Chapter 1241: The Flagship Sinks
The flagship of the U.S. Navy, the battleship Pennsylvania, has undoubtedly become a target for siege by the carrier-based aircraft of the U.S. Navy.
In the first wave of the attack, the battleship Pennsylvania, although hit by one torpedo and two bombs, was not fatal. If it is possible to sink the opponent's flagship, this will undoubtedly be a huge blow to the enemy. Therefore, when the second wave of aircraft found that the flagship of the US Navy was still on the sea, this undoubtedly created a huge attraction for them!
Two squads of C'Osprey, torpedo attack aircraft and two squads of H50' Fish Eagles, dive bombers were eyeing the battleship Pennsylvania. Eight torpedo attack aircraft, avoiding the anti-aircraft fire of the US Navy, entered from a low altitude and rushed at high speed towards the battleship Pennsylvania. In order to be able to ensure the accuracy of the hit as much as possible, the eight torpedo attack aircraft tried to get closer
'Pennsylvania, the battleship dropped torpedoes at a distance of five hundred meters. You know, dropping a bomb at close range in front of a battleship with fairly strong anti-aircraft fire is extremely risky!
"Left side! Chinese torpedo attack aircraft, knock out these planes first! "'Pennsylvania, one of the officers on the battleship spotted the incoming torpedo attack aircraft and shouted loudly. In the last attack, the Americans simply failed to destroy these most threatening torpedo attack aircraft in time, so that they paid a heavy price. After the last bloody lesson, the Americans have also learned a lot of experience!
Several boats of 37-mm high shè guns and high shè machine guns adjusted their direction and fired at the sky on the left side. Dense bullets and shells frantically headed for the eight incoming torpedo attack planes. A 'Osprey, torpedo attack plane was hit on the spot, one side of the wing was broken, and after losing its balance, the plane was suddenly planted into the sea, and the pilot did not know whether he was alive or dead. But several other Osprey and torpedo attack aircraft managed to break through to a distance of less than 500 meters from the battleship Pennsylvania, and dropped torpedoes!
Millimeter medium torpedoes at high speeds, the battleship Pennsylvania, rushed at speeds of up to thirty knots, so that these torpedoes could cover a distance of five hundred meters in a maximum of thirty seconds. In addition, the torpedo fanned towards the battleship Pennsylvania, and with the length of the Pennsylvania, which was one hundred and ninety-five meters long, it was completely impossible to completely avoid this torpedo!
"Torpedo on the left! 400 meters, evacuation! An American officer shouted loudly, his voice revealing a hint of horror and anxiety!
The huge 'Pennsylvania', the battleship began to turn, and the captain himself cāo stewn-tail rudder, wanting to save the battleship at the most critical moment. At this time, it was only possible to turn to the left and aim the bow at the incoming torpedo. However, to complete the steering in less than 30 seconds, this is almost impossible for a battleship with a length of nearly 200 meters and a displacement of more than 30,000 tons!
At this time, 8 Fish Eagle and dive bombers in the sky also began to attack, apparently intending to take advantage of his illness to kill him and not give the Pennsylvania battleship a chance!
"Boom!" Eight 'Fish Eagles, dive bombers entered the dive channel at a thousand meters in the air and dived at an angle of 60 degrees. The screaming sound of the sounders on the wings almost punctured people's eardrums when they dived, and many US Navy officers and sailors covered their ears and squatted on the ground in pain! At this moment, the battleship Pennsylvania, the battleship is turning in full force to deal with the incoming torpedo. For dive bombers in the sky, the United States and Britain have other methods. If you immediately dodge the bombs that are about to fall in the sky, you will inevitably be hit by a torpedo. Compared to bombs, torpedoes are obviously more lethal! Therefore, the captain of the battleship Pennsylvania chose to deal with torpedoes first. As for the falling aerial bombs, they can only be resisted by the thick armor of the battleship Pennsylvania!
At an altitude of only 400 meters from the battleship Pennsylvania, eight planes
'Fish eagle, dive bomber dropped aerial bombs under the belly. Aerial bombs weighing 500 kilograms were quickly smashed towards the battleship Pennsylvania. After dropping the bombs, the eight dive bombers became much lighter, and the pilots began to pull the nose of the plane with great difficulty. If you move a little slower, you will most likely crash headlong into the battleship and end up destroying the plane and killing people! Fortunately, these dive bombers almost grazed the mast of the battleship Pennsylvania, which can be described as dangerous and dangerous.
