Chapter 127 The Burning Ocean (I)

After entering the role of shooting, the Haishuo and the Sanya became the nightmare of the Russian ship.

A 400-kilogram twelve-inch armor-piercing bomb hit the swollen side of the port side of the Prince. The Chinese army's mild steel hood fell off, and a conical armor-piercing warhead made of high-speed steel (chromium-tungsten alloy steel, which was used for metal cutting in the United States in 1900) broke through the armor on the side of the Prince's side under strong impact and smashed into the middle of the cabin of the Prince's wheel. The delayed fuse loaded at the tail of the bullet body exploded, and the violent TNT charge, with its omnidirectional explosion, shot countless steel fragments, including the explosion-breaking boilers, pipelines and fragmented steel structures inside the warhead, quickly shot in all directions. The Prince was like a grenade exploded in the abdomen of a living person, and it was immediately terrible.

Various pipelines were cut into pieces by flying shrapnel, and the staff in the engine room were blown to pieces. The reciprocating steam engine broke and twisted under the violent vibration, and the high-temperature steam splattered everywhere, screaming everywhere.

The entire ship fell into a power outage in an instant, and the water pump could not work.

The Prince, which was like a dead fish, became a living target for the Chinese army.

The observation center at the top of the Haikou Bridge roared at the sound of the horn and fired the shooting data. The artillery master in the shooting command post quickly calculated the elements and sent the turrets.

Grenades and armor-piercing bullets that flew like rain to knock the Prince into a living coffin. The whole ship was full of fire, and the ammunition was bursting everywhere, and the turret was twisted into useless scrap iron.

In front of the twelve-inch large-caliber armor-piercing bullets that had learned from the experience of Tarma and Jutland in the naval battle between Britain, Germany and Japan, the armor protection that Prince Priest took pride in could not stop the firepower of the Chinese army at a distance of 8,000 yards.

It only took fifteen minutes from the first armor-piercing projectile hitting the Prince to the sinking of the wounded warship.

The third Russian warship is located in the warship Peresvet, and the two Hanoi-class battleships of the Chinese army are: Hanoi and Danang.

The Hanoi class is the first battleship of the Chinese Empire. It did not undergo the same bridge modification as the Haikou class, and its shooting accuracy was somewhat inferior. It mainly provided acupuncture shooting with the simple signal guns and airships of airplanes.

The 40-dial British twelve-inch main gun installed on the Hanoi class is also a backward thing. Although the Chinese army has also renovated the Hanoi class this year, especially installed an electric ammunition lifter, transformed the turret structure, strengthened the ventilation and smoke exhaust device, and used all new ammunition to switch to new ammunition. The training of sailors is also very strict, the four Hanoi-class warships are indeed unable to compare with other new ships, including the Haikou class in terms of firing rate.

The Peresvet was the first ship of the Russian-made Peresvet-class battleship. It was launched in 1898. Its main feature was its fast speed. The previous standard of the dreadnought was the Peresvet-class with a maximum speed of 19 knots. Its maximum speed was 19 knots. Its two 45-diameter double-mounted 254 mm main turret was equipped with front and rear, and eleven two-o-three secondary cannons were installed on the side of the swollen side with the cannon profile.

This warship follows the Russian tradition: French-style design, that is, the main armor belt extends from the waterline to the superstructure, and also surrounds the main superstructure of the swollen part into the armor like the city wall. This leads to the ship's armor protection area being too large, the center of gravity is too high, and the head-heavy and light feet.

Since the displacement is only 12,900 tons, and the reciprocating steam engines and coal-fired boilers pursue high speed, the main armor belt of this type of warship is only 9.5 inches thickest, which can only be said to be slightly stronger than the armored cruiser. Its tall superstructure can easily remind people who see it of it: a tower ship.

In modern naval battles, such a tall ship shadow is undoubtedly a good target. The French-style armored war castle may be able to defend against secondary guns, but it is really unsatisfied when facing the powerful twelve-inch armor-piercing bombs of the Chinese army.

Facing the opposite Russian ship, whether it is Hanoi and Danang facing the Peresvet, or Hue and Lang Son facing the Victory, they all have obvious advantages.

