602 Wings (II)

Colombo, Ceylon. 【 I want: super fast update 】

This beautiful island, which means "Promised Land" or "Land of Light and Abundance" in Sinhala, hangs like a crystal clear jewel on the right side of the Indian peninsula.

The big city of Ceylon is Colombo, the early Maritime Silk Road, which quickly made this once-unknown city prosperous, and with the deepening of the connection between the East and the West, especially after the opening of the Suez Canal, it became the "Crossroads of the East".

With the outbreak of war, Colombo not only did not decline, but because of the importance of the Indian Ocean, it became more and more brilliant, with fleets and warships shuttling back and forth between here and India.

When the first rays of sunlight rose, the beautiful port of Colombo was busy again, and the sailors casually stepped onto the deck and yawned to start their day's work.

Barrels of seawater, washed over the deck, mechanics drilled into dirty pipes, high-quality Welsh coal bunkers were stuffed, shells were repeatedly wiped in the hands of sailors, everything was so busy and tense.

Vice Admiral Cameron stood on the edge of the dock, looking at the battleship Agamemnon that was raising its fire and preparing to go to Bombay, and his eyes involuntarily turned to the battleship next to it, which had just arrived last night, but was almost a circle smaller, and was also untying the ropes.

He didn't like this pocket battleship, because this battleship was the same as Spain's declining national strength, with a full load of 15,850 tons, although it was equipped with 4 twin L50/305 mm naval guns, 20 102 mm secondary guns, 6 anti-aircraft guns, and 4 457 torpedo tubes, but the small displacement caused the hull to be very unstable, you must know that the Mediterranean Sea and the stormy Indian Ocean are completely different things, so I believe that these Spanish sailors who came from afar knew the pain.

However, this is just an evaluation of the battleship, he is still very happy that Spain can draw out a battleship to support the Indian Grand Fleet, not to mention that Spain's huge population and mobilization potential are urgent for Britain who is deep in Europe, so as the deputy commander of the Indian Grand Fleet and the commander of the Ceylon base, he will not exclude the presence of Spaniards here.

War was approaching, and the Chinese Empire's military operations against the Malayan Peninsula had no cover at all, and they could not wait to step into the Indian Ocean, so any reinforcements that could increase the combat strength of the Indian Grand Fleet at this moment were precious to the British.

The United States can do without the Indian Ocean, France can do without the Indian Ocean, but Britain must not! Without the Indian Ocean, even if Germany were defeated in Europe, Britain would become a vassal of the United States!

So from the beginning of the formation of the Indian Grand Fleet, every British soldier was told that they would face a battle to the death!

As the two battleships set sail, the harbor suddenly became much emptyer, and since Vice Admiral Campbell had already left for Bombay with the Grand Fleet three days earlier to equip the capital ships with anti-aircraft rapid-fire guns that had just arrived from Europe, only two French Danton-class battleships and two cruisers remained here.

Mumbai is not a good place to retrofit the fleet with anti-aircraft rapid-fire guns, and it also lacks an industrial base, but it is much better than Colombo.

This is a very important thing, because in the Battle of False Bay, China has already demonstrated the ability to sink the main battleship by aircraft alone, so China will be so anxious to equip the warship with anti-aircraft rapid-fire guns to supplement special delayed fuse shells.

The latter is the basis of all anti-aircraft artillery, without which even if there is artillery, it is useless, but the first batch had to wait for two more months to get it because it had to replenish the important Gapo.

Although the Agamemnon was installed early, the submarine activity in the near China was rampant, and Vice Admiral Campbell was worried that the inexperienced Spaniards would not be able to cope with it, so he ordered the two ships to go together to continue to strengthen air defense.

"Good luck, Captain Casilis."

"Thank you, we'll be back."

After exchanging greetings with Casillis, the captain of the USS Spain, Vice Admiral Cameron glanced at the somewhat empty bay around him, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily drooped.

Colombo Port is not a world-class military port, with few forts and a lack of deep bays, so Britain did not pay much attention to the military facilities here before, but recently because of the need to prevent China from entering the Indian Ocean, it began to strengthen construction, and some batteries and air defense artillery bases can be clearly seen in the distance, and military airfields are also under construction in the depths, so if China attacks at this time, then .......

Two loud whistles sounded from the bay, and the steel behemoth walking side by side began to turn the rudder, interrupting Vice Admiral Cameron's worries, since he was overwhelmed by a few small destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz, he seemed to feel that he was starting to get nervous, no matter how powerful Hua was, Li Mo was crazy, as long as he couldn't take Gapo Island and the Malay Peninsula for a day, it was impossible to really enter the Indian Ocean.

