Chapter 385 Hood

Ten large JU-290 bombers dropped several large FX2400 glide-guided bombs, only one needed to destroy the Ark Royal!

When they flew, they didn't fly together, and there was a time difference before and after, so when the first bomb hit the Ark Royal, the second bomb had just been dropped.

And this bomb is aimed at the Hood!

The Hood is also famous in World War II in history, but this reputation is tragic.

On May 24, 1941, the Hood and the battleship Prince of Wales tracked and intercepted the German battleship Bismarck in the Denmark Strait, and was accurately hit by the gunner on the Bismarck, causing the rear main gun ammunition depot to explode and the hull The fracture sank quickly.

The sinking of the Hood made the Bismarck famous. Of course, the victorious Bismarck did not stay away for long, and was soon swarmed by the British Royal Navy and killed.

And the current Hood is even more tragic. It has not had any decent record yet, and it has already been targeted!

Hood, in the British equipment sequence, belongs to the battle cruiser, which is a new type of capital ship with strong functions evolved on the basis of the armored cruiser.

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

It was designed 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 Hood was born, its performance is quite advanced. It has a standard displacement of 40,000 tons, four double-mounted 381mm main guns and a speed of 31 knots. It is regarded as the Royal Navy's pride.

And now, in Karpas Bay, this warship has also ushered in the most tragic day.

Now, the British Navy has a total of 17 battleships and 3 battlecruisers, which are the biggest enemy of the German Navy, and in the Gulf of Karpas, large targets are first assigned to the first attacking aircraft!

When the air-raid sirens sounded, the Hood was busy.

The British navy is not yet ready for war. Like the Ark Royal, most of the sailors are on the shore, and now, on the warships on the dock, only a few sailors remain on it.

However, the sinking of the Royal Ark has given everyone a wake-up call. At this time, they have no choice but to retreat!

"Quick, quick, quick!" Sailor Tom, who had just served for two months, shouted loudly as he ran quickly towards his position.

Air defense alarm, those planes flying over in the sky are all to bomb their own fleet, at this time, they must fight!

He stepped into his position a few steps and shook the handle quickly.

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

This is a 4-mounted machine gun turret with 4 0.50-inch 62-caliber machine guns. Compared with other anti-aircraft guns on the Hood, the range of this machine gun is very close, but it does not need to carry shells, Machine gun bullets, right next to the ammo box!

He was the only one who ran over, he had to be fast!

While shaking the crank handle, he opened the ammunition box and stuffed the 12.7mm bullet chain into the barrel of the machine gun. At this juncture, he burst out with great potential.

Too late, too late!

Hearing the whistling sound in the distance, he knew that the bomb was very close to him, so even though he only had two chains attached, he couldn't hesitate any longer.

The quadruple-mounted machine gun is to increase the density of firepower, as the last defense, to intercept those terrifying bombs!

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

Holding his breath, Tom's arm was sore, and he put the cross of his sight over the target.

It was a bomb, a big bomb that scared everyone!

The round head and the small wings that spread out are a little different from ordinary bombs, but just looking at the size makes people feel a deep fear in their hearts. If they are hit by such a bomb, the Hood will definitely Gotta sink!

At this time, on the entire Hood, only his gun position was ready, and the task of saving the Hood fell on his shoulders!

At the same time, in the engine room of the Hood, the sailors on duty here are also doing their best to save the battleship.

Make a fire!

In the past, warships still used coal-fired boilers. Now, many of them are burning heavy oil. Compared with coal-fired, 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 oil, and the diesel oil is first ignited, and then the heavy oil is ignited. This is the process.

From the chimney of the Hood, there is a stream of blue smoke coming out, and the diesel is being ignited!

Although it takes a long time to start the battleship from igniting it, it must not sit still!

Just as the battleship was lit, Tom pressed the firing switch of the machine gun from his battle position.

"Tom tom tom!" Since two machine guns were not equipped with ammunition chains, only two machine guns were firing, and 12.7 mm bullets were splashed into the sky!

German, come on!

As he fired, 12.7mm bullets shot out from the muzzle, the muzzle was full of flames, machine gun bullets, aiming at the flying bomb!

It's very difficult to operate alone. Tom feels his arm is extremely sore, and now, he can only do his best to hit the bomb that was thrown over!

In theory, even if the quadruple machine guns are fired together, there is only a small hit rate, but now, maybe it is his behavior that moved God, just when he operated the machine gun and kept firing, the bullets rained. , covering the route of the bomb that flew in front!

Then, the 12.7mm bullet came into close contact with the bomb, and the bullet hit the iron shell of the bomb, making a violent collision sound.

However, it didn't work!

Aviation bombs have an iron shell on the outside, and this bomb weighs a full 2,400 kilograms. Of course, such a large bomb will not be stingy with the shell.

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

Therefore, the outer iron casing is thick enough, and the 12.7mm machine gun bullets are completely powerless against it!

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