The Pennsylvania-class armored cruisers had four thick, large, and very piercing chimneys, which at first glance looked like four Optimus Primes. When a carrier-based aircraft pilot who launches an attack from the air sees these four "pillars," he will inevitably have the intention of blowing them up. Feng Mingshan thought so and did so, and shouted on the radio: "Do you see those four thick chimneys? Just drop the bomb in the chimney! Let's see who has the best ability to throw it in! ”

The group of pilots below were also self-provoking "cattle people", and when he provoked them like this, everyone put the nose of the aircraft against those chimneys and began to dive at a small angle. It is said that it is a small angle, but in fact, it is also 35 degrees - 40 degrees, and it is already possible to use inertia to guide the bomb.

Because the anti-aircraft firepower of the Pennsylvania-class is still too weak, it can't fight the scene of bullets and rain in World War II, so it can't frighten the brave Ming naval aviation - this is basically the same as during training! It's just that the Heroes class, which played the role of an enemy ship, has been replaced with a real enemy ship.

With a roar of bombs and fireballs, the four large chimneys of the Virginia class and the surrounding area were devastated, and they were hit by 100 kilograms of armor-piercing shells one after another! After all 40 ships of the Akagi fleet targeting the Virginia had completed dropping bombs, the Virginia-class had already suffered as many as 11 100-kilogram bombs, and all of them had smashed into the "chimney area." Below this chimney was, of course, the power area of the Virginia, with huge steam engines, a large number of coal-fired boilers, thick steam pipes, and coal-fired coal tanks. Except for the coal tank, nothing else can be fried.

Of course, the armor of the Virginia is still very strong, and the thickness of the armored deck is already more than 100 mm! If a 100-kilogram armor-piercing projectile hits the armored deck directly, it will not necessarily be able to penetrate it. But the four big chimneys are a weak point, the skin of the big chimney is thin, the bomb will be pierced as soon as it is smashed, and then it can fall down the inner wall of the chimney, although there are some fences or something that can block it, but where can the 100 kg bomb falling from a high altitude be stopped by an iron fence? It didn't go all the way down, and it all ended up in the power compartment of the USS Virginia.

Not all the bombs that fell on the Virginia ended up in the power compartment, but there were still 5 100-kilogram armor-piercing shells that pierced all the way into the two steam engines of the Virginia (it had two oversized steam engines), one cabin went into 2 and one cabin went in 3! Five bombs exploded in the "belly" of the Virginia, and although they did not disembowel the Virginia, they blew the two triple-expansion steam engines into parts, and ignited the oil, coal dust, and all kinds of miscellaneous things, causing a fire.

The other 6 bombs, although they did not penetrate into the engine room, blew up the area around the four large chimneys, damaged many superstructures, and set fire to more than a dozen lifeboats placed near the chimneys, which immediately caused a fire!

Now it was good, the Virginia was burning inside and out, and the fire was burning more and more fiercely, and in a blink of an eye, it was out of control, spreading everywhere on this standard row of 13,000 tons of armored cruisers, and soon the Virginia was burned to the ground.

Because the engine room was blown up and burned, the Virginia completely lost power and burned again. Although it had no intention of sinking because of its sturdy hull, it had completely lost its combat effectiveness and power and became a wrecked ship.

The Virginia, which had been turned into a wrecked ship, struggled for about a quarter of an hour, and the desperate captain Colonel Henry had to give the order to abandon the ship

And while the sailors of the Virginia were making their final struggle, the Iowa, which also belonged to the Pennsylvania-class, was bombed by the Kaga's air fleet! The Kaga's air fleet chose the Iowa's long, somewhat empty bow for bombing. A total of 12 bombs were hit, four of which pierced the bow deck of the Iowa, blowing the compartments below the bow deck to shreds and causing the fire. Eight 100-kilogram bombs were fired in and around the Iowa bow gun turret, and although none of these bombs penetrated the turret, they stunned the crew members of the turret, caused a fire around the turret, and killed a group of very brave crew members who tried to extinguish the bow fire. Due to the untimely pipe damage, the Iowa ship's bow main gun turret was quickly surrounded by fire. Just a few minutes later, because no one opened the sea valve to fill the ammunition depot, a picric cannonball from the ammunition depot finally turned into a huge fireball, directly opening a 30-meter-long opening on the side of the Iowa!

Such a big opening, let alone a 13,000-ton loading cruise, even if it is replaced by another timeline, the British Super Battle Patrol Hood can't bear it! So before the captain of the Iowa gave the order to abandon the ship, the large armored cruiser quickly capsized and disappeared into the waves.

The sudden sinking of the Iowa by an airplane was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the US officers and men who participated in the war. They were still victors twenty minutes ago, and they pressed the 6 Guogong-class fat ships on the sea, 2 of them couldn't look good, and the 4 ships under their command were also beaten with thick smoke. But I didn't expect that in just twenty minutes and seventy or eighty small wooden planes, the situation was completely reversed! The 4 Pennsylvania-class ships that can continue to fight on the surface of the sea have been heavily damaged and sunk, and the heavily damaged one is about to be finished. If you count the USS Pennsylvania, which I didn't know where to go before, and the USS Maryland, which was about to finish the heavy damage, the battle patrol detachment of the Atlantic Fleet lost 4 powerful Pennsylvania-class ships at once (in fact, there was not so much loss, the Pennsylvania later returned to the base).

Thinking of the huge losses on his side and the "rapid sinking" of the Iowa, the remaining two American soldiers on the Pennsylvania class no longer had the fighting spirit, and they were all trembling with fear, and there was only one thought in their hearts.

"The Yellow Peril is powerful, you can't beat it! Why don't you declare this battle? ”

When the American sailors in the Atlantic felt that this peace was precious and did not want to declare war, there was also a Mexican in the White House who was covered with beads of sweat and his legs and stomach were trembling, and he was also looking forward to peace.

This man was Gonzalez, the ambassador of the Empire of Mexico to the United States. He was called to the White House by the Americans today, just to "listen to the declaration of war"!

The American people and capitalists have been thoroughly outraged by the Texas Maritime Self-Defense Force of the Mexican Empire yesterday in an air raid on New York, destroying the stock exchange building and burying alive hundreds of dedicated bankers and traders.

The members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are also furious - the crime of bombing the Norfolk base is enough to destroy the country! Dare to bomb Wall Street in New York, this is the crime of extermination!

So the indignant U.S. lawmakers unanimously agreed to destroy Mexico — and that would happen, and the Americans wouldn't have to build any walls on the U.S.-Mexico border. But Gonzalez didn't know the benefits, so he made a last-ditch effort to kneel down to the United States last night and beg for mercy, one night begging his father to tell his grandmother. not only begged for help from the "British father" in the United States, but also went to the Spanish embassy to cry to the Spanish ambassador, Spain is the "Western father" of Mexico! Mexico is now also a "national disaster".

However, Spain was dismantled by a group of American rebels, and the days were almost unbearable, and they had no power to save Mexico's "rebels", so the two Spanish-speaking ambassadors finally hugged and cried, missing the Spanish Empire together. If this empire is still there, everyone can still huddle together to keep warm, no matter how arrogant the Americans are, they will not dare to challenge Greater Spain!

If you really push Greater Spain into a hurry, you can go to France next door to move the rescue troops - France and Spain are both brotherly countries of the Bourbons, that is, France is the uncle of Mexico. Good Daddy and Uncle Fa, Mexico doesn't know how to cherish it, and it deserves to be bullied by the United States!

(End of chapter)