"Look, our plane!" an Austro-Hungarian sailor said, pointing to a figure flying quickly in the low sky in the distance. "When did the air force gentlemen become so efficient?!" A noncommissioned officer next to him said.

They whispered, under the light of the lights on the shore, besides this plane, there were several other shadows hovering around. But they soon discovered that something was wrong. Why didn't these planes go to the place where the fire was exchanged?

Fly away and hang around near your own fleet?!

"Hell, they actually threw flares at us!" Finally the Austrians discovered that this was definitely not their own plane! The hundreds of thousands of candlelight flares slowly descended under the action of parachutes, and in a few minutes, the Austrian-Hungarian fleet was

The location is exposed in the night. No matter how confused the Austrians are, they know that this is definitely the opponent's plane. However, most Austrians still don't understand how the opponent's plane flew here at night? Do all Italians have the habit of flying at night?

The ability to navigate distances?!

"There are the opponent's battleships around!" A leader is a leader. Moody's ability to climb to this position is definitely some ability. He found the truth of the matter in the first time. When he thought of this, he felt a chill.

The anger rushed directly from the soles of the feet to the forehead! The opponent's battleship! The seaplane has exposed its position with flares, so these killers hidden in the darkness can't stand the loneliness!

What Moody didn't expect was that Casaldi, who was not far away, was also scared and broke into a cold sweat. The distance between the two parties at this time was estimated to be no more than 8km! And they were still approaching. From the back of Casaldi in the light,

Erdi could see the huge hull of the United Forces and the same artillery arrangement as the previous-level United Forces. Four twin-mounted main guns.

Tower! This is definitely not a cruiser! The cruisers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany have either two triple turrets or three triple turrets! Coupled with the huge hull that I saw, the identity of the other party can be easily revealed! "Damn it!

British man! If I can find any pilot, I will definitely let him take the plank!" Casaldi said sadly and indignantly.

The United Forces was recognized. The identity of the other battleship was quickly verified. The same slender hull must be a cruiser. The aircraft carrier was also rejected because the Italians saw something similar to a turret from above. Plus

This battleship does not have a towering superstructure like an ordinary cruiser, so its identity has been determined. It must be an aviation cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As for the specific one? That is not very important! "I will attack the opponent's leader.

ship, Ge

Lysia attacks the aviation cruiser behind!" In this case, Casaldi cannot be allowed to retreat. This is fighting on the opponent's home field. Who knows how many auxiliary battleships are around. In case he is attacked by an auxiliary battleship or from the port

If the aircraft flying in the direction are covered with searchlights or flares, it will take a matter of minutes for the United Forces to eliminate itself! If it hits, it may be a narrow escape, but if it doesn't hit, there will be no chance of death! Thinking of this, Casaldi decisively issued the attack order.

!

"Boom!" Two Italian cruisers fired the first salvo at the distant Austro-Hungarian fleet at a distance of less than 7km! The 18 10-inch main guns were almost in a flat firing state. The 260kg shells fired at a distance of more than 800 meters

The muzzle speed went out towards the target. In the dark night, the connected orange muzzle flames exposed the entire hull. As long as the artillery fired, the Italian fleet was also exposed!

In just ten seconds, the 18 shells fired by the first round of salvo landed next to the Austro-Hungarian fleet. Because of the close distance, the first round of shooting achieved a hit. A high-explosive shell hit hard.

On the flight deck of the Aegean Sea, a violent explosion tore the two aircraft into pieces. If it was just like this, it would be nothing. A high-explosive bomb can only cost 20

With more than a kilogram of explosives, even if the flight deck is not protected, it is just a fire, but these two aircraft are filled with oil! They were originally planning to carry out fleet air defense missions after dawn the next day. In fact, the amount of oil was also

Not much, an airplane only uses 500 liters of aviation gasoline... Just imagine what a spectacular scene it would be if hundreds of kilograms of gasoline exploded on the deck!

Although most of the energy generated by the explosion spread into the air, hundreds of kilograms of fuel still caused a sea of ​​​​fire on half of the flight deck. The violent explosion blew up the teak boards on the upper part of the deck and the steel plates below.

Open a dozen on the deck

A large hole measuring square meters, and the hot flames spread in all directions under the action of the shock wave. It even ignited the bridge beside the deck. Burning gasoline spread along the damaged hole into the hangar, and deadly fuel vapor also

began to spread to the entire hangar, right in Austria

The local people hurriedly extinguished the flames and lowered the fire curtain when another artillery shell hit the side wall of the hangar. Although the armor-piercing ability of the high-explosive shell could only be described as tragic, it still managed to break through the structural steel more than ten millimeters thick.

No problem, with a flash of fire, the cabin will be

Hundreds of square meters of space were swept away, and several more aircraft were smashed into pieces. Fortunately, the Austro-Hungarian Empire's operating regulations prohibited unarmored aircraft carriers from refueling and loading ammunition in the hangar. Although this blow was sharp, it was

The damage caused is not as good as the first shell!

