My Italian Chapter 327

On the sea, the **** battle of more than a dozen cruisers was going on.

"Boom!"

The shells from the 152mm rapid-fire main gun on the Aosta slammed into the Takachiho, and a 57mm secondary gun was affected by the explosion. Several crew members on the gun position fell in a pool of blood before they could even let out a scream. .

"Ambulance!"

A loud shout sounded nearby, and several ship's ambulancemen appeared in front of them carrying stretchers. His white ambulance suit was covered with all kinds of stains, but the bright red blood stains were so conspicuous that at a glance, he knew that they had already saved a lot of people.

One of the ambulancemen turned numbly with his blood-stained hands and quickly turned over. The fallen soldier's eyelids and chest immediately said to his teammates. "No help, come back later."

In fact, among them, there were two people gasping for breath, but one of them had a large opening in the abdomen, and the blood could not stop flowing out. The other was like a sack that was stabbed all over, and had entered the stage of convulsions, and the two of them could not be saved at first sight.

"Ambulance!"

At this time, the voice of calling for the ambulance came from another location, and the ambulance was immediately called over.

Don't blame the ambulances for being ruthless. As the battle became more and more intense, the casualties on the ship also increased, and the ambulances did not come at all. We can only give priority to the lightly wounded, followed by the seriously wounded. As for the officers and soldiers killed in action, we will talk about them when they are done.

Moreover, the rescue risk on the ship is also very high. The shells are not long eyes. Like their Takachiho rescue team that was full of 12 people before the start of the battle, only six people can work now. The others have either been rescued or will talk about it later.

The situation on the Takachiho is not unique, and it is basically the same for the warships participating in the war. The naval battle is not just the collision of steel, the fresh life is also being consumed violently.

Of course, the two sides fought so brutally, and there were reasons for the commanders on both sides. As a combined fleet, after dividing the fleet into two parts, it is ready to contain all members of the formation. Especially after facing the power of the Turin class, Ito Yuheng no longer had the idea of ​​​​winning before, and a tie is a victory. In exchange for the sacrifice of its own formation to contain the formation, in exchange for the heavy damage of the opponent's cruiser formation, the combined fleet still has some profits.

The idea of ​​finding trouble with the opposing battleship formation after defeating the enemy cruiser had long since been forgotten.

In the previous fleet's bombing phase, the impact of the opponent's Turin class was too profound, and none of their own warships could withstand the opponent's firepower. It seems that the king of naval battles is the battleship, there is nothing wrong with this sentence.

Thinking of this, Ito Yuheng couldn't help but say something. "If we had known that the Italians would intervene, we should have waited for the Fuji and Yashima to return home before going to war."

Ito Yuheng said that Japan purchased two battleships from the United Kingdom to deal with the calm two ships. This is a modified version that is more suitable for Japan to use based on the Majesty class. The standard displacement reaches 12,000 tons, equipped with 4 305mm main guns, 10 152 secondary guns, and its maximum speed is 18 knots. Although it can not be compared with the Turin class, but it can still compete. However, the two battleships that Ito Yuheng never forgets are still under construction in the UK, and it will take at least a year before they can be put into service, so in this war, the Fuji class will not be able to catch up.

Of course, since the distant water cannot quench the thirst of the near, Ito Yuheng can only rely on the two 10,000-ton cruisers Yoshino and Akitsusu under his feet. Therefore, in order to play the role of the two ships, and to cause greater losses to the Italian ships, Ito Yuheng gave up the formation artillery, but adopted a melee, trying to leave more enemies behind.

"well played!"

A burst of cheers from the ship pulled Lieutenant General Ito out of his contemplation.

"How is this going?"

Ito Yuheng, who was still inexplicable, immediately heard the happy explanation from Captain Kagawa.

"Lieutenant General, this is the main gun of the enemy ship Venice after it was hit by our ship, and the enemy ship was severely damaged."

"Nani!"

Ito Yuheng hurriedly raised the telescope in his hand to look over, and saw the position of the main gun on the rear deck of the Venice in the distance, billowing thick smoke, which was obviously the result of being damaged.

"It's a good fight. I will reward the officers and soldiers who destroyed the main gun of the enemy ship. In addition, I ordered the Qiujinzhou to immediately focus on the Venice. We want to get a breakthrough from this ship."