He smiled self-deprecatingly at the thought of the Gapo fortresses and the more than 200,000 Allied garrisons on the Malay Peninsula.

When the two battleships gradually disappeared into the sea, Vice Admiral Cameron walked to the headquarters in the depths, but he did not notice that a few small black dots suddenly jumped out of the sky in the distance, like light swallows, and flew towards Colombo.

"Enemy attack!"

The silence of the Agamemnon was broken by a terrible shout, and the well-trained British sailors immediately turned 7 105-mm secondary guns, 8 47-mm anti-aircraft guns, and 1 meter 1914 Lewis machine gun at the enemy.

Agamemnon belongs to the Nelson-class battleship, originally its design was similar to the French Danton class, using two caliber main guns, but after Hua sold the Rhine to Germany, Britain knew that there was no battleship to match, and immediately terminated the original Nelson construction plan, and waited a year to build the Dreadnought, and then according to the Dreadnought drawings on the horse to build this is considered to be the first generation of British batch built battleships.

It was supposed to be seen as an improved version of the Dreadnought, with a full load of 22,000 tons and five twin L45/305 mm gun emplacements, but the secondary guns had an outdated gun layout, with only seven of the 27 105 mm secondary guns on deck, and they could not fire into the air due to insufficient elevation angles.

It was not until Germany began to equip a large number of airships and Falcon fighters sold by China that Britain realized the importance of air defense, modified the seven secondary guns so that they could use delayed fuse shells, and urgently shipped a batch of 47mm anti-aircraft guns and machine guns to strengthen the firepower after the Battle of Cape Verde. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

Captain Steven looked coldly at the approaching group, and compared with the Agamemnon, which already had strong air defense, he was worried about the Spanish next to him.

Turning his head, although the 6 47mm anti-aircraft guns on the deck of the Spanish were ready, Captain Steven knew very well that they were just flower stands, because they were equipped with balloon shells, not time-delay shells against aircraft.

"3, 4 squadrons attack the port."

"Squadrons 1 and 2 follow me!"

Cui Datie, who was looking at the harbor intently, thinking about whether he could continue to overturn a battleship this time, was startled by the sound on the radio, and saw that the captain had begun to turn, and immediately chased after him.

To tell the truth, it is a miracle that he, a blacksmith, who originally didn't know half of the big characters, could become a pilot, but he is still the number one in the HNA ranks.

Without it, seriously!

Cui Datie knew that his ability was not as good as that of his companions, so he practiced hard when others rested, and if he couldn't go to the sky, he would sit in the cockpit, imagining various scenes during the flight to simulate, and it was with this stubborn momentum that he got the qualification to go on the ship, and sank the battleship Britain with his comrades in the Battle of False Bay not long ago.

Zhu Houbin once commented on him, his reaction was a little slow, but he was bold, he was wild when he operated the plane, and he was born with a big head, so his comrades-in-arms called him Cui Datou on weekdays.

Bang bang .......

Clouds of explosion smoke exploded from a distance, as if a gray curtain wall had been formed in front of him, which made Cui Datou frown, it was obvious that Britain was equipped with large-caliber anti-aircraft guns on the ship, and it was also equipped with a delayed fuse, otherwise it would not have been intercepted at 10,000 meters.

"Spread out, five-five formation."

"Angle 120, low altitude!"

"Group 1, 2 Spain."

"The rest of the group Nelson, flanks!"

Since he hadn't read the name of the ship clearly, the captain could only use the shape of a battleship to command, and after hearing the sound, Cui Datou immediately pressed the nose of the plane, and formed an attack arrow with the other four dragon wings, aiming at the maneuvering Agamemnon.

The rapidly declining fleet made the Agamemnon's anti-aircraft guns begin to thin out, because the naval guns needed to adjust the angle, and they had to change the fuses at close distances, etc.

The speed of the Sea Eagle is half that of the Hornet, but it can also fly more than 4000 meters per minute, which means that in a minute, the anti-aircraft gun needs to change shells with different fuses at least three times, which is too cumbersome for battleships that have not yet set up a special air defense command post.

Clusters of ceremonial flowers jumped up from behind, as if to welcome the arrival of the sea eagle.

"Cut in."

