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At the same time, the most favorable angle for torpedo attack is vertical to the ship's side. At this time, warships usually avoid torpedoes by turning the rudder.

However, this method of evading simply relying on the positioning of warships is often not very effective.

Because generally speaking, the torpedo attack of a submarine is to shoot several torpedoes in a fan, and the torpedoes are so fast that it is difficult for warships to dodge all of them, especially the torpedoes that seek automatically.

For example, the torpedo attack of a torpedo plane is to throw mines from different angles and in different batches.

In addition to relying on self-positioning, there are no effective anti-torpedo weapons in current time and space. The most commonly used ones are naval guns, anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, etc.

Because if you are lucky, the shock waves of naval guns and depth charges can directly damage the torpedo, and no matter how bad it is, it can also play a role in making it yaw.

Generally speaking, large battleships are protected by destroyers, and these small ships are equipped with rapid-fire guns and depth charges, which are designed to drive away the torpedo boats and submarines that assault the large ships, and become the outer anti-aircraft firepower circle.This is also a defense.

Italian battleships, on the other hand, had a "barrel structure" of the "Plese" type, with a cylindrical longitudinal space on either side of the ship's gunwale.Use this to cushion the torpedo's shockwave.

In the late World War II, the American TF invented the method of destroying the torpedo course by bombarding the water surface with the cruiser's naval guns to cause an upside-down water curtain when the enemy's torpedo plane dropped bombs, and the effect was quite good.

The difficulty of anti-torpedo is that there is usually a fixed depth before the torpedo is launched. During World War II, the common fixed depth was four meters, and zero fixed depth was rarely seen. The purpose is to open a large hole below the waterline of the enemy ship.

Therefore, even if the opponent discovers it in time, the rate of fire of the main gun on the warship is a pain point that restricts its anti-torpedo effect, and the 40, 37, and 20 guns have too small shell power to directly detonate the torpedo in the stealth state.

If it is closer, the 12.7mm machine gun can struggle for a while, but the effect is almost zero, because the damage of the bullet after entering the water is very small.

Of course, these anti-torpedo measures are still based on the fact that the torpedo track can be seen. If the torpedo track cannot be seen, then the only thing to do is wash the neck and wait quietly for death.

During World War II, the only way for warships to encounter torpedoes was to move around to avoid them, just like the lines of the protagonist in naval warfare movies, "full rudder to the left! Full rudder to the right!".

Although the torpedo has a wavy line, it is difficult to detect it from a long distance with the naked eye. If you use firepower to hit it, it is actually very difficult. The density of water is 800 times that of air. It is difficult for anti-aircraft guns or bullets to fly a few meters in the water and stop go ahead.

If torpedoes were encountered in World War II, some important ships, such as aircraft carriers and battleships, had lightning protection nets. A kind of net was installed under the waterline of the warship. The torpedo hit the net and exploded, reducing damage to the warship. This is the most effective defense in the current era. Ray measures.

Finally, there is a more alternative method. The Japanese carrier-based aircraft pilots used their own aircraft to crash into the torpedoes fired at the aircraft carrier in the sea.

As for when ships are berthed, the most popular method is undoubtedly to deploy a circle of anti-torpedo nets around the ship to prevent them from being attacked by torpedoes.

Until modern times, torpedoes are still the most lethal weapons in naval warfare, even more powerful than missiles.

Limited by the range of attack, a torpedo-missile combination appeared, using rockets to launch the torpedo tens or even hundreds of kilometers, and then attacking into the water.

Such an attack is simply impossible to guard against.

If modern warships want to counteract torpedoes, they can only vigorously develop early warning technology and improve air defense and anti-submarine capabilities. There is no other way.

No matter how difficult it is to intercept the torpedo, even if there is a ten thousandth hope, the Japanese sailors will not give up treatment.

While they tried their best to walk and kneel, they threw heavy depth charges forward frantically, and at the same time, the anti-aircraft guns on the ship began to fire at full power.

Boom boom boom!

Bang bang bang!

All of a sudden, on the sea directly in front of the port side of the destroyer Shiranui, soaring waves exploded, and then a wave of overwhelming waves rippling around at an extremely fast speed.

