Chapter 1331: Ants bite the elephant to death

Although, compared to the huge warships with a displacement of more than 70,000 tons, the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy are like ants. However, many times, if there are too many ants, they can still bite the elephant to death.www.biquge.info Not to mention, these carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy carried heavy aviation armor-piercing shells and heavy aviation torpedoes. These weapons, for battleships on the sea, have extremely strong lethality.

"Fighter cover, dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft attack, sinking the battleships of the Americans, not a single one can be spared." The commander of the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy, gave the order.

"Da Da Da!" The fighters first launched an attack, using aviation machine guns in the wings and guns in the nose to strafe the anti-aircraft gun emplacements on the battleships of the American army, suppressing their anti-aircraft fire, and creating favorable conditions for the attack of the dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft of the Imperial Navy.

"When! While! While! "Bullets hit the battleship and burst out sparks. Many bullets hit the American sailors, easily tearing their bodies to shreds. The bullets of these aviation machine guns are already very powerful, far more than a few fragile human bodies can resist.

"Boom! Rumble! "Two 30-millimeter cannon shells hit an anti-aircraft gun position, killing several US soldiers, and the anti-aircraft guns were not manned, so naturally they could no longer fire, making the US anti-aircraft firepower appear obvious loopholes.

At this time, the dive bombers hovering in the sky seized this opportunity and immediately launched an attack. They dived down from an altitude of up to 3,000 meters, and in an almost vertical manner, threw aviation armor-piercing shells directly onto the US warships.

"Boom! Rumble! A violent explosion sounded, and the American warship was enveloped in flames and gunsmoke. The 500-kilogram aviation armor-piercing projectile is very powerful under the effect of gravitational acceleration, and can easily penetrate the deck armor of a battleship, and even the armor on the top of the turret. In the turret of the battleship, the frontal armor was the thickest, followed by the side and rear armor, and finally the top armor. Once the armor of the turret is penetrated, it will undoubtedly cause great damage to the battleship.

More than 200 carrier-based planes attacked six battleships of the US Navy, which was equivalent to 36 carrier-based planes attacking one battleship. Even though the anti-aircraft firepower of the battleship was very strong, it was still difficult to stop in the face of the dense attack of the Imperial Navy's shipboard secrets.

"Boom!" A 500-kilogram heavy aviation armor-piercing projectile hit the foredeck of the battleship 'Montana', and then a large hole was blown out in its deck. The shell pierced the deck armor and exploded inside, blowing up several compartments inside. At the same time, four torpedo attack aircraft flew towards the battleship "Montana" and, less than a kilometer from the battleship "Montana", dropped torpedoes. Four 533 mm heavy torpedoes rushed towards the battleship 'Montana' at high speed.

"Damn it!" Major General Robert was on the command tower, watching this scene clearly, which made his scalp a little numb. The battleship 'Montana' immediately began to make an emergency evasion. These heavy torpedoes were a lethal threat to the battleship Montana.

"Knock knock!" A quadruple 40-mm anti-aircraft gun aboard the battleship Montana was firing wildly, shell casings falling onto the deck with a clanging sound. A torpedo attack aircraft, which had just finished dropping its torpedo and was about to pull up, was hit by an anti-aircraft shell. The tremendous power of the anti-aircraft artillery shells instantly blew up the torpedo attack plane and disintegrated it into the air.

The battleship 'Montana' made a quick turn and tried to aim its bow in the direction of the torpedo. In this way, it will undoubtedly be possible to reduce the area hit by the torpedo, and thus reduce the probability of being hit. It's just that a battleship with a length of two hundred and eighty meters wants to complete the turn in a short time, so how is it possible? The sailors on the battleship Montana could only watch as the torpedoes rushed towards them.

Of the four torpedoes, three were shot, and one went directly under the belly of the battleship 'Montana'. The American sailors on the battleship closed their eyes in horror, as if they were waiting for the torpedo to explode.

However, to their surprise, after waiting for a few seconds, the torpedo did not explode, which surprised the American sailors very much, and at the same time, a trace of happiness flashed in their eyes. If this torpedo exploded, Hiei would cause a lot of trouble for the battleship Montana.

This torpedo did not hit the battleship 'Montana' because of its fixed depth, but passed directly under its belly.

"God forbid!" Even Major General Robert couldn't help but say this. This is undoubtedly too lucky for them.

