Chapter 228: The Fall of the Aircraft Carrier Kaga
'Boom! ’
Another aviation shell directly hit the flight deck of the Kaga aircraft carrier, but this shell did not explode directly, but smashed a hole in the aviation deck, and it was this hole that allowed the Kaga aircraft carrier to complete the path of his life.
'Boom! ’
There was another huge explosion, this explosion was countless times louder than the previous sound, for no other reason, after the aerial bomb penetrated the flight deck of the Kaga, it directly plunged into the ammunition bay located inside the Kaga, and the Kaga aircraft carrier, which was already crumbling, was instantly blown into two knots by the detonated shells.
Faced with this sudden scene, all the soldiers of the Yue army were stunned, looking at their aircraft carrier with disbelief on their faces, they did not believe that the Yue Ben Navy would be so defeated, and this was also the first aircraft carrier in the history of the Yue Ben Navy to be sunk in the war.
The aircraft carrier, which was built in July 1920 and launched in November 1921, was then halted in 1922 in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty, and he even planned to dismantle it.
However, the Kaga aircraft carrier, which had not yet had time to disintegrate, changed his fate and continued to start construction in 1923 to replace the scrapped Amagi, which was not completed until 1928, and it was said that the service time was less than 11 years before his life was completed.
The Navy, which has always been arrogant and arrogant, saw that its powerful aircraft carrier was sunk by the enemy in this way, and instantly broke out into a desperate posture, and the two cruisers responsible for escorting the ship were even more at full power, and all the artillery fire on the entire ship, as long as it could be used, was launched into the air, and it was bound to shoot down all the fighters in the air.
The madness of the Navy also caught the Stuka squadron a little off guard, they did not expect that the little devil would be able to fight so tenaciously after losing the aircraft carrier, and for a while, the pilots of the Stuka squadron were also more energetic than the little devil.
The Stuka dive bomber pulled up again and again, dived, pulled up again, and dived again. And this time the Navy seems to have finally demonstrated the quality of their naval soldiers, because the Stuka dive bomber had to drop the bomb from a distance of 500 meters, and then pull the nose up as quickly as possible to ensure that it could fly safely.
And the army also seized the moment when Stuka dropped the bomb and pulled the fighter up, hit the fire and shot at Stuka, the moment the fighter pulled up, his entire abdomen leaked in front of the little devil, besides, the little devil also has a dive bomber, so he naturally knows when the best effect is to fight.
From the beginning to the end, only one of the thirty Stuka dive bombers landed on the deck of a cruiser, of course, this shell brought a lot of trauma to the cruiser, but it was only the damage to personnel and equipment, and it still did not pose any threat to the power of the warship, as for the sinking, it was still far away.
Although the aircraft carrier looks very difficult to fight, if it really hits the right place, a shell can completely solve it, just like just now, if the shell explodes directly on the deck, it may only cause some damage to the people and fighters on the deck, but it will not pose a threat to the overall structure of the aircraft carrier.
But as the bomb penetrated the deck and went straight into the ammunition bay, then the Kaga aircraft carrier could only be blamed for its bad luck. If there were observation instruments to record all this at this time, perhaps this battle would have made the whole world shake up, because the Huaxia Air Force seemed to be as lucky as shit.
The entire Kaga aircraft carrier was attacked by almost 30 Stuka dive bombers in turn, but only four bombs landed on the Kaga, and the hit rate was only 7.5 percent, but it was this hit rate that allowed them to kill a 34,000-ton aircraft carrier in just one or two minutes after a round of attacks.
What is the reason? No one may know the reason for this, but perhaps one day in the future, when the wreckage of the Kaga is salvaged, the situation of the year can be restored through various technical means. Three of the four aerial bombs landed directly on different positions on the deck of the Kaga aircraft carrier, and the fourth, the fatal bomb, hit the same location where the fighter plane was killed.
The fighter plane and the bomb it carried caused some damage to the flight deck after the explosion, and the fourth bomb fell on the damaged place, so it easily penetrated the deck and directly entered the ammunition bay, which is why they were too lucky.
This battle is unique, and it is this battle that makes the whole world see clearly the value of aircraft carriers and the role of the Air Force in naval warfare.
Li Zhi's mind was steady and pulled up his Stuka dive bomber, facing the attack of the Yue army, he seemed much calmer, and after dropping the bomb, he didn't bother to look back, what is the matter, it's a big deal to come again, but he didn't expect that when he just lifted Stukara, there was a huge explosion nearby.
