Chapter 1464 Two Ships Collide

The Canglong is the first medium-sized aircraft carrier designed and manufactured by the navy of the island country. When it was designed, it was designed to carry more carrier-based aircraft, and the use of heavy artillery was abandoned, but it was a pity that it was top-heavy.

Its No. 2 ship is Hiryu. Of course, it is not the No. 2 ship in the full sense. It has been improved and its displacement has increased by 2,000 tons. At the same time, the most interesting thing is that its bridge is unique. It is located in port side.

This is quite a nonsense design. The bridges of later aircraft carriers are all on the right side, which is theoretically based.

Once the pilot encounters trouble in the landing process, he often turns to the left for some reasons, and the landing accident caused by the island superstructure on the port side is much more than that on the starboard side. At the same time, in the era of propeller aircraft, under the influence of the propeller reaction force, the aircraft is often easy to deviate to the left at low speed, so it is safer to set the ship island on the starboard side.

The reason why the islanders design this way is quite ridiculous. According to the logic in their minds, when the two sister ships are parallel, the planes that are preparing to land on the ship on the left (Sangryu) will arrange formation in the sky or return to prepare for landing. , it can circle to the left; the aircraft landing on the right ship (Hiryu) can circle to the right, and there will be no air traffic conflict between the aircraft of the two ships.

As a result, the people of the island country did this. The sailing of these two sister ships actually violated the basic principles of aircraft carrier construction. Of course, in this era, there are no rules.

And now, Canglong and Hiryu are sailing side by side. When they saw the bombs flying overhead, they actually forgot the warship next to them and just wanted to avoid the bombs overhead!

So, Hiryu went to the left, Canglong went to the right, the two warships turned quickly, and several bombs behind them fell into the sea!

It was really nice to see how the water splashed, but when they turned around, they discovered the terrible situation.

"Oh damn, quick, right rudder!"

"Quick, left rudder!"

The two aircraft carriers wanted to maneuver in opposite directions. In the sharp turn, the hulls of both ships tilted, and then a terrible and violent collision occurred.

"Boom!" The hull and the hull contacted and met, and the sparks came out from between the two hulls. The huge vibration shocked everyone in their hearts. When sailing in formation at sea, the most terrifying thing is collision. Now it actually happened!

Neither of the two ships overturned, but the collision still had a terrible impact. I saw a huge and clearly visible crack on the hulls of the two ships!

Yes, the steel for the construction of ships in the island country only pursues yield, and the hardness reaches the standard, but it becomes brittle. The collision just now actually cracked the hull!

Because the collision on the upper part of the hull did not affect the lower layer, the watertight compartment was still intact, and the ship was still floating. However, they had lost their combat effectiveness. Once they encountered bad sea conditions, the warship would be in danger of capsizing.

When the report was received, Chuichi Nagumo on the Kaga had an ugly expression.

The formation of four aircraft carriers lost two at once. Did the captains of these two aircraft carriers eat shit?

The United States was aggressive and dispatched a large number of bombers to bomb the island nation's aircraft carrier formation, but the casualties were not large.

The second round of bombs also only damaged one destroyer. The American bombs looked terrible, but in fact they mainly caused chaos for themselves. In the chaos, they made mistakes and suffered huge losses!

Two aircraft carriers! More than 100 fighter jets can no longer be dispatched. Thinking of this, Nayun Chungichi is extremely painful. If he loses two aircraft carriers, can he continue to move forward?

Nagumo Chuichi in history was a conservative man. In his eyes, protecting the main force of the army was the first priority, and defeating the enemy was the second priority. After all, the power he had at hand was the elite of the island country. , the island nation cannot afford it.

The American bombing successfully delayed Nagumo Chuichi's fleet, and at the same time, the American fleet moved quickly without the slightest hesitation.

Saratoga.

Fletcher stood on the bridge, watching the sunset slowly fall, and the golden sun shone all over the sea, which seemed to have a magnificent beauty.

After receiving the news, they immediately went south at full speed. However, due to the long distance, it was destined that they could not arrive today. They could only encounter the fleet of the islanders during the day tomorrow.

A few hours ago, the bombers of the Air Force carried out a fearless bombing, but unfortunately, the effect was very poor. The last reconnaissance plane hidden in the clouds reported that the navy of the island country had only injured two destroyers.

Although the traces of the island nation's navy were found during the day, one night was enough for the target to sail hundreds of nautical miles away. If the heading was wrong, the target could not be found.

Where will the islanders hide? Will you attack your own side while you are driving?

No matter what, we will never give up, we must find the main force of the island nation's navy for a decisive battle!

Fletcher clenched his fists, and the battle to decide the fate of the U.S. Navy will never be lost!

The night shrouded the ocean, and the aircraft carrier formation was immersed in darkness. When the dawn of the East comes again, there will be a fateful battle!

On the other side of the distant earth, the wolf's den.

"The American bomber force returned almost without success, but their report caught our attention, and it is very likely that the Americans have begun to have precision-guided weapons." With the latest intelligence, Reinhardt said.

The advantage cannot be maintained all the time. When Germany develops precision-guided weapons, it will give the enemy ideas, and the other party will also find a way to solve the problem.

Cyric nodded: "Yes, the Americans will definitely develop them, so we have to take corresponding measures. If the Americans dare to attack us, the hit rate of this kind of bomb can only be zero."

Precision guidance in this era mainly relies on radio, and the current electromagnetic interference is really too easy. As long as a certain amount of interference devices are equipped, their weapons can be disabled.

Historically, Americans have done the same to German weapons.

"Compared with this new type of weapon that suddenly appeared, I am more concerned about their battle. I don't know which side will win the naval battle?" Keitel said.

"If it doesn't come as expected, I'm afraid the Americans will win." Cyric said, "I don't know what they think. Wouldn't it be better to go so far to find trouble with the Americans and wait on Midway Island to relax? ? One day today is enough for them to turn Midway Island into an impregnable wall, but unfortunately, all the time was wasted by them!"