However, as the saying goes, you can't hide from the first day of junior high school. The fortune of the battleship 'Montana' could not have been good forever. The carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy are still launching overwhelming fierce strikes, and aerial bombs and torpedoes are pouring down on the battleship Montana as if they don't want money, which makes it inevitable that the battleship Montana will also suffer a lot of bombs and torpedoes.

The first battleship to be heavily damaged by the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy was the US Navy's battleship 'Kentucky', and the sixth ship of this 'Iowa-class' battleship was undoubtedly very eye-catching in this naval battle, causing considerable casualties to the Imperial Navy. Now, under the fierce siege of the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy, it is still very embarrassed.

"Knock knock!" The 20 quadruple 40-mm anti-aircraft guns and 49 20-mm anti-aircraft guns on the battleship 'Kentucky' fired frantically into the air, forming a dense anti-aircraft fire network to stop the attack of the Imperial Navy's carrier-based aircraft.

However, in the eyes of the pilots of carrier-based aircraft in the Imperial Navy, these seemingly dense anti-aircraft fire networks were actually not very good. They can maneuver agile warplanes and navigate through these anti-aircraft fire nets.

However, it is also common for carrier-based aircraft to be hit by anti-aircraft fire from the US Navy. Attacking a battleship with strong air defense is naturally much more dangerous than attacking a warship lacking air defense. Fortunately, this sea area has been controlled by the Imperial Navy, and even if the pilot parachutes, he can be rescued. In this way, the losses of the carrier-based aircraft forces of the Imperial Navy could be minimized.

"Woo! Woo! "Four dive bombers began to attack, entered the dive channel at an altitude of three thousand meters and began to dive attack. At an altitude of only 500 meters from the battleship Kentucky, these dive bombers dropped aerial bombs and then changed their dive paths.

When a dive bomber was pulled up, it was hit by an anti-aircraft shell, and the carrier-based aircraft fell headlong into the sea and exploded. However, three of the four heavy aviation armor-piercing shells hit the battleship Kentucky.

A bomb hit an anti-aircraft gun group on the side of the battleship 'Kentucky', destroying four anti-aircraft guns, leaving a hole in its anti-aircraft fire net. Another aerial bomb hit the superstructure of the USS Kentucky, blowing up a large hole and causing a raging fire. The last aerial bomb hit the top of the main turret in the tail section of the Kentucky. The weak top armor of the turret was pierced, and the bomb exploded inside the turret. The huge power directly blew up the entire main turret. What's worse is that at this moment there are still three 406-mm shells and more than a ton of ****** in the turret. These shells and ****** were killed in an instant. The tremendous force blew up the entire stern of the battleship Kentucky.

The sea water rushed into the battleship, and the damage management personnel immediately began to think of ways to control the damage. It's just that it's undoubtedly difficult. Especially when the attack of the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy did not end.

Four torpedo attack planes seized the opportunity to launch an attack on the battleship "Kentucky", and they flew the warplanes and dropped torpedoes at a distance of 800 meters from the "Kentucky". As a result, all four torpedoes hit the battleship Kentucky, and these 533-mm heavy torpedoes tore several large holes near the underwater armor of the battleship Kentucky, causing seawater to pour into the battleship.

Although the damage management crew of the battleship 'Kentucky' closed the watertight compartment, they also frantically pumped the seawater entering the hull out of the battleship. But it turned out that such efforts were in vain.

Four dive bombers attacked the Kentucky again. This time, the battleship 'Kentucky' was even more unlucky, and all four bombs hit the hapless battleship, which immediately added to its injuries.

After more than ten minutes of hard work, the damage management personnel reported to the captain that they had done their best. However, because the damage to the battleship was too great, there was nothing they could do.

As a last resort, the captain had no choice but to give the order to abandon the ship. Soon, the huge warship, with a displacement of more than 50,000 tons, sank into the sea. This is also the third battleship of the U.S. Navy to be sunk in this naval battle.

When Rear Admiral Robert learned of the sinking of the battleship Kentucky, he did not have a superfluous expression. Because the current battleship "Montana" is also difficult to protect itself. To be precise, not only the battleship "Montana", but all the battleships of the other US Navy, are already difficult to protect themselves. Under the attack of the carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy, these sturdy battleships are being devastated. In front of these battleships, carrier-based aircraft like ants are using their powerful attacks to claim that they are the kings of naval warfare. (To be continued.) )