The sinking of the battleship "Kentucky" indicates that the US Navy has reached a life-and-death point. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn the face of the frantic siege of carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy, the battleships of the US Navy simply could not resist. The USS Kentucky was sunk, and that was just the beginning.

When the battleship "Kentucky" was sunk, the battleship "Illinois" was also in danger. Dozens of carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy are besieging it. Even though the anti-aircraft guns of the battleship 'Illinois' were firing wildly, they still couldn't stop the siege of the Imperial Navy's carrier-based aircraft.

"Torpedo! Four torpedoes were spotted on the port side and quickly evaded. "The sailors on the port side of the battleship 'Illinois' shouted loudly. They saw four torpedoes rushing towards their battleship at high speed, and all of them were terrified.

"Oh God!" Many people screamed in horror.

Even the battleship 'Illinois' has begun to turn. However, it is undoubtedly impossible for a large battleship to turn in a short time in the face of a high-speed incoming torpedo.

A torpedo hit the apostorboard of the battleship 'Illinois' and exploded near its waterline. The great power made the sea water rise into the sky. At the same time, it also caused the waterline armor of the battleship 'Illinois' to be torn open.

"Hell, we've been torpedoed, close the watertight compartment and plug the hole, or else the Kentucky will end up being our example." The captain of the battleship 'Illinois' yelled loudly.

At this time, four dive bombers began to dive from a high altitude again, and the heavy aviation armor-piercing shells hanging under the belly were ready to drop bombs. Although, the battleship 'Illinois' was very well armored. But in the face of aviation armor-piercing shells weighing 500 kilograms, it is still a little difficult. Except for the turret, conning tower and other key areas with armor thickness of more than 500 millimeters, the armor of the rest of the parts could not withstand these heavy bombs.

"Damn, Chinese dive bombers, they're going to drop bombs, quickly evade." An American officer shouted loudly.

The battleship 'Illinois' began to rush left and right on the sea, trying to avoid the attack of the Imperial Navy's dive bombers, like a brute bull at sea.

At an altitude of five hundred meters above the sea surface, carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy dropped aviation armor-piercing shells. Under the effect of gravitational acceleration, these aviation armor-piercing shells smashed into the battleship 'Illinois'.

One of the four bombs landed on the surface of the sea, and apart from splashing a column of water tens of meters high, it did not have any effect on the battleship 'Illinois' at all.

One of the other three bombs was a near-miss, exploding less than five meters from the Illinois battleship. After the bomb exploded, a powerful water pressure swept through the underwater armor of the battleship 'Illinois', tearing a large hole under its water.

The other two bombs hit the battleship Illinois, and one bomb hit the amidships of the battleship Illinois, blowing up its superstructure in a mess. Another bomb hit the stern, and after piercing the deck armor, it exploded inside the battleship. Two propeller shafts were blown up, reducing the speed of the battleship 'Illinois' by more than half.

The current battleship "Illinois" can be described as wounded and wounded, with heavy losses. Subsequently, the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy launched a new attack, and after another five heavy torpedoes and seven heavy aviation armor-piercing shells, the battleship "Illinois" was sentenced to death. The hull was leaking everywhere, and the damage management personnel were still unable to plug the loopholes. At the same time, the hull of the ship has tilted, as if it could capsize on the sea at any moment.

Under such circumstances, the captain had no choice but to give the order to abandon the ship. More than 1,000 naval officers and sailors on board hurriedly rushed to the location of the lifeboat. However, due to the number of lifeboats and the carrying capacity, less than half of the officers and men of the navy successfully escaped, and the rest were not able to escape in time and sank into the sea with the warships.

After the sinking of the battleship "Illinois", the remaining battleship detachment of the US Navy was reduced to only five warships, and the situation was even more unfavorable for them. In the sky, the carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy were still waiting for an opportunity to attack, smashing aviation torpedoes and aviation armor-piercing shells at them. Nearly every U.S. Navy officer and sailor knew that this time they were going to die, and unless it was a manifestation of God, they would not have escaped the frenzied attack of the Chinese Navy.

"General, the battleship 'Illinois' has been sunk. The battleship 'Kentucky' also suffered heavy damage. A staff officer reported to Major General Robert.