The Russian army's old ten-inch gun lacks the ability to shoot quickly and accurately, and at this distance it cannot pose a substantial threat to the Chinese warships, while the Chinese army can ease to shoot. From the air, on the side of the Chinese army, the water columns are scattered and far away from the warships. On the Russian army, several warships are surrounded by dense water columns. The explosion smoke, giant *, steam, and gun smoke make it more difficult for the Russian army to observe.

In the sixth round, the first cross shot was scored by Hanoi at 9,500 yards.

The shooting starts.

The Peresviat-class battleship Oslibya, located at the fourth position of the Russian warship, was defeated earlier than the Peresviat.

The two Hanoi-class active fires took eight rounds, and the Oslibya had been beaten into a burning torch. The tall city walls were already shaking in the fire, and holes were everywhere in the waterline. The high-explosive bombs of the Chinese army set fires everywhere on the Russian ships, while the armor-piercing bombs caused terrifying explosions again and again in the interior of the Oslibya.

Finally, another armor-piercing bomb triggered a violent explosion in the waterline of the Oslibya, and the Russian-made high-speed battleship slowly sank into the seabed.

During this period, the Peresvit was possessed by a god, and it frequently staged its peak moments in the dense rain of bullets. The Chinese artillery shells were no different. However, the terrifying water pressure caused by the near-missile bombs finally brought great pressure to the warship. Several high-explosive bombs and armor-piercing bombs on the upper deck and side also made the warship difficult.

The life of the Peresvet seems to have entered the countdown.

Xu Fan Cluster Pilot Ship, Guangzhou.

"The first step of the Russian warship line is completed..."

"The port side of the central and enemy pilot ship Kutuzov duke's class was nearly missing two, a grenade hit its deck, and an armor-piercing bomb hit the stern of the port side ship... Detonated the Long Live Empire"

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"The fire in the Duke of the Enemy 3 Kutuzov class and rear deck"

"The enemy ship No. 3 was shot in the swelling of the swelling of the swelling... The warship was covered by steam clouds... The enemy ship No. 3 stalled, long live the battle line."

The observer cheered ecstatically from the sound speaker, and the young staff members waved their fists hard.

"It's not the time to be blindly optimistic." Li Tianlin said with a serious expression, "The enemy may have to inject water to maintain balance... The engine room has not been completely destroyed, and the power and water pumps on the ship can still be maintained. It may be repaired at any time before it is put into battle."

"It's worthy of being produced in Germany, and I'm not an ordinary person." Xu Fan nodded, "By the way, the situation in the north..."

"Marson, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Lin Taizeng on the north side of the country telegram."

The communications officer hurried into the command room.

Li Tianlin took it and looked at it, and was overjoyed: "Marson, Witgeft's Prince was sunk. The Oslibya was sunk. Now the Letvizan raised the commander's flag to lead the fleet."

Xu Fan raised his eyebrows and touched his chin: "Kaishi is demonstrating to our team... It seems that we can't underestimate these old ships. Since that's the case... the whole team turned left and drove in the same direction, keeping a distance, and continuing to gather fire and shoot."

The flagship of the first Japanese team, Satsuma.

Shimamura Soo looked solemn: "Sungoro is right. This is either a bait to lure our army out of touch, or the enemy's main force is not there. We are not sure about the distance between the north of Lord Makarov, but it is probably a bit far away. If the enemy's main force is in the north..."

At this moment, a terrifying cry came from the sound tube: "The second destroyer sent a light signal: northeastern direction, enemy ships discovered... more than eight cruisers and large ships each."

Togo Hirahachiro's face changed suddenly at this moment.

"Confirm...Enemy wind-level and snow-level light patrol...Guangzhou-level enemy mobile fleet commander flag"

"Admiral Makarov's telegram: Your troops quickly head north for reinforcements, the enemy is in sight"

The communications consultant came in a hurry.

"The whole team turns left and twelve ritual points" Togo Hirahachiro's roar resounds throughout the command tower, "the maximum speed of battle"

At this moment, Suo Shimamura and Matsuyuki Akiyama were both pale.

To the south, Xubo cluster.

The Xu Bo ship, which was originally "escaped" in the shape of Z in the southeast direction, soon discovered the changes in the movements of the enemy behind it. The destroyer behind the hall hurriedly used lights and telegraphs to inform him. After Xu Bo received the news, his heart sank.

