Chapter 1,238 Fleet Battle 2
Chapter 1238 Fleet Battle 2
Almost every 20 seconds, the two Russian battleships can fire one and a half salvos. In the most extreme minute, the Russians fired three and a half salvos and 12 artillery shells, sending more than 5 tons of ammunition to the enemy. Arrived around the German battleships!
I have to say that the Russian M1907 12-inch L52 main gun is still very powerful. With complete servo equipment, it can reach an astonishing rate of fire of 3 rounds per minute! Moreover, the artillery itself uses heavy shells weighing 470KG, with a muzzle velocity as high as 762 meters per second. From a purely kinetic perspective, this is a pretty good artillery piece. And adhering to the Russian habit of emphasizing firepower density, the Queen Maria-class battleship equipped with 12 12-inch cannons is indeed not an easy character to deal with!
Relying on sufficient ammunition supplies, an excessive rate of fire, and an overwhelming number of gun barrels, the Russians actually achieved the first hit in the heavy-weight confrontation. (The gunnery skills of the Russian Black Sea Fleet are still good. Historically, the Russian dreadnought fired from 20 kilometers away when fighting the Goben. The first bomb dropped from 460 meters away from the Goben. The second time it hit 183 meters. .The third salvo has been reduced to 46 meters! But unfortunately, bad luck, and no hits in the end...)
A 470KG 12-inch armor-piercing bullet roared onto the deck of the Teghov. It exploded after passing through the upper deck. The violent charge generated a shock wave and formed a death hole about 20 meters in diameter in the hull. In the area, hundreds of kilograms of shrapnel, driven by the energy of the explosion, swept away everything they encountered, and the flames generated by the burning of picric acid even caused a small fire at the rear of the hull.
"It seems that the Russians have learned wisely. They know that they cannot penetrate our core cabin with armor-piercing bombs, so they use semi-armor-piercing or high-explosive bombs instead." Count Spee said thoughtfully, looking at the smoke column rising from behind. The British can use technology to develop "cuckold" armor-piercing bullets to defeat them. What if the Russians don't have this ability? They can only use high-explosive bombs.
Tegelhof then scored the first hit of the German super-dauntless. During the seventh semi-volley, a 350MM main gun shell successfully hit the front of the hull of the Emperor Alexander III. It penetrated and exploded without any accident, and the fragile front armor was opened. A large hole measuring several square meters was opened, and the entire armor plate was peeled off. It brought hundreds of tons of water ingress to the battleship, but overall the threat was not great.
What really decided the battle was the two hits of the Prinz Eugen. During the ninth and a half salvo, the German gunner, who had already entered the state, hit the Queen Maria with two shells at the same time during the salvo. ! A shell hit the gun gallery area above the main armor belt of the hull, and three 130MM secondary guns were directly blown away by the huge explosion! Another shell hit the No. 3 turret of the battleship. At a distance of 14 kilometers, the front armor of the turret, which was only 12 inches thick, was no different from paper! The shell fired from the middle of the turret easily cut through the vertical armor belt on the top of the gun, and then hit the rear of the M1907 12-inch gun in the middle!
The heavy artillery weighing dozens of tons was directly blown into two pieces.
The rear half of the artillery was pushed directly away from the gun mount, directly smashing the dozen gunners from various countries behind it into a ball of flesh. The raging flames and dense shrapnel also carried out an indiscriminate covering strike on the two nearby gun positions. , the hydraulic transmission equipment of the left main gun was destroyed, and the crew of the right main gun were wiped out almost instantly. The battleship Queen Maria, which lost the firepower of three main guns at once, was immediately at a disadvantage!
The flames and thick smoke rising from the middle of the hull interfered with the imaging of the rangefinder at the top of the mast. The heated air was distorted, making the image seen by the Russians in the rangefinder abnormally blurry. After losing the three main guns, the firepower dropped by a notch. After a while, Queen Maria's bombardment immediately became messy and unorganized. One salvo fell on Prince Eugen. Near Tegelhof behind the number, the latter was startled. You know, at this time, the distance between the two German super-dreadnoughts is about 1,000 meters!
"The toughness is still not enough." In the subsequent battle, the count could clearly feel that the Russians were a little confused. Their shots were not as accurate as before, and they were constantly adjusting their course, focusing on self-protection. Be more conservative and release smokescreens from time to time. This indeed reduced the bombardment accuracy of the German fleet, but at the same time it also gave up the opportunity to counterattack. The Queen Maria's bombardment was far and near. Although there was another hit, compared with the Prinz Eugen, this performance was much worse!
In the next five minutes, the Prinz Eugen hit the target twice again. One shell hit directly in front of the No. 2 turret. After penetrating the 300MM thick armor belt on the side string, the flying shrapnel directly The partition wall of the motor compartment was shattered, and the motor inside was blown to pieces. At the same time, the ignited diesel also set a fire on the middle deck. The hot flames caused the temperature of the adjacent ammunition compartment to rise sharply. The frightened Russians immediately filled the ammunition depot at the bottom of the ship with water. As a result, the middle turret could only use a small number of shells in the dressing room. After a few minutes, the No. 2 turret also stopped firing.
The fourth shell was also in a good position. This shell landed at the rear of the No. 4 turret. Although it did not directly penetrate the rear armor due to the angle, the violent explosion still penetrated the armor plate. Countless debris collided recklessly inside the hull, directly causing the failure of the drive shaft located at the bottom of the hull. For this reason, the Queen Maria had to reduce its speed to 15 knots.
And just when the Queen Maria was already showing signs of defeat, the situation of the Alexander III, which was captured by the Teghov, was also in bad shape. During this period, the Teghov hit the opponent's 5 guns. However, except for one shell that hit the side string armor belt and penetrated the boiler room and blew up 2 boilers, the remaining 4 main shells All the artillery shells hit the superstructure. Two barrels of the Alexander III's first turret were broken, and a chimney was blown away. Two more shells set a fire aft of the hull. Viewed from a distance, billowing smoke almost covered the entire battleship. Only when the Russian battleship opened fire, the muzzle storm would blow away some of the smoke, and the bombed and devastated hull could be seen.
Due to the interference of fire and smoke, the combat effectiveness of the Alexander III also continued to decline. Although it hit the Teghov three times, two shells were bounced off by the thick side string armor and the turret front armor, and only one shell was deflected. Hitting the No. 4 turret at the rear of the hull, destroying an artillery piece.
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