The main reason for the excessive recoil of artillery in the South China Sea Fleet is that everyone has blocked the anti-recoil system! After being blocked, they will no longer work! Zhou Yu deliberately did this to prevent leaks.
Hidden practices!
In appearance, the artillery of the Zhongyong Army is different from the old artillery. However, with Zhou Yu's deliberate concealment and decoration, if you don't board the ship and take a closer look, you will not discover this secret!
Although the first round was a range-finding shot, there were still dumb bombs with poor luck, which landed on the Matador's warship!
Maybe it’s because of its huge size! One of the first round of ranging duds of the South China Sea Fleet accidentally fell on the bow of the Matador flagship, the frigate USS Castile.
On a 150mm gun, the barrel of the gun was smashed on the spot, and the gun base was also smashed and deformed, turning it into a pile of scrap metal that could no longer be used!
Not far from the artillery, three matador artillerymen who were preparing to operate were killed on the spot, and their bodies were as good as meat pies! There were also several matadors affected, but the injuries were not too serious.
My life is saved for now!
It is extremely 'lucky' that the dumb bombs did not destroy the ammunition near the artillery, otherwise, the matadors would have suffered!
In fact, according to later history, the frigate Castile would not be dispatched to the Philippines until April 1890. Its main task at that time was to transport the Matador troops to Asia to suppress the Philippines' first uprising.
~Bourgeois Revolutionary!
In this time and space, due to the existence of Zhou Yu, the Chinese Zhongyong Army led by him turned out! The King of Matador, Alfonso XII, felt that the security of the Asian colonies was seriously threatened!
Therefore, Alfonso sent a large number of warships to the Philippines in an attempt to protect his Asian colonies! Among them, the Castilla first-class wooden-hulled frigate, of course, is not the original descendant.
The equipment is more or less armored! After the armor is added, the standard displacement of the Castilla is as high as 3650 tons!
The first round of straddle firing by the South China Sea Fleet made the matador feel cold in his heart. The artillery of the South China Sea Fleet could actually shoot 5,000 meters across. This was an amazing miracle at the time!
The matadors hurriedly carried out the necessary rescue, and the ship's hull began to move in a serpentine manner. They tried their best to avoid the artillery strikes of the Zhongyong Army's Nanhai Fleet!
The operations of the Matador flagship caused it to retreat a lot. Its retreat exposed the small, flexible and fast torpedo ship Elcano alone to the guns of the South China Sea Fleet!
After measuring the range, with the South China Sea Fleet as a reference, the artillery strikes became much more accurate!
The South China Sea Fleet's second round of shooting changed from scattering to concentrated shooting, and the target was the 560-ton torpedo ship Elcano at the front!
Under the command of Lu Han, the South China Sea Fleet's dumb bombs, a dense mass of black fire, rushed toward the "Little Elcano" fiercely!
The Captain of the Elcano Matador also realized the danger of his situation, and panicked and ordered the helmsman of the ship to full left rudder and make a U-turn. He wanted to turn around!
It is simply a dream to turn around a warship traveling at a speed of nearly 14 knots in a hurry!
The Elcano made a large arc, tilting heavily to the left. The left side of the warship sank deeply into the blue waves, and the warship's hull was bumping slightly!
If it weren't for the fact that the navy personnel of the matador were all experienced veterans, they might have made the matador vomit all his bile in just one moment!
The matadors in the turbulence suddenly felt that the hull of the ship was hit by something heavy, and there were several loud bangs, thumps, thumps, and the Elcano, which was turning sharply, was hit hard, like
It's like being tapped on acupuncture points by a master, and you can't do it automatically!
The matadors know that there is something wrong with the warship's drive system!
Coincidentally, there was a dud bomb, which cut into the exposed stern of the Elcano at an oblique angle, driving the engine! There was a harsh sound of metal collision, and the Elcano was severely beaten, unable to complete the u
It turned sharply and the driving engine broke!
This ship was originally equipped with a twin-thrust screw engine. According to logic, if one screw engine is hit, the hull will still have a certain driving force! The key to the problem is that when one screw engine is hit, the other screw engine
Unable to bear it, the sudden reaction force of the warship turning around suddenly broke the main shaft of the other screw engine!…
A warship without a propulsion system can only accept the fate of being stranded and reluctantly withdraw from the battle order!
In the second round of bombardment by the South China Sea Fleet, a total of 6 dumb bombs hit the torpedo ship USS Elcano. Except for one that hit the drive system, the remaining 5 dumb bombs all fell on the hull.
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There were two dumb bombs that penetrated the middle and lower part of the only large funnel of the torpedo ship USS Elcano!
Perhaps the dumb bombs disliked the matador. The only big chimney, which was unsightly when standing there, was cut across by two dumb bombs in succession. The big chimney collapsed like a demolished, illegal building.
The dumb bombs of the South China Sea Fleet did not cause much trouble to the matador, but the collapsed chimney posed a huge threat to the matador!
Logically speaking, the collapsed chimney should have collapsed to the left, but for some unknown reason, the chimney actually collapsed towards the rear of the warship!
The large chimney collapsed backwards, breaking the mast at the back of the warship. The two bullfighters who were working on the mast were thrown out directly and fell heavily into the waves. As for death, they were still alive.
Without death, the matadors at this time have no intention to care at all!
The steel wires pulling the mast and the large chimney were like whips, whipping towards the surface of the warship. As long as the objects and people on the surface of the warship were next to them, no one would end well!
The other three dumb bombs of the South China Sea Fleet all hit the deck of the warship. There was a 120mm gun and a 37mm gun. The gun barrel and the turret were directly smashed into scrap metal, and the casualties were also relatively serious.
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This dumb bomb strike was very lucky for the matador. It did not destroy the matador's ammunition, and the lethality was relatively small!
There was only one dumb bomb among the 6. It did not hit any target, but fell dryly on the bow deck of the Matador. The heavy shells and force caused the deck of the Matador to be smashed.
There was a deep depression, and the armor on the rear was also torn in diagonal directions, with several large cracks.
The command tower of the Elcano torpedo ship was very lucky and did not suffer any damage! It was only the vibration caused by the collapse of the large chimney. The two bullfighters standing on the command tower did not take necessary protection.
The soldier fell to the ground, and the injuries he suffered were not too serious!
The Matador captain of the torpedo ship USS Elcano had the foresight to take safety measures. He was dangling around, but it turned out to be a bird!
The second round is a real blow to the South China Sea Fleet!
As for the consequences of the second round of attacks, Lu Han was so dissatisfied! Damn, the entire fleet, a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending, only produced such a small result!
There were so many shells, but only 6 dumb shells hit the enemy ship! According to the ratio, it only accounted for a few percent of the hit rate! In response, Lu Han felt that his 'old face' was burning!
The principal was standing on his A2 heavy cruiser. His South China Sea Fleet showed his face in front of the principal for the first time. It turned out to be such a terrible result. This is so embarrassing~ No! He spent n dollars on the principal every year.
It’s simply too bad to come up with such results even if you don’t have enough training funds!
Lu Han, who felt deeply humiliated, secretly vowed in his heart to expand his results and show a beautiful result to his principal, Zhou Yu!
My South China Sea Fleet has incomparable advantages over the Matador warships in terms of weaponry, equipment, and advanced warships! If I don’t get decent results, the principal won’t tell me, and I will die of shame!