Chapter 2729: Battle loss one

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With the explosion of bombs and boilers, Independence seemed to be in constant tremor. A large amount of thick smoke and flames gushed from the boiler chamber. They spread from the lower deck to the upper deck along the pipes and tunnels. They burned the cabin and destroyed it. The machinery was dropped, and even a crack was torn in the bottom of the ship. The gas turbine that lost its steam supply gradually stopped rotating, and the motor compartment was also surrounded by flames, and important cables were burned. The pump stopped working, and the lighting inside the battleship was seriously affected.

However, before the Americans on Independence could deploy manpower to repair the warship, another 500KG bomb fell! This time, it also penetrated several decks, and eventually exploded above the gasoline tank at the bottom of the ship. The American warships did a good job of fire prevention, but the defense on the top of the gasoline tank couldn't stop the semi-armor-piercing projectile! As a result, hundreds of tons of gasoline were ignited, and the violent explosion almost tore the Independence into two parts! Less than half a minute after the hit, the aircraft carrier had a serious bow, and the propellers at the tail of the hull were all exposed. Independence is doomed!

In the end, 4 torpedo planes were buried in Independence. After hitting 2 torpedoes in a row, the battleship finally broke into three sections and sank into the sea. This was the first battleship lost by the US Navy in this battle. , And all this is just the beginning!

When Independence was sunk, the fleet originally used to attack Independence gave up its attack on the Arizona battleship and destroyers and rushed to another aircraft carrier, the Langley. The Pennsylvania battleship that escorted him ultimately failed to persist. In the end, one round of 500KG high-explosive bomb and three rounds of 250KG bomb also severely damaged Pennsylvania's air defense firepower. As a result, the exposed Langley was besieged by at least 30 various aircraft, and in this battle, this aircraft carrier was even more dead!

This time, the Japanese navy’s torpedo planes played an important role, and the first breakthrough of the Japanese torpedo plane unit made the Langley shed its first blood! After fully suppressing the opponent’s air defense firepower, the torpedo planes are the real killers of the large warships. Japan’s 12 torpedo planes were divided into two teams to pounce on the target, and the six torpedo planes were distributed on the front with a width of more than 300 meters. Then it released 6 torpedoes in a fan shape.

The Langley tried its best to dodge the life-threatening torpedoes under the sea. The huge hull drew a complete course on the sea. However, when the manpower was exhausted, after evading 4 torpedoes one after another, two rounds The torpedo weighing more than 700 kilograms finally hit the Langley!

The warhead weighing more than 190 kilograms is really strong. The torpedo that exploded 7 meters underwater produced a powerful shock wave. The explosion energy squeezed the sea water and debris, and the sea water and debris transferred the energy to the hull plate. After a burst of explosions and the sour metal breaking sound, the Langley’s underwater defense system finally collapsed. The violent explosion directly tore a 6-meter-long crack, and the shock wave and high temperature and high pressure bubbles It also broke through the underwater protective layer with a defense depth of only 3 meters. The bottom of the Langley's hull was stabbed deeply, and then another torpedo brought a full 800 to the warship’s boiler warehouse. Many tons of water! At this point, the Langley has entered the countdown to its life!

Afterwards, 7 bombs and 2 other torpedoes hit this poor warship one after another. Ten minutes later, accompanied by a series of explosions, the Langley also disappeared into the vast sea. Within half an hour, the U.S. Navy The three aircraft carriers of the First Aircraft Carrier Squadron have sunk two, and only the last Constellation remains desperately resisting under the protection of the **** warships.

However, the battle has been carried out to this point, and the Japanese attack aircraft group has also reached the end of the war. Previously, more than 70 aircraft broke through the outer destroyer defense. Now, the shot down, the injured, and the returning due to ammunition consumption have been removed. , There are only more than 20 bombers left! At this time, the already-damaged battleship Pennsylvania and the Nevada-class battleships of the Sergeant Sagittarius were guarding the aircraft carrier Constellation. Although the two battleships were also damaged by the bombs, the air defense firepower was still considerable under the joint efforts of the two battleships!

At this time, the Japanese did not have time to slowly peel off the US air defense firepower as before. On the one hand, because the troops were not enough, on the other hand, the reinforcement of another US aircraft carrier detachment was about to come! Fighting for so long is enough for the aircraft carrier that has not been attacked to release the second wave of planes, right? It is absolutely impossible for the remaining 20-odd Japanese bombers to continue attacking the Constellation after the second wave of American fighters are in place.

So, in the end, these Japanese bombers remaining on the battlefield decided to fight desperately! They crossed the still dense U.S. Navy anti-aircraft artillery and rushed straight towards the USS Constellation, the U.S. Navy’s strongest and largest aircraft carrier now!

The two battleships formed a crossfire net and formed a death trap along the Japanese bomber's advancement. However, the Japanese still rushed up. The first aircraft was hit by a dense bombardment, and the fuselage was full of bullet holes. In the end, the aircraft disintegrated under its own weight and the blow of the machine gun. The second plane died very simply. A 5-inch shell directly blasted the entire fuselage. Then the third, fourth!

But in the end ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ finally a group of Japanese bombers rushed through the already severely weakened US air defense network, still with dive bombers at the head, thinking that the Constellation dropped 500 kilograms on the 200-meter deck. Pound bomb!

boom! With a loud noise, Mitchell saw the bomb hit the rear deck of the aircraft carrier. It was a high-explosive bomb. A huge fireball rose into the sky. The hundreds of square meters of deck were blown up by a violent explosion. The fragments then lifted into the air. When the gunpowder smoke cleared, a huge hole appeared on the deck, and under the flight armor, the hangar was also damaged. A dozen planes parked inside were destroyed and one third of the hangar was on fire. At this time, the fire extinguishing equipment prepared by the Americans worked. First, dozens of tons of soapy water in the automatic sprinkler equipment, which directly restricted the spread of the fire, and then a large number of water hoses and foam fire extinguishers from the US fire department. Put out the remaining open flames.

At the same time, the ventilation doors on both sides of the aircraft carrier's hangar were also opened, and a group of firefighters wearing asbestos fire-resistant suits pushed out a burning aircraft from the side. The Americans have a high efficiency of damage management. They put out the fire while eliminating the hidden danger of explosion, and gradually stabilized the situation.

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