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The first thousand and 360 chapters and the second artillery battle

Because the Beihua-class battleship has always been kept secret, the outside world does not know much about its performance. The most famous battleship in Hualan Kingdom is the model of the Zhongchuan-class battlecruiser built more than 20 years ago with added armor.At this time, the Beihua class was displayed in front of the White Eagles for the first time, and they were surprised to find that the opponent's battleship was not of the same heavy class as their own.

When the Beihua-class battleship raised its stout 420mm cannon, the spectacular sight made Hewitt gasp.The 36 main guns on the four battleships roared almost simultaneously, and the violent shock wave set off a stormy sea. The four battleships were pushed nearly 20 meters flat by the recoil almost simultaneously.

Hewitt was taken aback again. He didn't understand why the other party dared to launch a salvo without even firing a correction bullet.How could he know that all the main gun turrets of the Beihua-class battleships are equipped with 12-meter optical rangefinders, and there is also an 18-meter rangefinder on the bridge, and these data can be automatically input into the ballistic computer located in the bilge , to correct each other for errors.

The large-scale ballistic computer that is already quite modern can also gather data from the ship's weather station, conduct comprehensive calculations on data such as humidity, wind speed, wind direction, and peak surge, and get the correct shooting parameters within two seconds. main gun.It is precisely because of such advanced equipment that Hualan's naval guns are not required to launch calibration shells.

Originally, Hewitt thought that the opponent had no experience in naval battles, so he would directly fire the main gun salvo without firing correction shells, but when the shells fell around the fleet and stirred up water columns, he realized that the opponent was definitely not without it. Novice with experience.

The White Eagle Army was lucky. Although most of the first salvos were close misses, none of them hit the warship.Hewitt knew that his side had entered the effective range of the Hualan battleship's artillery, and if he didn't do something, his end would be very miserable.

"The entire fleet is five degrees to the left, moving forward at full speed, and the front main guns are blocking fire." Hewitt is not a novice either, and he immediately issued what he thought was the most correct order.

According to Hewitt's thinking, even if the opponent's optical rangefinder is very good, at such a long distance, it is very difficult to increase the hit rate of shelling to such a high level.The shooting just now probably has an element of luck in it. If he changes the course, it should be difficult for the opponent to replicate the accurate shooting just now. After all, in his opinion, it takes at least 5 minutes to calculate the precise trajectory of the bombardment relying on the firing director of the battleship. time.

Using the front main gun for obstructive shooting is more about arousing splashes to interfere with the opponent's aiming. In fact, at this time, even the 406mm main gun on his flagship South Dakota battleship has just entered the maximum range.

What Hewitt didn't expect was that every time the Beihua-class battleship bombarded, it would use a ballistic computer to recalculate, and the accuracy was completely guaranteed.When the second round of shelling fell nearby again, Hewitt knew that the opponent's attack was not a fluke, but at this time he had no other choice but to bite the bullet and charge upwards.

When the third round of shelling by the Hualan Navy began, the good luck of the White Eagle people finally came to an end. A 420mm shell hit the USS Washington, the second ship of the North Carolina-class battleship.The shell penetrated from the bow deck, and after smashing through the three decks, the delayed fuze exploded in the inner cabin.

The huge explosion caused the bow deck of USS Washington to explode like festive fireworks. Iron filings and blazing flames flew around, and almost wiped out everything on the deck. Even the turret of the front main gun was damaged Broken and tilted.

The USS Washington had been hit by a torpedo during the air strike, causing thousands of tons of water to enter the cabin, but now it was severely damaged, and its combat effectiveness was no longer half of what it was during the victory period.After hitting the USS Washington, the artillerymen of the Hualan Navy seemed to have found their hand, and soon the USS Alabama was also hit by a shell, and the No. [-] turret was blown into the sky. The most tragic thing was the battleship USS Maryland, which fell behind.

This battleship completed in [-] belongs to the No. [-] ship of the Colorado class, and it has fallen behind as time goes by.Although it has a displacement of [-] tons, it only has a speed of [-] knots, but now it can't even maintain this poor speed.

A 420mm caliber armor-piercing explosive bomb penetrated its rear deck, which was only 70mm thick, and blew up the connecting rod between the propeller and the steam turbine. At the same time, a big hole was blown into the bottom of the ship. It is flooding.

