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Chapter 353: The Kongo Battleship Hit

About 20 nautical miles northeast of the Kongo, on destroyer No. 105.

Xu Le looked at the radar display showing the missile hitting the target and smiled.

He looked at the crowd and said, "See? This is the demonstration for you!"

"The advantage of missiles is that they are unexpected and their trajectory can be controlled! The flight altitude of the Sea Eagle 1 anti-ship missile is between 100 meters and 300 meters, and this altitude can be adjusted!"

"As everyone knows, all warships have small-caliber machine guns, which are used for air defense, but can also be used for horizontal firing. If it is horizontal firing, the effective firing range will be very short."

"So, when we adjust the missile data, we try to make it fly at the lowest altitude possible, which can shorten the enemy's reaction time."

"Of course, the Sea Eagle 1 missile is not perfect. After locking onto the target at the end, it will dive and attack. The error is still quite large. It is uncertain where exactly the enemy ship can be hit!"

"For example, the size of this enemy warship we detected is definitely a battleship! And battleships rely on large-caliber heavy guns and thick armor."

"Although the semi-armor-piercing warhead of our Sea Eagle 1 missile weighs 500 kilograms, it is difficult to sink a battleship with armor thickness of 400 millimeters."

"Just now, I was just demonstrating it to you. When you fight on your own, you should consider the information fed back by the radar in real time. If it is a battleship, fire two missiles at once! If it is a cruiser, one missile will be enough!"

Watching Xu Le's non-stop explanation, the ship's staff officer interrupted and said, "According to what the Marshal said, except for the battleships, a Sea Eagle missile can destroy all other ships?"

Xu Le looked at the people who had benefited greatly and nodded: "Yes, even if it is an aircraft carrier, a Seahawk missile is enough to penetrate its armor. Of course, the aircraft carrier is huge and has multiple isolation chambers inside. Unless it hits an important position, such as the engine compartment or the ammunition compartment, there is no way to make it lose its combat effectiveness!"

It was his first sea battle, so Xu Le was certainly worried, so he led the western ships personally.

As for Sun Wufan, he led the southern ships to the Andaman Sea.

Bai Shiyi and Zheng Shaokuan were moving slowly forward in the aircraft carrier formation at the rear.

Looking at the people who were sometimes thinking and sometimes taking notes, Xu Le suddenly said, "Let me make it clear first. Unless there are special circumstances, missiles can only be used against battleships and aircraft carriers. When dealing with enemy heavy cruisers, you can ask your superiors for permission to use missiles if you have no choice! Anyone who dares to use missiles indiscriminately will be subject to military law!"

Anti-ship missiles are too expensive. It’s not that Xu Le is reluctant to spend money on them, but he simply does not have the strength to deploy them in large quantities!

Therefore, missiles can only be regarded as the ultimate weapon of ships.

In order to demonstrate to the fleet, he let the guards perform the whole operation themselves from beginning to end.

From the initial use of 354 search radar to detect the surroundings, to radar feedback, and then determining the type of enemy warship based on the feedback, the 352 fire control system will automatically calculate all the data of the enemy ship, and finally launch the missile.

There must be no mistakes in all this process!

"In fact, there is one thing that can instantly determine the type of enemy warships. As we all know, our land is round, and the electromagnetic waves emitted by radar fly in a straight line. Therefore, due to the influence of curvature, the detection distance of sea surface targets is limited!"

[There was a mistake in the previous inland river operations. The low-altitude search distance was mistakenly written as the sea-to-sea distance, so two heavy cruisers were detected when it was mistakenly written as 100 kilometers. In fact, the ship's search distance for horizontal ships in the inland river should be at most 30 kilometers. There are too many ground obstacles. I am too lazy to go back and change it. ]

The naval officers and soldiers must all know these basic knowledge, but Xu Le still felt it necessary to explain them.

"If a person stands on the sea, he can only see the sea level 5 kilometers away at most. If we want to see farther, we must stand higher!"

At this time, a radar observer raised his hand and Xu Le signaled him to speak.

"Marshal, I have carefully calculated this. If we want to see farther, we must stand higher. The same principle applies to radar. This is why our radar is so high!"

Soldiers in different positions have labels on their chests. Xu Le nodded and asked, "Then tell me about your calculation results. Taking our destroyer as an example, at what distance do you think we can observe a ship of the same size!"

The radar observer straightened his body, thought briefly, and answered with a hint of pride; "Report to the commander, the mast of our ship is 17 meters high, and it can be observed at a maximum distance of 22 nautical miles! The target we just attacked has a radar detection range of nearly 30 nautical miles, which means that the mast of the enemy warship is more than 30 meters high, which is the size of a battleship and an aircraft carrier!"

"Yes, you are right! Another point is that the weather at sea will also affect the detection distance. You have to figure out the details!"

Xu Le nodded with satisfaction. Radar is the eyes of a warship. It can see many things that the human eye cannot see. Therefore, the requirements for radar soldiers are very strict, and each of them is a top student selected from hundreds of thousands.

"Although the maximum range of the Sea Eagle 1 missile is 90 kilometers, it is limited by the radar detection distance, so the practical range is almost reduced by half! In the future, if you feel it is necessary, you can contact the aircraft to detect the target data. With the data of the enemy ship, the missile can carry out a long-range strike!"

Xu Le breathed a sigh of relief, feeling relieved. He was proficient in weapons, but those who knew them might not be proficient in teaching them.

For example, even if someone is good at cooking, it is impossible for him to know the techniques of making all the seasonings.

He could only express what he could in a few words to provide the greatest help to the naval officers and soldiers!

"Okay, that Japanese battleship should be busy putting out the fire, and it must be confused. Everyone, don't just stand there, kill it while it's still sick, and launch the second Seahawk missile for me!"

In an instant, all the soldiers returned to their respective posts.

One minute later, with the captain's order, a Sea Eagle 1 anti-ship missile with a tail flame was launched obliquely, maintaining an altitude of 100 meters in the air and heading towards the Japanese battleship.

And what about the devils?

Fujita was completely confused. He just felt a flash before his eyes, and then a huge object shot into the side of the Kongo battleship, followed by a huge explosion.

A hole several meters wide was blown in the side armor belt, seawater continued to pour into the ship, and the hull also tilted slightly.

"Quick, isolate the cabin and arrange for people to put out the fire!"

Fujita excitedly issued orders, and then stood there in a daze. Perhaps he now understood the strangeness of the naval battle on the Inowaddy River.

What is happening now is probably exactly the same as what happened back then.

He hurriedly picked up the telescope to check the direction from which the bomb was coming, but no matter how he rubbed his eyes, he couldn't see anything!