Chapter 706： Air raid (part 1)

Although at this time, due to the sounding of the air defense alarm, the British soldiers rushed to their posts. The warships moored in the harbor are desperately increasing their burning boilers, but small warships are okay. It is impossible for large warships to start without preheating for more than one hour.

Because now, whether it is using oil or coal, it is a steam turbine, and this requires sufficient pressure to drive the propeller to rotate, and if you want to set sail on weekdays, it is necessary to preheat it in advance (the kind that starts when a car is ignited, Warships that can only be powered by diesel engines, basically all of the first class).

So now they found the Romanian plane and couldn't move it at all.

Although the port’s air defense facilities and various warships have been spraying fire continuously, trying to deter their attacks. But in the face of such an opportunity, how could the incoming Romanian fighter be let go.

Following the command on the pilot plane, a squadron of dive bombers came over the three aircraft carriers. As if knowing what kind of situation he was about to encounter, the aircraft carrier itself carried anti-aircraft firepower and desperately shot out ammunition.

Four or five of the 12 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns on the U.S. Fury were firing continuously. In fact, as long as you pay attention to observation, you can find that, except for the air defense positions that are firing at full force, the air defense firepower on the warship has only opened about four layers. The reason is very simple, because the ammunition is not placed in advance on the air defense position of the warship. The sailors moved out completely after the air defense sirens sounded. (The warship is parked in the port, and all ammunition needs to be stored.)

Moreover, there are not enough air defense personnel on the warship, and many crew members are on the shore. After all, this is not a voyage, you can only stay on board. Although this is a time of war, it is impossible to tie all crew members to the ship. They also have to rest and relax. After all, they are humans, not machines.

Faced with such weak firepower in its air defense, Romanian carrier-based aircraft will naturally not be polite. Two dive bombers began to attack them, and the fighter planes that sounded their horns began to dive at almost a vertical angle. The 500 kg aerial bombs under the belly were so chilling.

The Fury, who knew that the danger was coming, fired desperately to shoot it down. It’s just that where they would make them happen, the two dive fighters quickly reached the attack height, and the indicator light on the instrument that could drop bombs jumped from red (prohibited) to green (allowed), and as the pilot pulled down the handle of the bomb , Two 500 kg aerial bombs fell straight towards the Fury.

The two huge bombs with the plane's acceleration and their own weight fell down with everyone's expectations.

"boom"

A bomb fell on the side of the aircraft carrier and exploded, making everyone on board a cold sweat.

The other one landed directly on the deck, and the bomb that penetrated the deck exploded in the hangar. The abusive explosion would tear all the carrier-based aircraft in the hangar to pieces. It also detonated its stored ammunition and aviation fuel depot, which was a disaster for the Fury, which was converted from a large cruiser. The violent chain of explosions blasted a large hole in the side of the ship, and the fierce influx of sea water made the wrathful hull start to tilt.

Faced with such a dangerous situation, the stop-loss team can only bite the bullet and block the gap while pumping water, hoping to give themselves time to rescue.

And does the airstrike plane give them a chance?

Two dive bombers attacked again, and this time the effect was much better. Two 500 kg bombs hit the bow and stern deck respectively. These two 500 kg bombs completely lost hope for this aircraft carrier. Because its violent explosion caused heavy casualties for the stop loss team, heavy casualties before the work started, and more importantly, the gap became larger.

However, the commander of the airstrike didn't know, so there were two dive bombers. This time they were no longer carrying 500 kg bombs, but 1,000 kg bombs. They threw them at the rage that had lost resistance. Two one-ton aerial bombs directly exploded the keel of the U.S. Fury aircraft carrier. The Fury, which was devastated, began to break at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When the Fury was resolved, another professional aircraft carrier, the Royal Ark, also suffered heavy losses.

Unlike the Fury, the anti-aircraft firepower on the Royal Ark is much stronger. It is equipped with 16 (8 double-mounted) 45-times caliber 114.5 mm high-level dual-purpose guns, 48 ​​(6 8-seater) 40 mm rapid-fire anti-aircraft guns, 32 (8 8-seater 4-unit) 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine guns, Only one-third were firing. Although the number of fires was small, its fierce firepower immediately attracted the attention of air strike fighters.

Up to more than a dozen bombers have carried out uninterrupted bombing, and such violent bombing has made the aircraft carrier completely unrecognizable. The air defense firepower was almost lost. This was when the torpedo planes showed their talents. Eight H57 torpedo planes were divided into left and right wings and quickly approached at low altitude.

For torpedo aircraft, its casualties have always been the heaviest among various models. Because the torpedo class wants to release the torpedo, it must not be higher than 200 meters, and the speed must be maintained. Therefore, the requirement of such a fixed dead line makes the torpedo machine the most vulnerable when releasing the torpedo. And because of the torpedoes it carries, the torpedo has become a thorn in the air defense firepower, and it needs to be addressed first.

Fortunately, the Ark Royal, which had no anti-aircraft firepower, was fortunately dealt with this time, but even so, one of the eight torpedo planes was lost. I saw the approach at low altitude, aiming, maintaining the speed, and lowering the torpedoes, and the straight 6 torpedo lines rushed towards the aircraft carrier (some of them did not float).

At this time, a light cruiser didn't know whether it was panicking or looking dead, and suddenly broke into the torpedo array. I saw two "boom booms". When this light cruiser was hit by two torpedoes, the huge explosion tore its hull into two big gaps, and the turbulent sea water crazily poured into its cabin. You don't need to look at it to know, it's no help

In addition to the two torpedoes, the remaining four torpedoes still rushed towards the Royal Ark and saw the white lines emerging from the four torpedo bubbles. The remaining officers and soldiers tried to explode them with weapons. , But it is doomed to be futile.

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

I saw three explosions from the stern and the middle of the ship, especially the two explosions in the middle, blasting the hull of the ship with a gap of more than ten meters. The turbulent sea did not give people time to react, and immediately roared into the cabin. Inside. The turbulent influx of sea water immediately flooded many cabins, and the attack of three torpedoes was enough to demand the Royal Ark's order.

As for the UK’s only aircraft carrier Eagle, which was converted from a battleship, it is somewhat comedic. As the only aircraft carrier that retains torpedo tubes, the Romanian air strike force would like to say that it hopes that all large warships will carry torpedo tubes, because this will bring surprises to people.

For example, the Eagle was very pleasantly surprised. This caused the originally non-lethal 500 kg bomb to produce devastating results, and its aircraft carrier was blown out of a gap that could accommodate small warships in and out.

And so far the three aircraft carriers of the Mediterranean Fleet have all been destroyed, and it's the battleship's turn next.

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