Chapter 986 Night Fight 2

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Like a pride of lions waiting for an opportunity in the dark night, four Allied fast battleships lined up in a single column and sailed towards the target, with the Count's flagship Sultan Osman I taking the lead, followed by the Reschadier. The two Austro-Hungarian battleships Tegelhof and Prinz Eugen were in third and fourth place respectively.

The remaining 10 destroyers were divided into four teams. Two destroyers opened the way in front of the battleships, and four other destroyers were deployed on the fighting side to guard against possible enemies. There are two destroyers behind the main ship as rearguard, and the last two destroyers are deployed on the engagement side for approach reconnaissance and release of flares.

The current situation is that everything is ready, just need to start filming! The four fast battleships carefully controlled their speed and set it at about 15 knots. The Allied fleet quickly approached the French fleet stationed in the wave. The rangefinder on the top of the mast was already aimed at France, which was more than ten kilometers away. Battleship. If it were daytime, tons of artillery shells would have been thrown over long ago, but now, due to visibility factors, the engagement distance was set at about 10 kilometers!

French searchlights and ship lights provided direct illumination to the Allied fleet. With the help of the dim light, the fire control officer began to identify the target warship in the distance through the rangefinder.

The technician carefully adjusted the image in the body rangefinder. After slow focusing and adjustment, a relatively clear figure appeared in the fire control officer's field of vision. After magnifying 22 times, the fire control officer on the Sultan Osman I could clearly distinguish the opponent's appearance.

"It seems that the opponent has five chimneys, divided into two groups, a group of three in the front and a group of two in the back. And the large French battleship with such a layout seems to have only one level!" Identifying the opponent's warship as a naval fire control officer should How to distinguish a warship quickly? The easiest way is to look at the most obvious features, and what is the most obvious feature on a battleship? One is the turret and the other is the superstructure. French battleships generally have 2 to 3 funnels. The larger French cruisers usually have 4 chimneys, and there are also 6 chimneys, but there have never been 5 chimneys!

Not to mention this battlefield, even in this era, there is only one large battleship with 5 chimneys that can appear here, and that is the French Dandong-class battleship! This guy went from quasi-fearless to quasi-fearless! The firepower of the seven 12-inch cannons on the side string is enough to control the fearlessness.

"There are four target warships! They are very close together. If we attack from our side, we can only attack three of them at most, and one of them will be blocked by other warships!"

"In addition to the four battleships, there are also some small ships and medium-sized ships similar to supply ships outside. One of the supply ships and the battleship are so close that we can hardly distinguish them."

"There are three destroyers outside the target area. We have handed them over to the Second Destroyer Squadron to deal with them. The problem is not big. There should be no other large warships within a radius of 10 kilometers."

Soon one message after another was transmitted to the command tower of Sultan Osman I through the phone inside the battleship. The staff quickly processed the collected information on the huge map, and the calibration was completed. In just a few minutes, a rough enemy situation appeared before the eyes of Count Spee and others.

"The positions of the four French battleships are marked with red triangles. They are moored in the anchorage in a half-moon shape.

The outermost one cannot be targeted due to its position, and the remaining three can be assigned to our three battleships in turn. The straight-line distance between each target is about 500 meters. There is a transport ship very close to target No. 2. It should be a supply ship. "Major General Schultz said.

"Okay, the feast has been put on the table. Let's prepare the knives and forks and have a feast!" Earl Spey said with great satisfaction.

Through the radio, all battleships quickly completed the allocation of targets. According to the order of the queue, the three battleships Sultan, Reshadier and Prinz Eugen selected their respective targets, while the last fast battleship Teghof was quiet. He remained silent and kept a certain distance from the battleships behind him to ensure that if the fleet in front was shrouded by searchlights, the last Tegelhof would not be discovered!

Based on the determined battleship, various data are quickly loaded into the mechanical computer. The rangefinder also has to follow mathematics, so an absolutely accurate data is very necessary. If the opponent's ship type can be determined, then the previously obtained data will be used. Height and length information can determine the distance and orientation more accurately. Why did Hood and the Prince of Wales not hit Prince Eugen in the historical Danish naval battle? The reason is simple. He mistook the Prinz Eugen for the Bismarck, and the length of the two battleships differed by 40 meters! Then after a series of calculations, if it can hit the target, it means there must be something wrong with the calculation!

The entire fleet further reduced its speed, controlling the speed to about 12 knots. The entire fleet passed through the front of the French fleet like a team of hussars, and then drew out its sharp saber and smashed it hard! The rangefinder located at the top of the mast locked the target and did not change due to the change of the battleship. With the help of the new fire control console, a trajectory of the battleship was printed on a white paper, and then the relevant data was automatically installed on the Fire control computer in!

"It's perfect data. The actual results are almost completely consistent with the calculations!" the fire control officer couldn't help but admire. The fleet is sailing at a low speed and the target is fixed. In this case, the effect of bombardment will be very good even at night, right?

The huge turret began to rotate slowly. Because of the short shooting distance, the barrel was almost horizontal. Shells and propellant were sent from the armor-protected elevator to the dressing room, and then some shells were sent from the armor-protected elevator. The dressing room at the bottom of the turret is lifted into the turret. With the help of a huge servo system, some of the shells are placed on the ammunition rack at the rear of the turret, and finally a lifting device is used to load it into the gun barrel.

A 635kg armor-piercing projectile was sent into the gun barrel, followed by two huge propellant packets. The first half of the lift was wrapped in silk, and the second half had a copper packaging shell. After all the ammunition was sent in, a ramrod that was more than 3 meters long sent the shells in. Don't underestimate this ramrod, it directly shortened the artillery's firing cycle by 10 seconds!

The four huge turrets of the Ottoman I first aimed at the target. Under the cover of darkness, the battleship finally opened its sharp claws like an ancient ferocious beast!

"The distance is 9,700 meters!" When new information came from the shooting clock, everyone's hearts tightened!

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