The Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser has four thick, large, and very eye-catching chimneys, which look like four Optimus Primes at first glance. When the carrier-based aircraft pilots attacking from the air see these four "pillars", they will inevitably have the idea of blowing them up. That's what Fengmingshan thought and did. He even shouted on the radio: "Did you see those four thick chimneys? Throw bombs into the chimneys! Let's see who is more capable and can throw them in!" "
The pilots below all thought of themselves as "great people". When he provoked them, everyone turned their noses towards the chimneys and began to dive at a small angle. It is said to be a small angle, but it is actually 35 degrees to 40 degrees. For bombing, inertial guidance can be used.
Because the Pennsylvania-class anti-aircraft firepower is still too weak, it cannot fight the bullet-heavy scenes like during World War II, so it cannot scare the brave Ming Dynasty naval aviation - this is basically the same as during training! It's just that the Haohan class that plays the enemy ship is replaced by a real enemy ship.
With the roar of bombs and the rise of fireballs, the four large smokestacks of the Virginia class and the surrounding area suffered, being hit by 100 kilograms of armor-piercing projectiles one after another! After all 40 carriers of the Akagi fleet, which was eyeing the Virginia, completed bombing, the Virginia class had received as many as 11 100-kilogram bombs, and all of them hit the "chimney area." Of course, below this chimney is the Virginia The ship's power area includes huge steam engines, a large number of coal-fired boilers, thick steam pipes, and coal bunkers filled with coal. Except for the coal bunker, nothing else can withstand the explosion.
Of course, the Virginia's armor is still very strong, and the thickness of the armor deck exceeds 100 mm! If a 100kg armor-piercing projectile directly hits the armored deck, it may not be able to penetrate it. But the four large chimneys are a weak point. The skin of the large chimney is so thin that the bomb can penetrate it once it is hit, and then it can fall down along the inner wall of the chimney. Although there are some fences that can block it, but falling from a high altitude How can an iron fence stop a 100 kilogram bomb? Instead of going all the way down, they finally penetrated into the Virginia's power compartment.
Not all the bombs that fell on the Virginia ended up in the power compartment, but there were still five 100-kilogram armor-piercing bombs that penetrated all the way into the two steam engine rooms of the Virginia (it has two very large steam engines), and one engine room entered. 2 pieces, 3 pieces in one cabin! Five bombs exploded in the "belly" of the Virginia. Although they did not disembowel the Virginia, they blew the two triple-expansion steam engines into parts and ignited engine oil, coal dust, and various other things. Miscellaneous things caused the fire.
Although the other six bombs did not penetrate into the engine room, they still blew up the area around the four large chimneys, damaged many superstructures, and ignited a dozen lifeboats placed near the chimneys, which immediately caused another fire. !
It was great now. The Virginia was on fire inside and out, and the fire was burning more and more fiercely. In the blink of an eye, it was out of control, spreading everywhere on this 13,000-ton armored cruiser, and soon it was Burned the Virginia into a fire ship.
Because the engine room was blown up and burned, the Virginia completely lost power and burned into a fire ship. Although the hull was very strong and had no intention of sinking, it had completely lost its combat effectiveness and power and became a useless ship.
The Virginia, which had become a hulk, struggled for about a quarter of an hour. The desperate captain, Colonel Henry, had to give the order to abandon ship.
While the sailors of the Virginia were making their final struggle, the Iowa, which also belonged to the Pennsylvania class, was also severely damaged by the Kaga's air fleet! The air force of the Kaga chose the long, somewhat empty bow of the Iowa for bombing. A total of 12 bombs were hit before and after, four of which penetrated the bow deck of the Iowa, shattering the cabins below the bow deck and causing a fire as usual. The Iowa's bow main gun turret and its surroundings were hit by eight 100-kilogram bombs. Although these bombs did not penetrate the turret, they stunned the crew members in the turret and even around the turret. It caused a fire, and also killed a group of very brave damage control team members who tried to put out the fire on the bow of the ship. Because the pipes were not damaged in time, the Iowa's bow main gun turret was quickly surrounded by fire. In just a few minutes, because no one opened the sea valve to fill the ammunition depot with water, the picric acid shells in the ammunition depot finally turned into A huge fireball was fired, and a 30-meter-long hole was opened directly on the side of the Iowa!
Such a big hole, not to mention the 13,000-ton armored patrol, even the British super battle cruiser Hood from another timeline couldn't handle it! So before the captain of the Iowa gave the order to abandon the ship, the large armored cruiser quickly capsized and disappeared into the waves.
The fact that the Iowa was suddenly sunk by a plane was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the American soldiers participating in the war. They were the victors twenty minutes ago, overwhelming the six Guogong-class ships on the sea. Two of them looked like they were dying, and the four ships under them were also beaten into thick smoke. But I didn’t expect that just twenty minutes and seventy or eighty small wooden planes would completely turn the situation around! One of the four Pennsylvania-class ships that could still continue to fight on the sea was severely damaged and sunk, and the severely damaged ship seemed to be finished. If you include the USS Pennsylvania, which had gone to nowhere before, and the USS Maryland, which was about to be severely damaged, the Atlantic Fleet's battle patrol detachment lost 4 powerful Pennsylvania-class ships in one fell swoop (actually not that many were lost, the USS Pennsylvania later returned to the base) ).Heavy losses!
Thinking of the huge losses on their side and the "rapid sinking" of the Iowa, the remaining two American soldiers on the Pennsylvania class lost their fighting spirit. They were all trembling with fear, with only one thought in their hearts.
"The Yellow Peril is so terrible that we can't defeat it! Why don't we stop declaring this war?"
While the American sailors on the Atlantic felt that peace was precious and did not want to declare war, there was also a Mexican with beads of sweat on his head and face and trembling calves in the White House also looking forward to peace.
This person is Gonzalez, the Mexican Empire's ambassador to the United States. He was called to the White House by the Americans today just to "hear the declaration of war"!
Because the Mexican Empire's Texas Maritime Self-Defense Forces air raided New York yesterday, blowing up the stock exchange building and burying hundreds of loyal bankers and traders alive, the American people and capitalists have been completely angered.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate were also furious—the crime of bombing the Norfolk base was enough to destroy the country! How dare you bomb Wall Street in New York? This is a crime of genocide!
So the indignant U.S. lawmakers unanimously agreed to destroy Mexico - this will be done, and Americans will not need to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border in the future. But Gonzalez doesn't know the benefit, so he went to the meeting last night They were all making their last efforts to kneel down and beg for mercy from the United States. One night, they were begging their father to sue their grandmother. Not only did he ask for help from the "British father" in the United States, but he also went to the Spanish Embassy in person to cry out to the Spanish ambassador. Spain is the "Western father" of Mexico! Mexico is also now in a state of "national crisis and missing its father in the West."
However, since Spain was dismantled by a group of American traitors, its life was almost unbearable, and it had no power to save the "treason" of Mexico. Therefore, the two Spanish-speaking ambassadors finally cried together and missed the Spanish Empire together. . If this empire still exists, everyone can still stay together for warmth. No matter how arrogant the Americans are, they will not dare to challenge Spain!
If Spain is really in a hurry, it can go to France next door to recruit reinforcements - France and Spain are both brothers of the Bourbon family, that is to say, France is the uncle of Mexico. If you are good to France and France, Mexico will If you don’t know how to cherish it, you deserve to be bullied by the United States!
(End of chapter)
