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Chapter 258: Shells Falling into the Turret

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    If the warhead hit the hatch, the mortar shell would explode immediately.  But now, the wings of its tail hit the hatch.  In this way, the cannonball was bounced by the hatch and flew up again, just like playing table tennis. This cannonball is a ping pong ball, and the hatch is a table tennis racket. With such a shot, the cannonball was immediately shot into the turret  internal.

    The cannonball almost flew over the gunner's scalp. This is also because the little devil is too short. If it were a tall Westerner, the cannonball would probably hit the head directly.  But now, the cannonball flew past the gunner's scalp. Although the gunner didn't know what happened, he subconsciously shrank his head and turned to look over.

    The interior of the turret was lit, and several gunners were waiting there bored. Although they encountered an enemy attack, because it was an air attack, the gunners of these large-caliber naval guns had no missions for the time being.  They are here, just ready to fight at any time, waiting for the captain to assign them targets.  As a result, there was a bang at the door, and the next second, a mortar shell was thrown in from the door.

    They opened their eyes wide, watching all this in disbelief.  For them, this was absolutely impossible. They opened their mouths wide and watched the shell fly in without reacting at all.  So while they were watching, the shell fell to their feet, and then there was a loud bang.

    The interior of the turret was originally a confined space.  When the shell explodes in a confined space, it can create greater destructive power.  For example, those flying shrapnel can be hit by walls in a confined space, bounce back and forth, and create more lethal effects.  But now, there is another huge problem in the confined space inside the turret.  That is, there are shells here!

    The naval guns of warships are very huge, definitely not just the part of the turret seen above.  In fact, that's just the tip of the iceberg for naval guns.

    The turret part is only used to rotate and can fire shells in all directions.  There are many structures below it. If the caliber exceeds 400 mm, there are several floors below it, and the entire naval gun is like a building.

    This 203 mm caliber naval gun does not have such a complicated structure.  Below its turret, there is only one floor.  This layer is circle shaped.  The shells are placed vertically on the lower tier with the warheads pointing up, one next to the other.  This is the ammunition depot for naval guns.  These shells are too heavy to be transported by personnel, so a special loader must be used.  Lift these shells up and load them into the naval guns.

    In normal times, all these shells are stored below.  If there is a problem, the ammunition depot can also be filled with sea water to prevent the ammunition from exploding.  But when they suddenly discovered that they were under attack, they made preparations in advance and raised a few shells to the upper level, so that if they suddenly encountered an enemy warship, they could still fire.  Of course, this is just a preparatory action, and it is likely that these shells will be put back again after waiting.

    They will never know, because these few shells ready to fire at the enemy at any time have completely dragged them into hell.

    The explosion of a mortar shell is actually nothing at all.  Now when this shell is at most it will send the gunners in the turret to hell.  But now when the explosion spread to those naval gun shells, it brought a terrible chain reaction in an instant.

    The warhead of the shell needs a special fuze to detonate to explode, even if it is lit with an open flame, it will not explode, so the explosives in the warhead may not be ignited immediately.  But in order to push out the large shells, there will be a larger amount of propellant behind them. For these propellants, it is very easy to detonate.  So when the mortar shells exploded, the hot flames went in the direction of the naval gun shells, and the propellant of the shells was immediately affected.  In the next second, an even hotter flame rose up, and the propellant had been ignited!

    The propellant power of naval guns is also quite powerful, and it can push out heavy shells.  If there is a problem with the naval gun, the naval gun may be blown.  Now this kind of shell was ignited directly inside the turret, and the fiery flame swept across the entire turret in an instant.  The gunner who opened the hatch just now, although he was not killed by the explosion of the mortar shell, but when the hot flames swept away, he was instantly like a fallen leaf in a storm, and was blown away in a flash.  Blow it out.  He didn't fly very high, just flew up for a moment, and then slammed into the bridge behind.  He kept spitting blood out of his mouth, looked at the flames coming out of the turret hatch below, and shouted loudly: "No!"

    hisShouting is meaningless, the flame is still expanding rapidly.  The first naval gun shell above had been ignited, and the entire interior of the naval gun was swept up by fiery flames.  The shells waiting to be fired on the lower floor also became irritable when they encountered these flames.  The gunner opened his eyes wide to see what was inside the open hatch.  The hatch is open, so there is a way for these hot flames to vent, and they can leak out through this hatch. If only the few shells above were killed, maybe they can still be saved.  But when all the main ammunition stored below was ignited, it was completely out of control.

    Huge flames rose from below, and the internal pressure rose rapidly.  Even having a hatch to relieve the pressure is simply not enough.  With a bang, an explosion sounded.

    Propellants generally do not explode.  Only after being ignited in a confined space, the pressure in the confined space rises rapidly, and there is no way to vent, at this time it will become an explosion. At this time, the internal pressure of the turret is quite high, and the temperature is also quite high.  Under such circumstances, these high-temperature and high-pressure gases finally began to tear everything around them.  With a loud bang, the bulky turret above was lifted up.

    When the explosion sounded, everyone on the heavy cruiser widened their terrified eyes.

    Yoshikawa Shukichi heard the explosion on the bridge, and reacted quickly, wanting to see what happened in front of the runway, but before he ran over, the air wave had already swept into the explosion that had already exploded.  Inside the bridge of the ship, he was also rolled up.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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