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

Facing a large-scale and large-number ship-borne torpedo attack, the remaining pirate warships braved the falling shells and desperately swerved on the sea surface for emergency evasion.

But again, if you want to evade a large and heavy warship on the sea, it is not as easy as a car turning around. Therefore, this kind of emergency evasion is just that, and it is impossible to avoid all high-speed attacks. ship-borne torpedoes

"boom"、"boom"、""Boom!"

Violent explosions sounded on the battlefield. The sound was three times louder than the explosion of large-caliber artillery shells. The sound was so loud. These explosions hit the hull of the pirate warship. The power of large-caliber ship-borne torpedoes is certainly not small.

The pirate fleet is basically equipped with old warships with backward performance, and their protection ability against torpedoes is also fragile. The armor layer near the waterline cannot withstand large-caliber ones at all. The power of a ship-based torpedo explosion.

The exploded ship-based torpedoes near the waterline armor easily opened large holes, and a large amount of seawater quickly poured into the pirate warship's hull along these opened holes.

The pirates on some battleships reacted quickly and promptly closed the watertight compartment near the hole, preventing the large amount of seawater from pouring into the interior of the ship from entering other areas and cabins, causing greater damage to the battleship.

But those who acted slowly , or the pirate warship that did not respond in time was unlucky. It did not close the nearby watertight compartment in time, and a large amount of seawater poured in, filling the interior of the ship. So much seawater poured into the interior of the ship, which also caused the pirates to The tonnage of the battleship suddenly increased by 0.1, and it sank into the sea visibly to the naked eye, and the waterline was a few minutes deeper.

What was even more unlucky was that the explosion and the intrusion of seawater also affected mechanical boilers, turrets, and ammunition depots. , hitting the stern of the ship caused damage to the propeller and steering gear. These damages would eventually affect the battleship's combat capabilities and navigation capabilities.

Those pirate battleships that only had a few large holes blasted in the hull by carrier-based torpedoes were fine. , even if the hull armor value is not small in this round of torpedo attacks, at least it still maintains the ability to move and turn, and has the ability to evade during artillery battles.

But those whose power systems or propellers are damaged Pirate warships are in trouble. Not to mention turning or turning around, even movement has become a problem. They can only float on the sea, like an iron coffin.

This kind of warship floating on the sea has fire hazards for its equipment. For the warships of the Chinese fleet that control the radar, they are simply living targets.

Halsey, who was always paying attention to the battle situation, laughed and gave orders to each warship, and dispatched some warships to deal with these warships."Living targets" carried out concentrated fire attacks.

Not only the surface warships of the Chinese fleet, but also the bombers and torpedo planes flying in the sky came to join in the fun. No one wants to let this kind of good thing go.

"boom"、"boom"、""Boom!"

In a loud explosion, these pirate warships whose power systems were damaged and lost their ability to move or turn were hit by countless artillery shells, aerial bombs, and aerial torpedoes. It sank into the sea quite frustrated.

Using the tactics of assault by small and medium-sized warships and launching torpedo attacks, the Chinese fleet once again sank many pirate warships. There were not many pirate warships still fighting on the sea.

But these The surviving pirates should also feel lucky. In the large-scale torpedo attack just now, in order to increase the hit rate of the torpedoes as much as possible, the approaching light cruisers and destroyers almost all the torpedoes installed in the torpedo tubes were fired. It was empty.

If you want to launch a torpedo attack again, you need to reload a new ship-based torpedo in the torpedo tube. However, the torpedo has a lot of killing power, but its weight is also not light, about 2 tons in length. It is also 7-8 meters.

Therefore, it is impossible to rely entirely on manual handling and loading like loading artillery shells. Especially for destroyers with relatively compact torpedo tube layouts, cranes and other equipment are needed to lift the torpedoes flush with the torpedo tubes. height, and then rely on manpower to carefully align it with the launch tube, and then slowly push into the launch tube to complete the loading.

However, manual horizontal loading requires a lot of manpower, the loading process is not fast and smooth enough, and the torpedo push accuracy cannot be guaranteed, and manual push It is easy for the torpedoes to shake, so the safety is not high. Although these light cruisers and destroyers under the Chinese Fleet all carry spare torpedoes, the cumbersome loading steps make it take more than an hour to load a torpedo tube.

Such a long time On the battlefield of a naval battle, it is basically impossible to have the opportunity to launch a second torpedo attack.

This is actually normal. After all, in the real world, small warships such as destroyers have to withstand the large-caliber ships on the enemy's battleships. The cannon bombarded it indiscriminately and launched a torpedo attack at close range.

