bullyxtreme Chapter 58: Fuso Fleet Attacks Donglai City at Night? The Roar of the French Cannons
Chapter 58: Fuso Fleet Attacks Donglai City at Night? The Roar of the French Cannons
“Ding ding ding ding…”
There is a radar station located on a high ground in Donglai Bay.
This radar station is a supporting radar station for the French cannon. Even in the middle of the night, this radar is still working non-stop to provide early warning information for the cannon troops.
As the alarm sounds, it also means that an enemy has entered the radar's detection range.
At the same time, this warning information was also passed on to Jiang Hua.
"Warning information?"
Jiang Hua, who had just finished processing some documents and was about to take a break, was startled after hearing the warning information.
"Cast the screen!"
With Jiang Hua's order, the shore-based radar warning information was projected in front of him. At this time, Jiang Hua also knew what was going on.
"Fleet...another Fuso fleet...it seems this fleet is heading towards Donglai Bay."
Because this area is within the radar detection range, the virtual screen displays not only early warning information, but also real-time video of the Fuso fleet sailing.
"This is... a Kongo-class battleship, but I don't know which one it is."
When seeing this fleet sailing in the dark, Jiang Hua's attention was naturally focused on the leading battleship.
From the information provided by the base, it is not difficult to determine that this is a Kongo-class battleship, or a battlecruiser.
Compared with the top-heavy Fuso-class battleships, the Kongo-class battlecruiser adopts a typical British-style long forecastle ship type and a tall tripod mast, coupled with a layout of two twin 365mm main guns in the front and two in the rear, so its military power is still sufficient.
In addition to the Kongo-class battleships, there are two larger heavy cruisers.
Jiang Hua took a look and saw that it was the Aoba-class heavy cruiser that had just been launched a few years ago.
There are also two light cruisers, the other two ships of the Kuma class.
As for the remaining five destroyers, Jiang Hua did not pay much attention to them.
"The Fuso Navy is really stubborn. They just got beaten up and yet they still dare to come to our door."
Looking at the Fuso fleet advancing at high speed, Jiang Hua was somewhat unable to understand the thought processes of these Fuso people.
They all knew that his Fuxing Army's planes were so powerful, yet they still dared to come to their door.
Colonel Tomohira Matsuno, commander-in-chief of the squadron, certainly knew this, but he just couldn't swallow it and couldn't accept this fact.
That was why he chose to approach Donglai City at night, then launch a large-scale artillery bombardment on Donglai City, and then run away at full speed in the second half of the night.
He has already contacted the Governor's Office on the Korean Peninsula, and they will send army and navy fighter planes to cover their evacuation.
This is also the reason why Colonel Matsuno Tomohei dared to bombard Donglai City.
"We can already see the land. Keep accelerating and increase the speed to 25 knots."
As a high-speed battleship, the Kongo-class battleship Hiei has a maximum speed of only 27.5 knots.
This speed is nothing compared to the battleships of World War II that could reach 30 knots, but it was indeed considered high speed before the 20s.
After all, the battleships at that time were all coal-fired.
Looking at the city shrouded in darkness, Colonel Matsuno Tomohei showed a sinister smile.
"Damn Chinamen, I will raze this city to the ground to wash away the shame you have brought to the Imperial Navy."
At this moment, he seemed to have seen Donglai City engulfed in a sea of fire under the roar of their huge cannons.
"Play games? You mean I can control these cannons like playing games?"
At this moment, Jiang Hua was having a friendly exchange with Skynet.
"Yes, as long as the commander selects the target, the cannon will automatically lock onto the target and fire. The accuracy is much higher than manual control."
Hearing this, Jiang Hua's eyes lit up.
This is quite interesting, and it is also very engaging for him to operate these cannons.
Thinking of this, Jiang Hua took a look at the four French cannons and felt that the number was a bit too few.
So he spent 60 oceans to build six new ones directly on the high ground of Donglai Bay, each costing 30 oceans and only taking minutes to build.
At that time, the Fuso fleet also entered the range of about 30 kilometers.
The closer the distance, the higher the hit rate. This is a very simple truth.
As time passed, six newly built French cannons stood on the high ground on the side of Donglai Bay.
Its raised muzzle is like a wild beast lurking in the darkness, and the huge 600mm gun barrel seems to want to poke a hole in the sky.
When all 10 French cannons were ready, Jiang Hua's eyes became serious.
His eyes were fixed directly on the battlecruiser Hiei, which was cutting through the waves.
Then he stretched out his finger and tapped the screen, which meant that the battleship Hiei had been locked.
The ten French cannon turrets on the Donglai Bay heights began to rotate slowly.
About ten seconds later, all ten cannons showed that they had locked onto the target.
The principle of its locking is naturally shore-based radar, fire control radar and fire control system, not void search.
"Fire!"
