readytorunbook Chapter 595
Chapter 595
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“All main guns, fire in salvos according to the firing parameters just now!”
Major General Holland was immediately overjoyed when he saw that his own calibration shot had a cross-fire!
What does cross-fire mean?
When warships are calibrating, in order to improve the hit rate, they will use different firing parameters to shoot at the same target.
Among them, if two shells fall on the front and rear areas of the warship respectively, forming a cross-fire, then this basically locks the data of the approximate firing parameters of the attack on the enemy. In the future, only a slight adjustment of the previous firing parameters is needed to effectively improve the hit rate until the enemy ship is finally hit!
Therefore, once a cross-fire is formed, warships of various countries will immediately fire in salvos without hesitation.
With 8 guns and 4 guns firing at the same time, the range of the shells will be larger. If a shell hits the enemy, further adjustments can be made based on the firing parameters of the main gun, thereby continuously improving the hit rate of the shelling.
Therefore, unless it is an extremely special case, in most cases, naval battles between countries are fought from far away to close. As the number of firings increases, the shooting hit rate of both sides will gradually increase until one side is sunk or injured and flees!
At this time, the Hood was very lucky and hit a straddle shot on the first calibration. The effect of this makes them not need to make too many corrections and can immediately launch a general attack!
On the other hand, the German army has to overcome a distance of 22 kilometers to hit them. They have to use multiple corrections to lock their position and then effectively hit them. If they do not perform corrections, most of the shells fired by the German army will fall into the sea and will not pose any threat to them!
Boom boom boom!
Eight 381mm giant guns roared at a distance of 22 kilometers and flew towards the Bismarck battleship!
Lütjens was in a tense mood. He was very nervous. He had never expected that the enemy would hit him during his first test.
Although this could reflect the training level and tactical quality of the British, Lütjens still felt that luck played a bigger role! However, he did not think too much about it. After seeing the British army firing at full speed, Lütjens immediately gave the order to let the German army sail at full speed, increasing the speed to 34, and then ordered the turrets on the Bismarck battleship to launch a counterattack and attack the enemy!
Boom!
As soon as the German army opened fire, the British shells were all around the Bismarck battleship. The Bismarck was surrounded by a huge column of water. For a moment, the Bismarck was covered with mist. From a distance, it looked as if the Bismarck had been hit.
However, in fact, these shells were still some distance away from the Bismarck. The nearest shell exploded 1,200 meters away!
The shells that exploded at this distance would not pose any threat to the Bismarck.
Of course, the Bismarck’s counterattack did not cause any trouble to the Hood. The nearest shell was more than 3,000 meters away from the Bismarck and could not cross the target!
“Adjust the shooting parameters and continue the attack!”
Major General Holland put down the telescope, took a look at the landing point of the shells fired by the German school, sneered, and was very disdainful in his heart.
With the combat quality and training level of the German army, they also want to be like the Royal Navy and achieve the same results as the first test firing?
Dream on!
Boom boom!
The commanders of both sides almost gave the same order, that is, to fire crazily without stopping!
However, what surprised Major General Holland was that from the telescope, he saw that the German army opened fire first!
Because of the distance, he could only see the sparks shining at the muzzle of the German army, could not hear the sound, and could not see the shells, but from the sparks at the muzzle of the German main gun, he could judge that the German army did fire before the British army!
However, he clearly remembered that the Hood almost fired at the same time as the Bismarck. Why did the Bismarck fire the second shot before them?
“This is impossible. The enemy’s main gun is 406mm in caliber. How could it be faster than our 381mm main gun? Shouldn’t it be the other way around?”
Before he could figure it out, the German shells exploded around the Hood!
Boom!
With a deafening explosion, streams of water appeared around the Hood.
After seeing the range of the water columns, Major General Holland was immediately stunned!
The Bismarck actually formed a cross-fire against them!
How is this possible?
Only two calibration shots completed the cross-fire?
Has the shooting skills of the German artillery reached this level?
Luck, it must be luck!
Major General Holland shook his head desperately, trying to get rid of the unrealistic ideas in his mind!
He knew very well that , the British army’s first cross-fire test was not because of their high training level and combat literacy, although these did have some relationship, but the main reason was that they were too lucky!
At this distance, the Hood almost never achieved a good cross-fire result in the first test, but it happened in actual combat. What else could this be but luck?
His own luck certainly made him feel complacent and thought it was a good sign.
However, the fact that the Hans people achieved a cross-fire result in the second test made him unable to laugh!
He didn’t know that the Hans people, like them, also relied on Was it just luck, or did they really have such strength?
If it was the former, then both sides were basically back to the same starting line, and both could lock the approximate position of the enemy ship based on the cross-fire data, adjust the shooting parameters, and continuously conduct accurate shooting.
And if it was the latter, it would be terrible!
The German army’s first round of test firing shells were several thousand meters away from them, and the second round of test firing had a cross-fire, so what would be the effect of the third round of test firing?
Major General Holland didn’t have to wait long!
When the Hood fired the third round of salvos, the German army had already completed the fourth round of salvos!
Boom boom boom!
More than a ton The shells fell on the water, making a deafening explosion and stirring up water columns hundreds of meters high.
A large amount of water mist rushed to the deck, soaking all the British soldiers on the deck!
Although this round of volleys still did not hit them, the landing point of the German shells was getting closer and closer to the Hood. The nearest shell was less than 150 meters away. The shock wave caused by the explosion of the shell caused a huge impact on the hull of the Hood. The lower draft of the battleship made a creaking sound, and many places even had water leaks!
Near miss!
Major General Hoodland was shocked!
The distance of 150 is very close. If they get any closer, they will be bombed!
Moreover, the enemy can fire near miss shells at this time. Who knows if the next shell will fall on their deck?
At this time, the distance between the two sides is about 18 kilometers. In the 3-minute exchange of fire, the distance between the two sides is shortened by 4 miles!
Moreover, as the distance gets closer, the hit rate of both sides will increase, and a direct hit on the hull may occur at any time!
At this time, the British army no longer dares to underestimate their opponents!
Being able to cause damage to them in four rounds of bombardment, Hans’s navy is definitely not weaker than them!
In fact, it is stronger than them!