Chapter 811 July Fire 6

"No, there are only 2 Ganguts!"

With the starlight, Meng Xiaodong, who had just turned to the night owl dive bomber, suddenly changed his face, because there were only two Gangut-class battleships under his wings, which made Xingchong rush to prepare for a big job. At the same time, he felt a little bad when he was disappointed.

Without waiting for him to continue shouting, the two Brooklyn-class light cruisers below opened fire, and the searchlight posts cut through the sky like swords. At the same time, a string of crimson shells had drilled up from the sea.

"Fay, kill the cruiser first!"

Meng Xiaodong believed that after receiving his warning, the team in charge of reconnaissance would definitely disperse to find the two more important Queen Mary-class battleships, so he led 16 night owls and rushed to the Gangut formation on the sea.

It makes sense to choose a cruiser first now. As early as I entered the Caribbean and learned about Jellico's card, the Fifth Hunion Fleet gave a special tactical explanation. Compared with the Gangut-class battleships with only a few anti-aircraft quick-fire guns, the Brooklyn-class light cruiser has once again strengthened its air defense capabilities. Ships are more dangerous. They not only install reading centralized air defense command towers for the first time, but also have more than 20 multiple anti-aircraft rapid-fire guns and a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns, which are far more dangerous to the group than that of the Gangut class.

A string of crimson shells passed by, and finally let Meng Xiaodong experience the intelligence why the air defense capabilities of the American cruisers need to be paid special attention. Under the heavy pressure of the dragon wings, the United States finally began to pay attention to the real fleet air defense, and improved its ability at all costs, just Brooklyn class. With such a strong air defense capability, it can be thought of updating the Atlanta class, which is constantly being launched.

Night owl, like its name, shuttled through the middle of the fire net like a light ghost. The closer to the light patrol Meng Xiaodong, the greater the pressure. Especially after the anti-aircraft machine gun opened fire, a series of 7.7mm and 7.92mm bullets sprinkled into the sky like a rainstorm.

After experiencing the initial sea eagle biplane, the dragon teeth were fierce, and now the night owl is in service. The attack methods of the Imperial Royal Navy aviation have been increasing, and the order of attack and means have been optimized in the war. Today, Yexiao has become the best choice for the first wave of attacks, because the overhead vertical attack used by the dive bomber aims to attack the deck, which can deal with the most important anti-aircraft firepower and clear obstacles for the subsequent dragon teeth.

So Meng Xiaodong ordered the attack before the torpedo plane arrived.

After dodging left and right finally reaching the sky, Meng Xiaodong opened the speaker, shouted "I'll come first" to the microphone, and then pushed the pole forward.

"Ji Jie."

Like the roar of tearing the air, it attracted two thick searchlight columns. The dazzling light shone on the windshield through the windshield, which made him feel a little dizzy. But now he has entered the dive channel. If he exits, he will be tracked by anti-aircraft fire, so he can only grit his teeth and continue to Go down and down.

The strange feeling of blood surging came again. The safety belt strangled the shoulder. When the speed bump was opened, the fuselage began to tremble violently. Seeing the mast approaching little by little, Meng Xiaodong finally dropped 250 kilograms of armor-piercing bullets.

Ye Xiao drew a big U and pulled it up again, but what surprised Meng Xiaodong was that there was no dream explosion below, and even the water column did not come out.

"It's not a dud, is it?"

Meng Xiaodong is a little dumbfounded. Although he has been promoted to lieutenant colonel and the captain of the attack aircraft team, he still feels very bad about the appearance of the first bullet. Maybe others will laugh at his superstition, but the fact is that he really has a feeling of heartbeat. What's wrong?

While Meng Xiaodong left the passage, the two night owls behind had swooped down. In the sharp and harsh roar, the first hit bomb finally appeared.

250 kg armor-piercing shells may not be enough to deal with battleships, but dealing with cruiser-class warships is definitely a big killer, especially special armor-piercing bullets, so when the bomb penetrated through the horizontal deck from the stern into the stern, a fierce fireball suddenly rushed up on the hit cruiser.

With the results of the first hit, Ye Xiao turned on the pronunciation one after another, and the dragon wings that did not grab the position began to extend the war to the two Gangut-class battleships next to them.

Seeing this scene, Meng Xiaodong's uneasiness gradually dissipated, but just as the first armor-piercing bullet exploded on the deck of the Gangut, a voice suddenly sounded from the headphones: "Nine o'clock, enemy aircraft!"

A large group of camel F2 fighters suddenly twisted into the battle circle under the cover of the night. A night owl, which was swooping without regulations, was hit by bullets from two camels. As a result, the whole plane crashed into the chimney of the light cruiser.

