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"Boom, boom, boom!"
The seventh patrol flagship Daijiang fired the first shot, and the Huaihe, Tarimhe, and Nujiang also fired after the flagship.
Their targets were not the six coastal defense battleships that the Dutch considered their main force, but the six Holland-class protected cruisers that escorted them.
Daijiang is the third ship of the Huaihe class and is named after the main river "Daijang" in North Korea.
Many people may not know the name Daijiang, but its other name, Hanjiang, is more famous.
After North Korea was established as a province, the name Han River was inappropriate because it had the same name as the Han River in Hubei Province.
So the Chinese government changed its name to Daijiang.
This name also has its origin.
During the Han Dynasty and the early Three Kingdoms period of Korea, it was called "Daishui", which is equivalent to restoring its ancient name.
Of course, the Dutch will definitely not care about this issue, especially the officers and soldiers on the several beaten Holland-class protected cruisers.
Now they just want to curse.
I saw the 60 155mm main guns and 32 100mm secondary guns of the four Huaihe-class ships firing at a rate of 818 rounds per minute.
The orange-red flames ejected from the muzzles almost enveloped the entire hull. , every minute, 480 rounds of 45-kg and 576 rounds of 14-kg high-explosive incendiary bombs fly towards the opposite Holland-class cruiser.
"It's too fast.
Why are the Chinese six-inch guns and four-inch guns so fast?"
Worcester said in disbelief.
The Chinese moved too fast.
They had almost no test shots, or the interval between test shots and effectiveness shots was too short for him to distinguish.
Worcester quickly ordered: "Quick, turn quickly and reinforce the Dutch class immediately, otherwise they will not be able to stop them at all."
Yes, although the Huaihe-class light cruiser is only a light cruiser, its firepower is extremely fierce.
The main gun it is equipped with is the latest 1915-type 155mm 50-fold diameter high-flat dual-purpose naval gun.
Because it must take into account air defense, the rate of fire is severely reduced.
After practicing kung fu, it reached 8 rounds per minute, and the maximum rate of fire was 10 points per minute.
Its secondary gun is also the latest type 1915 100mm 55-fold high-level dual-purpose gun.
This gun adopts a large number of later designs and has a rate of fire of 1820 rounds per minute.
Its five triple-mounted main turrets are in a piggy-back layout with two in the front and three in the rear.
The seven double-mounted auxiliary turrets are one behind the second main turret in a piggy-back layout, and the other six are arranged on both sides.
In other words, its broadside firepower can reach 15 155mm guns and 8 100mm guns, and its firepower delivery can reach almost 30 tons per minute.
This is a well-deserved hail of bullets.
And their current opponent, the Holland class, looks very pitiful.
This old-fashioned cruiser completed in the last century has long been outdated.
The displacement is only 3840 tons, which is only a little larger than China's large destroyers.
The weapons of the same class are only two 5.40-fold rapid-fire cannons.
Although their names are rapid-fire cannons, these old goods from the last century have only the same rate of fire as the Huaihe class. half of the level artillery.
Well, this is not the most deadly, the most deadly range.
The effective range of the Huaihe-class 100mm gun can reach 18 kilometers, the effective range of the 155mm main gun is 22 kilometers, and the effective range of the Holland-class main gun is less than 14 kilometers.
The distance between the two sides is now 17 kilometers.
The Chinese cruiser can pour out firepower with its main and secondary guns, but the poor Holland class cannot even fight back.
Of course, it's not that they don't want to close the distance so that their artillery can also be effective.
But their speed is too slow.
The maximum speed when designed was only 20 knots.
After modification in the past few years, they were replaced with new turbines.
However, their foundation is limited after all.
The current maximum speed is only 23 knots, and their The enemy Huaihe class has a speed of 33 knots.
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The four Huaihe-class light cruisers were spitting out tongues of fire crazily, constantly spraying out an astonishing amount of bullets, and hitting the Dutch cruiser head-on with headlong shells.
Dense shells exploded around the Dutch cruisers, and the splashing water columns and water mist almost completely covered the four Dutch cruisers.
Although the hit rate of the Chinese fleet is quite impressive due to environmental reasons, no matter how low the hit rate is, it cannot support the large number.
In the terrifying rain of bullets, the Dutch warships were hit one after another.
Rain-like high-explosive incendiary bombs continued to explode on their hulls.
Balls of orange-red fireballs and white gunpowder smoke continued to rise on the hulls.
