Although at this time, due to the sound of the air defense siren, the British soldiers rushed to their posts. The warships moored in the harbor are desperately increasing the combustion boilers, but the small warships are okay, and it is impossible for the large warships to start without more than an hour of warm-up.

Because now whether it is oil or coal, it is a steam turbine, and this needs enough pressure to drive the propeller to rotate, and if you want to sail on weekdays, you have to warm up in advance (the kind of warship that can only be powered by diesel engines like a car ignition is basically a boat level).

So now they can't move even if they find the Romanian plane.

Although the air defense facilities in the harbor and the various warships have been spraying fire incessantly, trying to deter their attacks. But in the face of such an opportunity, how could the incoming Romanian fighters let it go.

I saw that with the command of the pilot aircraft, a squadron of dive bombers came to the sky over the three aircraft carriers. As if knowing what kind of situation they were going to encounter, the aircraft carrier itself carried anti-aircraft fire and desperately shot ammunition.

On the USS Fury, four or five of the 12 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns were firing non-stop. In fact, as long as you pay attention to observation, you can find that except for the anti-aircraft position, which is firing at full strength, the anti-aircraft fire on the warship is only about four layers. The reason is very simple, since ammunition was not placed in advance on the air defense positions of the warship. It was only after the air defense sirens sounded that the sailors moved out. (Warships are anchored in the harbor, and ammunition needs to be stored.) ）

And there are not enough air defense personnel on the warship, many of the crew members are on the shore. After all, this is not a voyage, you can only stay on the ship. Although this was a time of war, it was not possible to tie all the crew to the ship. They also need to rest and relax, after all, they are people, not machines.

In the face of such weak firepower of its air defense, Romanian carrier-based aircraft will naturally not be polite. The two dive bombers began to attack it, only to see the fighter plane that sounded the whistle began to dive at an almost vertical angle, and the 500-kilogram aerial bomb under the belly of the plane was so chilling.

Knowing that danger was coming, the fury screamed desperately to shoot it down. It's just that where will they get their wish, the two dive fighters quickly entered the attack altitude, the indicator light on the instrument that can drop bombs jumped from red (forbidden) to green (allowed), and as the pilot pulled down the handle of the bomb, two 500-kilogram aerial bombs fell straight towards Fury.

The two huge bombs that carried the acceleration of the plane and their own weight fell down with everyone's expectations.

"Boom"

A bomb landed next to the aircraft carrier and exploded, causing everyone on board to break out in a cold sweat.

The other dropped directly on the deck, and the bomb that pierced the deck exploded in the hangar, and the sadistic explosion tore all the carrier-based aircraft in the hangar to pieces. At the same time, it also detonated its stored ammunition and aviation oil depot, which was a disaster for the Fury, which had been converted from a large cruiser. A violent chain of explosions blew a large hole in the side of the ship, and the ferocious influx of the sea made the fury hull tilt.

In the face of such a dangerous situation, the stop-loss team can only step forward to plug the gap and pump water at the same time, hoping to leave time for themselves to rescue.

And the planes of the air raid give them a chance?

Two more dive bombers attacked, and this time it worked much better: two 500-kilogram bombs, which hit the bow and aft decks, respectively. These two 500-kilogram bombs completely lost hope for the aircraft carrier. Because of its violent explosion, the stop-loss team suffered heavy casualties, and the work that had not yet started was inflicted, and more importantly, the gap became even larger.

However, the commander of the air raid did not know, so two more dive bombers, this time carrying no longer 500 kg bombs, but 1,000 kg bombs, threw them at the Fury, which had lost its resistance. Two one-ton aerial bombs directly broke the keel of the aircraft carrier Fury. The furious roar, devastated, began to break at a speed visible to the naked eye.

And when it came to solving the Fury, another professional aircraft carrier, Ark Royal, also suffered a heavy blow.

Unlike the Fury, the anti-aircraft fire on the Ark Royal was much more powerful. Only one-third of its 16 (8-seater twin-mounted) 45-caliber 114.5-mm high-level dual-purpose guns, 48 (6-seat, 8-pack) 40-mm rapid-fire anti-aircraft guns, and 32 (8-seat, 4-pack) 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns were firing. Although the number of shots fired was small, its ferocious firepower immediately attracted the attention of air raiders.

Up to nearly a dozen bombers carried out non-stop bombing, and such a fierce bombing made the aircraft carrier unrecognizable. The anti-aircraft firepower had almost been lost, and this was the time when the torpedo planes showed their skills, and I saw eight H57 torpedo planes quickly approaching at low altitude in the left and right wings.

For torpedo aircraft, its casualties have always been the heaviest among all types of aircraft. Because the torpedo class wants to release torpedoes, it must not be higher than 200 meters, and it must also maintain an average speed. Therefore, this requirement to fix the dead line makes the torpedo machine the most vulnerable when releasing torpedoes. Moreover, because of the torpedoes it carries, the torpedo machine has become a thorn in the side of anti-aircraft firepower, and it needs to be solved as a priority.

This time, fortunately, it was against the Ark Royal, which had no anti-aircraft firepower, but even so, it still lost one of the eight torpedo planes. I saw a low altitude approaching, aligning, maintaining speed, and lowering the torpedo, and the straight line of 6 torpedoes rushed straight towards the aircraft carrier (one did not float).

And at this time, a light cruiser did not know whether to panic or see death as home, and suddenly broke into the torpedo array. There were two "booms", and the light patrol was hit by two torpedoes, and the huge explosion tore two gaps in its hull, and the raging sea water frantically poured into its cabin. You don't have to look to know that it's hopeless.

In addition to these two torpedoes, the remaining four torpedoes still rushed towards the Ark Royal. Seeing the white lines of the four torpedo bubbles, the remaining officers and men tried to blow them up with their weapons, but it was doomed to be in vain.

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

I saw three explosions from the stern and middle of the ship, especially the two explosions in the middle, which blew out a gap of more than ten meters in the hull, and the raging sea water did not give people time to react at all, and immediately roared into the cabin. The surging sea water flooded several cabins at once, and the attack of three torpedoes was enough to call for orders from the Ark Royal.

As for the only British aircraft carrier converted from a battleship, the Eagle, there is some comedy component. As the only carrier to retain torpedo tubes, the Romanian air strike forces would like to say that it is desirable that all large warships will have torpedo tubes, because this will be a surprise.

The Eagle, for example, was a pleasant surprise, as it gave a devastating result to the otherwise non-lethal 500-kilogram bomb, and its aircraft carrier was blown out of a gap that could accommodate small warships.

And by this point all three aircraft carriers of the Mediterranean Fleet have been destroyed, and the next turn will be the battleships.