Aerial bombs weighing 500 kilograms arrived first, and four of them fell into the sea, splashing up columns of water that soared into the sky. Other bombs fell on the battleship Pennsylvania. Once again, an aerial bomb landed on the foredeck, destroying another main turret on the foredeck. Two aerial bombs landed on the ship's amidships, blowing up the superstructure of the battleship Pennsylvania, and both of them were poured out of the thick smoke, and the entire superstructure was on fire. An aerial bomb landed on the stern of the ship, directly through the armor on the aft deck, and exploded inside the battleship. This bomb blew off two propeller shafts, halved the power of the Pennsylvania, and with damage to the amidships, the battleship would be reduced to less than half of its previous speed!
Four aerial bombs hit directly, inflicting fatal heavy damage on the battleship 'Pennsylvania. But that's not the main thing. In the process of turning, such damage is suffered, and the consequences can be imagined!
Immediately afterwards, the torpedo ran a distance of five hundred meters and crashed headlong into the battleship Pennsylvania. Of the torpedoes, all but two of them hit the left waterline of the hapless battleship! Each torpedo was loaded with 120 kilograms of explosives in its warhead, and the explosion was so powerful that it destroyed the Pennsylvania's waterline armor, causing several large holes below the waterline. The icy waters poured into the battleship, causing the battleship to tilt rapidly!
"Bastard! What happened to the battleship? The damage management personnel gave me all the strength to save the battleship! "I got up from the bridge, William. Admiral Benson shouted! 'Pennsylvania, the battleship suffered a series of heavy losses, ate 4 heavy aerial bombs and torpedoes, even a behemoth with a displacement of more than 30,000 tons could not bear it!
However, a minute later, the damage management personnel gave William a message to him. Admiral Benson brought a desperate answer.
"General, the battleship is damaged, and the left side is flooded, and we can't plug the hole. Although the watertight compartment was closed, the battleship had already begun to tilt because of too much water! In addition, the power compartment was damaged, and the power was also greatly affected, so we were unable to send the water into the battleship in time! The commander of the damage management personnel reported with a dead face!
"Bastard! What are you doing with so much uselessness? All you have to do is tell me if I can keep the ship! "William. Admiral Benson roared like an angry lion!
"General, there is nothing we can do! Now the battleship has begun to tilt, and soon the battleship will sink! ”
"Damn it!" William. Admiral Benson was furious, but there was nothing he could do.
"General, 'Pennsylvania, the ship is finished, we need to move now!'" Edward. Lieutenant General Abor said anxiously. He already knew the conclusions he had drawn from the damage management staff
'Pennsylvania, the battleship is finished! In the first wave of previous attacks by Chinese aircraft, the battleship Pennsylvania ate a torpedo and two bombs. Now it was hit by four more aerial bombs and five torpedoes.
These injuries were enough to kill the battleship Pennsylvania!
"No, I'm not leaving!" William. Admiral Benson said stubbornly. The flagship is finished, and the entire U.S. fleet is about to end, which is undoubtedly a huge blow to him who is bent on defeating the Chinese Navy and defending the United States, and even makes him unacceptable!
"General, the battle is not over yet! You'll need to keep commanding the battle! "Edward. Lieutenant General Abor said loudly!
But at the moment William. Admiral Benson was as if he had completely lost his fighting spirit. The whole person seems to have experienced falling from heaven back to hell, and this strong contrast is difficult for him to accept!
At this time, because of the excessive flooding, the battleship Pennsylvania had tilted 15 times to the left, and the speed of the tilt was increasing as the Jinrui increased. It is foreseeable that soon the battleship will capsize on the sea!
Edward. Lieutenant General Abor had no choice but to let William stand up. Admiral Benson, in a transport boat, escaped from the inclined battleship Pennsylvania, and then boarded the battleship Ohio. Because at the moment other 'Pennsylvania-class, battleships are also the target of Chinese aircraft attacks, and it is not safe to transfer to those battleships. Or directly to the transfer
'New York-class, safer on battleships!' After all, after the sinking of the 'Pennsylvania-class, the battleships of the 'Pennsylvania-class', the huge' Nevada-class, the battleships will definitely be the next target!
The flagship of the U.S. Navy, the battleship Pennsylvania, was once again hit by four heavy aerial bombs and torpedoes after being besieged by sixteen carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy. Although the battleship Pennsylvania, with a displacement of more than 30,000 tons, was hit so hard that it could not resist! In William. In less than ten minutes after Admiral Benson left, the battleship Pennsylvania capsized on the surface of the sea, and finally sank slowly into the sea!