"Yes, that's it.
Hit them with explosive bombs and wash their decks.
Save the armor-piercing bombs to deal with those iron turtles."
Shen Honglie shouted with enthusiasm.
Chinese warships did not use armor-piercing bombs, but high-explosive incendiary bombs to wash the decks.
This is because Shen Honglie is prepared to paralyze the opponent's firepower first, and then consider sinking it.
No matter how terrifying the Huaihe-class firepower projection is, it is only a light cruiser.
It takes time to sink the opponent with 155mm cannon.
Besides, even if we take care of the six cruisers in front of us, the opponent still has six coastal defense battleships.
However, although it is not an armor-piercing projectile, the defense of the Holland-class cruiser is very poor.
The hull only has dome armor that protects the core compartment.
There is also armor protection for the command tower, main gun and gun profile.
There is no main armor belt at all, even if it is high Explosive incendiary bombs can also penetrate its hull as long as a delayed fuse is used.
The Dutch are still very tenacious.
Although they have almost no counterattack now, they still rush towards their opponents.
Looking at the Oijiang, if you only use your naked eyes, you can only see the blurry figures of the Dutch cruisers stumbling in the rain of bullets.
Regarding this almost tragic scene, Shen Honglie was not moved at all, but said disdainfully: "I just don't understand, like this, which requires speed without speed, firepower without firepower, and can neither fight nor run away.
Is it necessary to go to the battlefield?"
At this time, the Chinese cruisers lined up in a column and faced the enemy on the port side.
However, the six Holland-class cruisers had no time to form a formation and could only charge in two irregular horizontal formations.
As the distance gets closer, the hit rate increases rapidly.
Under the terrifying hail of bullets, the first victim soon came. 13:11.
A 155mm shell from the Tarim River hit the starboard side of the Zeelan, hitting the hull just above the gun profile of the Zeelan.
The fragile hull steel plate could not block the shell with a muzzle velocity of more than 800 meters, and was directly passed through.
In order to reduce the center of gravity of the Holland-class cruiser, the side secondary guns are not arranged in a gun profile for each gun, but the simplest gun gallery type.
That is to say, a "corridor" is opened on the side, and then all the guns are piled on this "corridor" without any separation between the gun positions.
This design was very unsafe, so it was gradually abandoned after entering the 20th century.
However, these Dutch-class aircraft were products of the last century, so they still maintained this original design, which was a tragedy.
Under the influence of the delayed fuse, the shell did not explode until it broke into the gun gallery.
The powerful shock wave generated after the explosion swept across the entire gun gallery.
Countless shrapnel ejected in the narrow space, and the gunner inside was instantly killed.
This was not over yet, and then the high-temperature flames generated by thermite filled the entire gun gallery, turning it into a flaming hell.
At the same time, the high temperature of the thermite caused the ammunition to explode.
The powerful shock wave opened countless holes in the Zeeland's hull.
Several cracks were opened in the underwater part of the port side, and a large amount of seawater poured in.
Zeeland's speed suddenly dropped to 16 knots. 13:13.
The Gelderland, which had been on fire for a long time, could no longer withstand the torrential bombardment.
Dozens of holes were punched in its hull, and the superstructure was burned beyond recognition.
Once the thermite burned, even rain could not extinguish it.
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At this time, two shells only hit part of his chimney.
The chimney, which was already crumbling, could no longer support it and fell down after twitching a few times.
The fallen forward chimney hit the bridge, and the bridge crew suffered a terrible fate.
The captain and most of the crew were killed or injured.
Almost at the same time, several shells blew up the steering gear room, and the warship immediately lost control.
In the following minutes, the decks and superstructures of the Nord-Brabant and Utrecht were also cleaned one after another.
The crew on the ship suffered heavy casualties.
The entire hull was completely enveloped in high-temperature flames and toxic smoke, and it was completely lost. combat effectiveness.
"Quick, hurry up and reinforce the cruisers immediately."
Worcester urged several coastal defense battleships to reinforce the hard-fighting cruiser group.
But the speed of these warships was only 16 knots.
When they finally turned around and turned around, the four cruisers that had been focused on the fire had been turned into torches.
"Full speed ahead" Worcester was about to command six coastal defense battleships to fight towards the battlefield when he suddenly felt a huge earthquake under his feet.
The floor jumped up hard, and he was immediately thrown diagonally by this huge force.
