Chapter 1011

As a clone of the elite battleship of the German Navy and a work of the conscience of the Bavarian Naval Design Bureau, the St. Esteban will naturally not explode like the British battlecruiser. In theory, the ammunition of this battleship There is no possibility of being killed by a second in the cabin. Thick side-string armor and horizontal armor form a tight armor box, and behind the upper armor there is a thick steel back plate to prevent the armor plate from jamming or falling apart. Both theoretically and practically, the possibility of martyrdom of the ammunition depot caused by surface strikes was prevented.

And what about underwater defense? The perfect 5-layer defense system, under the protection of the tight empty tank-tank-empty tank and the armored partition behind, as long as luck is not particularly bad, for example, if two torpedoes hit a place, the underwater defense system will be destroyed. , Even water will enter, but the possibility of directly detonating the ammunition depot is almost zero. But how to say? After all, the defense of St. Esteban is a bit worse than that of Bavaria. (After all, where are the tonnage and cost?) So, in this battle, there was an accident...

Just a few minutes ago, a 15-inch shell fired by Hyuga changed the seemingly balanced situation. After flying a distance of up to 14 kilometers, the shell was less than 40 meters away from San Esteban. When the water entered the water, the hood of the cannonball collided violently with the surface of the water. The conical hood broke into fragments, and the huge reaction force corrected the body of the cannonball. The projectile began to sink in the process. Moving forward, it stabbed the San Esteban like a torpedo.

And because of the long distance, this shell had already bypassed the lower part of the sidestring armor belt of the San Esteban before hitting the target! And because of the cost, the underwater defense of the St. Esteban is not as straight as Bavaria, and then to the bottom of the ship! The only thing that can be called armor protection is the last lightning protection wall with a thickness of 50mm!

In terms of penetrating power, the shells are obviously higher than the torpedoes by several grades! The five-layer lightning protection system and layers of thin steel plates originally used to deal with torpedoes are not very useful when facing shells. The thickness of the steel plates is too small, but they are only used to absorb the energy generated by the torpedo during the explosion. Let's wash and sleep! This 15-inch shell cut through the hull plate like a knife and continued to be layered with layers of high-elastic steel, but fortunately, when approaching the bottom of the tank, the unreliability of the British fuze saved Saint Yi Stewan! This shell was detonated before it penetrated the outer lightning protection system completely!

boom! The violent explosion inside the hull seemed to shake the entire warship. Although the charge was far less than the torpedo, the destructive power produced should not be underestimated! Several nearby compartments were immediately screened by the turbulent tide and shock waves. Even though there is a heavy oil tank with a thickness of half a meter that absorbs the energy generated by the explosion, some fragments with a large initial velocity and a large weight still hit the last layer of protection of the Eastvan, and some armor connections At first, cracks appeared on the next wall, and then quickly ripped apart under the action of high temperature and high pressure bubbles and water currents. The water flow poured into the ammunition depot in the lower part of the San Esteban 2 turret. What is even more worrying is that the partitions of some cabins are directly bulged by a few centimeters by the huge water pressure!

As for the water intake, that is not to mention, this shell directly brought nearly 700 tons of water intake to the San Esteban! The entire lightning protection system was battered by implosion shells, and after a sudden heavy blow, the San Esteban, which was somewhat confused, could only immediately pull a smoke screen to avoid subsequent blows from the opponent, and in this way, Created an opportunity for Hyuga to support the British warships behind!

Originally, at this time, Hyuga planned to support the Fuso battleship that had fought the Joint Force first, but at this time, the Joint Force also pulled out a smoke screen. At the same time, several destroyers that had departed also returned. This made the lonely Hyuga feel a little trouble. After all, in the previous battle, the Hyuga also had a turret stuck and two other barrels were interrupted. The secondary artillery gallery area has also been penetrated many times by the opponent. The 7 6-inch guns on the sidestring have broken 4 more. As for the worse defense of the 3-inch anti-lightning gun, it is a mess..... .. It was a little fictitious to run into a destroyer at this time.

Besides, Britain and Japan are allies after all. Seeing that their allies are about to be killed, help is always needed! So, after communicating with the Fuso, after the former said that it was okay and that he could stand it, Hyuga decisively pointed the gun at the quasi-fearless Austro-Hungarian fleet behind! Of course, because of distance and angle issues, such shelling is more threatening than actual effects. After all, only four 15-inch guns have a range of fire. Moreover, the distance of 17 kilometers, the speed change rate between the two sides is very large, it is difficult to hit the opponent in a short time.

If you turn your gaze to the front, although the battle between the Battleship Joint Force and the battleship Fuso is not near the end, it is time to tell the winner~lightnovelpub.net~15 inch L42 The tube is really not virtual. The 330MM armor with an inclination of 18 degrees is definitely strong enough. Although there is a certain gap with the Bavaria, it is enough in the first battle. After rounds of shooting, the body The combined force, which was significantly smaller, finally couldn't stand it.

After being washed by armor-piercing bullets again, the entire superstructure was in a mess, and the armor belts of the hull's fore and aft were pierced many times. The structure of the main armor belt is fairly complete, but the cracks left by the heavy artillery attack are still shocking. Although the United Force also made Fusang pay the same heavy price, it must be said that in the case of RP balance, the United Force really can't beat Fusang! What's more, this time, it seems that Fusang's character is superior.

The current speed of the Joint Force has temporarily dropped to about 15 knots, although according to the report of the technicians on the battleship, it only takes half an hour to an hour to repair and block several important pipelines, and the battleship can recover. To 18 knots or more. But the problem now is, no one will give you an hour! After the No. 2 turret was temporarily stuck, only 3 artillery pieces could be used by the Joint Force. And the Fuso has 6 more! The former can't be beaten, and can't escape!

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