Chapter 922 - The Japanese Navy's Self-Explosion History 2
Speaking of this matter, I also have to mention the "Mikasa". The history of this buddy www.biquge.info is definitely a miracle and wonderful! Admittedly, there was the glory of being the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet. But as a legendary battleship, Mikasa is so powerful that it blew itself up twice!
After the self-explosion on September 11, 1905, the Mikasa sank ....... Such an NB, such a representative battleship naturally can't just sink! Where do you make the Japanese Combined Fleet majestic? Where do you save the face of Imperial Japan? Therefore, the Japanese government decided to salvage and repair it, and it was put into service again before the American "Great White Fleet" arrived in Japan on October 18, 1908.
However, this matter is not over, Mikasa, who blew himself up once, feels very unhappy and decides to have time to make another big news! At 6:40 p.m. on October 3, 1912, a fire broke out in the ammunition depot in the sea outside the gods, and there was a slight explosion, this time the matter did not make a big fuss, and there was no big trouble, but a third-class sailor was found burned to death in the ammunition depot, and then for the reason for this incident, there is a theory that the deceased was severely beaten by the veterans, and then he couldn't think about it for a while, and decided to play a big .......
And in addition to Mikasa, there is another self-destructing star in the history of Japanese battleships! This is the battleship Hyuga, and this battleship is also an epic existence! In terms of the number of self-explosions, people have self-exploded 3 times, and in terms of the position of self-explosion, it is particularly artistic and regular, and ....... And what is even more impressive is that this battleship has achieved another career of its own because of its self-explosion, a career ...... transforming into an aviation battleship.
This dude blew himself up three times, and all three times it was a turret! I'll ask you if you're afraid?! Convincing or not?! HistoryOn October 24, 1919, just over 1 year after the completion of the battleship, there was an explosion in the third turret, and then on September 23, 1924, there was an explosion in the fourth turret ....... (And then looking at this turret order, I think, some smart book folks can already guess the next turret to explode, right?) That's right, with the combined blessing of some irresistible secret power and the old Japanese Navy's will to blow itself up, the next explosion will be the ...... of the Hyuga's No. 5 turret.
On May 5, 1942, the Hyuga's No. 5 turret exploded in anticipation! This explosion was so powerful that the entire top cover of the turret was blown off. And this time the cause of the explosion was the most clear, the Japanese Navy made a mistake in the order of loading shells during practice. Although the explosion did not kill the Hyuga, it also killed 51 people and injured 11 others.
However, at this time, Japan was about to launch an offensive on Midway, in order to participate in this large-scale battle, the Japanese Navy removed the No. 5 turret, directly sealed the gun mount with steel plates, and then installed several triple 25MM96 anti-aircraft guns and the No. 22 sea search radar on the battlefield.
But don't say it, the Hyuga did not do well at Midway, and after the fiasco of the Japanese aircraft carrier formation, the Hyuga used its No. 22 sea search radar to find the Japanese warships in disarray, and then assisted in the regrouping of the fleet. At that time, Chiaki Matsuda, the captain of the battleship Hyuga, also successfully stayed in the "Yamato Hotel" because of his good work. Became the captain of the Great River.
In addition, this guy has another point worth mentioning, that is, he actually lived to be 99 years old and died in 1995, which is also a miracle in the history of the Japanese Navy! And because of the explosion of the Hyuga, he also became one of the alternative targets when changing the air battleship in the future, nonsense, the turrets were blown up one, who do you change if you don't change it?!
(In fact, if you want to talk about self-explosion, the navies of all countries have had it, the British Empire's St. Vincent-class dreadnought Avantgarde had an explosion on July 9, 1917, in World War I, German submarines also had explosions, Russian battleships also blew themselves up in World War I, the American Iowa-class battleships also had turret explosions after World War II, and on April 19, 1989, the B turret of the battleship Iowa was exercising in the Atlantic, resulting in 47 deaths.) As for the Russian Navy? Let's not talk about the submarines that sank during the Cold War, everyone knows that the Kursk blew itself up, right....... Therefore, it is normal for some accident or explosion accident to occur. But to say that as often as the old Japanese Navy. I guess there really isn't. )
Pinch the time to calculate, it's already 1912, and the earliest self-explosion in history should be during the Russo-Japanese War, and now it's a little late to self-detonate. It's just that this self-detonation time is really powerful.
As for what was the reason for the self-detonation of the Japanese battleship? This thing, huh? The Japanese themselves can't say clearly, in general they are divided into two categories, one is that the propellant is unstable, and then the temperature is too high and it blew up on its own. Of course, this statement has been less common since then. Another theory is that because low-level soldiers often receive corporal punishment and severe beatings, some soldiers can't think about it, and then make a big news .......
In fact, in Ruprecht's opinion, the reason for the self-detonation of the cruiser Akashi is more likely to be the first, first of all, because of the combat cruise mission, the alert level of the entire battleship must be very high. Historically, when the Japanese battleships blew themselves up and sank, they all had one thing in common, that is, they all happened when they were in port to rest, for example, when the Mikasa exploded on Sunday. At this time, the warship was on loose alert, and some people who couldn't think of it did have the opportunity to "think about it". However, when cruising, especially when encountering the American fleet and confronting each other, the officers and men on the battleship are quite vigilant, but there will be no accidents.
Then look at the ship Akashi, after all, this ship has been in service for more than ten years, and it is an old-fashioned dome cruiser, and the temperature control of the ammunition depot on the ship is definitely not as good as the new ship behind. And as a small ship with a displacement of only 4,000 tons, most of it is equipped with high-explosive shells, and picric acid charges are as deadly to themselves as ...... to the enemy. And lingering in the tropics for a long time also increases the likelihood of spontaneous combustion of ammunition, of course, this is just speculation, exactly, I'm afraid no one knows the exact result, after all, everything has sunk into the rolling waves of the Pacific Ocean!
As for the abuse of recruits or corporal punishment in the old Japanese Navy, how to say it, this matter is still quite serious, interested book friends can take a look at "Men's 96 Cannons" ~~~. What the? You say you can't find it? You can change the 96 cannon to Yamato!
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