More than twenty 25mm anti-aircraft guns spewed out long tongues of flame one after another, drawing bullet lines in the air that disappeared in a flash, and strings of caliber ammunition poured into the sea at no cost, splashing strings of bullets. spray.

Needless to say, this wave of operations really played a role. With the continuous rippling of the huge waves, the torpedo group that was coming straight was pushed a lot, and the course deviated greatly .

But the effect didn't stop there. There were a total of six torpedoes in this salvo, and it was wishful thinking for the Devil destroyer to easily avoid them.

"Baga! Hurry up! Dispatch anti-submarine planes immediately to search for enemy submarines!"

At the same time, the escort aircraft carrier not far away also immediately moved after receiving the alarm, and two Q2W1 East China Sea anti-submarine aircraft rushed out of the deck and took off into the sky.

After adjusting their posture in the air, they headed towards the suspicious sea to search.

Well, although the Type XXI submarine driven by Luo Faren did not surface to attack, but directly launched torpedoes in deep water.

But after all, the torpedo has an obvious trajectory. After tracing the source, it is completely possible to roughly determine the location of the submarine.

"Boom!"

Just when the Devils anti-submarine plane had just taken off and was gnashing its teeth towards the suspicious sea, an earth-shattering explosion sounded suddenly behind them.

I saw a huge wave exploding from the side of the destroyer Shiranui, followed by a cloud of black gunpowder smoke rising into the sky.

Although the devil soldiers struggled with all their strength, they were unable to dodge the long-planned fatal blow of Luo Faren and others. A torpedo hit the hull of the destroyer Shiranui hard near the stern.

The extremely powerful explosion power blasted a huge hole in the hull at once, and the surrounding sea water began to pour in crazily, and it couldn't be stopped.

"Baga! Damn it!"

The huge explosion shock wave caused the entire ship to shake violently, and Saburo Araki, who was standing on the deck, was completely unsteady and almost fell directly into the sea.

When he finally stabilized his body, the extremely unfortunate news reached his ears: "Report to Your Excellency, the left side of the hull has been severely damaged, and it is beyond repair. The ship is about to sink!"

Chapter 1573

"Baga, you damn Yankees, you will die! The Imperial Japanese Navy will not let you go!"

Arata Saburo sank directly to the bottom of the sea with his heart, and his whole body became icy cold. He never dreamed that the destroyer Shiranui, which had just been repaired not long ago, would come to an end on this sea route that has always been safe.

But up to this moment, Arata Saburo still didn't understand the situation. He thought that the attack was a new submarine of the U.S. Navy, but he never thought that it was the most advanced submarine under Yang Fan's command.

"Put on life jackets! Abandon ship!"

As the sea water poured in wildly, the destroyer Shiranui was tilting and sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the end, Arata Saburo could only grit his teeth and ordered to abandon the ship to escape with all helplessness and resentment.

"Baga! Damn Yankees, go to hell!"

"Baga! Hurry up and drop the bomb, and blow up these Yankees to death!"

The ghost pilots on the Q1W1 East China Sea anti-submarine aircraft were all red-eyed, gnashing their teeth to avenge their own destroyers.

However, when they flew to the suspicious sea area, they found sadly that their most advanced Q1W1 East China Sea anti-submarine aircraft did not respond, and could not detect the enemy submarines lurking nearby.

The Q1W1 East China Sea anti-submarine aircraft is a low-speed shore-based anti-submarine patrol aircraft that the Japanese Navy requested Kyushu Company to trial-produce in 1942.

It requires that this kind of aircraft has a wide field of vision and can observe a large area of ​​​​the sea to search for submarines, especially the lower field of vision must be good.

In order to ensure accurate bombing, the speed of the aircraft does not need to be too high, but the handling stability must be good.

So Kyushu designed a transparent cockpit similar to the German JU88 bomber for the new aircraft, and it was taller and bigger.

Therefore, the nose cockpit of the aircraft was made particularly conspicuous, and the aircraft number was designated as Q1W.

After the trial production of the aircraft prototype, the Japanese Ministry of the Navy expressed satisfaction with the test flight results, and officially adopted the aircraft to perform anti-submarine patrol missions, and gave it the name Donghai. ?

