Chapter 311: The Triumph of Science and Technology
As Kan Shu's order to "fire with all his might" was issued, 2 105mm howitzers, 4 88mm cannons, and 8 40mm flat-fire guns roared in turn. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, the enemy was not weak, and after being taken advantage of by the Kan Binding Ship, the enemy did not give up, and the bow cannon was fired almost simultaneously after the Sea Shark-class ship No. 1 fired.
Two huge iron balls flew over a distance of 200 meters and smashed into the Sea Shark-class No. 1 ship.
Fortunately, for the sake of the safety of the crew, Chen Xin specially approved a piece of wind steel from the tight steel production, and laid a thin steel armor belt on the side of the ship in the densely populated area of the Sea Shark.
This steel armor belt blocked the shot of one of the iron shells, and the shells fell into the sea.
However, another iron bullet hit the position between the armor belt and the wooden plank, and after being partially neutralized by the armor, the round iron bullet flipped over and smashed into the cabin of the Sea Shark-class ship, injuring three sailors with the cracked wood chips.
Dr. Hu immediately rushed out of the corner with a first-aid kit, and with the help of sailors and nurses, dragged the three wounded to the corner and began to carry out preliminary diagnosis and first aid.
The casualties of the sailors brought a sense of solemnity to this level of the cabin, and several sailors looked at each other with twinkle eyes, but when their eyes fell on the tiger ben standing in the middle of the cabin, carrying a human head, all the careful thoughts instantly came to naught.
Since the enemy's smoothbore cannon can hit the Sea Shark-class No. 1 ship, the cannonballs fired by the flagship where Kanshu is located will naturally not go wrong.
Although the sea was still very turbulent and the speed of the ship was still very fast, it didn't matter at such a close distance, and at this distance, the artillery was completely direct.
After the Anti-Japanese War, the Eighth Route Army captured a lot of Japanese Type 92 infantry guns, because there would not be so many gunners who knew how to use optical sights, or they could use mirrors, but they couldn't read the shooting table.
At that time, artillery shells were very precious, in order to effectively use these artillery, the Eighth Route Army invented the famous "bayonet on the cannon" tactic, I can't hit it far away, it doesn't matter, I will shoot at your head, and it will not miss.
Of course, staring at the enemy's head and firing is just a metaphor for being very close to the enemy, not really hitting the head.
At that time, the Eighth Route Army used the firing distance of the Type 92 infantry gun, that is, about 200 or 300 meters, which really ensured that every shell would destroy a pillbox.
Now, the gun used by the Xuan Army can be much larger than the Type 92 infantry gun, and the body barrel is longer, and the trajectory is naturally straighter.
At that distance, the Type 92 infantry gun can hit the Eighth Route Army, which lacks artillery practice, and the gunners selected by the Xuan Army, who are very willing to spend money on training, will naturally not perform too badly.
More than 70 percent of the shells hit the bow of the enemy's first warship.
The one at the head of the enemy fleet, although it was a professional warship, used much thicker planks than the armed merchant ships, and was able to ignore the small-caliber smoothbore cannon fire of the era.
However, now it is facing the latest rifled artillery of the Artillery Research Institute of the Xuanjun Ordnance Factory, under the same caliber, depending on the size of the medicine room, the weight of the shells is at least three times more than that of round iron bullets, and some can even reach five times.
Of course, Xuanjun's current technology is not so powerful, and in order to reduce the weight of the artillery, the capacity of the medicine room is limited, but it has also reached more than three times the weight of the same caliber.
The shells of the 105mm howitzer weigh 30 catties, and the shells of the 88mm cannon also have 20 catties.
Because of the previous shelling, which caused a sharp reduction in the ship's stock of grenade shots, this time, the guns of these two calibers all used grenades, that is, the most basic high-explosive shells.
After these high-explosive shells were fired into the hull of the ship, there were a series of violent explosions, which seemed to ignite some of the stored gunpowder, and with the explosion of the shells, the front half of the enemy's ship scattered in all directions.
After seizing the T-shape, Kanshu did not stop there to suppress the artillery bombardment, but immediately after one blow, he drove the Sea Shark-class No. 1 ship in a graceful arc and headed towards the front of the enemy's voyage again.
In the short 15 seconds that staggered by, the gunners on the Sea Shark-class No. 1 seemed to be frightened by the threat of death.
They remembered what the artillery instructor had said: "When the artillery fights each other, the competition is who hits accurately, and when both sides hit very accurately, then it depends on who fights faster, and the dominant side can survive, otherwise, it is waiting for death." ”
At this moment, they burst out with all their potential, the gun chamber was not cleaned, and the angle of the gun was no longer finely adjusted, as long as it was roughly aimed at the target.
The gunners were like woolly bears, just constantly pouring ammunition at maximum speed.
When the two sides staggered, Kanshu adjusted course, and once again ran to the front of the enemy convoy, the gunners fired four rounds of shells at the local ships.
And after losing the target, some gunners fired two rounds as if out of control. It's like celebrating that he and the others have survived.
It wasn't until they sailed away from the enemy that the soldiers recovered from the roar of the artillery and shook their buzzing heads, that the soldiers realized that the ship that had been set on fire by their own side in the distance seemed to be being blown up.
The dazzling light of the fire made the gunners on the Sea Shark-class No. 1 ship stunned, and everyone scrambled to poke their heads out of the gun window to watch the masterpieces of themselves and others.
The front part of the warship that the enemy hit had already cracked a big hole, and the whole hull began to tilt forward, and the rear part slowly cocked, and then, in the eyes of everyone, there was a "jam" and it broke.
Seeing that the enemy warship, which had been feared by the sailors and officers on their side before, was destroyed so easily, everyone felt a little incredible.
In terms of size, the enemy's ship is much larger than your own Sea Shark class. (The Sea Shark class uses a lot of steel parts, and is much denser than the enemy's wooden ships, so the Sea Shark class is indeed much smaller than the enemy's ships with almost equal displacement.) )
Moreover, the number of artillery on the enemy's ships is so large, although there is no specific number, but at least more than 40 guns, and most importantly, there are many heavy guns on the enemy's ships that fire more than 20 pounds of shells.
This kind of behemoth was completely sunk by its own side after a few rounds of fire?
The sailors, and many of the officers, felt like they were in a dream.
In this, only Kan Shu, who has been a staff officer by Chen Xin's side for more than three years, knows that all this is normal, and this is the victory of science and technology.
Your speed exceeds that of the enemy, the power of artillery exceeds that of the enemy, the rate of fire of artillery exceeds that of the enemy, the agility of the ship exceeds that of the enemy, the protection of the ship exceeds that of the enemy, and the training of personnel exceeds that of the enemy.
When all these aspects surpass the enemy, then, with a little courage, is it not a matter of course to defeat the enemy?