuin Goro cannot.

The Aki is equipped with ten 305mm artillery pieces, and the firepower of the Aki is suddenly lost. The probability of two-for-two as envisaged by Ijuin Goro is even lower.

"Let the destroyer rescue the Anyi and assess the status of the Anyi."

"Order the entire fleet to concentrate firepower on the Chang'an and sink one ship first, at least... to make it lose its combat effectiveness!"

"Hai!"

Ijuin Goro ordered.

This order sounds reasonable. Concentrate firepower and sink one ship first, but in this way, other enemy warships will be freed.

The accuracy of shooting with interference and shooting without interference are completely different concepts. For example, the King Kong has been hit by seven shells, five of which were hit by the Chinese fleet.

However, the Japanese were obviously very lucky. Apart from causing fires, these hits did not cause much damage.

Boom boom boom...

The battle continued, with both sides going back and forth carrying out test fires, corrective fires, and salvo fires.

At 4:15 in the afternoon, the Chinese naval fleet chose to turn and approach the Japanese naval fleet.

The closer the distance, the higher the armor penetration coefficient of the cannonball, and the more damage it can do.

At 4:30, the Chinese naval fleet launched a straddle attack on the Japanese naval fleet at a distance of 7,500 meters.

The fleet salvo resumes.

During this process, the Changan ate six 305mm artillery shells and three 343mm artillery shells.

The No. 1 and No. 3 turrets were damaged and are undergoing emergency repairs. The No. 2 turret was hit by a shell in the barrel and the turret was scrapped.

Fortunately, the No. 4 turret was repaired and a little firepower was restored.

The Luoyang was not attacked for half an hour and was able to fire its guns unscrupulously.

In half an hour, the King Kong was hit eleven times, but still miraculously maintained its forward speed, and even had two turrets fighting.

You know, the Chang'an took 305 and 343, and the King Kong took 305 and 356!

It can only be said that the King Kong is so lucky that it has been hit eighteen or nineteen times in total, and it is still able to survive.

"Commander, the water on the starboard side is serious. We need to leave the battle and drain the water as soon as possible." The captain put down the phone and said to Xu Sunming.

The battle was so fierce that it continued for more than an hour. Even if Nanhua paid attention to damage control, there was no way to repair it while fighting.
To be continued...