Because the armor of the 'Iowa-class' battleships was much weaker than that of the 'Montana-class' battleships, after all, the difference in displacement between the two was more than 20,000 tons. This allowed the Montana-class battleships to be equipped with thicker armor. This also made the 'Iowa-class' battleships a key target for the Imperial Navy's carrier-based aircraft.

Major General Robert nodded, and his heart was also bitter. He knew that under the fierce attack of the carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy, the battleship 'Kentucky' would definitely not last long. It won't be long before the USS Illinois will follow in the footsteps. However, he, the commander of the fleet, could not do anything about it at all.

Now Rear Admiral Robert regrets a little, if at the beginning of the battle, he ordered the battleship detachment of the US Navy to attack the aircraft carriers of the Chinese Navy with all his might, instead of entangled with those old battleships, maybe the battle situation would be completely different.

At the beginning of the battle, in order to show the strength of the battleships of the United States Navy, Rear Admiral Robert ordered the battleships of the United States Navy to attack the old battleships of the Chinese Navy. They did a good job, and the old battleships of the Chinese Navy could not resist. However, it was precisely because of their actions that the Chinese Navy's aircraft carriers were safely evacuated, and now they have released carrier-based aircraft to launch a deadly attack on the US Navy's battleship detachment.

Of course, Rear Admiral Robert did not expect that reinforcements from the Chinese Navy would come so quickly. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so big. At first, he thought that it would be completely too late to wait until their fleet had defeated the battleships of the Chinese Navy before attacking the aircraft carriers of the Chinese Navy. In that case, you can achieve greater results. It will not be that after they attack the aircraft carriers of the Chinese Navy, those battleships will take the opportunity to slip away. But who knew that the 1st and 2nd battleship detachments of the Chinese Navy arrived so quickly?

It's too late to say anything now, and Major General Robert's own choice, even if it costs a lot, can only bear it.

"Boom! Rumble! "Suddenly, two violent explosions sounded in succession, and I saw the battleship 'Kentucky', which turned into a huge fireball. A 500-kilogram heavy aviation armor-piercing projectile hit the battleship 'Kentucky', which exploded after penetrating the deck. However, the bomb blew through the ammunition depot under the No. 2 main turret of the Kentucky, which directly caused the explosion of hundreds of 406 mm shells in the ammunition depot. The tremendous power immediately tore the front half of the hull of the battleship 'Kentucky' to shreds, and the death sentence of the battleship 'Kentucky' was directly pronounced.

After the front half of the hull was severely damaged, the sea water rushed into the battleship Kentucky, causing the bow part to sink into the sea and the stern part to be raised high.

"Click!" The keel of the battleship broke directly because it could not withstand such a large pressure.

After the break, the battleship quickly sank into the sea, leaving a huge whirlpool on the surface of the sea.

Because the speed at which the battleship sank was too fast, the more than 1,000 naval officers and sailors on the battleship did not have time to flee at all.

"General, the battleship 'Kentucky' has also sunk." A staff officer said with a bitter face.

Rear Admiral Robert closed his eyes in pain, and now their fleet was left with only the battleships "Montana", "Ohio", "Maine" and "Louisiana".

Although these four battleships are all powerful 'Montana-class' battleships, if it is in the era of battleships to win sea power, they will be the absolute hegemon in naval battles. However, times are no longer the same. Under the attack of the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy, these four battleships were also scarred. They were sunk, and that was only a matter of time.

Of course, the counterattack of the battleships of the US Navy also caused considerable losses to the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy. Attacking battleships with strong anti-aircraft firepower had to bear these losses themselves.

So far, the Imperial Navy's carrier-based aircraft force has lost more than two dozen carrier-based aircraft, including fighters, dive bombers, and torpedo attack aircraft. Although such losses are not small, they are undoubtedly much smaller than the losses of the Americans. Besides, most of the pilots have successfully parachuted and can be saved, and the losses are just planes, which can be easily replaced.

"It's over, we've lost this battle completely." Major General Robert said secretly. Even though he was arrogant and stubborn. However, when the facts were in front of him, he had to admit defeat. And, it was a fiasco. (To be continued.) )