Chapter 602 Double Wings for Glory Next

Ceylon, Colombo.

This beautiful island, which means "plea happy land" or "bright and rich land" in Sinhala, hangs on the right side of the Indian Peninsula like a crystal clear gem.

Colombo is the largest city in Ceylon. The earliest maritime Silk Road quickly made this once unknown city prosperous. With the deepening of the communication between the East and the West, especially after the opening of the Suez Canal, it became the "Eastern Crossroads".

With the outbreak of the war, Colombo not only did not decline, but also became more and more brilliant because of the important surnames in the Indian Ocean, fleets and warships shuttled between here and India.

When the first ray of sunshine rose, the beautiful port of Colombo was busy again. The sailors casually walked on the deck and began the day's work yawning.

A bucket of seawater washed through the deck, and the meers drilled into the dirty pipes. The high-quality Welsh coal-fired coal was stuffed into the bunker, and the shells were repeatedly wiped in the hands of the sailors. Everything was so busy and tense.

Lieutenant General Cameron stood by the dock and looked at the battleship Agamemnon, which was rising fire and anchoring to go to Mumbai. He couldn't help but turn his eyes to the one next to it. It had just arrived last night, but it was almost a circle smaller, and it was also freeing from the shackles of cables.

He doesn't like this pocket battleship, because this battleship is the same as Spain's declining national strength. Although it is equipped with 4 double L50/305mm guns, it is also equipped with 20 102mm secondary guns, 6 anti-aircraft guns, and 457 torpedo tubes. Seat, but the small displacement makes the ship very unstable. You know, the Mediterranean Sea and the stormy Indian Ocean are completely different things, so I believe that these Spanish sailors who came from afar will soon know the pain.

However, this is only an evaluation of warships. He is still very happy that Spain can draw a battleship to support the Indian fleet. What's more, Spain's huge population and mobilization potential are the most urgent for Britain in Europe. Therefore, as the deputy commander of the Indian fleet and the commander of the Ceylon base, he will not go. Exclude the presence of Spaniards here.

The war is approaching, and the military action of the Xinhua Empire against the Malaya Peninsula has no cover-up at all. They can't wait to step into the Indian Ocean, so at this moment, any reinforcement that can increase the combat strength of the Indian Grand Fleet is precious to Britain.

The United States can have the Indian Ocean, France can have the Indian Ocean, but Britain must not! Without the Indian Ocean, even if Germany is defeated in Europe, Britain will become a vassal of the United States!

So from the formation of the Indian Grand Fleet, every British soldier was told that they would face a battle to the death!

As the two battleships began to set sail, the harbor suddenly became much more empty. Since Lieutenant General Campbell had taken the Grand Fleet to Mumbai three days ago to install anti-aircraft rapid-fire guns for the capital ship that had just arrived from Europe, there were only two French Dandong-class battleships and two left here. Cruiser.

In fact, Mumbai is not a good place to install new anti-aircraft rapid-fire guns for the fleet. It also lacks industrial foundation, but it is much better than Colombo.

This is a very important thing, because in the Battle of Falls Bay, Xinhua has shown the ability to sink the main battleship by aircraft alone, so China is so anxious to install anti-aircraft rapid-fire guns for warships and supplement special delayed fuse shells.

The latter is the basis of all anti-aircraft guns. Without it, even if there are cannons, it is useless. But the first batch has to wait for two more months to get the more important Singapore.

The newly arrived Spain will also go there to replenish the delayed fuse shells. Although the Agamemnon was the first to be installed, the Xinhua submarine activity has been rampant recently. Lieutenant General Campbell was worried that the inexperienced Spaniards could not cope with it, so he ordered the two ships to go together to continue to strengthen air defense capabilities.

"Captain Cassiris, good luck."

"Thank you, we will be back as soon as possible."

After greeting each other with Captain Casiris of Spain, Lieutenant General Cameron glanced at the empty bay around him, and the corners of his mouth hung down involuntarily.

The port of Colombo is not a world-class military port. There are few forts and a lack of deep enough bays, so Britain did not pay much attention to the military facilities here before, but recently, because of the need to prevent Xinhua from entering the Indian Ocean, it has begun to strengthen construction. It can be clearly seen that some forts and anti-aircraft artillery bases are being built in the distance. Under construction, a deeper military airport is also under construction, so if Xinhua attacks at this time, then.

