"Start attacking!" When the fleets of both sides approached about 12 kilometers, Bernard gave the order to open fire.
He did not raise his voice, but gave a very ordinary order in the way he usually spoke.
The adjutant was startled for a moment, then stood at attention, saluted, and loudly repeated the commander-in-chief's order: "Fire!"
"Boom!" The battleship's main gun, which had been prepared long ago, roared almost at the same time, but only one gun in each turret spurted out flames.
A few seconds later, another gun's muzzle was raised high, and it also spurted out flames. The deafening roar sounded again, and the shock wave from the gun's muzzle blew away the waves on the side of the ship.
This sudden artillery fire startled the Mirage Navy. They did not expect that the Tang Army's artillery began to attack from such a long distance.
But soon, these shells began to fall, and the water column stirred up was almost two hundred meters away from the Mirage Navy's battle line, and there was basically no threat.
Although the power of the shells fired by the 305 mm caliber heavy artillery is really terrifying, these shells only hit an amazing huge water column, but did not damage the Mirage warship at all.
But such terrifying power still made Mirage's naval commander Kazuo Mirage frown - his artillery had a larger caliber, but its power was not much stronger than the enemy's artillery shells in front of him.
So, is the poor fifteen millimeter caliber that Cyric has worked so hard to improve really of any use? At this moment, the man from Mirage couldn't help but start to doubt.
Just when he was doubting, on the side of the Tang Army's fleet, in the slightly dim turret, an exquisitely designed automatic loading machine was working. The chain rolled the long rod and pushed forward slowly, and a new shell was loaded into the
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Then with the movement of the machine, the long rod retreated, the hatch on the side opened, and three packages of cylindrical charges rolled into the groove. The long rod pushed forward again, pushing the propellant into the gun bore.
When the long pole was withdrawn, the gunner closed the breech skillfully, and then raised his arms to the gunner. The gunner was ready to fire, but stood there, waiting for a new firing order.
Almost at the same moment, behind the observation equipment on the side below the battleship's command tower, the observer reported a series of data: "Miss! Distance is remote! About 100 meters! Give the data to the computing center."
The officer holding the phone nodded slightly, then released the phone receiver he was covering with his hand, and shouted loudly: "Missed, the distance is remote! About 100 meters!"
Inside the battleship, in the cabin responsible for ballistic calculations, the sergeants skillfully rotated the ruler disk and checked the shooting parameters. They used a mechanical computer with a very complex structure. They all relied on the combination of mechanical gears to calculate the shooting parameters.
"Lower the muzzle, parameter 5!" After comparing the calculated results, the officer behind the sergeant immediately grabbed another phone: "Lower the muzzle! Parameter 5!"
In the four turrets aiming at the enemy's battle line, all firing command officers received the call at the same time and issued orders to modify the firing parameters almost simultaneously.
This is the benefit of the unified caliber of artillery. Unified command and unified dispatch are used to increase firepower density, improve shooting accuracy, and increase hit rate. This is the advancement of the dreadnought ship's fire control system.
Following the orders, the muzzles of all the cannons began to lower slightly, followed by a brief silence.
Within a few seconds, the battleship finally returned to a balanced state as the waves rolled left and right. The roll monitoring equipment in the battleship showed that the battleship was about to trim left and right.
In the moment when the battleship was balancing, half of the cannons were fired again, and eight shells flew rapidly towards the target. The next second, the remaining half of the cannons fired again.
Holding the telescope, Bernard was still looking at the impact point of his artillery. A column of water soon rose up there, and he could not see clearly whether his artillery shell had hit the enemy.
"Is that ballistic computer thing useful?" Bernard felt that the actual performance of the mechanical equipment on his battleship was really not very good.
During the previous training, it looked okay, and it seemed that it could significantly improve the hit rate of our own artillery, but now it seems that it is not as useful as imagined.
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At least at a distance of more than ten kilometers, two salvos have been fired and have not yet hit the enemy warship. Isn't this a lie?
"Theoretically, it's very advanced. That thing is much more advanced than the equipment used on cruisers." The adjutant was unsure, because this was the first time a battleship had actually fought in the world.
"..." Bernard didn't say anything. He also knew that he might be a little impatient, but in a naval battle of this scale, the outcome could only be decided in an instant, so it was natural for him to be anxious.
If you say that anyone can really face such a battlefield and remain indifferent, that is true nonsense - people will be nervous, especially at such a life-or-death moment.
