"Damn it, it's a twin-engine Ju188 torpedo bomber! Where did they come from? "Rear Admiral Mulinix, with the help of a searchlight, finally saw what the enemy planes were looking like in the air. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

They are not carrier-based aircraft that take off from aircraft carriers, but the famous shore-based night torpedo machine Ju188E-2 torpedo bomber! However, the range of such an aircraft is only 3,000 kilometers at most, and the combat radius is at most 1,000 kilometers, so how can it fly here?

There is no German base at all 1000 km nearby! Could it be that they all took off from aircraft carriers?

"Fire! Hurry up! "Rear Admiral Mulinix looked at the Ju188E-2 torpedo bombers flying closer and closer, and no longer had the heart to wonder where they came from? The order to open fire was given in a loud voice.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Almost at the same time as Rear Admiral Mulinix shouted, the 127mm high-level dual-purpose gun mounted on the port side of the Soviet Russia began to shoot wildly, and orange fireballs kept flashing in the night sky, but the density was not too large.

The Soviet-class anti-aircraft artillery system was upgraded in the continental United States, and the standard of anti-aircraft guns was exactly the same as that of the Iowa class battleships, with only 20 127mm high-level dual-purpose guns, of which 10 were installed on the port side of the battleship. Because there is no radar fire control, the shooting accuracy at night is not high, and you can only rely on radio proximity fuses to try your luck. Unless the plane is "caught" by a searchlight, it is unlikely to be hit.

"Don't worry about 127mm guns." Colonel Peltz, who led the attack of 24 Ju188E-2 torpedo bombers, was experienced, and naturally did not take the firepower of 10 127mm guns too seriously.

"Maintain altitude and speed." He gave the order through the throat communicator, "Drop the torpedo at a distance of 2,500 meters, and then immediately pull it up and leave the battlefield." ”

10 127mm guns were not terrible, but the threat of up to dozens of 40mm anti-aircraft guns and 20mm machine guns could not be ignored, so Peltz did not dare to get too close.

And dropping a torpedo at a distance of 2500 meters is a little farther for an ordinary torpedo attack, although the range of the airborne torpedo is sufficient, but it is too far away to hit. However, in the case of high-density crossfire using the Golden Comb tactic, 2,500 meters is already a distance that can pose a great threat to surface ships.

The 24 Ju-188E-2s were now divided into two teams, each of 12, forming a three-plane formation in the air, one in front and one in the back, in a six-plane formation - a fairly dense formation, that is, it could be used during a night torpedo attack, and if it had been broken up by enemy fighters and 127mm anti-aircraft guns during the day.

Colonel Peltz personally led a group of 12 Ju188E-2s to attack from the port side of the battleship Russia, and another 12 Ju188E-2 attacked directly in front of the battleship formation of Russia. Each Ju188E-2 carried 2 F-5 airborne torpedoes, a total of 48 torpedoes like two combs, simultaneously pounced on the prey from under the sea!

"5000 meters!"

"4800 meters!"

"4600 meters!"

"4400 meters!"

"4200 meters!"

“……”

At the sound of Sergeant Schmidt, the navigator, Colonel Peltz had already driven the plane into the range of the 127mm anti-aircraft gun. At this time, the 40mm anti-aircraft guns on the Soviet Russia also began to shoot, and the density of firepower increased sharply, and countless 40mm tracer bullets were like lightning bolts, piercing the night sky and weaving a dense fire net in the air.

"3000 meters!"

When Sergeant Schmidt shouted out the number, the plane piloted by Colonel Peltz shook violently, and he knew that his plane had been hit by a 40mm shell!

However, this shell obviously did not cause fatal damage to the sturdy Ju188, and the plane was quite strong!

The Ju188E-2 aircraft trembled violently and continued to fly forward, soon reaching the required position for dropping torpedoes.

"Colonel, the right engine caught fire......"

Peltz heard someone report to him about the loss of the plane, but he didn't care at all and just asked aloud: "Distance?" ”

"2700 meters!" Sergeant Schmidt shouted.

"Attention all!" Colonel Peltz gave the order through the laryngeal communicator, "Prepare for the bomb!" ”

"2500 m ......"

"Put!" At the shouts of Colonel Peltz, all the bombardiers pressed the button to drop the torpedo. 22 torpedoes fell into the water one after another (one Ju188 was shot down during the attack), and a few tens of seconds later, the Ju188E-2, which attacked from the Russian frontal, also dropped 20 torpedoes (2 out of 12 Ju188s attacking from the front were shot down). Just as the 42 torpedoes formed two "golden combs" in the water, pierced the seawater, dragged the wake of the bubbles, and swooped down on the huge Soviet Russian battleship, the bomber piloted by Colonel Peltz shook violently again, and then the cold wind with the salty smell of seawater poured into the engine room.

