Chapter 1241: Thunder in the Sky 2
Although the attack was ferocious, it was not fatal, and the Rashadier continued to reach speeds of more than 22 knots after emerging from the water and smoke. However www.biquge.info while the Germans were not secretly rejoicing that they had escaped this catastrophe, a sudden fall of shells made the situation of the battleship worse!
"We can't see the Russian battleship on the other side, the smoke screen is too big." The flames and smoke from the explosion of nearly 600 pounds of high-explosive explosives nearly disable the rangefinder at the top, and the distorted air and smoke from the scorching heat obscured the entire field of view. The fire control personnel could only notice the constant glow of the main gun firing in the distance, but they could not effectively measure the range. Under the shock of the British bombers, the two Russian dreadnoughts, the Empress Maria and the Emperor Alexander III, fired frantically at the Reshadier with crossfire!
The two Russian dreadnoughts now had at least 16 or more 12-inch guns at their disposal, and at a distance of less than 12 kilometers, the two battleships were destroying the flames with a frantic inclination of at least 10 tons per minute of ammunition against the unresponsive Reshadieh. In less than 3 minutes after the bomber's barrage was drilled, the Reshadiye was hit at least 3 times!
THE BOW OF THE RESHADIYE SANK VIOLENTLY, AND A HIGH-EXPLOSIVE SHELL WEIGHING 470KG HIT THE BOW LIGHT PROTECTION AREA, AND THE ENTIRE 100MM THICK ARMOR PLATE WAS TORN OFF THE BATTLESHIP ALIVE, AND BLEW UP THE NEARBY ANCHOR CHAMBER. The other two shells directly bombed the rear mast of the battleship, and the other hit the bridge position of the Reshadiye, and set a fire near the battleship's control tower, and the raging flames and smoke instantly enveloped the entire control tower, and the officers in the control tower quickly lost their perception of the outside world, and all they could see was gray and red.
"Let's change places, here we can't command warships!" The captain of the Reshadiye was ready to change to a place with a better view. And during this time, the operation of this battleship was actually semi-paralyzed. Although the Russian shells did not fatally wound the battleship, they greatly facilitated the attack of the British torpedo planes that had been disarmed!
At this time, the Reshadiye was like a blinded giant, passing through the dangerous battlefield, with sharp arrows and throwing spears shooting from all directions. And he can only rely on his sturdy steel armor and luck to resist. The British, of course, would not give up this opportunity, and Colonel Short, who was always ready to attack, soon discovered the anomaly of the Turkish battleship - the guy's trajectory was the same as that of a drunkard!
"Here's our chance! Kill it! Major Short said loudly, roaring over the shoulders of the front-seat driver! Subsequently, the V12 bomber, numbered V1500, rushed down with its own crew!
This time the British gave up the formation bombing, and their attack wave was very open, but it was unusually long-lasting, like cutting meat with a knife, trying to wear down the opponent little by little. The four V1500 bombers split into two groups to attack from the left and right flanks of the Reshadie, and the torpedoes dropped by the two bombers on the left once again lost their target, but when Colonel Short's plane entered, everything changed!
"Hold the height, let's attack it diagonally forward!"
"Closer! 500 meters! Yes, that's all, don't worry! "Finally, at a distance of 550 meters, the V1500 bomber dropped the 800KG torpedo on its belly! This airborne aviation torpedo, numbered MK5, was a new product of the British, produced specifically for twin and four-shot bomber shots, as for the merits? That, of course, is that the warhead is heavy enough and has a relatively long range. THE 240KG WARHEAD IS ENOUGH TO GIVE CHILLS TO ANY BATTLESHIP!
The battleship stabbed almost diagonally at the Reshadiere, and about 30 seconds later, a loud bang came from behind Colonel Short, and even though the view was obstructed, a large amount of debris could still be seen spilled into the air and the falling mist.
The power of this torpedo is really terrifying! After the explosion, a linear crack with a length of more than ten meters and an area of several tens of square meters appeared in the front part of the hull of this battleship! The Turkish naval officers and sailors on the battleship could almost feel the bow of the battleship being lifted violently, and then slammed into the water. Looking from the bridge, you can see that the left side of the bow is almost concave, the black smoke and flame of the breach is as frightening and unsettling as the blood basin of a giant beast, part of the armor plate at the front of the hull has also been squeezed and deformed, the deck has become fragments, and even the bow structure has been bent!
"Well done! Go hard, kill them! Colonel Short said excitedly. And then, 4 more bombers carried this torpedo and attacked!
At this time, the battleship had already entered more than 2,000 tons of water, but fortunately, the near misses and torpedo attacks were not on the same side, otherwise, the situation of the Reshadier would have been even worse! However, by this time, the battleship had already tilted 10 degrees. The bow of the ship is less than 1 meter above the waterline! The entire battleship had a more serious first roll. The speed also dropped to around 16 knots. A huge swell surged effortlessly onto the deck, constantly washing the A turret, and the two turrets in the bow of the Reshadier had been turned to the side to prevent flooding.
At this time, in the eyes of the British, it was already the stage of beating the water dogs, and the four British bombers leisurely descended altitude, and then arranged the attack unhurriedly, and the torpedoes hanging under their bellies were as terrifying as the sickles of death. "This wave may not kill them, but the next wave will definitely do!" Colonel Short said, looking at his teammates who had entered the attack route.
However, at this moment, a gray figure quickly crossed the colonel's eyes, and then smashed into one of the V1500 bombers that was about to launch a lightning strike like a meteorite. Compared to the huge 4-engine bomber, this guy is so inconspicuous, like a rabbit lying next to a lion. Major Short's eyes shrunk into a pinpupil that indicated danger, and he watched nervously as the German seaplane rushed towards the British bomber, and slammed into the V1500 bomber from an altitude of 80 meters, which was no longer able to change the direction of flight!
Like a hammer falling from the sky, at this time, the German seaplane weighing just over 1 ton smashed in the middle of the target's fuselage, in this case, the result is undoubted, with a violent collision, the plane from the impact position directly broken into two ends, the lower half of the fuselage fell directly into the sea, and the first half of the fuselage under the action of the engine still struggled to fly a short distance and then fell into the sea!
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