At the same time, he also knew that he had too few opportunities to shoot because his warship's firing rate was too low. The naval guns on his warship did not have automatic loading ability and were completely loaded by manual loading, which was of course quite slow. It was obviously inappropriate to waste shells at long distances.

The Yizi Column continued to sail forward at high speed, approaching quickly with the Italians' Yizi Range. At this time, other warships in the Italian fleet also opened fire.

Every shot brought huge black smoke to block their sight. When the black smoke passed, the Soviet fleet was still rushing towards them!

This made the Italian Navy extremely depressed.

"Is this the level of our fleet gunners?" Catanho said angrily on the bridge: "So far, our shells have not touched the Soviet warships!"

Catanho knew that naval gun shooting was actually a process of continuous adjustment. He first tested the shooting, and gradually fine-tuned it according to the test shooting situation, gradually approaching the target, and finally hit the opponent. Now, because he couldn't see the bounce point, it was equivalent to the first test shot, so the accurate head was never guaranteed.

However, seeing both sides keep getting closer and unable to hit each other makes Catanho in a bad mood.

The distance between the two sides was close to five nautical miles, and Gorshkov finally issued an order: "Fire!"

The flaw of the Yizi Column is that the shooting boundary of the warships behind is easily blocked by the warships in front. Therefore, in the actual progress, it is not a complete Yizi Column, but each ship behind is more right than the front, so it is empty.

After receiving the order to open fire, the gunners, who had already prepared, immediately pulled their own gun ropes.

"Boom!" The 180mm double-mounted naval gun roared, black smoke enveloped the turret, and two high-speed armor-piercing bombs flew towards the Italian warships!

The man who drank water and did not forget to dig the well, the armor-piercing bomb at this time was simply ungrateful.

When the Soviet Union designed the Red Caucasus, it planned to go beyond the level and used 4 180mm guns to target the imaginary opponent's 6 to 10 203mm guns.

Therefore, they have no choice but to increase the chamber pressure and tube length to achieve it. When your gun is not powerful enough, then increase the launching of medicine!

As a result, the Soviets did it. The initial velocity of this naval gun was as high as 1,000 meters per second, and it was extremely powerful, and could completely suppress the Western 203mm naval gun.

However, the rifle of this kind of artillery wears very fast, and even the life of the body tube does not exceed 10 rounds. In other words, in actual combat, as long as a few rounds of shells are fired, the shells fired will have a huge deviation, which is equivalent to a waste cannon!

The Soviets had no choice but to seek help from the outside world, and could not hang themselves on the tree in Germany, so they looked for Italy.

With the technical assistance of Andorsa, Italy, they shortened the cannon barrel to 57 times the caliber, reduced the launching drug package to 37.5 kg, and reduced the barrel pressure and initial muzzle velocity to 3200 kg/square centimeter and 920 meters/sec respectively. The problem was alleviated by the use of a more sparse rifle distribution, making the life of the cannon to 320 rounds, and had practical combat capabilities.

The Italians probably never dreamed that they helped the Soviets transform their naval guns, but now they are going to fire at them!

In addition to the 180 naval gun, all other naval guns also opened fire.

In addition to the 180 naval gun, there are four 1911 102mm 60 caliber single-mounted shieldless secondary guns on the Red Caucasus. This gun is a mature naval gun designed and manufactured by the famous Obhovsky Steel Factory.

At this time, the Red Caucasus roared and shot its shells. At the same time, other warships were also firing. Although their gun caliber was not large enough, they also wanted to show their existence.

Moreover, their targets were aimed at the battleship in the middle of the other side, and they concentrated their firepower, even if they could not hit it, they would still make them cry and howl.

"Bang!" With the huge impact, a 102mm armor-piercing bomb actually hit the Earl of Cafur accurately!

On the gun position of an anti-aircraft gun, several Italian soldiers screamed, and they were shot in their positions!

"Boom!" The anti-aircraft artillery shells actually exploded under the attack of this shell. In an instant, smoke and dust rolled here.

For a battleship, the 102mm armor-piercing projectile can be carried down, just like itchy. But now, the black smoke rises from this unlucky anti-aircraft gun, making Catanho, who was standing on the bridge, feels sank in his heart. What's wrong?

For any country, battleships are quite valuable. After all, only after all, only by exerting all the national strength can a few ships be built. For example, the Soviet Union transported half of the country's steel to the shipyard, but the Soviet battleship was not built.

Therefore, once the main warship suffers losses in the naval battle, the country cannot bear it, and even Germany in history cannot bear it. After the Bismarck was sunk, the German surface fleet never took the initiative to attack again.

At this moment, the glory of the navy in Catanho's mind had been put aside. He was thinking about one thing in his mind. This battleship cannot be a problem! If there is anything unexpected to this ship, his military career will end!

Catanho felt a little guilty. Seeing the Soviets fighting so bravely, or retreat to the side by himself? Or change the formation and call a few ships around him to protect him?

The naval battle was fierce, and in the air, the battle was also in progress.

"Bang!" Another sound of shaft cannon shooting. With the shooting, the Il-4 bomber in front of Ancruz fell down with black smoke.

At this moment, suddenly, Ancruz saw bullets shot from his left side. He knew that he was ambushed by Soviet fighters!

It is very difficult for biplane to fight monoplane, especially because the Germans adopted the tactic of diving climbing and running after fighting, which was completely out of reach.

However, Ancruz just now had a greedy victory, and he had shot down four Il-4s. As long as one more was shot down, he could become the first HNA man to become ace pilot in his battle.

So, when he shot down the fifth Il-4, he failed to catch up without realizing it, but was attacked by a sneak attack.

Pull it up! Ancruz no longer greedy for low altitude and began to climb upwards. Unfortunately, he just fell into the other person's thoughts.

Alexander Mironenko's eyes were almost on fire. They were escort fighters, but they watched the German fighters jumping up and down, constantly shooting down their own bombers. Now, he must shoot down the other side!

The other party actually made a mistake and started to move horizontally, so he quickly walked around the other party and fired.

When he watched the other party pull up, Alexander pulled his nose, a 7.62mm machine gun bullet, climbed upwards and hit the other party accurately!
Chapter completed!