Chapter 478： Rodney's steering gear

Antiaircraft artillery is also divided into performance. For example, the previous 37mm hand drawn machine in Germany, this antiaircraft gun, there is no different, and the 40mm Bofors antiaircraft gun, then the absolute firepower is disheartening. .

The current Rodney is still an early British anti-aircraft artillery, and its firepower is far from enough. Moreover, the German aircraft flew cunningly from the other side of the ship's side in the dark.

This made them extremely nervous. As soon as the gunners found the target, the opponent already swooped down!

"Fire!" The artillery commander shouted loudly. The 40-millimeter shells were thrown into the sky, but it was useless. The opponent had already raised a 70-degree dive angle. A bomb was flying along the opponent's glide line. Come up!

"Zuo Man Ruo!" Captain James shouted loudly. These Germans are so cunning. They actually discovered the weakness of their warship.

If compared with other battleships in history, the Rodney, with a displacement of 35,000 tons, has one of the most obvious characteristics, that is, the three main guns in triple mounts are all on the bow.

It can't be called the bow completely. The three main guns in triple mounts are arranged in the middle of the hull.

Since the front stage is all the main artillery, the other secondary artillery can only be deployed to the back. The front anti-aircraft firepower is very weak. The opponent has grasped this shortcoming and almost always bombed the front!

The Rodney has another disadvantage, that is, the power of the main engine is not enough, and the maximum speed is only 23 knots. You must know that even battleships from the First World War era can often reach a high speed of 30 knots.

The speed is low, the steering is not fast enough, and the horsepower is small, and the original speed cannot be quickly restored.

The bow of the ship turned around, and almost passed the falling bomb, the bomb was less than one meter away from the side of the ship!

This makes everyone feel frightened.

A huge left full rudder slowed the speed of the battleship, and it was no longer so easy to dodge it for the second time. At this time, you can see Stuka one after another in the sky, with Screaming, dived down toward the Rodney!

"Boom!" The second Stuka was suddenly shot while diving. This was not an attack by the Rodney, but an anti-aircraft artillery on a nearby battleship to support them.

Before there was time to cheer, the third Stuka bomber dropped a 500 kg bomb.

This time, the Rodney did not evade, and they also discovered the black belly of the Germans. The second one was specially designed to attract their attention, so that the third one could win the battle!

The bomb was falling slowly. In everyone's attention, the bomb almost wiped the No. 2 turret. A violent explosion occurred on the left deck below the No. 2 turret!

"boom!"

Like all battleships of this era, the side armor and turret armor are thick enough, but his deck is not thick enough, only 152 mm!

This 500-kilogram bomb exploded the Rodney's deck in an instant. In the big explosion, the deck was cocked and the structure below the deck was dangerous!

What is below? Of course it is the ammunition and loading equipment for the huge naval gun. If there is a martyrdom, the entire Rodney will be destroyed!

"Quickly, immediately carry out damage management!" Captain James shouted loudly. In the air raid in Scarpa Bay, the British fox lost a large number of warships and could not stand any more losses. If he was a super ship The battleship was also lost, and the British fox was really about to fall.

Several fire-fighting water hoses started to water over there. The British foxes are well-trained and fully displayed at this time!

If they only get this one, they can still bear it, but the other bombers are still diving down desperately!

For the fourth and fifth aircraft, in order to pursue the accuracy of bombing, the German pilots didn't care about the anti-aircraft fire below, and dived to a height of several hundred meters before dropping bombs!

The Rodney was hit by a large bomb again, hit the back of the No. 3 turret, and exploded in front of the bridge. This explosion killed more than fifty British sailors in an instant. They were all in progress. Damage control person!

Moreover, the explosion destroyed the fire fighting crew!

On the entire battleship, there were a lot of onion bullets and flames. At this time, the people on the warship became uneasy in their hearts.

I am afraid that this warship cannot escape.

"Report, the steering gear is malfunctioning." The room leaked in the night rain, and at this moment, this frustrating news reached James' ears.

The Nelson-class rudder has always had problems. There was a bit of wind and waves, and it was punished to sail with full rudder to resist yaw. In later generations, the rudder of its second ship was strengthened, but the Rodney did not have time to modify it.

After the steering gear fails, the engine can't continue to start, otherwise, the water flow of the propeller will completely damage the steering gear, which is extremely complicated to repair, and even cut off the tail of the ship.

But now, they have no chance to do any actions.

When the steering gear is damaged, it loses its maneuverability!

"Boom!" The Rodney, sailing straight at low speed is simply a target ship, another Stuka bomber, with a sharp howling, dived down, and this bomb was dropped. In the hole of the first bomb!

"Boom!" A huge explosion sounded. Two seconds after the explosion sounded, a louder explosion suddenly appeared.

The earth shook and the mountains shook, and the entire baking was discolored. The Rodney’s skyrocket was brighter than the burning Competitive God, and its ammunition depot had exploded!

In this era, battleship confrontation and artillery bombardment are still the most common combat methods. However, after a few attacks, it also taught everyone a lesson. The dive bombing of carrier-based aircraft caused great damage to battleships!

If you do not pay attention to the air defense of warships, you will definitely suffer a lot!

On the Atlantic Ocean, the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the nuclear lifted several meters high. In the nuclear, the deck of the Adolf-Xianle aircraft carrier was also swaying from the left.

"No, we can no longer land on our deck conditions!" The voice on the bridge was urgent.

"Then you have to land, and erect the blocking net!" Captain Thiele looked at the shaking deck and clenched his fist: "Even if the plane is broken, we must keep our pilots safe. Pilots are more important than planes. "

At this time, in the strong wind, the Stuka bomber was like a dangling leaf. Under such weather conditions, there was no possibility of landing.

Asim was the last to land. After completing the attack mission, he lost two Stukas, but it was worthwhile to get the results of three British warships.

During the return flight, the weather conditions deteriorated. Asim led the team and accurately found his own aircraft carrier. Then Asim let the other fighters land first. When it was his turn, the storm became more intense.

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