"Distance 8620 meters, orientation 96 degrees, coordinates 6,75; 12,37; all main guns, volleys after 30 seconds."

"Boom boom boom boom boom!" The eight main guns of Gan Jiang opened fire together, firing out the first roar of today's war.

At this time, the Gan Jiang was facing the bow of the old man's star with the sideways. Therefore, Irving could see clearly through the porthole in the command room. Irving's first reaction was that the People's Army would not conduct a cascade shooting? He actually fired at full fire as soon as he came up, but he was relieved soon. Anyway, the People's Army was preparing to fight a chaotic battle, and at this distance, the cascade shooting did not make much sense. It was better to conduct a volley, so the chance of being caught was higher. Since the shells had to fly more than 8,000 meters, it took about 12 seconds. In this short period of more than 10 seconds, Irving could also exercise his brain.

Just when Owen was still thinking whether the People's Army was going to fight a chaotic battle or did not understand the navy's tactics at all, he heard the "boom" sound, and saw that less than 100 meters in front of the left side of the old man's asterisk, two water columns more than 20 meters high rose almost at the same time. Then, about 60 meters to the right side of the old man's asterisk, two water columns rose in succession.

The idea of ​​"the landing point of the shell is so close" flashed in Owen's mind. With a loud "boom", a loud vibration came from his feet. He saw strong smoke and sparks appearing on the left side of the old man's asterisk. It was obvious that he was shot on the port side. The huge hull suddenly shaking, and a series of exclamations were also made in the command room.

Irving was shocked. It was hard to say that the other party's character was really so good that it was so good. The first round of volleys had achieved results. There was no need to even calibrate the fire? But judging from the water columns caused by other shell drops, they were basically around 100 meters around the Old Man's Asterisk. This also shows that the four turrets of the other party's warships were all quite accurate. It was not like a chance hit. It was hard to say that the People's Army Navy had mastered the technology of accurate shooting within a distance of 9,000 meters in actual combat? This is a technology that even the British Navy has not mastered now.

However, Irving did not forget that it was in the war now, so he did not think too much and immediately issued two orders: "The former main gun fired a gun and reported the losses."

At this time, the front main gun of the Old Man Star had already been ready to open fire, so after receiving the order, it immediately launched the firing. However, the landing point of the shell was obviously far from the Gan Jiang. Even though it was Irving's naked eye observation, it was at least 4,500 meters away, which was no threat to the Gan Jiang. But at this time, Irving also received good news, that although the Old Man Star was hit by a bomb, the damage was not large. This was because the Old Man Star now used the bow of the ship against the enemy, the strike surface was small, and the bow of the ship was pointed, and the angle formed by the mid-shot part and the shell was small, which also offset most of the impact. In addition, the bow of the ship was thicker, and the explosion of the shell did not blow through the side side. Of course, the impact force of the explosion still caused a large number of loose patches in the ship body. More than 20 crew members were injured, and several others died.

But such losses were very small for the Old Man Star battleship with a displacement of nearly 13,000 tons. Just when Irving was a little relieved and felt glad that the second round of artillery attacks of Gan Jiang came again.

"Boom Boom Boom Boom" 7 or 8 water columns soaring into the sky were raised around the front, back, left and right sides of the old man's asterisk. Two shells landed less than 30 meters away from the old man's asterisk, which can be regarded as a near missing bullet. Moreover, one of them landed about 25 meters behind the old man's asterisk, and another shell landed about 60 meters behind the old man's asterisk, forming a cross-fire.

Two rounds of near-bounce caused huge waves of the Old Man's Asterisk. Many people on the ship were unstable and fell down. The water column splashed on the deck of the Old Man's Asterisk. Several crew members working on the deck were shaken greatly and stood unstable on the hull. As a result, they were washed away by the sea and fell into the sea. The soldiers under the deck could clearly hear a "grand" sound from the cabin under the water line. It was obvious that the hull under the water line was being strongly impacted and squeezed, and there were cracks and seepage in many places.

"Steer, turn immediately, turn right 75 degrees."

At this time, Irving finally couldn't hold back his anger. Although the old man's star was not directly shot this time, two rounds were almost missing, and it actually made a fortune, which shows that the last accurate hit was by no means accidental. Obviously, the People's Army's navy has indeed mastered the shooting technology of 8,000-9,000 meters in actual combat, and the hit is quite high. After two consecutive shootings, both hits were hit. The British Navy's shooting within 7,000 meters could not reach such a hit rate. Therefore, if you don't turn at this time, you can only be hit by the People's Army fleet as a living target. And when the People's Army fleet also turns over, even if there is only one, your old man's star may not be able to withstand it.

