Chapter 1139 Missiles in the Atlantic END
In the northeastern part of Bermuda, seven battleships flying the Stars and Stripes are rising and falling in the vast Atlantic, and the middle one is the battleship Belous, which has a huge hull like a mountain - it is the third ship of the Soviet class, and at 5:50 a.m. Bermuda time on September 7, 1944, it is the only surviving battleship of the four Soviet-class battleships, and it is also the only super battleship currently owned by the United States Navy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The tall hull rides the wind and waves on the sea, and looks majestic and majestic. At any time before, the Beloruss's sheer tonnage and size alone were enough to make its captain feel immense pride and confidence.
But the current captain of the battleship Belobra, Warner. Robert. Colonel Ezil was eager to use some magic to shrink the huge hull of the Beloralbesy by seventy or eighty percent.
Because all 8 battleships with huge hulls, like the Belorus, have all been sunk by the Germans!
The Belora was the last survivor! But how could Colonel Ezel not believe that the Germans would let go of their battleships, 8 of them were overturned, and the last one could not be solved?
Battleships carrying missiles, planes with bombs or torpedoes, and the elusive submarines must all be on their way to kill the Beloso by now.
As long as the Belora has not entered the "absolute protective circle" of shore-based aircraft on the island of Newfoundland, everyone knows that this mighty-looking battleship could be sunk by the Germans at any time!
As a naval colonel obsessed with the cannon of a giant ship, Ezel never thought that the Germans would have so many ways to sink a battleship!
Drop torpedoes with missiles, with submarines, with shore-based night bombers, and, of course, with carrier-based aircraft from carriers, oh, and with battleships. At least the "death" of the Ukraine is quite normal, it was sunk by three German battleships.
Now I wonder what tragic fate awaits the Belorate?
In the extraordinarily tall command tower of the battleship Belous, Ezil was trying to drive ominous thoughts out of his mind when suddenly a panicked telephone rang, followed by the report of the electronic officer on the battleship: "Colonel, the radar detected enemy aircraft, azimuth 218, number 60, distance 120, altitude 3000 ......"
Here it comes!
OK......
The people inside the Belorussian command tower were first nervous, and then slightly relieved.
The nervousness was due to the fact that the Belolaris was about to be attacked by air, and the slight relief was due to the small number of enemy planes that came to attack, only 60.
With the powerful anti-aircraft fire and solid armor of the Soviet-class battleships, it is not enough to cope with 60 enemy aircraft, right?
"When will the planes covering us arrive?" Colonel Ezil asked immediately.
The communications officer immediately replied, "The 24 F6F fighters that took off from the USS Bunker Hill will arrive around 7:10 a.m. ”
Halsey, who has now been captured, will certainly not forget to send aircraft carriers to cover the five escaped treasure battleships, among which the formation with the Essex-class Bunker Hill aircraft carrier as the core used to cover the Belusskaya is used.
But the formation did not operate with the Belorate—Halsey did not want the carrier to be sunk by the Germans along with the battleship—but was 200 nautical miles west of the Belorus. Because the sun always comes out of the east, when the first rays of the morning sun shine on the battleship Belous, the aircraft carrier Bunker Hill, 200 nautical miles to the west, is still shrouded in darkness.
Originally, taking off from an aircraft carrier at night was a compulsory course for American carrier-based pilots, but the US naval aviation lost too many elites in the Second Battle of the Hawaiian Islands. Although the pilots transferred from the army aviation were not very skilled, they still did not have the ability to take off from the deck of a small aircraft carrier at night.
So we had to wait for the sky to light up a little before sending planes to cover the Belussus. However, he never expected that by consulting some Japanese naval pilots, Hirschmann Jr., who had mastered the reality of the US Navy's carrier-based aircraft unit, would make a time difference. Send out carrier-based aircraft at 3 a.m., and at 6 o'clock you can drop bombs on the deck of the battleship of the Americans!
Gotta take an hour of bombing! Colonel Ezel took a sharp breath: "Pull the alarm and put on an air defense formation!" ”
Less than 15 minutes after Ezel's order was given, by Heinz. 24 Fw190TEs and 36 Fokker 636s, led by Colonel Barr himself, were already approaching the air near the Belussus.
And at this time, Heinz. Colonel Barr was pleasantly surprised to find that there was not a single American fighter in the sky!
And there are only 7 ships flying the Stars and Stripes on the sea!
