All-people naval warfare: from patrol boats to aircraft carrier fleets

However, these damage control personnel who exposed themselves on the deck became another target of attack by P-38 Lightning fighter jets and IL-4 bombers. With tongues of fire spitting out and under the low-altitude strafing of large-caliber aviation machine guns, These pirates were beaten into puddles of meat.

Stumps, broken arms, and a large amount of torn human tissue were scattered messily on the deck.

Forced by the large-scale bombing by the bomber fleet in the sky, the pirate warships, which were engaged in a fierce artillery battle with the escort fleet, had to adjust their course to avoid the aerial bombs falling overhead and the aerial bombs dropped by IL-4 bombers at close range. torpedo.

Especially the large main warships in the pirate fleet, because of their huge size, were particularly conspicuous on the battlefield, and were bombarded by a larger number of Il bombers.

When these pirate warships faced bombing, of course the first thing they thought of was to protect their own safety. They could no longer maintain continuous and powerful artillery strikes on the escort fleet.

As the battle distance got closer, the pirate fleet's artillery fire gradually became more accurate. The advantage of the escort fleet equipped with fire control radar was weakened to a certain extent, making the battle a bit difficult.

Fortunately, at this time, the attack aircraft group that took off from the No. 308 island ground airport finally arrived over the battlefield and launched a bombing on the pirate fleet, forcing the pirate warships to weaken their attack intensity.

As soon as the pirate fleet's artillery attack weakened, the escort fleet breathed a sigh of relief. Orders were conveyed to each warship. Those warships that were seriously damaged and still burning with fire immediately turned around and left the battlefield. After extinguishing the fire on the battleship, as for whether it is necessary to continue to join the battle, it depends on the subsequent development of the war.

The attack aircraft group flying from Island No. 308 had a good bombing effect on the pirate fleet. Many warships were sunk by the aerial bombs and aerial torpedoes they dropped, and more warships were damaged.

In particular, two of the battleships sank into the sea with fire and thick smoke amid the horrific bombing by the IL-4 bombers.

Although in order to sink the two pirate battleships, the attack fleet also paid a lot of losses. There were nearly 20 P-38 Lightning fighters and IL-4 bombers that were directly shot down, and more than 10 more. A fighter jet was damaged by anti-aircraft fire from a pirate warship.

It seemed a bit uneconomical, but the arrival of the attack fleet completely contained the pirate fleet, especially when more than 150 carrier-based fighter jets took off from 7 aircraft carriers and were all escorted by the P-38 Lightning. After the fighter jet was shot down.

Without the protection of air power, each pirate warship had to focus most of its energy on air defense operations, and could not spare much energy to continue bombarding the escort fleet.

The limited firepower seemed sparse, and the threat to the escort fleet was reduced by several levels compared to before.

Compared with the pirate fleet, which was facing a double attack from the sea and the air and seemed to be overwhelmed, the situation on the escort fleet was completely different.

While the pirate fleet was dealing with the bombers in the sky, the commander of the escort fleet not only ordered all the more seriously damaged warships in the fleet to withdraw from the battlefield, but also concentrated all firepower on the pirate warships to violently bombard them.

This time's bombardment is completely different from the previous frontal battles. In the previous battle, each warship in the escort fleet had to face 2 to 3 pirate warships. The bombardment was accurate, but the firepower was relatively scattered. For The real damage of the pirate warship is also limited.

Now the pirate fleet's artillery attacks are sporadic, and the hit rate is further reduced, so the warships in the escort fleet no longer need to overestimate the pirate fleet's artillery attacks.

Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, several warships aimed at the same target. With the assistance of fire control radar, the shells fired in salvos landed accurately around the pirate warships.

Of course, the pirate warships targeted by the escort fleet and concentrated fire attacks will not be small and medium-sized warships such as light cruisers and destroyers, but large main warships that rely on their thick armor to charge at the front of the fleet.

"boom"、"boom"、""Boom" shells of different calibers continued to fall around the pirate warship, exploding large clouds of water. The falling water was like a downpour, drenching the entire warship..

There were even shells that landed directly on the battleship, and even opened large holes in the hull of the pirate battleship. The sudden flames and thick smoke instantly filled the pirate battleship. The battleships in the escort fleet It is equipped with fire control radar, and the accuracy of bombardment is higher than that of ordinary warships. Now multiple warships are attacking the same pirate warship with concentrated fire, and the accuracy of this bombardment has been improved again. A section.