In fact, without Ito Yuheng's order, after seeing the situation of the Venice, Captain Hikinoichi Uemura of the Akizusu had already issued an order to fire on the Venice.

The two 10,000-ton warships poured firepower on the Venice, which naturally made the Venice even more dangerous.

As commander of the intercepting formation, Rear Admiral Levi knew better than anyone the dangers of the Venice because he was aboard the ship. Venice was really unlucky. The enemy ship's 254mm shell just hit the weakest top of the turret. After the 254mm on the top layer was broken, the main gun was scrapped. Fortunately, the ammunition chamber under the turret was safe, otherwise the Venice would be over.

Faced with such a tragic situation, Major General Levi did not consider preserving the Venice. "Send an order to the Brescia to give priority to attacking the enemy Yoshino, and let them let go of the fight. The other two ships should give priority to attacking the Venice."

He then spoke to Lieutenant Colonel Gomes, the captain of the Venice. "Order the battleship to continue attacking the enemy Yoshino, we have no way out."

Gomes, who was affected by the explosion of the main gun just now, nodded. "I won't let the **** hurt the Venice."

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned his head and roared at the other officers. "Target all the artillery on this **** Yoshino, let them taste our wrath, let these Japanese monkeys know how good we are. Also let the fire brigade move quickly, I don't want to see this smoke coming out of our battleship. "

Gomez's words inspired the officers and men on the Venice, who continued to fight back with artillery on the enemy.

Rear Admiral Levi is very satisfied with Gomes' performance. He deserves to be an outstanding young officer in the Navy, and it is indeed great to inspire the fighting spirit of the officers and soldiers.

However, Major General Levi knew in his heart that although he relied on words to keep the Venetian in high spirits, the destroyed main gun actually reduced the firepower output.

In terms of firepower, the eight 254mm main guns of Venice and Brescia were not inferior to the other's Yoshino and Akizusu. And now two damaged, this is six to eight, they are inferior to their opponents in the output of the main artillery. In addition, there is also a slight gap in speed. Although the Venice, which has been used for many years, has been well maintained by naval officers and soldiers, the top speed has dropped somewhat, and the duration of the top speed is not as good as before.

Of course, more importantly, the two Venice-class patrols are indeed weaker in armor than the other British 10,000-ton patrols. After all, the gap of more than 2,000 tons, even if the design is reasonable, when the firepower and speed are almost the same, it can only sacrifice part of the defense. And it was for this reason that the Venice suffered a big loss in this naval battle.

In fact, the Venice improved level is not weak, even after nearly eight years of service, it is still very deterrent. However, in recent years, there have been endless outfit tours in various countries, and everyone is coming up with new things, so unknowingly, the Venetian improved class has felt that it can't keep up with the times.

Regarding the problem that the Venice Improvement class has almost fallen out of the first echelon of the patrol, there has been a call for new ships in the Italian Navy, and the two Admiralty Ministers are also clear about this. Moreover, the design drawings of the newly installed patrols in the Naval Ship Design Department are also piled high.

But if you want to equip a new ship~www.mtlnovel.com~ the two Admiralty Ministers can only spread their hands and have no money.

No money is a big problem. Don't look at the fact that the Italian Navy's military expenditure is rising every year, but it spends more. The annual maintenance cost of warships, personnel training costs, maintenance and reconstruction costs of naval bases, research and development costs of new technologies, etc., if these costs are excluded, then there will not be much money left for the Navy to build new ships.

But don't forget, Italy doesn't just rely on patrolling, other warships can't be built. Especially in these years, Italy has fought several wars, and the navy needs to spend some military expenses on its own in the war.

Therefore, the navy will be so active in blending into the Sino-Japanese war in the Far East. There is nothing more tempting than the fact that wars can make money.

Of course, this is another story. For the current Major General Levi, winning this naval battle is the most important thing. However, although his side seemed to be at a disadvantage, Major General Levi did not regret fighting the enemy in a melee.

Because it would be an insult to the Italian Navy if the enemy broke through and attacked the convoys in the rear. And he is not without a killer, it is still unknown who will kill the deer.

Chapter end