Chapter 1114: How Fast Does It Run?
The 2-ton naval gun shells whistled and rolled up the air flow past Lieutenant Colonel Harry's Hawker hunter, and the explosion almost burst Harry's eardrums, which made Harry's eyes darken and plunge down violently, and he fell headlong directly, but avoided the metal bullet rain rolled up by the Gate's cannon on the Huaxia.
The Zhi Brain of the Huaxia Sub-base has enough star value to manipulate weapons for automatic defense, whether it is in the sky or at sea.
The layers of anti-aircraft metal bullets can always accurately recapture the Allied fish that slipped through the net on the battlefield of the fighters in front of them, and they don't even need reserve anti-aircraft missiles. As for the threat from the sea, once it enters the effective range of the naval guns, the wisdom brain immediately guides the giant cannon on the Huaxia to prepare early, waiting for the fatal blow to break out.
When the base is upgraded, some Pioneer cannons can rely on the accumulated military merits, and then raise it to another level, and level 5 can have a caliber of 600 mm.
After the solidification of the sub-base, the giant cannon on the Huaxia, or the naval gun, still improved the performance of Mengxiang's collective, maintaining the number of 18 guns.
At this time, the 18 600-mm naval guns on board the Huaxia were unique.
Under the control of the sub-base intelligent brain, at a distance of 40 kilometers, it is enough to lock the target within a high accuracy range without even the need for calibration.
It's just that the recoil of the 600mm cannon, especially the Vanguard cannon with a super high aspect ratio, is amazing, and even the heat wave and flames that roll up are easy to hurt the people around them. Under the control of the brain, as long as the giant cannon on the Huaxia is powerful, the surrounding anti-aircraft fire begins to weaken automatically, and even the manned anti-aircraft artillery begins to prepare for the launch of the giant cannon, avoiding the impact of vibration and sound, so that the firepower is weakened, and there is the so-called opportunity that Harry sees.
But when the 600mm Vanguard cannon sounded, the opportunity was no longer an opportunity, but the turbulence from the roaring shells forced the approaching fighters to adjust their posture.
Thankfully, they weren't the target of such a bombshell, and they weren't as unlucky as Harry was in the trajectory of the shell, and they could get out of danger as long as they dispersed.
But such a large man as the Allied battleships could not disperse quickly. Even to see 2-ton shells whizzing. I could only watch the shells fall down with my eyes and grit my teeth to resist.
Can 600 mm huge cannon shells, can an ordinary battleship withstand it?
The salvo of the six turrets in front and behind the Huaxia, although only 9 guns rang out, was aimed at 3 targets, the British Lion King, the British King George V, and the Montana-class Maine in front of the Americans.
It turned out that none of the three super-battleships could withstand a heavy hit of 600-mm shells.
It's just a matter of accuracy. In the first round of attacks from a visual range of about 40 kilometers, only the King George V hit. Although only one shell smashed the British King George V directly into the nest in smoke, and the large hole in the bridge almost tore the entire hull.
A direct hit of 39.7 kilometers set a new record for naval warfare.
But soon a new round of shells was fired again, again with a salvo of 9 guns.
This time because of the gun position. Still pointed to these three goals.
The Maine, which rushed forward, once again escaped the shelling, while the Lion, which was hesitant to shrink back, was nearly missed, cutting a long hole on the port side, and its steps became more and more faltering.
Not long after, a third salvo of 12 guns arrived.
The British King George V, which was similar to a stationary target, was hit by another 600-millimeter shell at a distance of 37 kilometers, and was the first to sink into the sea amid a series of explosions.
The Maine no longer had that good luck. The 3 turrets at the front of the Huaxia were hit in a new round of bombardment. Together, they aimed at it that was the most prominently forward.
At 35.2 km, the Maine was heavily hit with 2 shells. Amid the billowing smoke and blazing fires, the hull of the USS Maine began to tilt.
At this time, the Weiyuan, a third-class battleship of Red Alert in Huaxia, which was only 31 kilometers away, also began to fire salvos at it.
With satellite signals to guide the determination of targets, the accuracy of each ship is also constantly improving.
After just two salvos, the 500-mm shells of the Weiyuan hit the Maine again with two shots.
If it weren't for the fact that the Montana class of the Americans really attached great importance to protection, I am afraid that it would have been sunk by this time. Neither 600 mm nor 500 mm shells could withstand its armor, and the detonation caused by shells that went straight into the hull had completely paralyzed the Maine. Even if the muzzle of the Huaxia has been moved to other places, the skyrocketing fire that spreads throughout the ship will bury all the life on the ship for it.
At this time, no one cared about the Maine, and as the Huaxia and the escort of the two third-class Red Alert Dreadnought-class battleships opened fire together, the battleships that had been involved in the battle also raised their guns and fired at the unified target - the Huaxia.
