It was already noon, and on the sea about forty nautical miles northeast of the Dongsha Islands, the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet, led by the last time, was lined up in two columns, just like the formation of the navy during normal inspections.
In front of the fleet is the tenth destroyer headed by the light cruiser of the Nagato and the first battleship consisting of the Nagato and the Muro. Behind these two battleships is about 10 chains away.
The place is the third and fourth cruiser team's main four "Ancient Eagle-class" heavy cruisers.
As a symbol of the Japanese Navy, the "Namen-class" battleship has eight daunting 410mm main guns. Theoretically, the power of the "Namen-class" main gun is greater than the latest "Kunlun Mountain" of the Republican Navy.
The 380mm/L48 main gun equipped by the class battleship is not the same as the conclusion reflected by the paper data.
As the "first battleship of pure Japanese descent" designed and built by the Japanese Navy, the Nagamon was not as powerful as its surface data showed. As a battleship built at the end of World War I, the technical conditions at that time
Next, its comprehensive capabilities may be ranked among the top three in the world's naval warships. Although after modernization and modification, the standard displacement of Nagato-class battleships reached 39,000 tons, after twenty years, this class of warships has already
Looks very old.
A sirens of battle sounded across the sea, and the two hostile fleets could already see each other with their naked eyes. Several smoke columns of smoke emerged from the distant waterline of the sky.
"Discover large water surface targets with azimuth of 287 and a distance of 37,000!"
This is close to the limit that can be seen by the naked eye. Although the 410mm main gun on the Changmen and the 380mm main gun on the Qilian Mountains can theoretically hit farther places than this, even the "Xing'anling Mountains"
The 340mm main gun on the Qinling Sea can also hit 45,000 yards, but the commanders of both sides obviously do not want to waste ammunition at this distance.
"Sir, from the telegram sent from the Jiguang, he found four Japanese battleships, and the other party seemed to be starting to sail in our direction." The communications officer came out of the telegram room and reported the latest situation to Chen Shiying.
The staff officers next to the chart quickly marked the location where the Japanese battleship appeared on the chart. They were about 50 nautical miles south of the current location of the Republic's main fleet, and seemed to be working hard to join in the fun.
Chen Shiying looked at the Nakatu and understood the Japanese's intentions. These four battleships should be four battleships of the King Kong-class with faster speeds. They should have gone to intercept Wei Zihao's fleet and discovered the main force of the Republic Navy.
He was ordered to start rushing back again.
Chen Shiying smiled. The Japanese seemed to be very considerate of themselves and were afraid that they would not be able to bear it at once, so they slowly delivered dishes to themselves.
"Target position 280, distance 35,000" At this position, Chen Shiying ordered the fleet to carry out a complex maneuver, and six battleships made a 180-degree turn from the front of the enemy's side, which was in almost parallel with the Japanese ships.
, while the large cruiser "Shichang" led six cruisers into the rear of the enemy.
After the maneuver was completed, the battle fleet of the Republican Navy was relatively parallel to the Japanese fleet, and the two fleets were approaching each other.
Ten minutes after "Target 78, distance of 25,000", the shooting command room also reported the target data, which means that the enemy's warship is within the effective range of the 50-times-caliber 380mm main gun on the "Qilianshan".
Yu Jinming, the captain of the "Qilian Mountains", kept holding the telescope in his hand and staring at the sea surface. At 4:43 pm, the Japanese flagship "Namen" opened fire first, and several huge water columns were aroused on the sea surface in the distance.
Two minutes later, the distance between the two fleets had been narrowed to 23,000 yards. "Major General, let's start now!" Chen Shiying held up a telescope and observed the Japanese fleet opposite and said softly.
"The attack begins!" Yu Jinming, who had been holding the microphone, issued combat orders to the shooting commander.
"Azip 81, distance 23,000, release!"
A few seconds later, it was like a thunder blew up on the sea. Four huge fireballs with brown smoke were sprayed out from the muzzles of the four main turrets on the "Qilian Mountains", rolling forward in the air, and the volley of 10 main guns were fired.
The recoil caused the 40,000 tons to move across the sea for more than ten meters, and a surge of several meters was launched on the side of the hull.
This giant ship, which symbolizes the achievements of the Republic's industrial achievements, finally roared in anger.
"High and low 26, direction 82, release!"
Each projectile fired by the HG-D/35 type 50-caliber 380mm main gun on the "Qilian Mountain" of the Republican Navy weighs 880 kilograms, although it is more than the 1.1 tons shells fired by the 410-mm main gun of the Nagamon
More than 200 kilograms light, but its armor-piercing ability is still stronger than that of the opponent, which is due to its initial speed of 830 meters per second, which is much higher than the initial speed of 586 meters of the Nagato main gun, making it the largest
The range can reach 38 kilometers, which is nearly 5 kilometers higher than the Nagamon's 410mm main gun.
