All-people naval warfare: from patrol boats to aircraft carrier fleets

At this time, the benefits of Ye Bai's previous investment in upgrading the battleship's internal communication system were revealed. Before the upgrade, he had to rely on the phone to issue commands to each cabin. Especially during the battle, it was even more troublesome to communicate with each other..

Now, when the alarm bell rang, the crew members who were busy or resting were instantly alerted and rushed to their respective posts to make preparations before the war. At the same time, orders were passed through the posts one by one. The communicator was passed to the ears of the crew.

With Qi Sicheng always paying attention to and adjusting the course of the Yanhuang, Ye Bai felt much more relaxed. He only needed to seize the opportunity to issue the order to fire.

The Yanhuang maintained a top speed of 12 knots, drew an arc on the slightly undulating sea, and maintained a broadside attitude toward the enemy. Three twin-mounted main guns were deployed at the front, middle, and rear positions. The muzzle of the gun has been raised, the gun crew members have already been in position, and even the shells have been stuffed into the gun chamber. They can fire at any time just waiting for the order from the bridge to be issued.

Although the radar function on the Yanhuang has been upgraded and the detection range has doubled to 20 kilometers, this distance will not take much time for a warship sailing at full speed.

At least the lookout on the lookout platform had discovered the black smoke rising high in the distance and the figure of the battleship with the help of a telescope. Almost immediately, he grabbed the intercom next to him and reported what he had visually observed. In the bridge.

Ye Bai didn't waste any time. He asked about the distance between the two sides and learned that they had entered a range of about 10 kilometers. He immediately ordered the three main guns to fire.

However, in order to make better use of the warship's firepower, Commander Ye Bai, a half-assed commander, did not participate. Instead, he asked the lookout to directly contact each gun crew member to confirm the impact point of the shells and adjust the shooting elements.

Such a plan is naturally inconsistent with the rules of naval battles. After all, lookouts are not artillerymen. They can only provide the impact point of the shells and a rough adjustment plan. The rest can only be adjusted by the gun crew members.

However, this was a helpless move. In addition to the corresponding crew members, Ye Bai's warship only had one officer, Qi Sicheng, who was also the navigation staff officer. There was no professional combat staff officer, so naturally he could not effectively direct the warship gun battle.

In fact, even having a gunner commander is much better. The lookout can report the results of the artillery salvo to the gunner commander in a timely manner, and the gunner commander can promptly issue orders to each gun crew member and adjust the firing parameters. Yuan, to produce a better bombardment effect.

But that's not it. Captain Ye Bai is even more of a half-assed person, not even half-assed. It's not an exaggeration to call him a layman. It would be embarrassing to expect him to direct the artillery battle.

It is better to let Ye Bai command the gun crew members than to let the gun crew members perform their own functions. Maybe the effect will be better. After all, the standards of the three gun crew members are not low, and there are even master-level gunners among them. For the time being, we can only rely on experience and technology to make up for the lack of command.

"boom"、"boom"、""Boom!"

The three main guns started test firing almost at the same time. Six shells of different calibers flew out of the muzzle one after another, crossed the sky, and fell into the vicinity of the pirate gunboats that were driving over in the distance.

Accompanied by the faint sound of With the explosion, a large amount of sea water was blown out of the sea, splashed into the air, and finally dispersed into a large number of water droplets falling on the sea surface, like a light rain. Although I was on the bridge, even if there was With the help of the telescope, Ye Bai's observation field of view was not as clear as that of the lookout on the observation platform, but Ye Bai still clearly saw the movements of the two opponent's gunboats and the arrows hanging on the mast that represented their identities. A black skull flag.

They are worthy of being a pirate force that dominates the world of navigation. Even if they are suddenly attacked, the two pirate gunboats still respond very quickly. They don't even mean to slow down at all, and they directly maintain a state of running at full speed. , rushing towards the direction of the cannonballs, which is where the Yanhuang was.

Regardless of whether the two pirate gunboats discovered the existence of the Yanhuang, but based on the situation of the cannonballs flying, they already knew that the T word Their head has been seized by the opponent. Without being able to quickly turn the ship's bow, quickly closing the distance between the two sides is their only option. Compared with long-distance artillery battles, many pirates are better at boarding battles.

"boom"、"boom"、""Boom."

After a short cooling period, the three main guns on the Yanhuang roared again, firing 6 shells and landing next to the two pirate warships that were sailing.

A large amount of seawater was lifted up due to the explosion of the shells It flew up and landed on the pirate gunboat, drenching the pirate crew on the gunboat.

"boom"、""Boom"

But after the distance was shortened, the crew of the pirate gunboat were all in place. Through the observation of the lookout, the specific position of the Yanhuang was discovered. After all, the Yanhuang had already fired two rounds of salvos, regardless of the flight of the shells. The path was still full of fireworks and gunpowder smoke from the muzzle. Even in broad daylight, the position of the Yanhuang was exposed to the sight of pirate lookouts. As soon as the position of the

Yanhuang was exposed, it was greeted by a fierce counterattack by the pirate gunboats. Although the ship In the first confrontation with the enemy, the pirate gunboats could only use the main guns on the bow, but they fired very resolutely without any hesitation, which fully demonstrated the ruthlessness of the pirates. Moreover, the two pirate gunboats were not They were really fighting fiercely. While launching a counterattack with the main gun on the bow, they were still quickly adjusting their course. The two gunboats sailed in two directions, one to the left and the other to the right. It seemed that they wanted to destroy the ship. Fight sideways and use the gunboat's maximum firepower.

The reason why it was divided into two directions instead of maintaining a consistent course was because they discovered that the Yanhuang was a destroyer, and it had to be superior to the gunboat in terms of firepower and armor. The only advantage they have is their numbers.

If they act separately, they can further disperse the firepower of the Yanhuang. After all, at the same time, the Yanhuang can only catch one pirate gunboat and fight, which leaves another pirate The gunboat's chance of counterattack, as for which one of the two pirate warships will become the victim, depends on luck. The pirates' division of troops was also noticed by Ye Bai, and he quickly shouted:"Qi Sicheng , pay attention to the course of the battleship, order it to go down, concentrate all the firepower, aim at a gunboat and hit it hard, and sink the opponent as quickly as possible."

In this situation, Ye Bai, a layman, couldn't think of any good solution. After all, Yanhuang couldn't attack targets in two different directions at the same time. He could only choose one target to beat and sink it as quickly as possible. Then free up your hands to clean up another ship.