Chapter 198: Excitement! Song of cannons and giant ships! (10)

At a distance of 18,000 yards, passing through a forest of water columns stirred up by a giant 381 mm bomb, the No. 2 ship of Yuan Feng's reconnaissance force, the "Xiang Lei", which had sailed parallel to the "Warspity", began a test firing of four rounds.

The first group, all close!

The second group, clamp the fork!

The third group, one hit!

Thanks to a complex optical data synchronization transmission system, the "Xianlei" shared the previous test launch data of the "Xunlei" almost in real time, and the fork was achieved after only one set of test launches.

A hit was achieved within two minutes after the first firing, and then it switched to a full firing of the eight main guns. Within three minutes, four more "War Exhausted" bombs were hit one after another.

At the same time, Yuan Feng's lead ship "Thunder" targeted the "Barham", which was the penultimate position in the main column of Betty's force, and restarted the test firing. The "Barham" had already been targeting

Aboard the arrogant "Thunlei". Relying on the new firing director that was not installed in the "Warpite", the "Barham" was in the first group of the "Thunlei"

Before the water column stirred up by the test shot had dissipated, all the main gun ports suddenly fired a full salvo! A pinch fork was formed during the second salvo, and even more so during the third salvo.

One shell hit the bow of the "Thunlei" ship. The powerful 15-inch shell penetrated the almost unprotected horizontal deck of the bow from above, penetrated the bottom of the ship, and then exploded in the water!

The bow of the "Thunlei" was lifted up heavily, and Yuan Feng, who was motionless in the bridge, was knocked forward along with everyone else. Of course, he didn't know that another time and space happened on May 31, 1916.

The British Home Fleet and the German Company

In the Battle of Jutland between the naval fleets, it was the "Barham" that directly hit the "Von der Tann" at the end of Hipper's fleet at a distance of 19,000 yards, creating the first naval battle at that time.

The longest hit in history...

Yuan Feng, who had bruised his gums, wiped the blood from his mouth, stood up with his saber in his hand, raised his hand and tilted his military cap to the right: "Fuck, a big gun is great, don't play with it anymore - keep at full speed."

, turn around two compass points on the port side to avoid the enemy's sharp edge!"

Thanks to the complex and solid watertight structure and effective damage control measures, and the fact that the hit was not critical, although the bottom of the bow of the "Thunder" was penetrated and a hole with a diameter of more than one meter was blasted, hundreds of tons of gunfire poured in instantly.

The sea water did not affect the operation of the ship and the firing of artillery, but the speed dropped by more than 1 knot. As a result, the maximum formation speed of the column could only be maintained at 26 knots, and the speed advantage over Betty's column was reduced to less than 2 knots.

At this time, the "Gangyong", which was the third to last position in Betty's column, also joined the bombardment of the "Thunder". Due to the restricted range of fire, only the four main guns at the stern could be used for the time being. Even so,

, followed by "Barham"

Another 8-magazine clip was forked, and the four new water jets that suddenly aroused two to three hundred yards in front of the "Thunder" still made Yuan Feng startled. He immediately drew his sword and ordered: "Every ship is covered by smoke screens, and the main force

The column transferred to the aviation school to 'shoot'!"

Yuan Feng's reconnaissance force's 6 battle cruisers and 6 light cruisers carry a total of 18 "Seagull" three-seater seaplanes, which can be launched by Type 11 gunpowder projectiles. Among them, the combat cruisers

The 12 J-types carried on the cruiser are mainly responsible for the "shooting" mission, and the 6 Z-types carried on the light cruiser are mainly responsible for reconnaissance and liaison tasks.

The calibration aircraft overlooking the sea from a high altitude can conduct rapid missile landing observations at long distances. It can also help determine the accurate distance between the own ship and the enemy ship. It is also not susceptible to muzzle smoke and chimney smoke.

The interference of smoke screens and water jets cast by the enemy and ourselves is an indispensable means when shooting beyond the smoke screen and shooting at ultra-long distances.

Before entering the artillery battle, Yuan Feng had ordered all water planes to take off. According to the pre-war formation, every two ships had a group of four calibrated shooters to conduct observations from four different directions. According to the four calibrated aircraft,

The observation results of the 'shooter' machine are comprehensively calculated to obtain more accurate target orientation data.

However, in addition to the aircraft carrier, Betty's vanguard force also carried 18 aircraft on 4 battle cruisers and 5 high-speed battleships. All of them were Camel fighters that could not land on the ship. They took off through a simple wooden deck laid on the turret and could only take off.

It is used in sea areas close to land airports, so it will not be used unless absolutely necessary.

But before entering the artillery battle, these "flammable items" must be cleared from the ship - Betty issued the same order at almost the same time.

As a result, the situation suddenly became that the British Army's light and flexible "Camels" unilaterally pursued and killed the East Asian Army's clumsy "Seagulls" carrying heavy pontoons. Before the mobile force's covering fighter jets arrived to repel the Camel fleet, at least half of the "Seagulls"

"Seagull" was sifted into dead birds by the Lewis machine gun.

After learning that the air supremacy had changed hands, Yuan Feng had the confidence to order the smoke screen to be set off and conduct an aviation calibration. Unexpectedly, before the smoke belt was pulled up, there was a sudden movement on Betty's side: the "Lion" took the three battleships behind it.

The patrol turned at a large angle to the port side and followed the extended course line of Yuan Feng's column and came across!

"Go ahead, grab my butt and watch me kick your head off!"

While he was cursing angrily, a cold smile appeared unconsciously under Yuan Feng's bright face.

"The whole team follows the flagship and turns left 8 compass points together!"

Under the cover of tens of thousands of yards of gray smoke ribbons dragged out front and back, the six battle cruisers of Yuan Feng's column turned 90 degrees to the left at the same time, facing away from the angry ships at high speed with their butts facing the enemy.

The six super-dreadnought battleships sailed side by side to the northeast. At the same time, they returned to a parallel course with the four British battleships who were trying to steal the lead.

At 13:15, seeing that the distance between the opponent's five genuine battleships had widened to more than 22,000 yards, the main guns of the warships Warpite, Barham, and Gangyong were also obviously inaccurate. Yuan Feng blinked.

A firm order: "The lead ship maintains full speed, and from the last ship onwards, it slows down and returns to the column! Prepare to engage the enemy ship on the starboard side!"

On the starboard side is the battle patrol detachment led by Betty. At this time, it has accelerated to 26 knots, slightly away from the battleship detachment with a speed of 24 knots. What was Betty thinking when he risked breaking up the column?

"Hmph, think of me as stupid if you want to attack from both sides...it will be 6 versus 4 soon, let's see how you defeat me!"

Yuan Feng was rubbing the hilt of the knife in his hand, feeling proud of himself, when an alarm from the air observation post suddenly came from the loudspeaker: "At 4 o'clock, a large aircraft group is approaching!"

Yuan Feng frowned and stamped his feet in annoyance: "Fuck, the dead fly is here to steal the credit again!"

"Lion".

One minute before receiving the same air condition alert as Yuan Feng, Betty received an urgent telegram from the "King George V".

"Leave the fight immediately and come closer to me - Jellicoe."

Betty's heart trembled, and she immediately understood the implication of the Commander-in-Chief: "The situation is unfavorable, prepare to run away."

With a clear advantage in the first battle, he shamefully escaped from under the eyes of the enemy? Seeing hundreds of years of glory of the Royal Navy destroyed in one fell swoop?

What's more, the opponent's formation is relatively fast. At this time, turning in front of the enemy will only cause the troops behind to suffer losses, right?

But……
Chapter completed!