Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Boom boom~"

"Woooooo~"

"Boom boom~"

Whether it was the sound of the shell being fired, the sound of the shell breaking through the air, or the sound of the shell exploding, they all sounded different from the previous 75mm naval gun—the enemy ship saw Cheng Chuliang counterattack, and finally took out their guns. The trump card, the [-]mm naval gun, although not many in number, is the supreme weapon in naval warfare. If it hits, it is enough to severely damage destroyers and cruisers. Even if a third-tier battleship is hit, it will cause serious damage. Injured.

Fortunately, Cheng Chuliang dispersed the fleet in advance, and the enemy's artillery shells were not very accurate, and the number was not large, so no ships were seriously damaged in the first round of shooting, only the sides of two third-tier warships were hit , two huge openings were made, but because the injury was not below the waterline, it was not considered a serious injury, and only needed to be repaired by the boatman.

And during the battle between the two sides, the dozens of small boats rushing out of the fleet array were also ready. Cheng Chuliang hurriedly looked, only to see that the sailors above fiddled with them, and immediately there were two small boats. A long pipe protruded from the cabin, and two strongmen carried a super-large 'cannonball' into the pipe—well, it was really a big, big 'cannonball', according to reports. Cheng Chuliang estimated that this 'cannonball' weighed at least two to three hundred catties, was about five feet long, was painted white all over, had a fuze and a tail fin, and looked very much like an elongated shell from the shape. shells...

This made Cheng Chuliang wonder: Could it be that this is also a kind of shell, and those two tubes are the barrel of the cannon?It's just such a heavy 'cannonball', how powerful should it be when fired?Can this kind of boat, which is not much bigger than a small sampan, withstand such a strong recoil?Aren't you afraid of being overturned by the huge force when the cannon fires?

Also, the muzzle is so low that half of it is submerged in the water. How far can the 'cannonballs' fired in this way fly?

Cheng Chuliang's mind was full of fog. His experience told him that it should be a kind of cannonball, but because of various actions that violated the rules of cannon firing, he felt very puzzled.

Fortunately, it looks like the cannonball is about to be fired, and he will soon be able to see how the 'cannonball' is fired, otherwise he probably won't be able to hold back his curiosity, and he will go to the Holy Prince to ask Li Zhen went.

"Zi!"

Both within Cheng Chuliang's expectations and beyond his expectations, this is indeed a cannonball, because this kind of cannonball was indeed fired, but what confused him was the sound of the 'cannonball' when it was fired. It’s not that big. It has the huge movement when the naval gun is fired, and it doesn’t have the strong recoil (of course, these ships are pushed a little by the recoil, but the distance is not large, even the displacement caused by the wave fluctuations It's not as good, so it was ignored by Cheng Chuliang), with just a 'Zi' sound, the white shell was pushed out, and then quickly swam towards the enemy ship.

That's right, it is indeed useful for swimming, because the shell does not fly in the air, but swims forward on the sea surface, as light and fast as a fish.It's just that because it is in the water, its speed is far slower than that of a cannonball, but it is also much faster than ordinary ships. In addition, the complicated situation on the sea surface can cover its whereabouts, and its concealment is even better-although this concealment Compared with cannonballs whose speed exceeds the speed of sound, there is no advantage.

The enemy also noticed the strange behavior of these small boats at the first time, but facing the fast 'cannonballs', they could only dodge them without short-range firearms. Anyway, the things fired from Li Zhen's boat were definitely not good things. up.But how fast are these 'shells'?How fast can they evade?And now it's in the middle of a big storm...

So they couldn't avoid it, they could only watch their ship being hit by these strange white 'cannonballs'...

Chapter 1121

Chapter 69 Torpedoes

The first 'cannonball' hit the midship of the nearest ship after just a few breaths, and then... the space seemed to be slowed down, everything became extremely slow, everyone saw it with their own eyes I saw that the moment the enemy ship, which was still invincible before, was hit by that weird shell, the whole ship seemed to be lifted by a huge force, and it jumped into the air as a whole, and then slowed down at a speed visible to the naked eye. Slowly dismembered, you can still see the outline from the beginning, when it fell into the water, it has become a piece of fragments, and then it falls and withers like leaves, which actually gives people a poignant feeling... until the end, everyone just saw that touch Burst of red light.

"Boom~"

It wasn't until this moment that the sound of the explosion reached Cheng Chuliang's ears. When he looked again, the enemy ship that belonged to the Black Shark fleet had disappeared. If it wasn't for the floating debris on the sea Dispelled by the waves, he really thought that his eyes were dazzled. There was no ship there just now, and everything was just his hallucination...

"hiss!"

After reacting, Cheng Chuliang could only let out a sharp hiss, but he couldn't say anything else. As for the previous doubts, it seemed to disappear.

However, before his neighing reached the nearby Li Daoyun's ears, he heard two earth-shattering explosions from behind again—the enemy trapped the fleet in the middle, so Li Zhen's trump card was also scattered in the middle. around the fleet.

"Boom~"

"Boom~"

"Boom~"

"..."