"Thank God!" Colonel Barr drew a cross on his chest, then pressed the lower throat communicator, "There is not a single enemy aircraft, and there are not enough escort ships!" This is a great opportunity from God...... Sink that Soviet-class no matter what! ”
As he spoke, the 127mm high-level dual-purpose gun had already rumbled.
The density of anti-aircraft fire is still quite high. There were 20 127mm high-level guns on the battleship Belous, 12 127mm high-level guns on a Cleveland-class light cruiser, and 5 127mm high-level guns on each of the six Fletcher-class destroyers, for a total of 62 guns. Moreover, these 127mm high-level dual-purpose guns fired radio proximity fuse ammunition, and suddenly a rain of bullets was fired in front of the offensive route of 60 German fighters.
In front of a sturdy barrier of black smoke that bloomed from the clouds, the experienced Colonel Barr did not choose to charge hard. Instead, he led his men around the U.S. fleet, which had formed a circle on the sea, at a speed of less than 400 km/h.
The muzzles of the 127mm guns on the American ships also followed the 60 planes in the sky, always sealing the route of the German planes with radio proximity shells.
However, Colonel Barr knew that the Americans could not maintain such a density of fire all the time, because the barrel of the 127mm high-level dual-purpose gun would also heat up. Sure enough, less than a quarter of an hour later, the density of black smoke in the sky had become much thinner.
Colonel Barr knew that the opportunity for a breakthrough had come, so he gave a loud order: "The 2nd Fighter Squadron broke through from the starboard side of the Soviet-class (Belussus); The 3rd Fighter Squadron broke through from the port side of the USS Soviet; The 1st Reconnaissance Bomber Squadron followed me through the stern and launched the first wave of attacks! Now, spread out your formation, charge at full speed, and charge! ”
With Colonel Barr's order, the engines of 60 fighters in the sky roared at the same time, and the speed of the planes quickly increased from less than 400 km/h to more than 600 km!
After accelerating, the 60 planes no longer circled around the US fleet, but suddenly split into three strands, and from an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, they suddenly broke into the US fleet's anti-aircraft fire circle from three different directions.
This series of changes took place in a very short period of time, and the 127mm guns on the 7 American hulls did not have time to react for a while, and the clouds of black smoke all exploded behind the butts of the German planes that were divided into three teams.
However, successfully avoiding the radio proximity shells fired by the 127mm gun was only the beginning of success. The sailors on the seven ships on the sea are also veterans of battle, and their reactions are extremely agile.
At the same time as the 127mm guns were empty, the 40mm anti-aircraft guns and 20mm machine guns began to spit out tongues of fire. The battleship Belorussian on the sea also began to twist its body sharply and took an S-shaped evasive course.
"Follow me!"
Colonel Barr shouted, then retracted the throttle valve, lowered the speed brake, pushed the joystick low, and the plane burst through the stern of the aircraft carrier and began to dive sharply at a large angle of more than 70 degrees. Countless 40mm and 20mm bullets rained down the flames from both sides of Colonel Barr's hood, and his plane shook a few times from time to time, but it didn't affect Colonel Barr's mind.
Now it's time to dive! Rush to the bottom and drop the bomb. As long as it can hit, this battleship on the sea is almost finished!
The altitude of the plane dropped sharply, the alarm indicator on the altimeter lit up in the blink of an eye, and the bombardier, who was sitting behind Colonel Barr (who was also a telegraph operator and observer), immediately pressed the bomb drop button, and a 500-kilogram armor-piercing bomb broke away from the belly of the plane and fell sharply towards the battleship on the water!
And then there's the second, the third, the fourth...... One after another, Fw190TE reconnaissance bombers completed the dive bomb throwing maneuver. Some of the planes were shot down by a dense hail of bullets, most of them were hit, and a few were covered in wounds.
However, the sturdy fuselage of the Fw190TE ensured that most of the planes were successfully dropped, and in the end, 21 bombs (3 planes were shot down) fell from the sky!
Thundered!
Just as Colonel Barr pulled up the plane and climbed rapidly, a violent and pleasant explosion came from the sea.
The bomb hit the battleship!
Colonel Barr turned his head to see a cloud of fire and smoke rising from the amidships of the giant battleship on the sea.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble......
Just as Colonel Barr's plane was speeding into the clouds, explosions followed, and three more 500-kilogram armor-piercing bombs hit the deck and the top of the main gun turret outside the Belouseus.
When all 21 Fw190TEs finished dropping bombs, this seemingly invincible super battleship was surrounded by fire and smoke.
And at this time, there were still 32 (4 shot down) Fokker 636 fighters in the sky that did not complete the bombing!
Battleship Belorussia...... Finished.