Although the "King of Hanover" was beaten to the point of paralysis by the "Qin Shihuang", "Han Gao Di", and "Han Guang Wu Emperor", this large battleship with a standard row of 25,000 tons can still withstand the beating - this class of battleships is in When designing, we adopted the idea of focusing on defense and putting life-saving first, so the core part of the battleship is very strong, but the deck armor is too neglected, only 25mm-65mm... This is because the design idea is lagging behind. , I didn’t expect that the Ming Navy’s aviation force would be equipped with 250 kilograms of aerial bombs so quickly! On the one hand, this is because this ship is only a standard ship of 25,000 tons. Although a lot of tonnage is deducted from the power part, the five twin 13.5-inch turrets take up too much tonnage. If we want to add more tonnage to the deck, the 25,000 tons will not be able to stop it, and we will have to go to 30,000 tons.
Although the thick skin gained at the expense of speed is not invulnerable, it is not something that the "Qin Shihuang" class 330mm cannon can kill instantly. If the "Dazhou" class 360mm cannon had been used to blast it, the "King of Hanover" would have been riddled with holes all over its body.
And while the "King of Hanover" was struggling to support itself and being beaten by cannons, its helpers finally completed the turn one after another. Now the firepower of the British Second Battleship Formation came up. There were 6 "Emperor of India" class ships in this formation. Each ship had 10 13.5-inch guns. However, one of the stern turrets of the "King of Scotland" was blown up. Fly. So now there are only 58 guns that can be concentrated and fired... 58 13.5-inch guns are no joke!
After the British second battleship formation completed its turn, these 58 guns aimed at the "Qin Shihuang" and the "Tang Taiwu Emperor" respectively!
At the same time, "Qin Shihuang" also took "Han Gao Emperor", "Han Guangwu Emperor", "Jin Wu Emperor", "Sui Wen Emperor" and Tang Taiwu Emperor to complete the turn. They have a total of 48 330 The millimeter cannon, however, did not aim at the "King of Hanover" who had been beaten to the point of paralysis. Instead, it changed its opponent and fired at the "King of Scotland".
The main reason why they had to change targets was because the speed of these six "Qin Shihuang" was maintained well. After completing the turn, it increased to 24 knots, so they quickly outran the "King of Hannover" which could only run 15 knots. It's behind. On the British side, in order to compete with the six-legged "Shihuang" class for the T position, they can only let the ship that can run go first. A ship that can't run can only fall behind and fire from a distance.
Therefore, the British "Emperor of India" class quickly ran out of the front and rear teams. The front team was led by the "King of Scotland", with the "King of England", "Charlemagne" and "Roman Emperor", and the back team It is the "King of Hanover" and the "Emperor of India" who are brothers in distress. Because the four "Indian Emperors" in the front team were close to the "Qin Shi Huang", all their 38 13.5-inch guns were fired at the "Qin Shi Huang". After a while, several straddle fires were fired, and the shells fell like raindrops on the "Qin Shi Huang". The sea water next to the "First Emperor" exploded as if it was boiling!
The "King of Hanover" and the "Emperor of India" fell behind. They were getting farther and farther away from the "Qin Shi Huang" and it was difficult to aim, so they aimed all 20 of their cannons at the last of the six "Shi Huang" class ships. "Emperor Taiwu of the Tang Dynasty".
Now, in the battle between the "First Emperor" class and the "Indian Emperor" class, three unlucky guys have been bombed - "Qin Shihuang", "Tang Taiwu Emperor" and "King of Scotland".
And the most unlucky among them must be the "King of Scotland"...a "little King of Scotland", who was replaced by "Qin Shi Huang", "Han Gao Di", "Han Guang Wu Di", "Jin Wu Di", Can there still be "Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty" and "Emperor Taiwu of the Tang Dynasty"? The 48 330mm guns fired only three rounds, and a 330mm shell hit the front of the main gun turret amidships of the "King of Scotland" from 12,000 meters away!
At this distance, the 330mm hooded armor-piercing projectile is enough to penetrate the 280mm turret armor of the "King of Scotland" which only uses surface hardening technology! And when this 330mm artillery shell penetrated into the middle turret of the "King of Scotland", the gun crew members in the turret were firing at the "Qin Shihuang" with the greatest enthusiasm... In order to as far as possible To increase the rate of fire, these brave British gunners ignored safety regulations and kept the fire door at the bottom of the turret open at all times in order to feed ammunition into the turret faster.
In addition, in order to increase the rate of fire, the British piled a large amount of propellant inside the turret and in the ammunition supply channel to reduce the loading process.
In this case, once the turret is penetrated, the accompanying explosion and fire will not only burn all the accumulated propellant, but the fire will also spread to the ammunition magazine below the turret through the open fire door!
Less than 20 seconds after the "King of Scotland"'s midship turret was hit, a huge flame suddenly exploded in the middle of the 25,000-ton battleship, and then another even bigger flame. , followed by the third and fourth big explosions! The fire caused by the explosion flooded the entire warship like a tide. This is not what one 330mm artillery shell can explode, but the astonishing power produced when more than 150 13.5-inch artillery shells are exploded. The explosions of these shells created temperatures hot enough to melt steel and an impact powerful enough to tear apart steel hulls. When they broke through all restraints and swept across the entire battleship, the entire battlefield seemed to be on fire!
"Long live! Long live the Ming Dynasty!"
There were thunderous cheers on the six "Shihuang" class battleships. Li Kezhi and Yu Yang on the approaching battleship "Dazhou" in the distance could not help but be excited, and they just kept urging the battleships to speed up—— We must rush to the battlefield before the "First Emperor" and the others destroy all the British battleships!
Because according to the plan drawn up by Li Kezhi and Yu Yang, Guo Xiaobao's fleet was just a decoy, and the role of the six "Shi Huang" class ships was only to use their speed to fight the enemy - their 330mm main guns seemed to be insufficiently powerful and difficult to sink. The results of the battle...the two super battleships "Da Zhou" and "Da Qin" with 360 mm caliber main guns can really "determine the outcome with one shot"!
But I didn't expect that the British 25,000-ton battleship seemed a bit unstoppable!
Are all those British 25,000-ton ships built in the famous Hindustan Shipyard?
No, you have to hurry up and "cut the bow". If you're too late, you won't be able to catch anything!
The joy of the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty is of course the pain of the officers and soldiers of the British Navy! From the beginning of today's battle to now, they have suffered heavy losses! Five aircraft-carrying armored cruisers have been lost, three Sovereign-class ships have been sunk, and now an Indian Emperor-class ship has been added! As for the opponent's losses... what can be seen so far seems to be only two or three burning "beggar's battleships".
William Baga felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. Major General Jervis beside him had tears in his eyes and asked in a low voice: "Admiral... what should we do now?"
"What to do?" William Baga gritted his teeth, "Of course it's a charge... We still have the William IV, the Queen Elizabeth, and 11 Victory-class ships and 11 Indomitable-class ships... ....We fought them!”
