But before Iwasaki's master could breathe a sigh of relief, the first shell landed on the Akitsuki Post and exploded. Then the second and third shots hit the Akitsuki Post one after another, and also triggered a series of explosions. In this round of artillery attacks by the Yueyang ship, the Akitsuki Post was probably at least a dozen guns, which was probably more than twenty guns.

Iwasaki Master was shocked. He could not have imagined that the accuracy of the opponent's artillery could hit his own ship at a distance of 7,000 meters, and it was more than one shot. It was definitely not a matter of tension to say that the opponent opened fire first. Moreover, although the opponent only had one cannon, the speed of firing far exceeded that of Iwasaki Master's knowledge.

Among the carrier-based artillery of this era, even the 47mm Heqikas machine gun with the fastest firing rate is only 20 rounds per minute; the 70-80mm rapid-firing cannon has a firing rate of 8-12 rounds per minute, and the 100-150mm rapid-firing cannon has a firing rate of about 3-6 rounds per minute, while in large-caliber artillery, the 200mm artillery has a firing rate of 1-2 rounds per minute, and the 300mm artillery has a firing rate of 1 round/2-4 minutes. Therefore, the fire rate of the opponent's naval gun is obviously far exceeding the carrier-based artillery of this era. According to Iwasaki Master's estimate, it should be 30-60 rounds per minute. In Iwasaki Master's impression, it is probably only the Mark Mi machine gun has such a firing rate.

The cannon can reach the rate of fire of a machine gun. Although it is just a cannon with a caliber, Iwasaki master naturally knows the terribleness of it. No wonder the other party only equipped with one main gun. Such a speed of fire and such accuracy are indeed enough. It seems that he underestimated the strength of this unknown enemy.

But now is not the time to study the other party's technology. Although the power of the PJ26 single-barrel 76mm naval gun is not very powerful, the Akitsushi is just an old-fashioned protective cruiser after all, and the tonnage is not large. It was hit more than a dozen or twenty guns in a row, and the range of the hit is concentrated at the head of the ship, which is a bit unbearable.

After the shelling, the deck of the Akitsushi ship was covered in chaos, with broken cables, broken wooden boards, and broken iron sheets scattered. Amid the smoke of gunfire, several gunners also corpses on the spot, and there were still several places where fires started. The Japanese army's damage control personnel ignored the danger and rushed to count the losses, put out the fire and rescued them.

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"Report to the captain, the artillery fired thirty shots, hit twenty-one shots, and lost four shots in the near future, with only five shots not hitting, with a hit rate of 83%.

The artillery of modern ships is composed of a fire control system, which is composed of radar, photoelectric radio control instrument, infrared thermal imager, laser rangefinder and other equipment, and is not affected by visual differences at all. Therefore, after the artillery is fired, the hit results can be accurately counted.

Near-lost bombs are shells that do not hit the hull directly, but explode in seawater when landing near the warship. Since water is an incompressible substance, the impact force generated by the shells after they explode in water is 800 times that in the air. If the explosion site is within a certain range, it can still cause damage to the underwater parts of the surface ship. Therefore, when the hit rate is unified, it includes near-lost bombs.

How big is the range of near loss? Different shells are different. On the one hand, the larger the caliber of the artillery, the largest the range of near loss. In the case of the same caliber, the closer loss range of the blasting bomb is larger than that of the piercing bomb, and the closer loss range of the piercing bomb is larger than that of the armor-piercing bomb. The pj26 single-barrel 76mm naval gun basically has no requirements for anti-ship and land attack, so the shells equipped are all blasting bombs, grenade shots, incendiary bombs, and no armor-piercing bombs, and explosive bombs. All the fired rounds are blasting bombs.

Wang Hailong put down the telescope in his hand and said, "Well, this hit rate is pretty good."

Deputy Captain Chen Xiaojiang said: "But I see that the 76 guns on our ship are still a little smaller. The damage to the little Japanese is not very big. Let the Xiangyang ship open fire. They are double-connected 100mm naval guns, which are much more powerful than us. However, if there is no way to deal with the little Japanese, then we can only ask the headquarters to use missiles."

Wang Hailong nodded and said, "I inform the Xiangyang ship that you can fire and beat me hard, and it will make the Japanese call you lucky."

However, although it was violently bombarded by the opponent, the main body of the Akitsushi was not damaged much, the power system was basically normal, and the hull did not crack and water enter. This is because the power of the Yueyang ship's naval gun was limited; secondly, both sides now use the bow to the bow, and generally speaking, the front protection of the warship, that is, the gun shield and the armor of the bridge, is the thickest. Although the Akitsushishi is just a protective cruiser, the armor of the gun shield and the bridge is also 115 mm. Therefore, although the shells fell on the deck of the bow, they did not cause much damage to the gun shield and the bridge. The dead gunners were actually hit by shrapnel shot after the shells until they died.

