Chapter 122: A Desperate Shot
Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Reims Empire's bombers against the enemy's fierce anti-aircraft fire, quickly dived down, the ammunition compartment at the bottom of the aircraft has been opened, revealing the head of the aerial bomb, this time the aerial bomb is specially made, using a delayed fuse, the bomb in the process of falling, the tail has a propeller-type sound, under the action of the air flow, the sound will rotate at high speed, once it hits the target, due to the weight, penetrate the wooden deck of the battleship, explode outside the armor protection area under the battleship, causing devastating damage to the hull!
The principle of this delayed message is simple, as soon as the tail propeller stops turning, the bomb will explode, and this process will take a few seconds, which is enough for the bomb to penetrate the wooden deck of the battleship!
This design principle, so that the bomb can better destroy the vital point of the battleship, is a semi-armor-piercing aerial bomb!
And this time the Reims Empire used this kind of bomb, after the bomber flew over the battleship, quickly dived close to improve the hit rate, but also paid a heavy price, in the process of diving, the enemy's air defense artillery group is more likely to hit the aircraft, although the protection of the aircraft will not be shot down as soon as it is shot, but the rate of fire of the anti-aircraft gun is very fast, each shot is a few shots, so that the aircraft of the Reims Empire suffered! Many planes were hit by the anti-aircraft artillery crew in the process of diving, lost their balance, and fell into the water, at the moment of crashing, there were even pilots who directly pressed the button to drop the bomb in their hands, and the two aircraft carriers were all dropped, and the hit rate was improved because of the proximity to the battleship, and a heavy cruiser of the combined fleet of the Aslan Empire and the Morgan Empire was hit by an aerial bomb, and the personnel of the whole ship were ready for the bomb to explode, but two or three seconds passed, and the bomb had not exploded, and the captain said with some rejoicing:" The aircraft carrier of the Reims Empire is not very good, it turned out to be a dud! As soon as the words fell, a huge explosion deformed the ship of this heavy cruiser, although it did not sink in battle, but the damage caused at least this heavy cruiser was repaired in the dock for half a year, and in this battle, this heavy cruiser could no longer participate!
In this air raid, the bombers of the Reims Empire totaled thirty, dropped forty-seven aerial bombs, hit three enemy ships, one of the destroyers was sunk, one heavy cruiser was seriously damaged, and the other was a battleship, the bombs hit the stern, only blew up the catapult of the seaplane in the stern, and did not cause serious damage!
However, the Reims Empire also paid a heavy price, eleven planes were shot down, if it goes on like this, after two or three waves of air raids on the aircraft carrier, there will be no more planes available, but this is only when the enemy's anti-aircraft fire network is complete, and after a battle, the battleship's anti-aircraft artillery group will definitely be destroyed, which is a kind of damage to the enemy's air defense capability, which is good news for the aircraft!
After the first wave of air raids, the main fleets of the two sides were only twenty kilometers apart, and at this distance, it was the best distance for battleships to engage, and the destroyers had already begun to release smoke screens to protect friendly forces, and the cruisers were also preparing to attack with high-explosive shells!
The two sides are enemies to see each other, after the formation is set, all kinds of artillery began to fire wildly, for a time the air is filled with gunsmoke, all ships are nervous to avoid the incoming shells, and to the enemy ships frantically projecting their own firepower, among which the light cruiser's 150 mm guns are the most ferocious, the average of almost five seconds a salvo of firepower projection makes the opponent's battleships miserable, although it will not cause much impact after being hit, but the superstructure has no armor protection, and all kinds of radars are on it, In the event of bad luck being hit on the radar, the battleship risks becoming blind, which is an extremely disadvantageous thing in battle!
The time without aircraft support is the most difficult for the Reims Imperial fleet, the firepower of the combined fleet of the Aslan Empire and the Morgan Empire is at least twice as high as that of the Reims Empire, under the advantage of the enemy's numbers, the Reims Imperial battleships suffered great losses, and after thirty minutes of fierce fighting, a heavy cruiser sank into the sea under the fierce fire of the enemy battleship, and the sailors suffered heavy casualties, and two destroyers were seriously injured and were forced to withdraw from the battle, which was extremely unfavorable for the Reims Empire!
To add insult to injury, the commander of the combined fleet of the Yaslan Empire drank Morgan Empire ordered to let the carrier-based aircraft forcibly attack, under the cover of the fighters, the bombers drank torpedo planes to forcibly break through the air blockade of the Reims Empire fighters, although many planes were shot down, but more planes dropped their own bombs and torpedoes, for a time, the battleships of the Reims Empire suffered heavy losses, although at least three-quarters of the planes were shot down, but this was extremely difficult to accept for the Reims Empire that was at a disadvantage!
The fleet commander of the Reims Empire was even a little desperate, is this what it feels like to be exhausted? The bitterness is difficult to explain, but you can't retreat, once you retreat, the signs of defeat will get bigger and bigger, and everyone understands the truth that the army is like a mountain!