"Missed! The distance is far away! About 100 meters!" The observation post of the school shooter repeated what he said before.
His words made the officer who delivered the order speechless for a while: Why the hell was the distance just now 100 meters away. Even after lowering the muzzle, it was still 100 meters away. Are you looking for a fight?
The observer was also very embarrassed. He made a helpless expression and explained: "It is indeed remote, and there is nothing I can do about it."
"Damn it! You will kill me sooner or later!" The officer cursed, released his hand covering the microphone, and repeated what he had just said: "Missed, the distance is remote! About 100 meters!"
"Are you sick?" Sure enough, the officer in the computing department immediately became a little annoyed after hearing the exact same parameters.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, he still conveyed the parameters faithfully. Of course, this time the sergeant in front of the computing device did not count and directly gave the correction parameters.
Their commander was also happy and relaxed, and directly passed the same parameters to all turrets: "Lower the muzzle! Parameter 5!"
Soon, all the turrets completed their adjustments, once again waited for the hull to roll back to zero, and then fired a salvo.
This time, the enemy ship was very close. The huge water column even made the Mirage battleship look very small, and the splashing water even fell on the high-rise buildings of the Mirage battleship.
Mirage Kazuo had already started to feel frightened, thinking that the pressure brought on him by the opponent's bombardment was too much.
The rate of fire of the large-caliber artillery on the opponent's warship was unparalleled. In just a few minutes, they fired two consecutive salvos.
You know, although the caliber of the artillery is larger, the rate of fire of the main gun of the battleship customized by Mirage from Cyric is really disappointingly slow.
If they could fire one artillery shell in fifteen minutes, Mirage Kazuo felt that his own artillery was performing beyond its capabilities.
What frightened him even more was that the opponent's artillery was calibrated very accurately. Even though it had been almost twenty minutes since the war started and he had not been hit once, the Tang army's artillery fire was obviously getting closer and closer to him.
"If you are aiming, fire when you find an opportunity!" Feeling a little impatient, he looked at his adjutant and ordered.
The other party was a little embarrassed and tentatively explained: "General, the enemy has not yet entered the maximum firing range. If you fire at this time, you may miss the opportunity to fire in the first round."
"The opponent has fired two rounds of volleys! If we keep waiting like this, the next round of volleys will probably hit us!" said a man from Mirage somewhat depressedly.
He also did not dare to easily modify his route to avoid the enemy's salvo, because this was completely a luck-based choice.
Sometimes if you walk in a straight line, the enemy may not be able to hit you with several rounds of volleys. But if you get scared and change the route, you may happen to run into the enemy's test-firing artillery shells that are being corrected.
Not to mention, keeping the course unchanged can also make it easier for one's own side to calibrate shots, so few generals in naval battles order frequent course changes.
Of course, there are no absolutes in everything. When one party has a huge advantage, or when one party wants to slip away and wait, there will be a situation where the order is given to turn.
"When the distance reaches 10 kilometers, conduct a school shooting! You can't passively take a beating!" After some consideration, Mirage Kazuo decided to fire back at the extreme distance.
On the one hand, it is to boost the morale of one's own side, and on the other hand, Kazuo Mirage also considers that one's own side also needs to test the range, and his Mirage navy does not have the ability to hit the target in the first salvo. First\./shot
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So, all he can do now is wait. (The next page will be more exciting!)
Wait for the distance between the two parties to get closer and closer.
At this time, the battleship of the Datang Group, which had once again completed its loading, fired another salvo.
This round of salvo once again crossed the battle line of the Mirage Navy, but it was closer to the battleships of the Mirage Navy.
The distance between the warships on both sides was getting closer and closer, and soon the distance reached about ten kilometers. A few minutes later, both sides fired a salvo almost simultaneously.
The sudden roar startled Bernard. He saw a flash of fire on the opposite side of the Mirage naval battle line, followed by white smoke.
He waited nervously, waiting for fate to judge him. What made him happy was that the God in the sky seemed to be fair. He did not favor the mirage navy and did not grant miracles to these goblins. First\./Fa\.
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The cannonball fired by the Mirage Navy landed almost 500 meters away from the battle line of the Tang Navy's fleet. Although it also aroused water columns rising into the sky, Bernard did not let himself become nervous again no matter what.
And this round of salvo fired by his fleet still brought some encouraging good news: Although it still did not hit the opponent this time, the impact point of the shells was already between the two armies, and there was no crossing again.