But despite this, Iwasaki's master cannot just be beaten and not fight back. Now he faces two choices: one is to immediately command the fleet to turn cross-cut, seize the horizontal head of the character "t", and face the enemy with the side side, and enter the combat mode. However, the distance between the two sides is more than 7,000 meters, which is far beyond the effective range of their own naval guns. Even if the firepower is fully opened, they may still shoot aimlessly; the other is to continue moving forward, keeping the distance between the two sides to the effective range of the Japanese ship, and then firing back. But before that, the Akizushi had to withstand the other's shelling, and the only thing that can be used for counterattacks on the Akizushi was two six-inch cannons with the head of the ship, which is obviously not good for the Japanese fleet.

Just when Iwasaki Master was hesitating, a soldier shouted: "Sir, the enemy ship is firing again."

Before Iwasaki's master could react, he heard a "boom" sound, two shells fell on the front deck of the Akitsusu, one after another, and exploded, exploding the Japanese soldiers who were rescued on the deck. The power of the explosion was far more violent than before. Even the Akitsusu caused a strong vibration. Several Japanese soldiers on the side of the ship stood unsteadily and fell into the sea. Then the Akitsusu was hit and exploded.

Iwasaki's master was also unsteady in the command room. Fortunately, he held the operating table and did not fall. However, on the front deck of the Akitsusu, and in the surrounding sea, explosions occurred one after another, and the hull shook violently.

After this round of artillery attack speed, Iwasaki Tatsuki stabilized his body and immediately shouted loudly: "Let's fire, fire and fight back, fight back!"

In fact, Iwasaki master did not expect to shoot the enemy ship, but he just hoped that he could hinder the opponent's shooting accuracy after firing. Because in this era, although optical aiming equipment has been used, he still relies on the naked eye to aim. Therefore, the smoke and water column generated by the fire can cause certain interference to the aiming. However, Iwasaki master did not know that these did not work at all for the Yueyang ship that used radar, laser, and infrared aiming.

But at this moment, a soldier said: "Report to the sir, the front gun was hit just now and has been damaged and cannot open fire."

Iwasaki Takuto was stunned for a moment. Before he could speak, another soldier reported: "The second and third cabins on the port side were cracked and the water was inflowed, and the starboard cabin was inflowed."

Tatsuto Iwasaki said: "Immediately order the damage-controlled personnel to enter the field for emergency repair." He paused and said: "Turn the left rudder 75 degrees, order other ships to turn with the flagship, seize the t-head, and open fire at the enemy ship."

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This time the shelling was naturally the Xiangyang ship.

The naval gun of the Xiangyang ship is the H/pj33b type 79 dual 100mm naval gun, with a total gun weight (including drum): about 38 tons; the maximum range is 22.5 kilometers; the single-tube launch speed is: 25~30 rounds/min; the shell weighs 31.5 kilograms; the fire control system consists of a 343g 100 gun fire control radar, a jm-83h photoelectric commander (including laser rangefinder, TV tracker, infrared/thermal imaging tracker), and is connected to the entire ship combat system network.

Although the rate of fire and accuracy are not as good as the Yueyang ship. In thirty seconds, the Xiangyang ship's double 100mm naval gun only fired twenty shells, but its power is not comparable to the 76mm cannon. The weight of the shells alone is almost three times worse. In addition, it is a double cannon volley, so the damage caused to the Akitsushi is not comparable just now.

Xie Fuzhan, the captain of the Xiangyang ship, put down the telescope and said, "Have the shelling results been counted?"

Bai Peng, the gun cannon of the Xiangyang ship, said: "Report the captain, shoot twenty actual shots, hit eleven shots, lose three shots in the near future, and miss six shots, with a hit rate of 70%.

Xie Fuzhan nodded and was very satisfied with the result of the shelling. The fire control system of the Bijing Xiangyang ship was not as good as that of the Yueyang ship, so it achieved a hit rate of 70%, which was a good result.

Deputy Captain Jin Kewen said: "It's enough for a little Japanese to drink a pot now. If our Xiangyang ship had fired earlier, it would probably have sunk the little Japanese in such a while!"

The political commissar Li Chao on the side laughed and said, "It would be better if it were replaced with the modern class. It would be a double-connected 130mm naval gun. In terms of the power of the naval gun, even the Kunming ships could not match it."

Jin Kewen said: "What's the point of fighting for a naval gun? If you can use missiles, you can sank these ghost ships with one shot. Even if you can't use an eagle to strike 83, you can use a Red Flag 7."

Xie Fuzhan smiled and said, "Don't complain. It's good to have a war to fight. You can't use missiles. Yueyang ship is more aggrieved than us. Besides, the headquarters has the headquarters' consideration. We only have dozens of missiles. If we have all of them, we will have no more. At least we have to launch a few large ships worth more than 10,000 tons. Such a few small ships are indeed not worth using missiles. It's enough to use naval guns to deal with them."
Chapter completed!