"Cop the attack aircraft." The escort Bumblebee immediately reacted and rushed to the camel fleet in the distance. Meng Xiaodong, who was stimulated by the loss of a fighter, even forgot that he was flying now the Yexiao dive bomber, and also used the 7.62mm machine gun on both sides of the nose to catch one of them.

The sudden appearance of the camel fighter immediately alerted the dragon wings, because it showed that there must be an Allied aircraft carrier nearby.

After shooting down the unlucky camel, Meng Xiaodong immediately let the planes that had completed the bombing spread around to search. At the same time, 16 night owls and 24 Longya torpedoes/bombers also arrived at the battlefield. Because there were also aircraft carriers and two Queen Maria-class battleships that suddenly disappeared strangely, he did not dare to exert his strength. It was all used up, so it stopped everyone from rushing to hit the water dog, leaving half of the ammunition.

At this moment, Meng Xiaodong did not know that it was his order that saved the navies of Colombia and other countries.

In the firelight, three dark "fish thorns" rushed to the Sevastopol, which began to catch fire on the back deck after being hit by an armor-piercing bullet.

Sevastopol is the third of the Gangut-class battleships. As a new battleship built after the Battle of Sibilu Island, the Gangut-class was hailed as the pride of Russia at that time, and even attracted British attention at one time.

The main reason is that the Gangut class is equipped with four triple L52/305mm main guns, and the secondary gun has also been strengthened into an L52/120mm rapid-fire gun, with a tonnage of 25,850 tons, which once surpassed the British capital ship in service at the same time.

So after learning that Lenin's rebellion, Britain was really reluctant to take these warships by the Soviet regime, and just sent troops into Russia. In addition, because of the heavy loss of Delan and the urgent need to recover, it took all four Gangut and three Queen Maria-class battleships out of Russia. However, when it finally passed through the strait, it was still besieged by the German navy and eventually lost three ships.

Originally, Britain wanted to replace the hard-won four battleships to strengthen anti-aircraft rapid-fire guns, but the successive losses and the urgent need for new warships made Britain have no energy and unable to modify them. It only hurriedly installed some double-loaded 7.7mm Lewis machine guns.

Because of this, the dragon teeth that broke into the sea at low altitude had hardly encountered any decent firepower. If it hadn't been for the two light patrols with fierce fire just now, they would have thought that they had encountered an old-fashioned fleet.

Although the Sevastopol has opened the lightning net struts used on both sides when mooring, when the first fish bone hit the lightning net and exploded, the fragile net pocket was immediately torn to pieces, and one of the remaining two successfully passed through the broken net and accurately hit the port side.

In the sudden explosion, a high column of water was raised in the hull of the USS Sevastopol. What is funny is that after the water column surged onto the deck, it actually extinguished the flame ignited by armor-piercing bombs there. It was only a shocking crack in the shell, which made the British sailors who made the Russian [***] ship unhappy.

But the dragon wings also scratched their heads, because they found that the port wound hit by the fish bone was obviously much smaller than usual.

It turned out that no one expected that the Gangut class was the first in Europe like Xinhua. In order to prevent torpedoes or mines from causing major damage to warships, a double-layer hull was adopted on the new battleship and extended from the bottom to the deck. Maybe there are shortcomings in other aspects, but the ability torpedo resistance is It is much stronger, especially the fish bone has less medicine, and the effect is more obvious.

After eating a torpedo and an armor-piercing shell, the Sevastopol, whose speed did not decrease at all, angered the dragon wings. The five dragon tooth torpedo planes formed an arrow and rushed to the port again.

Seeing this situation, the captain had to order an immediate turn. Although Sevastopol used an advanced double-layer hull structure, the airworthiness was really poor. The steering ability was far from that of a tonnage British American warship, so in the end, he could only watch the five "fish stabs" pulling the long white line and rushing over with a murderous spirit. .

Three of the five fish thorns killed from the port side again hit the huge hull, and the Sevastopol, which had a double-layer hull, could not withstand this level of attack. When its speed finally slowed down, the two night owls had aimed at the wide deck with harsh screams.

12 L52/305mm, claiming that the world's most powerful low-pressure heavy bomb gun of the same caliber, before firing a shell, the hull began to tilt to the left and ignited a blazing fire. In this case, the captain had to order to abandon the ship.

When the sailors of the Sevastopol jumped into the sea to escape, another Gangut also began to sink slowly.

Although two Gangut-class battleships and two Brooklyn-class light patrols have not been able to escape, the haze of two Queen Maria-class battleships has not been found, but it has weighed on the hearts of every pilot. Meng Xiaodong believed that since there was a camel plane, the two Queen Maria-class battleships that disappeared must also be nearby, but just as he was about to continue to expand the search, he got a bad news.

The third battleship formation was attacked by two waves of torpedo planes from the Dominican and the Virgin Islands.

"Go back!"

(to be continued)