Chapter 1,239 Fleet Battle 3
Chapter 1239 Fleet Battle 3
As for the subsequent battle, it can be described as one-sided. After the Reshadier sensed the Yevstalin, it aimed its main guns at the former's same-class ship, the John Chrysostom. The battle with this weakling did not take long. Ten minutes after entering effective firing mode, the Resardier smashed at least half a dozen shells on the hull of this quasi-dauntless ship. Two shells were hit in the boiler room, and two shells were fired. After this shocking explosion, not a single boiler was spared. The huge shock wave shredded the cabin above the boiler room and knocked down two chimneys directly. The fire was out of control and began to spread throughout the ship.
"From the surface of the battleship to the lowest deck, almost every cabin was filled with thick smoke and flames. Bodies that died of suffocation and burns could be seen everywhere, making this place almost a morgue. The battleship was under German shelling The constant shaking and fighting, the sound of armor plates being torn apart and the sound of crashing collapsed kept irritating our ears. We crawled hard in the dark cabin, just to escape before the iron coffin sank into the sea. "War. Later, a Russian officer on the John Chrysostom recalled the scene like this.
In the end, the battleship was finally forced to leave the queue 20 minutes after the Resardier opened fire on it, and was then brought down by the destroyer that rushed up with three torpedoes from a distance of 800 meters. It became the second Russian battleship sunk in this naval battle.
Although the battle had some twists and turns, it still unfolded as the Germans expected. The German warships were severely damaged one by one and then killed. However, at this time, the situation on the battlefield changed somewhat. The Scimitar Squadron in the sky could no longer stop the British bombers.
Captain Wolfstein, the leader of the Scimitar Squadron, once again bit a British bomber. If he can shoot it down, this will be his fourth victory today! As he had done before, he easily bit an FB27 bomber, entered from the side and rear, avoiding most of the opponent's self-defense firepower, and then easily pulled the trigger. With a slight vibration, 6 12.7 The MM machine gun smoothly fired hundreds of bullets at the behemoth in front.
However, this time, the torrent of attacks did not last long. After only 3 seconds, the two 12.7MM machine guns located under the wings stopped firing. And 2 seconds later, the four 12.7MM machine guns located on the nose of the aircraft also told its owner with a series of locks that they had run out of ammunition!
"Damn it, if I had known this, I should have put an MG09 in the cockpit!" Wolfstein banged the cockpit angrily. "Boy, I will fly over in a moment. Use your rear-firing machine gun to kill this guy! I will never allow this prey to run away like this or become someone else's record!" the captain said to the telegraph operator and rear guard in his back seat. Sagittarius said.
"Oh God, there's probably no chance!" The colleague in the back seat looked at the MG09 7.92MM machine gun and couldn't help but wailed.
And the situation Wolfstein encountered was exactly the same situation that most of the Scimitar Squadron's fighters encountered - not enough ammunition! A K-4 bomber has about 3,000 rounds of ammunition.
A more capable pilot can kill a target with about 700 rounds of bullets. Yes, you read that right. When attacking, the machine gun fire is a blast, but the ammunition command rate is only about 5%. Don't talk about it if the level is lower. So after the Scimitar Squadron destroyed and damaged 22 bombers, at least half of the interceptors suffered from insufficient ammunition. At this time, there are at least as many British bombers arriving from all directions!
The British on the opposite side seemed to realize that the latter was out of bullets. When the two planes passed by each other, a British pilot pointed the machine gun at Wolfstein in a threatening manner, but did not fire. And this move made the German pilot furious!
"I swear! Absolutely! Absolutely! I won't let you go!" The angry squadron leader asked the pilot in the back seat to parachute, and then he drove the plane to conduct a successful mid-air collision! The K4-J interceptor once again flew past the damaged FB27 bomber. One wing was lifted up and slashed straight towards the left wing of the bomber like a razor!
The collision of wood can only have one result. One-third of the K4-J interceptor's wing was broken off, and half of the poor FB27 bomber's wing was directly destroyed. The scattered wooden bars separated the support columns and engine. It was smashed to pieces, and in just ten seconds, the plane plunged down with only half of its wings! After a moment it turned into a ball of flame.
"Okay, call all the planes that can come over, and let's launch an air attack together. This is our best chance. The German interceptors are at the end of their strength. Our teammates are basically here, and the German fleet is fighting The encounter between the Russian Mediterranean fleets is a very good situation." At this time, Colonel Short, who was not directly involved in the battle, finally ordered an attack.
At this time, 15 V1500 bombers and 7 FB27s had gathered around him. This is the result of Colonel Short's waiting beside the battlefield for more than an hour! As many as 22 bombers lined up in a tight formation in the air, like a group of hedgehogs hugging each other, making it impossible to attack. Many bomber pilots did not choose to join forces after receiving Colonel Short's order. They just saw these bombers piled together and the Germans did not dare to come up, so they flew over... At the beginning, the Scimitar Squadron's massacre of British bombers really left a terrifying impression on them!
"Are we not going to wait any longer?" asked an officer in the back seat.
"It's not necessary. When we came out, we had 4 squadrons with a total of 62 bombers of various types. Now at least 20 have been killed. We have 22 in our hands. The remaining planes either broke down and couldn't come out, or they took the wrong route. ...." Colonel Short said,
Short is indeed worthy of being a veteran in the Royal Air Force. His assessment of the situation is very correct. It is now more than an hour later than expected. Except for the V1500 four-engine bomber, the remaining ones, whether they are FB27 or The fuel capacity of the O-400 bombers should be running low. There is still hope of flying back directly. If there is a delay, let alone whether the Germans can shoot them down, they themselves may not be able to fly back. Now, there are already 15 V1500s, and apart from the ones that were destroyed, there are very few that have not come over yet! Let's start the fight when everyone is almost here. The longer the time goes by, the greater the variables will be!
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