"Let the Aegean quickly withdraw from the battlefield to put out the fire. Leave the situation here to me!" Looking at the Aegean behind which was almost turned into a super-size torch, Moody's heart was bleeding. As a land power, the Austro-Hungarian Empire

It is very difficult for a country to build a strong navy. As a result, within a few minutes of today's war, a warship with a displacement of more than 15,000 tons was already on the verge of destruction. "We blocked the opponent and let Aegean

The USS Sea entered the non-combatant side of our ship." Moody then issued a second order. The huge battleship USS United Forces began to maneuver, and finally came across between the USS Aegean and the two Italian cruisers. Night observation

It was already bad, and after the United Forces blocked it, the two Italian cruisers were unable to effectively attack the Aegean. But in this case, they could only focus their firepower on this big ship.

"It seems that the other party used high-explosive bombs." Moody glanced at the shells that exploded on the side of the ship, wiped a cold sweat and said to himself. Today is not very miserable after all. It seems that the other party plans to sneak attack the port at night.

The preparations are all high-explosive bombs or incendiary bombs.

And judging from the power of the opponent's shells, it shouldn't be a new battleship. Taking into account the speed of fire and other factors, it should be two cruisers. "If you are here, don't leave!" Thinking of this, Moody, who had been depressed for a long time, said at the corner of his mouth

A hint of sneer, two battleships joined

The displacement of the ship is not as large as mine, so I'm afraid it will do something! Just sink it, but Moody seems to have forgotten one thing, that is, the shells in the turret and dressing room of the United Forces are also high-explosive shells! Because they

We plan to bomb Benghazi tomorrow, even if

The bunker is a bit strong, so it’s definitely not worth using the high-explosive bombs used against battleships. Although the distance is a bit close now, there is a large angle between the routes of the two sides. Can the 16-inch high-explosive bombs be able to defeat the opponent’s 8

There is indeed a question mark over the sloping armor.

So in the first night battle after the end of World War 1, the fleets of both sides used high-explosive shells to wildly exchange each other. When both sides had difficulty penetrating the opponent's armor, the advantage of the larger-caliber artillery was not obvious. After all, the battleship's main gun had a high rate of fire.

Slower, the projection volume of the United Force's eight 16-inch main guns is no more than that of the opponent's 18 guns

The 10-inch gun has a high projection rate! In addition, there are flares dropped by the opponent's seaplane above me, and I can only counterattack based on the opponent's muzzle flames. The viewing and aiming conditions are also uneven, so in the exchange of fire, the combined forces are miserable.

In the first five rounds of salvo fire, the No. 1 didn't hit even one of the opponent's shells!

In these few minutes, the two Italian heavy cruisers hit the target frequently. High-explosive shells that penetrated armor but had first-class arson capabilities plunged the United Forces into a sea of ​​flames. From time to time, shells hit the superstructure and fragile defenses.

The weak secondary guns and anti-aircraft guns destroyed the four-mounted 37mm anti-aircraft guns weighing several tons together with the gun mounts. Balls of flames kept burning the hull of the United Forces. One of them even hit the target.

Main mast top of USS United Forces

Although the 12-meter rangefinder at the end has light armor protection, how can a rangefinder that is only resistant to shrapnel stop a 260kg artillery shell from impacting at a speed of more than 600 meters per second? After a loud noise, the expensive and sophisticated rangefinder

Change

It turned into a pile of fragments. During this period, the high-explosive shells stored in the turrets of the two Italian cruisers were finally fired. When the armor-piercing shells were lifted up from the ammunition depot, it seemed that the balance of victory was also leaning towards

Italian!

"The armor-piercing projectiles are loaded and ready to fire!" Along with the sound of the artillery locking, the thick and long 10-inch L50 main gun aimed at the target again. With a violent vibration, 9 armor-piercing projectiles came out and flew to the distant target!

Ten seconds later, several clusters of sparks exploded from the side of the United Forces.

After changing to armor-piercing bombs, the two Italian cruisers continued to attack the behemoth in the distance with all their strength. The two destroyers tried to launch lightning strikes under the cover of the battleship, but they were blocked by four destroyers as soon as they got close. After hastily dropping torpedoes

Returned in vain. After a few minutes of shooting, Casaldi discovered that there were also some troops in the situation. The Italian cruiser after being equipped with armor-piercing bombs was still unable to penetrate the opponent's armor even at a distance of about 7km!

"If it were the battleship Long Xiang or the Cavour, I'm afraid the United Forces would have sunk in the battle, but with just the two of you, so what if we had the upper hand?" Moody looked at the distance quite comfortably.

Two Italian cruisers. The effect of the opponent's attack with armor-piercing bombs just now was not as good as that of high-explosive bombs. At least the latter had better fire resistance and caused greater damage to the non-protected parts. But at this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from the stern of the ship.

, making Moody frown slightly.
Chapter completed!