Chapter 1,395 Bullet Selection

Chapter 1395 Bullet selection

The bomb-dropping angle of an aircraft is determined by the structure of the aircraft body. For a long time now, it has been difficult to further improve the structure of the aircraft so that they can carry bombs and dive. And even if it can dive, if you want to penetrate battleship-level armor with a 250KG armor-piercing projectile, you can only say that you are overthinking it. No way, the bomb is too light.

However, since it is a control group, it is best to bring some bombs of all kinds. In fact, when carrying 550KG armor-piercing bombs, a small number of bombers also carried 550KG semi-armor-piercing bombs and high-explosive bombs. The latter does not have many hits because of the small carrying capacity, but judging from the only hits, it seems that the high-explosive and semi-armor-piercing bullets perform quite well?

"The only 550KG high-explosive bomb that can be confirmed so far was hit on the rear deck of the fast battleship Eagle. The power of this bomb was so huge that it made me suspect that at that moment we detonated the opponent's ammunition depot. , the entire rear deck was instantly covered by a large ball of flames. The deck that was more than ten meters long was overturned by the violent explosion. The influx of a large amount of courage fueled the fire. With just one bomb, the fire at the rear of the battleship Trapped in time and space.”

"The after-effect of another 550KG semi-armor-piercing bomb was also very good. It seemed to have hit the battleship Sevastopol. This bomb penetrated at least two decks. Although it should not have penetrated the core cabin, it was violently After the explosion, the ship's speed and control had serious problems. Depending on the situation, the shock wave of the explosion should have damaged the battleship's drive shaft or steering gear. Personally, I think that when the armor-piercing bomb cannot penetrate the core compartment, the charge Semi-armor-piercing projectiles with a weight of about 45% will have a better damage effect on battleships."

After Major General Harrell turned to the back of the report, he finally saw the results of these two rounds as a reference system. Although the sample data was very small, there was always data, right? Therefore, the major general specifically mentioned this in his telegram to Ruprecht.

Regarding torpedoes, Major General Harrell also discovered some problems, because the report mentioned the problem of torpedoes passing under the hull of Russian battleships. There are many reasons for this problem, among which the initial depth of the torpedo and the height of the aircraft bombing are the most important. Although considering the use in some shallow seas, a floating body is added to the rear of the torpedo to control the water depth. But in fact, the water penetration depth is different at different bomb dropping heights. If the height is too high, even if the torpedo is stabilized, the depth will still be relatively large. In order to avoid the armor extension of the battleship, the depth of the torpedo was deliberately increased. But now it seems that this depth should be reduced. After all, if the torpedo directly passes through the bottom of the ship, it will be of no use. As for the issue of armor extension, as long as the water depth is more than 4 meters, it will almost never touch the main armor.

Generally speaking, in this era of aviation attacks on the sea, torpedoes are still more deadly. As long as there are no problems with the torpedo fuze and strength, the damage effect of the torpedo on the battleship is quite good. To be honest, the anti-sinking performance of the Russian battleship this time was somewhat beyond the expectations of the German Navy. According to their estimation, if it is about the same strength as the British battleship if,

2 torpedoes can basically destroy it. What do you say about bombs? If you want to weaken the opponent's combat effectiveness, bombs are very useful. Not to mention directly destroying the main rangefinder with one shot, even setting fire to the deck with heavy high-explosive bombs can effectively affect the opponent's sighting.

As for why you say this? The reason is very simple. The bombardiers of the bombers have difficulty observing the target from the air because of the black smoke produced by the bombs they drop. This is true in the sky, and it is said that it is even said to be on a battleship...

"If our bombs can respond to a fire, or directly hit places such as flues and steam pipes, then the long-distance firepower of this battleship will be greatly affected, especially the flue, which will be hit After that, the smoke screen can quickly spread throughout the ship. It is impossible to shoot from a long distance in this situation." Rear Admiral Harrell added later in the report.

Major General Harer's efficiency was still very fast. On the third day after the battle, the report was sent to Prince Ruprecht. Before the landing in the Gulf of Riga, the prince also needed to deal with the German High Seas Fleet. For related matters, Tirpitz happened to bring Scheer and others to Königsberg, and the issue of the four aircraft carriers must now be concluded. The final mix of carrier-based aircraft, as well as the weapons and tactics used, etc. Needs to be finalized.

"How about replacing the 250KG bomb?" Looking at the report in front of him, the prince fell into deep thought. To be honest, no matter from the current actual combat results or from a historical perspective, the 250KG bomb is completely useless for the battleship. Synonymous with cheating….

There is a view on the Internet in later generations, that is, the reason why the Japanese Navy made the Americans honest less than half a year after its glory is that a very important tactical reason is that the Japanese's 99 ship explosions are really cheating! The power of the 250KG bomb is too small. It is not an exaggeration to say that the blood of the Japanese navy's ship bombing troops was shed in the early days of the war! This can be seen from the Battle of the Coral Sea. For example, the Yorktown was hit by a 250KG high-explosive bomb... After the cargo finally returned to port, it was repaired within a few days, and then ran out to participate in the Battle of Midway.

However, in the Battle of Midway, York City's "recovery" speed was also terrifying. In the first wave of flying dragon attacks, York City was hit by three 250KG bombs. The first shot hit near the No. 1 elevator, which was not a big deal. The second shot hit the hangar and destroyed three aircraft. The third shot was in a good position and hit the chimney. Damage to the flue of Boiler No. 3 caused the boiler to drop in pressure and then temporarily lose power.

And after that? The damage control personnel on York City were extremely powerful, and the power of the 250KG bomb was too small. It took 30 minutes to have the holes on the deck repaired, and not long after, York City was able to sail at a speed of 18 knots again. However, it was the two torpedoes from the 97 ship attack and the two torpedoes from the Japanese submarine I-168 that finally ended Yorktown.

And then what about the American bombers? Take Midway as an example. The Akagi was killed by two 454KG bombs. These two bombs hit the middle elevator and deck of the Akagi, penetrated directly, landed in the hangar, and detonated directly. Bombs and torpedoes resulted in its destruction. Some people may say that this was a disaster caused by a suicide bombing. This argument makes sense, but in fact, a bomb that hit the Yorktown during the Battle of Midway also caused a fire in the ammunition depot of the Yorktown, but you can say that the Americans lost Regardless of NB, it can also be said that the Japanese bomb was not powerful enough and it did not explode anyway.

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