After the two explosions, successive explosions sounded almost at the same time. The sky-shattering roar even dispersed the clouds and the wind in the sky, as if afraid of this power, even The wind has become a little weaker, the clouds in the sky seem to be thinner, and the sky is actually a little brighter.

When everything quieted down, only a small half of the enemy's ship was left, and the other half had turned into sea garbage, and it was no longer as proud as before...

Seeing this, everyone should have guessed that these elongated 'shells' that Cheng Chuliang said are actually torpedoes, and those hundred-ton boats are torpedo launching boats, and of course they can also deploy mines.

The torpedo plan was launched by Li Zhen a long time ago. He even started to design it when he established the navy. After all, torpedoes are also an important member of naval warfare, and one of the main combat methods in future naval warfare. The German army used submarine tactics to engage in Yingjili is dying, if not for the American emperor's participation in the war, I am afraid that Yingjili will really die, so Li Zhen has long wanted to engage in torpedoes-this is what is missing.

It's just that Li Zhen underestimated the technology of the torpedo. Although the technology of the torpedo is very simple in terms of structure, after all, the structure of this thing is really similar to the artillery shell. It uses gunpowder technology to push the torpedo forward, and then hits the target Okay, maybe even technically a little simpler than a shell.

Li Zhen also thought so at the beginning, but when he actually practiced it, he found that things were not so simple at all. The first problem he encountered was that the torpedo could not float, because the torpedo...is made of iron...it is made of iron... Iron...of...

How does the iron float on the water?

The torpedo is not the shape of a boat. To put it bluntly, it is an iron pillar. How can it float?

There is no way to float at all, even if the inside is hollow, the inside must be filled with explosives, and it is no lighter than a solid one.

It is really difficult to float a round iron pillar weighing several hundred kilograms, even in later generations, this problem has not been solved.

In the end, a young craftsman made a proposal-since the iron will sink, then simply don't use iron.

It was only then that everyone came to a realization: Yes, since iron can’t float, it’s better not to use iron at all. After all, the explosive damage of torpedoes does not depend on the surface layer of iron, but on the internal explosives. Enough, not to mention wood, even if it is wrapped in paper, it can also blow up everything - isn't that how explosives are made?I haven't seen where the power is less than the cannon.

It's just that bamboo and wood alone still can't provide enough buoyancy for the torpedo, and there are hundreds of catties of explosives in it. How much buoyancy can a bamboo and wood shell provide?

After finally solving the problem of the buoyancy of the torpedo, Li Zhen and the craftsmen were worried about the power of the torpedo. Because the main power of the shell is gunpowder, they also used gunpowder as fuel at the beginning, but problems soon appeared. Yes, that is, gunpowder is a mixed explosive after all. The main components in it, carbon, sulfur and nitric acid, have different densities. After a long time, they will separate. Uneven... Although such explosives can still explode, their power will drop a lot, let alone being used as propellant.

Fortunately, although it is a feudal society at this time, the quantity and quality of talents are still not a problem. After research, the granule explosive with egg white as the main binder was born... But the granule explosive solved the problem of long-term shelving of shells. It leads to the problem of insufficient explosive power, but it is obviously impossible to use it as a propellant. After all, propellant needs a long-term slow burning, and this seems to be impossible for granular explosives-the explosion of granular explosives is instantaneous. However, the propellant of the torpedo needs to burn for a long time of one to two minutes, and the energy generated is used to drive the propeller at the tail to rotate. After all, torpedoes need a certain period of battery life, rather than being thrown instantly like shells go out.

So Li Zhen ordered the craftsmen to continue research, and the craftsmen also gave up the plan to use gunpowder as propellant. At this time, the first batch of distilled gasoline appeared, and the craftsmen immediately aimed at this new type of fuel. However, they were quickly disappointed. Although gasoline can burn for a long time, it cannot be fully burned, and its mass specific gravity is relatively large, so it is not the most qualified fuel.Later, they experimented with high-concentration alcohol, vegetable oil, bio-oil, etc., but either they could not burn fully, or the ignition point was too high.

Fortunately, the wisdom of the craftsmen is endless. After several years of hard work, after paying the price of 18 people were killed, more than 50 people were disabled, two warehouses were blown up, and four laboratories caught fire, They finally developed a hybrid fuel.Li Zhen didn't know what the exact composition of the fuel was. After all, it was impossible for him to focus on one thing all the time, but what Li Zhen knew was that his torpedo finally succeeded.

Chapter 1122 Torpedo Showcase (2)

Chapter 70 Torpedo Show (2)

Although the torpedo at this time has just solved the problems of drive and buoyancy, and the specific model and size have not yet been determined, but these two are the most important things for torpedoes now, and the rest of the things are easy to solve.Besides, Li Zhen has never expected to make guidance or track torpedoes in this era. All he needs is a weapon that can quickly sneak underwater and attack enemy ships. What kind of wire guide, infrared guidance, and wake tracking? , Li Zhen doesn't need any sonar guidance, and he can't research it. To put it bluntly, what he needs is not high technology, what he wants is a 'cannonball' that can attack the enemy in the water.

