Chapter 2784 Melee Combat 2
The Colorado's heavy hammer hit the middle and rear of the Nagato's hull. This shot tore open the opponent's defense at the seam of two steel plates and destroyed a drive shaft all the way down. This caused the Nagato's speed to drop significantly, and because the explosion also damaged the steering gear, the maneuverability was also compromised. The heavy blows made the Japanese realize that their opponents were no ordinary people.
In the next few minutes, both sides violently attacked, and frightening explosions were heard from time to time on the dilapidated hull. Huge bullet holes appeared in the originally thick armor, flames and gunpowder smoke poured out from the collapsed cabin, and the remains of soldiers and blood covered the entire deck.
The two sides were just like two berserkers covered in blood who had already fought. Even though they were seriously injured, they still attacked each other crazily. Neither of the two flagships flinched. They both persisted. They believed that as long as they could resist, Live, then the battle victory will eventually belong to you!
The Americans fought tenaciously, and even the most critical of officers could not fault them. However, in this fierce and short battle, the Nagato, which originally had an advantage in performance, gradually took the upper hand, while the Colorado was already exhausted due to previous battle injuries and its own performance.
It has now been penetrated by the opponent's main belt at least 5 times. Key equipment such as the artillery, power compartment, motor compartment, condenser, etc. have all been severely damaged. The damaged hull has brought at least 3,500 tons of weight to this U.S. Navy flagship. water! However, at this moment, the god of death from the sky put the last nail in the coffin of the most powerful battleship in the U.S. Navy!
"We finally have a target worth attacking! We will be the crew that massacred the largest warship in the world! And it may also be the flagship of the US fleet!" Shimada said excitedly as he looked at the staggering giant ship on the sea. Shimada is the kind of person who endures until the end. When most of the bombers were wasting their ammunition on the two armored cruisers, he and his teammates endured it, and now, all the waiting and efforts have been rewarded. In return, although all their aircraft could only choose a nearby sea surface to make an emergency landing after completing the attack. But Shimada believes that it is all worth it!
The entire battlefield was in chaos, all the battleships on both sides were damaged, the deck was in a mess, and the destroyers were in a mass, unable to organize effective anti-air defense. Therefore, these patient vultures finally got the chance to fight in a normal battle. Best chance to attack! 10 torpedo planes roared down and launched lightning strikes on the Colorado from two directions!
10 criss-crossing torpedo tracks were waving on the sea like death's scythes. The Colorado, which had been severely damaged, failed to escape the disaster in the end. After dodging 7 torpedoes, the remaining 3 torpedoes hit it successively. The first two torpedoes of this U.S. Navy flagship hit the already dilapidated left hull. With a violent explosion, two 15-meter-long cracks appeared on the Colorado waterline. The staggering giant quickly tilted toward the sea to the left, as if one of its legs had been suddenly broken. A large number of compartments were destroyed, and the shock wave generated by the torpedo explosion had severely damaged the interior of the battleship.
The Colorado is now on the verge of collapse from the inside out.
The other two torpedoes hit the opposite side of the ship. The attack of this torpedo shut down the last motor room of the Colorado. All electrical appliances in the entire battleship lost power. The interior of the hull was dark. The water pumps were no longer pumping water, and various motors And the servo also lost its function. At this moment, the fate of the Colorado has been locked!
However, it turns out that for the U.S. Navy's most elite battleship with a displacement of up to 35,000 tons, the aerial torpedo charge is still a bit short. Although this battleship is destined to sink, there is still time before it sinks. To transfer people. Under the desperate cover of the accompanying destroyer squadron, a destroyer finally approached the sinking USS Colorado.
"The Colorado is finished. I suggest the fleet command team immediately transfer to a new battleship to continue commanding the battle!" the Colorado's captain pleaded.
"I, I feel like I failed..." Sims said sadly and indignantly, looking at the devastated deck and damaged hull.
"Sims, if you fall here, that will be the biggest failure." After Magiffin finished speaking, he waved his hand, and a group of people rushed up and lifted Sims out of the control tower. "You should also prepare to evacuate. Maybe we will be defeated today, but more people will play a role in the counterattack tomorrow." After finishing speaking, Ma Jifen also left the bridge. They will be transferred to a new flagship to continue commanding the battle.
"This will be the beginning of our victory!" Motaro Yoshimatsu said excitedly as he looked at the battleship Colorado that had gradually sunk into the sea. This was his most valuable prey since joining the army! none of them! However, maybe there is a certain being who particularly dislikes the so-called, maybe the God of War does not want the Japanese to win so easily. Just as the Colorado sank to the bottom of the sea, an explosion came from the queue of the Japanese fleet in the distance. The sound shocked the Japanese! In the distance, a huge mushroom cloud rose into the sky, indicating that a warship here had completed its mission and returned to the embrace of the sea.
"Well done! We killed a Japanese battleship!" The U.S. Navy on the Nevada was excited! In the distance, a slender figure was sinking quickly into the sea water, and this unlucky guy was the Hiei battlecruiser that had been beaten for a long time before and was known as one of the battleships destined to sink in the Japanese Navy! As the battleship with the worst defense in this battle, the Hiei was not as lucky as the Kongo. After losing its combat effectiveness, it turned in. After more than an hour of naval battle, the Hiei finally waited for the one who sent him to hell. A cannonball!
At a distance of 10,500 meters, a shell that went straight to the Hiei ammunition depot finally ended everything! Although the American's 14-inch artillery armor-piercing ability is not particularly outstanding, it can still penetrate the 8-inch armor and the dome armor behind it at this distance. The Hiei's 8-inch side armor was easily penetrated like paper. It was torn open, and the dome armor behind was extremely fragile under the impact of the artillery shell weighing more than 600 kilograms. In the end, the artillery shell penetrated through the layers of obstacles and penetrated into the ammunition depot. With an earth-shattering explosion, hundreds of tons of Cannonballs and propellant charges release their light and heat in a fraction of a second!
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