Plane coming?
saved?
When Nobuyoshi Otani and a group of Texas Marine officers who were about to become gods turned their heads and looked eastward, they saw that the sky had become a little brighter without even realizing it! On the ocean where the sea and sky were the same color, and covered by the bright red morning glow, seventy or eighty small biplanes were divided into several groups and slowly flew towards the battlefield where the Maya was located.
Nobuto Otani, who was about to commit seppuku with the knife in his stomach, was so excited that he burst into tears when he saw these slow-flying Ssangyong and Sea Dragon aircrafts - Father Ming is indeed reliable!
Having a father... is a great blessing!
Just when he thought of this, the floor of the bridge of the armored destroyer Maya beneath his feet shook violently. The unfortunate Maya was shot again! Otani, Japan's number one slashing expert who has been practicing martial arts since childhood, reacted quickly. He quickly threw away the sword specially designed for seppuku, and then grabbed an iron pillar next to him to avoid being knocked to the ground by the violent vibration and shaking. But just because he can stand firm personally does not mean that his armored destroyers can still stand firm. In today's battle, the Maya and Aoba ships have obviously become the enemy's key targets. There are two lines behind each ship. The Pennsylvania class stared at him from left to right and beat him. There are 7 6-inch secondary guns on one side of the Pennsylvania class, plus the main gun on the bow, that's 9 large-caliber guns, and two, that's 18! This firepower density is simply unbearable for the Maya.
Probably the U.S. Navy officers and soldiers on these two Pennsylvania-class ships also saw the aircraft coming from the Texas Sea, so they no longer paid attention to the 210mm rear main gun behind the butt of the Maya that was still firing, but they bit the bullet. Accelerate and approach Maya. After closing the distance, they used the 18 8-inch and 6-inch cannons to hammer Maya's butt.
The Maya, which was still barely able to hold on at first, could no longer hold its own. Its front and rear main guns did not have main gun turrets. Only the gun mantlet could block the fragments of the shells. If it was directly hit by the enemy's shells, it would not be 8 inch armor-piercing bullets, even a 6-inch armor-piercing bullet can blow you up on the spot.
What just shook the people on the bridge of the Maya was an 8-inch armor-piercing projectile that directly hit the main gun behind it! The armor-piercing projectile directly penetrated the gun mantlet, and there was a big explosion inside the gun mantlet, which directly blew away the 210mm gun. Fortunately, there were not many shells and propellant cartridges left in the ammunition depot at the stern of the Maya. They were basically destroyed by the explosion. A large hole was made on the deck of the stern of the Maya, and the gunners of the rear main gun were also killed. , and the damage control team members who were busy putting out the fire behind the chimney were all killed.
At this time, the Maya not only lost its counterattack firepower, but also lost its damage control ability. In desperation, Otani Yunobu had to issue the order to abandon the ship... because he had previously commanded the Rokujo Kokugo-class ambush to successfully severely damage two Pennsylvania-class ships, and he also waited until his own fighter planes came to rescue him, so it was considered a "victory abandonment". ship". As the captain and the squadron, he did not have to die on the ship. He could sit down and disembark with the people below to escape.
"Captain, those yellow-skinned monkeys have hoisted the 'ship abandon' signal flag!" On the bridge of the Pennsylvania-class USS Virginia, First Officer Phillips loudly said to the captain, Captain Henry, "Should we give those yellow-skinned monkeys a signal?" Skin Monkey wants to be a little more cruel?"
Of course, what he meant was to give the Maya a few more "hammers", and by the way, use the ship's machine gun to shoot at the Japanese Japanese who fell into the water and escaped!
U.S. imperialism is of course ruthless!
Colonel Henry was very happy to do this...but the twin dragons and sea dragons in the sky did not give him a chance. An entire squadron of fighters has already set its sights on his armored cruiser!
"Air strike! Air strike!"
The bridge observer shouted, "At 9 o'clock, 20 enemy planes are coming towards us!"
