Chapter 747 Despair

Davis, the captain of the battleship Nevada and the fleet commander, left two destroyers to protect the Oklahoma, and then the fleet moved forward at full speed, leaving behind the terrible ghost submarine. In fact, the Oklahoma, which had lost power, was equivalent to a lamb to be slaughtered. The elusive German submarine could sink it at any time; the two destroyers were more accurate to say that they rescued the sailors who fell into the water when the Oklahoma was sunk than to protect the Oklahoma.

Hearing the news that the fleet was attacked by a German submarine halfway, the faces of everyone in the Washington Operations Command became quite ugly.

What a bad start! How could we encounter that ghost submarine in this vast ocean? !

For a moment, President Wilkie even had the urge to recall the fleet, but he gritted his teeth and gave up the idea. He prayed in his heart that he would gain something this time, and the terrible 460mm naval guns of the Soviet battleships would be powerful and severely damage the German fleet. Unconsciously, he placed his hopes on the Soviet battleships.

But it was obvious that he and the others would be disappointed again this time.

At about seven o'clock in the morning, the German ship-borne radar discovered the US fleet; soon, the distance between the two sides was reduced to 35 kilometers.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The main guns of the two Soviet-class battleships suddenly roared, and the shells flew towards the distant German fleet with an unstoppable momentum.

Seeing this, Fleet Commander Davis couldn't help muttering. "Firing at this distance, are the Soviets sane?" These two battleships have only joined the Atlantic Fleet for a few days and have not conducted any joint training; Commander Davis did not know how far the Soviet battleship's 460mm caliber cannon had, but he did not think that the Soviet main guns could hit the target at such a long distance.

As mentioned earlier, these 460mm caliber naval guns of the Soviets were cast by the Germans. It was a bit of a stretch for Germany's industrial capacity at the time to build a naval gun with such an exaggerated caliber, so Yannick ordered that if they couldn't build a fine product, they would have to build a substandard one; it should be said that even if they could build it, they had to build a substandard one, preferably one that would explode and become scrapped after firing a few times.

The maximum range of the 460mm caliber main gun when firing armor-piercing shells was 42 kilometers. This range had to take into account the curvature of the earth, which meant that the target was below the water-sky line and could not be observed visually at all; the Soviet method was to use the seaplanes that the battleships carried to take off and calibrate the main guns according to the azimuth provided by the seaplanes. Although this method was theoretically feasible, it was almost a fantasy to use this main gun to hit a moving target of 40 kilometers, and it might not be possible to hit a single shot in a day.

In the original time and space, in the Battle of Leyte Bay in October 1944, the Japanese Yamato launched an artillery attack on the US escort aircraft carrier Shirahiorita at an ultra-long distance of 32 kilometers. At that time, the Yamato made five consecutive straddle shots, but none of them hit. This shooting should be the record of the longest effective artillery attack (miss) on a moving target by a naval gun in human history. The formation of straddle shots means that the measurement and aiming are correct, and continuous shooting can generally hit. It is a low probability event that five consecutive straddle shots did not hit the enemy ship. It can only be said that Yamato's character is really bad.

At this moment, after nearly a minute of flight, eighteen shells fell on the sea surface more than a thousand meters away from the German fleet, raising huge water columns.

The commander of the German fleet looked at the water columns in the distance with a look of disdain. "These stupid Soviet guys, are they scaring people?"

The German army naturally received intelligence that two "Soviet-class" battleships had supported the US Atlantic Fleet, and was a little afraid of the 460mm caliber main gun, so they did not intend to play an artillery battle with the US fleet at all. Although the performance of the Soviet-class battleship's aiming system is as rubbish as shit, what if they are lucky?

Therefore, when the ship-borne radar discovered the US fleet, the German fleet commander ordered the launch of oxygen torpedoes; and these torpedoes are the latest improved models, equipped with acoustic guidance mechanisms and magnetic fuses, and will explode as long as they get close to the enemy warships; they will not attack the stern propellers of enemy ships like the original acoustic guidance torpedoes.

The second round of Soviet artillery fire came, and the accuracy was still terrible, even more exaggerated than the first round. Commander Davis even wanted to inform the two battleships not to waste shells in vain. Wouldn't it be better to use firepower when they are close enough? !

But at this moment, a Soviet-class battleship's side suddenly stirred up a huge water column, followed by the second and third! Another battleship was not spared, and the side of the ship stirred up five or six water columns that rushed to the sky!

"Oh my God!!"

The Yamato-class battleships in the original time and space seem powerful, but they also have many shortcomings.

