Chapter 624: The Confrontation is about to begin
In the H199 Sea Hawk bomber, the young captain Xuan Shixun kept waving his fist excitedly, and the other 5 crew members also raised their arms excitedly and shouted, they really have a reason to be so excited, 4 800 kg aerial bombs, sank 2 French Navy dreadnought battleships, this kind of record and efficiency, absolutely beyond the reach of other Sea Hawk bombers.
Brother Liu, the firepower man with bandages on his arm, said happily to Captain Xuan Shixun: "Captain, this time our H199 showed a big face, 2 dreadnought battleships were sunk by us, let's wait for the promotion and fortune after we go back!" ”
Brother Wang, the bombardier, said with a smile: "The camera has already taken pictures of the situation when the two dreadnoughts were bombed by us, and this time the great work will not be able to run, but we still have 1 800 kg aerial bomb left, captain, should we return or continue to use this aerial bomb?" ”
In order to confirm the bomber's exploits, a camera was installed on the Seahawk bomber that automatically took pictures every 2 seconds, and the entire bombing scene was recorded, and the film in each camera could take 1,800 photos, and the crew could change the film in the camera if the battle was long.
Captain Xuan Shixun hesitated for a moment and said: "Our record this time is very brilliant, H199 currently has 1 800 kg aerial bomb left, but I am ready to continue to choose 1 large enemy warship for dive bombing, although the probability of 1 aerial bomb hitting the target is small, and even if it hits, it may not be able to sink, but since our H199 still has combat effectiveness, we should continue to fight." What do you think? ”
Brother Zhang, the fireman, nodded and said, "Captain, you can lead us to do it!" This bombing. Me and the other brothers were also determined to die, and now they have sunk 2 dreadnought battleships. We have enough money, and we have made a lot of money, so it's worth it! ”
Pilot Cheng Hu also said: "Captain, now the four 800 kg aerial bombs have been reduced, making the plane much lighter, I can control the plane to a lower position to drop bombs, increase the hit rate, and strive for our H199 to make another great contribution." ”
The other three members of the crew were also in favor of continuing to dive and bomb the enemy's large warship, using the last 800-kilogram aerial bomb. As for the danger of dive bombing, the crew had already taken it into account, and since they were willing to participate in this bombing, they had already put life and death aside, and besides, they had dive bombed twice, and it was not worse than this one.
Soon after, the H199 Seahawk bomber made another dive to the surface of the sea and successfully dived less than 1,000 meters above the sea surface, dropping the last 800-kilogram heavy aerial bomb on a French Navy-class all-steel battleship.
As a result, the luck of the H199 Seahawk bomber continued. The 800-kilogram heavy aerial bomb pierced the deck armor of the Liberty-class all-steel battleship and exploded inside the hull, the key being the location of the explosion, which was very fatal to the all-steel battleship.
It turned out that the 800-kilogram heavy aerial bomb had been penetrating near the ammunition compartment of the main gun shells in reserve before exploding. The steel wall of the ammunition compartment did not withstand the power of the explosion of this 800-kilogram heavy aerial bomb, and it was blown through at once, detonating dozens of 305-mm shells in the ammunition compartment. In an instant, the Freedom-class all-steel battleship was blown in two and quickly disappeared into the sea.
The H199 Seahawk bomber returned to an altitude of more than 5,000 meters unharmed. This time the H199 bomb was dropped, and the plane was under the command of the captain, Hyun Se-hoon. Began to turn around and fly in the direction of the four mythical aircraft carriers, preparing to replenish the ammunition for aerial bombs and machine guns and heavy machine guns on the planes, and then return to the battlefield to continue the bombing of the warships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet.
The other Seahawk bombers in the second round of the Sea Hawk bomber group also completed this bombing and began to return in the direction of the aircraft carrier.
In the second round of bombardment, within ten minutes, one Neptune-class dreadnought-class battleship of the British Navy, two Provence-class dreadnought-class battleships of the French Navy, one Oldenburg-class dreadnought-class battleship of the German Navy, and one Dante-class dreadnought-class battleship of the Italian Navy were sunk, and a total of five dreadnought-class battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet were sunk.
