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"Boom!" The mountains are falling and the earth is shaking.
Two and a half tons of bombs, there are two tons of explosives in them! When it exploded, it was powerful.
In the huge explosion, the air wave swallowed the sailors nearby at the first time. He didn't even feel pain. At this moment, he was torn and carbonized.
The whole Royal ark aircraft carrier trembled in the explosion.
Yes, it's trembling. It's the power of heaven and earth!
The heat wave of the explosion came out from the just broken gap and flew to a place more than ten meters high on the deck. With the just bomb explosion point as the center, the steel around dozens of meters felt the high temperature of thousands of degrees at this moment. Therefore, the steel was melted and easily broken.
If you look at it from the outside, you can be surprised to find that when the explosion occurred, the whole Royal ark trembled violently, and then broke from the middle.
It's a fracture!
The huge bomb that exploded in the middle tore the inner deck and the side of the ship. It expanded outward from the explosion position, and the steel broke one after another!
The middle part breaks, both sides start to tilt up.
Although the Royal ark is an aircraft carrier, it must be very sad if it does not pay attention to armor protection in this era.
Therefore, when the Royal ark was designed, it was specially strengthened. For example, it adopted an integral ship body structure, including the keel, hangar deck and flight deck. The flight deck is a strong deck, and all key parts have been strengthened.
Almost like battleships, 89 mm thick armor is laid on the lower hangar deck, gasoline tank, ammunition depot, power tank and other key parts, and a 114 mm thick armor belt is laid on the side.
As for the flight deck, although it is wooden, there is armor under it.
In this era, wooden flight deck is the mainstream. However, the deck material is not all wood, but a wooden deck is covered on a layer of steel sheet of several millimeters, and there is a steel support under the steel sheet.
From the top, it's wood, but below, it's still supported by steel. Otherwise, it can't support the weight of the aircraft.
As for why steel plates are not fully used as flight decks, the main reason is the limitation of tonnage.
In history, it was not until the next stage of the Royal ark, that is, the aircraft carrier of the brilliance class, that changes began.
Rear admiral Reginald Henderson, the third secretary of state for naval affairs and naval auditor in charge of armaments at that time, believed that bombers from Germany and Italy would carry at least 500 pounds of armor piercing shells. Therefore, the index for the defense of the aircraft carrier's flight deck was set to defend 500 pounds of armor piercing shells.
Unfortunately, the economically strapped United Kingdom simply cannot afford an aircraft carrier of too large tonnage, and it is even more impossible to build a comprehensive armored aircraft carrier on an aircraft carrier of more than 20000 tons.
As a result, in order to ensure the stability and defense of the aircraft carrier, the attack power has become something abandoned by the brilliance class. There are only 36 aircraft, but the protection power is quite strong. The armor weight of the flight deck has reached 1500 tons.
The current Royal ark has a total weight of 2850 tons of armor. Moreover, these armor are mainly placed on the side to resist the attack of possible battleships. After all, the guns of battleships rarely hit the top, mainly the side.
Now, the Royal ark can't resist a 500 pound bomb, let alone a 2400 kilogram one!
The pride of the British Royal Navy, the most advanced aircraft carrier, the Royal ark, was hit by a huge bomb thrown from the high air. Even if the bomb did not explode, just hit, it had caused serious structural damage to the Royal ark, not to mention now. The huge explosion turned the Royal Ark into two sections in an instant!
The fire was spreading rapidly, and the whole hangar area became a sea of fire in an instant, with explosions one after another.
Although the Royal ark was in the repair period of returning to Hong Kong, he carried a lot of ammunition when he went to sea last time.
Any ammunition will hardly be taken down as long as it is on the warship. It is too cumbersome. Now, the Royal ark carries 72 457.2 mm torpedoes, 360 500 pound bombs, 300 250 pound bombs, 576 100 pound bombs, 800 20 pound bombs and 720000 7.7 mm aircraft gun bullets.
The fire spread to the ammunition area in an instant, and these ammunition were soon ignited.
Most of the sailors live on shore. During the berthing of warships, no one is willing to continue to sleep in the dark cabin. However, there are still more than 200 sailors left on the current Royal ark.
These sailors have little chance of survival.
