Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

Chapter 419 was penetrated below the waterline, and our ship is rapidly taking on water

 “Boom!”

The violent explosion shook the sky and the earth, and the entire armored command tower was instantly enveloped in thick black smoke.

The battle bridge, an open-air combat area, did not have any decent heavy armor protection. The Yano hero and the officers who commanded it were basically in a state of "streaking".

When the smoke cleared, the entire observation platform was blown into ruins, and a large gap was cut out of the navigation signal light on the left side.

 The situation inside the bridge is even more exciting. Hero Yano, who is firmly protected by his subordinates, has not yet expired.

At this time, the old devil was using the remaining half of his arm to desperately reach for his stomach. Trying to stuff the exploded intestines back into his belly, as if he could save a dog's life in this way.

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Although I did not see the tragedy of the scene with my own eyes, the violent vibrations and the broken bricks and tiles falling from time to time all indicated that something bad had happened to Hero Yano.

 Fleet Commander Takasu Shiro pushed away the adjutants who were protecting him, took two steps to the window, and observed the situation on the battlefield with a distorted face.

Due to the Nagato battleship's good design and armor protection, it can withstand most incoming air-launched rockets and small-caliber aerial bombs.

 However, its superstructure still suffered heavy damage, and the burning secondary batteries and anti-aircraft gun emplacements are the best evidence of this.

 “Baga! Damn the little man in the sky!”

 He clenched his fist and slammed it on the window sill.

“Why are there so many enemy attack aircraft in the sky? Are we fighting an aircraft carrier fleet with the Royal Navy?”

“Immediately contact the 10th and 13th Aviation Groups and ask them to allocate part of their forces to support the First Fleet! By the way! There are also aviation forces in the Kanto region. All available forces must be mobilized.”

At this point, Takasu Shiro has completely understood one thing.

That is, a surface fleet without aircraft carriers or **** fighter jets, and relying only on its own anti-aircraft firepower, will sooner or later become a piece of fat in the enemy's mouth.

Now the opponent has only dispatched fighter jets. When the subsequent bombers and torpedo planes arrive, their Nagato battleship will definitely be severely damaged, and there is even a high probability of being directly sunk.

Just when the old devil was thinking wildly, a messenger sent him the long-lost good news.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, Commander Yamamoto has just sent a telegram. The aviation force closest to us currently can reach the Seto Inland Sea in forty-five minutes."

 “Hold on firmly! There will be a way!”

As soon as these words came out, the stone in Takasu Shiro's heart finally fell to the ground, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.

Judging from the paper strength of the Nagato-class, Ise-class and Fuso-class, it is indeed impossible for him to lead a fleet to break through. After all, the speed of the Iron Bastard is really worrying.

but!

 You can still do it if you persist for an hour.

Battleships have the thickest armor and take the hardest hits.

As long as he does not receive torpedoes continuously or is directly fired by the enemy's super-heavy armor-piercing aerial bombs, he is confident that he can spend a whole day at sea with the first fleet.

 But at this moment, a series of frightened sounds suddenly sounded in the old devil's ears.

 “The torpedo is approaching the bow!”

 “The torpedo is approaching the stern of the ship!”

 “The torpedo is approaching the port chord!”

  “Torpedo found on the right string!”     ·······

 The time goes back to one minute ago, the torpedo aircraft formation of the 1st Air Division.

When the anti-aircraft firepower of the Japanese First Fleet was overall weakened, twenty-four Mosquito fighters carrying Mark 17 aviation torpedoes filed out in the sunshine.

“Everyone is here, don’t slow down, follow me and drive right into the enemy’s heart!”

"receive!"

After finishing speaking, these Mosquito fighters were divided into groups of six and continued to advance towards the position of the Nagato battleship from four directions.

Logically speaking, when a torpedo fleet attacks a large surface ship, it should concentrate its firepower to launch repeated attacks on the same side, eventually causing the enemy ship to flood and tilt, thereby losing its combat effectiveness.

 The above-mentioned tactics were the results that Dai Ying and A Chou spent several years to verify.

  The reason why the squadrons in this operation did not concentrate their firepower was because they were not the main force of the attack.

The biggest role of those torpedoes is to force them to move and create opportunities for Lancaster in the sky to drop bombs.

When they were about to arrive at the pre-war point, the comrades estimated Nagato's speed based on the length of the wake, and pressed the launch button with reference to the torpedo sight.

"put!"

One long torpedo fell into the sea from the belly of the aircraft, and then the propeller at the tail began to rotate rapidly, shooting forward in a straight trajectory.

The tracks between these big killers are basically parallel, and the distance between them is less than the length of the Nagato.

 This is to ensure that when the torpedoes cross the target's track, at least one torpedo can hit the target.

It is worth mentioning that the Mark17 used by comrades has three small accessories, namely a cylindrical drag ring, a box-shaped stabilizer wing and an annular guard.

 The former is installed on the head and can act as a shock absorber when the torpedo enters the water.

 The second attachment can improve stability, and the last one improves the torpedo's fluid performance in the water so that it can sail smoothly.

In this way, the comrades of the First Air Division can abandon the low-altitude and low-speed mine-throwing tactics.

 The unfamiliar attack method disrupted the original idea of ​​​​the book. As a result, many anti-aircraft artillery groups waiting for the Mosquito fighter jets to slow down completely lost their originally short shooting window.

When twenty-four torpedoes quickly hit the battleship Nagato not far away at a speed of 43 knots, all the sailors on the deck screamed.

 There were so many torpedoes and they were so densely packed that it was impossible to avoid them all.

With the idea of ​​​​cutting inside to connect one piece, and cutting outside to connect them all.

The navigator of the Nagato decisively issued the order to turn the right full rudder in, causing the battleship's huge body to begin to deviate to the north with all its strength.

 “Boom!”

The first Mark 17 torpedo hit the middle of the port side of the Nagato hard, and the 22-year-old iron **** immediately groaned in pain.

 After the explosion, turbulent seawater rushed into the hull of the ship in an instant, and the speed that had just reached 20 knots was even more trembling.

“Your Excellency, Lieutenant General! The hull of the ship is broken, and our ship is taking on a lot of water!”

I didn’t expect that

 (End of this chapter)