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The Third Empire - Chapter 383

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:54:59 AM


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Ten large ju-290 bombers dropped several large fx2400 glide guided bombs. With only one, they destroyed the Royal ark!

When they came, they didn't come together. There was a time difference between before and after. Therefore, when the first one hit the Royal ark, the second bomb had just been dropped.

And this bomb, aimed at the hood!

The hood is also famous in World War II in history, but its reputation is tragic.

On May 24, 1941, hood and the prince of Wales tracked and intercepted the German battleship Bismarck in the Danish channel, which was accurately hit by the Gunners on the Bismarck, causing the rear main gun ammunition depot to explode, the ship body to break and sink rapidly.

The sinking of the hood achieved the prestige of the Bismarck. Of course, the victorious Bismarck was not free for long and was soon killed by the Royal Navy.

Now the hood is even more tragic. It has been targeted before it has any decent achievements!

The hood, in the British equipment sequence, belongs to the Battlecruiser, which is a new type of capital ship with strong functionality evolved from the armored cruiser.

This is a warship with a combination of powerful firepower and high aircraft power. It can not only effectively combat the enemy's attack, but also quickly deploy to deal with emergencies.

Its design goal is to be faster than the strongest battleship and stronger than the fastest cruiser. Fight if you can, run if you can't.

In practice, after the birth of hood, its performance is quite advanced. It has a standard displacement of 40000 tons, four double mounted 381mm main guns and a speed of 31 knots. It is regarded as the pride of the Royal Navy.

Now, in the Gulf of karpas, the warship has also ushered in the most tragic day.

Now, the British navy has 17 battleships and 3 battlecruisers, which is the biggest enemy of the German Navy. In the Gulf of karpas, large targets are first assigned to the first attack aircraft!

When the air defense alarm sounded, the hood was also busy.

The British navy is not ready for war. Like the Royal ark, most of the sailors are on shore. Now, only a few sailors stay on the warships on the wharf.

However, the sinking of the Royal ark has alerted everyone. At this time, they have no choice but to retreat!

"Come on, come on, come on!" Tom, a sailor who had just served for two months, shouted loudly and ran quickly towards his position.

Air defense warning, those planes flying in the sky are all coming to bomb their own fleet. At this time, they must fight!

He stepped into his position and shook the handle quickly.

Compared with the sinking Royal ark next door, he was lucky. His weapon was equipped with ammunition.

This is a 4-Gang machine gun tower. There are 4 0.50-inch 62 times diameter machine guns. Compared with other anti-aircraft guns on the hood, the range of this machine gun is very close. However, it does not need to carry shells and machine gun bullets. They are in the ammunition box next to it!

He's the only one running here. He must be fast!

Shaking the handle, he opened the ammunition box and stuffed the 12.7mm bullet chain into the chamber of the machine gun. At this juncture, he burst out of great potential.

It's too late, it's too late!

Listening to the roar in the distance, he knew that the bomb was very close to him. Therefore, although he only hung two bullet chains, he could not hesitate any more.

The quadruple mounted machine gun is to increase the fire density and intercept those terrible bombs as the final defense!

Generally speaking, even a dive bomber will not fly into the range of the machine gun. What he wants to intercept is a bomb!

Holding his breath, Tom's arm ached. He covered the target with the cross of his sight.

That's a bomb, a big bomb that scares everyone!

The round head and the unfolded small wings are somewhat different from ordinary bombs, but only looking at the size makes people have a deep fear in their hearts. If they are hit by this kind of bomb, the hood will definitely sink!

At this time, he was the only gun position on the whole hood, and the task of saving the hood fell on his shoulder!

At the same time, the sailors on duty in the wheel cabin of the hood are also doing their best to save the warship.

Make a fire!

In the past, warships still used coal-fired boilers. Now, many of them burn heavy oil. Compared with coal, heavy oil is easier to load. However, heavy oil boilers are not easy to ignite.

Therefore, this kind of warship is also loaded with a part of diesel. First ignite the diesel, and then ignite the heavy oil. That's the process.

In the chimney of the hood, there is a stream of green smoke coming out, and the diesel is being ignited!

Although it will take a long time from lighting to moving the warship, we must not wait to die!

Just as the warship ignited, Tom pressed the firing switch of the machine gun in his position.

"Bang, bang!" Because two machine guns were not equipped with bullet chains, only two machine guns were firing, and 12.7 mm bullets spilled into the sky!

German, come on!

As he opened fire, 12.7mm bullets were ejected from the muzzle. There was a flame at the muzzle. Machine gun bullets, aim at the flying bomb!

It's difficult to operate alone. Tom felt his arm ache. Now, he had to try his best to hit the bomb!

In theory, even if the quadruple machine gun fires together, it has only a small hit rate, but now, maybe his behavior moved God. When he operates the machine gun and fires continuously, the bullet rain covered the route of the bomb flying in front!

Then, the 12.7 mm bullet made close contact with the bomb. The bullet hit the iron shell of the bomb and made a fierce collision sound.

But it's no use!

Aviation bombs have an iron shell outside, and this bomb has a full 2400KG. Of course, this big bomb will not be stingy with the shell.

Moreover, this kind of bomb is to sink tens of thousands of tons of warships! This kind of warship has thick armor. If you want to sink this kind of warship, the corresponding aviation bomb should be harder!

Therefore, the outer iron shell is thick enough, 12.7mm machine gun bullet, there is nothing we can do about it!

However, it is still possible to hit some weak places, such as the wing, such as the control rudder!




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