1 Majesty-class all-steel battleship and 1 Edwardian class all-steel battleship of the British Navy, 1 Wiecchersbach all-steel battleship of the German Navy, 1 Republic-class all-steel battleship and 1 Liberty-class all-steel battleship of the French Navy, 1 Queen Elena class all-steel battleship of the Italian Navy, and a total of 6 all-steel battleships of the United Expeditionary Fleet were also sunk.
In addition, 3 ironclad battleships and 2 large fast armored cruisers of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet were also sunk in the second round of bombardment by the Seahawk bomber group.
The second round of the Sea Hawk bomber group had more records than the first round, of which the H199 Sea Eagle bomber contributed a lot of achievements, and it was also related to the fact that some large warships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet were damaged in the first round.
For example, the Dante-class dreadnought battleship Roda of the Italian Navy was hit by an 800-kilogram heavy aerial bomb in the first round of bombing by Seahawk bombers, and part of the boiler and steam pipes were damaged, which made the speed of the dreadnought-class battleship Roda drop a lot, so that in the second round of bombing, it was targeted by several Seahawk bombers, and finally hit 5 heavy aerial bombs of 800 kg and sank to the bottom of the sea.
In addition, the small and medium-sized warships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, which did not lose in the first round, also sank 1 fast protection cruiser of the British Navy in the second round of bombing by Sea Hawk bombers.
The British Navy's fast protection cruiser was unlucky, it was hit by an 800-kilogram heavy aerial bomb that was thrown off, and then this fast protection cruiser with a displacement of only more than 3,000 tons disappeared into the sea in less than 3 minutes.
The 144 Seahawk bombers in the second round of sorties also paid a great price for the combined expeditionary fleet of the Allies and the Central Powers, with a total of 28 shot down and many damaged. But it can still hold on to flying back to the aircraft carrier.
After the second round of Sea Hawk bombers left, the combined expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Central Powers was overhead. Finally calmed down, originally according to the plan of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire. After the first round of Sea Hawk bombers replenished with aerial bombs, they will take over the second round of Sea Hawk bombers and continue to bomb the enemy's warships on the sea, so that the bombing of the joint expeditionary fleet will not stop.
However, the first round of Seahawk bomber group bombing ended much earlier than expected, and many planes were injured during the bombing, when the aircraft carrier landed. You can't land successfully at one time, and it takes a lot of time.
The maintenance personnel of the aircraft carrier also had to carry out repairs on some of the Sea Hawk bombers, so that after the second round of Sea Hawk bombers had finished bombing, none of the first round of Sea Hawk bombers had finished replenishing the ammunition for aerial bombs, machine guns, and heavy machine guns, so it was impossible to form a continuous bombardment of the joint expeditionary fleet.
In the bridge of the flagship of the First Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy, the provincial super dreadnought battleship Fengtian, the commander of the First Fleet and the commander-in-chief of the main fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire in this decisive naval battle, Sun Xitao, received a telegram from Zhen Li, commander of the aircraft carrier formation. Zhen Li explained the situation of the Sea Hawk bomber group in the telegram, and if he wanted to bomb the joint expeditionary fleet again, it would take some time.
Yin Jian, the captain of the Fengtian, who was standing beside Sun Xitao, said: "It seems that our joint expeditionary fleet with the Entente and the Central Powers is about to start bombarding, and now the distance between the two sides is about to be shortened to 20,000 meters." It has entered the effective range of the main guns of the dreadnoughts of both sides. ”
The Dragon-class dreadnought battleships and Feng-class dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy actually have a range of not close, and the Dragon-class dreadnought battleships can shoot up to about 26,000 meters with 45 times the caliber 305 mm main gun. The 50-caliber 305 mm main gun of the Feng-class dreadnought battleship has a longer range and can hit shells to about 28,000 meters. However, the effective firing range of the main guns of the Dragon and Phoenix classes is within 20,000 meters. At a distance of 20,000 meters, the hit rate of the cannon depends entirely on luck, so the main guns of the Dragon-class dreadnought battleships and the Feng-class dreadnought battleships that participated in this naval battle have not yet been fired.