The turbulent sea water poured into the Maryland, and the damage control personnel were helpless to deal with the huge hole with a diameter of more than two meters.Seeing that the bow of the ship was slightly upturned, the captain had no choice but to order everyone to leave the ship.Fifteen minutes after the evacuation of the entire ship, the huge battleship USS Maryland sank to the bottom of the sea unwillingly.

They have not yet engaged with the opponent, and one ship has been sunk, but the losses are not without gains. At least under the desperate pursuit of the White Eagle Army, they have already approached within their effective range.Sensing that he had entered the firing range, Hewitt immediately ordered the front of the formation to turn around, and all the main guns began to rotate, launching shelling towards Luo Shunchu's fleet, and the traditional sea artillery battle between the two sides officially kicked off.

Hualan State has a more efficient shooting and aiming method, thicker armor, and stronger artillery fire. Therefore, although the opponent has a numerical advantage, the Hualan Army still has the confidence to win.

Because of the larger number of main guns and the denser artillery shells of the White Eagle Navy, the Shudu was hit by three shells in quick succession, but apart from a small breach in the bow, the bridge and three The two shells of the No. [-] turret bounced off the thick armor and did not actually cause damage.The accurate bombardment of the White Eagle Army came to an end soon, because Luo Shunchu already had a countermeasure.

"Turn left fifteen degrees and continue to shoot freely." Luo Shunchu decisively issued an order, and the fleet turned slightly to the left. Relying on the small angle difference, the two sides began to gradually distance themselves.If this continues, the Hualan Navy will break away from the encirclement of the White Eagle Navy soon, and it will take more time for the opponent to change formation.However, Hewitt is also a veteran, he quickly saw through Luo Shunchu's thoughts, and immediately ordered the fleet to change course to the left as well, and continue to approach the Hualan fleet to carry out shelling.

Relying on the change of the distance between the two sides caused by changing the route, the shooting elements just found by the White Eagle Army were scrapped. This is an old tactic of the navy.Because the naval bombardment is more or less estimated based on experience, and then adjusted by the distance of the impact point, it takes about four to five adjustments to find the real target.

The first thousand and 360 chapters and three Eagle Strike 2 anti-ship missiles

Once the distance of the target changes, the adjusted shooting elements will completely lose their effect and have to start all over again.Luo Shunchu relied on such a small method to make the previous efforts of the Hewitt fleet in vain, while the Beihua-class battleship with a ballistic computer could know the shooting parameters in a timely and accurate manner, making it impossible for the opponent to defend against.

This kind of naval battle has been unequal from the very beginning. Although the battleships of the White Eagle Kingdom seem to be more in number, they are one level behind in terms of technology.This was an insurmountable level, and as Hualanguo's gunners fought more and more smoothly, the situation began to take a turn for the worse.Soon the battleship West Virginia was hit on the bridge, all officers below the captain were killed, the warship lost effective command, and their shooting began to become blind.

Because there was no command, the warship was unable to evade. After being hit by heavy artillery shells one after another, the West Virginia was the second to be sent to the bottom of the sea.The already injured USS North Carolina was hit again, and the shell directly blasted a big hole in the side of the ship. The sea water swarmed in, and the battleship quickly tilted and sank.

The White Eagle Navy fired shells desperately, but they couldn't cause any trouble to the heavily armored Beihua-class battleship. However, the much slower Washington was hit by two shells again, and the hull broke in two from the middle. , was slowly submerged by sea water.

At this time on the battlefield, the White Eagle Navy has only four battleships of the South Dakota class and the number one ship of the Colorado class, the USS Colorado.The remaining five battleships are not intact, most of them are wounded, and sinking is only a matter of time.

Facing what might be the last large-scale battleship artillery battle of this century, the morale of the Hualan Navy was high, and the artillery speed was even increased by about [-]% compared to usual. The White Eagle Navy was completely at a disadvantage.

While the battleship gun battle was in full swing, Vanguard One was also preparing for another hunt.It turned out that in order to escape quickly, Admiral Halsey ordered the fleet that followed the fleet to transport the army and air force [-] kilometers behind the fleet to turn westward and quickly occupy New Caledonia.

