#1089 Attack Aircraft Carrier
On the USS Yorktown, every sailor is ready.
The carrier-based aircraft had already been released, and on the empty deck, no carrier-based aircraft operations could be carried out. At this time, only on the artillery positions, the anti-aircraft gunners stared nervously at the sky.
It was a clear sky just now, but now, a few white clouds appeared in the sky, which made them quite nervous. Among those white clouds, the dive bombers of the islanders would fly out at any time.
Sure enough, just as they were nervous, several Stuka bombers suddenly appeared from the white clouds! They were like rocks that fell from the sky, swooping towards the Yorktown quickly.
All the anti-aircraft guns were shooting at the air together. Among the countless black smoke, the Stuka bomber suffered no losses and was still diving downward. Then, bombs were dropped from the plane. With a straight trajectory, it came straight to the Yorktown.
"Right full rudder!" Captain Elliott Buckmaster shouted loudly. He tightly grasped the handle on his side, feeling the huge tilt of the hull, which could be clearly seen on the entire deck. deflection.
The bomb fell into the water more than ten meters behind the Yorktown. If it hadn't turned, it would have been injured. This German dive bomber is simply too powerful!
At the same time, this also exposed the shortcomings of American aircraft carriers and escort ships. They lack effective anti-air weapons and rapid-fire guns with sufficient firepower!
"Wound one!" At this moment, a lookout shouted loudly.
The islander's bomber was not hurt when it dived, but when it was pulled up, one of the bombers was hit by the wing and black smoke came out!
However, before there was time to cheer, the opponent's second round of attacks started again!
Yorktown had to turn again to avoid the attack, and at the same time, it distanced itself from the surrounding frigates and another aircraft carrier.
If you want to have high maneuverability, you must sail at full speed, and in full speed forward, any one of the left full rudder and the right full rudder may collide with the warship next to it.
So, they had to distance themselves from each other, which made their AA firepower even weaker.
Captain Akira Sakamoto, who had been hovering in the clouds, finally seized the opportunity. After the third wave of bombers went down to dive, he followed behind, pushed the operating lever, and controlled his bomber to start diving!
The unfavorable situation of yesterday has turned into courage now. In order for his bomb to hit the target, he must get closer!
Soon, the American anti-aircraft artillerymen discovered Captain Sakamoto Akira's bomber. Compared with other Stukas, the bomb mounted under Captain Sakamoto Akira's belly was larger in size!
Dive, dive, if the whistle on the landing gear was still there, the whistle must be ringing sharply by now!
Countless artillery fire was shooting at Captain Akira Sakamoto, and the black smoke constantly rising around him let him know that he was moving forward in the rain of cannonballs at this time.
Suddenly, the tail trembled, and the machine gunner behind shouted loudly: "The elevator was hit!"
Elevator? Captain Akira Sakamoto looked at the rapidly expanding target in his field of vision, fled his sight to the middle of the opponent's deck, delayed another two seconds, and pressed the launch button.
Under the belly of the aircraft, the flames swarmed, and the rocket-assisted bomb quickly left the launch pad, dragged the flames at the tail, and headed for Yorktown!
Then, Captain Akira Sakamoto pulled the control stick, and sure enough, his plane could not be corrected, and the elevator at the tail had failed!
From a distance, the rocket-propelled bomb was flying in front, and Captain Akira Sakamoto's Stuka bomber followed behind. Both aircraft were quickly heading towards Yorktown!
"Parachuting!" Captain Akira Sakamoto immediately shouted to the machine gunner behind him, he couldn't recover, then, there was only one result!
The PC1000RS bomb accurately hit the Yorktown, which was turning. This time, the Yorktown did not have the good luck of the previous few times. It did not escape the attack of this bomb!
The wooden flight deck was penetrated in an instant. The armor-piercing warhead of this kind of bomb was originally designed to deal with the heavy deck armor of the battleship, but now it is too easy to hit the aircraft carrier.
It continued down through three decks, and when it reached the bottom, the delay fuze was triggered.
"Boom!" Hundreds of kilograms of explosives exploded with incredible power!
If it was the original ship attack or ship explosion of the island country, it would not have achieved such an effect. They could only carry a few hundred kilograms of small bombs. Now, such a bomb is one ton!
The explosive explosion of this bomb tore off the bottom of the Yorktown in an instant, and a large opening was opened underneath, and the seawater poured in frantically. Then, under the pressure of the seawater, the Yorktown quickly changed. into two sections!
Goodbye my love!
Captain Akira Sakamoto glanced at the photo of the woman hanging in his cockpit for the last time. The woman was smiling sweetly and looking at him, and he also smiled.
"Boom!" Stuka, who could not be pulled up, did not change direction, but slammed into the Yorktown along a swooping straight line. The plane landed on the deck of the aircraft carrier and instantly became a Group fire.
The machine gunner behind him did not jump out either.
For the victory of the island country, someone must make sacrifices. In the battle, the pilots of the island country are not afraid of death!
The Yorktown sank soon after the explosion, and the Saratoga on the other side had no good luck. It escaped the attack of more than a dozen Stukas, but was still bombed by one. It hit, and the deck was ablaze with fire.
Then, the pilots of the island country continued to pounce fiercely as if they were not afraid of death. Four bombs hit the Saratoga one after another, and it was already dying.
And almost at the same time, the US Navy's attack on the island nation's aircraft carrier also began.
The counterparts in the US Navy do not have the luck of the pilots of the island countries, or, in other words, the US Navy pilots do not have their strong fighting will and spirit of sacrifice, and there is no effective and reasonable attack.
Even the weather is against them.
When they arrived, the two aircraft carriers, Zuikaku and Shōkaku, just happened to hide in a sea where it was raining heavily!
Above the clouds, the American carrier planes, which were preparing to dive in formation, were intercepted by the Zero fighters. They were scattered and did not form an effective offensive formation.
Even so, they fought bravely.
The torpedo plane threw the torpedo from a distance, but unfortunately it was very far away from the target, and the bomber also bombed. Although most of them were missed, two bombs hit the Shokaku. The flight deck of Shokaku was burnt with oil. The leak started a fire, but it was quickly doused by heavy rain.
The U.S. Navy conducted a failed attack, and when they returned exhausted, they received the shocking news that they could no longer return to their aircraft carrier to land!