Romanian Eagle

Chapter 708: Air Raid (Part 2)

And with the three aircraft carriers and the battlecruiser Repulse being sunk, it was finally the battleship's turn.

Of course, this does not mean that the incoming Romanian carrier aircraft will ignore them. It's just that the focus of the attack is not on them, but there are still more than 20 aircraft constantly doing the work of reducing their firepower, but because they are all docked together, the anti-aircraft firepower of these battleships is greatly increased.

The five battleships lined up together. Adding up the firepower of hundreds of anti-aircraft guns, it became like a hedgehog, extremely violent, and one bomber was disintegrated in mid-air because it couldn't dodge.

In the face of the battleships arranged in a line, the Romanian carrier-based aircraft of the air attack were also unable to care. Because after a while, these still immobile battleships should be able to start, and it will be even more difficult to deal with.

So can't wait at this time.

Of course, the Romanian air raid force was also not lacking in courage. The commander of the Serrakos dive brigade, Major Lorlik, shouted at the tower. "Follow me with the dive team and get rid of them."

Speaking of which, this highly skilled brigade captain flew his beloved dive bomber over the Nelson, and the anti-aircraft shells blasting around it did not give him any fear. I saw his hand pressing down hard, and he took his love plane into a dive state. The 1000KG aerial bomb under his belly was so chilling.

In the face of such a heroic performance of his own captain, other dive bombers also carried out dive attacks one after another. And the life-threatening behavior of the dive bombers gave the torpedo planes an opportunity. They were also in groups of three or four, and began to enter low altitudes, ready to throw torpedoes.

The other warships in the port did not understand where the air strike planes were when they saw them, and immediately stepped up their firepower to try to scare them away. It's just that his actions are destined to be futile. This time, the torpedo planes in the air raids in the military port have made up their minds to throw torpedoes on these battleships, even if they are hit, they will not give up.

So in the face of the deadly anti-aircraft guns, these torpedo planes were fearless and brave to pounce on the five battleships.

Although torpedo planes were constantly being hit, the Romanian carrier-based torpedo plane unit in this air attack was determined to take this opportunity to launch a large-scale attack.

In the face of this tactic of coordinated attack from top to bottom, there are naturally loopholes in the air defense firepower.

Major Lorrick, who took the lead in making an inspiring move, has also completed the bombing action with his dive bomber. He completed the bombing mission against a lot of anti-aircraft fire, not only with exceptionally excellent skills but also with very good luck.

And the 1-ton bomb he carried did not live up to his expectations.

It landed directly between the No. 2 and No. 3 batteries on the foredeck of the Nelson. This 1-ton aerial bomb is mainly used to deal with strong fortresses and large warships. Its warhead is extremely strong, and a delay device is also set, which is beneficial to explode inside it after penetrating the top armor.

"boom!"

And this bomb did exactly as he wished. It passed through the horizontal armor and fell into the cabin and exploded violently. The violent explosion only blew a large hole between the two battery turrets, and the thick smoke also interfered with the firing of the anti-aircraft guns. This also shocked the officers and men on the Nelson, because there was an ammunition room under the battery, and it was a great luck that the aerial bomb did not detonate the ammunition room.

It's just that they were a little too happy. Led by Major Lorrick, they bombarded the docked battleships one after another.

"Boom, boom!"

The Sovereign was hit by two bombs, one of which hit its chimney, sending thick plumes of smoke and causing its anti-aircraft firepower to immediately miss the mark.

"boom!"

Warspite was also hit by a bomb, which swept away its right AA guns.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The Malaya suffered three unfortunate consecutive hits, hitting its stern, bridge and bow respectively. The bomb that hit the stern completely destroyed its power room, which also announced that the Malaya had no possibility of moving at all. And hitting the bridge part lost nearly half of its anti-aircraft firepower, while the bow blew a large hole.

To say who has the best luck here, the Rodney is none other than the USS Rodney, where two consecutive aerial bombs were thrown into the water.

It can also be seen from this that pilots who have not been tested in actual combat will make mistakes more or less. Even if it can be thrown into a two-meter circle during training, once it is involved in actual combat, especially under the shooting of many anti-aircraft firepower of warships, it is considered elite to be able to make a steady shot. The battlefield is different from the training ground, and the land is different from the sea.

However, while the dive attack continued, more firepower had begun to take care of the more menacing torpedo planes.

It's just that these anti-aircraft firepower still can't stop the torpedo planes. After entering the range, these torpedo planes immediately released their own torpedoes. A total of 49 torpedo planes were launched in two batches, and 42 torpedo lines were released. These dense torpedo lines made the scalp tingle for those who saw it, which also shocked the officers and soldiers on the battleship. Now they have to deal with the dive attack and face the incoming torpedo.

In fact, the best way to face these torpedoes is to avoid them, but now that they can't move, where can they get space to avoid them, this is completely to deal with fixed targets.

These dense torpedo throwers were desperate, and all the firepower at this time was chasing these swift torpedoes.

"Boom~Boom~Boom!"

The heavy firing caused several torpedoes to be destroyed by the fire. It's just that there were too many torpedoes, and although several torpedoes were thrown, there were still a lot of torpedoes that broke through the fire blockade and rushed towards the five battleships. Although some torpedoes seemed to have deviated from the course, there were still many accurately aimed at several battleships.

And they are not far from the battleship, the situation is already very dangerous.

In the face of such a dangerous moment, it can reflect the heritage of the British Navy for hundreds of years. I saw the anti-aircraft cruiser Luna at full speed to block in front of the Rodney, because three torpedoes were rushing towards it.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

After three explosions, the Luna, broken into several sections, disappeared into the sea.

And Luna's behavior immediately attracted several warships to imitate. I saw that the cruiser Calypso also stepped forward to block the torpedoes for the warspite, but its tonnage was not enough, the torpedo passed through the bottom of the ship and continued to rush towards the warspite go.

The other two warships that wanted to be similar were also unable to stop the torpedoes for their own reasons.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

I saw a few explosions from the other four battleships except the Rodney.

Among them, the Nelson suffered the most damage. Up to 6 torpedoes hit it. The violent explosion blew a huge gap in the hull of the Nelson, and the turbulent sea water immediately tilted it. The six torpedoes were enough to inflict irreversible damage, which was deadly enough for the Nelson.

In addition to the doomed Nelson, the Malaya suffered the most damage. The Elizabeth V was hit by three torpedoes, and two large holes were blown out of the hull. Filling the Haishu and submerging the power room and the fuel room, the fuel floats on the sea, is even more frightening.

As for Warspite and Sovereign, they were both hit by torpedoes, but luckily only one torpedo was hit.

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