Super Emperor of the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 220: The Might of the Former Dreadnought Ship Honshu

You can search for the latest chapters in Baidu for "Super Emperors Search Novels of the Late Qing Dynasty (www.soxscc.com)"!"The second ship of Dingzhen aims at the Honshu, try his armor first."

"The other ships are under the command of the squadron commander to fire freely."

Liu Buchan looked at the four behemoths on the opposite side with a solemn expression.

The Marceau class is different from the previous Sea Fury. The Sea Fury was designed in 1876. There is a huge gap between the armor, firepower and speed of the Honshu.Although the Dingyuan Five Ships have also been improved, this gap cannot be resolved by overhaul...

The Marceau-class battleship is a former dreadnought ship, with a displacement of 11,000 tons. It has 18 140MM rapid-fire guns, two 274MM secondary guns, and two 25-caliber 340MM main guns.The firepower is one level stronger than Dingyuan. The most frightening thing is that his armor is 457mm thick, which is simply terrifying.

The distance of 7,500 meters is already the maximum distance that the navy can maintain a certain hit rate, and it is entirely up to God’s will to exceed this distance.

But now both sides are approaching quickly, and it's okay to test fire.

"Boom! Boom!"

The "Dingyuan" at the front of the battle line, and the two twin-mounted 305mm main guns on the "Zhenyuan" battleship first began to roar.

Their target is also the flagship Honshu of the Neon Navy.

"Didn't it mean that the people of Qing Dynasty will only start their test shooting at a distance of seven kilometers?"

"Did the people of the Qing Dynasty master such superb artillery skills? It is absolutely impossible!"

Togo Heihachiro was taken aback by Daqing's actions. It was really hard for him to understand the meaning of starting a test shot at such a distance.

With the faint white smoke of the muzzle, eight armor-piercing projectiles weighing more than two hundred kilograms roared out, and the rapid flight friction with the air made a harsh whistling sound.

A few seconds later, a hundred-meter-high soaring water column was stirred up around the Honshu.

It took a few more seconds for the sharp whistling sound to reach the neon man's ears.

"Five degrees east of north, the elevation angle is too high, the closest distance from the shelling to the enemy ship is about 300 meters!"

The observer reported his observations loudly.

In fact, the gunner can also see the result of his foaming, but the observer is condescending and sees more clearly. He will readjust the elevation and position of the gun based on his own judgment and the observer's report.

At the same time on the cruiser of the Gili Army.

"It's incredible. People should also have mastered some fire control technology. This is not good news for us!"

Rear Admiral William Ram of the Royal Navy of Geely frowned upon seeing this scene.

As the most powerful navy in the world, he naturally knows that the error of 300-400 meters in the first test fire at such a long distance can no longer be achieved by training and naval quality alone.

"Damn Qing people, why is their technology developing so fast."

"If it's not that we are unable to withdraw, the truth is like the Empire's proposal to attack the Qing Dynasty."

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Compared to William Ram's plain reaction, he is not so calm. Such a fire control device has reached the current best configuration standard of the Gaul Navy.

"It's okay! What they have is only the Saxon improved class. This kind of warship will no longer play a big role in future naval battles."

After the initial surprise, William Ram said indifferently with a relaxed face.

For the navy to fire at such a long distance, most of the officers and soldiers of the Neon Navy thought it was a waste of precious shells.

But Daqing’s shelling results gave them a resounding slap. Although they missed a hit, the first two-ship salvo achieved such accuracy, and the hit was only a matter of time.

The Neon Navy speeded up desperately to get closer, but they tragically found that even the slower Dingyuan Five ships had a speed of around 18 knots.

Not only were they unable to close the fighting distance, they gradually had a tendency to lean towards the T-word.And the impact of the shells is getting closer.

"boom!"

A huge wave rose 20 meters from the left string of the Honshu. The snow-white waves rushed onto his deck with a huge impact. Although it did not cause any damage, it meant that the next round of shelling would be very likely for the Honshu. Being hit.

"This can't work! Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Hokkaido left the team and broke up the Qing people's team."

Togo Heihachiro felt that if he kept this passive beating situation, he would be consumed alive if he consumed his side.

With confidence in the four ships, he wanted them to leave the team and move forward, facing the attack of the Qing Dynasty alone, in order to disrupt the battle.

According to their orders, the four ships left their team at a speed of 18 knots and rushed straight towards the Qing fleet, as they no longer needed to turn to quickly narrow the distance with the Qing fleet.

"En! Neon people are not stupid, they want to use four ships to break this game!"

"The Dingyuan Fifth Fleet carried out fire suppression on the four ships in Honshu, and other ships continued to turn to try to seize the T-shaped in their own team."

Seeing this scene, Liu Buchan also knew the plan of Neon Navy, and he decisively ordered.

As a result, the fleet was also divided into two, Dingyuan class greeted the Marceau class, and the other ships continued to compete with the Neon Navy’s headquarters fleet group for the first side of the T.

"boom!"

When the two sides were 6500 meters apart, the fourth round of shelling Jiyuan and Zhenyuan each hit the Neon Navy flagship this week with a 305mm shell.

The armor-piercing projectile they fired hit the front side string and the left middle side string of the Honshu, and a huge explosion occurred, causing the ship's 11,000-ton body to vigorously shake this week.

"Loss control!"

Togo Heihachiro grasped the podium tightly to maintain his balance.He shouted instinctively.

The original calmness and self-confidence disappeared, and there was a deep panic and anxiety on his face.He only remembered Dingyuan's terrifying record when he was hit.

"Report! No control required!"

The damage control officer ran over and hurried back to report.

It turns out that the two shells left a crater almost 200mm deep on the sidestring armor of this week’s issue. The energy was exhausted, and they could no longer go deep and exploded. The unfavorable 12-inch armor-piercing shell could not help the Honshu which is 457mm thick Alloy steel armor...