The space on the aircraft carrier is limited, and the wide deck occupies all the space, leaving only a corner of the bridge. Most of the soldiers' living areas are under the hangar.
When the air defense alarm sounded, they quickly got up from their bunks and ran outside. Unfortunately, before they ran out, they heard a terrible crash and explosion. Then the ship began to capsize!
The Royal ark, which was blown into two sections, flooded in a large area in an instant, leaving many officers and soldiers no time to evacuate. The sea water poured in and flooded many sailors.
Not all sailors can swim, and in this case, even if they can swim, I'm afraid they can't be spared. When the sea water rolls in, it will be submerged directly from above. Hold your breath. Even if you can swim tens of meters, you may not be able to swim out!
When the explosion happened, Phillips almost witnessed the whole process. He watched the bomb run through the deck more than ten meters away from his feet, and the splashing wood of the deck hit him. Then, in the violent explosion, the terrible hot air directly hit him!
His body was instantly lifted away by the explosion, and behind him came an exclamation: "general!"
The captain of the Royal ark, Colonel Monde, woke up earlier. His room was on the bridge. When he found Phillips going down for a walk, he was on the bridge preparing for his voyage.
As a result, he was caught off guard by the air defense alarm and the bombing of the warship. When the air wave lifted Phillips, he could see it clearly.
The Royal ark, it's over! As the warship was shot, it began to tilt rapidly, and his body hit the wall on one side of here heavily.
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"Boom!" The mountains are falling and the earth is shaking.
Two and a half tons of bombs, there are two tons of explosives in them! When it exploded, it was powerful.
In the huge explosion, the air wave swallowed the sailors nearby at the first time. He didn't even feel pain. At this moment, he was torn and carbonized.
The whole Royal ark aircraft carrier trembled in the explosion.
Yes, it's trembling. It's the power of heaven and earth!
The heat wave of the explosion came out from the just broken gap and flew to a place more than ten meters high on the deck. With the just bomb explosion point as the center, the steel around dozens of meters felt the high temperature of thousands of degrees at this moment. Therefore, the steel was melted and easily broken.
If you look at it from the outside, you can be surprised to find that when the explosion occurred, the whole Royal ark trembled violently, and then broke from the middle.
It's a fracture!
The huge bomb that exploded in the middle tore the inner deck and the side of the ship. It expanded outward from the explosion position, and the steel broke one after another!
The middle part breaks, both sides start to tilt up.
Although the Royal ark is an aircraft carrier, it must be very sad if it does not pay attention to armor protection in this era.
Therefore, when the Royal ark was designed, it was specially strengthened. For example, it adopted an integral ship body structure, including the keel, hangar deck and flight deck. The flight deck is a strong deck, and all key parts have been strengthened.
Almost like battleships, 89 mm thick armor is laid on the lower hangar deck, gasoline tank, ammunition depot, power tank and other key parts, and a 114 mm thick armor belt is laid on the side.
As for the flight deck, although it is wooden, there is armor under it.
In this era, wooden flight deck is the mainstream. However, the deck material is not all wood, but a wooden deck is covered on a layer of steel sheet of several millimeters, and there is a steel support under the steel sheet.
From the top, it's wood, but below, it's still supported by steel. Otherwise, it can't support the weight of the aircraft.
As for why steel plates are not fully used as flight decks, the main reason is the limitation of tonnage.
In history, it was not until the next stage of the Royal ark, that is, the aircraft carrier of the brilliance class, that changes began.
Rear admiral Reginald Henderson, the third secretary of state for naval affairs and naval auditor in charge of armaments at that time, believed that bombers from Germany and Italy would carry at least 500 pounds of armor piercing shells. Therefore, the index for the defense of the aircraft carrier's flight deck was set to defend 500 pounds of armor piercing shells.
Unfortunately, the economically strapped United Kingdom simply cannot afford an aircraft carrier of too large tonnage, and it is even more impossible to build a comprehensive armored aircraft carrier on an aircraft carrier of more than 20000 tons.
As a result, in order to ensure the stability and defense of the aircraft carrier, the attack power has become something abandoned by the brilliance class. There are only 36 aircraft, but the protection power is quite strong. The armor weight of the flight deck has reached 1500 tons.
