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The Third Empire - Chapter 1333

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:31:32 AM


Chapter 1333: 1333

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The German fleet is nearby!

Although a seaplane ejected from the red Caucasus did not fly back, it did not scare the heroic Soviet Navy. The seaplane ejected from a destroyer flew to the southeast sea again. This time, it only flew dozens of nautical miles. Almost just out of the fleet's vision, it found a fleet coming by the wind and waves!

"Attention, find the German main fleet and prepare for battle!" On the red Caucasus, after receiving the news, Gorshkov immediately issued a battle order: "one word column!"

If there were battleships and heavy patrols, maybe Gorshkov would put up a squadron and press it directly to fight, just like the exciting naval battle during World War I.

However, he has nothing. His 10000 ton warship is already the largest, and the other party's fleet has aircraft carriers and battleships, with a displacement of 70000 tons.

Therefore, he can only lay out the formation of this column to minimize the front projection area. He can only hope that all the other party's shells will be empty so that his warships can rush to fight bayonets.

In naval warfare, this is not impossible. Although the power of naval guns is great, it is not easy to get it right, especially for warships moving at high speed.

Black smoke came out of the chimneys of warships. The smoke from the warships in front just shrouded the warships behind. At this time, they were sailing against the wind.

"Report the red Caucasus. We are not encountering German warships."

Because the other side had no air defense fighters, the Soviet seaplane could fly closer. When the pilot saw it clearly, he couldn't help being surprised. The other side was flying the flag of the Italian Navy!

On the count of gaffer, Italian rear admiral katanio stood on the bridge. At this time, he also received a report from his own lookout.

The Black Sea fleet, right in front of us, the largest warship of the other side, is just a heavy patrol of 10000 tons!

"Attention, line up, let's pour out the maximum firepower and send the Black Sea fleet to hell!" Katanio gave orders.

If it is a French battleship, eight guns are in front, which can give full play to the most violent firepower, but the Italian battleship is not. Although there are ten guns, there are only half in front and half in front.

However, they have nothing to fear. The biggest Soviet opposite is the cruiser. Even if only this battleship is enough to send the other party into the sea, they can kill them by using only the artillery in front!

With his orders, the Italian fleet quickly changed direction, put out a line on the sea and continued to approach ahead.

The 320 mm naval gun was loaded with armor piercing bullets. The Gunners suppressed their excited hearts and waited for the bloody battle to come.

On the sea, the other side's mast appeared, followed by the bridge, and then the two fleets could finally see each other clearly.

On the count of gaffer, the gunner was concentrating on the sight, and the mechanical ballistics calculator was rumbling and calculating the firing data.

"Fifteen nautical miles, the first test launch." The gunner shouted, "fire!"

"Boom!" The 320 mm naval gun emitted a huge fire and black smoke from the muzzle. A 525 kg armor piercing bullet flew out at a speed of 830 meters per second.

When the Duke of gaffer was originally built, it was only a 305 mm naval gun. After being used for a period of time, the naval gun was close to the firing limit. Therefore, through the bore expansion operation, the 305 mm naval gun was expanded into a 320 mm naval gun, but the accuracy was not improved.

Smoke filled the air, the gunner suddenly found that he had encountered a big problem.

Wind direction problem!

His side is with the wind. If it was in the previous sailing era, it would be almost the best position. But now, every time his naval gun shoots, it will produce huge black smoke. Under the wind, it just covers his field of vision, and it is not convenient to even observe the impact point!

Sure enough, when the smoke dissipated, the shell had flown over and didn't see where it splashed!

"Take off the carrier plane!" Cried katanio. He found that he had made a mistake. He thought that his fleet was enough and did not fly the ship-based aircraft. Now it seems that the ship-based aircraft is also very important.

Proofreading trajectory can only rely on shipborne aircraft!

The two winged ro44 seaplane was loaded into the ejection position. Pilot Oakley felt the backlog from his back, and the plane quickly flew away from the warship.

In the air, it is easy to observe the landing point of their own naval guns, and their task is to provide calibration fire for naval guns.

Just at the beginning of the climb, a bright spot came in the light of the sun.

"Da Da..." Oakley heard the sound of machine gun bullets. Then he felt a pain on his body and fresh blood splashed all over his cabin.

He fell forward and pressed the operating lever. The seaplane suddenly turned into a dive and fell into the sea.

It was so careless that they didn't find the Soviet seaplane nearby. Just after their seaplane was ejected, the pilot was hit before he slowed down!

The Soviet seaplane skimmed over the sea at an ultra-low altitude and turned to fly away. Before the warship anti-aircraft guns on this side were ready, the other side disappeared out of range, leaving all the anti-aircraft Gunners speechless for a while.

The school shooting plane is gone, and at this time, the distance between the two sides is still close, and it is close to ten nautical miles!

The gunner's face is green. There is no school shooting plane. He has to continue shooting blindly? If so, all naval guns can only shoot together, which can also improve the hit rate.

According to his experience, after binding various shooting data, the second salvo began.

"Boom, boom!" The 320 mm naval gun roared, and the black smoke from the muzzle instantly formed a huge barrier in front of the Italian fleet, making people unable to see anything.

The firing of naval guns is quite terrible. The spectacular scene will make people shudder when they see it for the first time, but the soldiers of the Black Sea Fleet here are not terrible.

Our side didn't evade at all. The shells there flew and splashed into the sea hundreds of meters from our side.

The projection area of the column is small and it is difficult to be hit. Until now, Gorshkov has not ordered to fight back.

The red Caucasus is already a warship with the greatest firepower, and its main gun only has four 180 mm naval guns. Although in theory, this naval gun has a terrible range of more than 37 kilometers, it has no accuracy.

In practice, shooting beyond ten nautical miles can not guarantee the hit rate. It is best to ensure the hit rate beyond five nautical miles.

So now he just ordered the fleet to speed up and ignored each other.




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