Three Hundred and Sixty-Three Torpedoes
Captain Jason put down his binoculars and stood in his bridge, his eyes resolute and steady. He's an old sailor, a ship boss who's been on a boat all his life.
When he joined the army and was assigned to the navy, he saw firsthand the rise of the Irish navy. From the initial looting battle to the south, to the subsequent blockade of the Endless Sea, he participated in all of them.
He was the captain then, and he is still the captain now. The only difference is that he is now the captain of a destroyer and the commander of a destroyer fleet.
"Keep speed! Bow to enemy! Check all torpedo safety devices! Bow guns ready to fire!"
The destroyer he is in charge of is a standard American Fletcher-class destroyer, with a new style with strong firepower, high speed and excellent combat effectiveness.
Another advantage of this type of destroyer is that the manufacturing process is relatively simple, and it can be produced in exaggerated quantities.
During World War II, the United States mass-produced a full 175 standard Fletcher-class destroyers in just two years, and an average of 7 ships can be launched per month.
The Fletcher-class destroyer has a full-load displacement of 3,050 tons and a battleship length of nearly 115 meters. It is already a very standard World War II large destroyer.
The main weapon of the entire warship is five single-barreled 127mm high-level dual-purpose guns. The performance of this artillery is very good, and it is also the main reason why the Fletcher-class destroyer is favored by the Navy.
In addition, this destroyer is also equipped with two five-mounted 533mm torpedo launch tubes, which can fire 10 torpedoes in one salvo, and have a strong ability to damage large warships.
In order to cope with the air power of the Demon Navy, it is also equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, including 3 twin 40mm Bofors cannons and 10 single-barrel 20mm Oerlikon cannons. It can be said that the anti-aircraft firepower is very powerful.
Moreover, this warship also uses a relatively new power system with a rated power of 60,000 horsepower, which can allow the warship to run at an astonishing speed of 70 kilometers per hour!
In the sea, this speed is already very amazing. Of course, the destroyer can become the future maritime hegemony, eliminating the cruiser and the battleship, of course, there is a certain reason.
At least, Alan Hill now likes this type of battleship very much, because the speed of construction is too fast.
Because the outbreak of the Magic Eye on the Endless Sea was successfully predicted, the construction of the navy was carried out in advance. At this time, a batch of new warships happened to be in service, and the number of naval ships was quickly replenished.
An end to the severe shortage of naval ships.
Most of these newly commissioned warships are destroyers, and most of them are Fletcher-class artillery torpedo destroyers, which also makes it much easier for the Navy to train command talents, dispatch talents, maintain talents, and unify production processes.
The Fletcher-class destroyer also lived up to expectations. With its powerful performance, it met the operational requirements of the Navy and became the absolute main force in the current navy destroyer formation in Ireland Hill.
On the other hand, because it is equipped with electronic equipment such as radar, this destroyer can attack opponents with high precision, and at the same time, it can also be on air alert and air defense. It is a very comprehensive warship.
It is precisely because of this that when Ireland Hill has begun to build a large-scale guided missile destroyer, this kind of destroyer has not been discontinued, but is still being built and used in large quantities.
The two 127mm caliber guns on the bow pointed at the enemy and fired violently at a distance of five kilometers. After the destroyer fleet took a favorable position on the flanks, they began their best tactical play.
The demon battleship naturally did not spare the enemies whose artillery did not look very sharp. The battleships on both wings also began to fight back with magic-guided cannons. .
"The distance is approaching 4 kilometers! Captain!" A non-commissioned officer reported nervously as the sea water stirred up by a water column in front of him fell, splashing on the bow of the ship.
Their 127mm caliber naval guns have limited lethality to the demon battleship. After all, under the obstruction of the magic defense barrier, hitting the side of the demon battleship can only cause a non-lethal breakdown effect.
Wanting to sink an enemy ship, this kind of endless shelling is really worrying. Therefore, for destroyers, if you want to end the battle quickly, you still need to see the torpedo attack.
Therefore, the main reason why Captain Jason is desperately closing the distance now is to prepare to make a full turn at the right time and use the broadside torpedoes to cause trouble for the opponent's fleet. This is his tactic that is easier to create results, and it is also his trump card.
"Send a signal to the Lemei and Sidding behind! Full left rudder! Prepare to launch torpedoes!" Jason raised his telescope again, looked at the demon fleet that was already close at hand, and ordered.