Finally, after nearly four years of research, a very crude torpedo appeared in the eyes of later generations. This torpedo was named "Jaws No. [-]" by Li Zhen. The structure of the "Jaws No. [-]" torpedo is very simple, but simple and It does not mean simple, the main components of torpedoes of later generations are all here, such as firing pins, shells, stabilizers, explosives, buoyancy devices, propeller propellers, fuel, etc., it can be said that they have everything.

Except for the high-tech equipment that cannot be made without the guidance, induction, and intelligence of later generations, it has everything else that should be available, and even its appearance is very similar to the torpedoes of later generations—but it is only a bit similar in appearance. The torpedoes of the "Great White Shark No. [-]" torpedoes are all fired, but the "Jaws No. [-]" torpedo is fired. The two sound similar, but in fact they are completely opposite. Those torpedoes of later generations will automatically adjust their direction when they are fired. So nobody cares about it, but the 'Jaws One' torpedo has nothing in it. It's just an underwater shell, and it can't be managed after it's fired.

But it is also because there are not so many messy things, so the 'Great White Shark One' torpedo is very simple to fiddle with, just calculate the amount in advance, and then aim at the enemy's ship, and because there are not so many electronic equipment, Therefore, there is no need to worry about being interfered by magnetic fields, radio waves, or enemy interference sources, so it will miss or even lead to an own incident.The only thing that can affect the accuracy of the torpedo is the sea waves, but this is something that can't be helped. The torpedo technology of later generations is so advanced, and the hit rate is not so high.

Besides, the ships of this era have never seen any torpedoes at all, so naturally they will not install any anti-torpedo equipment, and the reaction speed is not fast, so once a torpedo is aimed at, it is basically impossible to escape, unless there is a problem with the torpedo fuze It was disturbed by the sea again and deviated from the original channel - but the latter is not a big problem, just need to calculate the amount of advance, the enemy is as big as the ship, and the speed of the torpedo is not slow, even if it deviates, it will not deviate too much go.

As for the performance of the 'Great White Shark No. 70' torpedo, because of the excellent fuel, the speed can reach 70 kilometers per hour (this is already the speed of the standard torpedo of the US imperialists in the 48s. You must know that the nuclear submarine was not equipped in the 1101000s. The speed of the standard torpedo 'k100' is only [-] meters per hour. Of course, there is also the factor that the weight of the 'Great White Shark One' is only more than [-] kilograms, while the American torpedo is more than one ton), but because the fuel burns violently , resulting in insufficient endurance of the torpedo, the effective range is only about two kilometers, and it will sink into the sea for fishing and become a real "torpedo"-but this is not a shortcoming. In ancient times without guidance means, Even if the endurance can reach ten kilometers, can you still be sure?It's not bad to be able to fly out for nearly two kilometers. Even if it is farther away, even if you count the advance, you will not be able to aim correctly.

What's more, there are so many enemy ships crowded together, and in order to ensure the stability of the torpedo, Li Zhen put the enemy within 500 meters to use it-so many ships, such a short distance, it is impossible to aim Not allowed.

But now it turns out that torpedoes are really powerful. No matter how big a ship is, only one hit is enough to completely destroy the whole ship—Cheng Chuliang saw with his own eyes that the stern of a ship was hit by a torpedo. Then the entire tail was blown up, and even the whole ship was blown upright, and slowly sank. This is the only one among all the hit ships that still maintained its integrity.

If the hit was not a torpedo but a shell, even if it was a giant 150mm naval gun, there would only be a big hole at most after being hit, and it was still possible to save it, but now the result is that the whole ship has turned into a Titan Nick (the scene of the sinking of the Titanic is the most classic scene Ben San has seen), in addition to the fact that the torpedo charges far exceed the cannonballs, another reason is that the underwater explosion is better than the explosion in the air stronger.

Everyone should have heard of this principle. When explosives explode in water, the high-pressure gas of the explosion will also produce bubbles underwater. When explosives with an equivalent of 500kg TNT explode underwater, bubbles with a diameter of more than ten meters will even be produced.The pulsating pressure generated by the expansion and contraction of the bubbles and the jet flow generated when the bubbles collapse will cause great damage to the ship.The period of the bubble pulsation is generally similar to the low-order vibration period of the ship, which can cause the ship to break, while the peak pressure of the bubble jet is extremely high, which can further expand the local breach generated by the shock wave, so sometimes it is near miss or even faster than the direct The damage to the lower part of the waterline caused by the hit is more serious. In the air, the shock wave will spread rapidly to the surroundings. In the water, it will cause two damages: one "squeeze" and one "press". Cut, completely finished.

To put it another way, everyone should have played with firecrackers. When a firecracker is thrown outside and explodes, it can only make a loud noise and then a little smoke. If you throw a firecracker into the water, you will hear a muffled sound, but The reaction of the water is much stronger than the bombardment in the air. If the water depth is not enough, it can even blow up the mud at the bottom of the water - if there are any fish nearby, they will probably be knocked out by the blast (this is true Things, a friend did this when I was young).

"..."

After the torpedo exploded, there was silence on the sea, not to mention people, even the wind and waves seemed to be shaken, and the momentum gradually became weaker.

"Zi!"