In a mysterious cabin on the Kunlun battleship, a group of soldiers who can be said to be the most mysterious in this era are busy, calculating and analyzing the data returned from various observation instruments into the firing parameters of the artillery, and then transmitting it to various turrets
, they are the brains of this battleship, and their status is even more important than the captain. These shooting commanders are all real disciples of the Emperor, educated by His Majesty the Emperor himself. As for many of the instruments they use now, in this
The era is something that should only be found in science fiction novels.
In order to keep it secret, this shooting director was only equipped on the Kunlun and Qinling ships. Even the Taihang and Wuyi ships in America did not have this set of equipment. Now these two sets of equipment will determine the outcome of this war. When
When these two battleships of the Chinese Navy poured shells at their opponents with a firing rate of more than three rounds per minute from a distance of fifteen kilometers, the war was actually over.
280mm with a delay fuse, loaded with tens of kilograms of RDX and thermite-penetrating bombs, easily penetrated the armor of the Charles Martel and Bouvet one after another, and then used a terrifying
The force of the explosion shattered everything inside it, including steel, life, and the French's hope of retaking Vietnam. Everything was shattered in the explosion.
But their opponents have no power to fight back.
This scene on the sea shocked the other warships that were fighting. Even on the Chinese Navy's own warships, every officer and sailor looked at this thing that could not be called a battle with disbelief.
fighting.
Two French battleships with a displacement of 12,000 tons were reduced to a sea of fire in just a few minutes. At this time, they could not even fire a single shell at their opponents. Fortunately, the quality of these two battleships
It's still good. Although it has been beaten terribly, it still stands tenaciously on the sea, like two huge beacon towers, telling its bravery or helplessness with thick smoke and fire.
After waking up from the shock, those French warships abandoned their opponents like crazy, disrupted the formation and rushed towards their flagship and fleet commander at full speed, trying to rescue them from the desperate situation, especially those high-speed destroyers.
, didn't even bother to fight back against the Chinese destroyers attacking them, and pounced on the Kunlun and Qinling like a pack of red-eyed hungry wolves, trying to rush into range and launch deadly torpedoes.
Unfortunately, they are too whimsical. Although they do not have a firing director, it does not mean that other Chinese warships can be ignored. Especially those large destroyers built specifically to deal with them. These warships are as strong as a group of proud mastiffs.
Guarding the two ships of the Kunlun, they used cannonballs like a violent storm to send French destroyers one after another into the seabed. In just a few minutes, four French destroyers actually sank into the sea.
In the armored command tower of the battleship Charles Martel, Admiral Gervais watched this scene with great sorrow and indignation. While feeling sorry for those brave soldiers, he could not help but regret his own rashness. In fact, he should have known that these two ships
The strength of a perfect battleship. After all, many French engineers paid to participate in their construction. Even now, there are six similar battleships being built on the slipway in France, but why do I obsessively think about fighting them to the death?
He could only attribute this to the fact that he was really obsessed.
At this time, fire was shining again outside the command tower. Amidst the huge explosion almost at the same time, the 12,000-ton ship shook violently and groaned under the weight. He staggered and held on to the bulkhead to steady himself.
Looking at the ten giant cannons in the distance that were spraying flames with sorrow and anger, he already knew clearly that he had lost the naval battle. Just when the first cannonball flew from seventeen kilometers away and penetrated
He understood this the moment the deck armor exploded inside the battleship.
Let alone hit the target at such a distance, even if the 305 main gun with the longest range on his battleship is raised to the maximum elevation angle, loaded with the maximum amount of propellant, and risks exploding the barrel, it may not be possible.
If you can hit it, the opponent has an unreachable speed, an unreachable main gun range, and even an unreachable power. Nitrocellulose definitely does not have such terrifying power. Looking at the one and two guns that were just blown away outside,
level main gun, he clearly determined this.
Battleships are all about technology. When all technical indicators are completely lagging behind, how can such a battle be fought?
"Retreat, order all ships to retreat immediately and retreat to Kampong Som Bay!" Almost subconsciously, the French expeditionary fleet commander shouted to his chief of staff.
The chief of staff was stunned for a moment. Although he also understood that the current situation was not good, it would be too exaggerated to escape just ten minutes after the war started. Fortunately, he did not raise questions like this, but said with some reluctance: "Commander
Your Excellency, we can still let the Far East Fleet come out, and when the two fleets merge, we still have the power to fight decisively."