Now, the Far East Fleet will have more artillery to be put into counterattack. Although the current combat distance still exceeds the normal combat distance of British warships, if there are more artillery to be put into counterattack, the hit can still be increased. Even if the opponent's warship is not hit, the smoke and water column caused by the shooting can interfere with the opponent's shooting. In addition, after the fleet turns, it can also share the pressure of the Old Man's Asterisk. Moreover, Irving ordered only to turn 75 degrees, not 90 degrees, so that after the steering, the Far East Fleet can still drive obliquely, lean towards the opponent's queue until it enters its own combat distance.

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"Saou reported to the command headquarters that the first ship of the enemy fleet was turning, and the first ship of the enemy fleet was turning."

"What is the current distance between the two sides after receiving the Sandou?"

"Shaou Reply Command, currently 8040 meters away, currently 8040 meters away."

"When I received the Sandou, how is our fleet going? How many warships have completed the steering?"

"Shaou replied to the command center, the Moye has completed its turn, and the Weiyang is turning."

"Send the parameters of Moye to the command center immediately."

"clear."

"The British finally couldn't bear it anymore and started to turn." Xia Ruichen put down his telescope and looked through the ship window. The old man's asterisk had turned nearly half of the hull, and the bullet surface was much larger than before. "It's still the parameters provided by the Yueyang ship are accurate. The parameters calculated and measured by our comprehensive fire control room are indeed far away."

A comprehensive fire control room is set up on the Ganjiang number and a comprehensive fire control calculation system is installed. During normal training, the shooting parameters are provided by the comprehensive fire control room. However, compared with the advance measurement and calculation amount of modern electronic equipment, the shooting parameters provided by the comprehensive fire control room are indeed quite different. After all, no matter how good the optical equipment is, it is measured by the human eye, and then the calculation error is added, so the data obtained in the end is very large.

Xia Ruichen was originally the first captain of the large protective cruiser of Qingzhou. He participated in the Javanese Protection Battle and later served as the captain of the armored cruiser of Chitu. He participated in the Tsuma Naval Battle. After the end of the Tsuma Naval Battle, he was appointed as the first captain of the Ganjiang. He had rich experience in managing warships and naval battles. Although the shooting parameters of the Ganjiang battle in this battle were provided by the Yueyang ship, Xia Ruichen still required the comprehensive fire control room to calculate the parameters of each shooting. The purpose is to compare these two sets of data after the end of this battle to find the error rate, reasons and improvement methods of the comprehensive fire control calculation system to improve the parameters calculated by the comprehensive fire control calculation system to improve the hit rate. After all, the People's Army Navy cannot always rely on these modern warships to fight. In the end, it will rely entirely on the technology of this era, and this will not be too far away in the future, so we must be prepared now.

During the turn, the Ganjiang took another volley. This time, another shell hit the middle of the port side of the old man's star. This time, the old man's star's luck was not that good. The shell tore a large hole of 6,7 meters wide and 4 meters high on the port side of the old man's star, and destroyed a turret of a double 105mm gun. The steel plate at the notch was curled, the steel beam was twisted, and a large number of fragments, as well as the broken limbs and broken arms of the human body were either hung on the broken arms of the shaft or dropped into the sea water. Fortunately, the crack was above the waterline, so it was not too fatal to the warship.

At this time, Owen's face turned pale and he hurriedly ordered the damage-control personnel to repair it; on the other hand, all the cannons on the left side of the ship on the Old Man's Asterisk opened fire and counterattacked. Although the Old Man's Asterisk had not fully turned the steering at this time, the cannons on the side could indeed be opened. Therefore, with Owen's order, more than a dozen cannons of all sizes on the left side of the Old Man's Asterisk opened fire together, launching a fierce attack on the Ganjiang.

In fact, most of the shells are nearly kilometers away from the Ganjiang, but dense water columns are formed between the two sides, which also blocks the vision of both sides. At least in this case, neither side can aim.

Irving was also a little relieved, hoping to use this time to make his side turn as much as possible and to participate in the battle.

But at this moment, Gan Jiang launched a shelling attack on the old man's asterisk again, and the Mo Xie, who had completed the turn, also launched its first round of shelling.

A total of 16 main guns of the two warships opened fire at the Old Man's Star at the same time. This time, two shots were hit, one of which was a close loss. One of them hit the main gun turret on the front deck of the Old Man's Star. The traditional protection design of British battleships is that the main gun turret has thicker armor than the command center, because the British Navy's concept is that the first priority is to protect weapons and maintain the combat effectiveness of the warship.

However, although this shell failed to penetrate the main gun turret on the front deck of the Old Man's Asterisk, the powerful explosion impact force shocked most of the crew members in the turret to death or shot debris through them. Moreover, the turret was mechanically damaged and could no longer shoot.

Another shell hit the waterline position on the side of the side. Originally, the waterline position was also the focus of battleship protection, and the shell may not be able to penetrate easily even if it hits the shell. However, the near-lost bullet caused the Old Man's Asterisk to loosen the waterline of the Old Man's Asterisk. Therefore, this shell exploded a large crack of more than 2 meters wide on the side of the Old Man's Asterisk, and a large amount of sea water poured into the ship.
Chapter completed!