Chapter 398: Torpedo Attack
Throwing torpedoes, and throwing bombs, are completely different tactics. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The accuracy of dropping bombs at high altitude was originally the lowest, but when Germany developed the method of radio guidance, the problem of accuracy of high-altitude bombs was solved.
The advantage of high-altitude bombs is the safety of carrier aircraft, for example, in this era, the JU290 flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters is absolutely safe.
In addition to high-altitude bombs, only dive bombs can pose a threat to warships, and the advantage of dive bombs is, of course, high accuracy, and German pilots are the best at dive bombs, but the threat of this kind of dive bombs is also very great.
Yes, to dive bombs, it is necessary to risk the threat of the opponent's anti-aircraft fire, which increases the danger of the carrier aircraft itself.
And throwing torpedoes, you don't have to risk this, torpedoes are capable of navigating in the water, so just set the various data and throw them into the water.
The torpedo sails automatically.
Now, in order to throw torpedoes, carrier aircraft need to fly at ultra-low altitudes over the sea.
The performance of torpedoes in this era is still very unstable, especially the electronic processing system on the torpedo, which is even more simple and backward, if the height of the throw is too high, then the torpedo may collide with the water surface when entering the water, and this impact force will damage the internal equipment.
From this point of view, there seems nothing wrong with the British using Swordfish attack aircraft to throw torpedoes, and if you want to talk about low speed, it is definitely the biplane advantage.
And now, FW190, flying low on the surface of the sea, Lieutenant Colonel Plilla aimed at the huge battleship in front of him, and then, pressed the throw button.
At this time, he was only three meters above the water, and the waves were shaking almost under his wings, and as naval aviation, their skills were quite superb!
Under the belly of the plane, the seven-meter-long torpedo slid down slowly, and when it entered the water, it made some small splashes.
Then, the T-3 torpedo started to move.
In the huge body of the torpedo, most of the space is stored with lead-acid batteries, similar to the batteries of electric vehicles, and the number determines the range of the torpedo.
This torpedo has two battery packs of 26 93-ampere-hour batteries each.
(You can compare the electric vehicle battery, the general electric vehicle battery, the larger, that is, the capacity of 20 ampere-hours, and now, each battery here is far more than four times the number of electric vehicle batteries, and there are a lot of them.) )
Now, the power inside the battery is continuously supplied to the electric motor behind it, driving the propeller, stirring up the splash, and soon, it sprints to a high speed of 30 knots!
At this speed, it was capable of traveling five thousand meters, and at this time, at the time of throwing, Lieutenant Colonel Plila's plane was about three kilometers away from the other side.
At this distance, the bang cannon can't hit at all! This is the limitation of the combat slant, the range is not enough, and it depends on whether the angle is suitable or not!
So, the gunners looked at the attack plane in amazement, and a few kilometers away from them, threw down a big one, and after entering the water, the plane pulled up and climbed high.
"Not good, it's a torpedo, fast, left full rudder!" The gunners shouted loudly.
The opponent is coming towards his side, and at this time, with just one turn, he can face the opponent with the smallest projection area, and it is likely that he will pass by the torpedo.
But now, do they have that chance?
No!
The bridge had been blown up, and in addition to the casualties on the bridge, the steering wheel had also been blown up, and now, the war-weary, almost the same as it had been in the First World War, could only sail in a straight line.
It couldn't make any turns, and its speed was now reduced to almost a standstill.
The torpedo was sailing underwater, and the propeller in the tail stirred the water, creating a ripple on the surface of the water, which was even visible to the naked eye.
So, under everyone's attention, this torpedo, the end point of the voyage, was the middle of the War Weyer!
This kind of torpedo was finalized in 35 years, and in 39 years it is already a model that is proficiently used, and the new model of torpedo is still under development.
This torpedo uses an electromagnetic induction fuse.
In the past, it was a collision fuse, and it could only explode after it collided with the opposing warship, and if it did not collide, it would be invalid.
The electromagnetic induction fuze, which belongs to the proximity fuse, can explode before it is contacted!
Warships are made of iron, so there will be electromagnetic induction, and the current fuse is to determine the target by sensing this magnetic field.
As it got closer, the fuse felt the electromagnetic field that was getting stronger and stronger, and just as it reached a limit, the fuse was triggered.
"Boom!" 200 kilograms of explosives of nitric acid compounds, at this moment, there was a violent explosion.
At this time, the torpedo was half a meter away from the target.
A violent explosion occurred underwater, and the surrounding sea water was stirred up in an instant, and this sea water formed a greater force and hit the side of the ship.
Compared with magnetic detonation, magnetic detonation poses a greater threat because its explosion will push seawater and form a greater impact effect.
"Crunch," a terrible cry occurred from the keel in the ship's side under the lapping of the sea, and almost half a second later, only a bang was heard.
Keel, broken.
Next to the keel, a large hole appeared in the steel plate of the bottom of the ship.
The War Weary was an old ship of the First World War, and during the First World War, the performance of the torpedo was very backward, and the main threat was the opponent's artillery, so the battleships of the First World War had thick armor on the water, but in the underwater part, it was not so important.
Needless to say, the old ships of the First World War, even the current ones, such as the Bismarck, were damaged by torpedoes dropped by British carrier-based aircraft, and then beaten to death.
And now, the torpedo dropped by the FW190 carrier-based aircraft managed to tear a large hole in the bottom of the warweary, and the sea water bubbled in.
"Quick, close the watertight door." Under the water, the sailors shouted loudly, as a battleship, the ability to resist strikes is very strong, it has multiple watertight doors, once the compartment on this side leaks, just turn it off.
The sailors are shutting down at a rapid pace, hoping to save their ship.
"You'd rather leave me something!" Underwater, a dissatisfied voice came out: "Aircraft carriers, battleships, leave me a big guy!" ”
Captain Prion was depressed.