The current Royal ark has a total weight of 2850 tons of armor. Moreover, these armor are mainly placed on the side to resist the attack of possible battleships. After all, the guns of battleships rarely hit the top, mainly the side.
Now, the Royal ark can't resist a 500 pound bomb, let alone a 2400 kilogram one!
The pride of the British Royal Navy, the most advanced aircraft carrier, the Royal ark, was hit by a huge bomb thrown from the high air. Even if the bomb did not explode, just hit, it had caused serious structural damage to the Royal ark, not to mention now. The huge explosion turned the Royal Ark into two sections in an instant!
The fire was spreading rapidly, and the whole hangar area became a sea of fire in an instant, with explosions one after another.
Although the Royal ark was in the repair period of returning to Hong Kong, he carried a lot of ammunition when he went to sea last time.
Any ammunition will hardly be taken down as long as it is on the warship. It is too cumbersome. Now, the Royal ark carries 72 457.2 mm torpedoes, 360 500 pound bombs, 300 250 pound bombs, 576 100 pound bombs, 800 20 pound bombs and 720000 7.7 mm aircraft gun bullets.
The fire spread to the ammunition area in an instant, and these ammunition were soon ignited.
Most of the sailors live on shore. During the berthing of warships, no one is willing to continue to sleep in the dark cabin. However, there are still more than 200 sailors left on the current Royal ark.
These sailors have little chance of survival.
The space on the aircraft carrier is limited, and the wide deck occupies all the space, leaving only a corner of the bridge. Most of the soldiers' living areas are under the hangar.
When the air defense alarm sounded, they quickly got up from their bunks and ran outside. Unfortunately, before they ran out, they heard a terrible crash and explosion. Then the ship began to capsize!
The Royal ark, which was blown into two sections, flooded in a large area in an instant, leaving many officers and soldiers no time to evacuate. The sea water poured in and flooded many sailors.
Not all sailors can swim, and in this case, even if they can swim, I'm afraid they can't be spared. When the sea water rolls in, it will be submerged directly from above. Hold your breath. Even if you can swim tens of meters, you may not be able to swim out!
When the explosion happened, Phillips almost witnessed the whole process. He watched the bomb run through the deck more than ten meters away from his feet, and the splashing wood of the deck hit him. Then, in the violent explosion, the terrible hot air directly hit him!
His body was instantly lifted away by the explosion, and behind him came an exclamation: "general!"
The captain of the Royal ark, Colonel Monde, woke up earlier. His room was on the bridge. When he found Phillips going down for a walk, he was on the bridge preparing for his voyage.
As a result, he was caught off guard by the air defense alarm and the bombing of the warship. When the air wave lifted Phillips, he could see it clearly.
The Royal ark, it's over! As the warship was shot, it began to tilt rapidly, and his body hit the wall on one side of here heavily.
"Boom!" The mountains are falling and the earth is shaking.Two and a half tons of bombs, there are two tons of explosives in them! When it exploded, it was powerful.In the huge explosion, the air wave swallowed the sailors nearby at the first time. He didn't even feel pain. At this moment, he was torn and carbonized.The whole Royal ark aircraft carrier trembled in the explosion.Yes, it's trembling. It's the power of heaven and earth!The heat wave of the explosion came out from the just broken gap and flew to a place more than ten meters high on the deck. With the just bomb explosion point as the center, the steel around dozens of meters felt the high temperature of thousands of degrees at this moment. Therefore, the steel was melted and easily broken.If you look at it from the outside, you can be surprised to find that when the explosion occurred, the whole Royal ark trembled violently, and then broke from the middle.It's a fracture!The huge bomb that exploded in the middle tore the inner deck and the side of the ship. It expanded outward from the explosion position, and the steel broke one after another!The middle part breaks, both sides start to tilt up.Although the Royal ark is an aircraft carrier, it must be very sad if it does not pay attention to armor protection in this era.Therefore, when the Royal ark was designed, it was specially strengthened. For example, it adopted an integral ship body structure, including the keel, hangar deck and flight deck. The flight deck is a strong deck, and all key parts have been strengthened.Almost like battleships, 89 mm thick armor is laid on the lower hangar deck, gasoline