Chapter 2752 Excessive Attack
The German route planning is still very good. The entire fleet is distributed at an altitude from 5,000 meters to 3,500 meters. The torpedo aircraft have the largest load, so their altitude is the lowest. The bombers are at an altitude of about 4,000 meters, while the fighter aircraft are at an altitude of about 4,000 meters. Topmost. The fighters are at the front, followed by bombers and torpedo planes. According to the plan, during the battle, our fighters will have a height advantage. After attracting the Japanese aircraft from mid-air to high altitude, they will pave the way for subsequent attack aircraft. For those who are still left, Some fish that slipped through the net at mid- to low-altitudes were dealt with by the fighter jets accompanying the attack aircraft. In order to ensure that the fleet was concealed and able to contact the enemy, we always flew above the clouds. This facilitates our assault. "After the war, a US military officer who participated in air attacks on Japanese aircraft carriers commented like this.
Well, after the first wave of aircraft fleets from both sides were released, what were the aircraft carriers of both sides doing? The Japanese are hesitant because they are still hesitating between preparing fighter jets or preparing a second wave of attack aircraft. But for the Americans, it is easy. Now that almost all the aircraft have been released, what next? Naturally, the purpose of coming down is to run away. Otherwise, why would the two aircraft carriers, which have used all their aircraft, stay where they are? Are you waiting to be bombed? (Despise Yamaguchi Takan who continued to lead the attack with the Hiryu after having released all the aircraft in history. As an aircraft carrier, you don’t have any carrier-based aircraft, so why don’t you run away? Are you waiting to engage in an artillery battle with the American aircraft carrier when it gets close? ?)
As daybreak came, more and more Japanese reconnaissance planes appeared near the USS Constellation aircraft carrier. At this time, when the entire sea surface became unobstructed, the Japanese Navy finally discovered the problem! First of all, the first problem they discovered was that there was only one aircraft carrier here, not the two at the beginning. The original reconnaissance plane mistook a seaplane carrier for an aircraft carrier due to visibility or other problems. This led to detection errors, and another problem was that there was no escort fighter jet above the aircraft carrier! This is extremely abnormal. After all, according to the way Japanese aircraft carriers operate, even if the Americans have no time to prepare the second wave of attack aircraft, they will at least leave some escort fighter jets!
Looking at the surrounding waters, there were only two solitary destroyers. Looking at the situation in front of them, Japan could understand with its knees that it had been calculated by the opponent this time, and the strongest wave of offensives the Japanese navy had concentrated hit. On cotton!
"First sink all the American fleets in this area, and then while searching the nearby waters, send a telegram to the fleet headquarters to explain the current situation. That's it!" Finally, looking at the few lonely American warships on the sea, Japan The commander of the attack fleet, Ichiro Kuroki, issued the attack order! There's no way, you've come, you can't leave empty-handed, right? As for searching the surrounding waters to find other American fleets? This is just a fantasy. Not to mention that since the Americans use the aircraft carrier in front of them as bait, the main force of the fleet must be hidden out of their reach. Even if it is discovered later, the Japanese fleet will not have the fuel to attack again!
Thus, what can be called the most excessive attack of the entire battle, or even the entire war, kicked off. More than 110 Japanese naval carrier-based aircraft launched an attack on a damaged aircraft carrier and a seaplane. ! And there is not a single American fighter jet in the entire sky!
The first is a dive air attack composed of an attack formation of more than 20 bombers! These newly equipped new dive bombers dived down from an altitude of 3,000 meters carrying 250KG high-explosive bombs, and now completed bombing at an altitude of nearly 1,000 meters. Every four Japanese bombers formed an attack, with at least six formations The bombers took turns bombing like windmills!
However, this round was enough for the Constellation. Under the cover of two destroyers, the Constellation frantically avoided bombs falling from the sky on the sea. The boiler was in an overloaded state, and excess high-temperature and high-pressure steam was transported to the steam turbine. middle,
At the highest point, the entire turbine unit outputs thrust that exceeds the rated power by 30%! At one point, the battleship even reached a high speed of 27 knots! But unfortunately, this speed is still far behind the killer from the air!
The effect of the first two rounds of attacks was not good, due to the powerful anti-aircraft firepower of the USS Constellation aircraft carrier and the unskilled technology of the Japanese Navy's carrier-based aircraft forces. Except for one bomb that landed in the middle of the deck and opened a small hole in the deck, there was only one near-miss. This near-miss bomb entered the water 15 meters away from the battleship, and because of the It is a semi-armor-piercing bullet, so the killing effect is not very good.
After all, the power of the explosive charge of less than 80KG when exploded 15 meters away from the ship's side is not even as powerful as the contact explosion of a small mine. This level of underwater attack is not suitable for a regular American ship that adopts a five-layer defense system. Naturally, the aircraft carrier's effect is very small. It only brings less than 150 tons of water to the battleship!
"The lethality of 250KG bombs is far less than expected. The United Fleet has always emphasized the penetration effect of armor-piercing bombs on horizontal armor. However, it has been proven that even if a 250KG bomb is dropped at a higher altitude, the penetration depth is still very poor. As long as the Americans are slightly more Strengthening the horizontal armor can ensure the safety of the core compartment. As an armor-piercing projectile, if it cannot penetrate the opponent's armor, the destructive power of the explosive to the deck will be very limited. We can only smash a hole in the deck, and then the opponent will use a few pieces The board can be repaired.”
"From our close observation of this U.S. aircraft carrier, we can see the effect of land-based bomber forces bombing the warship a few days ago. The destructive effect of 500KG high-explosive bombs and ordinary bombs on the aircraft carrier deck is obvious, even in the air, We can also see the large bulge behind the deck of the US aircraft carrier. This should be the bomb that penetrated the deck and exploded inside the hangar. The resulting energy distorted and deformed the entire steel beam supporting the deck. Such deformation is very important to the aircraft carrier. Aviation operations are obviously fatal, and a simple hole can be plugged and leveled, but such a powerful explosion that causes structural deformation completely destroys the usability of a considerable section of the deck."
Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, the Japanese were able to carefully observe the results of this bombing. However, what embarrassed the Japanese naval carrier-based aircraft units was not only the poor hit rate at the beginning, but more importantly, the hit effect was not great. ……. I have to say that the 250KG bomb is really embarrassing when facing large warships.
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