Dragon Boat Festival created another myth, using grenades to explode torpedoes.
In the eyes of Xie Jinyuan and others, this is a miracle, an impossible feat, such as blowing up an airplane with a grenade. Some people say this is impossible.
However, it is theoretically possible.
For example: an aircraft is flying at an ultra-low altitude. The moment the aircraft passes over the top of a mountain, a grenade is thrown high into the sky. There is indeed a certain probability of blowing the aircraft down.
And the reason why it is said to be magical is because ordinary people cannot do this.
Planes rarely fly at such low altitudes. Except when it's up and down.
Secondly, this requires the time when the grenade explodes to be calculated very accurately.
Because the plane flies very fast. Even the Zero fighter, which is not known for its speed, can reach a speed of 533 kilometers per hour.
Therefore, under such high-speed flight, throwing grenades into the air and passing by the aircraft during this time period requires a very rigorous calculation.
Otherwise, a slight difference can make a huge mistake. Bombing planes with grenades is simply not possible.
However, in this case, can grenades and torpedoes really succeed?
One word - 'Mon! '
Two words - 'Gamble! '
A trick and a bet, it is to explode torpedoes with grenades during the Dragon Boat Festival, the source of creativity.
The first one, bombing torpedoes with grenades, was not practiced during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Moreover, modern torpedoes are more stable and will not explode even if they are really hit by six grenades.
Therefore, Duanwu doesn’t know whether using grenades to blow up torpedoes will succeed.
But without depth charges, the torpedoes were about to sink the Izumo. Forced to have no choice but to do so, Duan Wu came up with this crude method.
So, there is a second word - gambling!
Of course, Dragon Boat Festival didn't just think of using grenades to blow up torpedoes out of thin air. But once, while visiting the World War II Weapons Museum, Duanwu saw a model of the Type 93 torpedo in the exhibition hall.
This model is said to be a model, but it is actually left over from the Japanese army in World War II. The fuses, explosives, etc. were dismantled and transported to the museum for display. Including the little devil's standard weapons and so on. It is used to remind future generations not to forget the national humiliation. If you fall behind, you will be beaten; if you fall behind, you will be bullied. If you fall behind, foreigners will grab you by the pigtails on the back of your head.
So in that museum, Dragon Boat Festival also saw many standard weapons of the Japanese army. Including the little devil's Type 94, Type 95 tanks and so on.
The shortcomings of the Type 95 tank were also well known to Duanwu at that time.
The same goes for Type 93 torpedoes. There are very detailed introductions in the history museum.
Duanwu vaguely remembers writing on a touch screen: Type 93’s first achievement was to replenish guns for the Akagi in the Battle of Midway. From then on, the myth and legend of the god of replenishing guns was created.
It also once blasted the dignified Imperial Lieutenant General into the sea and sank its own auxiliary ships many times.
The largest single victory against the enemy was when the submarine I-19 (captain Kazuri Takagi) fired 6 Type 95 oxygen torpedoes (submarine-launched version of Type 93), sinking the USS Wasp and USS O'Brien in one fell swoop, and severely damaging the USS North Carolina.
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The Type 93 is very powerful, but oxygen is very dangerous as a torpedo propulsion material.
The reliability of oxygen torpedoes was too low at the time, only about 25%. Japanese cruisers and destroyers equipped with oxygen torpedoes must always pay attention to the temperament of these things. Once a battle breaks out, throwing away the oxygen torpedo is the first priority. The ratio of enemies killed by 93 torpedoes to own people is about 1.5:1.
From the perspective of modern technology, the Type 93 torpedo is a very bad thing.
It's a double-edged sword: It's incredibly powerful under ideal conditions, but it's not worth much when evaluated at 25% reliability.
Type 93 uses 99.5% pure oxygen under high pressure. After using pure oxygen, there should be no oil in the pure oxygen path.
Therefore, the moving parts of the torpedo can only be manually lubricated before launch. The result of poor lubrication is that the torpedo often completely ignores the existence of the depth finder and jumps out of the water to breathe some fresh air.
In addition, since 93 and 95 use a small bottle of compressed air, it will be 99.5% pure oxygen after use, so it is very easy to self-destruct at a distance of 1000 meters, because that is when pure oxygen enters the combustion chamber.
The Japanese ignore these and insist on using Type 93 torpedoes because of their tactical theory of torpedo night attack. At the same time, the Japanese believe that they have suffered a lot from the agreement to limit naval arms. As long as they can enhance the combat effectiveness of a single ship, they will adopt any method. As for ergonomics and even human life, it can be discounted. Anyway, Japan has always had such a tradition.
Therefore, Dragon Boat Festival is betting on the 25% chance that during the process of the Type 93 torpedo changing from compressed air to 99.5% pure oxygen, external factors will cause instability, thus causing the torpedo to explode.
In other words, some miracles were created out of necessity.
For example, the construction of the Great Wall was a sign of helplessness against the Huns in the north.
The Xiongnu were tough and tough, often leading armies south to plunder, and they were no different from bandits. Kill people, take their money, take their wives and daughters, etc.
They rode war horses and ran away after grabbing everything. Even if a garrison came to rescue them, it was too late.
As a result, the Great Wall was built to resist the invasion of these nomadic peoples.
The same goes for the Dragon Boat Festival. Because if there were torpedoes that could intercept the opponent's torpedoes, or if there were more advanced weapons, he would not adopt such an unscrupulous method.
There are useful weapons, who would bet on the odds of such a crude method?
But the Dragon Boat Festival is like being kissed by the goddess of luck, and your luck is overwhelming. Even he had to admire himself.
Xie Jinyuan, Daozi, and the thirty or so officers and soldiers at the back of the ship cheered heartily.
They lifted the Dragon Boat Festival high and threw it into the air.
At this time, bullets from the Japs whizzed past Duanwu's head, and he almost died from the bullets.
Dragon Boat Festival cursed: "Grandma, are you all crazy? Are you going to send me bullets to the little devil?"
"Hahaha!"
Xie Jinyuan and others laughed, as if they were sure that Dragon Boat Festival would not die.
Because in their hearts, the Dragon Boat Festival is the god who created one myth after another, so how could it die?
At the same time, the Izumo was turning to starboard, and Captain Wang was executing Dano's order.
All the large-caliber naval gun shells on the Izumo were fired, leaving some small-caliber anti-aircraft weapons.
These weapons were unable to cause any damage to the injured Northern ship, so they could only sink the Northern ship.
This is another very crazy idea. A normal person would never do this.
Because at this time, it is an excellent time to retreat.
The Kawauchi sank, another destroyer sank, the Northern Territory was damaged, and the other supply ship was unable to catch up with the Izumo.
Dragon Boat Festival can be evacuated calmly.
But this is not Danwu's character. Given such a good opportunity to sink the Northland and destroy the Takeuchi fleet, Danwu would never miss it.
He stood on the main gun of the warship and shouted loudly: "Brothers, charge me!"
Xie Jinyuan patted his head and said speechlessly: "Senate, this is the stern of the ship!"
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All the soldiers who were about to shout after the Dragon Boat Festival were speechless, because they also forgot that this was the stern of the ship.
Duanwu was stunned for a moment, then immediately shouted: "What happened to the stern of the ship? Even if it is the stern of the ship, we have to rush up. Let Lao Wang swing up his tail, I will beat these idiots to death."
Dragon Boat Festival is talking about the small boats that besieged the Izumo and the Japanese navy that was struggling to swim towards the Izumo.
They have been besieging the Izumo, and the Japanese navy in the water is trying to board the ship! ...