I didn't expect the Japanese to wake up so quickly.

Needless to ask, the eight battleships in Dongxiang have discovered the movements of the main force.

If the Japanese were allowed to slip away like this, the Xu Fan formation heading south would be attacked by the Japanese and Russian armies, and the situation would go from advantage to disadvantage. Whether as an imperial naval officer, cluster commander, or as the son of Marshal Xu Fan, he would not be able to sit idly by and watch this happen.

With a command, Xu Bo cluster turned around in a large V-shaped shape, turned left with a total of sixteen prayer points, and quickly chased after the maximum battle speed of twenty-seven sections.

At this moment, the main battlefield in the north was filled with smoke.

After reimbursing or seriously damaged the entire four battleships, the Russian warship finally included the Chinese army within the effective range of its twelve-inch main gun. The Chinese army formation, which had only suffered from some skin scratches, finally began to bear the test of fire.

The Russian twelve-inch shells were mainly picric acid charges provided by France, and there were also a small amount of Dana explosives provided by Swedish Nobel Corporation. However, although Dana explosives were improved by Nobel and absorbed nitroglycerin with diatomaceous earth, the explosive power was much greater than that of the Chinese army's TNT charges, but it was not easy to preserve. Therefore, Russia only loaded a small amount of armor-piercing shells as a killer weapon, and prepared to use them on Chinese warships after obtaining the fork.

The launching drugs of Russian artillery shells are mainly made of nitrofiber explosives made in Germany. The smokeless explosives produced by their own domestic nitroscopic cotton are not very reliable and are mainly supplied to the army. In addition, after witnessing the power of the high-explosive bombs of the Japanese loaded the high-explosive bombs of the Xiase explosives, the Russians also purchased a batch of three-o-five high-explosive bombs from Japanese arsenals for research and use.

The accuracy of Russian artillery fire began to improve.

Several near-abre-lost bombs made the Chinese army more alert. The entire formation turned left under Xu Fan's order, keeping a distance from the Russian army and moving in parallel, while the Russian army's attempt to get closer further was also destroyed by the Chinese army.

At this distance, the hit rates of the Chinese and Russian troops have greatly improved, and the heavy bombs of the Russian army have also begun to have direct contact with the Chinese warships.

A Russian-made three-o-five-capped armor-piercing bomb hit the swollen side of the Fuzhou port behind the Guangzhou, colliding with a high-intensity carburized armor with an inclination angle of 19 degrees. As a result... a violent explosion broke out, shattering a piece of armored steel plate.

In fact, after the demise of the Japanese Second Fleet, Japan had already shared the defects of armor-piercing bombs with the Russian side and quickly took improvement measures.

The picric acid charge of the armor-piercing bomb was refilled and wrapped in a cotton bag. The delayed fuse time was improved, and the experimental effect was good. However, when facing the large-angle armor plate of the Chinese army in actual combat, the problem arose again:

First, jump.

Second, second, the elastic body is not strong enough, the hood and quilt cap are not elastic, and it cannot penetrate the thick high-strength carburized armored steel of the Guangzhou-class main armor belt.

However, Russia and Japan urgently purchased a batch of armor-piercing bombs from France and Germany, and equipped them with Duke Kutuzov, Polodino and Japan's first-class warships. As for domestic products, most of them were left to the rest of the old ships.

The high explosive bomb gave the Russians some comfort.

The high-explosion grenade of Japan's Shise explosives triggered a violent explosion and fire on the Chinese warships. The first to be baptized by the high-explosion bomb was the Guangzhou. A high-explosion bomb was on the base of the Chinese commander's tower. Although it failed to shake the armor protection, it ignited a fire and shocked the personnel in the bridge once, and even Xu Fan almost injured him.

Both sides entering the battle line and shooting were quickly correcting.

The warships on the Chinese army, except for the two Guilin-class ships, are equipped with a unified command and fire control system for the entire ship, which can share and correct various elements among the main guns, and the observation equipment is more accurate.