The order issued by Halsey is to let the 12 army quickly occupy New Caledonia and its nearby islands, quickly establish coastal fortifications, and at the same time assist the Air Force to assemble [-] aircraft and build an airport, and use the Air Force to assist there. Defensive work.Their task is to stand firm and wait for the arrival of the domestic naval fleet to support them, and then use the island as a fulcrum to launch a new offensive against New Guinea.

At first glance, this order seems to be a clever strategy to seek victory in defeat and be brave to forge ahead, but in fact it is not much different from abandoning these people.Now that the aircraft carrier fleet of the White Eagle Kingdom has suffered a lot of losses, it is still unknown when they will be able to gather a fleet sufficient for the expedition.

The area of ​​New Caledonia is small, and it is already too much to accommodate so many people. If there is no support from the follow-up fleet, I am afraid that in a month, the food carried by those supply ships will be exhausted. If they don't want to be starved to death, they can only surrender, of course, if they can find someone to surrender.

The only advantage of doing so is that Halsey can exonerate himself. Although the fleet lost a lot, he gained a fulcrum in the opponent's territory, which can be regarded as equalizing the merits and demerits.As for how long this fulcrum can exist in the future, it is not his responsibility. He can completely push the problem to the logistics department of the Ministry of the Navy and excuse himself because of their unfavorable supply.

After Halsey issued such a bastard order, he led the fleet to break through the Solomon Islands and entered the Eastern Ocean, and then he commanded the fleet to go to San Diego Naval Port, which is the largest home port of the Eastern Ocean Fleet of the White Eagle Country, and there are enough shipyards to use it. For repairing warships.

As for the army and air force that had been abandoned, under the cover of four destroyers, they headed for New Caledonia at a speed of twelve knots.The army officers and soldiers on the merchant ship silently prepared their weapons. They were about to launch a very difficult beach landing without the cover of naval guns.The officers and soldiers of the army did not know that the enemy did not only come from the land, but in the depths of the ocean under their feet, a huge threat was slowly approaching.

After being bombarded by depth charges once, Pioneer 50 became much more cautious. Colonel Zhou Jin kept the submarine in a water depth of [-] meters, using active and passive sonar arrays to carefully watch the huge fleet on the water.

"The destroyer didn't seem to notice us," said Chief Officer Liu Chao.

Colonel Zhou Jin nodded, but did not express his opinion, nor did he issue any orders.

"According to the reconnaissance just now, it has been determined that the other party only has four destroyers? Why not do it." Wang Wei, who had been staying on the submarine, asked in a low voice.

Colonel Zhou Jin shook his head: "We need to destroy all four destroyers in a very short period of time. This is too difficult. If we miss, we may be besieged."

"But with so many White Eagle Army, it's too risky to put them on board. If they land somewhere, it will cause us huge losses." Wang Wei said anxiously.

Colonel Zhou Jin looked at his watch and said, "It's still an hour before dark, when we can launch a sneak attack at night, the destroyer of the other side will not be able to find the target."

"This is the best way, we can sink them all secretly." First officer Liu Chao laughed.

When Zhou Jin and Liu Chao were planning the night operation plan, Hewitt's fleet had reached the last moment, but their final solution was not to be sunk by naval guns, but to become unlucky new weapon experiments.

The disadvantage in the number of battleships made Xiao Jinguang very worried. He finally decided to use the backup plan, using six Sea Fish 2 torpedo aircraft to mount Eagle Strike 2 anti-ship missiles.

The Eagle Strike 2 anti-ship missile is the latest improvement on the basis of the Type 1, but in fact, it can also be regarded as a redesigned anti-ship missile.After the projectile body has been modified, it becomes more slender and has less wind resistance.A liquid rocket engine with a thrust of 850 kilograms and eight wings allow the missile to fly 12 kilometers at a speed of 450 kilometers per hour.The shaped energy armor-piercing warhead upgraded to [-] kg RDX gold charge is enough to penetrate the side armor of any battleship in the world.