The moment the squad leader's voice sounded, Cui Datou's crew quickly circled around and swept towards the stern of the Agamemnon, and the other squad also aimed at the flank from the left.

This is a tactic for attacking warships in navigation, firstly, it can make the enemy ship unable to exert all its anti-aircraft firepower, and the stern is an important part, as long as the rudder is knocked out, then the powerful warship is just waiting for the death of a leper dog.

The stern of the huge Agamemnon was quickly enlarged, and suddenly, an explosion came from the side, making Cui Datou involuntarily turn his head to look.

On board the Spaniard, a ball of flames exploded first, and the short "fish bone" hit the port side aft bridge position of the pocket battleship, and the explosion frightened the Spanish sailors, although they tried their best to fire anti-aircraft shells, but these iron bumps, which did not delay the fuse, did not explode, and were almost no threat to nimble aircraft.

The third team took the lead in opening, stimulating Cui Datou, and his fingers slowly put on the joystick launch button.

Suddenly, a huge fireball opened from the pupils, only to see the leading sea eagle blooming like a brilliant fireflower, and the comrades in the huge fireball disappeared into the sea without even shouting.

"Anti-aircraft machine gun!"

I don't know who it is, I shouted suddenly, and at this time, Cui Daniu saw that the stern of the Agamemnon suddenly burst out of small but fiery tongues of fire!

My heart pounded.

Whether it is an exercise or a real battle, the threat of anti-aircraft machine guns is far greater than that of anti-aircraft guns, especially the Midolian Viper machine gun on its own ship, plus the extra-large ammunition supply box, it is like splashing water, even if the nimble Hornet breaks in, it will be half dead, let alone a sea hawk loaded with torpedoes.

The Sea Eagle was hit by a small projectile that caused an explosion of this magnitude.

Cui Datou flew the plane over the fire on the sea, although the time was very short, he still saw his comrades sinking with the plane a little bit, the blurred flesh and blood were no longer the same, and the blood stained the surrounding sea water.

Every dragon wing gritted their teeth, and the gurgling grinding of their teeth aroused anger even more, how about the machine gun? You're already running out of time!

When the distance reached 1,800 meters and was about to enter the range of dense machine gun shells, Cui Datou pulled the trigger sharply, and then pulled the joystick sharply.

His face changed suddenly, something was wrong!

The Sea Hawk, who should have been unloaded and dexterous, turned out to be slow and heavy, and experience told him that the torpedo did not go out!

"How so!"

"Old ghost, help me look at the pylon!"

Hot sweat quickly crawled all over the vest, Cui Datou hurriedly greeted the comrades on the side who had finished dropping the bombs, and when the comrade-in-arms nicknamed the old ghost staggered past him, there was a sigh on the radio.

"I didn't hit it, it should be stuck on the pylon!"

"Bastard!"

This news almost killed Cui Daniu, which not only means that his dream of sinking the battleship again is shattered, but also means that this Sea Eagle will not be able to land on the aircraft carrier (it cannot land with bombs, in case the landing impact falls on the deck and explodes, and can only be forced to land near the aircraft carrier), and even has to be abandoned!

At this time, the five Sea Hawks attacking the left flank dropped torpedoes, and at the same time, the eight white lines attacking from the left and right made the Agamemnon extremely nervous, and Steven gritted his teeth and roared angrily and commanded the more than 20,000-ton giant beast to rush left and right, trying to avoid these dangerous little guys.

Boom, boom, boom, ......boom.

Suddenly, the continuous sound of explosions startled him, and he saw the continuous collision of fire on the body of the Spanish ship next to him, and the inexperienced Spanish Navy was like a clown in front of the "fish bones".

Captain Steven knew that it was impossible for the Spaniard, which had been torpedoed and began to spin, to survive, but before he could be caught up by the torpedo, another scene made his eyes bloodshot and he jumped excitedly!

I saw that the Spanish suddenly turned to the left of the bow and plunged straight in front of the Agamemnon at a high speed of 19 knots, blocking its own maneuvering route!

"This bastard!"

Captain Steven jumped on his feet and shouted at Casillis as he directed the battleship to evade urgently, but he didn't know that the Spanish captain had fainted from the blow to the head when the first torpedo exploded, and he didn't wake up until the Spanish sank.

Almost instantly, the port side of the Agamemnon, which was urgently maneuvering to the left, was completely exposed to the five fish bones.

