Chapter 1098 Look at its limit
"Fire the guns, fire!" A young officer called out loudly and immediately became the focus of attention. The officers and ordinary sailors at the bottom were watching the fun. Only the senior officers and elite gunners saw the way out. The observers who had been fully focused on this battle were also carefully recording the time, direction and landing points of the shells. Because the number of artillery shells increased by more than ten times more than yesterday, the number of artillery guns increased by nine times, and the observation and calculation personnel also increased. In the middle, when observing the fleet, they mainly observed the landing points of the artillery, record the time and direction. As for the simulated fleet, they reported it themselves, and then added the offset on their data. Then compared the data here, the final result is an additional process, but it will be faster and more accurate. The observer only needs to stare at one place. ↗,
"It's a little early!" Havari commented. According to his vision, the distance between the two sides is at least 10 nautical miles. Such a distance, even a powerful 15-inch naval gun, can only blow up a fish. It is almost impossible to hit a ship close to 20 kilometers away.
"It's not neat!" Another battleship captain, Koen, nodded and said. He did not carefully calculate from the first main gun to the last main gun, but there was about half a minute gap. For anyone, half a minute is not a long time. For battleships, if they complete a volley in half a minute, they will definitely be unqualified.
Schell was also very strange. Next to him, there was a summary recorder. The observer, one of whom was staring at a naval gun. The data reported separately, and then the data would be summarized here. The exact data is that from the first gun to the last gun, there were 34 seconds apart. This is too bad. Could it be that it was because it was not familiar with it at the beginning, and there was a difference in transmission.
On the V2 ship, Cheng Biguang was quite satisfied. 34 seconds was right. He had requested about 30 seconds before, but the large naval guns needed to be commanded by radio, with a deviation of four or five seconds. This was completely fine. With the help of radio command, 30 seconds will be integrated into the power of various naval guns at relatively long distances and will be divided into almost three batches.
12 nautical miles, that is, 21 kilometers, at an initial speed of more than 800 meters. After coming out of the barrel, he slowed down along the way and had to walk 21 kilometers. It took at least about 40 seconds, and the distance between the battleship fleets was a little further. The farthest distance was about 5 kilometers, with different orientations and charges. After computer calculations, three batches were barely reached, and in units of 5 seconds, they were hit by a concentrated center.
The shells of nearly 30 main guns hit the sea, causing huge splashes. The momentum was amazing, but next, it was another, a few seconds later.
Havali widened his eyes and looked at everything in front of him in disbelief. Is this a coincidence? Although the launches were obviously uneven, when the attack reached the position, there was a concentration and neat meaning. Even if the volley of the battleship was different, the direction and angle of the battleship would have a delay of several seconds or even more than ten seconds. Just like this time, the difference in the launch was still more than 30 seconds. When hit, it was fixed to within 15 seconds. Is this a coincidence?
Unlike Havari, Scher was a little convinced. He was just talking about why he performed so amazingly yesterday, but not very good today. It turns out that here, through the command system, coordinated each gun, accurately calculated the differences between each other, and made up for the differences between the two sides as much as possible, so that the artillery was concentrated in one area, and created the same division into 3 batches. Scher knew why, the density of 30 guns was enough. Even for a large fleet, in the volley of battleships, not to mention 30 rounds, even 50 rounds, 100 rounds, hitting one or two rounds, is a thing to be proud of. 30 batches guarantee power and density.
The number is too large, and the data itself is transmitted by radio, so it is impossible to give the result quickly. He hesitates to the offset, and one side of the main ship is basically empty, and there is nothing else to look at except the landing point of the shell.
Almost a minute later, there was another round of volleys. Now, including Havari, there was no direct comment. This is a place where everyone gathered and I was slapped in the face just now. If the Northwest shows its unique power, it would be another round of slaps. It seems that this system in the Northwest is OK.
In fact, as soon as the second and third rounds were released, no one doubted the integration ability of this aiming system. The launch time of the artillery was different, and it was obviously set to reduce the loss in the middle. Don’t fire it when it is launched, but it is not a volley when it is hit. The power in the middle is definitely different.
It is difficult for all Germans to understand how the Northwest did this, but round after round of intensive shooting, even those who are the least optimistic about the Northwest sights have shut up. One round of this can be said to be a good luck, and two rounds can also be said with shame, three rounds and four rounds?
Sher was very excited when he didn't say anything. Not to mention whether the aiming system was really conducive to improving the power of the artillery, he was aiming for such an integrated ability. Although the volley of a single ship was a little slower than the volley of a single ship, about 1 minute and 15 seconds, this was a fleet. The volley of 9 ships was combined together. The difficulty in the middle was not ordinary. Although the warships formed a battle line, the only one that could really maintain the volley was the first time that the rest was fired. The commander could not master the situation of each gun. One or two were not prepared, what should the rest be? Waiting for it.
New technology is new technology. For the improvement of the aiming rate of a single warship, the integration capability of the entire fleet, what targeting system is stronger than him? With this, with just 9 main battleships, Schell dared to face the numbers in the exercise. 22 ships mean that one main battleship can play the role of two. In that case, the gap between Germany and the British navy can be directly erased, and the navy may be like the army, suppressing Britain and France to fight.
In Scher's heart, when the bellows were rising, a young officer next to him suddenly came over with a document: "Report! The coordinates of the first round of simulated fleet position have come out!"
"It's coming out, that's great. Where is the landing point of the artillery?" Schell asked.
The young staff officer next to him said, "Here comes out!"
Both reports were delivered to Sher. At this time, even Havali stopped talking. He stared at the two reports. There were only numbers on it, representing the longitude and latitude on the chart, almost accurate to meters. Sher marked the coordinates one by one, the position of the ship, the position of the artillery, and the charts of both sides overlapped together, and even he was surprised and could not speak.
Seeing Scher's rare loss of composure, Havali also knew that the result must be amazing. So far, he could see two nautical charts. He stretched his head to compare. 82 shells, except for 12 rounds that were missed, the remaining 70 rounds were all shot into the simulated fleet area. This density was too amazing. This was 12 nautical miles apart, and the position of the battle line was relatively fixed. As long as it was shot into the core area, large-caliber naval guns would definitely hit them unless they were particularly unlucky.
Scher did not make a decision easily. The results were so good, and sometimes it was unbelievable. After people repeatedly determined the authenticity of the data, he reported the results in a rumor. 82 shells hit 4 rounds according to the standards of the destroyer, and 8 rounds hits according to the standards of the battleship, because the battleships are much larger than the destroyer in both width and length, and some of them are almost missing bullets, which can basically be determined to be hit.
All the officers were stunned. This data, even if it was placed in Germany's previous specified range of 6 kilometers, was amazing. It was not easy to hit the high-speed battleship, even at 6 kilometers. Now it was so far away and hit 8 shots. It was really close, so that's not easy.
Havali opened his mouth but couldn't say a word. Koen looked at him and said as if he was ridiculous: "Is the hit rate too high? Is it luck?"
The officer next to him gave Kuoen a blank look. Luck, 12 nautical miles apart, hit 4 shots in a volley. It is a small boat like a destroyer. The simulated ship cannot be simulated. The area seen in the optical sight must be a fraction smaller. This is still a lucky one. Why didn’t you shoot it before? You know, recently, under the insistence of the Special Mix Fleet, the ban of 6,000 meters was lifted. The distance between the two sides can fire the artillery to 12,000 meters, but the sight in the northwest has been directly upgraded to a level, from kilometers to sea mile, one nautical mile is equal to 1.8 kilometers, which is equivalent to several times the range. As long as this system is in, it is similar to now and when visibility is high, the theoretical range of the Special Mix Fleet can be increased to 20 kilometers.
The exercise is still continuing. The number specified today is 50 rounds. If it is 1 minute and 15 seconds per round, it will be almost an hour. But looking at the current state, it may have to be finished early, because a few minutes later, the results of the first five rounds came out. The hit rate is not a coincidence. Although the first round is not the lowest, it is not the highest. The average hit in each round is about 5 rounds. If it is considered a battleship, it is 10.
82 shells, hitting 10, with a hit rate of one-eighth. At this level of 20 kilometers apart, it was simply a terrifying and outrageous. At this time, in Sher's fleet, the power of the aiming system had spread. Whether it was the navy at the bottom or the officers at the upper level, their mentality was the same. Such a good aiming system must be obtained.
When he almost finished 20 rounds, Scher also saw the results of 5 rounds. He pondered for a moment and issued another order: "Let all destroyers escape in all directions!"
The order was issued with no brains, but the senior officer saw that it was to test the limits of this system. With this system, the backwardness of the battle line was a foregone conclusion. Let's see where his limits were? (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!