tank, ammunition depot, power tank and other key parts, and a 114 mm thick armor belt is laid on the side.As for the flight deck, although it is wooden, there is armor under it.In this era, wooden flight deck is the mainstream. However, the deck material is not all wood, but a wooden deck is covered on a layer of steel sheet of several millimeters, and there is a steel support under the steel sheet.From the top, it's wood, but below, it's still supported by steel. Otherwise, it can't support the weight of the aircraft.As for why steel plates are not fully used as flight decks, the main reason is the limitation of tonnage.In history, it was not until the next stage of the Royal ark, that is, the aircraft carrier of the brilliance class, that changes began.Rear admiral Reginald Henderson, the third secretary of state for naval affairs and naval auditor in charge of armaments at that time, believed that bombers from Germany and Italy would carry at least 500 pounds of armor piercing shells. Therefore, the index for the defense of the aircraft carrier's flight deck was set to defend 500 pounds of armor piercing shells.Unfortunately, the economically strapped United Kingdom simply cannot afford an aircraft carrier of too large tonnage, and it is even more impossible to build a comprehensive armored aircraft carrier on an aircraft carrier of more than 20000 tons.As a result, in order to ensure the stability and defense of the aircraft carrier, the attack power has become something abandoned by the brilliance class. There are only 36 aircraft, but the protection power is quite strong. The armor weight of the flight deck has reached 1500 tons.The current Royal ark has a total weight of 2850 tons of armor. Moreover, these armor are mainly placed on the side to resist the attack of possible battleships. After all, the guns of battleships rarely hit the top, mainly the side.Now, the Royal ark can't resist a 500 pound bomb, let alone a 2400 kilogram one!The pride of the British Royal Navy, the most advanced aircraft carrier, the Royal ark, was hit by a huge bomb thrown from the high air. Even if the bomb did not explode, just hit, it had caused serious structural damage to the Royal ark, not to mention now. The huge explosion turned the Royal Ark into two sections in an instant!The fire was spreading rapidly, and the whole hangar area became a sea of fire in an instant, with explosions one after another.Although the Royal ark was in the repair period of returning to Hong Kong, he carried a lot of ammunition when he went to sea last time.Any ammunition will hardly be taken down as long as it is on the warship. It is too cumbersome. Now, the Royal ark carries 72 457.2 mm torpedoes, 360 500 pound bombs, 300 250 pound bombs, 576 100 pound bombs, 800 20 pound bombs and 720000 7.7 mm aircraft gun bullets.The fire spread to the ammunition area in an instant, and these ammunition were soon ignited.Most of the sailors live on shore. During the berthing of warships, no one is willing to continue to sleep in the dark cabin. However, there are still more than 200 sailors left on the current Royal ark.These sailors have little chance of survival.The space on the aircraft carrier is limited, and the wide deck occupies all the space, leaving only a corner of the bridge. Most of the soldiers' living areas are under the hangar.When the air defense alarm sounded, they quickly got up from their bunks and ran outside. Unfortunately, before they ran out, they heard a terrible crash and explosion. Then the ship began to capsize!The Royal ark, which was blown into two sections, flooded in a large area in an instant, leaving many officers and soldiers no time to evacuate. The sea water poured in and flooded many sailors.Not all sailors can swim, and in this case, even if they can swim, I'm afraid they can't be spared. When the sea water rolls in, it will be submerged directly from above. Hold your breath. Even if you can swim tens of meters, you may not be able to swim out!When the explosion happened, Phillips almost witnessed the whole process. He watched the bomb run through the deck more than ten meters away from his feet, and the splashing wood of the deck hit him. Then, in the violent explosion, the terrible hot air directly hit him!His body was instantly lifted away by the explosion, and behind him came an exclamation: "general!"The captain of the Royal ark, Colonel Monde, woke up earlier. His room was on the bridge. When he found Phillips going down for a walk, he was on the bridge preparing for his voyage.As a result, he was caught off guard by the air defense alarm and the bombing of the warship. When the air wave lifted Phillips, he could see it clearly.The Royal ark, it's over! As the warship was shot, it began to tilt rapidly, and his body hit the wall on one side of here heavily.