Two loud whistles sounded from the bay, and the steel beasts running side by side began to turn the rudder, interrupting Lieutenant General Cameron's worries. Since he was made anxious by several small destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz, he seemed to feel that he was beginning to be nervous. No matter how powerful Xinhua was, Li Mo was crazy, as long as he If you can't take Singapore Island and the Malay Peninsula in a day, it is impossible to really enter the Indian Ocean.

He laughed at the thought of the fortresses of Singapore and the stationing of more than 200,000 Allied troops on the Malay Peninsula.

When the two battleships gradually disappeared on the sea, Lieutenant General Cameron walked to the deep headquarters, but did not notice that a few small black spots suddenly jumped out of the sky in the distance, flying towards Colombo like a light swallow.

"Enemy attack!"

The sad shouts broke the calm of the Agamemnon. The well-trained British sailors immediately aimed 7 105mm secondary guns, 8 47mm anti-aircraft guns and 12 7.7mm M1914 Lewis machine guns at the enemy.

Agamemnon belongs to the Nelson-class battleship. Originally, its design was more similar to the French Dandong class, with two caliber main guns. However, after Xinhua sold the Rhine to Germany, Britain knew that there was no warship comparable, so it immediately terminated the original Nelson construction plan and waited for a year to build the Intrepid. Later, it was built according to the drawings of the Intrepid, which is considered to be the first generation of British batch-built new battleships.

It should be regarded as an improved version of the Intrepid, with a full load of 22,000 tons and 5 double L45/305mm positions are very powerful, but the secondary gun adopts an outdated outline layout. Only 7 of the 27 105mm secondary guns are arranged on the deck, and it is impossible to shoot from the air due to insufficient elevation angle.

It was not until Germany began to equip a large number of airships and Falcon fighters sold by Xinhua that Britain realized the important surname of air defense and modified the seven secondary guns so that it could use delayed fuse shells. After the Battle of Cape Verde, a batch of 47mm anti-aircraft guns and machine guns were urgently shipped to strengthen firepower.

Captain Steven looked coldly at the fast approaching fleet, and he was more worried about Spain next to him than the Agamemnon, which already had strong air defense capabilities.

Turn around, although the six 47mm anti-aircraft guns on the deck of the Spanish were ready, Captain Steven knew very well that it was just a fancy shelf, because they were equipped with anti-balloon shells, not time-lapse shells to deal with the aircraft.

"3 and 4 squadrons attack the port."

"1 and 2 Squadrons follow me!"

Cui Tie, who was concentrily looking at the harbor and thinking about whether he could continue to overturn a battleship this time, was shocked by the sound on the radio. Seeing that the captain had begun to turn, he immediately caught up with him.

To be honest, it is a miracle that he, the son of a blacksmith, could become a pilot for a person who didn't know half a character, but he was also a good player in HNA.

No it, seriously!

Cui Taitie knew that his ability was not as good as that of his companions, so he practiced hard when others could not rest. If he could not go to the sky, he would sit in the cockpit and simulate various scenes during the flight. That is, with this stubborn momentum, he got the qualification to board the ship and sank with his comrades-in-arms in the recent naval battle of Falls Bay. The battleship USS Britain.

Zhu Houbin once commented on him. His reaction was a little slow, but he was bold. He was born with a big head, so he was called Cui Datou by his comrades-in-arms.

Bang bang.

A mass of explosive smoke exploded from a distance, as if a gray curtain wall was formed in front of him, which made Cui frown. Obviously, Britain was equipped with a large-caliber anti-aircraft gun on the ship and a delay fuse, otherwise it would not have been intercepted at 10,000 meters.

"Split up, five or five groups."

"Angle 120, low altitude!"

"1, 2 groups of Spain."

"The rest of the group, Nelson, attack with two wings!"

Because the name of the ship has not been clearly seen, the captain can only command with the shape of the battleship. After hearing the sound, Cui Datou immediately pressed the nose and formed an attack arrow with the other four dragon wings, pointing at the mobile Agamemnon.

The rapidly descending aircraft group made the Agamemnon's anti-aircraft gun begin to thin, because the naval gun needs to adjust the angle, change the closer fuse, etc.

The speed of the sea eagle is half worse than that of the bumblebee, but it can also fly more than 4,000 meters per minute, which means that the anti-aircraft gun needs to replace shells with different fuses at least three times in one minute, which is too troublesome for battleships that do not have a special air defense command post.

