The damage control officers on the Mirage are very busy right now. They are trying their best to keep their warship alive.
Just now, a 100-kilogram aerial bomb fell from the sky and penetrated the front deck of the battleship they were on. The huge explosion destroyed the windlass in front, blew off half of the bow of the ship, and also caused a large amount of water intrusion.
It is impossible for a battleship to cover its entire body with armor, because then its reserve buoyancy will not be enough. Therefore, there is still a large amount of hull outside the armor protection belt of the battleship.
Because there are not many important cabins in the bow of the ship, it is an area with relatively weak armor. A large bomb was hit here, and the damage received was more serious than imagined.
Many watertight compartments were destroyed, and the explosion even penetrated the outer shell, causing a large amount of water to enter. As a symbol of the Mirage Kingdom, and as the most cutting-edge battleship, the damage control inside is naturally the best among the best.
They worked very hard to block the water intrusion.
But despite this, there are still dozens of cabins filled with seawater. The front of the battleship is now seriously flooded. The bow of the ship is deformed and cannot adapt to the high speed, so the speed is reduced, and the battleship can only sail at two-thirds of the speed.
For the battleship Mirage, this was not all the damage caused by this bomb. Due to the vibration of the bow of the ship, there was also a problem with the rotating mechanism of the No. 1 turret. It is now unusable!
Originally, the battleship Mirage had only three turrets, and each turret had only two cannons. Now, one-third of the cannons could not aim at the target!
Mirage Haifeng could no longer care about the loss of No. 1 turret. In just a few minutes, the Tang Empire killed more carrier-based aircraft, which became the last straw that broke the camel's back of the Mirage fleet.
Within just a few minutes, the battleship Qingyu caught fire and exploded, almost completely losing its ability to move. Even from several kilometers away, Mirage Haifeng could still clearly see the fire burning on the battleship and the thick smoke billowing into the sky.
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The Motojima turned around for the second time and was hit by a torpedo. When it was hit, its bow was pointing northeast, which was exactly the opposite direction as Mirage Yutaka ordered it to charge.
It was difficult to tell whether the battleship Motojima was escaping or avoiding the attack, and Yutaka Mirage was no longer prepared to pursue the details of this shame.
In his opinion, his fleet is destined to be completely destroyed here today. Before it is destroyed, it no longer matters who dies on the way to charge or who falls on the way to escape...
"Your Excellency General! Hanfeng, Swordfish, Sharp, Yuanyang, Watchtower... sank, Xishui, Yunfeng, Chaiyue... were seriously injured. The destroyer fleet is finished, and the cruise fleet is also in pieces." The staff officer reported to his own fleet in the command tower.
When I lost it, I smelled a burnt smell.
Facts have proved that it is a wrong decision to let cruisers and destroyers without torpedoes attack the enemy's battleships. Those battleships have no way to get close to mobile sea fortresses like battleships. The secondary guns on the battleships are simply massacres against these targets with almost no armor.
The Mirage heavy cruiser with armor protection was bombarded by a 380 mm caliber main gun that almost used a horizontal fire attack at a distance of about ten kilometers, and was instantly beaten into parts.
The thick smoke from the explosion on the bow of the Mirage had not completely dispersed. Mirage Haifeng looked through the glass at the Shanshuang in the distance, where only the bow and half of the bridge were still exposed on the sea. He didn't know what he was thinking.
What.
On the other side, the Stuka attack aircraft of the Tang Dynasty were besieging the Goblin. In the fire net woven by dense anti-aircraft gun tracer bullets, three Stukas were flying close to the sea. The pilots aimed their sights at the side of the Goblin battleship.
My hand is already pressed on the launch button.
Between the two non-foldable main landing gears, the torpedoes loaded on the pylons followed the aircraft as it flew across the sea, approaching its target little by little amid the hail of bullets.
At an almost inescapable distance, the Tang pilot pressed the release button. With a slight vibration, the torpedo left the launcher, and his plane suddenly became lighter.
The torpedo broke away from the fuselage of the belly pylon and hit the sea water with its inertia, stirring up white waves.
The propeller that had started to rotate brought up a white track, heading straight towards the struggling Goblin in the distance.
After completing the attack, the Tang pilot suddenly pulled up the control stick, and his plane immediately began to climb, avoiding the strafing shells. The other two Stukas also dropped torpedoes one after another, and they pulled up amid a sea of tracer bombs.
Climb.
"Torpedo! Torpedo!" The lookout on the Goblin, who was doing his duty and reporting the battle situation until now, loudly reminded his companions that he saw the tracks on the sea, and those terrible weapons were heading towards where he was.
The place is coming!
