Chapter 479

It was a monoplane, and the shape of the wing looked a bit like a flying seagull. It was definitely not a carrier-based aircraft on its own aircraft carrier!

what is that? Just when Admiral Tovey's thoughts were still in contemplation, Stanger on the side had already exclaimed: "Stuka, it's Stuka!"

Colonel Stanger is quite aware of the various planes of the Germans. Now, just by looking at it, he can recognize that the plane that is coming is Stuka!

And, more than one! This plane is just following behind the plane of its own, and it has been identified. Behind this plane, there are many more planes, and it is a group of planes!

"Attention, air raid siren!" When the model was identified, Stanger certainly knew what it meant. His own fleet was actually visited by the German carrier aircraft.

This kind of aircraft has a limited range, and it is absolutely impossible to fly from land, so it must be on an aircraft carrier at sea! I didn't expect the Germans to come so quickly.

On this point, he had guessed right.

When Deutschland began its humanitarian rescue mission, the aircraft carrier Adolf Hitler, led by a dozen warships, including two main battleships, formed a formation, which was about 400 nautical miles from Deutsche in the Atlantic Ocean, and got the news Immediately after that, they turned around and headed for the Deutsches' course.

Just after nightfall, the British aircraft carrier formation was discovered. After taking off the carrier aircraft, the Adolf Hitler was only 200 nautical miles away from the Deutschland.

At this time, the commander of the aircraft carrier immediately gave the order to take off the carrier-based aircraft. Twenty Stuka carrier-based bombers took off in the roar of the engine.

Although the German Naval Air Force was not established for a long time, their training was not backward at all!

They not only have to master flying skills, but also master the essentials of take-off and landing on the aircraft carrier. A month before the war, they were already conducting night flight training. Now, half of the pilots of the whole ship have the ability to take off and land at night. drop ability!

And so, the night battle began like this.

Although the distance is far, the speed of the Stuka bomber is twice that of the Swordfish. Therefore, when the Swordfish completed the bombing mission and returned to the field, the Stuka bomber had already kept up with the British carrier aircraft. !

Asim, the captain of the second carrier-based bomber battalion, took off the plane first. He turned on the navigation lights and led his own planes to form a formation. Navigating completely by instruments, he flew to the air defense of the Deutsche in the exchange of fire. the periphery of the circle.

At this point, the battle had come to an end, and the light of the flares could be seen dozens of kilometers away. Taking this opportunity, Asim calibrated his course, and while circling in the outer circle, he caught up with a lone sword. fish plane.

Obviously, the pilot was so terrified that he didn't realize that there were fighter planes following him, and flew for dozens of kilometers. At this time, the moon was already thin.

When he saw the American aircraft carrier formation, but they didn't find his own side, Asim immediately came up with a bold plan. He simply turned on the navigation lights, pretended to be the other side's plane, and even got close to the aircraft carrier!

Now, it's the last moment!

Asim pushed the throttle lever, the engine was fully opened, and in the sound of the whirring propeller, the Stuka bomber entered the dive before the bombing!

With the dive, the speed is getting bigger and bigger, that terrifying howl resounds in the sky, this is the voice of death!

On the deck, the deck personnel who were carrying out bombing operations were quite frightened at this time. Before the war, they had been in East Asia all the time. They had only heard of it, and no one had ever encountered this terrifying howl!

They forgot what they were supposed to do. After the whistle sounded, the entire British fleet was undefended!

The angle of attack monitor was working normally, the target was getting bigger and bigger, Asim could even see the people on the deck running around in a panic, and he pressed the throw button.

The 500 kg bomb fell from the centerline of the belly, and it flew towards the deck of the aircraft carrier accurately!

At this time, on the aircraft carrier, the anti-aircraft artillery fire sparsely sounded, and a 20mm anti-aircraft gun fired into the sky. Unfortunately, it was too late!

On the deck, the operators were even more shocked. The bomb was coming towards them!

Quick, run!

They ran away, not knowing where it was safe. Just then, in the middle of the deck, there was a terrible explosion.

"boom!"

Amid the loud explosion, the deck of the Athletics God was torn abruptly, and a huge flame emerged. This flame, following the west wind, burned to the parking area in an instant.

There, there are several swordfish and bombs ready to be mounted!

"Boom, boom!" The explosions came one after another!

When Asim pulled up, the entire deck of the aircraft carrier Athletics was already full of fire, and the fire illuminated the entire sea and illuminated the other ships in the formation.

The pilots of several Stuka bombers that followed, drooled instantly, good stuff, big target!

They diverted their attention. The battleship USS Rodney, with its three triple-mounted turrets, instantly attracted all their attention. That thing is even more precious than an aircraft carrier!

Fry it first! Anyway, the current competitive god number is half dead and half disabled.

Asim, who was pulled up, also saw the battleship, and he said in the radio: "Attention, attack the large warship first!"

Asim is very confident that the bomb he just made will destroy the Athletics God. After all, God can't save the warship now that the fire is spreading!

Historically, the battleship Rodney was quite famous, which of course was obtained from the Basemarck.

USS Rodney participated in the siege of the German battleship Bismarck. During the battle, a single salvo disabled Bismarck's "A" and "B" turrets.

The follow-up became more and more accurate, and even at a distance of 2,700 meters, two torpedoes were launched from the torpedo tube on the right side of the Rodney, and one of them hit the Bismarck, becoming the only time in the history of world naval warfare that a battleship hit a battleship with a torpedo.

In this battle, the Rodney fired a total of 378 406mm shells, of which 40 were hit, and the rate of fire remained at 1.6 shells per minute.

This battle has already shown the Rodney's powerful combat effectiveness, and now, the tragic situation of the aircraft carrier Athletics on the side has bought the Rodney precious time.

As a battleship with a displacement of 35,000 tons, USS Rodney has powerful weapons and equipment. In addition to the 406 mm naval gun, there are 6 double-mounted 50 times caliber 6-inch secondary guns, 6 single-mounted 4.7 Inch anti-aircraft guns, 8 40mm anti-aircraft guns, 2 622mm torpedo tubes.

In World War II, it added four 4-unit 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns, which shows that the British knew that its air defense capability was not enough.

The current Rodney has only 14 antiaircraft guns.