A group of fireworks jumped up from behind, as if welcoming the arrival of the sea eagle.

"Cut in."

The moment the captain's voice sounded, Cui Datou's crew quickly circled and swept over the stern of the Agamemnon, and the other team also aimed at the flank from the left.

This is a tactic for warships in offensive navigation. First of all, it can make the enemy ships unable to exert all the anti-aircraft firepower, and the stern is the most important part. As long as the rudder is knocked off, the powerful warship is just a dead-eyed dog.

The stern of the huge Agamemnon was quickly magnified. Suddenly, an explosion came from the side, making Cui Datou turn his head involuntarily.

On the Spain, a flame was blown up first. The short "fish thorn" hit the port rear bridge position of the pocket battleship. The explosion scared the Spanish sailors. Although they tried their best to fire anti-aircraft shells, these iron bumps without delayed fuses and would not explode. There is almost no threat to flexible aircraft.

The third team opened first, stimulating Cui Datou, and slowly putting his fingers on the launch button of the vertical rod.

Suddenly, a huge fireball opened from the pupil, and the leading sea eagle bloomed like a gorgeous fireworks. The comrades-in-arms in the huge fireball disappeared on the sea without even shouting.

"Air-aircraft machine gun!"

I don't know who it is, but he shouted suddenly. At this time, Cui Daniu saw that the stern of the Agamemnon suddenly rushed out of a small but blazing tongue of fire!

My heart suddenly picked it up.

Whether it is an exercise or actual combat, the threat of an anti-aircraft machine gun is far greater than that of an anti-aircraft gun, especially the 12.7mm multi-couple viper machine gun on its ship, coupled with a king-large ammunition box, it is like splashing water. Even if the flexible bumblebee bursts in, it will be half dead, let alone the sea eagle loaded with torpedoes.

The sea eagle just now was hit by a torpedo by a small bullet, which led to such a large-scale explosion.

Cui Datou flew through the fire on the sea. Although the time was very short, he still saw his comrades-in-arms who sank little by little with the plane. The blood and flesh were blurred, and the blood stained the water around him.

Every dragon wing clenched its teeth, and the sound of grinding teeth aroused more and more anger. How about the organic gun? It's too late for you!

When the distance reached 1,800 meters and was about to enter the range of the most dense machine gun bullets, Cui Datou suddenly pulled the trigger and pulled the pole.

The face suddenly changed, wrong!

The sea eagle, which should have been unloaded and become dexterous, was still slow and heavy. Experience told him that the torpedo did not hit!

"How could this happen!"

"Old ghost, help me take a look at the hanger!"

Hot sweat quickly covered his vest. Cui Datou hurriedly greeted his comrades-in-arms who had dropped bombs on the side. When his comrade-in-arms, nicknamed the old ghost, drove by and he staggered with him, a sigh came from the radio.

"I didn't call it out. It should be stuck!"

"You son of a bitch!"

This news almost killed Cui Daniu, which not only means that his dream of sinking the battleship again is broken, but also means that the sea eagle will not be able to land on the aircraft carrier (it can't land with bullets, in case the landing impact falls on the deck and explodes, and can only be forced to land near the aircraft carrier), and even be abandoned!

At this time, the five sea eagles attacking the left wing dropped torpedoes, and the eight white lines from the left and right made the Agamemnon extremely nervous. Steven gritted his teeth and roared at the giant beast commanding more than 20,000 tons, trying to avoid these dangerous little guys.

Boom.

Suddenly, the continuous explosions startled him. He only saw the continuous collision of fire on the Spanish ship next to him. The inexperienced Spanish navy was like a clown in front of the "fish bone".

Captain Steven knew that Spain, which was hit by a torpedo, could not survive, but before he was caught up by a torpedo, another scene made his eyes congested and he jumped up excitedly!

I only saw that the Spain suddenly turned to the left side of the ship and inserted straight in front of the Agamemnon at a high speed of 19 knots, blocking its mobile route!

"This bastard!"

Captain Steven jumped with his feet and scolded the bastard Cassiris while commanding the warship's emergency evasion, but he didn't know that the Spanish captain fainted from the head when he fell when he fell, and did not wake up until the sank of the Spanish.

Almost in an instant, the port side of the Agamemnon, which was urgently moving to the left, was completely exposed to five fish spines.