Main parameters of Q1W Donghai anti-submarine aircraft:

The crew is 3 people, the length is 12.09 meters, the wingspan is 16 meters, the height is 4.12 meters, the empty weight is 3,102 kilograms, the maximum flight speed is 322 kilometers per hour, and the maximum range is 1,342 kilometers.

Its weapon system is: a 20mm bottom revolving machine gun, a 1,7.7mm revolving machine gun, and can carry 500kg of aviation depth bombs.

The anti-submarine aircraft in the East China Sea is equipped with a secret anti-submarine detector designed by Japan at that time, a new type of magnetic detector, which is more advanced than other countries.

It can not only find that there are submarines underwater, but also accurately locate the submarine. When the magnetic detector locks the submarine, the East China Sea anti-submarine aircraft can attack it with depth charges.

The Donghai aircraft is also equipped with a 20mm cannon, which can shoot small targets at sea.

At present, most of the anti-submarine patrol aircraft of the Japanese army are obsolete old-style land attack aircraft, which are okay for bombing surface targets, but it is difficult to find the correct aiming point for bombing invisible underwater targets with magnetic detectors.

The East China Sea does not have this problem, but the anti-submarine patrol aircraft in the East China Sea did not sink many US submarines during the war. This is because the magnetic detector has a small range of action, and the aircraft must pass right by the submarine to find it.

However, the Japanese anti-submarine sea area is really vast, and the probability of intercepting the submarine is not high because the anti-submarine aircraft just passed the position of the submarine when it was patrolling.

At this moment, although the two Q1W East China Sea anti-submarine aircraft quickly locked on the general area where the submarine was located, it was a pity that Luo Faren was not stupid at all, and he knew the wise saying of "fly away thousands of miles after one blow".

After firing six torpedoes in one go, it sank quickly and evacuated the attack site as quickly as possible.

After the Devils anti-submarine aircraft flew over, they dived to a depth of nearly 200 meters and hid far away.

The pilots of these two Q1W East China Sea anti-submarine aircraft still had the idea that the speed of the underwater submarine was slow and would not exceed 10 knots. They never thought that the Type XXI submarine would run so fast.

"Nani, is this a group of devils?"

"Why can't it be detected at all?"

The pilots of the Devil's anti-submarine aircraft circled around the suspicious sea area, and even greatly expanded the search range later, but the magnetic detector remained unresponsive.

Faced with this extremely supernatural phenomenon, the devil pilots looked confused, completely confused about what was going on.

And when they returned without success, the destroyer Shiranui, which was hit hard by a torpedo, still sank to the bottom of the sea, leaving only a piece of muddy oil, silently telling about the previous torpedo battle.

Although the Japanese crew of the destroyer Shiranui conducted a wave of abandonment and self-rescue before the ship sank completely, in the end more than 150 crew members sank to the bottom of the sea forever with the ship and were buried in the vast South China Sea.

"Haha, well done! We have achieved success and broke the record of zero."

After being completely safe, Luo Faren let out a long breath, and praised himself happily.

Although he didn't know that if they didn't run fast today and strictly enforced the code of conduct of "flee thousands of miles after one blow", they would probably have gone without returning today.

The other three newly debuted Type XXI submarines were also cruising around at the moment, like shadow killers lurking in the dark, waiting patiently for the Japanese fleet to deliver their goods.

Although the Japanese army's anti-submarine means have been greatly improved, but in the face of this kind of real attack submarine, there are not many means they can counter.

As long as it is operated properly, the XXI submarine force is fully equipped with seven-in and seven-out explosive output capabilities.

As the saying goes, "The sea is wide and the fish leaps, and the sky allows the birds to fly." In the next time, the Huben Army Type XXI submarine will inevitably show its talents, causing the devil's rear shipping routes to suffer severe blows.

Although in a short period of time, Yang Fan will not spend huge sums of money to build the XXI submarine production line, but he will definitely continue to grow the XXI submarine force.

This is not only because of offensive considerations, but also has a more far-reaching layout, that is, when the continuous strategic bombing of the Japanese archipelago starts one day, these submarines can take on the new task of rescuing pilots who fell into the sea.

