Chapter 2083 Raid on Calais II
"Telegram the Air Force immediately, saying we are being bombed by the Germans! Urgent!"
"Order the fleet to disband and use two battleships as a team to cover each other to avoid attacks!" Rear Admiral Lynn explained that, compared to those impromptu machine guns, the Rear Admiral trusted the Camel fighter jets and DH9 interceptors of the British Air Force more. The disbandment of the fleet is for the convenience of dodging, after all, at this time you can't expect the 6-pounders on friendly ships to cover each other...
"It's an Edward VII-class battleship! If the intelligence is correct, it should be the HMS Africa and the HMS Ireland!" While the British were busily busy responding to the upcoming air strike, the German bomber force was already preparing to assign attack targets. The two largest battleships in the British battleship detachment were targeted first. Unlike other battleships, the Edward VII's twin 9.2-inch secondary main guns deployed at the four corners were too conspicuous. (Historically, the second-tier main guns of this class of battleships are single-mounted.) As the most capable existence in the entire British fleet, if you don’t fight, who will you fight?
The first group of 6 K4M twin-engine aircraft first launched an attack on the Africa at the head of the team. The bombers carrying 100KG bombs and a large number of machine guns launched an attack from the front position of the British warship, and the side air defense like a hedgehog The firepower is different. The frontal anti-aircraft firepower of the battleship is very weak. At this time, the Africa has no anti-aircraft firepower except for a 6-pound gun and a few machine guns in front of the building!
A series of bullets flew up and down in the air, falling into the water from time to time and shooting out water columns. This firepower did not pose any threat to the German bombers. Under the horrified eyes of the British, the K4M twin-engine aircraft was less than 100 meters above the sea. The altitude quickly approached the opponent. When the two sides met less than 400 meters away, the three 20MM cannons on the nose of the K4M and the hypothetical machine guns on the wings sprayed out dense flames!
At this moment, the firepower of more than a dozen large-caliber machine guns and cannons on the leading three K4M twin-engine aircraft completely suppressed the opponent! Bullets fired crosswise from three directions swept across the entire front cabin and deck surface of the battleship! The flying warheads easily penetrated the glass and fragile partitions of the front compartment like sowing seeds of death! Along with the jumping barrage, the busy British officers and soldiers on the deck were directly smashed into a mass of shaking pieces by the powerful bullets. With the movement of the plane, an oval-shaped bombing area moved rapidly on the battleship. They easily He beat the hypothetical anti-aircraft machine gun and bulletproof steel plate into a twisted iron sheet, and then sorted out the British artillery position on the left like a sledge.
When flying over the Africa, three 100KG bombs mounted under the fuselage roared down, and the three planes dropped nine high-explosive bombs in less than a minute. The dose exceeds 50KG! It is more than 5 times the charge of a 6-inch shell! In just one minute, nearly half a ton of explosives flew towards this poor battleship!
boom! A series of water jets rose from the side of the battleship. The first round of bombs was not very accurate, except that one bomb landed on the side of the hull and wiped a 6-pounder from the deck, leaving a In addition to the bullet holes that penetrated the two decks, the other two bombs almost entered the water against the side of the ship. If it was a German battleship, there might be nothing wrong with it except for some water in some airtight cabins, but unfortunately, this time It was a British warship that was blown up, or an old British pre-dreadnought ship!
After entering the water and exploding, the bomb squeezed the seawater frantically, and the seawater also transferred the energy to the nearby British battleship. The huge amount of high-temperature, high-pressure bubbles pushed the shrapnel into the fragile hull of the British battleship at a very high speed. In the sound of metal twisting, the energy generated by the explosion of the bubbles tore a gap between the two hull plates,
And then, the surging seawater and shrapnel directly smashed the thin steel plate behind the airtight cabin into a sieve! Hundreds of tons of seawater poured into the hull.
And the other 3 bombs that hit the battleship fell near the chimney in the middle of the hull. You must know that the front Dreadnought does not have flue armor, let alone use honeycomb steel plates to protect the exhaust of the chimney! A series of dense explosions came from the middle of the hull, and the two chimneys were torn into pieces by the flying shrapnel, and more than a dozen exhaust pipes inside the entire flue were also destroyed, and part of the exhaust gas was poured into the boiler compartment. Oxygen and instantly extinguished. At the same time, the fire caused by the bombing also began to spread on the hull. The British tried to put out the fire, but the continuous explosions and the collapse of the cabin made it difficult for the British soldiers who were trying to save the battleship. Mermaids have arrived!
Four K6 bombers roared and quickly approached the unlucky warship from the sea. They kept the altitude between 30 and 50 meters and controlled the speed at about 80 kilometers per hour. At this time, the Africa was covered in flames, and the power of the hull was also damaged, so the rest was very simple. Four bombers dropped the torpedo at a distance of less than 600 meters. With three explosions at a distance, the former dreadnought battleship with a displacement of more than 15,000 tons was blown into two pieces and sank into the sea. Ten minutes later, his ship of the same class, HMS Ireland, was also hit by 2 torpedoes and remained forever on the seabed of the English Channel. At this time, before the British's combat power came, another British battleship and an armored cruiser were also destroyed by bombs and torpedoes from the Luftwaffe.
"British fighter jets are coming." When the sea off Calais became a mess, the British fighter force finally arrived on the battlefield. The English Channel is very narrow in Calais, and the British have many airports. Just near the coastline, there are still planes on duty 24 hours a day, so after the air support from Major General Lynn, the follow-up fleet of the British arrived soon.
"It's gone." Looking at the scattered British forces in front of them, no more than 3 squadrons, the fighter unit in charge of air cover rushed to the cotton with a fist, not only the number of aircraft was small, but also the type of aircraft. It's a mess, not only advanced Camel fighter jets and DH9 interceptors, but also some old-fashioned aircraft, and even a few aircraft that seem to be seaplanes after removing the floats... This should be pieced together by several squadrons, and some aircraft seem to have no other role than to consume German ammunition.
"Kill them, if we move faster, maybe we can shoot the British army on the ground with machine guns in a while." A German fighter pilot said.
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