"Colonel, we've been hit again!"

I don't know who shouted, but Colonel Peltz ignored it, and just pulled up the control wheel with all his strength. The nose of the plane struggled to rise, relying on the only remaining engine to climb upward. At this time, several pillars of light suddenly shot towards Colonel Peltz's plane, followed by a burst of fierce artillery fire, one of which was a 127mm radio proximity shell exploded in the air less than 10 meters away from the plane, and the flying shrapnel swept on the left wing of the plane, not only punching more than a dozen large and small holes in the wing, but also setting the engine on the left side on fire!

The Ju188E-2 could no longer fly, and Colonel Peltz could only try to maneuver the plane to make a forced landing on the sea. At the moment when the belly of the plane slammed into the sea, Colonel Peltz suddenly swept a huge fireball out of the corner of his eye, and the port side of the big battleship on the sea surface rose!

Colonel Peltz and his crew then managed to escape from the sinking plane, but they were too far away from the three cruisers that were responsible for the rescue, including the Vienna. In the end, he was picked up by the American light cruiser Denver and imprisoned in a prisoner of war camp on the American mainland, where he spent the last years of the war and met some friends from Japan......

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Boom Boom Boom ......

The battleship USS Russia was torpedoed! Not one, but as many as eight F-450mm torpedoes of the 5mm caliber crashed into the underwater part of the port side and bow of the battleship USS Russia. Four of these torpedoes hit the Plesay double cylindrical anti-torpedo system between the keels of the Russian No. 64-153, which did not cause serious consequences, except that more than 3,000 tons of water ingress were caused by the explosion energy tearing through the arc-shaped anti-mine armor.

But the total length of the Soviet Union's Plesay mine protection system was only 123 meters, which was not enough to protect the entire underwater section. As a result, the remaining four torpedoes were all out of the protection range of the Plesay mine protection system near the bow and stern.

One of them hit near the cooplex cab in the aft port side, tearing a huge gap. Within minutes, the intake spread to all compartments in the area, and the stern sank, causing the ship to tilt to the left.

Another torpedo hit near the storage compartment in the forward port side, causing an 11-×9-meter hole in the surface of the hull, which also caused a massive influx of seawater that soon flooded the diesel generators in the bow, causing a failure in the power system, causing the four pumps to stop working, and the influx of thousands of tons of seawater, which could not be discharged.

Another torpedo hit the forward oil storage tank, less than 20 meters from the forward storage compartment on the port side, and also penetrated with one blow, opening a hole of 8×5 meters, which not only caused a large leak of fuel, but also caused an influx of more than 2,000 tons of seawater.

The last torpedo hit the most vulnerable part of the Russo, the camber of the stern unprotected zone, causing a severe ingress and as much as 4,000 tons of seawater pouring into the hull.

Although the destructive power of the aviation torpedoes that hit the Soviet Union was limited, and none of them hit the vital point, they could not hold too many of them, and as many as eight holes were opened in the port side and bow of the Soviet Russia, and more than 20,000 tons of seawater poured in in just 10 minutes. As a result, the hull tilted heavily to the left, and due to a pump failure, the seawater could not be drained for a while.

And when more than 20,000 tons of sea water was surging in, there was a big problem with the damage management of the battleship Soviet-Russian! Not only did the "New American sailors" on board have terrible damage management skills, but they are also in a hurry when encountering a large number of floods.

In addition, there were problems with the quality of many of the leak-proof and damage control equipment on board - all of which were produced by the Soviets themselves, because of the lack of relevant experience and shoddy workmanship, which prevented them from functioning at critical moments. And the "old American officers" on the ship were not mentally prepared for the quality problems of Soviet manufacturing and were at a loss after a whole bunch of equipment failures. As a result, precious time is lost.

At 4:10 a.m. on September 7, 1944, Rear Admiral Mulinex, the captain of the battleship USS Russia, painfully discovered that his battleship could not be saved.

At 4:15, Rear Admiral Mulinix gave the order to abandon the USS Russia, by which time the battleship had fallen to the left and the bottom part of the starboard side was even exposed.

At 4:44, after most of the crew was evacuated, the battleship USS Russo, with a standard displacement of 59,150 tons, capsized and sank in the icy Atlantic.