It was only at this time that Li Zhi turned his head to look at his comrades-in-arms and found that there was no one else attacking except himself, and his comrades-in-arms, who were already ready to dive, also stupidly forgot to dive after seeing this scene, because it was no longer necessary, this aircraft carrier was bound to sink, and it could only be wasted to give him a bomb.
However, in the ensuing battle, the pilots of the Stuka squadron felt that they seemed to be a little weak, and the bombs they threw could not touch the little devil's warship at all, and they were also shot down two Stuka dive bombers, although the pilot successfully parachuted, but the problem was that in this icy sea, there were still warships around, and the four of them obviously couldn't survive. (The Stuka is a two-man fighter, one in front and one behind, back to back, with a machine gun in the back, mainly responsible for striking enemy planes chasing from behind.) )
"Attention all, return immediately, return immediately." Bi Hai looked at the two pilots who fell into the water, and his heart was filled with a deep sense of sadness.
Although they had also learned to swim, and the outermost layer of the flight suit was a life jacket, which automatically inflated when opened, which was enough for them to swim safely to land, the crux of the matter was that there were still two cruisers here, and the bombs they were carrying were basically exhausted, so they could not continue the battle at this time.
The capture of these four pilots seems to have become a foregone conclusion, which he cannot change, even if he fights to the death now, he may not be able to blow up and sink these two cruisers, and their anti-aircraft fire seems to have begun to go berserk, which makes Bi Hai have to think about the survival of Stuka's squadron.
Once this squadron is all reimbursed here, then the 99th Army will lose an important air force in the short term, and the newly trained pilots will not be able to handle such a difficult task in the short term, especially if the 99th Army has a big move in the future, so Bi Hai does not dare to easily reimburse the Stuka squadron here, looking at the four pilots who fell into the sea, Bi Hai can only secretly pray in his heart, hoping that they can survive safely, even if they are temporarily wronged.
"Bird's Nest! Nest! I'm an eagle! Bi Hai's voice was slightly heavy and called the base, although he had already given the order to return, but he still had to report to the base, if the base did not agree to their return, even if the entire squadron was exhausted, it would be necessary to fight to the end with the little devils.
"I'm a bird's nest, eagle, please speak!" A female voice suddenly came from the intercom, her voice was slightly delicate, and she knew that it was not a peasant child when she heard it.
"How is it a woman?" Bi Hai said to himself, although he knew that the base was training a group of female operators, but he didn't pay much attention to the specifics, the training tasks all day long can exhaust people to death, who is in the mood to care about them?
"We only started our internship today, please tell us any questions!" The female operator didn't talk nonsense with Bi Hai, and she also knew that when it was, there must be something important for the Stuka squadron to call the base, and they had already known it in the previous training, and it was forbidden to chat over the radio during the pilot's mission.
"Oh, my squadron encountered three warships, one aircraft carrier looks like Kaga, and two unknown cruisers, which sank the Kaga, and now the ammunition is almost exhausted, and I am unable to continue attacking the remaining two cruisers, and two warplanes were destroyed by the enemy, and now they are returning home, asking for instructions!" After being slightly surprised, Bi Hai regained his composure and quickly reported the situation on his side.
"What about the four pilots who were shot down?" There was a sudden hint of nervousness in the female voice opposite, and I didn't know if I saw a big scene on the first day of internship or what, so I hurriedly asked.
"I saw that they successfully parachuted, and I guess they should soon become prisoners of the Japanese army." Bi Hai said lightly, although he was very reluctant, after all, they were all brothers who came with him, but he couldn't help it, and there were no naval units around him, if the two of them wanted not to be captured, unless they only committed suicide, but that was obviously not what he wanted to see.
"Okay, agree to return home, please pay attention to safety when returning, and avoid the military aircraft group as much as possible." The female operator reminded carefully.
"Understood!" Bi Hai said.
He didn't need to be reminded by the other party that he knew that avoiding the fleet of the army was not a fighter in the first place, and the ammunition was basically exhausted, so fools would go to fight the little devils, and their combat missions were different from fighters and bombers, so no one would go to the hero at this time.
Although they sank an aircraft carrier, no one in the returning Stuka squadron seemed very happy, this was the first time they had achieved a major victory, but this was also the first time they were damaged in the mission, and it was still two fighters, thirty Stuka were vigorous when they came, and only twenty-eight were silent when they returned.
They all knew what the fate of the four crew members would be, they knew that they would have such a day since the day they joined the army, but when it really happened, they found that death was all around them, and it had never dissipated. (To be continued.) )