Chapter 2687： The first American aircraft carrier

The American eagle took off. "Looking at the aircraft carrier Constellation in the distance, the aircraft carrier continued to release, Raidel said: "Although it is far not as sharp as the German long sword. But they will grow! "

"Maybe there is still swelling, who knows?" Su Xiong also looked at the American attacking planes and said. However, regardless of the attitude of the Germans, the Americans finally took the first step! If it was said that Sims’ carrier-based aircraft force perfectly consumed the British aviation power during the naval battle in the Norwegian Sea, and to some extent tested the defense power of the American aircraft carrier, then this time is a test of offensive capabilities!

Nearly 40 various aircraft rushed to the lone Japanese battleship in the distance like a pack of wolves, and the latter had no idea about the upcoming fate! Until the roar of the plane broke the silence on the sea, when dozens of planes formed a formation similar to a loaf of bread, the Japanese were stunned!

"This? What's the situation?! The Americans actually deployed an aircraft carrier?" Chaos ensued on the bridge.

"Ours was discovered! Everything is over!" A shadow of fear shrouded the entire battleship. But soon, Shanwu was ready to make a final fight. The crew rushed around on the deck because the warship was so old that no anti-aircraft artillery was reserved at all when it was designed, so whether it’s 75mm Artillery, 2-pounder guns imported from the United Kingdom or anti-aircraft machine guns can only be placed between the deck and the building. There is no fire control except for the gun sights and the artillery mirrors in the soldiers' hands. Two seaplanes that are still usable took off, but they were of no use except for being broken into pieces by a U.S. Air Force f1f fighter jet with a large-caliber machine gun. The time from the discovery of the target to the bombing of the bomb was only a short ten minutes!

The Americans threw their dive bombers for the first time! The first sa1 bomber carrying a 500-pound bomb, if the eagle whizzes down and the sparse air defense firepower tries to stop the first wave of American attacks, all this will be in vain! The bomber dived and bombed from a height of 600 meters at a 45-degree angle. The huge displacement changes made the Japanese air defense firepower impossible to capture. The attack was rapid and elegant. The bomber flew past the target like an ancient cavalry. The bomb that fell was the scimitar in their hands!

However, the effect of the first attack was not good. The first six bombers attacked only one near-missing bomb. The huge explosion caused some damage to the part below the waterline in the middle of the hull of Shanwu, but that was all. The mountain mist then began to release smoke, and the dive bomber behind was somewhat blinded.

"I don't feel the effect is very good." After the bombing, the squadron commander in charge of the horizontal bombing looked at the rear of the battleship Sangiri and the twin turrets of the bow and said with some depression. In the end, the dive bombing squadron with 15 dive bombers could only confirm that it had hit 2 bombs and 1 near miss. This result makes the U.S. Navy feel a little depressed. Of course, the most depressing thing is that the lethality of the dive bombing is somewhat low. The Americans chose the 500-pound semi-armor-piercing projectile, hoping to penetrate the horizontal armor of the warship and also have a higher explosive power. , But it turned out that it didn't seem to penetrate the opponent's armor, and at the same time the damage to the non-armored area was not great enough, which was embarrassing...

After the war, the U.S. Navy summarized the poor effects of dive bombers in two points. The first was lack of experience, and the second was that there seemed to be some problems with the dive bombing targeting equipment.

However, the subsequent horizontal bombing performed very well. Eight bombers carried 1,000-pound bombs in a triangular formation and flew over the Yamagiri. Outside the effective range of Japanese anti-aircraft firepower, the American horizontal bombers formed a formation. I dropped a group of bombs leisurely! However, in this horizontal bombing, the U.S. bomber force, which could only hit an average bomb in the past, hit three directly this time!

This time, the lethality of three semi-armor-piercing rounds weighing 1,000 pounds not only frightened the Japanese, but even shocked the Americans! The first 1000-pound semi-armor-piercing round roared down from a height of 500 meters! The bomb fell directly between the bow chimney and the main mast! After continuing to penetrate several decks, the bomb exploded near the flue armor! With a loud noise, nearly 200 kilograms of explosives were directly detonated! The huge shock wave engulfed the fragments of the explosion and shattered the entire No. 1 chimney and also destroyed the main mast!

The other two bombs hit the upper part of the boiler chamber. This bomb penetrated the fragile armor belt on the upper part of the boiler chamber and detonated in the boiler chamber! This explosion does not matter, at least 8 boilers were instantly destroyed! The flames gush out like tide water, and at the same time a large amount of high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor also began to spread in the cabin, and gushing out along the breach, even blasting away the smoke released by the mountain mist.

This bomb can be said to have directly killed Shanwu's half-life! The last bomb was to completely seal the victory, because the last bomb hit the rear steering engine compartment of the Sangiri hull! And this not only destroyed the steering gear compartment, but also completely destroyed a drive shaft in the lower part of the steering gear compartment! As a result, Shanwu had no chance to use the speed difference between the propellers to adjust the course! Can only become a salted fish drifting with the flow...

"The battle is over!" When the torpedo machine launched the attack, the remaining life of the mountain fog could only be described in minutes The torpedo machines were divided into two groups leisurely, and then from two directions at the same time. Launch a lightning strike! The final result has been determined. The battleship Yamagiri, which was hit by at least 4 torpedoes, seemed to be lifted out of the water by a huge explosion, and then slammed down again. The moment the hull touched the sea, it fell apart!

From launching the attack to the sinking of the mountain fog, the whole process took less than 20 minutes! In addition to the dissatisfaction of the performance of the dive bomber unit, both the horizontal bomber and the torpedo plane performed very well, especially the horizontal bombing. The damage effect caused by the large-yield and high-altitude horizontal bombing was really great. As for the accuracy of air strikes, the Americans did not care too much, after all, this time the performance was really outstanding.

"This is a great victory! The United States Navy has made a leap! I think we can send out the report now. If we move faster, I am afraid that General Sims in Pearl Harbor can still watch it before dinner. Go to the battle report, and then directly celebrate our victory with a rich dinner!" Mitchell said excitedly.

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