For example, in terms of materials, the key parts of the Yamato class are made of VH Face-Harden high-hardness armor plates, which are improved by the island country based on the British KCType. The KC-Type armor was introduced to the island country in 1913 along with the Kongo cruiser purchased from Britain. This armor technology is naturally inferior to the British, American, and German armor after the 1930s. According to post-war test results, Americans believe that the strength of the island country's VH Face-Harden armor plates is 10% lower than the class-A armor plates used in key parts of American warships. In addition, the armor design of the Yamato class overemphasized the thickness of the armor, but did not consider how to absorb the shock wave caused by the hit bullet, resulting in the main armor belt not being damaged too much after being hit, but other structures could not withstand the stress and were the first to break and flood.

In terms of torpedo defense, battleships usually cannot achieve the same level of armor above the water surface. This is because at that time, battleships were mainly designed based on "battleship bombardment", and the limited armor weight was concentrated on the protection above the waterline; as for underwater defense, they relied on shock-absorbing structures or watertight compartments to control and reduce damage, or used pumps to adjust the water inflow into the ship to eliminate tilting. Even if the disaster can be controlled, a large amount of water inflow is inevitable; although the main armor belt of some battleships will extend to several decks below the waterline, it is mainly to prevent enemy large-caliber shells hitting near or below the waterline, rather than torpedoes.

For example, the main armor belt of the Yamato class did not protect below the waterline. Although the STS armor was extended to the bottom of the ship to prevent the underwater ballistic shells that the island nation’s navy was most worried about (ironically, the island nation attached great importance to the development of such shells at that time, which was aimed at the weakness of the battleship’s lack of protection under the water), this layer of armor was inside the compartment and could not prevent the torpedo from breaking through the outer compartment. As a result, a large amount of water still entered after being hit by the torpedo. In addition, the Yamato class’s compartment design was too simple and had poor shock absorption, which made the situation worse when facing the torpedo explosion.

Yannick naturally would not be kind enough to help the Soviets improve these defects, but kept them all; coupled with the Soviets’ technological problems, the armor strength of the Soviet-class battleships was even worse than that of the Yamato.

At this moment, it was attacked by German torpedoes, and the explosion energy instantly tore open the outer armor. One of them hit the auxiliary rudder steering room at the rear of the port side, tearing open a huge gap, and tons of seawater rushed in crazily.

Another torpedo hit the storage room on the front left side, which also caused a large amount of seawater to rush in and quickly submerged the diesel generator at the bow, causing the power system to fail. Several pumps stopped working, and thousands of tons of seawater rushed in, and it could not be discharged.

Inside the battleship, the damage control team members were desperately trying to rescue their battleship.

The Soviet Navy was not a coward, and even on land, the combat effectiveness of the navy was not worse than that of the army, but much better.

In the original time and space, if there was any unit that made the German army feel afraid on the Soviet-German land battlefield, it must be the Soviet Navy. It was not the Marine Corps, but the serious naval sailors. This was also a strange thing in World War II.

In the Soviet-German War, due to the loss of a large number of veterans in the early stages of the war, the discipline and combat effectiveness of the recruits were poor, and the war was unprecedentedly tense. In addition, the Soviet Navy lost a large number of ships in the early stages of the war and could only complete some escort missions, especially the Pacific Fleet, which basically had no war. The navy was made an independent army and went ashore to fight. Nearly 150,000 people in the Pacific Fleet alone went ashore to fight and were organized into naval infantry brigades. They participated in the Battle of Moscow, the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of the Caucasus, the Defense of Sevastopol, the Defense of Leningrad and the Defense of the Arctic. Won countless medals and medals. A total of 300,000 navy went ashore to fight during the war.

When the German army saw the Soviet navy wearing sailor shirts and shouting Ura for the first time, they were completely confused. They were all wondering what conspiracy this was. Is the navy so worthless? And the combat effectiveness is higher and more tenacious than that of the army.

The Soviet Navy's ashore combat is also fully worthy of the four words of bravery and good fighting, and was called the "Black Devil" by the German army.

At this moment, the damage control team members risked their lives to plug the gap; unfortunately, their bravery could not resist the terrifying power of nature. More and more seawater poured in, and the huge hull began to tilt slowly.

"!!"

Watching the two "Soviet-class" battleships slowly tilt, Commander Davis felt cold all over, as if he had suddenly fallen into an ice hole, and his whole body was constantly emitting cold air.

"Is there a German submarine nearby?!" Could it be that they fell into a trap set by the Germans? !

He immediately ordered the fleet to maneuver and evade.

Then he fell into a dilemma. Continue to move forward and fight the German fleet to death? Or bombard the other party from a long distance? But at this distance, bombarding for a day may not hit.

Just when he was hesitant, the German torpedo helped him "solve" the problem. In front of these acoustic-guided torpedoes, any evasive maneuvers are futile. Unless your speed is much faster than the torpedo speed, you can't get rid of the pursuit of these death gods.

With the sound of explosions one after another, warships were hit by torpedoes. Some unlucky warships were hit by more than ten torpedoes at a time, and were blown into several pieces and sank to the bottom of the sea.

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