The armor of the pirate battleship is indeed quite thick and can withstand the explosive power of multiple large-caliber naval gun shells. But if it keeps being bombed like this, no matter how thick the armor is, it can't withstand it. What's more, there is another one in the sky. An Il-4 bomber flew and circled. Whenever it found a gap, it would immediately fly over and drop the mounted aerial bombs or aerial torpedoes.

Under the double blow, even the thick armor of the battleship could not withstand it. After taking too long and suffering too many large-caliber artillery shells and heavy aerial bombs, the entire battleship was blown to pieces.

Many cabins inside the hull were completely destroyed, and countless sailors were killed in the explosion. Or they were killed in the fire that ignited after the cabin was destroyed. As for the injured, there were countless others. Taking advantage of this opportunity, many battleships were once again sunk by the convoy's concentrated artillery fire and were seriously damaged. There were more and more pirate warships. Although some pirate warships did not sink, they could no longer withstand more attacks.

After the attack fleets that had been wreaking havoc in the sky for a long time had used up all their ammunition and returned one after another, the number of pirate warships in the pirate fleet was The survivors finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The pirate leaders commanding the fleet did not even have time to count the fleet's losses in the large-scale aerial bombardment just now, so they issued orders to all surviving warships to immediately adjust their course and continue to attack the escort fleet. ( To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

This group of pirate leader Dao is also very smart. He knows that since the other party has sent out the first wave of attack aircraft, then the second wave of attack aircraft must not be far away.

If not Before the opponent's second wave of attack aircraft arrived, they completely defeated the opposing escort fleet. Their attack was about to fail.

After all, their pirate fleet would not be able to withstand another aerial bombing of this scale. They will inevitably pay more heavy losses, and may even lead to defeat.

It has to be said that the pirate leaders' plans are not bad, and their responses are timely. The key is to dare to fight hard.

After the joint attack of the escort fleet and attack aircraft group , the pirate fleet has indeed suffered a lot of losses. There are now less than 100 of the more than 300 carrier-based aircraft equipped on the seven aircraft carriers, and all of them are Swordfish torpedo attack aircraft. Although they still maintain a certain degree of attack capabilities, but without the escort of carrier-based fighter jets, the pirates simply did not dare to fly out the remaining dozens of Swordfish torpedo attack aircraft.

With these slow Swordfish torpedo attack aircraft, let alone face The opponent's large attack aircraft fleet, even the F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter jets taking off from the 4 aircraft carriers of the escort fleet, could not break through the air defense network, let alone throw out aerial torpedoes.

Therefore, the pirate leaders still used the powerful artillery fire of the large main battleships that had an advantage in numbers to defeat the opposing escort fleet in a close-range artillery battle.

This time, knowing that time was running out and the opponent's second wave of attack aircraft could arrive at the battlefield at any time, the surviving pirate warships also became completely ruthless and launched a fierce bombardment of the escort fleet at all costs.

All the main guns that could still be used were aimed at the battleships of the escort fleet, constantly firing heavy armor-piercing shells of different calibers, ignoring the shells that fell from time to time around the battleships and even on the hull.

Although under the joint attack of the attack fleet and escort fleet just now, the pirate fleet suffered a lot of casualties. More than 30 warships were sunk and even more were damaged. A total of 5 large main warships were hit. Shen.

But on the battlefield, the pirate fleet still has 7 large main warships. This number is still more than that of the escort fleet. Coupled with the absolute advantage in numbers, the escort fleet will suffer in a close-range artillery battle.. (Qian Zhao)

However, the pirate fleet dared to fight hard, and the escort fleet was not a vegetarian. The remaining dozens of warships were notThe enemy fired artillery to counterattack, hitting the pirate warships one after another.

At the same time, more than half of the carrier-based aircraft, about 100 of them, were taken off from the 4th aircraft carrier that was staying with the transport fleet. They formed a small attack fleet and rushed to the battlefield to provide air cover for the escort fleet.

The size of this fleet is indeed small, but today's pirate fleet no longer has a carrier-based fighter jet. It is undefended in the air and can only use the anti-aircraft weapons equipped on the battleships to launch air-to-air shooting.[]

Put more energy and firepower into the bombardment of the escort fleet warships. Naturally, the pirate fleet cannot change into a fleet air defense formation. The entire air defense firepower network is not a system at all, and they can only fight alone, each doing their own thing. war.

This gave this small fleet an excellent attack opportunity to drop the mounted aerial bombs and aerial torpedoes, seriously interfering with the close-range artillery battle between the pirate fleet and the escort fleet.

This method indeed made the pirate fleet quite uncomfortable. It was still unable to defeat the last dozens of warships in the escort fleet, which made each pirate leader furious. In addition to constantly roaring orders to increase firepower attacks, Besides, there is no other solution..