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Chapter 271 Flying Dragon Riding Face Lost!  (six)

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    According to the normal attack process, when the carrier-based aircraft fleet attacks the enemy fleet, it should first deal with the ships that pose the greatest threat to its own side. The enemy aircraft carrier should be attacked first, followed by battleships, cruisers and destroyers.

    But in this US attack fleet, more than half of the Dreadnoughts and Ravagers rushed directly to the Yamato. The reason is that this guy is too conspicuous. The captain is 263 meters long, 39 meters wide, and has a full load displacement of 70,000  The 3,000-ton Yamato, covered with huge gun barrels, is like a hill floating on the sea, and its huge body glowing with metallic luster can be seen from a long distance away.

    Compared with it, the captain is more than 220 meters long and has a displacement of 42,000 tons. The Nagato and Mutsu, which had been used as the main battleships by the Japanese Navy before, looked like two shriveled thin men.

    As for the aircraft carrier Fengxiang, which entered service in 1922, with a captain length of only 180 meters and a maximum displacement of only 10,500 tons, it was simply like a child who hadn't grown up.  As the most eye-catching presence in the Japanese fleet, it is difficult for American pilots not to give priority to attacking it.

    The ear-piercing air defense siren made Yamamoto Fifty-Six, who had been beaten behind closed doors for self-reflection, return to the bridge again.  Looking at the U.S. bombers roaring out of the window, Yamamoto Fifty-Six's long-simmering anger broke out completely: "How dare these Yankees underestimate our Imperial Japanese Navy and think we are easy to bully?" Then  He pulled out his command knife and shouted wildly: "Order the fleet to slow down immediately, form a protective formation with aircraft carriers and battleships as the core, and fire all the anti-aircraft firepower of each ship, and send all these daring Yankees into the sea to feed the fish!"  "

    The communications soldiers quickly conveyed this order to the ships through the radio and semaphore, and the ships immediately began to slow down and turn around, forming a protective formation. At the same time, the anti-aircraft firepower on the ships became more and more fierce.  The bullets had streaks of golden light, and clusters of black smoke burst out in the sky. In an instant, the entire fleet was shrouded in thick gunpowder smoke.

    But after all, it was still a full step. Before the Japanese army's defensive formation was formed and implemented, the US attack fleet had already broken through the interception of anti-aircraft artillery fire and came to the sky above the Yamato and Hosho.

    Because Fengxiang is the only aircraft carrier in the main fleet of the Japanese army, the Japanese army has carried out particularly strict protection on it. Even if it is actually moving, there are 2 heavy cruisers and 6 destroyers staying around to escort it and rush to Fengxiang  The 19 dive bombers and torpedo bombers of the Japanese Army were enveloped by the Japanese air defense fire net as soon as they arrived.  The three leading Dreadnoughts were immediately hit by dense shells into fireballs.

    Subsequent aircraft saw this and made movements of pulling up and rolling to avoid the shells, but two Dreadnoughts and one Devastator were still injured, and the Devastator was directly hit by a 25mm shell in the cockpit.  The pilot inside was immediately smashed to pieces, and the plane lost control and crashed into the sea.

    ?  The engines of the two dreadnoughts were both hit. Although they would not explode immediately, it was impossible to take evasive actions. The two American pilots gritted their teeth and pushed the joysticks, driving the planes straight towards the Fengxiang.  Come.

    Seeing that the Yankees had launched a suicide attack, the Japanese army, in panic, concentrated all their anti-aircraft firepower on the plane.  The plane in front was hit into a ball of fire as soon as it boarded.  Although the Dreadnought at the back was also hit by several bullets, because the American pilot held the joystick tightly, he did not change direction.

    A few seconds later, the Dreadnought with black smoke hit the front deck of the Fengxiang, and the bomb mounted under the belly of the aircraft exploded, and the entire front deck was immediately enveloped in violent explosion flames, because at this time  There were no planes parked on the deck of the Fengxiang, so it failed to trigger a larger-scale explosion, but the fireball from the explosion still ignited the wooden deck and quickly caused a fire.

    However, the attacks on the Fengxiang were limited to this, because of the airtight air defense fire net, other US bombers failed to carry out follow-up attacks on it.

    Although these US bombers failed to cause too much damage to the Fengxiang, their own losses were not too great, but the flight formation that attacked the Yamato did not have such good luck as them.

    The Yamato was officially commissioned on February 12, 1942. The Battle of Midway was its first battle, and the Japanese army kept the news of its construction and service strictly confidential.  It can be said that the U.S. military knows nothing about the situation of this super battleship that appeared for the first time.

    When these U.S. military pilots attacked the Yamato in the same way they used to deal with Japanese battleships, they saw the horror of this sea giant, which was the world's number one anti-aircraft firepower at that time.

    A total of 156 25mm anti-aircraft guns and 24 127mm anti-aircraft guns were on board the Yamato in an instant.The sky formed an anti-aircraft fire net made of hot warheads, and the dense golden explosion flames formed a huge bell-shaped shield in the sky, covering the Yamato tightly. All those who have entered this bell, or  The U.S. military plane that hit the golden bell immediately turned into a dazzling fireball.