In fact, even the main guns of the British Navy's dreadnought battleships in the middle of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet can shoot shells 25,000 meters away, but the hit rate is also very painful, and it basically relies on blindness.
Even the 45 times caliber 305 mm main guns of the British Navy's Bellerophon-class dreadnoughts can shoot shells to about 25,000 meters, and the 50 times caliber 305 mm main guns of the Giant-class dreadnoughts, St. Vincent-class dreadnoughts, and Neptune-class dreadnoughts have a longer range.
However, the British came to the conclusion after sea exercises that the effective firing range of the 305 mm main gun, whether it is 45 times the caliber or 50 times the caliber, is within 20,000 meters, that is to say, if the main gun fires, it is basically equivalent to listening to a sound, which is a waste of shells.
The main guns of the dreadnought battleships of other countries of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet have an effective firing range of about 20,000 meters, and now the distance between the two fleets is almost 20,000 meters, which also indicates that the main guns of dozens of dreadnought battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet can finally open fire.
Sun Xitao said indifferently: "Now that after the bombing of our aircraft carriers, the joint expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Allied Powers has suffered a lot of losses, I believe that Zhen Li will let the Sea Hawk bomber group come back as soon as possible, and ordered the dragon-class and phoenix-class dreadnought battleships to maintain their speed according to the battle line formation, and the main guns began to fire a salvo at the joint expeditionary fleet on the opposite side." ”
In the middle of the main force of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, the main gun salvo of 7 provincial super dreadnought battleships has not stopped, and now 17 rounds of salvo fire have been completed, during the Sea Hawk bomber, in addition to being sunk by the Sea Hawk bomber, there are also 3 dreadnought battleships in the middle of the joint expeditionary fleet, which were sunk by 406 mm shells fired by 7 provincial super dreadnought battleships.
The British Navy's Neptune-class dreadnought battleship Grimina was the first to be sunk, along with the British Navy's Bellerophon-class dreadnought battleship Medilona and the Russian Navy's Valdo-class dreadnought battleship Kenyanasha were also sunk by the main guns of seven provincial super dreadnought battleships.
That is, up to now, the main guns of the powerful battleships of the Allied and Allied Combined Expeditionary Fleets have not been fired, and they have lost 11 dreadnought battleships, 11 all-steel battleships, 4 ironclad battleships and 5 large fast armored cruisers, plus 1 unlucky fast protection cruiser. Those bomber groups of the Chinese Empire have reappeared, and their own warships are likely to sink in the footsteps of their own warships in the sea.
However, there was not much time for the Allied and Allied naval officers and sailors to consider the bombardment, and the distance between the fleets of the two sides was about to be reduced to 20,000 meters, and an even more tragic naval confrontation was about to begin.
In the middle of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, in the bridge of the British Navy's Giant-class dreadnought battleship Giant, Bridget, the commander-in-chief of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, had a gloomy face like black charcoal, the two fleets had not yet launched the main gun fire, and the main guns of all the battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet had not even fired a single shell, and many dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships had been sunk, and most of them were sunk by bombers that suddenly appeared in the Chinese Empire.
Ryan Mead, the captain of the Giant, held a piece of paper in his hand, handed it to Bridget, and said with some dejection: "Commander, the losses have been counted, alas--11 of our entire joint expeditionary fleet have been sunk just counting the dreadnought battleships, and there are several dreadnought battleships that are not lightly injured, and the only good news is that these wounded dreadnoughts are still fighting power." ”
Bridget took the piece of paper full of the names of the sunken warships, read it and then sighed and said: "The losses are indeed too great, I really can't believe it, I hope those bombers of the Chinese Empire will not come back, otherwise our naval battle will be dangerous, how far is the distance between the fleets of the two sides now?" ”
Ryan Mead replied, "Commander, we are now approaching 20,000 meters from the main fleet of the Chinese Empire, and the main guns of the dreadnought battleships can finally open fire. (To be continued......)
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