This is a dangerous moment, because as his warship begins to turn, the enemy's attack will have a larger area to target, and the next attack will definitely be more accurate, or his warship will be sunk .
However, he resolutely decided to turn, preparing to target more artillery and torpedoes at the enemy's battleship.
Almost at the same moment, a demon bat fell from the sky, ready to pounce on the battleship to attack. Although its fangs and fangs cannot cause damage to the main body of the battleship, it can attack the soldiers on the battleship.
You must know that many artillery positions on the battleship, including the torpedo launching positions, are all exposed outside the battleship. Once someone attacks, there will definitely be corresponding casualties.
"Tudu! Tutu!" The 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun on the ship began to shoot at the rushing demon bat, which was quickly pierced by the cannonball's wings and fell into the sea beside it.
But another demon bat rushed over from the other side and rammed directly into the hull of the destroyer under the command of Jason. The 20mm anti-aircraft gun on the side strafeed at the demon bat, but did not immediately kill the behemoth.
I saw it struggling for a while, using the angle to avoid the shells that hit its vital parts, and then directly biting a soldier on the deck, throwing him into the sea.
The surrounding soldiers were so frightened that they quickly dispersed to avoid it. This nimble monster interspersed back and forth between the gaps in the buildings on the battleship, until it was completely killed when the second sailor was killed.
Black blood splattered all over the deck of the battleship, and the corpse of the soldier who was bitten into two pieces lay beside the mouth of the demon bat. The cruel picture seemed to make one's stomach twitch.
At this time, the Fletcher-class destroyers lined up in a row began to turn as a whole. The flagship Anson, headed, had already aimed its broadside at the enemy, and the Lemei destroyer, which followed, had also begun to move rapidly. turn.
Because the speed is too fast, the sharp bow of the destroyer cuts through the sea water, and the splashing waves are regular and beautiful.
The naval guns on the battleship were still firing continuously, and the shells hit the opponent's magic defense barrier one by one, leaving intractable marks on it.
"Torpedo! Fan launch! Three, two, one! Volley!" Jason seized the opportunity and ordered the torpedo attack.
After the hull of his destroyer and the opponent's battleship were in a relatively parallel state, he gave the order to fire the torpedoes.
Following his order, the torpedo tubes that had already been turned to the broad side shot all 10 torpedoes in one go.
The compressed air pushed out the huge torpedo in the torpedo tube, and almost at the same time, a shell fired by a magic cannon was directly mounted on the bridge of the destroyer Sidding, which had just begun to turn.
In just an instant, the huge energy melted the bridge of the entire destroyer, leaving a huge black hole on it.
Then the destroyer HMS Sitting lost its response and did not turn any more. It lost control like this, and in the raging fire, along its inherent route, it rushed straight to the direction of the demon fleet.
"The Westin! The Westin!" The radio operator grabbed the communicator and repeated the call over and over again. He seemed to want to hear the answer from the Westin, but the radio was silent and despairing.
The powerful attack directly reimbursed most of the Sidney's superstructure, and even detonated the torpedoes it carried. A few seconds later, the warship, which had only been in the water for a few weeks, exploded into a flame on the sea and then sank, killing all 353 people on board, none of whom were spared.
Just when the Xiding exploded and sank, the white tracks around it had begun to fade away. The white foam left by these torpedoes rowed towards the demon fleet at an extremely fast speed.
These underwater, vengeful ghosts are rushing towards the distant demon fleet at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour.
Different from the attack methods on the water, the power of these underwater ghost explosions is stronger than that of ordinary air explosions, and only one can paralyze or directly kill a huge demon battleship.
Those demons who stood on the side of the ship watching the explosion of the Alan Hill destroyer in the distance also discovered these white tracks representing death.
They pointed to the white track on the sea in horror, and shouted to their companions: "Those! Those underwater weapons! Underwater...weapons!"
In his desperate cries, a white track had reached his feet. It represented the traces of death, and the moment it came into contact with the battleship, the sea immediately began to boil.
In the next second, a huge explosion broke the sailing demon's battleship, and the sea water turned into a dragon, swallowing everything within the explosion range at once.
The entire demon battleship was broken from the middle, the deck was torn apart due to the enormous force, and the surrounding demon corpses began to slide to the broadside as the battleship tilted.
Then, before the battleship sank into the sea, the magical propulsion device exploded violently, tearing the remaining battleship into pieces.