A "Da Da Da! "A fighter jet flew over the battleship USS Maryland of the US Navy. Although, this fighter is like a fly compared to the 33,000-ton battleship "Maryland". However, the officers and men of the US Navy on the battleship were like a great enemy.

"Knock knock!" One anti-aircraft gun after another opened fire, and the shells exploded in the air, leaving behind clouds of black smoke.

However, the fighter easily broke through the blockade of the US anti-aircraft firepower.

Anti-aircraft guns of this era did not have proximity fuses. If you want to hit the target, you need to rely on a direct hit of the cannonball. One can imagine how low such a hit rate will be.

The bullets from the air machine guns of the German fighters strafed into the anti-aircraft positions, bursting out one spark after another.

Occasionally, U.S. sailors were shot and fell to the deck screaming.

Several fighters launched an attack on the battleship 'Maryland', which immediately attracted them to the anti-aircraft fire on the battleship.

Because of the lack of experience in air defense, the deployment of anti-aircraft firepower on these battleships was not reasonable, which made their air defense network very flawed. These vulnerabilities will have a fatal impact on the battleships of the US Navy.

When the anti-aircraft fire of the American army was attracted by the German fighters, the German bombers and torpedo planes immediately followed up and launched an attack.

A squad of four dive bombers began to dive about a thousand meters above the battleship 'Maryland'. Because of the structure of the airframe, they are unable to dive at a large angle. But even then, the hit rate is much higher than horizontal bombing.

At a distance of 500 meters from the battleship 'Maryland', these dive bombers dropped bombs and then changed their dive course. Four aviation armor-piercing shells weighing 500 kilograms smashed into the battleship "Maryland" in a parabola.

"Oh God! Bomb. Dodge! ”

Seeing this, the American sailors shouted, and under their reminder, the "Maryland" made an emergency turn.

It's just that for a huge battleship, it is not so easy to complete an emergency turn.

Of the four bombs, two fell into the sea. The other two successfully hit the battleship 'Maryland'.

The deck armor of the battleship "Maryland" was only 89 mm, which was simply not able to withstand aviation armor-piercing shells under huge kinetic energy.

The deck armor was torn straight open, and the bombs exploded inside the battleship.

Huge flames rushed out from below deck, and the cabin below had been blown to pieces.

However, this was not fatal for the battleship "Maryland". The truly lethal attack came from the torpedo attack aircraft of the German Navy.

While the 'Maryland' was hiding from the bombers in the sky, four torpedo attack planes, carrying 450-mm medium torpedoes, pounced on the battleship 'Maryland'.

They dropped torpedoes less than 500 meters from the battleship Maryland, and four torpedoes rushed towards the battleship Maryland at high speed. By the time the sailors on the battleship spotted these torpedoes, it was too late to dodge.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Explosions rang out one after another on the side of the battleship 'Maryland'.

Of the four torpedoes, three were hits. The other, because of a problem with the depth fixing, got under the belly of the battleship 'Maryland'.

Although, the armor of the battleship "Maryland" was very late, the thickest part of the waterline armor reached 340 mm, and the weakest point was 200 mm.

However, it was still not able to withstand these torpedoes.

The torpedo that hit the amidships was not able to tear through the waterline armor of the battleship 'Maryland'. However, the two torpedoes that hit the rear of the stern succeeded in tearing open the waterline armor of the battleship 'Maryland', blowing out two large holes.

Sea water poured madly into the battleship 'Maryland' through these two holes.

The damage management personnel of the battleship 'Maryland' immediately carried out damage control, but unfortunately could not close the loophole, and had the option of closing the adjacent watertight compartment. As a result, the hull of the battleship "Maryland", which has entered a lot of water, has been tilted to a certain extent.

However, such an injury was not fatal to the battleship "Maryland", which had a displacement of more than 30,000 tons. If the battle is withdrawn in time, it will only need to lie in the dock for a month or two to be repaired.

However, this is a fierce battle. How could those carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy let go of this good opportunity?

Subsequently, the carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy once again launched a siege on the battleship "Maryland". In ten minutes, the battleship 'Maryland' was hit with four aviation armor-piercing shells and four medium torpedoes. This is completely unbearable damage to the battleship 'Maryland', which has already suffered heavy losses.

Soon, the battleship 'Maryland' was so badly wounded that it had lost its salvage value.

Under such circumstances, the captain of the battleship 'Maryland' gave the order to abandon the ship. A few minutes later, the battleship 'Maryland' sank into the sea, becoming the first capital ship to be sunk in the naval battle.

The battleship "Colorado" was also besieged by carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy at this moment. However, their luck seems to have been better, and they only received one bomb in the middle of the battle.

But whether it's Henry? Admiral Mayo or Henry? Lieutenant General Wilson, without a smile on his face, was full of sadness. Because now, their fleet is under overwhelming attack from the carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy. This time, the entire U.S. fleet is in crisis. If you are not careful, you may be destroyed.

"General, the battleship 'Maryland' has been sunk!" A staff officer reported.

Henry? Admiral Mayo was shocked and was silent for a few seconds before he said, "I know!" Order all ships to do as well as possible to defend the air. Coal ordered the fleet to turn around and get out of this area! ”

In the face of the attack of the carrier-based aircraft forces of the German Navy, they seemed to have no other way than passive defense. As for wanting to escape from this sea, it is even more delusional. The speed of the fleet was only more than twenty knots, which was far from comparable to the carrier-based aircraft of the Germans. So, they couldn't escape at all this time.

The huge capital ships of the US Navy were in danger in front of the carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy, which were like toys. It seems that it is only a matter of time before warships are hit and sunk.