"Damn it!" Colonel Henry cursed and immediately ordered, "Don't worry about the yellow-skinned monkeys in the water, our enemies are in the sky... The entire ship is in air defense, zigzag to avoid the route!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Sound the air raid siren!"
"Woooo..."
The air raid siren sounded immediately, and everyone on board the Virginia became nervous. When it comes to air defense... everyone has little experience! Moreover, when the Pennsylvania class was designed, there were no aircraft capable of dropping bombs. The air defense considered at that time was to defend against airships. Although after the Battle of Great Strait, all Pennsylvania-class tanks underwent emergency modifications, adding 3-inch anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, and anti-aircraft guns.
However, the threat posed by anti-aircraft guns to aircraft is basically zero.
The anti-aircraft machine gun was modified from an ordinary water-cooled heavy machine gun. Its shooting height was only more than 1,000 meters. Before Ssangyong and Haifeilong launched their dive, they were out of reach.
The 3-inch anti-aircraft gun poses no threat to small aircraft flying high and low - these days there are no radio proximity fuses, and larger-caliber anti-aircraft guns usually charge a powder disk fuse for a while, and then let the shells explode in the air. However, it is not easy to use this kind of medicine tray fuse well. You have to calculate the altitude, time and distance. In addition, the Americans do not have a target drone to train the gunners. This is the first time for most gunners to see an airplane! So I just had to play by chance...
The first to attack the Virginia was the team led by Feng Mingshan, with a total of 10 aircraft, of which 9 were Sea Flying Dragons and 1 was a Ssangyong. Before launching the attack, these 10 aircraft had formed a long snake formation under the leadership of Fengmingshan, climbed to an altitude of 1,500 meters, and then began to dive "one aircraft first".
"Hai Feilong, charge with me!"
Through the ore radio, Fengmingshan gave the order loudly, then pressed the push rod hard, and piloted his plane from an altitude of 1,500 meters downwards at a 35-degree angle to start a high-speed dive. The nine Sea Flying Dragons under him, including Hu, all followed him, one after another, and they all began to rush downwards.
"Enemy plane! Port side..."
Hearing the urgent cry of the observer, Colonel Henry had "changed" because he was also standing at the bridge window watching at this time! Looking at his sparse anti-aircraft firepower and the large group of swooping planes in the sky, he has completely changed from a battleship fan who disdains aircraft to an aviation fan!
This kind of sparse firepower cannot stop the aircraft in the sky... Even if the anti-aircraft firepower on the battleships and armored cruisers of the U.S. Navy is doubled, it cannot prevent the attacks of dozens of aircraft. !
And even if a few are shot down, the remaining planes can still load battleships and armored cruisers with ten to eight bombs!
"bomb!"
As soon as he thought about the bomb, the bomb came! Following a shout from someone unknown, he saw a spindle-shaped, black, and quite large bomb being dropped from the sky onto the USS Virginia under his command.
The bomb fell at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then plopped into the sea more than ten meters away from the port side of the Virginia.
"boom!"
Although the bomb fell into the water, it still made a huge splash! Henry's expression was extremely ugly, because this was a near-miss, and the first one was a near-miss, so let's continue!
"Bomb! Here it comes again..."
Here it comes again, the second bomb falls on the Virginia at a speed visible to the naked eye. There is only a loud "bang" sound, and the battleship under Colonel Henry's feet shakes - hit!
Where did it hit?
Just as Henry was thinking about it, the Virginia shook violently with a roar!
Colonel Henry grabbed the railing tightly to steady himself, and then heard a voice shouting: "It's over, it's over, the chimney has been blown off..."
The voice died down, and another shout came: "Bomb! Another bomb..."
The bombs are coming again, no end!
Colonel Henry turned his head and looked at a huge chimney that was slowly falling. He was filled with despair, as if it was not the chimney that fell, but his United States of America!
America...is going to end!
How can we save America, the chosen country that is about to end?