In Russia, even the three latest Duke Kutuzov class and three Polodino class, the distance measurement baseline of the main rangefinder is only two meters, and the calculation instrument is still at the variable-range rate disc and distance clock. The idea is to provide correction data by the main rangefinder, and each turret solves its respective elements. This is not only lower than that of the central simple mechanical computer of the Chinese army in terms of calculation efficiency, but also is not conducive to the sharing of shooting data, which further affects the shooting efficiency.

The Chinese warships implemented a two-to-one strategy.

The first and second ships Guangzhou and Fuzhou concentrated their firepower to shoot the Russian formation flagship that had been hit hard. The German-made Duke Kutuzov battleship Duke Kutuzov. The speed of the Duke Kutuzov Duke has dropped to 17 knots, which has dragged down the speed of the entire formation.

The third and fourth ships Wenzhou and Zhangzhou have been transferred to the new third ship Borodino as the Russian third ship Rumentsev withdrew from the battle line.

The cheetah and the Snow Leopard ships continued to shoot the Russian formation's new fourth ship, the original 5th ship, the Emperor Alexander III.

Ships No. 7 and 8 Guilin and Dali continued to shoot the Russian formation's new ship No. 5 and the former Ship No. 6 Eagle.

The Russian army's largest, latest, and six battleships, which are also the core of the entire fleet, also launched a group of attacks with the Chinese army, and smoke filled the battlefield.

At this moment, the speed difference between the Chinese army formation and the Russian army formation has increased to seven knots. Taking advantage of this speed difference, the Chinese army maintained firepower while moving forward to the front of the Russian army formation, preparing to seize the t-shaped head.

South of the main battlefield, eight battleships under Hirahachiro Toyo were splitting the waves and advancing towards the northeast.

The changes in the situation on the battlefield have always been controlled by Chinese airships and seaplanes. The dynamics of the Togo Heihachiro cluster were also sent to the three Chinese army clusters as soon as possible.

The third and fourth Chinese troops, the fourth protective cruiser teams and the first torpedo team, were sent to two groups according to Xu Fan's orders.

The first torpedo team immediately launched a lightning strike against the Russian Makarov battleship, which was moving in parallel with the Chinese army in the southeast direction.

These destroyers that had completed torpedo reloading, led by the Battle Knife-class light patrol Steel Knife, rushed from the south to attack the Russian warships, focusing on attacking the heavy-handed pilot ship Duke Kutuzov and the former No. 3 ship Rumentsev, which had been suspended for emergency repairs.

In order to protect the warships, the Russian army's Jixiang and the Yongwu destroyers rushed out from the flanks of the Russian battleships and rushed forward bravely. However, these 850-ton destroyers, under the fierce firepower of the Steel Knife's 152 rapid-fire guns and the eight Chunyu-class destroyers led by the dense one-two-fire guns, were soon beaten into scrap metal under the fierce firepower of the dense one-two-fire guns.

The first torpedo team of the Chinese army continued to rush forward bravely.

The Russian military's deputy gun formed a hot fire net. The Chinese army's Tianyu and the Liangyu were bombed one after another, causing serious injuries.

Because the rapid-fire guns of the Russian ship were too fierce, the Chinese torpedo team released lightning strikes at a distance of 2,800 yards under the unified guidance of the flagship Steel Knife. Dozens of 533 mm torpedoes rushed away at a high speed of 36 knots.

The sub-air gun of the Lumentsev, which was stalled, simply built a fire net on the sea surface to intercept the torpedoes flying in. However, it was inevitable that a 533-mm torpedo was in the front of the starboard side of the Lumentsev. One hundred and eighty kilograms of picric acid explosives set off a surging water column. The seriously injured Lumentsev almost flew into the sky, and the watertight cabin on the port side was also washed open, and the sea water surged in. Due to the serious damage to the engine compartment, the water pump failed, the warship began to slowly sink, and most of the artillery fire on the side had failed.

The tenacious Russian sailors still desperately rescued their warships with the help of the tight watertight structure of German-made warships.

With the observation advantage of long-distance artillery battles, the Huajun Steel Knife was still desperately slamming the Lumensev with a six-inch main gun, causing another heavy blow to the opponent.

The deck of the Lumenetsev has turned into a sea of ​​corpses and blood.

Chapter 127 The Burning Ocean (I)

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