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But this is not the key to the problem. The key to the problem is whether it has been penetrated?

The 14-inch main gun of the Queen Elizabeth is undoubtedly the sharpest "spear" of the British Royal Navy today, and the main belt of the Dazhou is the strongest shield of the Ming Dynasty! The sharpest spear now pierces the strongest

Once the shield is attached, whether it can be pierced will determine the outcome of today's naval battle, and will also determine the rise or fall of the empire on which the sun never sets!

Although this is a bit "weapons only", today's naval battles are all about the strength of the ship and the strength of the artillery, and the survival of the current empire is also determined by the victory of the naval battle. In other words, whose ship is stronger and has more artillery

If the profit is large enough, who will be the master of the world!

William Baga, who had just climbed up from the floor of the command tower, had already grabbed a good seat to watch the battle. He raised his binoculars and stared at the fire coming from the side of the Da Zhou, his heart moved.

My throat is sore - the waterline armor of the British Empire's strongest battleship King William IV has already made several holes for the enemy's cannons. If the 14-inch cannon of the King William IV cannot penetrate the opponent's waterline armor, then

The British Empire is about to end!

The smoke from the 14-inch shell dissipated in a blink of an eye, and then revealed a large area of ​​charred black. When he saw the scorched black, William Baga's face also turned dark. Because he knew that this area

The charred blackness is left after the picric acid charge burned violently on the metal surface - and the picric acid charge burned a large area of ​​pitch black on the surface of the steel plate of the Ming warship, which means that the 14-inch armor-piercing projectile definitely did not penetrate the Ming Dynasty warship.

The armored steel plate of the battleship. Otherwise, it should explode in the belly of the battleship, and a hole should be opened on the surface to let out fire and smoke!

"No, there is no breakdown. How is this possible?" Rear Admiral Jervis's voice rang in William Baga's ears. He sounded a little trembling, obviously frightened by the sturdiness of the Ming Dynasty's 30,000-ton battleship.

Already.

"It must be the damn fuze that caused the trouble!" Of course William Baga was not willing to let it end like this. He immediately found a reason for the 14-inch shell that could not penetrate the main belt of the Ming Dynasty's 30,000-ton battleship -

The shells are good, but the fuze is too sensitive and explodes when touched. This is an old problem and has been like this since the beginning of the war. The Royal Navy has been mentioning this to the arsenal, but it cannot be corrected. It is really a mistake for the country and the emperor!

Thinking of this, William Baga loudly ordered: "Keep fighting, don't stop, you must penetrate the armor of the Ming Dynasty battleship!"

"Yes, sir!"

"Admiral, damage control report, there is no obvious damage to the main armor belt on the starboard side. Our battleship withstood it!"

"Long live! The Ming Dynasty is victorious and the Ming Dynasty is invincible!"

At this moment, the commander tower of the Dazhou was filled with joy.

The thickness of the side main mounting belt of the Da Zhou is 175 mm - 350 mm, and the thickness of the upper main mounting belt is 175 mm. They all have a certain inclination, which can increase a certain degree of protection when being shot.

In addition, the bulletproof steel plate used by Dazhou is the latest "deep hardened plate". This steel plate is harder than the earlier surface-hardened armor steel - one is carburized and hardened on the surface, and the other is hardened on the inside.

, so it’s even harder. The price of armor steel produced using this process is extremely high, almost 20-30 times that of ordinary steel plates! Moreover, the post-processing of steel plates hardened by this process is more difficult (too

(hardened), so it must be processed into the required shape before hardening. This is also a considerable challenge for the shipbuilding industry. Only industrial countries with strong shipbuilding and metallurgy can turn around. The Ming Dynasty is such an industrial country.

However, you get what you pay for. The bulletproof ability of this "deep hardened plate" is also just right, which is almost 2.5 times that of ordinary armor steel. Compared with armor steel with only surface hardening technology, it is 15% - 25% stronger.

%.

In other words, if the last 350 mm of deep-hardened steel armor from the main side belt of the Da Zhou is converted into the surface-hardened steel used on British warships, it would have to be 400 mm upward. If we also take into account the tilt of the steel plate,

The enhanced bulletproof effect should be equivalent to more than 450 mm! The 14-inch (356 mm) armor-piercing projectile does not have a hood, the fuze is not reliable, and the passivation of the picric acid charge is not in place. This must be compared with the main equipment.

It's normal that thick parts cannot be punched through. If they are punched through, it must be because the shipyard cut corners.

However, Li Kezhi, the admiral of the 102nd Fleet, knew that now was not the time to be happy - victory was not yet achieved!

Li Kezhi ordered loudly: "Continue to focus on the British No. 1 ship and beat me hard!"

"Yes, Admiral!"

The admirals on both sides were determined to beat each other to death!

The gunners in the main gun turrets on both sides did not stop for a second. They were loading and firing with all their strength. 14-inch, 12-inch, 360 mm, and 300 mm shells came and went.

It's a joy. Although the quality of the British's armor-piercing projectiles is indeed poor, they now have more than 200 cannons firing shells at the four battleships of the Ming Dynasty. Armor-piercing projectiles filled with picric acid are raining down. Regardless of their power or momentum,

It's very amazing.

At 6:36, the British fleet finally gave the Ming Dynasty a hard blow. The side of the No. 4 turret of the battleship Chengzhong King was penetrated by a 12-inch shell, and an explosion occurred on the spot. If it were not for the reliable Ming Dynasty manufacturing and supply of the Chengzhong King class,

The fire door and turret base may cause even greater damage.

But only a minute later, the 360mm cannon of the "Da Zhou" class retaliated. Two armor-piercing shells weighing more than 700 kilograms hit the King William IV again, one of which hit the first officer.

The gun suddenly blew up the turret and exploded into a huge fireball! The other one penetrated the bow of the ship and directly penetrated the torpedo room on the bow!

Installing torpedoes on battleships. To be honest, it is a very puzzling design! Fortunately for the Ming Dynasty, they have powerful steam gas torpedoes after all! They can be launched from 10 kilometers away, and the speed of more than 30 knots seems to be

It's scary. But the British steam gas torpedoes haven't entered service yet, so their battleships are equipped with compressed air torpedoes, which can only hit one or two kilometers. What's the use of installing them on battleships? Battleships can also rush to the opponent 2

Within a kilometer, there will be a collision!

But British warship designers stubbornly equipped their battleships with torpedo launch tubes and built a torpedo cabin on the bow of the ship, which also stored some air-compressed torpedoes!

As a result, the torpedo did not cause any damage to the enemy, but it was about to bring disaster to the British Empire! This 360mm armor-piercing projectile not only penetrated the armor of the bow of the King William IV, but also easily broke through the armor of the torpedo cabin.

Got into the torpedo room and there was a big explosion!

This was a violent explosion! All the people in the command tower of the William IV were unable to stand and fell to the ground again. William Baga fell very hard, and his head hit the steel plate hard, and there were bursts of drama.

It hurt, but his mind was still very clear. He knew that such a violent explosion could not have been caused by an armor-piercing bomb that did not contain much picric acid. Something must have been destroyed.

As soon as he thought of this, someone shouted: "It's over. It's over. The torpedo room on the bow of the ship exploded. The bow of the ship is gone. We are sinking quickly."
Chapter completed!