Rumbling explosions rang out one after another, and although the helmsman did his best to avoid two of them, there were still three columns of water that almost simultaneously scurried up from the port side of the Agamemnon, and almost without thinking about what was going to happen, Captain Steven immediately gave the order to fill the starboard empty hold with water.

It should be said that his advance move almost saved the Agamemnon, when a huge amount of seawater poured in from the port side wound, the starboard empty tank was also quickly filled with seawater, although the speed was slower than the left, but the deck did not tilt quickly.

It should be said that God did not favor the Spaniards today.

After being hit by three torpedoes on the port side, the Agamemnon also avoided the three on the right, but these cold and thoughtless "fish bones" plunged headlong into the bow of the Spanish ship, which was actually out of range.

The power of the simultaneous explosion of the two bombs completely destroyed the vitality of the Spaniard, which had just arrived in the Indian Ocean and had not even officially joined the Indian Grand Fleet, and the battleship, which was known as the strength of Spain, was thrown into an oil pan, and after a few tosses, it ignited a raging fire and plunged headlong into the Indian Ocean as deep as a thousand meters.

"Try again!"

Looking at the Agamemnon, which was still sailing, and thinking of the corpse of his comrade-in-arms, Cui Datou, who was stimulated, gritted his teeth and roared down again, joining the third squad and rushing towards the enemy ship.

All the British sailors knew that the critical time had come, and the 19 Sea Hawks attacking themselves and the Spanish had dropped torpedoes, and only 6 were left at the moment, so they turned all the anti-aircraft fire that could be targeted, and even the main and secondary guns fired at the sea at close range, hoping to use the water column stirred up by the heavy artillery to block the enemy's view.

It should be said that this trick was extremely effective, one after another huge water columns rising at a distance of 3,000 meters obscured the sight of the third wave of sea eagles, and as soon as an evasive sea eagle crossed the water column, it was hit by a 47-mm shell, and the entire plane was shattered!

When they finally avoided the water column, the Agamemnon, which had lost its speed, once again exposed its huge starboard side, and although the dense machine guns and 47mm firing guns did their best, the third wave of four torpedoes still arrived as scheduled.

There are only four, because Cui Datou's torpedo still hasn't left the pylon!

Cui Datou's heart was like ashes, as if he had lost all his strength in an instant, and he stupidly watched his comrades' torpedoes rush towards the enemy, and he could only helplessly pull up the lonely circle of the sea eagle again.

The Agamemnon, whose speed had dropped to 8 knots, was powerless to evade, so she could only let the torpedoes hit her fate repeatedly, and one by one the torpedoes slammed into the starboard hull, and every explosion would make the deck shake violently, and Captain Steven was even ready to break the jade.

A miracle happened!

Later, after laboratory calculations, it became known that because Captain Steven had injected water into the starboard side early, the cabin in that area was almost entirely covered with seawater, and although the torpedo broke through the protective wall, the shock wave of the explosion was blocked by the seawater a lot.

If the attack team had chosen to continue attacking the port side at that time, I am afraid that there would have been no later events, and the Agamemnon would have sunk long ago.

But this can't blame anyone, after all, this is the first time that the dragon wings have attacked the giant beast in the voyage, after all, Captain Steven's order to fill the starboard side early was later considered to be a reaction, even if the good captain Hua is probably not so, but when the entire deck of the Agamemnon, which is almost parallel to the sea, is still slowly rushing towards the shallow talk a few kilometers away, the eyes of the dragon wings are instantly red!

Seven torpedoes were hit, two comrades were lost, but this guy could still run! For the dragon wings, this is simply a great shame!

"Who still has torpedoes?"

"Who still has torpedoes!"

A shout echoed in the sky, even the group of planes attacking the harbor had already come back and heard the call, but in the face of the silent channel, Tian Yun hammered his thigh fiercely, because he was reluctant to vent his anger on his beloved war eagle.

In the distance, the Agamemnon was still stubbornly turning towards the shallows, its deck almost submerged in the sea, but it was like an old warrior who was staggering and breathing a sigh of relief, unwilling to give up his efforts.

Through the windshield, Tian Yun could even see the British sailors on the deck who were busy but yelling at him.

In just over half an hour, it can rush up to the distant talk and escape! Although there is little chance of it being repaired, the guns and weapons on it can continue to be used to kill as many comrades!

Even for the sake of the two sacrificed comrades-in-arms, he must not be allowed to escape!

"I'm going to sink it!"