    But this golden bell cover is not an absolute defense. A dreadnought that has entered the fire net, with the pilot's skillful driving skills and climax flying skills, successfully avoided all the incoming shells and bullets, and came to Yamato  The 55-degree angle above the ship's side - the position where the anti-aircraft firepower is the weakest.

    Before the anti-aircraft firepower on the ship could be shifted, the American pilot pushed the joystick, fearlessly like a falcon preying on it, and headed towards the Yamato at an almost vertical angle of 80 degrees. In order to be able to  One hit must hit, and instead of following the bombing tutorial of the US Air Force, leveling the nose of the aircraft and dropping the bomb when it was 400 meters away from the target, it did not pull the joystick until it was only 200 meters away, and dropped the bomb on the Yamato.

    As soon as the bombs under the belly of the aircraft were thrown, the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery fire swept over. Before the Dreadnought had time to climb, the shells broke its wings, and it spun and fell into the sea with thick smoke.

    The aerial bomb that cost the pilot's life hit the Yamato's No. 2 shell, a golden light flashed, and a dense fireball rose from the ground, instantly covering the entire turret.

    "Oye!" There was a burst of enthusiastic cheers from the US attack aircraft formation. According to their experience, although this 200 kg aerial bomb is not enough to penetrate that huge warship, it will also bring it a lot of trouble.  Small damage, if you are lucky enough to cause the shells in the turret to explode, it is possible to cause it to be severely damaged or even sink.  Although you can't rely too much on luck in battle, who made something like this happen more than once today?

    But when the smoke from the explosion dissipated, something that surprised the American pilots happened¡ªexcept for some flames, the turret didn't even have any damage, let alone the explosion.

    In fact, this is quite normal. If a mere 200 kilograms of high-explosive aerial bombs can cause damage to the Yamato, then this steel behemoth is not worthy of being called the "unsinkable" Yamato.

    As the largest first-class battleship built by Japan during World War II, it is also the first ship of the largest first-class battleship in the history of human naval ships. The protective performance of the Yamato is absolutely terrifying. Its armor belt thickness reached 410mm.  The thickness of the turret is 235 mm. As for the armor thickness of the turret, it is even more abnormal. Even the thinnest turret has 250 mm thick armor on the side, and the front armor is as high as 650 mm. What does this mean?  It means that even modern depleted uranium armor-piercing projectiles don't want to cause any damage to the turret facing it at a distance of three kilometers.

    You must know that the Yamato finally fought against the entire US 58th Task Force with almost one ship, and it sank after suffering 10 torpedoes and 24 large aerial bombs in isolation.  Now that I have been hit by this aerial bomb, it is at most a tickle for it.

    Yamato's terrifying defensive power deeply shocked the American pilots, but this group of American eagles were not frightened. After all, although the Americans are usually a little lazy, they are really desperate to fight.  The aroused fighting spirit of the U.S. military pilots drove the landline and launched round after round of attacks on the Yamato.  The U.S. military fleet retreating from the sky above the Hosho also joined the attack on the Yamato.

    The remaining nearly 30 bombers carried out crazy and even suicidal attacks on the Yamato from the air, from the sea, and from all angles and directions.

    The Japanese warships with the Yamato, Nagato, and Mutsu battleships as the core also crazily output bullets and shells into the sky. In this battle of shells against mosquitoes, the Japanese fleet gradually gained the upper hand because it took into account both protection and output.

    However, as the saying goes, hard work pays off. Under the cover of their comrades in arms, the two Devastators broke into the Japanese air defense firepower network almost close to the sea, and then successfully dropped torpedoes at a distance of 800 meters from the Yamato.  The two 150 kg anaerobic powered torpedoes drew two white marks on the sea surface at a high speed of 50 knots, and then loaded on one end of the Yamato, which was turning to avoid.  And two big holes were torn out at its bow and stern respectively.

    Although this attack did not pose a danger of sinking the Yamato, the flooding of the hull was enough to make it temporarily incapacitated and unable to go to the battlefield for a short time.

    Seeing that the giant ship was finally damaged, the U.S. pilots cheered with relief, and then quickly withdrew¡ªthey only had 12 bombers left, and sooner or later they would all be wiped out by the Japanese anti-aircraft firepower if they stayed any longer.

    Looking at the U.S. aircraft fleeing quickly in the afterglow of the setting sun, Yamamoto Fifty-Six slashed falsely with his sword, but this did not change the outcome of the Japanese fleet's failure. Ten minutes later, he issued an order to continue to retreat.

    Receiving the recovery message from the fleet, Nimitz, who was sitting in the command room, let go of his clenched fist. Looking at the sweat-soaked information, one thing he did was not cheering for victory, but the first thing he did.  Shouted to his chief of staff: "Give the White House a power immediately and tell them to get in touch with the Eighth Route Army no matter what. The information they provide is more common than ten aircraft carriers!" (Remember this website: www.hlnovel.com  )p; Receiving the recovery from the fleet, Nimitz, who was sitting in the command room, let go of his clenched fist. Looking at the sweat-soaked information, one thing he did was not cheering for victory, but the first thing he did.  Immediately shouted to his chief of staff: "Immediately send a power to the White House and tell them to get in touch with the Eighth Route Army no matter what. The information they provide is more common than ten aircraft carriers!" (Remember this site website: www.hlnovel  .com
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