Although the air defense siren sounded at this time, the British soldiers rushed to their posts. The warships parked in the port were desperately increasing their boilers, but the small warships were okay. It took more than an hour for the large warships to start.
Preheating is simply impossible.
Because now, whether it uses oil or coal, it is a steam turbine, and this requires enough pressure to drive the propeller to rotate, and if you want to sail on weekdays, you have to preheat it in advance (the kind that starts when the car is ignited,
It can only be a warship powered by a diesel engine, which is basically a boat-level ship.)
So now even if they find the Romanian plane, they can't move at all.
Although the port's air defense facilities and various warships have been spraying firepower in an attempt to deter their attack. But faced with such an opportunity, how could the incoming Romanian fighter planes let it go.
Following the command from the pilot aircraft, a squadron of dive bombers came over the three aircraft carriers. As if they knew what they were about to encounter, the aircraft carriers themselves carried anti-aircraft firepower and fired ammunition desperately.
On the Furious aircraft carrier, four or five of the 12 2-pound anti-aircraft guns are firing non-stop. In fact, as long as you pay attention, you can find that, except for the anti-aircraft positions that are firing at full strength, the anti-aircraft firepower on the warship is only firing four times.
The reason is very simple, because there is no ammunition placed in the anti-aircraft position of the warship in advance. It is only moved out by the sailors after the air defense alarm sounds. (When the warship is parked in the port, the ammunition needs to be stored in the warehouse.)
Moreover, there are not enough air defense personnel on the warships, and many crew members are on the shore. After all, this is not a voyage, they can only stay on the ship. Although this is a war period, it is impossible to tie all the crew members to the ship. They also need to rest, and
Just relax. After all, we are humans, not machines.
Faced with such weak firepower in its air defense, Romanian carrier-based aircraft were naturally not polite. Two dive bombers began to attack it. The fighter planes sounded their whistles and began to dive at an almost vertical angle. The 500 missiles under the belly of the aircraft
Kilogram aerial bombs are so chilling.
Knowing that the danger was coming, the Fury fired desperately to shoot it down. However, they did not get what they wanted. The two diving fighters quickly entered the attack altitude, and the bomb-ready indicator light on the instrument changed from red (
Prohibited) jumped to green (Allowed), and as the pilot pulled down the bomb release handle, two 500-kilogram aerial bombs fell straight towards the Fury.
The two huge bombs, which accelerated the plane and had its own weight, dropped with everyone's expectations.
"boom"
A bomb dropped next to the aircraft carrier and caused a splash of water that scared everyone on board into a cold sweat.
The other one landed directly on the deck, and the bomb that penetrated the deck exploded in the hangar. The violent explosion would tear all the carrier-based aircraft in the hangar into pieces. At the same time, it would also destroy the ammunition and aviation oil depots stored in it.
It detonated, and this was a disaster for the Fury, which was converted from a large cruiser. The violent chain explosion blew a large hole in the side of the ship, and the fierce influx of seawater caused the Fury's hull to begin to tilt.
Faced with such a dangerous situation, the stop-loss team could only bite the bullet and step forward to plug the gap while pumping water, hoping to give themselves time to rescue.
And will the air raid planes give them a chance?
Two dive bombers launched another attack, and this time the effect was much better. Two 500-kilogram bombs hit the bow and stern decks respectively. These two 500-kilogram bombs completely lost hope for the aircraft carrier. Because of its fierceness
The explosion caused heavy casualties to the stop-loss team. They suffered heavy casualties before the work even started. More importantly, the gap became even larger.
However, the commander of the air strike did not know, so two more dive bombers were launched. This time they carried not 500 kilograms of bombs, but 1,000 kilograms of bombs. They dropped them on the Furious, which had lost its resistance. Two dive bombers were launched.
A one-ton aerial bomb was fired, which directly broke the keel of the Furious aircraft carrier. The Furious, which suffered a devastating blow, began to break at a speed visible to the naked eye.
While dealing with the Furious, another professional aircraft carrier, Ark Royal, also suffered heavy damage.
Unlike the Furious, the anti-aircraft firepower on the Ark Royal is much more powerful. It is equipped with 16 (8 twin-mounted) 45 times caliber 114.5mm high-level dual-purpose guns, and 48 (6 8-mounted) 40mm rapid-fire
Anti-aircraft guns, 32 (8-seat, 4-mounted) 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine guns, only one-third were firing. Although the number of fires was small, their ferocious firepower immediately attracted the attention of air attack fighters.
Nearly a dozen bombers carried out non-stop bombing, and such fierce bombing changed the aircraft carrier beyond recognition. The air defense firepower had been almost lost. This was when the torpedo planes showed their talents. Only eight H57 torpedo planes were divided into left and right wings.
Approaching quickly at low altitude.
For torpedo aircraft, the casualties have always been the heaviest among all types of aircraft. Because the torpedo class has more requirements for launching torpedoes, it must not be higher than 200 meters, and it must maintain an average speed. So this kind of
The requirement to fix the dead line makes the torpedo aircraft the most vulnerable when releasing torpedoes. Moreover, because of the torpedoes it carries, the torpedo aircraft has become a thorn in the side of anti-aircraft firepower, and it needs to be solved as a priority.
Fortunately, this time we were dealing with the Ark Royal, which had no anti-aircraft firepower. However, even so, we still lost one of the eight torpedo planes. I saw them approaching at low altitude, aiming, maintaining speed, lowering the torpedoes, and straight 6
A line of torpedoes rushed straight towards the aircraft carrier (one of them did not float).
At this time, a light cruiser didn't know whether it was panicking or resigned, and suddenly broke into the torpedo array. There were only two "boom" sounds. The light cruiser was hit by two torpedoes, and the huge explosion tore its hull apart.
Two big gaps were opened, and the turbulent seawater poured into the cabin crazily. You didn't even need to look to know that there was no way to save it.
In addition to these two torpedoes, the remaining four torpedoes were still rushing towards Ark Royal. Seeing the white lines emerging from the bubbles of the four torpedoes, the remaining officers and soldiers tried to use weapons to blow them up, but this was destined to happen.
It's all in vain.
"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"
I saw three explosions coming from the stern and middle of the ship, especially the two explosions in the middle, which blasted a gap of more than ten meters in the hull. The turbulent water immediately roared and poured into the cabin without giving people time to react.
The raging seawater poured in, immediately flooding many cabins, and the attack of three torpedoes was enough to take away the order of Ark Royal.
As for the British aircraft carrier Eagle, which is the only aircraft carrier converted from a battleship, there is some comedy. As the only aircraft carrier that retains torpedo tubes, the Romanian Air Raid Force wants to say that it hopes that all large battleships will be equipped with torpedo tubes, because this will bring people
surprise.
For example, the Eagle was a surprise. The originally non-lethal 500-kilogram bomb produced devastating results. The aircraft carrier was blown up to create a gap that could allow small warships to enter and exit.
At this point, all three aircraft carriers of the Mediterranean Fleet have been destroyed, and it is the turn of the battleships next.
