Chapter 435: Shelling Competition!

After Mao Huihui, Huang Shijun and Zhang Shenggao and Zhang Xuehai are almost tied in the past, judging from the perspective of Tian Hengdao, it is almost impossible to distinguish which of the three ships is first, which is later, so the final ranking is Mao Huihui first, Huang Shijun, Zhang Xuehai, . Others can only be relegated to the fifth place.

For such results, Huang Shijun and they are quite satisfied. It is true that they are not very familiar with the details of the Cangshan ship and cannot fully exploit its performance. was snatched in front of them by Mao Huihui, and they could accept it. After all, Mao Huihui does have real skills. In fact, being able to squeeze into the top three among this group of proud guys is already a smooth completion of the task.

"You're good!"

Sure enough, after the game, Mao Huihui rarely stretched out his palm to Huang Shijun, which was to show that he accepted them. Zhang Xuehai and Zhang Shenggao and then congratulated Huang Shijun and them. Huang Shijun and the others naturally stretched out their palms and shook hands with Mao Huihui and them. At this point, Huang Shijun and them can be regarded as officially recognized by the Huben Army and Navy.

In this regard, Huang Shijun and they all seemed very emotional. Even if they are the old men of the Tianjin Navy Division, if they want to gain a foothold in the Huben Army Navy, they still have to work hard! Here in the Tiger Navy, what is needed is people who really do things. There is no market for eating and waiting to die here. If you are not careful, you will be abandoned by everyone. Many people are desperately trying to improve their skills, and if you are not careful, you may be squeezed by others. Mao Huihui and them, they have only been training for a long time, at most only a year, they have such skills, but they have been immersed in Tianjin Sailor for many years.

Of course, what Zhang Zhun studied this time was mainly the ability of offshore navigation, excluding ocean-going navigation. Relatively speaking, Huang Shijun's ability to sail in the open sea should be better than Mao Huihui's. Mao Huihui: They haven't had a chance to really go into the depths of the sea.

"Good!"

"I'm very satisfied with your performance!"

Zhang Zhun was very satisfied with the results of the competition just now, and naturally did not hesitate to praise himself.

The navy invested a lot of money in him, and naturally the stronger the better, and the more talents, the better. He has planned that every year in the future, the navy will hold such a sailing competition, just like the army's military competition, to form a rule, constantly stimulate every soldier, and actively improve their own strength.

"Now, we're going to play the second level."

After a moment of silence, Zhang Zhun continued.

What is the content of the second level?

Shelling, of course.

For a battleship, in addition to controlling the ship, the most important thing is the shelling.

With the continuous maturity of artillery technology, the role of artillery in large-scale naval battles is becoming more and more important. Fighting methods such as gang jumping battles and side battles will gradually withdraw from the stage of history. The strength of the British Navy relied on powerful artillery bombardment to dominate the world's oceans. Zhang Zhun wanted to seize the front of the British Navy and vigorously develop artillery techniques.

On both sides of each Cangshan ship, there are three flying dragon cannons. Each Cangshan ship fired five rounds at the target area, that is, fifteen rounds of solid ammunition. The score is then calculated based on the number of solid bullet hits. The shooting distance is about 100 zhang (about 330 meters). The target area is set on the flat ground west of Tianheng Island, where there is a water puddle with a radius of three or four zhang.

"Do you have any questions?" Zhang Zhun asked Huang Shijun and others.

"Not yet." Huang Shijun and others replied cautiously.

Zhang Zhun nodded lightly.

From Huang Shijun's answer, Zhang Zhun could tell that they were not very confident in the artillery technique. Obviously, when they were in the Tianjin Naval Division, they should not have been able to train for artillery fire on a regular basis. Considering that the Fu ship where Zhang Haibin was located at the beginning, even the cannons were dismantled and sold, I believe that the situation of the Tianjin Navy Division will not be much better. In other words, they should not have enough resources for shelling training. Fortunately, the overall structure of the Flying Dragon Cannon is not fundamentally different from that of ordinary Franc machine guns, and it is not very difficult for Huang Shijun and others to operate.

Zhang Zhun gave each ship half an hour to prepare.

After the contest just now, everyone was even more enthusiastic, and Mao Huihui and others rolled up their sleeves and prepared to do a big job. Although Zhang Zhun announced that this shelling competition was only a friendly match, they still had the intention of competing with Huang Shijun and them.

Half an hour later, Zhang Zhun said in a deep voice: "Are you ready?" ”

Everyone replied in unison, "Ready." ”

Zhang Zhun nodded, waved the pennant in his hand, and shouted categorically: "Start!" ”

According to the results of the lot, the first to come up was actually the 007 ship with Zhang Shenggao.

The Cangshan ship slowly entered the firing position and aimed its starboard side at the target area.

"Tom!"

In a moment, the first Wyvern cannon was fired.

Unfortunately, it didn't hit.

"Tom!"

Moments later, the Wyvern continued to fire.

"Poof!"

The water splashed and hit.

