Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1916 This time is really a technical problem

Starting from the earliest "Strong Wind", fighter jets in southern Africa have evolved into more than a dozen different models. The derived model of the naval aviation side's reconnaissance plane is called "Seagull", the fighter plane is called "Goshawk", and the attack plane is called "Sea Eagle". The torpedo bomber is called "Sea Harrier", except for "Seagull", it is a bird of prey.

There are also Raptors. The most powerful long-range bomber in southern Africa is called "Raptor".

Yes, the kind of "bird of prey" that let Nikola Tesla throw it casually.

The two aircraft that attacked the "Terror" were both "Sea Harriers". As the latest generation of torpedo bombers, the "Sea Harriers" have a longer range, a larger ammunition load, faster speed, and are small and flexible. They are good at using low-altitude raids , It is a sharp weapon to break through the defensive circle of the enemy's naval fleet.

The destroyer "Terror" is more than 120 meters long. Compared with the huge "Liberty", although it is petite, it looks like a slow-moving turtle to the "Sea Harrier" pilot.

Like the destroyers of most countries, the "Terror" was not equipped with anti-aircraft weapons at first. After the First World War, the Brazilian military government modernized the "Terror" and added some anti-aircraft weapons. However, these anti-aircraft weapons Compared with the dexterous "Sea Harrier", it is just better than nothing.

After all, the Brazilian Navy has not really received the baptism of war for a long time, and the exercises are different from real battles after all. What's more, the Brazilian Navy is limited by funds, and there are not many opportunities to organize exercises. When not ready for battle, the "Sea Harrier" has successfully arrived at the combat position to release the torpedo.

After the torpedo is launched, it will not float on the sea surface, but will sail underwater for a period of time, and then surface with full power. This is the reason why the torpedo cannot be launched too close to the target, otherwise the torpedo will float due to the distance Too long, passing under the bottom of the target boat.

The experienced pilots of the "Sea Harrier" definitely would not have made such a mistake. The location where the torpedo was launched was not far or near, and the angle was tricky. The torpedo hit the "Terror" smoothly, but something surprising happened next.

After the "Terror" opened fire on the "Liberty", more than 1000 officers and soldiers of the Southern African Union were also shocked and angry. However, as a merchant ship, the "Liberty" itself does not have any attack capabilities, so the officers and soldiers can only attack the "Liberty". The Terror jumped and cursed but could do nothing.

The arrival of the "Sea Harrier" made the officers and soldiers cheer. The 533 torpedoes are so powerful that one torpedo is enough to blow the "Terror" into two pieces. It is conceivable that the explosion scene did not happen, and everyone was stunned for a moment. , don't know what happened.

What else can happen, think about it, this is the cheating 1932, this cheating torpedo technology, even in southern Africa, cannot guarantee that the torpedo will [-]% hit the target, and even if it hits the target, there is no guarantee that the torpedo will explode [-]% of the time.

This must have impressed the captain of the USS Blackfish submarine during World War II.

What the officers and men of the "Freedom" didn't know was that the "Sea Harrier" carried the latest "Swordfish" torpedo in southern Africa. Although Roque disagreed with bringing advanced weapons such as helicopters and rockets to Brazil for experiments, the torpedo was still acceptable.

This is the first actual combat of "Swordfish". Although it did not achieve the expected effect, this is the purpose of the experiment. Only when problems are found can we continue to improve on them.

For the officers and men of the "Terror", in just 2 minutes just now, the "Terror" completed a gorgeous turn from hell to heaven. The moment the swordfish hit the "Terror", everyone thought it was doomed, but the arrow The fish did not explode, and the mood at that moment was ups and downs, and people with weak hearts probably couldn't bear it.

However, before the officers and soldiers of the "Terror" had time to cheer, danger followed one after another.

When the "Sea Harrier" launched a torpedo on the sea, there was another "Sea Harrier" diving in the air.

Seeing that the torpedo hit the "Terror", the pilot of the "Sea Harrier" who dived in the air probably thought that the "Terror" was doomed, so he gracefully circled above the "Terror" and walked away, voluntarily giving up on the "Terror". Attack of the Terror.

As a result, the torpedo did not explode, and the "Sea Harrier" circled in the distant sky and continued to climb, regaining a favorable position to attack the "Terror".

This time the sailors of the "Terror" performed much better. During the time when the "Sea Harrier" was climbing, the sailors of the "Terror" were finally ready to fight, and all the anti-aircraft weapons were ready to prevent the dive of the "Sea Harrier".

The "Sea Harrier" that has already occupied a favorable position will certainly not back down. The best vantage point is directly above the "Terror", which is also a theoretical dead end of the "Terror" defense network.

Any anti-aircraft weapon has a pitch angle. With the current technical conditions, it is still difficult to make anti-aircraft weapons 360 degrees without dead angles. Moreover, there are not many anti-aircraft weapons installed on the "Terror", except for two 20mm high-level two In addition to machine guns, there are only two dual-mounted 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns. This air defense weapon is not enough to pose a threat to the "Sea Harrier".