The rumble of explosions sounded one after another. Although the helmsman tried his best to avoid two of them, there were still three columns of water rising from the port side of the Agamemnon almost at the same time. He hardly thought that Captain Steven knew what would happen, and immediately gave the order to pour water into the starboard cabin.

It should be said that his early move almost saved the Agamemnon. When a huge amount of sea water poured in from the port wound, the starboard empty cabin was also quickly injected into the sea water. Although the speed was slower than that on the left, it did not tilt the deck quickly.

It should be said that God did not favor the Spaniards today.

After being hit by three torpedoes on the port side in a row, Agamemnon also avoided the three on the right, but these cold and thoughtless "fish thorns" plunged into the bow of the Spanish ship, which was actually out of range.

The power of two simultaneous explosions completely ruined the vitality of the Spanish. This ship had just arrived in the Indian Ocean and had not even officially joined the Indian fleet. It claimed that Spain's strongest battleship was like it was thrown into an oil pan. After a few times, it ignited a blazing fire and plunged into the Indian Ocean, which was as deep as kilometers.

"Try again!"

Looking at the Agamemnon, which was still sailing, and thinking of the body of his comrade-in-arms just now, Cui, who was stimulated, gritted his teeth and roared down again, joining the third team and rushed to the enemy ship.

All British sailors know that the critical time has come. The 19 sea eagles that attacked themselves and Spain have dropped torpedoes. At this moment, there are only the last six in front of them, so they turned all the anti-aircraft fire that can be aimed at, and even the main guns and shells fired at close-range sea. I hope they can Use the water column stirred up by heavy artillery to block the enemy's sight.

It should be said that this move is extremely effective. The huge columns of water raised at a distance of 3,000 meters covered the sight of the third wave of sea eagles. As soon as a circumvented sea eagle crossed the water column, it was hit by a 47mm shell, and the whole plane was shattered!

Once again, comrades-in-arms died, making the rest of the dragon wings red. When they finally avoided the water column, the Agamemnon, which lost its speed, once again exposed its huge starboard side. Although the dense machine gun and the 47mm fast gun were exhausted, the third wave of four torpedoes arrived as scheduled.

There are only four, because Cui Datou's torpedo still hasn't left the hanger!

Cui's heart was like dead ashes, as if he had lost all his strength in an instant. He foolishly looked at his comrades-in-arms' torpedo rush to the enemy, and he had no choice but to pull up the sea eagle to circle alone again.

The Agamemnon, which had a speed of 8 knots, was unable to avoid it, and could only allow the torpedoes to hit repeatedly. The torpedoes crashed into the starboard hull fiercely. Every explosion would make the deck vibrate violently. Captain Steven even made a plan to break the jade.

A miracle has appeared!

Later, after the laboratory calculation, everyone knew that because Captain Steven injected water on the starboard side early, the cabin in that area was almost full of sea water. Although the torpedo broke through the protective wall, the shock wave of the explosion was blocked by the sea water.

If the attacking team had chosen to continue to attack the port at that time, I'm afraid nothing would have happened later, and the Agamemnon would have sunk long ago.

But no one can be blamed. After all, this is the first time that the dragon wings attacked the beast in the voyage. After all, Captain Steven's order to inject water early to starboard was later considered to be the fastest reaction. Even the best Captain Xinhua is probably not so fast, but when the whole deck is almost parallel to the sea, the Agamemnon, Unexpectedly, when they were slowly rushing to the shallow talk a few kilometers away, the eyes of the dragon wings turned red in an instant!

He hit seven torpedoes and lost two comrades-in-arms, but this guy can still run! For the dragon wings, this is a great shame!

"Who has torpedoes?"

"Who has a torpedo!"

A shout echoed in the sky. Even the group of planes attacking the harbor had come back to hear the call, but in the face of the silent channel, Tian Yun hammered his thigh fiercely, because he was reluctant to vent his anger on his beloved war eagle.

The Agamemnon in the distance is still tenaciously turning to the shallows. Its deck is almost immersed in the sea, but it seems to be an old soldier staggering with his last breath, unwilling to give up his last effort.

Through the windshield, Tian Yun could even see the busy British sailors on the deck who scolded at him.

As long as half an hour at most, it can rush to the distance and successfully escape! Although it may have few repaired surnames, the naval guns and weapons and equipment on it can continue to be used to kill more comrades-in-arms!

Even if he sacrificed for his two comrades-in-arms, he must not escape!

"I'm going to sink it!"

