Chapter 1186: Boom
Chapter 1186
The flames and the billowing smoke greatly invigorated the fighting spirit of the British! The remaining bombers rushed up like sharks smelling blood, and the Hipper fleet was bombed the most! There are many types of British bomb belts this time, from ordinary 60-pound small bombs to 1,000-pound large bombs, and the source is even more diverse. There are specially made, but also useful artillery or anti-submarine bombs. Changed. Hipper was lucky, the largest bomb hit him was only 500 pounds...
A series of small bombs fell from the air. Although most of them still fell into the sea, only 2 hits of 120 pound bombs caused serious damage to the anti-aircraft artillery array on the left deck of the Weimar. One of the bombs fell. In the vicinity of an 88MM antiaircraft gun, the flying shrapnel easily harvested the entire gun group, leaving only the artillery pieces turned into fragments, and the other bomb was even more aggressive. The 2 machine gun groups were erased in one go.
When the gunpowder dissipated, the deck was full of incompletely charred corpses and minced meat. The pungent smell after the burning of picric acid and the smell of blood merged together, which was simply disgusting. The weapon fragments all over the floor and the distorted deck made this a **** among people. If we simply discuss the loss of personnel, then the effect of this bombing is greater than the loss caused by the British fleet.
The biggest trouble for Hipper was a 500-pound bomb that hit the middle and rear of the superstructure. This bomb not only smashed half of the chimney, but also destroyed the radio room next to it. The damage to the equipment is indeed heartbreaking, but what is more important is that there are no more than 10 people left in this bomb! Because of this, Hipper failed to receive the telegram from von Lefetzoff.
The battleship was battered. Not to mention the accompanying small warship, the destroyer S-120 was directly hit by a 150-pound bomb. This bomb modified from an artillery shell was a semi-armor-piercing shell, which fell from a height of 500 meters by accident. Smashed on the deck of this destroyer, which was no more than 500 tons. This time the British’s fuze penetrated the deck and exploded in the engine room as expected. More than 30 kilograms of explosives directly confessed the ship to the North Sea.
The light cruiser Emden was lucky and was not hit by a powerful aerial bomb, but a 500-pound near-missing bomb still caused the light cruiser with a displacement of more than 5,000 tons to suffer. This high-explosive bomb, which exploded after entering the water 15 meters to the starboard side, gave the German naval officers and soldiers on the Emden as if they had hit a small mine! More than 100 kilograms of explosives are really awesome! The huge shock wave hit the side of Emden like a heavy hammer! Directly squeeze the entire steel plate in the underwater part to smash!
To be honest, the 10,000-ton treaty cruiser, which was twice the size of the Emden in the second battle, was uncomfortable facing a 250KG high-explosive near-missing bomb, let alone the current Emden! The power of this bomb directly destroyed Emden’s under-tree defense system. A huge pit with a length of 5 meters appeared in the underwater part of the light cruiser, and a large amount of sea water poured into the Egyptian along the gap. In the power compartment of the Muden, within a few minutes, the boilers in the side compartment of the shot were all flooded and turned off. This hapless warship instantly lost half of its power and was severely tilted.
The falling bombs in the air made Hipper a little frightened. Although he knew that the current bombs could not penetrate his core layer, he still wanted to drastically reduce the combat effectiveness of a battleship. Imagine a gun battle with the British fleet. When the enemy suddenly came to throw bombs from such a group of bombers, it felt so sour and refreshing. It was definitely the result of a crash in minutes!
As for the air defense firepower of the Hipper fleet? It is now certain that only one O-400 bomber was hit by an anti-aircraft artillery. This unlucky aircraft was hit by an 88MM antiaircraft artillery shell from where it flew, weighing 10KG. The shells directly blasted the plane in half. At the same time, it can be determined that two bombers were hit by 2-pounder and anti-aircraft guns and flew back to the mainland with black smoke staggering. As for the other results? Hipper can't say that no other plane was hit, but the effect is really not good....
"We brought out five seaplane carriers, and I want to know where they are now! There is no twin-engine seaplane above me!" Hipper said grumblingly after the British bomber group left. At this time, the first battleship detachment directly under the prince was experiencing an unprecedented sea and air war! And all twin-engine aircraft are naturally to protect the "leadership"! In this air strike, Hipper was attacked by less than 40%, and most of the remaining British bombers were rushing towards the flagship of the German High Seas Fleet!
One of the greatest significance of the Air Force is that it can directly attack the opponent's most critical target across the 2-dimensional battlefield! And this time the British thought so too! Also, when they saw the Baden flying the commander flag, a group of large and small planes surged up like piranhas in the Amazon when they saw falling water creatures!
Yes, you read that right, it was the Baden who raised the command flag... The prince and Scheer are still on the Bavaria! "Although it's not authentic, but in the absence of a British fleet~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I think it is necessary to deliberately protect the real flagship!" Watching the distance besieged by a swarm of British bombers Baden. Scheer was embarrassed to excuse the prince's order....
"What do you know! Only in a relatively safe situation, we can effectively command the battle! This is entirely for the needs of fighting!" The prince's serious words gave Scheer a deeper understanding of the so-called lower limit!
Prince Ruprecht admitted that this arrangement was for his own safety, but at the same time, it was indeed impossible to effectively command the fleet on a capital ship that was besieged by double-digit bombers. Didn't you see the two long black ones hanging under the belly of the V1500 bomber? ! That was at least two 1000-pound bombs! Even high explosive bombs. The feeling of landing on a battleship is absolutely sour! In another time and space, the prince did not miss the various scars that these bombs left on warships of various countries! That's a cruel!
And to protect the flagship! The air force of the German Navy can really be called dutiful! It's not too much to do your best! It is also thought that their efforts have bought time for the main force of the German High Seas Fleet below to withdraw from the battlefield.
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