Chapter 3013 Submarine
The three giant eagle bombing squadrons, under the escort of the Azure Knights, quickly approached the sky above the Feizhen Navy Fleet like a large cloud.
On the bridge of Feizhen's flagship "Eagle", Admiral William Howe, the commander of the navy, saw the scene through the binoculars, and quickly ordered the navigators of the ships to cast spells to create a smoke screen, and the secondary guns fired into the sky, trying their best to stop the enemy's giant eagle Dive bombing!
The nautical warlocks hurried onto the deck, held up their wands, and cast a 2-ring "pyrotechnic spell" to the sky, instantly covering their respective ships in a veil of smog.
Covering warships with "pyrotechnics" is a common defensive tactic in naval warfare, and it has been proven countless times that it can effectively reduce the hit rate of enemy bombardment and air strikes.
Under normal circumstances, the party that initiates the bombing in a naval battle will use magic to disperse the smoke and clear the field of vision—for example, the "wind spell" attached to the collar of the giant crow is mainly designed for this purpose.
Blowing away the smoke also brings a disadvantage, which is to expose itself to the vision of the ship's anti-aircraft guns.
The Far Eastern Air Force adopted another way of thinking. The Giant Eagle Airmen on bombing missions all wore magic goggles and turned on the "fog vision" enchanted by the lens, so that they could clearly see the enemy ships shrouded in smoke.
In this way, the "pyrotechnics" released by the enemy navigators provided a barrier for the giant eagles. The giant eagle bombers dived calmly under the protection of thick smoke, and were less likely to be hit by ship-borne anti-aircraft artillery.
The secondary guns equipped by the Feizhen warships are both high-level and dual-purpose, and the anti-aircraft firepower is not inferior to the turrets of the Far East warships. The shells are helpless, and there is no black technology such as "proximity fuze". Embolden yourself, but in fact, more than 95% of the shells are wasted, and the efficiency is really not high.
The heroic Far East Giant Eagle Air Force took turns to dive-bomb, passing through the barrage of gunpowder smoke and artillery fire, and throwing drop-shaped aerial bombs equipped with tail fins and "delayed fuzes" the moment they dived to the lowest point.
The "delay fuze" is different from the "proximity fuze". The core device has nothing to do with magic, and the detonating powder used is still thunderstone powder. The head is connected to the firing pin of the warhead, and the tail is filled with alchemical gunpowder and blocked with bolts.
When the bomb is thrown out, affected by the tail fin and the structure, the center of gravity will be forward, and it will automatically keep falling vertically. The bullet hits the target, and the impact force excites the priming charge. The priming charge burns along the copper tube, continuously generates gas, and continues to expand. It will break the cork at the end, and the high-temperature gas will ignite the alchemical gunpowder, and then an explosion will occur.
By adjusting the length of the copper tube, the amount of the primer, and the number of threads of the cork, the time to detonate the bomb can be changed, thereby creating a time-delay fuze that meets actual combat needs.
After the bomb test, you can find an optimal detonation time to ensure that the bomb will detonate immediately after penetrating the armor of the enemy ship-too early will not achieve the armor-piercing effect, and too late may cause the detonation to penetrate the target, which is no different from a solid iron ball No, wasting an expensive bomb in vain.
The 500-pound aerial bombs roared down like steel meteors falling from the sky.
A few bombs failed to hit the enemy ships, and fell into the sea, causing a gloomy roar, and immediately set off monstrous waves.
Most of the remaining bombs precisely hit the enemy ship, pierced through the upper deck, and fell into the belly of the hull before triggering the delayed fuze.
The heat wave generated by the explosion soared into the sky, blowing away the gunpowder smoke in the air, and the blue sky knights on the Pegasus back got a glimpse of the results of this round of bombing through the enchanted goggles.
No fewer than ten Fizen warships suffered heavy damage in this round of bombing, and the most shocking scene occurred on the battleship "Majestic" which was only half a nautical mile away from "Eagle".
A bomb hit the secondary gun at the stern of the "Majestic", penetrated the armor and penetrated into the turret, detonating the ammunition depot.
Accompanied by the roar that shook the sea and sky for a lifetime, the fireball sprayed from the turret was as huge as a two-story building.
The explosive ammunition depot almost shattered the entire stern of the ship. More than 300 Feizhen officers and soldiers working near the stern were affected by the explosion and all died in the instant the flames rose.
Under the watchful eyes of the giant eagle and the blue sky knights, the iron-clad warship with a displacement of nearly 10,000 tons shook violently. In the end, it still failed to stabilize the seriously unbalanced center of gravity, and plunged into the sea like a pebble thrown into a lake. It quickly disappeared under the vast expanse of blue waves, without a trace.
In addition to the bombardment of naval guns on the sea and the bombardment of eagles in the air, there is also a thrilling confrontation under the seemingly calm water surface and in the deep sea.
The Fizen Navy did make the mistake of underestimating its opponent. The intelligence collected before the war was not complete enough, especially the new technology of "Magic Proximity Fuze" was not taken seriously. However, this does not mean that the Fizhen Navy also made mistakes in other aspects. got the same error.
In fact, the two new weapons "diving mecha" and "magic torpedo" played a key role in the Far East Navy's ability to defeat the mighty Ashan Empire naval fleet in the Golden Horn naval battle three years ago.
The intelligence department of the Feizhen military did not ignore these two factors. It pointed out in the report that the Far East Navy has established a submarine force. The mechanical armor codenamed "Steel Cavalry" can not only fight on land, but also seal the engine room. Sailing silently under the feet, approaching enemy ships from underwater and destroying them.
In addition to using physical means to destroy the bottom of the ship, the Far East Navy's submarine force is also equipped with a special bomb called "1625-type magic torpedo". Use the built-in "depth gauge" to maintain the navigation depth, and hit the part of the enemy ship below the waterline that is not protected by the armor belt and immediately explode.
The charge of the warhead of the magic torpedo is not less than 1000 pounds, and the design speed is as high as 42 knots, which is much higher than the speed of the main warships of Vares. Once it is bitten, it is difficult to get rid of it. If it is sunk on the spot, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses.
The only shortcoming of this new type of weapon seems to be that the capacity of the compressed gas cylinders that provide power is limited, and it can only travel about 3 nautical miles underwater at the design speed. After the air pressure drops, the speed of the torpedo will also decrease sharply.
In order to ensure hitting the enemy ship, heavy torpedoes need to be mounted on the back of the "Steel Cavalry". The pilot drives the "Steel Cavalry" to dive in the sea with the torpedo on his back, quietly approaching the enemy ship, and will launch the torpedo only after entering the range.