The Great Voyage of the People: Unlock the Dreadnought Battleship at the beginning

Chapter 0139: The First Wave of Attack Temptation!!

Are they coming, or can they use them?

As far as the eye can see, all of them are black giant ships with a displacement of nearly 10,000 tons

The rough shape, the hull is made of huge rivets to stitch together rough and heavy iron plates, it seems more appropriate to say that it is a battleship, and it seems more appropriate to call it an iron coffin box.

The hull was wider than the width of the human warship, and black smoke billowed from the two black hole chimneys on the deck.

I don’t know if it’s coal or heavy oil that’s burning.

The cruising speed is around 15 knots, and the possibility of acceleration is not excluded.

The sound of the turbine is like a tractor, it can be heard clearly from tens of kilometers away, there is no mast on the ship, and four 305-mm cannons are arranged directly in the bow of the ship, and do not rely on side-string attacks.

With the exception of the two heavy front-loading armor plates in front of the mount, the naval gun did not have all-inclusive turret armor.

Not only that, the turret automation of these battleships is not high, and it can be roughly seen that the shells are transported to the deck by simple elevators, and the strong orcs are completely relied on to manually load the shells.

It really deserves to be a barbaric tribe of marauders.

These warships look very simple at a glance, and the ironclad ships of the same tonnage are much more delicate than it.

It is difficult to imagine how much combat effectiveness such a battleship will have.

However, Chen Yang did not underestimate the enemy, and the marauder tribe that could turn multiple outer seas upside down was certainly not as simple as it seemed.

“The No. 5 reconnaissance aircraft reports to the command ship, the Marauder fleet has approached our fleet about thirty nautical miles, is accelerating, the speed has reached 20 knots!”

Hearing the number 20 verses, Chen Yang couldn’t help but chuckle in his heart.

Finally realized something.

Nowadays, the speed of ironclad ships in the four seas is generally around fifteen or six knots, and those with special equipment or talent bonuses can reach eighteen or nine knots.

The caliber of the artillery also hovered more than two hundred millimeters.

Who would have thought that this tribe of marauders seemed rough and simple.

But whether it is the caliber of artillery or the speed, it must crush the end of these ironclad ships.

Only former dreadnought battleships could confront.

Orff also realized this problem and narrowed his eyes: “Regiment commander, I’m afraid that the fleets of the four seas will suffer a big loss.” ”

“Yes, many people are expected to touch a gray head!!”

Chen Yang nodded.

“Regiment commander, fortunately, you are wise, and you have issued a thousand monarch-level drawings to the second and third regiments, as long as you stabilize the first wave, you should be able to win these marauder fleets steadily!”

Chen Yang put away his worries: “This is also an experience for them, those who can survive can grow into elites, let’s prepare to fight!” ”

As soon as the words fell, the second group of reconnaissance aircraft had already returned, bringing back the latest reconnaissance photos.

In the photo, the marauder fleet is almost swarming, there is no order at all

You can even see those manic orcs standing on the deck with cold weapons and roaring, this is planning to engage in a docking battle?

It’s really worthy of being a barbaric orc.

Chen Yang waved his big hand: “All warships are ready to meet the enemy!” ”

The first to take on the enemy were the cruisers and destroyers that came forward.

They are fast and can reach enemies faster than bulky battleships.

Their goal is to test attacks.

As soon as it reached the firing range of 15 kilometers, the 190-mm main guns on the Hawkins-class cruisers began to roar.

The 190-mm main gun can fire 90 kg of armor-piercing shells, and the armor-piercing ability of 145 times the caliber naval gun is quite OK.

But when the armor-piercing projectile crossed 15 kilometers and hit the side of a marauder warship, it failed to penetrate the opponent’s armor.

The 190mm armor-piercing bullet was actually blocked by the side string armor?

It can be seen that these Iron King Eight look rough, but the thickness of the armor plate cannot be underestimated.

Tentative attacks continued to strike the deck and rudimentary superstructure.

OK

The deck of the Marauder warship is not thick, and the superstructure defense is mediocre.

However, the protective armor plate of the battleship’s artillery facing the enemy with the bow of the ship is surprisingly thick, and it is estimated that it is not much different from the side armor.

Ordinary 190-mm high-explosive shells simply do not penetrate the protection of armor plates.

Finally, there was a torpedo attack, and the two V-destroyers were as close as possible to a range of ten kilometers, releasing ten torpedoes.

However, in the next second, the fire coverage of the Marauder battleship struck.

A V-destroyer was fired red-handed by three 305mm shells.

However, the small boat of more than a thousand tons could not withstand the attack of the main gun, and sank to the bottom of the sea with three shots.

“Regiment commander, according to estimates, the effective firing range of the 30-caliber 305-mm main gun of the Marauder battleship is estimated to be about 12 km.”

Right at this moment

Finally, a torpedo hit a Marauder warship.

With a boom, the 533-mm heavy torpedo penetrated the waterline protective armor of the marauder battleship, and the explosion caused the battleship to leak water wildly, and the hull began to tilt.

however

Even a heavy torpedo failed to sink the Marauder warship.

Orff put down his binoculars: “Regiment Commander, the Marauder battleship should be equipped with multiple layers of watertight partitions, and the damage speed is also very fast, it seems that those orcs are not just a group of barbaric races who only know how to wield cold weapons!” ”

Chen Yang nodded in agreement, tentatively attacking him to see clearly.

After the battleship was damaged, it was quickly dragged out of the fleet to avoid blocking the battleship behind.

Then I saw some exceptionally thin and goblin-like orc repairers tied long ropes, carried iron plates on their backs, fell into the water and began to glue the broken holes by special means.

This loss of management ability, even Chen Yang is ashamed of himself.

If the ironclad ship of the Four Seas suffered such heavy damage, it would never be repaired so quickly on the battlefield except for being towed into the dock for repair.

Chen Yang turned his head and glanced at Wales: “Write it down, when fighting against the Marauder warship, if you have to carry out a war of attrition, you need to arrange a repair dock in advance.” ”

“I made a note of it!”

Wales’ expression was serious, and he knew that this was Chen Yang using his advantages to test the strength of these orc fleets.

For other people, I am afraid that there are not so many opportunities for them to test.

“Send the battlecruiser Deflinger for the first wave of attack trials!”

Chen Yang gave an order, and dozens of Deflinger-class battle cruisers in front directly started their horsepower and took the initiative to meet them?

The 50-mm 305-mm guns on the Deflinger were identical to those of the King-class battleships, and the penetration of armor-piercing projectiles was no worse than that of the Orion-class 343-mm 45-caliber naval guns.

After the fleet set sail and approached the limit effective firing range, the rumbling of artillery began to sound.

Seeing the enemy shells coming, these marauder warships did not retreat, but advanced at full speed, roaring and rushing towards their targets.

Boom…

The sound of explosions continued to sound, and the falling shells set off a huge column of water tens of meters high

The 500-kilogram armor-piercing warhead easily penetrated the armor of the marauder battleship this time, and the explosion sounded, and the hit battleship saw thick smoke.

Apparently the boiler was hit and suddenly lost power.

Three more high-explosive shells struck, penetrated the deck, and the explosion sent this 10,000-ton battleship to the bottom of the sea?

The sound of the explosion seemed to make the surrounding orcs even more excited and excited.

With a boom, the battleship that was slowly sinking was cut off by the battleship behind.

The style is fierce, and he does not care at all how such an impact will affect his own battleship.

Boom

The Marauder warships also began to launch counterattacks…