Chapter 1,228 Don’t Leave Once You’re Here

Chapter 1228 Don’t leave once you’re here

First, this is a port, which means that although the battleship was partially sunk, the water depth is shallow and it is easier to salvage it. In fact, if this is a battleship in good condition, even if it hits the same target in a place with a large depth in the open sea, it will still not be fatal. Although there was a lot of water, fortunately there was no damage to the engine room, because the impact was on the upper part of the boiler room...

As for the second point, although the explosion is powerful, it is not an armor-piercing projectile after all. Most of the really important compartments have been retained, such as the ammunition compartment, motor compartment and engine compartment, and there have been almost no fatal blows. After the battle, the cooperation The pontoon can be fished out and then repaired to make do with it. Of course, it's hard to say what will happen if two more bombs are hit, but at this time, the remaining British bombers still carrying ammunition have set their sights on the battleship United Forces, which is leaving the port. .

Three O-400 bombers from Team 7 roared over the USS United Forces, and as expected, these three bombs were dodged by the Austro-Hungarian Navy flagship, which had a speed of 15 knots. The effectiveness of horizontal bombing against moving targets plummets. In the open sea, the attack effect of torpedoes will be much better, but unfortunately, the British have wasted too many torpedoes on the St. Stephen. But even so, the situation of the United Forces is still not optimistic.

A total of 5 British bomber detachments carrying torpedoes launched attacks from both sides at the same time. Although there was no good coordination, they still formed a cross attack. In less than a minute, 5 rounds weighing more than 500 kilograms were fired. The torpedo enters the water from a distance of 800 meters to 500 meters on both sides of the battleship. Driven by the engine, the propeller pushes the torpedo towards the target at a speed of more than 35 knots per hour.

The exhaust gas produced after burning was sent out from the tail of the torpedo to form a white track. In this round of attack, the United Forces was ultimately unable to completely dodge. A torpedo hit the middle of the left side of the hull hard, but the weight Fortunately, the torpedo weighing only 110KG of explosives caused very limited damage to this warship with a complete underwater defense system. After tearing a large hole of 5 square meters and bringing in 650 tons of water, the surging shock wave and shrapnel Finally, it was blocked by the empty warehouse behind the tank.

The British level bombers were indeed not very efficient when attacking moving targets. In the subsequent round of attacks, only one bomb caused a near miss. However, the situation of the United Force was equally good this time. The bomb landed in the middle of the right side of the hull and entered the water 25 meters away. The shock wave generated by the explosion tore several cracks on the starboard side of the United Force. It caused more than 400 tons of water intrusion, that's all, but even so. For this warship, which is about to be repaired, it is estimated that its fate will continue to be in a certain shipyard in the next two months.

Some bombs inevitably destroyed some buildings around the port of Constantinople. Two warehouses and a factory were smashed by falling bombs, and dense bullet holes were left on some buildings.

"The Santo Istvan is doomed,

The United Forces was hit by at least 2 torpedoes and 1 bomb. "After a moment, Lieutenant Colonel Sauers looked at the statistics of the telegram below and nodded with satisfaction. Among other things, just sinking the St. Stephen was a very huge achievement! Battleships are almost as important to the Allies. It is irreplaceable. One less ship was sunk. And according to the statistical hit results, the other joint force may not be able to enter the battle within half a year. One attack eliminated two warships from the German battle order. This For the B bomber group, the mission has been completed! At this time, only 3 of the 27 British bombers were destroyed or seriously damaged!

From Lieutenant Colonel Sauer's point of view, at this time, as long as he and his B fleet can return safely, the mission has been completed. However, it is a pity that the British have stayed in the port area for too long. When the O-400 and FB27 bombers were preparing to climb away, the Scimitar Squadron that had already arrived was waiting for them at an altitude of 1,500 to 3,000 meters!

The first ones to be attacked were the 7th and 9th squadrons just after the attack on the United Forces. Two of the British bombers had just raised their noses and were dived down by two of their enemies before they climbed to 500 meters in the air. The K-4J interceptor caught him red-handed.

"Go to hell! British!" As the pilot cursed, the dense rain of bullets sprayed out by six large-caliber machine guns formed an elliptical bomb drop zone in the air, accurately covering one of the bombers in just 8 seconds. Within seconds, as the plane moved, hundreds of bullets roared in, covering directly from the nose to the tail, and the entire front half of the plane was almost shattered. With an explosion, this British plane could never go back, and another British plane also suffered the same fate. At the moment when the British and German planes crossed, one of the poor O-400 bombers The wing was smashed to pieces. Then he plunged into the sea.

The roaring group of German interceptors made Lieutenant Colonel Sauer feel frightened. Although it was his first time to see a professional interceptor aircraft of the Bavarian Air Force, the terrifying scene of the entire nose of the aircraft being showered in flames when it opened fire made him immediately aware of the crisis. At this time, the British bomber force had just completed its bombing. Their flying altitude was generally relatively low and they were very scattered, making them very vulnerable to attack.

"Perhaps, after I go back this time, there will be no more rapier bomber squadrons." He watched as an FB27 bomber only 2,000 meters away from him was blown to pieces. Lieutenant Colonel Sauer finally issued the order to disperse and break out. Generally, whether it is a land battle or a naval battle, once this order is issued, it is basically not far from collapse! In fact, this is indeed the case. Shortly after the Bavarian Scimitar Interceptor Squadron entered the scene, in less than 15 minutes, 7 twin-engine bombers were destroyed, 27 aircraft came out, and now 10 have been hung up. , this loss rate is a bit shocking!

However, this is only the beginning, not only the beginning of the B bomber group of Sauer, but also the beginning of the first major blood loss of the entire British bomber force! The German interceptor fleet that had reacted rushed towards all the known British bomber groups under guidance from the ground. The sea and air battle that lasted for a whole day was extremely bloody when it started!

While the two sides were fighting over Constantinople, Count Lucknar's fleet was also attacked by an air attack off the Bulgarian port of Burgas.

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