2758 Counterattack 4
Two bombs roared down from an altitude of 800 meters. Betty almost watched the two bombs with yellow lines landed on the front of the Flying Dragon's hull, and the first bomb fell near the Flying Dragon's windshield! This was a high-explosive bomb, which directly tore a hole 5 meters square on the deck! The yellow flames produced by the picy acid high-explosive bomb burned freely on the deck, and the gray-black smoke rose into the air. Fortunately, the Flying Dragon cleared the planes and ammunition on the deck too early, so it did not cause chain damage.
The damage caused by the other bomb was even greater. The bomb landed directly on the elevator in the front of the Flying Dragon. The lift weighing dozens of tons was destroyed by the explosion of the high-explosive bomb. The bracket on one side completely broke and then hit the hangar deck! Even Betty felt the hull suddenly!
Then there was the third and fourth rounds! Two bombs fell on the Flying Dragon again after 5 minutes! The third round was an armor-piercing bomb, which successfully penetrated the flight deck and then penetrated the hangar deck! In the end, the bomb exploded near the motor cabin and caused a certain degree of fire, which also caused the Flying Dragon to lose half of its power! The fourth bomb fell in the middle of the hull, also destroying a large area of deck.
"Report the ship condition!" Betty said loudly to the sound tube.
"The flight deck is no longer available, the bow lift is destroyed, and the gas is burned, and there is also a fire inside the hangar and near the motor cabin, but the fire can be controlled! The hull ammunition compartment and power cabin are still safe. The Flying Dragon can still move forward at full speed." A moment later, an officer reported.
"Order the destroyers on both sides to come up immediately to protect the Flying Dragon to put out the fire, pay attention to the gasoline tank near the motor cabin! Be sure to pay attention to the oil and gas mixing. I don't want the Flying Dragon to explode inside." Betty said loudly!
After this round of attacks, the dive bomber attack in the air came to an end. After all, the Americans had many targets, so it was impossible that all the ammunition was wasted on an aircraft carrier. Just as Betty was relieved, the lookout hand found that the torpedo shouts made everyone feel the hearts in their throats again!
Six torpedoes were divided into two teams to launch lightning strikes from both sides at the same time. At this time, the newly released aircraft of the Japanese finally played a role. At least 8 aircraft were chasing American torpedoes at low altitudes. The first aircraft failed under the successive attacks of two fighters before entering the range. The other two aircraft released torpedoes in a hurry under the threat of Japanese fighters. The attacks from 2,000 meters were not accurate at all. In the end, only three torpedoes fired torpedoes within the predetermined range of 1,000 meters.
The first torpedo was avoided by the Flying Dragon through maneuver, while the second torpedo seemed to have problems with the fixed depth. This torpedo passed by the bottom of the Flying Dragon, and only the third torpedo finally hit the target! The position of this torpedo was very good, hitting the motor cabin in the middle and rear of the hull! The violent explosion also damaged the gasoline cabin next to the motor cabin, and a large amount of volatile gas escaped from the oil tank, making the Japanese army terrified.
However, the attack on the Flying Dragon ended here. There were too many Japanese aircraft carriers, and that was the only thing that could be assigned to the Flying Dragon!
The second target to be attacked was the Fengxiang. There was no way, the aircraft carrier was closest to the Feilong! More than a dozen bombers rushed towards the target. In the subsequent attack, the Fengxiang's encounter surprised both the United States and Japan!
The first bomb landed in the middle of the flight deck of the Fengxiang, and a violent explosion made a huge hole in the deck. The hit shot was very tricky, almost splitting the Fengxiang flight deck of more than 170 meters long from the middle! The front and rear decks were very embarrassing.
But soon, the Japanese didn't have to worry about this problem. Three minutes later, two 500-pound bombs fell on the back of the hull and successfully penetrated the flight deck and fell into the hangar. A few seconds later, a roar like a volcanic eruption came from the sea! A huge fireball burst out from the rear deck of the Fengxiang aircraft carrier. Flames and smoke rushed straight into the sky, and it did not gradually cool down after finally rising to a height of more than 100 meters, forming a huge mushroom cloud!
"This strike was really beyond our expectations. We even suspected that the bomb we threw just now was not 500 pounds, but a 5,000 pound bomb! A few seconds after the explosion came, when we looked back at the sea, the poor Japanese aircraft carrier was covered with thick smoke and flames, and we could only see some decks and superstructures from the gaps. At this moment, my companions and I knew that this aircraft carrier was over and we made history!" After the war, Michael, the pilot who killed the Fengxiang, wrote in his memoir.
The battle of the Fengxiang was undoubtedly a huge incentive for the US military aircraft fleet that was fighting! Until now, they finally destroyed a Japanese aircraft carrier, and the battle was so clean and neat! American pilots cheered and ran towards other targets, and they launched attacks on other aircraft carriers more boldly and radically!
This attack was really powerful. Two 500-pound bombs successfully detonated the bomber placed in the rear hangar of the Fengxiang. These aircraft were reclaimed back to the hangar after the preparatory period. They unloaded the bombs, but did not have the fuel in the exhaust. Therefore, these aircraft were equivalent to incendiary bombs loaded with 500 liters of aviation gasoline! There were 12 aircraft in total, and once these aircraft were detonated, there was no force to stop the Fengxiang silence under the chain reaction!
After the first round of explosions, the hangar at the rear of the Fengxiang was almost shattered, and some officers and soldiers of the joint fleet claimed that the rear of the hull was almost blown away! It was as if some kind of beast had chewed it from the back! This blow even destroyed the four transmission shafts and the servo cabin at the rear of Fengxiang. The large amount of water inlets generated after the explosion made the warship tilt severely.
Subsequently, gasoline steam continued to spread inside the hull, and a little bit of friction and static electricity would ignite these dangerous gases. In the next ten minutes, the Fengxiang had at least three large-scale explosions. In just 20 minutes, the aircraft carrier with a displacement of more than 15,000 tons sank into the sea. Except for the smoke that still did not dissipate, there was no trace. The efforts of the Americans finally paid off!
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