Chapter 1141: Air Raid 1
More than 40 Seahawk bombers entered the battlefield on time, and a small plane was so inconspicuous that it looked like a bee from a distance, well, at most a wasp. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info But what is it like when a group, or 45 hornets to be exact, enter the arena in a neat formation with a sense of military formation?!
Not to mention anything else, it's a person who subconsciously runs when he sees a group of hornets coming! What's more, these Ma Feng still have tactics and execution! When the first group of more than a dozen planes entered the field of vision of Major General Beckern, he suddenly realized that the reality was different from what he imagined!
At this moment, he had already made up more than a dozen torpedoes flying in the air and aimed them at him fiercely. They flew in the air like ghosts heralding death, the humming of propellers and the vibration of the engines were as uncomfortable as a requiem in the ears of the major general, and the major general's heart beat a drum when he looked at the number of each other. When a swarm of torpedo planes appeared in front of his eyes, the original contempt for planes disappeared at this moment!
"The scout team is ready to act, let's drain the energy of our prey first." This time, it was again Rudel in command. 4 torpedo planes began to accelerate, at the same time reduce altitude, divided into two teams, and approached the target from the left and right sides at the same time! With the sound of the whistling wind, the exercise has finally begun!
"Left string, at 3 o'clock, one torpedo plane, visual speed 40 knots!" The lookout on the watchtower quickly reported the news via the ship's phone.
When you face it yourself, you can feel the horror of the battle! When an airplane is rapidly approaching from the sea at a speed far exceeding the torpedo boats of this era, it definitely makes any capital ship captain feel a little terrify! Because you can't attack with artillery in the face of these easts flying 30 meters above sea level, and it is too difficult for anti-aircraft guns to hit a speed of more than 40 knots, and the frontal projection is only about 10 meters.
In the eyes of the German naval officers and sailors who faced the bombers for the first time, these guys were moving too fast, but in a few breaths, they flew over a distance of thousands of kilometers and kept approaching!
"Bastard! Less than 1 km, why didn't they attack yet ?! One of the officers cursed loudly as he looked at the fast-moving plane in the distance, and the attack plane that did not drop a torpedo was as frightening as the sword of Damocles hanging over everyone's heads! Sometimes waiting is more terrible than confronting it directly!
800 meters, 600 meters, 500 meters! Finally, when the pilots on the attack aircraft could see the details on the battleship Saxony, the first torpedo finally fell, 38 knots speed, height 20 meters, this torpedo fell steadily in the water, and quickly fixed the depth after entering the water, and then the engine started, fuel and oxygen began to mix and ignite in the combustion chamber, and the exhaust gas formed a clear track and rushed straight to the bow of the battleship of Saxony less than 500 meters away!
"Turn the rudder right! Steer at full speed! "Major General Beckern, who gave the order, could feel drops of cold sweat falling from his head, firing a torpedo at 500 meters! This threat is just too big! If a destroyer wants to hit, it is generally within 2000 meters. And the torpedoes dropped by these winged guys at 500 meters are naturally more threatening! The reaction time has been reduced to less than one-third. Moreover, the actual speed of the so-called torpedo also calculates the speed at which it falls.
In the end, the battleship Saxony, thanks to its excellent handling performance and the reaction of its personnel, narrowly avoided the first torpedo, which crossed 50 meters in front of the bow. Watching the torpedo go away, Major General Beckern had no time to wipe the man, and another torpedo machine on the right also dropped the torpedo. And at this time, because the battleship turned to the right, the huge hull of the Bavaria, which was more than 200 meters, was directly exposed to the attack course of the torpedoes!
"Continue to turn right for 3 compass points and speed up!" This time, the experience of Rear Admiral Beckern saved the Saxony again, at this time, if you choose to turn left, you must first use precious power to overcome the inertia of turning right, the torpedo hits yourself for only about 1 minute, then before the left turn is completed, the torpedo may be shot. So, the best option at this time is to control the angle of the right turn, and at the same time move quickly, go in a straight line, and shake off this torpedo.
The battleship Saxony made an irregular course on the surface of the sea and managed to dodge the first wave of two torpedoes that were used for consumption. At this time, the already highly nervous major general did not dare to despise these mosquitoes in the air, and he decisively ordered to increase the speed to 20 knots, and the accuracy of torpedoes as a weapon to hit high-speed moving targets was very low. And he didn't accelerate at first, in fact, in order to ensure the steam pressure in the boiler room, so that the speed could be increased faster at the right time.
As the valves opened, surging steam poured into the engine room, and the four engines began to run at medium speed....... There was no way, the power was limited, but even so, the speed of 20 knots and the correct evasion command allowed the other two tentative planes to return in vain, and after the 4 torpedoes staggered, the Saxony continued to run wildly on the sea.
"Interesting, I didn't expect these little things to make our battleship so embarrassed." On the Bavaria, the Kaiser touched his chin and watched with interest the battle between sea and air in the distance.
"And his speed seems to be a little fast, we are now at 20 knots, the two ships are heading the same, and we are gradually being thrown away." Hipper walked up to the prince and whispered.
"It doesn't matter, the result is already doomed, so why should we care about some flaws in the process?" Looking at the battleship Saxony in the distance, the prince said lightly. He now had a feeling that the effect of this attack seemed to be much better than he had imagined!
When the aperitif was over, the feast was finally served, Rudell led the first wave of 8 torpedo planes to launch a formal attack, and the naval aviation, the ultimate killing machine born under the birth of technology, finally let out its first cry at this moment! Shadows in the air began to cover the sea!
The 8 torpedo planes quickly divided into two groups and entered the battlefield from the left and right flanks at the same time, this time they learned smartly, considering the course of the battleship, they no longer aimed at the side chord, but entered the battlefield from the side front of the battleship Saxony, this is the time when the combined speed of the battleship is relative to the aircraft, and the distance of firing torpedoes can be farther, and the reaction time left for the other side will be shorter!
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