"Right full rudder!" After discovering the incoming torpedo, the captain of the Mirage Kingdom on the bridge once again ordered an evasive maneuver. But his battleship was already injured, and his evasive maneuver was like that of an old man stumbling. How could he see that there was an air of evasion?
The taste of powerlessness.
In the anti-aircraft gun positions that were busy firing in the air, the soldiers had no time to pay attention to the white tracks coming on the sea. However, from their perspective, the tracks drawn by the torpedoes were indeed getting closer and closer to them.
The battleship was turning rapidly, and the bow of the Goblin was almost pointed at the smoking battleship Mirage in the distance. A torpedo rubbed its track and passed through its tail, and the Goblin narrowly escaped disaster.
But the other two torpedoes were already very close to it at this time, and nothing could be avoided. Seeing the white track meeting them, the Mirage soldiers on the observation post subconsciously grabbed the armrests and closed their eyes.
"Welcome the impact!" The officer in the command tower who also saw that he could not escape grabbed the microphone and loudly reminded the officers and soldiers on the ship.
Two seconds later, a huge water column rose into the sky on the side of the battleship Goblin, and the entire battleship shook violently.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The deafening explosion caused everyone on the battleship to stagger. Although they were well prepared, the degree of shock was still beyond people's imagination.
Before the goblins on the battleship could react, a second torpedo hit the side of the ship's bow turret, followed by the same water column, and the same vibration made everyone sit back on the floor again.
Immediately afterwards, a large amount of seawater poured into the dim passage. The damaged watertight cabin was unable to isolate the seawater at all. The cold seawater poured in from the gap and instantly filled all the space it could fill.
In the cabin that has been filled with sea water, goblin corpses and other debris are floating and wandering. Behind the thick and deformed armor protection, piles of ammunition have been soaked in sea water, making them extremely safe.
Both torpedoes penetrated the side armor of the Goblin, causing a large amount of water to enter. The battleship, which instantly lost its balance, began to tilt.
In the command tower on the ship island, the pencil on the chart table rolled down to the ground as the battleship tilted. Then it did not stop, but rolled along the tilted floor to the corner and stuck to the wall.
"Two torpedoes were hit! A large amount of water entered the side! The damage control commander cannot be contacted! The battleship is tilting! The speed is very fast!" The adjutant reported the damage to the battleship to his captain with a tearful voice.
The old captain on the Goblin sighed and looked at the adjutant: "Find a way to contact the damage control team and ask them to inject water to restore the balance of the battleship! Check the power cabin and weapons depot! Then report the detailed damage situation!"
As an old naval admiral, he is still very experienced in combat. He knows that as long as there are no problems with the ammunition depot and boiler power room, the matter has not reached the point of irreversibility.
The adjutant said nothing, because he knew that the Goblin was in serious danger: it had been hit by a torpedo before, and now it was hit by two torpedoes on the same side, and the flooding seemed to be completely out of control.
Three huge holes are constantly pouring water into it, and now the Goblin... has tilted very seriously.
"The damage control commander is dead! Captain! The water intrusion can no longer be suppressed! The power room is seriously flooded, and we will lose power soon." Soon, the remaining damage control troops called, and the adjutant once again called
Reported the situation of the Goblin to the captain.
"Then that's all we can do." The goblin captain took off his military cap, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and held it in his mouth: "Smoking has always been prohibited here, now it's time to break this rule
It’s a good time.”
He took out a match and lit a cigarette: "Gentlemen, I order the ship to be abandoned. I am honored to work with you. The Mirage Kingdom will eventually escape this disaster. God bless our emperor."
"Captain!" the adjutant took a step forward: "Please leave here with me. The lifeboat will be ready soon..."
"No need! I don't intend to be a prisoner, and I have no intention of leaving this battleship! It is so beautiful and mighty, and it is a good place for me to return." The captain smiled at his adjutant: "There are rules.
Some can be broken, but some cannot be broken. According to the tradition of Mirage, when a battleship sinks, the captain should be at his post!"
"This is not your fault! Captain!" The adjutant seemed to want to give some advice. He felt that today's fiasco should be entirely attributed to the incompetence of the army aircraft and the stupidity of Mirage! If there must be one
If anyone is responsible for this failure, it should be this damn fool, Mirage Haifeng.
But his words were interrupted by the captain: "Go ahead and organize the soldiers to abandon the ship for me! Let them get on the lifeboats and distribute life jackets... Hurry, this ship won't last long."
When he spoke, the Goblin was already tilting very seriously. It would not be long before it fell to the sea. The adjutant hesitated for a few seconds, and finally stood at attention and saluted, turned around and walked out of the command tower.