Not only is the Huaxia huge size, which makes it easier to hit the target, but also the Huaxia is the main target of this encirclement and suppression. As long as the Huaxia is sunk, even if the Huaxia Navy has a third-class dreadnought-class battleship, it will no longer have a deterrent effect that can directly project terror to the bottom of people's hearts.
But their attacks, all at a distance of more than 30 km, deviated from the target.
The salvo of Huaxia and the escort Weiyuan and Jingyuan directly blocked the Allied battleships 30 kilometers away. The battleships approaching the vicinity of the 30-kilometer line, including the Qianwei, which had also taken a 600-mm heavy blow to the forward escort Lion King, had lost 1 dead and 3 wounded not long after, while the Allies were unscathed except for a lucky shell that hit the stern of the nearest Weiyuan.
"Reach in! Lean on! Admiral Kim kept taking off his hat and waving it in his hand and shouted.
Naval battles are sometimes like this, the distance is far away, you can hit others, others can't beat you, you can win. Now we don't talk about whether the Allied ships can break through the defense of the Huaxia, but they can't rely on it.
In the case of long-range attacks, you can only count on luck, so it is better to lean on desperately, and you can also fight each other with fists and fists.
"In the information we have gathered, the Huaxia has maintained a cruising speed of 14 knots, and the highest speed ever seen has never exceeded 18 knots. Even if the Japanese had assembled all the engines, when they were all finished, the design top speed would have been only 21 knots. No way, the Huaxia is too huge. The final speed may not be able to reach the ideal maximum speed of 21 knots. And even if the Huaxia retreats, our speed can be 6 knots or more away from it! Tovey, who was in charge of the Lion King, ignored the shouts of firefighting and repairing outside, and instructed the other ships directly to the sand table in the command room.
He had the same plan as Admiral Kim, and only by hitting the Huaxia could he win the victory.
At this time, the speed of the Allied battleships varied, the fastest could exceed the top speed of 30 knots, and the slowest was a little faster than the Huaxia in the intelligence.
In order not to let the Huaxia be eliminated one by one, Admiral Jin and Tovey agreed to rush forward collectively after unifying their opinions. The slower ones were placed in the rear, and the slowest of the forward battleship formations was 27 knots.
"6 knots is enough!" Admiral Kim also gave the order to the American battleships to rush forward, and perhaps in less than an hour, the battleships that rushed forward could be shortened to the distance where they could accurately fire back fire, and directly fight bayonets with the Huaxia.
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"The Huaxia is still retreating rapidly. It's getting faster and faster. Damn, who said it was only 21 knots at the fastest, and now it's 27 knots, and it's still accelerating. Oh, the cake seller. Such a huge battleship has such an amazing speed! The news from the reconnaissance plane left the Allied forces speechless for a while.
When the Allied fleet rushed forward quickly, the Huaxia also took the lead in retreating.
Before retreating quickly, he did not forget to make a salvo from a distance of 41 kilometers, setting a new record for the farthest distance at which the guns of naval warships hit the target, and by the way, the two shells that hit completely sent the Maine to the bottom of the sea.
In the next half hour, the Huaxia, which kept retreating, damaged 2 battleships again, and completely sank the New Orleans-class heavy cruiser Vincennes with a single shell.
When the Huaxia damaged the Avant-garde Striker again at a high speed of 25 knots, the Allied forces, who had been wandering 30 kilometers away, realized that they had been tricked by the Huaxia people.
With the advantage of two or three quarters, it was not enough to quickly catch up with the Huaxia. According to the firing frequency and accuracy of the Huaxia naval guns, it is likely that in the pursuit, the losses will be unacceptably large.
So far, the Allied battleship group has been 2 dead and 5 wounded, how many battleships can the Allies have to fill the cannon fodder?
"Cruisers and destroyers are pressing forward quickly!" After a brief consultation between Admiral King and Tovey, the order was given again.
At a time when the fighters of the two sides are entangled and fighting in the air, and the bombers and torpedo planes are hardly able to take advantage of it, and the situation is difficult to open, the only way to count on the warships is to count on the warships.
The battleships could not even get close, so they could only count on the high-speed destroyers and cruisers to come up and create opportunities to release torpedoes with the torpedo planes in the air.
The fleet of the Huaxia that came from afar, with a small number of cruisers and destroyers, it was difficult to cope with these large numbers of death squads.
At this time, the Huaxia accelerated again and retreated backwards at high speed, widening the distance between the two sides and giving the 3-level 127 mm warning guns that appeared on the Huaxia room to show their power.
"Cake sellers! It's almost 30 knots! Can anyone tell me how fast it can run? At this time, the sound of exclamation of a reconnaissance plane was heard in the air again. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )