Although the shell was shattered due to huge impact while penetrating the armor plate, tons of high-speed fragments still brought huge damage to the strongest battleship of Japan now! The flames and shock waves were wrapped in high-speed fragments, like a sharp sword, knocked on the condenser pipeline on the left side of the Fusang battleship and easily blew them into pieces! For a moment, white steam and smoke spread throughout the surrounding cabins, and the flames produced by the explosion appeared faintly in the white smoke. Groups of damage tube players rushed in desperately to save the precious condenser, but a considerable part of them were killed by high-temperature steam.

"We were hit, the main armor belt of the left string was penetrated. The condenser on the left was destroyed and the warship was slowing down. We need time to transfer the load on the left to the condenser on the right." An officer reported to Shigetaro Yoshimatsu in a panic.

Everyone in the Fuso command tower felt the vibration brought by the attack just now. Some people even saw the flash of hit. But no one cared because they trusted their defense very much. The Fuso-class battleships could have been said to have experienced the test of the battlefield. They experienced at least three battleship confrontations during the war. In previous confrontations, the turret may be stuck, the armor plate may be cracked, but the main armor belt has never been penetrated! This is the confidence of the Japanese! But this time! The Germans used facts to tell the Japanese that you were too close!

Also feeling huge pressure was the battleship of the Shancheng battleship that followed. A 15-inch shell from Mecklenburg hit the Shancheng gun armor! If theoretically, the 330mm tilted 18-degree side armor of the Fuso-class battleship can be immune to all main guns in the first battle. Then the Fuso-class gun armor is not that strong! The reason is very simple. The gun armor is curved, and it is very troublesome to make the large-thick steel plate arc. On the one hand, the labor cost will be very high, and on the other hand, there will be some technical difficulties! Therefore, the Fuso-class gun armor is only 320mm! If the opponent shoots vertically into the center of the circle, it is not difficult for the 15-inch gun to penetrate!

(The reason for theory is that there will be many special situations in actual combat, such as the warship will sway horizontally. If you are inclined at this time, the angle of the main armor belt may be reduced, and you may be penetrated by a close-range 15-inch shell. Overall, the 15-inch shell just now is very lucky!)

So, without surprise, the shell successfully penetrated the turret No. 2 of the Yamashiro battleship. Fortunately, the Japanese damaged pipe was quite appropriate. The two fire doors that isolated the turret and the lower ammunition compartment successfully blocked the first round of impact of flames and shock waves. However, the fire caused by the explosion of the shell and the high-temperature gas generated by the ignited ammunition still began to spread in the surrounding compartment. As a result, the overly frightened Yamashiro battleship captain decisively ordered the No. 2 ammunition depot to be filled with water. Rolling smoke and firelight surged out from the rupture, and the smoke column dozens of meters high even interfered with the Yamashiro's main rangefinder. Although this damage was not fatal, the Yamashiro's strike efficiency undoubtedly decreased by several levels in a short period of time!

At the same time, the Bavarians of the German fleet also suffered the first heavy blow since the end of the war! This time, the heavy blow to the village, and the battleships in front were gradually shrouded by the smoke released by the smoke tank, but the Weimar battleship was an exception at the end! The Japanese fleet's battle line was longer, and the warships on the side and rear could still aim at the Weimar, which was not covered by smoke. So, as expected, the Fuso-class battleships, the Takabo, the Tosa and the Hazel-Name battlecruiser, aimed at the poor Weimar.

While the Japanese fleet harvested two 15-inch shells, the Weimar was hit three times! Two 15-inch shells and one 14-inch shell. One 15-inch shell with an angle was shot off by the heavy main armor belt of the Weimar, which did not have much impact. However, another 15-inch shell hit the nearest of the Weimar flue! The fragile flue armor naturally could not block the attack of the 15-inch heavy shells. So, without surprise, a huge hole was opened on the chimney of the Weimar, and some of the debris blocked the boiler exhaust duct below, and even caused the exhaust gas to flow backwards, directly causing the two boilers to be shut down! The other 14-inch shell made a big hole at the tail end of the hull, and because it was a semi-armour-piercing shell, it also lit a not-so-small fire!

"The situation is not very good." Feeling the decreasing speed of the hull and looking at the smoke pillars rising from the bow of the No. 2 ship, Shimamura Suo felt his heart tremble with pain! It was not that he could not defeat the problem, but that he felt that he could not make any mistakes! You know, the Japanese fleet came here for such great effort not to fight the Su Xiong fleet, but to attack the American transport ship. If the two sides could reach a certain "tacity", they would deal with the Su Xiong fleet. In the eyes of the Japanese, the Su Xiong fleet was just a stone in a pit, smelly and hard!

Even though the whole plan has been smooth so far, Shimamura Soo has been reminding himself that this time, the Japanese fleet is fighting behind enemy lines, and any inconspicuous damage will lead to unexpected results. Now, the flagship left condenser has been destroyed, and the 6 10-inch guns in the front main gun group of Yama Castle may be destroyed. Compared with his own mission, the previous results have been very limited!

Although the condenser on the left can be repaired after it is damaged, and when designing the Fuso-class battleship, the Japanese considered the margin in all aspects. Theoretically, the remaining condensers can meet the needs of the warship, but what if something goes wrong? There is a fable in Europe that a horseshoe loses a kingdom because of a horseshoe, and Shimamura Suo naturally knows this allusion. Moreover, the speed of the warship is too low due to the lack of cooling, and the situation where the Benson fleet that was killed is bitten by the killing is really possible!

As for the crisis of the main turret group in front of the Shancheng City, it has not been resolved. Although the No. 2 ammunition depot has been filled with water, the ammunition will not explode. But you must know that these three turrets are placed on the fore deck in the shape of a font. The distance between the turrets is very close. The most direct result of the fire inside the hull is that the temperature in the areas near the No. 1 and No. 3 turrets and the damage to some servo equipment! You must know that the temperature of the ammunition depot must be controlled at any time. In this era, the officer cabin on the warships can have no air conditioning, but the ammunition depot is absolutely not possible!
Chapter completed!