Chapter 2131: Dawn II
"It's a German plane! A torpedo plane!" It was too late when the British discovered the German bomber! At this time, four German K6 bombers have entered the final attack route, and the aircraft at the head of the team is less than 1,200 meters away from the Giant! Ten seconds later, when the distance between the two sides was close to 800 meters, two K6 bombers dropped torpedoes almost simultaneously!
The torpedo enters the water, and the depth is quickly determined with the help of the depth gauge. The engine starts, and the compressed air and fuel enter the combustion chamber. The huge energy pushes the propeller and the torpedo rushes to the target at a speed of more than 40 knots per hour. Two white The wake continues to extend on the sea! The bomber crew began to disengage, and the countdown began!
The Giant began to turn quickly to avoid the torpedoes fired at the side, but it was too late! The first torpedo almost rubbed against the bottom of the ship, while the second torpedo just hit the middle of the hull. Unfortunately, there are still several cracks that have just been plugged near the waterline! As a result, the old wounds of the Giant have not gone away, and new wounds have been added! Accompanied by a jet of water soaring into the sky, steel plates on the giant's side armor belt were blown up by a violent explosion. Hundreds of kilograms of explosives exploded directly at the junction of the two steel plates, and a huge gap of 7 square meters appeared on the side of the hull. side!
The entire battleship began to tilt rapidly under the huge amount of water inflow. Thousands of tons of seawater poured into the boiler compartment, causing almost all boilers to shut down instantly. After tens of seconds, two more torpedoes roared towards the This dying battleship, after two explosions, this battleship that has been in service for nearly 10 years sank to the bottom of the sea with hundreds of British naval officers and soldiers! This process is so fast, from hitting the first torpedo to sinking, it only takes 3 minutes!
The Giant is gone, is the Hercules still far behind? After getting the news, more than 30 bombers from the Condor Fleet roared towards the fleet! At this time, the British also seemed to know that they could not resist. When the Giant was sunk, except for the two British destroyers responsible for salvaging the drowning personnel, the other warships scattered instantly. Under the cover of thick sea fog, these small destroyers are really hard to find when they dive into the sea!
As a result, the Condor fleet encountered the problem of too many monks and too few food, with too many weapons and only one target! Therefore, Major Earhart can only let the bombers fight first, and then the torpedo planes, at least let the bombers practice their hands, right?
A series of 250KG roared down, and more than 100KG of picric acid explosives bloomed on the deck of the Hercules. Flowers of flames, the lethality of high-explosive bombs on the non-armored protection zone of the battleship is very amazing, according to a former According to an officer who worked in the navy and then transferred to the air force, a 250KG high-explosive bomb is as lethal as two to three 12-inch high-explosive bombs!
After hitting at least four high-explosive rounds, a telegram told Earhart to stop his "waste of bombs." "Tell the torpedo plane to get rid of this guy quickly, our reconnaissance plane seems to have found a new target!" So, after leaving 8 torpedo planes almost attacking the dying battleship, Major Earhart led a squadron The bomber flew to another target!
The scattered withdrawal of the British fleet was expected by the Luftwaffe. After all, none of the British battleships were sunk in the battle last night, but what happened afterwards still made Admiral Halder at the headquarters feel a little bit Unexpectedly, because just half an hour ago, he received information that the 3 teams of reconnaissance planes all reported that they had discovered three Neptune battleships!
"It's a British camouflage warship!" Halder said a little depressed. To be honest, it is really difficult to distinguish the other party's identity from the appearance in this visibility situation, especially the Luftwaffe is not clear about the Neptune yesterday. This is especially true in the case of battle damage.
If you know how to make an antique, how difficult is it to make a war-damaged camouflage ship? The famous German sailing attack ship in history has also done a fire scene! There are even a few German sailors in women's clothing calling for help, for a touch more authentic...
"Then let's kill them all. It's a pity that until now, no trace of the super fearless ship has been found!" Admiral Halder said with some regret. Fortunately, the large camouflage ships of the British are not easy to get. After all, if you want to simulate a large battleship, at least the hull and tonnage cannot be too small, and it may take a long time and investment to "modify" the superstructure of the hull, so , In this deception operation, the British Navy invested a total of 4 camouflaged ships, one of which was disguised as the battleship Bold, and the other two were disguised as dreadnoughts. And this time, one of the three "Neptune" captured by the Luftwaffe was genuine!
Needless to say about the rest of the situation, when the British Air Force was unable to provide effective support, all three ships were sunk, and the real Neptune was discovered by the Navy's carrier-based aircraft reconnaissance team, although due to the dense fog The problem of the problem makes the investigation difficult, but after all, professionals are professionals. They have tried many investigations under complex weather conditions in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Of course, if the situation is too complicated, it is better to sleep in the air strike...
"Today's sea fog is a bit heavy, and it will take a long time to disperse. How about we try to fight with carrier-based aircraft? The aircraft carrier fleet is out, and the distance is only 80 kilometers away from us. It's not good to go back empty-handed, right? "Similarly, the German Navy aircraft carrier detachment that is waiting in the North Sea has received the reconnaissance information! So Major General Rodhart, who commanded the aircraft carrier detachment, sent a telegram to the crown prince.
Naturally, Ruprecht will not let all 5 of his aircraft carriers appear, they won't be needed! Therefore, the commander of the aircraft carrier detachment brought two aircraft carriers, one is the Kaiser and the other is the Wittelsbach. The two aircraft carriers carried a total of 160 various aircraft.
"Alright, but you have to reduce the number of witnesses as much as possible! Use the frequency band of land-based aviation to communicate. After sinking your target, the nearby German submarines and destroyers must rush to catch the drowning person. I know this The fewer people, the better!" Ruprecht thought for a while and said.
In fact, the German Air Force has the final say on the sky in this area. Once the weather brightens and the sea fog dissipates, British ships will not dare to come out and hang around. After sinking the opponent's warship, the German Navy destroyer unit can also rush up. Capture those who fell into the water so as to reduce the possibility of news leakage as much as possible, and the aircraft carrier detachment will retreat early after completing the strike!
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