Such a missile has made great progress over the previous generation, but what has really improved is its guidance device.With Zhao Shouhong's unremitting efforts, the miniaturization of the radar has finally been realized. Although it is still a mechanical scanning radar, it can at least be used for missile guidance.It is precisely because of such technological support that the Eagle Strike 2 missile adopts the method of inertial guidance and terminal radar guidance, so that the accuracy of the missile's hit has reached a new level, and it is no longer necessary to aim at the opponent's chimney and deliver it at close range. up.

The first thousand and 360 chapters and four time is tight

As a missile weapon that Zhao Shouhong once signed a special order requiring full secrecy, the Eagle Strike series of anti-ship missiles has never been equipped with large-scale troops, but only conducts actual combat exercises in a small area to find out the problems and make improvements.If it weren't for the difficulty of this battle and the fact that it was about the future of Hualan Nation, Zhao Shouhong would not be willing to take out these treasures.

Although the loading of missiles is not much faster than that of bombs, the demand is much less. The six Sea Fish 2 torpedo planes were first loaded with 2 Eagle Strike [-] anti-ship missiles, and the engines were filled with rocket fuel.

Six Haiyu 2 torpedo planes quickly took off from the deck of the aircraft carrier. Under the cover of 4 Haiyu [-] fighter jets, they rushed towards the battlefield dozens of kilometers away.Xiao Jinguang did not use these weapons before because anti-ship missiles are top-secret weapons and cannot be used in dangerous situations. Considering that the opponent's carrier-based fighter jets may pose a threat to the missile aircraft, he did not mount missiles to attack.

What's more, the use of these anti-ship missiles requires scientific research data to support future research work, which requires that the battlefield environment must be simplified to facilitate data collection.At this time, two of the Haiji-2 fighter jets flying next to the six Haiyu-4 torpedo planes were equipped with cameras and data acquisition equipment.

The battlefield is not far away. With the good flight performance of the two aircrafts, it took only a few minutes to arrive.At this time, the sea was full of war smoke. The four battleships of the Hualan Kingdom were all wounded, and two of them were still emitting thick smoke. The White Eagle fleet on the opposite side was also not much better, and the Colorado had already sunk. , the remaining four most advanced South Dakota-class battleships are also scarred.

Seeing that the battle situation had become clearer, and there would be no chance if they didn't do anything again, the six Haiyu 2 torpedo planes started to fly towards their targets in groups of two.The torpedo plane maintained an altitude of 300 meters above sea level. When it approached a distance of about seven kilometers, the pilots pressed the bomb button one after another.

The rocket motors ignite almost simultaneously as the missiles attached to the wing roots are ejected.Those "torpedoes" that looked a little too long flew straight towards the battleship of the White Eagle Kingdom with orange-red tail flames at their tails.

The sailors on the battleship watched in astonishment as the torpedo plane dropped the "torpedo" seven kilometers away. The strange torpedo did not fall into the sea, but kept level in the air, rushing towards their own side with a very strange route. battleship.Some anti-aircraft artillery immediately turned their muzzles to destroy these weird torpedoes. However, the slow-firing anti-aircraft artillery shells could not hit these fast and flexible missiles at all.

The course of action of these missiles flying in circles was extremely strange, and the rotation speed of the anti-aircraft guns could not be improved at all. As a result, the sailors watched helplessly as the missiles suddenly increased in height in front of the battleship, and then slammed into the deck of the battleship.Originally, the sailors still took chances, thinking that the 150mm thick battleship deck should be able to prevent missile attacks.However, missiles with a full charge are not comparable to those torpedoes. The energy-gathering cover made of copper can form a hot metal jet at the moment the charge explodes, directly piercing the hard and thick steel armor into the interior of the hull, and the explosives will be produced. The shock wave of the shock wave and the airflow of hot debris instantly sprayed into the interior of the battleship.

The power of this kind of missile is much greater than that of traditional armor-piercing projectiles. A breach with a diameter of one meter will also cause scattered cracks, causing fatal damage to the hull structure.

To be on the safe side, two torpedo planes fought against a battleship, but facing such a huge target, the Eagle Strike [-] missile surprisingly achieved a [-]% hit rate.The ammunition fired from seven kilometers away can actually achieve a [-]% hit rate. This is no longer explained by advanced weapons. It is the difference in absolute advantages between different generations of weapons.