All-people naval warfare: from patrol boats to aircraft carrier fleets

The First Squadron spent a lot of time during the night attack, and finally successfully sunk the two battleships with the thickest armor and the most"health" among the Yuntong Island fleet. The target of this attack was It's already half done.

But a battleship is a battleship after all, and the 406mm main gun is really powerful. It poses a great threat to the battleships of the First Squadron. There is even a Fletcher-class destroyer that ventures close to it, trying to take advantage of the cover of night. Launched a torpedo attack, but was seriously injured by the main gun on the battleship.

Langsdorf had to issue an order for all destroyers to stay away from the central battlefield and cruise around. With the assistance of level 8 radar and fire control systems, priority was given to cleaning up the small and medium-sized warships in the Yuntong Island fleet.

As a result, all the pressure on the entire center's main battlefield was placed on the two battlecruisers and the four heavy cruisers. Their targets were one battleship and three battlecruisers.

And as time went by, although the sky was still shrouded in darkness and the lookouts could not accurately find the battleships of the First Squadron, they could still roughly confirm their position based on the flash of light from the muzzles when the cannon was fired.

The longer the fierce battle lasted, the easier it was for the battleships of the First Squadron to reveal their location, and they immediately became the targets of the Yuntong Island battleships. The hit rate of the bombardment also slightly improved compared to the beginning.

It seems that this hit rate is not improved much, but in a real fight, the damage to the battleships of the First Squadron is considerable, especially the Baltimore-class heavy cruisers with 4 hard-to-resist battlecruisers, such as the Chengde and Huanggang. When the battlecruiser concentrated fire and sank the 27th battleship, it suffered heavy damage.

A round of 343mm diameter heavy artillery shells finally landed on the hull of the Baltimore-class heavy cruiser. Fireballs rose into the sky, blasting the armor on the deck to pieces. The broken fragments flew everywhere, causing damage to the deck. crew caused secondary damage.

A twin-mounted 20mm artillery emplacement was quite unlucky to be within the scope of the shell explosion. The entire emplacement was blown upside down, and the gun barrel, which was not too long, was directly twisted into a twist, and the gun mantlet was Even the base was blown away.

Fortunately, in the night battle, there was no need for anti-aircraft operations. There was no anti-aircraft gunner on standby at this twin 20mm gun emplacement. Otherwise, personnel losses would have been incurred.

43, the performance of the Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, which is not good at fleet artillery combat, can be said to be lackluster. The 203mm cannon equipped on it cannot be said to be good for the three Lion-class battlecruisers equipped in the Yuntong Island fleet. Scratch the itch, but the damage will be fairly limited.

This can be seen from the detection results of the level 8 radars equipped on each battleship of the First Squadron. After fighting for such a long time, at least more than 10 shells fell on the three battlecruisers, but The damage to the armor value of the battleship was only 5,000 or 6,000 points.

You know, the armor value of these three Lion-class battlecruisers is as high as more than 30,000 points. Even after the fierce battle during the day, only a little more than half of the armor value was left, but it still reached more than 17,000 points. , this fierce bombardment by the 4 Baltimore-class heavy cruiser was equivalent to knocking off a fraction of the armor value of the opponent's warship, which was really a bit embarrassing.

On the contrary, if the three Lion-class battlecruisers in the Yuntong Island fleet are equipped with 343mm caliber naval guns, one shell landing on the hull of the Baltimore-class heavy cruiser can cause more than 800 points of damage to the armor value of the battleship..

If it is hit by too many 343mm caliber heavy artillery shells, the Baltimore-class heavy cruiser's armor value of less than 20,000 points will not last long. Fortunately, Langsdorff only let these heavy cruisers pin down three battleships. They are just cruisers, and they are not used as the main force, otherwise they are likely to sink in battle.

As the fleet commander of the First Squadron, Langsdorff's face naturally didn't look very good. After all, these four Baltimore-class heavy cruisers were under his command and under his command. With this situation, not only The officers and soldiers on these four heavy cruisers had nothing on their faces. He, the fleet commander, also felt embarrassed.

However, the embarrassing thing was not just for the heavy cruiser formation. There was also a sudden violent explosion from the outer destroyer formation. The previous Fletcher-class destroyer took the risk to close the distance and prepared to launch a torpedo to attack the Yuntong Island battleship. It was quickly sinking into the sea with flames all over its body.

It's not that the Fletcher-class destroyer is too weak, it's just that after the sneak attack failed, nearly one-third of the armor value was directly destroyed by two 406mm shells from the Yuntong Island battleship, which also made the battleship A raging fire broke out above the island of the Fletcher-class destroyer.