He fell back to the ground heavily, and then rolled to the corner like a bowling ball.
While he was still in the air, he heard a low muffled sound coming from outside, and then heard another sound after landing.
Then I heard the heart-breaking sound of metal breaking under my feet.
"What's going on?"
He managed to get up dizzy while holding on to the wall.
At this time, the captain shouted in panic: "General, we have been torpedoed.
Two torpedoes must be Chinese submarines."
"Bastard" Worcester looked out of the bridge, and he was horrified to find that the entire coastal defense battleship formation was in chaos.
It was not only the Union Seven Provinces at its feet that was torpedoed, but also the nearby Duke Hendrick, Halpert Sohn Tromp, and Jacob van Heemskerk.
The worst thing was that the Jacob Van Hemskirk had become two pieces, with one end and one tail raised high.
Followed by the Duke of Hendrick, the bow of this ship was missing, and it was blown to an unknown location.
At this time, it had already tilted.
A big hole was blown into the butt of the Halpert Son Tromp, all power was lost, and it lay paralyzed on the sea like a dead fish.
"Your Majesty General, please leave the ship as soon as possible.
This ship cannot be saved."
The captain said with an ugly face: "The keel of this ship is broken, the power compartment is completely destroyed, and the water intrusion cannot be stopped."
The Druitt and Marten, which were still intact, were also frightened and overwhelmed.
They were watching the surrounding sea vigilantly and shooting at places that looked suspicious.
At this time, in the sea about seven kilometers away from them, two submarines, "Seal Class" ocean attack submarines, were floating quietly.
"It feels really good to take advantage of the situation."
Captain Wu of Submarine No. 053 smiled and threw a piece of chewing gum into his mouth, and continued to lie on the periscope to watch the results of his victory.
These two submarines have been following the Dutch fleet for a day and a night, and they have never found an opportunity to attack.
It wasn't until the Dutch fleet divided its forces and the remaining light ships of the second column were restrained by the roundabout Seventh Patrol that they finally got their chance.
Because the sea conditions were not ideal, they had just reached a position of seven kilometers before launching a salvo of torpedoes.
They emptied all six launch tubes on the bow of the boat in one go.
Three torpedoes dealt with one boat, and a total of twelve torpedoes hit it.
Kujo was captured, two were sunk, and two were severely damaged.
The results were quite good.
He is now waiting for his men to reload the torpedoes.
Once the torpedoes are loaded, he will also kill the remaining two coastal defense battleships.
Although these coastal defense battleships are relatively watery and not worthy of their name, they still have the title of battleship and can still be boasted about.
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"Well, although this torpedo is useful, it's just too slow to reload," Captain Wu muttered.
Torpedo reloading is much slower than reloading shells, especially this type of fish 2-wire passive audio torpedo.
Although the hit rate is extremely high, the reloading speed is slower than the traditional direct-sailing torpedo because it needs to be rewired and carried out.
Some data debugging is quite troublesome and takes at least an hour.
At this time, they still have two torpedoes in their tail launch tubes, but they are only used in emergency situations and will not be used under normal circumstances.
They should be kept to prevent unexpected situations, such as the sudden appearance of anti-submarine ships or something.
At this time, the communications officer suddenly reported: "Captain, call number 062, they found a Dutch fleet coming from the southeast."
"What plane?"
Captain Wu quickly turned the periscope and looked to the southeast.
Sure enough, a group of biplanes were flying this way, the distance would not exceed 30 kilometers.
Seal-class submarines are also equipped with radar, but it is installed on the bridge and can only be used after it has surfaced.
At this moment, both submarines are in periscope mode, so naturally they cannot be used.
Otherwise, they would have discovered the group of aircraft long ago. .
Fortunately, No. 062 has sharp eyes, otherwise he would have to fly overhead or even start attacking to find out.
"Damn it, dive down quickly and maneuver to avoid these guys.
Why didn't you come later?"
Captain Wu ordered quickly, while immediately lowering the periscope.
Submarines are very vulnerable to aircraft.
They have almost no way to fight back against aircraft.
Once discovered, they can be easily killed.
Even a very advanced submarine like the Seal class is very dangerous even when facing an old-fashioned biplane.
Captain Wu's mission is to track and monitor.
Attacking enemy ships is just extra money, and he doesn't want to involve himself in it just for extra money.
At this moment, the third patrol, which was circling the Dutch super-dreadnoughts, was also attacked by a submarine: