Chapter 1,385 Massacre 2
Chapter 1385 Massacre 2
The Sevastopol realized that the crisis was coming. It began to adjust its course frequently and accelerated as hard as possible in an attempt to avoid the sword of death lingering in the air. But how does the maneuverability of a battleship compare with that of an aircraft in the sky? Coupled with the unreliable anti-aircraft firepower of this era, the Russians' final struggle can only be said to have caused some trouble for the Luftwaffe, but it will not have a substantial impact on the results.
The first K-6 bomber flew over less than 90 meters above the head of the Russian warship! The Russians could even clearly see the huge armor-piercing bombs under the wings of the aircraft and the painting on the fuselage! The moment the aircraft was gently pulled up, a huge bomb fell from the belly pylon, and then hit the No. 3 turret of the battleship Sevastopol!
The blunt warhead directly hit the connection between the armor plates. The huge inertia made the shell tear open the weak point of the turret like a heavy hammer, and then the huge energy generated when the bomb detonated completely destroyed a large turret. A steel plate was ripped off the top of the turret! A ball of flame rushed into the turret and successfully ignited the shells and propellant at the rear of the turret!
"We must have hit somewhere!" Following a series of explosions, the entire turret turned into a burning iron box in a very short time. A smoke column hundreds of meters high was wrapped in a powerful updraft and soared into the sky, even causing the The bombers in the sky were swaying a little. Although he couldn't see the results of his victory, the pilot firmly believed that they had done something big!
This hit obviously kicked off the attack. Bombers launched a series of bombings. Tons of bombs roared towards the Sevastopol. Huge water columns surrounded the entire battleship. Covered in smoke and flames. Nothing can be seen of the entire superstructure except the tripod mast at the front. However, even so, the Russian battleship was still struggling in the flames.
"Simple bomb output is still not powerful enough." Rear Admiral Harrell said, looking at the Russian battleships running like fire dragons on the sea in the distance. The speed of aircraft in this era is too low, and the structural strength is also very problematic, so the speed and angle of the dive are relatively miserable. The armor-piercing ability of armor-piercing projectiles depends largely on these two points, so... Even though the horizontal armor strength of warships in this era is limited, penetration is still not guaranteed.
boom! A 250KG bomb fell into the sea almost close to the side of a destroyer. The sensitive fuse exploded directly. The high-pressure bubbles generated by the explosion carried a large amount of shrapnel and seawater and impacted the side of the Russian destroyer, like a giant beast. Cut off this destroyer almost at the waist! The destroyer, with a displacement of more than 700 tons, began to tilt rapidly, and then the entire bow entered the water first. Then it never lifted up again. A few minutes later, it capsized and sank to the bottom of the sea.
The other destroyer seemed to have been hit by shrapnel in its engine, and was now lying on the sea like a mangy dog with its spine broken. The loss of the two destroyers on the same side completely exposed the left side of Sevastopol to the claws of the K-6 torpedo machine!
Three K-6 bombers arranged in a triangle braved Russian anti-aircraft fire and entered the bombing channel.
The Russians who were struck even tried to use the medium-caliber artillery in the artillery gallery to intercept, but unfortunately, the low rate of fire and the miserable turning speed determined that these artillery had no effect other than shooting water jets to scare people. What a great effect!
"700 meters, mine!" Three torpedoes entered the water almost simultaneously, leaving three almost straight white trails towards the Russian battleship in the distance. The three planes lifted almost simultaneously and were dragged off the route. At the same time the bombardier began to count his watch. About a minute later, two explosions were heard in the distance!
"Okay, this guy is finished." Rear Admiral Harrell said, looking at the tilted battleship Sevastopol in the distance. The first hit torpedo hit the lower part of the No. 1 turret of the battleship. The hull width here is not the largest and because it has to accommodate the huge turret, the mine protection armor is very fragile. The 195KG high explosive will directly destroy the mine protection armor. The mine system penetrated and tore open the armor of the bottom ammunition depot! In the violent explosion, the flames directly ignited the propellant magazine near the bottom of the hull. (Generally, the propellant magazine is under the artillery magazine.)
As a result, the fate of this unlucky battleship was directly sealed! With an earth-shaking loud noise, the entire battleship was blown into two sections from the No. 1 turret as the dividing line! As for whether the second torpedo hit, it actually didn't matter. The attacking crew insisted that it hit, but the explosion was masked by the explosion of the ammunition depot. But for the German air raid forces, that's it, the Sevastopol is on hold anyway!
A large amount of seawater poured into the broken part of the bow. Under the action of many tons of water, the bow was lifted high and immediately sank into the sea. A large amount of seawater also poured into most of the rear half of the hull. After a minute, it capsized and sank. sea. So far, the German bomber force has destroyed 3 battleships!
The two cruisers that provided cover for the main fleet did not escape the fate of being destroyed. Two ancient light armored cruisers Warrior and Oleg (historically dome-armored cruisers) were targeted by the Third Bomber Squadron, which could not find its target for the time being. (The latter target was hidden in the smoke screen.) Considering that the amount of ammunition carried this time was very large, the 18 bombers of the 3rd Squadron decided to kill these two guys first!
The first one to die was the Warrior. The horizontal protection of this 6,000-ton cruiser could be described as poor. A 550KG armor-piercing bomb fell directly into the boiler room of the cruiser, followed by a series of explosions. A large amount of water vapor and thick smoke poured out from the breach, and flames began to spread inside and outside the ship. Subsequently, a K-6 bomber dropped a 250KG high-explosive bomb onto the rear deck of the battleship. Hundreds of kilograms of picric acid explosives directly turned the rear deck into a sea of fire. After that, no bomber dropped a bomb on the battleship, which lost power and was on fire out of control. Because this guy has been presumed to be dead!
What killed Oleg was a torpedo. After a simple launch and hit, the cruiser was directly torn in half by the powerful explosion of the torpedo. From the beginning of the attack to the sinking of the battleship, it took less than 5 minutes in total, which forced the German aviation elite to Sighing at the opponent's weakness.
"Okay, gentlemen, don't get carried away with your achievements. Don't forget, our goal today! There are still two big guys waiting for us to clean up!" Almost all aircraft received Harrell in the receiving frequency band. A telegram from the Major General!
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