The danger was too great. If you were not careful, you would be sunk by the large-caliber armor-piercing projectiles launched by the opponent's battleship. No matter how many torpedoes you carried, you would not have a chance to fire it out. , to put it bluntly, destroyers are consumables that are used to perish together with the U.S. Navy’s battleships. They can be detached with one blow (of course, most of the time they cannot be detached, and they will be destroyed even if they are not killed).

But in the world of navigation, this situation is somewhat different. Even if the destroyer's armor is weak, it will not sink on the spot if it is hit by one or two large-caliber shells fired by the battleship, and it still has a certain degree of combat effectiveness.

Therefore, the role that these small and medium-sized battleships can play in naval battles will also become As it gets bigger, torpedo reloading technology becomes particularly useful.

Speaking of torpedo reloading technology, it is even more interesting. During World War II, except for some Japanese destroyers that had secondary lightning strike capabilities, other countries did not have this technology at all. The U.S. military did not even learn the details of torpedo reloading technology until after the war.

This means that the chance of obtaining torpedo reloading technology through various warship construction drawings is relatively small, and it still has to rely on independent research by scientific research centers.

Of course, neither Ye Bai nor Nimitz noticed this at this time. Only Halsey, who boldly adopted the close-range torpedo attack tactic in this battle, kept complaining about these destroyers and light ships. The number of torpedoes equipped on the cruiser is too few, and the shooting is not enjoyable enough.

But Halsey just complained a few words and then put this idea behind him, and focused all his energy on directing the battle in front of him.

Without reminders and suggestions from subordinate officers, it is unknown when senior officers such as Ye Bai and Nimitz would notice the problem of torpedo reloading technology.

The topic went off the rails and returned to the current naval battle. When the light cruisers and destroyers that launched torpedo attacks at close range retreated to the rear to avoid the retaliatory bombardment of the pirates' main warships.

The circling attack aircraft groups in the sky have also returned one after another. The third wave of attack aircraft groups on the Yanhuang are already taking off one after another. Anyway, with the existence of the angled flight deck and transmission system, there is no problem at all for taking off and landing carrier-based aircraft at the same time.

This war has been going on for quite some time now. From the pirate fleetThe aircraft carrier and the air formation that took off from the ground airport on the base island have been intercepted by the escort fighters of the Yanhuang, and almost all of them were wiped out. Now the only ones flying in the sky are carrier-based aircraft belonging to the Chinese fleet.

However, even without the assistance of the carrier-based aircraft taking off from the Yanhuang, the fleet led by Halsey was enough to destroy the remaining pirate warships.

Before the war began, nearly a hundred pirate warships suffered heavy losses under the integrated sea and air attack of the Chinese fleet, especially after the large-scale close-range torpedo attack just now.

More than 50 pirate warships were sunk alone, and the number of damaged warships was even higher.

Most of these sunken pirate warships were small and medium-sized warships such as light cruisers and destroyers, but they also included a King Kong-class battleship, leaving only 4 main pirate warships still fighting today.

The opponents of these 4 pirate large 593 main battleships are 6 large battleships with more powerful firepower and equipped with fire control radars. The current persistence in fighting is just a final struggle.

Not only has the number of main battleships changed, but the gap in the number of battleships of other levels is even greater. Those light cruisers that have fired torpedoes and retreated to the rear are equipped with 152mm main guns, although they are not suitable for battleships and battleships. Thickly armored warships such as cruisers do not pose much of a threat, but shelling heavy cruisers can still have some effect.

Even the Fletcher-class destroyers equipped with 127mm naval guns were not idle. They relied on the guidance of fire control radars to bombard the pirate main battleships one by one.

No matter how much damage their bombardment will cause to the thickly armored battleship, it can at least seriously interfere with the pirate battleship's artillery counterattack, always posing a threat to the pirates on the battleship, and weakening the combat effectiveness of the pirate battleship in disguise.

Under the fierce offensive of the Chinese fleet, especially Halsey, who took the lead and attacked like a"brute bull", the remaining old warships in the pirate fleet could not bear it. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

In a short period of time, many battleships were sunk again. Almost all the remaining battleships were injured, and their armor value was also seriously damaged. Some even had only a trace of"blood" left. Skin".

Taking off from the Yanhuang, the third wave of attack aircraft arriving on the battlefield was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. Seeing that there was no hope of victory, some pirates chose to fly the white flag, stopped the attack, and withdrew the warships from the battlefield. No more fighting.

If there is one, then there are two. With the leader, it gives the rest of the pirates greater stimulation. They all follow suit and choose to cease fire, hoist the white flag and withdraw from the battlefield.

After the last pirate battleship that refused to surrender quickly sank into the sea under the joint bombardment of the Chinese fleet's battleships and carrier-based bombers, the naval battle that lasted for nearly 6 hours finally ended..