Chapter 660: The Decisive Battle in the Atlantic: The Fleeting Fate of German Aircraft Carriers
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The first naval battle between the United Nations and the Allies officially kicked off, and the main forces of the naval and air forces of the two sides were all committed.
Within 40 minutes of the engagement, more than 200 escort fighters of the German High Seas Fleet's aircraft carrier battle group were shot down one after another.
The escort aircraft group represented by the skeleton group continued to attract the anti-aircraft fire of the German aircraft carrier battle group, while the F6 Osprey torpedo bomber group flew at an ultra-low altitude to skim the sea, quickly breaking through the anti-aircraft fire network of the German ships on the periphery and approaching the German aircraft carrier group in the center.
In the event of the loss of air supremacy, the defensive effectiveness of the anti-aircraft artillery on German aircraft carriers was very limited. In peacetime, the German officers and soldiers who could only use propeller fighters to train aircraft carrier air defense operations were facing the most advanced jet fighters of the Chinese Emperor. ╔╗
The F6 Osprey torpedo bomber, which flew at high speed, was almost difficult to lock in the aiming circle of the German anti-aircraft artillery. There were some well-trained German elites who were able to estimate the speed advance of the F6 fighters and carry out effective attacks, occasionally shooting down a few enemy aircraft. However, for most of the German artillery, in the face of the strong military pressure of the Chinese Emperor, their psychological endurance was limited, and they could not even achieve their usual training results, resulting in a large weakening of anti-aircraft firepower all of a sudden.
On the German aircraft carrier Toruń, the German sentry who had been using binoculars to detect the oncoming enemy planes suddenly discovered that a fighter squad of the Chinese Emperor ** on the sea level had thrown torpedoes.
Torpedoes equipped with wake, magnetic induction and other self-guidance devices approached the aircraft carrier at a high speed of 60 knots. The sentries who saw them were stunned.
"Here comes the torpedo! In the port side C2 area! Three of a kind! ”
The German commander in charge of the C2 defense zone quickly gave the order to direct the anti-torpedo battle. ╔╗
"Anti-torpedo rapid-fire guns ready! Fire! ”
"Bang bang bang!"
With the fire of the anti-torpedo rapid-fire guns, the sea was suddenly covered with a splash of smoke and smoke. However, the defensive firepower of the rapid-fire cannon is limited after all, and its rate of fire and firing density are very limited, and it cannot achieve large-scale rapid firepower coverage like the Vulcan Dense Array system of the Chinese Emperor. As a result, its ability to intercept high-speed approaching torpedoes is greatly reduced.
With a loud "boom", a torpedo fired at the aircraft carrier was destroyed. The huge explosion stirred up huge waves hundreds of meters high, and its power was so great that the German officers and soldiers were really scared into a cold sweat.
Destroyed a torpedo. ╔╗ There are two torpedoes left. The German officers and men seemed confident that they could intercept the remaining two torpedoes.
However, almost at the same time, several fighter squads of the Chinese Emperor dropped torpedoes. In a short period of time, more than eleven torpedoes were fired at the aircraft carrier Toruń.
"Here comes the torpedo! In the port side C3 area! Two of them! ”
"Here comes the torpedo! Port C1 Zone! One piece! ”
"Two in C3!"
"C1 Zone Three!"
"Multiple torpedoes found on the starboard side!"
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A number of torpedoes attacked at the same time, which made it difficult for the German defensive artillery to take care of it. ╔╗The fire hits this side, and that side leaks. The fire was turned back to that side, and the torpedoes on this side broke through again.
"Multiple torpedoes approaching!"
"Intercept it now!"
"It's too late!"
"Prepare for shock!"
Last minute. ╔╗The captain of the USS Toruń had to order all personnel to prepare for the shock. The so-called impact protection is just the last life-saving action. Swap for a super battleship. If the skin is rough and thick, it may not cause a large explosion of the whole ship if it is hit by multiple torpedoes at the same time. But for aircraft carriers. Basically, the hull without armor protection could not stop the huge explosive force of the torpedo.
If one torpedo is enough for one destroyer to smash, then seven torpedoes hit an unarmored aircraft carrier at the same time, and the result is the same.
"Boom! Boom! ”
A series of huge explosions rang out, and the aircraft carrier Toruń was torn to shreds. The ammunition depot and the oil depot formed a chain reaction, which gathered together and turned into a huge fire like a volcanic eruption, splashing thousands of meters in an instant, and the smoke and flames covered the sky and the sea.
The aircraft carrier Toruń, with a displacement of up to 33,000 tons, was engulfed in flames and smoke in the blink of an eye. All the more than 2,000 German troops on the ship were killed, and none of them were spared.
Almost at the same moment. Other aircraft carriers of the High Seas Fleet's aircraft carrier battle group were also attacked one after another by torpedo bombers of the Chinese Emperor. The other aircraft carriers had almost the same fate as the Toruń, sinking seven in the blink of an eye. The remaining dozen or so ships were all severely damaged to varying degrees.
The first wave of torpedo attack clusters successfully completed the torpedo attack mission at a small cost of four fighters being shot down. Three-quarters of the aircraft carriers of the High Seas Fleet carrier battle group were destroyed or incapacitated.
Immediately after, high-altitude F8 Mustang tactical bombers quickly began to dive down to bomb the few remaining German aircraft carriers.
The German air defense forces have already killed red eyes, and if the eyes can shoot down enemy planes, it is estimated that 10,000 planes have been shot down.
However, in the face of the absolute disparity in strength, the aircraft carrier battle group of the High Seas Fleet is like a woman stripped of her clothes, bullied and powerless.
With a rapid whistling, one aerial bomb after another smashed into the German aircraft carrier. Due to the wide flight deck of an aircraft carrier, the hit rate of bombers is greatly increased. In particular, the bombers of the Imperial Chinese Air Force are equipped with advanced bomb sights, and the bomb delivery accuracy is extremely accurate, and five or six out of ten aerial bombs can hit.
"Boom!"
Despite the fact that the explosive power of an aerial bomb was much inferior to that of a torpedo, the advantage of the bomber was a large-area attack. Aerial bombs were scattered one by one, blasting huge craters on the flight deck of German aircraft carriers. Some aerial bombs directly penetrate the deck and penetrate the vital parts of the aircraft carrier below, such as ammunition depots and oil depots, which will cause even greater casualties in an instant, and the aircraft carrier will be reimbursed in the blink of an eye.
The fire is scorching, and the smoke covers the sky and the sea.
In less than half an hour of attack, all aircraft carriers of the aircraft carrier battle group of the High Seas Fleet were dealt a devastating blow. More than four-fifths of the aircraft carriers sank in three to twenty minutes, and only a few medium-sized aircraft carriers of 40,000 tons were relatively durable, capsizing more than two-thirds of the hull, but sinking very slowly.
The German army's efforts to pay attention to the ability of large warships to resist sinking were demonstrated at this moment, and most of the German officers and men on it were able to escape from the battleship in time to jump into the sea. rq
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