It's just that in this situation, everyone understands the final result in their hearts, but everyone is ready for this, soldiers, you must have backbone! Knowing that failure will lead to death, but also fighting to the end!
The torpedo planes of the Reims Empire finally arrived, and along with the arrival of the torpedo planes, there were also bombers, and nearly sixty planes supported the battlefield, which made the commander of the Reims Empire breathe a sigh of relief! This time, the planes of the Reims Empire were even more ferocious, all of them approached to drop bombs and torpedoes, and the pilots were ready to sacrifice their lives for the country, which made the Combined Fleet a little unprepared!
The commander of the combined fleet scolded! "What a bunch of crazy people, I've never seen such a madman so desperate!" Then he changed his words: "This shows that the enemy is at the end of the road, ready to give it a go, as long as we hold up this wave of air attacks, the Reims Empire will be defeated!" ”
However, the damage caused by this air raid was somewhat large, out of the surprise of the combined fleet, because of the addition of torpedo planes, many battleships were hit by torpedoes and appeared in the water, and three battleships were sunk in this air raid, including a battleship, the planes of the Reims Empire stared at it, and dropped a total of sixteen torpedoes and twenty-three aerial bombs, of which four aerial bombs hit, ten torpedoes hit, and two torpedoes did not explode because of malfunction, but this also shouted that the battleship was completely sunk, Under the attack of carrier-based aircraft, there is no power to parry in the slightest!
As the battle continued, the defeat of the Reims Empire became more and more obvious, and there were only seven battleships left to participate in this battle, in addition to the aircraft carrier formation in the distance, and on the other hand, on the side of the Combined Fleet, there were still twenty warships, which was almost three times the disparity in strength, although the Combined Fleet sank one battleship, but there were still five battleships, while the Reims Empire only had two, and the injuries were more serious, and the situation of the war was developing in the most unfavorable direction for the Reims Empire!
"Sir, we are already at a huge disadvantage, please order to withdraw from the battle!" The operational staff of the Reims Imperial Fleet is already persuading the fleet commander, after all, if the fight continues like this, the total annihilation of the entire army is inevitable, even if the aircraft carrier formation is stronger than the combined fleet!
The commander of the Reims Imperial fleet sighed and said: "We have lost the opportunity to withdraw from the battle, even if we can evacuate, we can't, think about your relatives, if we don't protect them, then who will protect them?" ”
The words of the commander of the fleet of the Reims Empire aroused the fighting spirit of the sailors, they have no way back, fight to the death, and can also inflict heavy losses on the enemy, if they run away, the end will be stronger than this, how to choose Everyone understands in their hearts, maybe this is very tragic, but this is the battlefield, there is no mercy at all, either you die or I die!
"Report to the chief, enemy ships have been found ahead, according to the flag is the fleet of the Aslan Empire, we are forty kilometers away from them!" Li Li took the information sent by the reconnaissance plane and said to Zhang Lin!
Zhang Lin quickly marked it on the map: "Order the fleet, enter the first-level combat readiness, and go to the battlefield at full speed!" ”
With Zhang Lin's order, the fleet of Storm Harbor all increased to more than thirty knots, and the high-speed battleships pushed the sea into huge waves: "What is the situation of the battle now?" Zhang Lin asked Li Li!
"Sir, the Reims Empire is at an all-round disadvantage, and it is not far from the annihilation of the entire army, but they have created a miracle, and under several times the enemy, they have managed to achieve a battle sinking ratio of one to two, but this will not save their defeat!"
The Reims Imperial fleet is still making the final struggle, destroyers and cruisers are frantically firing torpedoes at the combined fleet, although this can no longer change the tide of the war, but as long as they are still fighting, they will never give up, surrender is not their choice, since they came here, they are ready to die in battle!
"The Reims Empire has just failed! Order the fleet to press on and wipe out all the recalcitrants! "The Aslan Empire and the Morgan Empire have begun to dream of carving up the Reims Empire, because this time, the Reims Empire no longer has any decent resistance force, a fourth fleet, there is no wind and waves at all, and even the officers and soldiers of the Reims Empire have already accepted their fate!
At this critical juncture, a heavy cruiser of the Aslan Imperial fleet suddenly exploded violently, judging from the explosion, it should have hit the ammunition depot, resulting in the explosion of the ammunition depot, but this does not seem to be caused by the Reims Imperial warship!
"Sir, an unknown battleship has been found on the right flank, thirty kilometers away from us!" The commanders of both fleets received similar reports, which made it strange for both sides!
"Have you figured out what fleet it is?" This sentence was asked by two commanders at the same time!
But the answer is different!
On the flagship of the Reims Imperial fleet, the communication soldier took a telegram and quickly handed it to the fleet commander, and after the fleet commander unfolded it, he trembled with excitement: "It's reinforcements, but they don't appear to be the army of that country!" "Originally, the commander of the Reims Imperial fleet didn't believe it, but at this point, there is no way to believe it!
And the combined fleet was completely stunned, and under the fire of two battleships and one battlecruiser, they had to divide their troops into two ways and start meeting the enemy!