Think about it, it is not difficult for shaped energy armor-piercing ammunition to penetrate this thickness. A series armor-piercing warhead of more than 300 kilograms can even penetrate multiple cabins continuously and explode at the core of the ship's hull.
The missiles used by the Tang Army are equipped with armor-piercing warheads, which can form a continuous jet stream. After penetrating the hull, they will penetrate the compartments multiple times and deliver the most severe blows at the most vulnerable parts of the ship.
Such an attack is very deadly, more efficient than torpedoes, and more accurate than cannonballs or bombs falling from the sky!
Torpedoes often hit warships below the waterline. The explosion can tear the hull apart and destroy the internal structure of the warship, but an attack involving large amounts of water cannot cause a fatal explosion.
Bombs or artillery shells often penetrate vertically into the hull. If they cannot cause an explosion, they cannot cause effective damage to the warship, and their power cannot be guaranteed.
The anti-ship missile solves all problems: it does not hit below the waterline, and the shaped energy jet can penetrate into the interior of the ship and explode continuously, which is very easy to cause a fatal explosion. At the same time, its hit accuracy is high enough and does not require an aircraft to get close
Fire at the target and the attack efficiency is guaranteed.
Therefore, modern warships do not install heavy armor at all, because doing so has almost no effect. Instead of wasting thousands or even tens of thousands of tons of steel, it is better to install anti-aircraft missiles and close-in defense guns to gamble...
It's a pity that dwarves and elves do not have such technology as close-range anti-cannons and anti-aircraft missiles. When facing the Tang army's anti-ship missiles, their warships were no different than paper.
Looking at his own burning warships, the beard of the commander of the dwarf fleet was trembling. His Majesty the Emperor handed over the priceless fleet to his hands, but in just 40 minutes, he was about to ruin the entire fleet.
That is a battleship! A battleship worth hundreds of millions of gold coins! The caliber of one of the main guns on it is 380 mm! The production of a gun barrel takes countless time and energy.
Hundreds of expensive anti-aircraft guns are piled on both sides of the battleship, and eight large-caliber heavy guns are installed in thick armored turrets arranged front and back...
Countless skilled craftsmen, countless steel materials... slowly sank in front of his eyes, submerging into the bottom of the abyss. He could even feel the pain in his own flesh!
"Sir! The Saint Lo was hit for the second time, and the fire in the ship's engine oil depot could not be controlled... Captain Steve gave the order to abandon the ship." When the dwarf fleet commander was extremely distressed, an officer sent him
Here comes even more heart-wrenching news.
The aircraft carrier Saint Lo, which the dwarves finally built with great difficulty, may also be sunk: it was hit by a missile before, and the damage did not seem too serious.
The damage control personnel on the aircraft carrier frantically tried to save themselves, hoping to repair the damage and at least ensure that the aircraft could continue to take off for combat, but their efforts were destined to be in vain.
Now the Saint Lo was hit by a second anti-ship missile. This time its good luck ran out. The missile exploded near the oil depot, directly igniting the oil. There was no way to suppress the fire.
This is not the most desperate thing, because the out-of-control fire will gradually spread to the ammunition depot and power compartment, and the battleship will soon explode or lose power. In short, all disasters have just begun, so the captain of the Saint Lo aircraft carrier acted decisively
issued the order to abandon ship.
At least experienced sailors cannot be allowed to bury the ship that is about to sink. This is the idea of Captain Steve of the Saint Lo aircraft carrier.
Unfortunately, just as the crew began to abandon ship, the ammunition depot of the Saint Lo aircraft carrier exploded. The huge explosion directly flew off the deck, and the nearly 300-meter-long giant ship was instantly engulfed in tragic flames.
Because the communication was interfered with, it did not even send the final telegram. Because of the explosion and black smoke, no one even saw clearly the last semaphore it sent.
"The Saint Lo is finished..." The dwarf fleet commander who saw the Saint Lo's destruction muttered, his voice full of helplessness.
He escaped all the way from Neverwinter Port here, but to be honest, he no longer had the mood or courage to escape south. Unlike the elves' fleet, he felt like a lost dog with no dignity.
The reason why the elves let the small battleships retreat was because they could still return to the Osa military port. After all, they still had a place to defend.
However, there are no ports worth guarding on the dwarf side: as a fleet built with a lot of money, the dwarf fleet has now arrived at the doorstep of the elves.
They did not fight, and they did not even try to counterattack once. When the Tang army landed on the steel barrier, the dwarf fleet went directly south to save their lives.
Suddenly, for a moment, a thought came to the dwarf fleet commander's mind: he was tired and no longer wanted to hide around.
"Is there any news from the carrier-based aircraft?" He looked at the officer beside him and asked the question he was most concerned about now.
The officer did not expect that his superior was still concerned about the counterattack. He was stunned for a moment, and then replied bitterly: "Sorry, sir, our communications are paralyzed, and we have not received any news about the carrier-based aircraft discovering the target."
With strong reluctance, the commander of the dwarf fleet walked to the chart table, looked at the map spread out on it, made some gestures with tools, and selected a position on it.
He didn't want to do nothing and wait for death here, so he decided to try to fight back no matter what. Even if he still failed in the end, he had to prove that he was not really a coward.
After a few seconds of silence, as if he had made up his mind, he finally placed his hand on the position he had marked out: "Take off all the torpedo planes and dive bombers that can take off! Go to this coordinate and attack the enemy!"
"Sir... in case they don't find the target..." The man under his command was a little confused and reminded him like he was admonishing.
"It doesn't matter. If they don't find the target, then expand the search range and keep looking!" The fleet commander replied in a cold tone: "How long do you think our aircraft carrier can last at the current speed?"
His words made several of his officers bow their heads and remain silent: Yes, even if they do nothing now, they will only have one ending.
They even have no way to surrender: the communication channels are interfered with, and they don't even have a chance to shout! Hang a white flag? People have to be able to see the white flag. The other party launches an attack outside the line of sight. Who will surrender to if the white flag is hung?
look?
"Go! Let the carrier-based aircraft take off! Anyway, there is only one chance. Let's see if the god of luck is on our side." The dwarf fleet commander forced a smile, but at this time, his smile
