Chapter 2687 The First Kill of an American Aircraft Carrier 2
The American eagle has taken off. "Looking at the USS Constellation aircraft carrier in the distance continuously releasing carrier-based aircraft, Redel said: "Although it is far not as sharp as the German long sword. But they will eventually grow! "
"Maybe there is still expansion, who knows?" Su Xiong also looked at the American attack aircraft group and said. However, regardless of the attitude of the Germans, the Americans finally took the first step! If Sims's aircraft carrier-based aircraft force perfectly consumed the British aviation power in the Battle of the Norwegian Sea and tested the defensive power of the American aircraft carrier to a certain extent, then this time it is to test the offensive capabilities!
Nearly 40 aircraft of various types rushed towards the lone Japanese battleship in the distance like a pack of wolves, but the latter still knew nothing about its upcoming fate! Until the roar of the plane broke the silence on the sea, and when dozens of planes formed a formation similar to a large loaf of bread and roared over, the Japanese were stunned!
"This? What is happening?! The Americans actually deployed an aircraft carrier?" Chaos ensued on the bridge.
"Ours has been discovered! Everything is over!" A shadow of fear enveloped the entire battleship. But soon, the Yamagiri was preparing for a last-ditch effort, and the crew was busy running around on the deck. Because this battleship was so old that there was no position reserved for anti-aircraft artillery during the design, so whether it was a 75mm Artillery, the 2-pounder guns imported from Britain, and anti-aircraft machine guns could only be placed between the deck and the building. There was no fire control except for the sights on the artillery and the artillery scopes in the hands of the soldiers. The two seaplanes that were still usable took off, but they were of no use except being smashed into pieces by the US Air Force's F1F fighter jets with large-caliber machine guns. From the time the target was discovered to the time the bombs hit the air, there was only a short ten minutes!
The Americans put their dive bombers into action for the first time! If the first SA1 bomber carrying a 500-pound bomb roars down like an eagle, sparse anti-aircraft firepower tries to prevent the first wave of American attacks, but all this will be in vain! The bomber began to dive bomb at a 45-degree angle from an altitude of 600 meters. The huge change in displacement made it impossible for the Japanese anti-aircraft firepower to catch it. The attack was quick and elegant. The bomber flew past the target like an ancient cavalry. The falling bombs are the scimitars in their hands!
However, the effect of the first attack was not very good. There was only one near-miss in the initial six bomber attacks. The huge explosion caused some damage to the middle part of the Yamagiri's hull below the waterline, but that was all. Yamagiri then began to release smoke, and the dive bombers behind it were somewhat blinded.
"It feels like the effect is not very good." After the bombing, the squadron leader responsible for commanding the horizontal bombing said with some depression as he looked at the smoke from the rear deck of the battleship Yamagiri and the twin turrets on the bow in the distance. In the end, the dive bombing squadron with 15 dive bombers could only confirm two hits and one near-miss. This result made the U.S. Navy feel a little depressed. Of course, the most frustrating thing was that the lethality of dive bombing was somewhat low. The Americans chose 500-pound semi-armor-piercing bombs, hoping to penetrate the horizontal armor of the warship while also having high explosive power. ,
However, it turned out that it did not seem to penetrate the opponent's armor, and at the same time, it was not destructive enough to the unarmored area. This is embarrassing...
After the war, the U.S. Navy concluded that dive bombers were not effective in two ways. The first point was a lack of experience, and the second point was that there seemed to be some problems with the dive bombing targeting equipment.
However, the subsequent horizontal bombing performed very well. Eight bombers carrying bombs weighing 1,000 pounds formed a triangular formation and flew over the Yamagiri. Outside the effective range of Japanese anti-aircraft firepower, the American horizontal bomber formation Leisurely dropped a set of bombs! However, in this horizontal bombing, the US bomber force, which could only hit one bomb on average in the past, directly hit three bombs this time!
But this time, the lethality of three 1,000-pound semi-armor-piercing bullets not only frightened the Japanese, but even shocked the Americans! The first 1,000-pound semi-armor-piercing bullet roared down from an altitude of 500 meters! This bomb landed directly between the bow chimney and the main mast! After continuously penetrating several decks, the bomb exploded near the flue armor! With a loud noise, nearly 200 kilograms of explosives were detonated directly! The huge shock wave carried the explosion debris and shattered the entire No. 1 chimney, and also destroyed the main mast!
One of the other two bombs hit the upper part of the boiler room. This bomb penetrated the fragile armor belt on the upper part of the boiler room and detonated in the boiler room! This explosion doesn't matter, at least 8 boilers were destroyed instantly! The flames poured out like a tide, and at the same time, a large amount of high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor began to spread in the cabin, and poured out along the breach, even washing away the smoke previously released by the Yamagiri.
This bomb can be said to have directly killed half the life of the Shanwu! The last bomb sealed the victory completely, because the last bomb hit the steering gear compartment at the rear of the Yamagiri's hull! And this time not only destroyed the steering gear compartment, but also completely blew up a drive shaft in the lower part of the steering gear compartment! As a result, the Yamagiri no longer even had the chance to adjust its course using the speed difference between the propellers! I can only become a salted fish drifting with the tide...
"The battle is over!" When the torpedo planes launched the attack, the remaining life of the Yamagiri could only be described in minutes. The eight torpedo planes leisurely divided into two groups, and then launched lightning strikes from two directions at the same time! 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 hit hard. The moment the hull touched the sea, it fell apart!
From the launch of the attack to the sinking of the Yamagiri, the whole process took less than 20 minutes! Except for the somewhat unsatisfactory performance of the dive bomber unit, the performance of both horizontal bombers and torpedo planes was very good, especially horizontal bombing. The damage effect brought by horizontal bombing with high yield and high altitude was really great. As for the accuracy of air strikes, the Americans didn't care too much. After all, their performance this time was really outstanding.
"This is a great victory! The United States Navy has made a leap forward! I think we can send out the battle report now. If we move faster, I'm afraid General Sims at Pearl Harbor can still read it before dinner. Go to the battle report, and then celebrate our victory with a sumptuous dinner!" Mitchell said excitedly.
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