In another late World War II, when the U.S. B-29 fleet roared and bombed the Japanese archipelago, the U.S. submarine force would stand by in the designated area.

Before the pilot took off, he was instructed to make an emergency landing in the sea area where the submarine was located when the plane was hit, and the submarine rescued the crew.

The new mission is dangerous and full of drama.For example, the submarine "Yupanggong" found a pilot who was being bombarded by coastal artillery near Guam, "The submarine can only carry out rescue from underwater.

After approaching 4 times in the water column of the explosion, they hung the pilot on the periscope and dragged it out of the artillery fire area.

By the end of the war, U.S. submarines had rescued 504 pilots.

It is also based on the objective fact that strategic bombing can easily kill one thousand enemies and damage eight hundred. Yang Fan has not organized large-scale strategic bombing until now, but is in the process of non-stop development and layout.

As long as the time is right, Yang Fan will naturally beat the dog in the water with the most ruthless and violent means!

Chapter 1574 The duel of the top aces

At 1944 a.m. on March 3, 13, Major Rudel, the ace of the Luftwaffe and the "King of the Stukas", led a three-aircraft formation to attack. This time their target was still the Soviet tank.

Rudel's landline is a Ju-87G "Stuka" painted with a poisonous snake pattern on its body. In the early days of World War II, Nazi Germany, one of the Axis powers, swept across the European continent with its "Blitzkrieg".

In addition to the frightening armored units, what has made great achievements in battle is the famous precision ground weapon Ju-87 "Stuka" in the Luftwaffe.

The Ju-87G bomber is the ultimate model of the Ju-87 series. It is a specialized single-engine, two-seat anti-tank assault aircraft equipped with a 37mm BK37 cannon and equipped with a tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile.

The muzzle velocity is 850 m/s, and the effect of attacking the tank from the top and rear of the tank is very obvious.

In addition, in addition to the driver, there is also a machine gunner on board.

This type of aircraft was tested in March 1943, but the additional armor made the aircraft heavier, which was very dangerous for new pilots, and only a few ace pilots achieved good results.

Obviously there is the "King of Stuka" Major Rudel, who is the king of kings.

Rudel was the German with the highest level of honor in the war, and even received a medal specially made for him to symbolize the highest honor of the German army: "Knight of the Order of Diamonds, Gold Double Swords and Gold Oak Leaves".

This medal was completely handcrafted and inlaid with 50 diamonds. It was the highest military medal unique to Germany at that time.

Destroying enemy armored vehicles from the air is Rudel's specialty, creating mythical feats that will never be matched by others.

His achievements include destroying 5 Soviet tanks equivalent to 519 complete Soviet armored brigades strengthened in the later period of the Soviet-German War, destroying 150 Soviet artillery positions, nearly 1000 other vehicles, 70 landing ships, 2 La-3 fighters, 1 IL-2 attack aircraft, sank the battleship "Mara", 2 other cruisers and 1 destroyer.

On January 1945, 1, when he was awarded the medal, the Fuehrer said to him proudly: "You are the greatest and bravest soldier the German people have ever had."

In order to eliminate him, the Soviet Union took great pains.Comrade Sz offered a reward of 10 rubles for his head.

At the same time, he was shot down 32 times, and most of the crash sites were enemy-occupied areas, but he escaped safely every time.

He has a record of 2530 combat sorties, with an average of more than one dispatch per day for 6 years, without vacation or rest.

Even when he was performing the mission later, Rould was injured by ground anti-aircraft fire and his right leg was amputated. After installing the prosthesis, he still did not give up and resolutely returned to the blue sky to continue serving!

But today, what was originally just an ordinary sortie mission turned into the most thrilling and unforgettable life-and-death battle in Rudel's service career.

On the same day and at the same time, Shostakov, the top Soviet ace pilot and commander of the Soviet 69 Aviation Regiment, who was in the same theater, led the attack.

"German fighters spotted at nine o'clock!"

"My God, isn't that the car of Rudel, the top ace of the German army?"

"What, let us meet this demon today!"

When passing over the Nester River, Shostakov and others suddenly found the Ju-87G "Stuka" car painted with a poisonous snake pattern.