Under such night conditions, a battleship that was on fire was clearly a living target. Those Yuntong Island battleships who were fighting blindly were not willing to miss this opportunity. They turned their guns one after another and aimed at this huge The sea torch launched a concentrated fire attack

"boom"、"boom"、""Boom!"

Shells of different calibers flew from all directions and landed around the Fletcher-class destroyer. Although the hit rate is not too high, there are too many flying shells to withstand it.

Drive The crew of the battleship tried their best to avoid most of the shells, but they were still hit by a large number of shells. Among the flying shells, the largest caliber was only 203mm, and more were 152mm and 127mm in diameter. , the damage to the hull armor is not too great.

It’s just that when a small amount adds up to a large amount, each fallen shell takes away hundreds of armor points. The remaining armor value of this unlucky Fletcher-class destroyer The armor value of more than 6,000 points was quickly completely emptied, and the ship quickly sank into the sea with hundreds of crew members on board.

Langsdorff's face, which was not very good-looking to begin with, turned completely black, like the bottom of a pot. It was so gray that there was no other way. The performance of the heavy cruiser formation was poor, and it could be said to be a problem with the performance of the battleships. However, the sinking of this Fletcher-class destroyer was related to his command.

If it were not for him as the fleet commander If the destroyer is ordered to sneak close to the main battlefield and launch torpedoes for a sneak attack, the Fletcher-class destroyer will not be hit by two 406mm diameter heavy artillery shells, let alone ignite a raging fire and become a big torch on the sea.

It has not become With such a clear attack target, it will not be attacked by the other warships of the Yuntong Island fleet, nor will it be sunk so quickly.

Although there is sufficient psychological preparation for the loss of warships in this naval battle, When he actually saw this scene, Langsdorff was still filled with righteous indignation and punched the iron operating table with his fist, causing the skin to bleed.

But for the First Squadron, this Frye The sinking of the Tohru-class destroyer was not all bad things. To some extent, it was even a good thing. The fleet officers and soldiers who originally thought they had taken the initiative on the battlefield and were fighting a little casually suddenly came to their senses.

What they attacked this time was not Then there are those small fleets before, but the main fleet of Yuntong Island, which completely crushed the First Squadron in terms of hard power. If they are not careful, they will not only sink the enemy ships and gain military exploits, but they may also need to Buried at the bottom of the sea.

The sacrifice of their comrades also made the officers and soldiers in the First Squadron feel the same hatred for the enemy. Their eyes were bloodshot, and the movements of their hands also accelerated a bit. The firepower that was already not weak suddenly increased slightly. The magnitude of the increase.

Especially those Yuntong Island battleships that have been hit by multiple artillery shells and whose hulls were on fire have become the most conspicuous targets. Artillery shells of different calibers passed by with a dull whistling sound. The sky fell onto the battleship and into the sea, and a violent explosion occurred. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Since the day the Chinese fleet was established, a battleship has never been sunk. , this time the First Squadron has set a precedent. It is a deep shame for such a thing to happen to the First Squadron. The entire First Squadron, from Fleet Commander Langsdorff to An ordinary soldier who arrived on the battleship was furious at this moment and wanted to sink all the battleships on Yuntong Island in order to wash away the shame they brought to the First Squadron.

"boom"、"boom"、""Boom!"

Violent explosions were heard one after another on the sea. Explosive fireballs rose into the sky. A large number of armor fragments flew everywhere. From time to time, destroyed artillery parts could be seen flying all over the sky.

Such a fierce battle could be seen. The officers and soldiers on the five aircraft carriers who had never encountered any attack were stunned, especially when under the concentrated fire attack of the two battlecruisers Chengde and Huanggang, a fierce explosion occurred once again on a battlecruiser. After sinking into the sea, everyone had an ominous premonition in their hearts.

They raised their hands and looked at the watches on their wrists. It was not yet 5 o'clock in the morning, and there were still at least 2 hours before dawn, and Cong Yuntong If the carrier-based aircraft group taking off from the island's ground airport wants to rush to the battlefield to support them, the flight time alone will be nearly 2 hours.

This means that their dilapidated warships still need to continue to survive the attack of this mysterious fleet. It takes 4 hours to get reinforcements.

But now 3 of the 5 main warships in the entire fleet have been sunk, and it seems that the remaining 2 ships will not be able to hold on for long. If we wait until 4 hours later, It's hard to say how many battleships are left in the entire fleet, but at least five battleships are probably not even a hair left.

Without these five main battleships, Yuntong Island suicidally sent a large number of carrier-based aircraft to come for support. What's the point?

"boom"、"boom"、""Boom"

Just when the officers and soldiers watching the battle on these five aircraft carriers were full of panic and worry, the warship they were on finally had a violent explosion.