An excited bumblebee was about to dive while dancing its wings. Tian Yun suddenly shouted to stop him. Although he was eager to kill the big guy who only needed to add another torpedo and was doomed to sink. He even preferred to drive the plane to rush up by himself, the power of the plane's gasoline explosion was not enough, and it could only be sacrificed in vain.

"Captain."

"I am fully armed!" Just as everyone was desperate and ready to accept the heavy hit reality back, a voice suddenly sounded from the radio.

Everyone saw that the No. 051 sea eagle rushed out from behind like a shuttle. Under the shaking wings, a "fish bone" flashed cold in the sun.

"Big head, don't!"

Tian Yun knew the sea eagle. He wanted to stop it, but it was so fast that it passed everyone in the blink of an eye and rushed to the most seriously injured port of the Agamenon.

"Captain, bring a word to my old man."

"I sank a battleship!"

"I will never let its cannon have a chance to re-ororate my comrades-in-arms!"

"Kill!"

The low voice turned into a violent shout and resounded through the sky. Countless shouts did not pull back the stubborn No. 051. The lowered nose roared and launched a desperate assault close to the sea!

Looking down from the sky, the No. 051 sea eagle stretched its wings and soared between the sea and the sky. The injured beast in the distance roared and hissed, trying to make the last struggle.

On the hanger, the "fish bone" that could not be hit due to mechanical failure waited silently, as if to hear the heartbeat that the owner could not contain. A touch of sunlight projected on the thunder, shaking the sailors on the deck of the Agamemnon.

The sea eagle roared, and the cold torpedoes scared the British sailors who were still glad that they were about to be born. The anti-aircraft guns roared again and again, but everything was irreparable.

"British little skin, raise your buttocks!"

"Let me tell you that there is no warship with dragon wings that can't sink!"

Crazy shouts and curses echoed in the radio station, and drops of tears slid down the cheeks.

The navy is proud, and the navy is elegant. No New Chinese navy likes to use slang words and insults to the enemy to boost morale and make fun of ridicule!

Steel is cold, lifeless, no temperature, only thick barrel and torpedoes, to return to all opponents with strength.

Even Captain Fang Jin, who is known as an elegant destroyer, rarely insults his opponent with abuse. He will only raise his bow. He will only stuff in shells, use cold bows, and use hot shells to blow up all provocative opponents.

The navy is a group of hungry wolves. The cold steel has taught them to calm down. Even in the face of fierce tigers, it will never roar. It will only hiss in a low voice, and then tear the opponent with its claws, teeth and tearing.

Even if you are defeated, you will hide, lick the wound, and then come back!

Dragon Wings are the elite of the elite. They are the proud sons of the navy!

But today, no one will blame the screaming big head, and no one will feel that the abuse is harsh.

The sea eagle roared and shuttled through the shells. The big head stared at his eyes, bit his teeth, and began to be congested in his pupils!

This bastard shot down two sea eagles and tore up his comrades-in-arms, but he still wanted to go home! Now, it's time to let them know what dragon wings are!

"We are the wings of the dragon!"

In the slogan of the loud dragon wings, the No. 051 sea eagle plunged into the center of the two broken wounds of the port ship. When the fire lit up, the torpedo on the rack suddenly broke free from the shackles and penetrated into the depths of the Agamemnon.

The explosion completely tore the wound. Countless sea water poured into the bottom cabin along the wound, and the huge steel beast kept trembling. When a creaking sounded, Captain Steven's eyes were only desperate white.

The Agamemnon, which had endured eight "fish bones", finally couldn't hold on. The sea water increased the burden on the hull, especially the last "fishbone" that exploded in the depths, which directly tore the keel. With a violent sound of steel symphoning from the center, the giant beast with a displacement of 20,000 tons finally came to an end.

The hull was broken from the middle. I was once proud of it. I once thought that even if it could not be repaired, it could be converted into a shore gun. The naval gun that killed more Xinhua soldiers collapsed obliquely. The two hulls began to sink at a speed visible to the naked eye, forming a whirlpool that devoured everything on the sea.

It sank!

But there was no cheering.

Dragon Wing's cheeks have been wet and his eyes are red.

Tian Yun choked, gently pushed the vertical pole, and circled around the whirlpool. The swaying wings seemed to be summoning the spirits home.

One, two, three.

In Lie's saying, the dragon wings soared elegantly above the nine heavens, and three drops of red tears were shed in the bright red totem under the wings.

(to be continued)