An excited hornet, dancing its wings and about to dive, Tian Yun shouted violently to stop him, although he also wanted to kill this big guy who only needed to add one more torpedo and was doomed to sink, and even preferred to drive the plane himself, but the power of the plane's gasoline explosion was not enough, and it could only be sacrificed in vain.

"Captain."

"I'm armed!" Just when everyone was desperate and ready to regretfully accept the heavy damage to the reality and return home, a voice suddenly sounded from the radio.

Everyone saw that the No. 051 sea eagle came out from behind like a shuttle, and under the shaking wings, a "fish bone" glittered in the sun.

"Big head, don't ......!"

Tian Yun knew the Sea Eagle, and he wanted to stop it, but its speed was too high, and in the blink of an eye, it passed everyone and rushed towards the port side of the Agamemnon, which was badly injured.

"Captain, bring a message to my old man."

"I've sunk a battleship!"

"I will never give its cannon a chance to re-aim at my comrades!"

"Kill!"

The low voice turned into a loud shout and resounded in the sky, and countless shouts did not pull back the stubborn No. 051, the lowered nose roared, clinging to the sea and launched a decisive assault!

Looking down from the sky, the 051 Sea Eagle stretched its wings and soared between the sea and the sky, and the injured behemoth in the distance roared and hissed, trying to do the struggle.

On the pylon, the "fish bone" that could not be shot due to mechanical failure waited silently, as if hearing the uncontrollable heartbeat of its owner, and a ray of sunlight projected on the thunder, stunning the sailors on the deck of the Agamemnon.

The sea eagle roared, the cold torpedoes frightened the British sailors who were still rejoicing in their lives, and the anti-aircraft guns roared again and again, but everything was irreparable.

"British little girl, cock your ass!"

"Let the old man tell you, there is no warship that cannot be sunk by dragon wings!"

Frantic shouting and sinister reverberation echoed across the radio, tears rolling down her cheeks.

The navy is proud, the navy is elegant, and there is no Chinese navy man who likes to use foul language and insults to boost morale and make fun of ridicule!

Steel is cold, lifeless, no temperature, only thick barrels and torpedoes, with strength to return all opponents.

Even Captain Fang Jin, who is known as an elegant destroyer, rarely insults his opponents with insults, he will only raise the bow, he will only stuff cannonballs, use the cold bow, and use the scorching cannonballs to ram and blow up all provocative opponents.

The navy is a pack of hungry wolves that bury their heads in their heads, and the cold steel has taught them to be calm, even in the face of ferocious tigers, they never roar, they only neigh, and then tear their opponents with their claws, teeth, and tears.

Even if you lose, you will hide, lick your wounds, and come back!

Longyi is the elite of the elite, they are the pride of the navy!

But today, no one will blame the screaming big heads, and no one will find the insults harsh.

The sea eagle roared, shuttling through the shells, the big head glaring, gritting its teeth, and the pupils began to become congested!

This bastard, who shot down two Sea Hawks and tore apart his comrades, still wants to be able to go home! Now, it's time for them to know what Dragon Wings are!

"We are the wings of the dragon!"

In the loud slogan of the dragon's wings, the 051 Sea Eagle plunged headlong into the center of the two broken wounds on the port side of the ship, and when the fire rose, the torpedo on the pylons suddenly broke free of the restraints and drilled into the depths of the Agamemnon hull.

The explosion completely tore open the wound, and countless seawater poured into the bilge along the wound, and the huge steel beast's body continued to tremble, and when a creaking sound sounded, Captain Steven's eyes were only left with the white of despair.

The Agamemnon, which had endured 8 "fish bones", finally couldn't hold on, and the sea water aggravated the burden on the hull, especially the latter "fish bones" that exploded in the depths, directly tearing off the keel, and with a violent steel symphony sounding from the center, this giant beast with a displacement of 20,000 tons finally came to an end.

The hull of the ship was disconnected from the middle, and once proud, once thought that even if it could not be repaired, it could be converted into a shore gun, and the naval gun that killed the Duohua soldiers collapsed crookedly, and the two hulls began to sink at a speed visible to the naked eye, forming a vortex that swallowed everything on the surface of the sea.

Sunk!

But there was no rejoicing.

Long Yi's cheeks were already wet, and his eyes were red.

Tian Yun choked up, gently pushed the joystick, and circled over the whirlpool, the swaying wings as if to summon the heroic spirit home.

One, two, three .......

In the scorching sun, the dragon wings soared elegantly above the nine heavens, and three red tears were shed in the bright red totem under the wings.

RO！ ~！