"A decisive battle? How can we fight a decisive battle? If this continues, how long do you think the Charlie Martel can last? We are completely a target now. We cannot catch up with them, cannot hit them, and even if we can hit them, we cannot penetrate their armor.
, we are a target ship in their eyes. Once we are sunk, what do you think will happen to other warships?
Don't imagine the Far East Fleet, they can't come out, they can't come out, we can't win this war, and delaying it will only make more of our soldiers die in the sea!" Gervais said with some pain, as for whether he was
He was afraid that he would also be buried in the sea, and no one would know about this. As soon as he finished speaking, he heard two loud noises suddenly coming from the sea in the distance.
The two people hurriedly followed the sound and saw that two protected cruisers were covered with flames and slowly sank into the sea amidst the explosions. Opposite them, two already notorious Princess-class armored cruisers were showing off their power.
Since the Spanish-American War in 1977, this 7,000-ton armored cruiser can be said to have dominated the limelight. Countless battleships have hated their eight 240-speed rapid-fire cannons. Of course, they are all American.
The pitiful dome armor of the protective cruiser may be enough in the era of black poison, but in the face of this devil-class armored cruiser and the antimony-en antimony-charged 240-penetration explosive bomb, it is not much stronger than a piece of wood.
Due to the disparity in the number of battleships between the two sides, the two Princess-class armored cruisers had nothing to do at the moment. As a result, they ran into the middle of the six Soryu-class armored cruisers and killed the French protected cruisers on the sea without any sense of honor.
"Retreat, retreat immediately!" The sinking of the two protected cruisers completely crushed Gervais's courage. He repeated his order without any hesitation. The chief of staff reluctantly conveyed his order, and with the flagship
With the signal flag raised, all the French warships in the midst of a fierce battle immediately turned around and fled toward Kampong Som Bay. In fact, at this time, the French captains and sailors were already beaten to death, whether it was Joan of Arc or not.
Level or Kui Dun level, when faced with their genuine version as a knock-off, they were almost all beaten one-sidedly.
In terms of firepower, armor protection, and maximum speed, there is a big gap between the two sides. Although the battle lasted only a short time, these French warships were all scarred, while most of their opponents did not even suffer any damage. This was a battle.
A desperate battle cannot be compensated by courage and honor. In this case, why not run?
But at this time, the battlefield is not theirs to decide. If you want to run, you have to see if the Chinese agree or not. If you are not as fast as others, you still want to run? Just after the five French battleships completed their turn, the fourth ship of the Chinese fleet Kunlun immediately
They chased after them like maggots attached to their bones. As for the remaining French protected cruisers and three Quinton-class armored cruisers, they were simply cut off by the Chinese cruise fleet headed by six Princess-class cruisers, and then surrounded them to form
A separate battlefield.
As for those destroyers, they have been completely disrupted by this time. Many of these small warships are brothers of the same family. Because the demand is too high, France's own shipyards are too busy, so they ordered a dozen Viper-class ships from Sweden because of their reliable quality.
, all sent to Asia, and they came to fight with their sister ships, and now they are fighting all over the sea!
But Gervais no longer cares about them. Now it's up to the father to die and the mother to marry, and everyone has to look after their own affairs. He is very aware of the three Quinton-class destroyers and most of the destroyers here, because they all have thirty knots.
At high speed, they may be able to escape. After all, it is not far from Kampong Som Bay. They are only an hour away at full speed. But the remaining four 20-knot protected cruisers cannot escape no matter what.
With neither speed nor armor, it was a complete tragedy on such a battlefield. As if to confirm his inference, another protected cruiser was bombarded to pieces.
"Send a message to the Quinton and order them to break out immediately without worrying about other people." Although he knew that this was cruel, Gervais still gave the order to the three Quinton-class armored cruisers to retreat alone.
"In addition, order the Joan of Arc and the Poseo to also speed up and leave the formation, and form a formation with the three Kuiton-class ships to retreat." After hesitating, he issued another order.
The Joan of Arc and the Poseo, who were working together to deal with the Emei, immediately left behind the three Charles Martel ships and accelerated towards the three Quinton-class ships that had just rushed out in the distance with a body of flames.
"Order the Emei to ignore them, concentrate on killing these three battleships first, notify the Haichi ships not to pursue them, and then deal with the rest." Liu Buchan on the Kunlun said with a sneer, he didn't care about this.
Whether the five warships escaped, even if they escaped into Kampong Som Bay, they could only stay there and wait to be captured. Maybe after this war is over, the Chinese Navy will add another batch of captive ships. (To be continued.