In fact, these maximum ranges are meaningless. The battle between the two sides is still carried out within a visual range, although the combat distance has increased a lot more than during World War I. At the combat distance of 20 kilometers, if the optical system is not used,
The equipment cannot be seen clearly by the naked eye. A huge battleship is just a small black dot with a faint smoke and dust on the distant horizon waterline.
The "Qilian Mountain", the "Taihang Mountain" and the "Changbai Mountain" three new battleships, located in the forefront of the battleship fleet, are attacking the flagship "Changmen" of the Japanese fleet, and the "Kunlun Mountain"-class "Zhongnan Mountain"-level "
The " and two "Parkling"-class battleships "Altai" and "Qinling" pointed their muzzles at "Luo" and ignored the six heavy cruisers behind them.
In the command tower protected by Nagato with heavy armored steel plates, Navy Nobuma, the commander of the joint fleet, was also observing the Republican fleet paralleling it through a telescope. The main gun of the Republican Navy battleship was also fired at a rate of 2.5 rounds per minute.
Much higher than the level of "Nakamen"-class main guns that were less than one round per minute. The battle had just been going on for 10 minutes. The last time Nobuma realized that he had not insisted on four "King Kong"-class ships to arrive at the battlefield, and two 20 nautical miles away
How effective can the Fusang-class battleship play in changing the situation on the battlefield?
"Turn right 20 and focus on attacking the opponent's flagship!" The last letter was giving a combat order, and he was ready to break away from contact with the Republican Navy fleet.
"Yes, commander!" The adjutant immediately conveyed instructions to relevant departments through the ship's phone number.
The huge warship began to turn slowly, and the four intimidating four dual-equipped 410mm main turrets on the Nagamon also slowly turned, pointing to the Qilianshan battleship on the left rear side.
Nagamon and Muro were hit by several large-caliber shells during the ten-minute battle. Nagamon's turret No. 3 was stuck, and the secondary guns and lifeboats of Muroro were blown away.
The situation was even worse. A small half of the tall bridge was blown up, the No. 2 turret was damaged, and the deck was in a mess, and thick smoke was rolling.
As for the Republican Navy, only the flagship "Qilianshan" was attacked by a key attack. A 410mm shell hit the deck behind the starboard side of the "Qilianshan" and directly arranged a double-unit 127mm high-level dual-purpose
The cannon flew out and fell into the sea water more than fifty meters away, which directly killed 13 people and injured 24 people.
Another 410mm shell hit the waterline armor belt in the interior. Although it did not cause penetration, it caused a lightning-proof oil storage compartment arranged here to rupture, which caused a minimum of 300 tons of crude oil to leak.
The hangar at the back of the "Qilian Mountains" was also hit by a medium-caliber shell, causing serious deformation of the hangar.
Several shells hit other parts of the shells hit the thick armored parts and did not have much impact.
"Nakamon" and "Muo" were closely watched by six battleships, and it seemed that it was difficult to get rid of the fate of being surrounded and annihilated.
In an emergency, Okada led four "Ancient Eagle" class cruisers to launch suicide attacks on the Republic fleet. The four Japanese heavy cruisers cast smoke and rushed between the battleship groups at 17,000 yards.
torpedoes are fired from a distance.
The Japanese Navy's "secret weapon" Type 93 spear torpedo has a 20,000-meter range and a 24-inch diameter that is far beyond the level of various countries. The Republican Navy's battle fleet had to distance themselves from the Japanese ships, and while doing maneuvering evasion, they spread their anger.
To these ignorant guys.
The "Ancient Eagle" was quickly turned into a ball of flame, and thick black smoke emerged from the other heavy cruisers. The displacement was only 7,200 tons. How could the heavy cruiser with weak defense withstand the number?
The battleship bombardment was indiscriminately. At 5:20 pm, a fireball rose from the "Jaku" and a ball of smoke columns hundreds of meters high rose on the sea surface. The Japanese heavy cruiser disappeared.
There is a trace.
The Qingye and Yili escaped from the battlefield with thick black smoke. There was a fire on the Ancient Eagle, and the deck was almost over the water, but there were still four main guns stubbornly spraying out the fire.
The Japanese were still fighting until the last moment, and ten minutes later, it sank into the water.
The impact of the Japanese heavy cruiser has freed Nagato and Muro from the fate of being besieged, but the danger has not been lifted. The battleships of the Republican Navy have already chased after high speed. The two fleets are now less than 30,000 yards apart, but the Republican
The navy's new battleships can drive up to a speed of more than 30 knots, while the "Nakamon" and "Muo" built in the late stage of World War I can only run a little more than 25 knots.