Following Jiang Hua's order, dazzling flashes of fire suddenly appeared, as if tearing through the dark sky, and the deafening roar was like rolling thunder.
The muzzle blast spread out in all directions like a tidal wave.
The earth began to tremble slightly under this violent force.
The thick smoke spewing out of the muzzle rolled and surged like a dark cloud, quickly spreading.
Its huge recoil caused the entire turret to shake slightly, as if demonstrating the amazing power of this giant steel cannon.
Although Jiang Hua was not at the scene, he was still shocked by the magnificent scene when he saw the roar of the cannon.
At this moment, he seemed to truly feel the deterrent power of the cannon.
Semi-armor-piercing shells weighing nearly 3 tons roared towards the battleship Hiei 36.7 kilometers away at an astonishing speed.
In the quiet night, the noise made by the 600mm caliber shells cutting through the air is still very loud.
"what sound?"
The observation post on the mast of the battleship Hiei quickly turned his gaze to the right, where the sound came from.
But they could not see anything under the cover of night, but they could hear a buzzing sound that was becoming clearer and clearer, like the dull sound of a train whistling.
"The shells are heavy artillery shells!"
As the observation post finished speaking, shells from huge cannons with a caliber of 600 mm fell around the battleship Hiei.
Accompanied by a violent explosion, huge water columns and waves were immediately set off around the Hiei.
The Hiei, which weighed over 30,000 tons, began to shake violently.
If Colonel Matsuno Tomohei had not held on to the railing tightly, he might have been thrown out.
"Colonel, Colonel... bombardment... it's bombardment!"
When the ship calmed down a little, an officer came to Matsuno Tomohiro in a panic.
"Baga, I'm not blind."
At this moment, Matsuno Tomohei suppressed the shock in his heart and began to give orders.
"They are coastal defense guns, large-caliber coastal defense guns, and they are right at our 2 o'clock position.
Damn, where did Donglai City get the large-caliber coastal defense guns?
Order the fleet to turn around and return immediately, and do it quickly!"
From the movement just now, it is not difficult to judge that these coastal defense guns are not only numerous, but also of particularly large caliber.
At least their 365mm main guns couldn't cause such a big noise.
According to his guess, the caliber is at least 500 mm, or even far more than 500 mm.
He had never seen the largest caliber cannon, so he couldn't judge.
But he knew that if he didn't run away quickly, the Hiei would be seriously injured if hit by a single missile.
As for shelling Donglai City? He wasn't that stupid.
"Didn't hit a single one?"
Seeing the shells falling around the Hiei, Jiang Hua was a little disappointed. It seemed that even the base's cannons did not have a very high hit rate.
A minute later, all ten cannons were loaded with shells.
Jiang Hua gave the order to fire again, and the target of concentrated fire was still the battle cruiser Hiei.
Ten huge cannon shells drew a perfect parabola in the sky and fell around the Hiei again.
This time the battleship Hiei was not so lucky.
The shell hit the front deck of the ship hard, easily penetrated the thin vertical armor of the Hiei, and drilled into the cabin below.
There was only a loud earth-shaking noise, and the battleship Hiei was hit and shook violently.
In an instant, flames shot up into the sky and steel fragments flew everywhere like a rainstorm.
The powerful shock wave generated by the explosion swept across the surrounding cabins and partitions, and nearby personnel and equipment were ruthlessly blown away.
Then thick smoke billowed up and quickly spread around the warship, as if covering it with a thick veil.
As the explosion ended, a huge hole appeared on the front deck of the ship, and twisted steel rolled outward hideously.
A raging fire burned fiercely at the damaged area, making a terrible crackling sound.
A large number of damage control personnel rushed towards the fire.
Although this shell did not cause fatal damage to the Hiei, it did cause considerable damage to it.
"Damn it, speed up!"
Colonel Matsuno Tomohira roared madly.
The injured Hiei was still turning slowly.
A minute later, the Hiei, which had adjusted its course, began to move forward at full speed, and ten shells fell again.
With the detection radar, fire control radar and optical director locking, the accuracy of the cannon is getting higher and higher.
The battleship Hiei was hit by another shell.
This time its luck was even worse.
The shells came in obliquely from the rear deck and then exploded in the boiler room in the middle and rear.
All the boilers in the entire cabin were destroyed by the violent energy, which caused the battleship Hiei to lose power and completely paralyzed on the sea, which also foreshadowed its death.
The surrounding ships ignored the paralyzed battlecruiser Hiei because they knew what would happen to it.
They might as well run away while the Hiei is under concentrated fire.
"Paralyzed? Great! Keep bombing it and sink it!"
When he saw the battlecruiser Hiei paralyzed on the sea with thick smoke billowing out of it, he immediately became excited.
At this moment, he really experienced the feeling of playing games.
(10,000-word update completed, roar!)