This solid bullet landed on the left side of the puddle.

Subsequently, the other Wyvern Cannons, using this Wyvern Cannon as a benchmark, continued to start firing.

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

Three shots in a row, all hits.

"Good!"

"Not bad!"

Zhang Zhun applauded with satisfaction.

As for the artillery technique of naval warfare, Zhang Zhun did special research. There are two types of shelling in naval warfare. One is the most common, where the Wyvern cannons are aimed separately and have their own gunner manipulation, commonly known as free fire. The second is relatively rare, that is, one cannon is aimed, and the other guns are fired with reference to this gun, commonly known as quasi-salvo. Because there is no electronic control and other equipment, if you want to fire a salvo at the same time, it is impossible, so it can only be called a quasi-salvo.

Free fire has high requirements for each gunner, requiring all gunners to be proficient in the parameters of shooting and be able to adjust them in time according to the target. The requirements for quasi-salvo fire are relatively low, as long as an excellent gunner sets the shooting parameters, and the other gunners can all be dealt with according to this parameter. This greatly reduced the technical requirements for gunners, helped to expand the fleet in a short period of time, and increased the artillery power of the warship. Normally, a battleship with only three skilled gunners is basically enough.

In 1588, the English fleet and the Spanish Armada fought a great battle, and the Spanish had many more skilled gunners than the English fleet, but in the end, it was defeated by the English fleet. One of the important reasons is that the British fleet adopted this method of quasi-salvo fire, which effectively made up for the shortcomings in the number of gunners. When the battle was stalemate and the Spanish armada's gunners lost part of their parts, the effectiveness of the shelling was greatly reduced, while the skilled gunners of the British fleet suffered small losses. The British fleet slowly gained the upper hand.

Therefore, after careful study, Zhang Zhun still decided to implement the quasi-salvo shooting method, with one of the most skillful gunners responsible for setting the parameters, and the other gunners all referring to the parameters of this gunner to shoot. In other words, the other gunners no longer have autonomy. What they have to do is to make mechanical movements, set the cannon according to the shooting parameters sent to them, and then shoot blindly.

Zhang Shenggao's first two shots were to calibrate the landing point. As long as you find the landing point and form the basic parameters, other cannons, you can use this parameter to shoot. Generally speaking, as long as the right parameters are found, the hit rate can be greatly improved.

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

Sure enough, in the ensuing firing, four more solid shells hit.

Of the fifteen shells, eight hits were made, which is already a very high hit rate. Other solid bullets that did not hit were either incorrectly set the parameters, or due to the influence of the recoil of other cannons when firing, resulting in incorrect parameters. But overall, Zhang Zhun is already very satisfied with such a hit rate.

"Not bad!"

"Well done!"

Zhang Zhun also did not hesitate to praise himself.

The next one to appear was Huang Shijun's ship 004.

The Cangshan boat slowly entered the firing position.

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

In a moment, three Wyvern cannons were fired one after another.

Only one shot hit, the other two missed.

It turned out that Huang Shijun and others still used the traditional free fire, and each gunner mastered the parameters by himself, and as a result, the landing points of the shots were uneven, and some were even hundreds of meters away from the target area, and they almost fell into the sea next to them.

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

Soon after, three Wyvern cannons continued to fire.

There was still only one shot, and the others were missed.

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

Subsequently, three Wyvern cannons were fired continuously.

However, the effectiveness of their shooting, apparently, was not satisfactory. In the end, out of fifteen shells, only four hits. Compared with Zhang Shenggao's eight shots, the hit rate is half lower. The error was also quite large, and there were actually three shells that fell into the sea next to it, with a difference of more than 100 meters. For such an achievement, Huang Shijun and others are very ashamed. But it can't be helped, they've tried. The original Tianjin Navy Division simply did not have enough resources and conditions to train them in artillery techniques.

Because the results of the shelling were really not good, after coming down, Huang Shijun and others felt very ashamed. They all lowered their heads, embarrassed to see people. Fortunately, Zhang Zhun encouraged them, and their mood was slightly better. Zhang Zhun asked them to train more artillery skills in the future, but of course they couldn't ask for it.

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

Subsequently, one after another, the warships kept coming forward to shoot.

They all adopted a quasi-salvo shooting method, and as long as the landing point was calibrated, the hit rate was basically stable at about 40 to 50 percent. Among them, the best score is nine shots, and the worst is six hits. Overall, the difference is not very large.

The main reason for the error is due to the small size of the Cangshan ship and the large impact of recoil on the ship. In other words, if you change to a larger saber ship or a black dragon ship in the future, the impact of recoil on the ship will be reduced, and there is still room for improvement in the hit rate.

Amid the rumbling of artillery, urgent information was delivered.

Zhang Zhun read the information and said to himself: "Da Songwei? ”

Zhou Zhengyu immediately leaned forward and said expectantly: "My lord, have a task?" ”

Zhang Zhun nodded, waved his hand, and said awe-inspiringly: "Order!" The navy is all going to Da Songwei! ”