Of course it doesn't look like that to others.

When the "Sea Harrier" began to dive, all the anti-aircraft weapons on the "Terror" were fully fired, and in an instant, chains of fire formed by several tracer bullets shot out from the "Terror", and a fire net composed of several chains of fire suddenly formed in the sky. , the visual effect is absolutely full.

At this moment, the officers and soldiers of the Union forces watching the battle on the "Liberty" were extremely worried.

The "Sea Harrier" pilot is indeed rich in experience. After entering the dive state, he can also adjust the dive angle. After flexibly avoiding the fire net composed of fire chains, the "Sea Harrier" successfully arrived at the attack position and dropped all four 50 bombs on the "Terror". kg aerial bombs, and then rubbed the chimney of the "Terror" and pulled out a graceful arc and went away.

At this time, the "Terror" under the "Sea Harrier" was already in flames.

Compared with experimental torpedoes, aerial bombs are already a very mature technology. The aerial bombs in southern Africa have been optimized according to the characteristics of warships. Even high-explosive bombs have added incendiary bombs. The specific effect is similar to that of Napalm is about the same.

The napalm bomb is said to be at a temperature that can dissolve even steel, and the power of the southern African aerial bomb is not comparable to that of the napalm bomb.

The pilot of the "Sea Harrier" is highly skilled. Three of the four aerial bombs hit the "Terror" successfully, and one of them hit the main gun of the "Terror". On the sea surface, the stirred up water column is nearly [-] meters high.

Immediately after the shells stored in the main gun turret were martyred, the successive explosions blasted a large hole with a diameter of two meters in the side of the "Terror". Entering the "Terror", but this huge wound still makes people look shocking.

The second aerial bomb directly hit the bridge of the "Terror". The bridge is known as the brain of the warship. During the battle, all the main commanders commanded the battle inside the bridge.

So after the violent explosion, the entire bridge was torn into pieces, and more than a dozen officers including the captain, first mate, second mate, bosun, chief engineer, and gunner of the "Terror" were commanding operations in the bridge. All of them died in an instant, the kind where even the bodies could not be found, and the fire caused by the explosion was spreading to the inside of the "Terror". Some sailors had already started jumping into the sea, and the "Terror" was doomed.

The third aerial bomb hit the chimney behind the "Terror". After a violent explosion, the "Terror" gradually lost power and floated on the sea. At this time, the front side of the "Terror" began to flood with water. Dozens of surviving officers and soldiers had no time to save themselves. The only lifeboat capsized because too many people were crowded, and the "Liberty" crying for help could be clearly heard hundreds of meters away.

The sea water is still a little cold in January.

If the "Liberty" does not come to the rescue, these sailors will undoubtedly die.

After all, Fred could not sit idly by. Although the "Terror" fired on the "Freedom" before, when the crew of the "Terror" fell into the water and needed help, Fred still ordered the lifeboat to be lowered and the "Terror" survived. Officers and soldiers received the "Liberty".

At this time, the entire hull of the "Terror" was greatly tilted due to too much water in the front cabin, and the stern rudder was high above the sea, and the unexploded "Swordfish" torpedo in the middle of the hull was clearly visible.

But at this moment, except for the two "Sea Harrier" pilots, the others must not be in the mood to pay attention to this detail.

"Sea Harrier" pilots should pay attention, this is their mission, although now it seems that this "Swordfish" torpedo will probably sink to the bottom of the sea with the "Terror", and it is impossible to bring it back for technicians to analyze the cause of the failure. You can still take a few photos.

So two "Sea Harriers" kept taking pictures around the "Terror" until the film ran out, and the "Terror" finally made a heart-piercing sound of metal breaking, breaking off from the middle and sinking to the bottom of the sea.

Therefore, the belated destroyer USS "Courage" of the US Navy and the destroyer "Victory" of the Brazilian Navy only saw the huge splash when the second half of the "Terror" fell into the water.

At this time, the destroyer "Endeavour" of the Southern African Navy has also arrived at the scene.

Watching the "Terror" sank to the bottom of the sea, the captain of the "Victory" was tearing his eyes, and roared to avenge the "Terror".

The "Victory" is also an American destroyer produced in the last century. After being eliminated by the US Navy, it was refurbished and sold to the Brazilian Navy. Its performance is much worse than that of the "Endeavour".

Therefore, before the "Victory" had time to launch an attack on the "Liberty", the "Endeavour" arrived first and was directly blocked between the "Victory" and the "Liberty".

At this time, there was the faint roar of engines in the sky again, and the figures of several "Sea Harrier" torpedo bombers of the Southern African Navy flickered in the clouds, and several "Goshawks" were cruising in formation farther away.

If the "Victory" dares to do something, it must be prepared to sink to the bottom of the sea to accompany the "Terror".

(End of this chapter)