Chapter 1009: The battle between quasi-fearless

Slide 1009

If it is said that the Japanese navy has a slight advantage in the four ultra-fearless battles between the two sides, then the situation of the three quasi-fearless ships in the Austro-Hungarian fleet and the two quasi-fearless ships of the British are different! Whether it is the number or quality of battleships, whether it is the number or quality of **** warships, it seems that the Austro-Hungarian fleet dominates. In short, when the two sides meet, the commander of the Austro-Hungarian Quasi-Dreadnought Squadron, Rear Admiral Vilennik discovered My own advantage is a bit big! You can win A in the past!

The actual situation is indeed similar. The two Austro-Hungarian fleet’s former dreadnought battleships Radecki and Ferdinand have been well maintained and replaced the twin 240MM second-level main guns with single-mounted 12-inch ships. gun. The 12-inch firepower of the 6-door side string can fully achieve long-range shooting. Moreover, this 12-inch naval gun is the same model as the 12-inch naval gun on the German Navy’s dreadnought, and the armor penetration power is guaranteed. The armored cruiser St. Georg can actually be regarded as a trumpet fearless, in addition to its small artillery circle.

What about the British fleet? The 12-inch artillery used by the battleship Edward VII was the 12-inch L40 artillery, the artillery before the fearless... And the second level main gun has only 4 single-loaded 234MM guns, this gun circle is too small, you can't change it if you want to change it!

The situation of the battleship Nelson is better. The tonnage of the battleship is almost as strong as the fearless. It has 4 12-inch L45 guns like the fearless, and 10 234MM guns... If it is necessary to carry out "fearless" modification, it is practical and possible to replace the 4 double 234MM artillery turrets with a single installation. But think about it, when World War I broke out, the Dreadnought was transferred to reserve service. Naturally, the wealthy British navy did not intend to “fearless” the Lord Nelson. Therefore, the British can only carry one. A lot of 234MM artillery and the opponent are doing long distance...

To tell the truth, the two Radecky-class battleships were simply firepowered, and they have surpassed one of the early German battle cruisers. The former and the two ships combined to 12 12-inch artillery, while the latter only had 9... ... And Edward VII is not only armed and powerful, but also fearless, armored! The armor height of only 9 inches can only be said to be average. Although the defense area is large, it faces the Skoda 12-inch L45 artillery that is stronger than the 12-inch L50 of the German dreadnought battleship in history... That can only be said to be too crisp! The forehead of the 12-inch turret is fairly strong, but only the 6 to 9-inch mount is more problematic... Well, in short, there are not many places where Edward VII can block the opponent's 12-inch L45 artillery at a normal distance...

The tactic chosen by Rear Admiral Velennick was to take advantage of his own long-range firepower, and first concentrate the firepower of a battleship and an armored cruiser to attack the weakest battleship Edward VII, and another battleship to contain the Lord Nelson. Keeping a distance of more than 13,000 meters between them will minimize the power of the British 234MM artillery.

The battleship Grand Duke Ferdinand and the armored cruiser St. Georg first aimed their fire at the last ranked Edward VII. Six 12-inch guns and eight 240mm guns were aimed at distant targets, accompanied by The rangefinders of the two battleships placed the target in the middle of the cross. After the huge cannonball was pushed into the barrel, the first battle of the two battleships began with the vibration of the turret!

Although they are relatively old warships, the firepower of the two warships is still not small. The rate of fire of the 12-inch gun can be maintained at 2.5 to 3 rounds per minute. The firing rate of the 240MM gun of the armored cruiser St. Georg even reached 4 rounds per minute at one time! After the two battleships join forces, they are no less than a first-class battleship in terms of projecting capacity! And when the two battleships completed the straddle firing in turn and entered the effective firing phase, these high-rate artillery immediately showed terrifying combat effectiveness!

The first hit was the armored cruiser St. Georg. On the one hand, the gunners on this ship were all old fried dough sticks. The experience and quality of the fire control officers and gunners who had served for more than 5 years was really extraordinary. On the one hand, the rate of fire is fast, and the rate of orthopedic shooting is also fast! After just 6 rounds of correction, at a distance of 11,000 meters, the St. Georg successfully bit the opponent!

The first 240MM armor-piercing projectile weighing 230KG directly hit the 6-inch gun gallery armor belt of the Edward VII, and then... Then it actually penetrated! The hard-capped armor-piercing projectile is really powerful. The penetration power seems not to be worse than that of the British 12-inch gun. To be honest, this one was actually pierced. The bottom fuze was activated when the projectile penetrated halfway, and then violently. The explosion directly blasted the remaining armor into fragments. A devastating impact composed of radioactive metal jets and fragments swept the two nearby gun tails. The armor on the side wall of the gun gallery of one gun station was directly smashed into The person was beaten by countless flying shrapnel, and the other gun position seemed even worse. A burning red fragment hit the propellant bag stored in the back of the gun gallery.

boom! With a loud noise, more than a dozen packs of propellant and at least one-handed artillery shells were detonated. The explosion of hundreds of kilograms of explosives and propellant was astonishing. The middle of the entire battleship suddenly exploded and shot a huge fireball, forming a piece of upper layer. The deck was torn apart, and countless fragments were rushed into the air by the shock wave generated by the explosion, and then fluttered and fell on the surface of the sea several hundred meters in radius, and some fell on the deck, and there was a burst of "shrapnel". rain".

And the killing effect of another shell is also good~www.wuxiaspot.com~ This shell landed on the deck above the Edward VII steam engine room. As a former dreadnought ship, the biggest goal is that the horizontal armor thickness is not enough. Think about it. What can the 1.5-inch horizontal armor protect against? Well, this shell was not penetrated, but also blasted through. The 1-inch horizontal armor plus the half-inch backplate actually has limited effect. Then, the soldiers in the engine room suddenly noticed that a flame burst from the ceiling, and then slammed heavily on a running vertical steam engine, accompanied by a violent explosion, dozens of tons of steam engine Together with the bracket next to it, it was blown to pieces! A storm of steel flame and steam covered all objects in the cabin indiscriminately! After a while, the flames burst into the sky, and the power of Edward VII was directly consumed by half!

And then, the battleship Archduke Ferdinand performed well. A 12-inch shell directly hit the front of a 9.2-inch gun turret. Although the 9-inch frontal armor was almost the same as that of the British Battle Cruiser turret, it was Comparing with the vigorous armor-piercing ability of the German 12-inch L50 in history, the hardened armor of 9 inches can only be smashed into the sand.......

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