Chapter 1382 The 1st Drop of Blood 1

Chapter 1382 First Blood 1

"The fleet has entered the first level of combat readiness! The capital ships are activated immediately! Cut off the anchor chain! Disperse and break out!"

"Send a telegram to the air force! Tell them to provide air cover quickly, the German bombers are coming!"

"All destroyers immediately provide anti-aircraft fire cover to the capital ships!"

When Admiral Essen received the alert, the veteran of the Russian Navy immediately issued an order to try to save his fleet, but unfortunately, it was too late. When the steam stored in the pipe was put into the engine room and the huge engine began to rotate, the German bombers had already flown over the head of the fast battleship Borodino, the flagship of the Russian Baltic Fleet!

"What a beautiful battleship, this will be my first prey!" Major General Harrell's plane became the first batch of German bombers to attack the battleship Borodino. Because shallow dive bombing was adopted, all aircraft groups abandoned the formation coverage method used in ordinary horizontal bombing. The first batch of three bombers lined up, keeping a certain distance from each other, and then entered from the stern direction of the Borodino and began shallow dive bombing in sequence.

The driver carefully controlled the operating lever and pressed it down slightly. The huge nose gradually adjusted from horizontal to the predetermined dive angle. Like the god of death roaring down from the sky, the K-6 bomber stretches its wings, and the 550KG armor-piercing bomb under the belly is the sickle in the hand of the god of death that harvests all things!

The bombardier carefully adjusted the knob on the sight and set the bombing parameters according to the flight speed, altitude and dive angle. The huge cross in the eyepiece streaked across the sea at high speed. The moment the crosshair crossed the slender hull of the Borodino, the bombardier pulled down the handle fiercely.

Height 120 meters, flying speed 220 kilometers per hour! With the release of the pylon, this blockbuster bomb, completely black and modified with a 350MM armor-piercing bullet, flew towards the huge figure on the sea with an ear-piercing scream! At the same time, the pilot began to quickly pull the stick and control the plane's control surface to quickly level the flight state. A few seconds later, when the bomber had not completely pulled up, a deafening explosion came from behind!

"We hit it!" As the bombardier exclaimed, everyone saw the results of the bomb. The bomb hit the middle of the hull and smashed in between the two middle turrets! The shell penetrated at least three decks cleanly and hit the top armor plate of the middle generator room hard!

The blunt warhead hit the thickest horizontal armor of the battleship like a heavy hammer. With the violent impact of the warhead and the outer armor plate, both were broken into hundreds of fragments almost simultaneously. The kinetic energy of the latter was almost exhausted. Just when the Russians thought that their armor had blocked this fatal blow, the delay fuse at the bottom of the bomb was activated, and the explosion of dozens of kilograms of high explosive propelled countless fragments. Continue to hit the horizontal armor.

Accompanied by the sound of explosions and the sound of tearing steel plates. The horizontal armor, consisting of two layers of steel plates coupled together, was eventually penetrated. Tons of debris splashed down from the upper level, delivering an indiscriminate covering blow to the roaring motor compartment inside!

boom! The second loud noise came again. The flying high-temperature and high-speed debris not only destroyed the motor in the motor compartment, but also ignited the diesel in the oil pipeline! The ignited diesel quickly spreads to the surroundings along the fuel pipe. The diesel vapor evaporated by the high temperature spreads to the surroundings. After mixing with the air, it forms another high-explosive aerosol bomb. It only needs a little spark to easily blow it into pieces. The cabin turned into a sea of ​​flames!

The fire was out of control at the beginning. The magma-like flames began to spread along the channels and pipes at the bottom of the hull. The deck opened by the explosion provided a large amount of oxygen for the flames to burn. The first thing to be threatened among these cabins is the ammunition depot between No. 2 and No. 3 turrets!

"The battleship is ready to fill with water! The damage control team immediately isolates the fire scene!" Essen said loudly while standing in the control tower. This order was not passed on in the end. Before Essen finished speaking, a group of 4 bombers had already entered the attack position. In less than 1 minute, 3 rounds of 550KG armor-piercing bombs and 2 rounds of 250KG high-explosive bombs roared and smashed. To this poor battleship!

One bomb directly hit the support at the lower part of the command tower. Although the triangular mast was stronger than the original mast, it was still not enough to face the 250KG high-explosive bomb. The violent explosion directly blew the bottom of the mast into several pieces! And the command tower above also fell down like a giant whose legs were broken! The last impression in Essen's life was - was there an earthquake?

The huge conning tower rolled and fell on the side of the ship, tearing off a large piece of the ship's side. Along with a huge water column, the control tower of the Borodino sank into the waves of the Gulf of Riga, along with nearly half of the fleet commanders and their commanders. The most tragic thing is that this impact also pulled the mine protection net hanging on the side of the battleship into the seabed...

There are two types of mine protection nets. One is to hang a steel mine protection net directly under the floating body without relying on the warship, and then surround the warship in a circle. This kind of lightning protection net is generally used in conjunction with barriers. It is heavy and troublesome to deploy and remove, but the effect is really good. The other type relies on the battleship. There are support poles on the battleship survey line, and lightning protection nets are hung under the support poles. When in use, just open the support poles and unfold the net. When not in use, just put it away. Same as umbrella. This kind of lightning protection net is easier to retract and unfold, but it is not strong enough.

It is a pity that the mine protection net deployed by the Russians for the fleet is the second type. Some people ask, why not deploy the first type? It is simple. The Russian fleet is not deployed in the Port of Riga, because there are a large number of transport ships unloading cargo, and the entire dock and berths have almost been used up. How is it possible to accommodate a fleet of the size of the Baltic Fleet? Moreover, there are minefields outside the port of Riga. When guarding against the opponent's surprise attack, the fleet will also have trouble entering and exiting the port.

The second round of attacks hit three bombs, one 250KG high-explosive bomb and two 550KG armor-piercing bombs. One of the latter two armor-piercing bombs opened a large hole in the bow of the ship, blowing half of the bow into a mess. The other round was a near-miss. The bomb entered the water 5 meters outside the ship's side, and then exploded at almost the same depth as the bottom of the ship. The Russians should be lucky that this was an armor-piercing round and not a high-explosive round. Otherwise, it would have weighed as much as The explosion of about 300KG of explosives at such a close distance is entirely possible to directly sink this warship!

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