Chapter 219: Sulu Sea Battle One

"Is the British warship just like this?" Standing in the armored command module of the Iowa, Dewey could clearly see the two twin 12-inch turrets at the fore and aft of the Iowa battleship and the two in the middle of the hull. The scene when the 8-inch turret was firing, accompanied by thunder-like loud noises, the battleship Iowa, like an ancient giant, issued heavy blows to its opponents again and again!

  As soon as the two sides met, the Fuji was at a disadvantage. It is conservatively estimated that Iowa's ammunition projected is at least 1.5 times that of Fuji! Iowa’s 12-inch guns had a rate of fire per minute, but the four 8-inch guns made up for the lack of projection, and Fuji’s guns were smaller, but the rate of fire was still not high. Not long after the fire was fired, one shell landed near the Fuji. As the distance gradually narrowed, Iowa got the first hit!

  Although American artillery skills are generally relatively low, there are exceptions to everything. For example, the gunner on the Iowa is not bad. After the two battleships battled, it was the American who got the first hit! A 12-inch shell roared over a distance of 2500 meters, and then plunged into the middle of the Fuji's hull. The violent impact tore apart the main armor belt in the upper gallery. The turbulent flames and a large number of shrapnel came from Flew in through the breach, and carried out a full-coverage attack on the Japanese soldiers in the two artillery galleries nearby. Accompanied by the sour metal tearing sound, the flying shrapnel swept down the Japanese soldiers in pieces like wheat. . The fire started to spread in the gun gallery of the hull.

But soon, the Fuji was still in color. A 10-inch shell hit a twin 8-inch shell on the sidestring of the Iowa. Although it failed to penetrate the 8-inch Harvey hardened armor, it did Successfully blasted the barrel of an 8-inch gun, and made the other gun unusable for a short time. Since the start of the war, the two sides have almost tied for a quarter of an hour.

If Iowa and Fuji on the opposite side have a tie in a short time and there is a chance of back pressure, then Brooklyn, who is second in the battle line, has suffered a bit in the battle with the Yashima. The six 8-inch turret guns of the Brooklyn are indeed enough. The three side-string turrets are like the three heads of the Hellhound, and the bullets are leaning toward each other frantically. The Americans’ bombardment accuracy is worse, but how The new-style turret guns fired faster, and there were a lot of them. Orange fireballs shot up on the target from time to time. Fires caused by violent explosions destroyed part of the Yashima’s superstructure and were smoky. This Japanese battleship looked a little embarrassed.

However, the opponent is obviously not a vegetarian. Relying on the larger-caliber secondary artillery, Yashima’s projectile capacity can be considered improvised, but Yashima’s most fierce weapon is its dual 10-inch main gun at the beginning and end, and the 227KG armor-piercing shell is easy. Pierced Brooklyn’s sidestring armor with a thickness of only 3 inches. A shell slammed into it, and a large hole of several square meters was opened in the sidestring hull. Then more than ten kilograms of picric acid grabbed the hit directly into a piece. Fire! Brooklyn’s attack speed is very fast, but it caused only skin trauma to the opponent, while the Yashima is a heavy boxer. Although the attack is slow, the opponent can pay a heavy price every time, so consumption. Although the situation in Brooklyn is very bad, it can be sustained in a short time.

"No one could have imagined that the first to be unable to sustain this battle was the armored cruiser Rurik, the largest tonnage in the U.S.-Russian fleet. The combat power of this 11,000-ton warship could not stand it at all. Tonnage, while other warships of the U.S. Navy are still holding on, this warship has been crushed by the flagship of General Togo Heihachiro, the Asama!" Lieutenant Colonel Jericho, who participated in the battle after the war, commented. The armored cruiser Rurik.

  Liu Rick looks at the data really vigorously, 4 203 guns, 16 6-inch guns! But it is a pity that the four 203 guns are artillery cannons, which are similar in appearance to the 8-inch guns of the Qing Dynasty Haitian class in history. Moreover, it is still a sad cross distribution. The side string firepower is only 3, and all the 6-inch guns have very limited protection. This seems to be very fierce, but it is only the second-class stabilized cruiser level, and the skill points are all the points. On the voyage, it was far enough, but the speed was low, the fire protection was weak, and you still used unhardened armor! In this era of naval battles, you are embarrassed to say hello if you don't go to Harvey!

  The armored cruiser Asama, designed on the basis of the last-gen cruiser Rürik 2 in history, competes with the first-generation Rülik in history.... This is really fate! If the traveler is here, I must sigh. In this battle, Rurik's appearance is worse!

  "Doesn't the Russian warship have any protection?" Feeling the slight vibration from the battleship under his feet when the battleship opened fire, Togo Heihachiro comfortably looked at the cruiser Rurik, which was struggling in flames and explosions in the distance. The damage caused by the Japanese shelling is beyond the imagination of the Russians ~ www.wuxiaspot.com~ and beyond the imagination of the Japanese! The defense of the Lulik is as fragile as a layer of paper! Almost every minute, there will be a series of explosions and pillars of fire rising from the sky on the Lulik. Above the entire waterline armor belt, Rurik's defense is very limited, and he can't resist the name armored cruiser!

  Luriek’s seemingly powerful projection firepower has no chance to play, most of the gun positions are concentrated in the first time after the start of the war! Faced with very limited defense positions, even an 8-inch cannon shell can easily erase it! Within 10 minutes after the start of the battle, two of Rülik's three 8-inch gun positions were destroyed! An 8-inch shell pierced the rear position, shattering the entire artillery and the frame to pieces. And another 227KG 10-inch shell not only blew up an 8-inch gun position on the sidestring, but also damaged the lower shell transport device. A fire dragon instantly spread below the deck.

  Although they were unable to enter the ammunition depot, the Russian naval officers and soldiers present could still feel the vibration of the explosion and the sound of the ship tearing. In just over 20 minutes of counterattack, Rurik was completely at a disadvantage. The entire deck had been blown up like a burning volcano. Unfortunately, fortunately, the power system of this warship had not been hit. Otherwise, However, once Lurik slows down and leaves the battlefield, no matter how the Japanese fleet chooses, it will be a disaster for the US and Russian fleets.

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