Chapter 1689： Battle of the South Indian Ocean IV

Chapter 1689 The battle of the Southern Indian Ocean (4)

Compared to the agile light cruiser Tenryu, Katori is undoubtedly a large and heavy target. Although the Japanese tried their best to dodge the attack, after avoiding 2 torpedoes, the other two bombers successfully dropped the bombs at Katori. On the deck!

The first bomb fell on the twin 12-inch artillery turret on the bow of the Katori. The bomb of the semi-armor-piercing warhead was naturally unable to fall from 200 meters in the air and penetrate the armor on the top of the turret, but the violent vibration of the explosion still destroyed it. Some servos inside the turret and the aiming equipment on the top were dropped. Abolish this turret. The effect of another bomb was much better.

This semi-armor-piercing bomb landed on the front of the hull and directly penetrated the upper and middle decks, and then was blocked by the main horizontal armor. The violent explosion set a fire inside the hull, and a large hole several meters in diameter penetrated at least 2 decks. The deck at the edge of the bullet hole also suffered serious distortion. The flames began to spread along the pipes inside the battleship, and even after half an hour, thick smoke still gushed from the breach.

"Although I have foreseen the defeat of the fleet, I really can't think that our way of death is like this." Standing on the bridge and watching the German bomber going away, Nan Yunzhong wiped the cold sweat on his head. . Until now, the Japanese are still amazed at why the German bomber suddenly appeared in the Indian Ocean.

"Could it be that the Germans deployed an aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean?" Hyakutake Saburo muttered to himself. Although the aircraft carrier is a new thing, it is not a secret to the Japanese navy leaders who have been chasing the forefront of the world navy. After all, the British People are doing it, and the British are sharing some intelligence and design with the Japanese. The Japanese know that there is a warship that can carry a large number of bombers and even torpedo planes and then launch an attack. However, what the Japanese did not expect was how did the Germans send the aircraft carrier over in this remote corner battlefield?

Obviously, however, it is obviously not the time to consider this issue. Hyakutake Saburo and Nanun Chuichi have to find ways to deal with the next wave of attacks. Looking at the current sky, just before noon, the Germans can launch at least one attack, and let The fast battleship Gneisenau, feared as a tiger by the Japanese, might be about to be killed, right?

"I don't know how effective our seaplane attack is." Seeing that his fleet was blown up by the Germans, Hyakutake Saburo also hopes that his seaplane can create miracles, for example, one The bomb went down and exploded the main rangefinder of the Gneisenau...

Just after the German bombers evacuated, the Japanese took off with weapons and the 6 seaplanes were also in action, but a little bit different from what Hyakutake Saburo thought was that only 2 seaplanes found the fast battleship Gneisenau!

"The Japanese seaplane!" At this time, the watcher at the top of the mast spotted the Japanese seaplane in the sky and reported immediately.

"It seems that the pace of the Japanese is not too slow." Raidel said casually. A few minutes later, two J-3 seaplanes took off from the sea and intercepted them. And this result is naturally obvious. How can two seaplanes carrying bombs escape the siege of German fighters? Even at the last moment they threw their bombs and tried to escape, they were still overtaken by the German plane behind them, and then turned into two fireworks in the dense shells. This episode did not affect Raidel, but another group of planes sounded the alarm for the Germans!

"All planes keep flying at low altitude, we must avoid their vision!" At this time, another group of seaplanes was quietly following a group of returning German carrier-based planes. They wanted to see what these German bombers were. Where did it come from? Maybe you can still hang a big fish!

The Japanese pilot who led the team was Captain Yoshikawa. He was the first batch of pilots in the Japanese Navy and participated in ground attack missions. Of course, the actual combat experience was naturally not obtained in the European battlefield, but the Dutch East Indies were launched in Japan. Participated in the bombing of the outer area of ​​the Borneo Oilfield...

Between the sad radio equipment stability of the Japanese. This team did not receive information on the location of the Gneisenau, but unfortunately, they saw a group of German carrier-based aircraft returning home. Under the influence of their brains, they were carrying bombs on Japanese water. The aircraft team is ready to follow the German fleet to find the opponent's main fleet and launch an attack.

The Japanese wisely chose to follow at a low altitude. Four Japanese seaplanes formed a tight formation to track behind the German fleet. Not to mention this era, even during the Second World War, it is all about the enemy aircraft following the return to find the other aircraft carrier. Yes, and detection of low-altitude targets? This thing cannot be said to be completely solved even with the airborne down-view radar.

Therefore, during most of this voyage, the Japanese walked very safely, and at this time, when the Japanese were about to approach the German fleet, the fighters that had returned early were preparing to land on the ship.

At this time, the deck of the aircraft carrier Constellation is divided into three areas. The first is the departure area, the middle is the containment area and the last is the landing area. The aircraft will land towards the landing area, if it goes well. It will be hung by 5 arresting cables arranged at the rear of the deck. If you are unlucky, it will directly hit the arresting net between the containment area and the landing area. Of course, if it hits, the plane will definitely be out of service. , I can only pray that the pilot is still alive....... Needless to say, the foremost departure area is naturally the area where the next batch of planes are going to take off.

"Landing begins!" When the signal light on the aircraft carrier's island was on, the first JU5 bomber ready to land began to land. Carrier-based aircraft landing is also a very dangerous task. When the aircraft is landing, it must be aligned with the main runway of the aircraft carrier in the horizontal direction. Needless to say, in the vertical direction, the aircraft must also maintain an angle of about 6 degrees. Landing cannot be too large or too small. The reason is simple. If the angle is too large, the aircraft will hit the deck directly like a heavy bomb. Maybe there will be no accident on the deck, but the momentary impact will affect the aircraft itself. Especially for the landing gear is a very big challenge. And if the angle is too small, the horizontal speed of the aircraft will be very high, and then, if it is not caught by the arresting cable, or if the speed exceeds the limit of the arresting cable, then it is a decisive tragedy... Ranging from hitting a blocking net, at worst, a group of planes stacked in front were scrapped together...

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