Chapter 475 Naval Gunfire

These days, the battle has been going on all the time, with carrier-based aircraft taking off and landing every day, making the carrier-based aviation force the center of attention. However, all of this has nothing to do with the Dimitri. Even in the last grand anti-submarine operation, the Dimitri did not participate. It does not have rocket depth charges, and its only anti-submarine weapon is the mines at the tail, which are ancient weapons. It used to have torpedoes, but because their performance was too backward, they were all dismantled.

Chernievsky knew that the biggest function of his warship was to protect the Minsk aircraft carrier next to it. Once facing a threat, he would use the hull of his warship to block the missiles flying from a distance!

Yes, it is heroic, but it is its only function. Apart from that, what else can this outdated warship of ours do?

When he heard General Durt's order, Chernievsky almost jumped up from the bridge. Attack the land! This gave the eager young men on his side a chance to show their skills!

Right full rudder! Drawing a graceful arc on the sea, the cruiser Dimitri left the aircraft carrier formation and headed north.

The heavy oil is burning hotly, and the steam pressure in the boiler has reached its maximum, driving the rapidly rotating steam turbine, through the drive shaft, and ultimately outputting power to the propeller at the tail.

Speed ​​up, speed up! Ride the wind and waves, and go forward! Dimitri sailed towards the north in the evening wind.

Behind this warship, a Krivak-class frigate, the Vigilant, was sailing along.

The Vigilant, a warship that was famous in the late 1970s, meant humiliation to the Soviet Navy. A rebellion occurred on this warship. At that time, Sablin almost succeeded in causing a political crisis in the Soviet Union. Fortunately, he happened to meet General Andrei, who successfully resolved the crisis.

Afterwards, the warship was downgraded to a patrol ship and transferred from the Black Sea Fleet to the Pacific Fleet, and the captain was still Lieutenant Colonel Portoline.

After the last political incident, although Portoline was a victim, as the captain, he did not discover the rebellion of his subordinates in time, so Lieutenant Colonel Portoline was still responsible. Fortunately, because of Andre's suggestion, Lieutenant Colonel Portoline returned to the command post and continued to command the warship. He should get up from where he fell.

The two warships headed north, left their own aircraft carrier formation, and entered Iranian territorial waters.

As night falls, everything is quiet except for the sound of the waves.

"Attention everyone on the ship! This is the final calibration of the launch parameters. Show the power of our Dimitri!" Chernivsky shouted into the intercom.

The sound reached the MK-5 Biss triple-mounted turret, and the sailors inside answered loudly: "Yes, show our might!"

If time goes on for another twenty years, Iran will have the C801 anti-ship missile production line imported from China, and produce a series of anti-ship missiles, as well as shore-to-ship models. Perhaps the captains of the Red Navy will be more cautious. But now, the Iranians have no anti-ship capabilities at all. The powerful "Spruance" class destroyer was seized by the Americans. Now the only large destroyer owned by the Iranian Navy is the outdated "Babur" class, which has no anti-ship missiles. The British-made Salvand class was also equipped with China's C802 anti-ship missiles at a later stage.

What's more, there were only a few speedboats in the port of Chabahar, and their attacks were just a tickle to the tough Dimitri.

The mechanical firing director was constantly being turned, and the Soviet naval soldiers were operating these big guys in a tense and orderly manner.

Bind the firing data! Whether a naval gun can hit the target depends not only on the naval gun’s own benchmark, but also more importantly on the warship’s position benchmark. In the past, this was also a major error in the naval gun’s ground attack. But now, through the satellite positioning system, the warship’s position can be accurate to the order of meters!

"Distance 20 kilometers, bearing 030, wind speed 3, first test launch begins!"

It is almost the same as the battleship combat in the World War II era. Now, as the warship changes its course, it is already level with the opposite coastline. Even though it is in the dark, it will not affect the bombardment of the naval guns!

Four triple-mounted turrets and six 100mm CM5-1 gun turrets were all turned to the coast. The first test firing was about to begin. The target was the Iranian garrison positions in the port of Chabahar!

"Boom!" As the order was issued, a huge fireball shot out from the muzzle of the B-38 152mm 57-caliber naval gun in the middle of the triple-mounted turret at the bow of the warship!

The sound was deafening, and amidst the huge flames, dozens of kilograms of high-explosive warheads flew towards the Iranian garrison position opposite!

At this time, the entire Chabahar Port was still in silence. The garrison was sleeping, and no one realized that the danger had come!

"Boom!" The shell landed accurately on the opposite position. With the explosion, a big hole was blown out on the ground. The entire garrison base was instantly like a pot of boiling water. Something was happening! Something was happening!

"Hit the position! Deflect one micrometer to the right!" A Ka-27 helicopter flew to the coastline, carrying artillery calibration personnel, and took off to command. Now, through observation, this first test firing was relatively good.

"Move one mil to the right and fire in one minute!" Chernievsky shouted.

One minute salvo! As the order was given, the guns on the warships, which had already been prepared, pressed the trigger hard.

"Boom, boom!" Twelve 152mm naval guns made a loud roar. Along with the sound of the guns, huge flames burst out from the muzzles of the 12 naval guns, illuminating the entire sea surface. The hull of the warship with a displacement of 17,000 tons was also shaking slightly.

"Boom, boom!" Six 100mm naval guns fired at the same time at this moment, and the sound was earth-shaking!

The most heroic battleship confrontation in World War II was probably like this, right? The navy in the 1980s rarely saw such a spectacular scene!

The smoke has not yet cleared, and the second round of naval gun fire has begun again!

The maximum rate of fire was 6.5 rounds per minute, with a one-minute salvo of 78 152mm shells and 82 100mm shells pouring onto the Iranian positions opposite!

The entire position seemed to have been plowed through, with screams of death everywhere. After a minute of shooting, all the Iranian shore positions had been destroyed!

"Turn left, keep moving forward, to the next target!" Chernievsky stood on the bridge, looking heroic.