Temporary workers in the war

Chapter 59 Sinking the Kaga and Hosho

Tatsuta has a standard displacement of 3230 tons, a total length of 142.65m, a width of 12.3m, a maximum speed of 33 knots, and a range of 5000 miles when filled with fuel. It is equipped with four main guns of 14cm and 50 times the diameter, one 8cm anti-aircraft gun, and a 53cm torpedo launcher. There are six doors and 48 torpedoes.Compared with battleships, large aircraft carriers, and heavy cruisers weighing more than 140 tons, they can only be regarded as light cruisers.But even so, the power is still very powerful. If the [-]mm heavy artillery is thrown on the battlefield, it will kill a lot of people.

It's a pity that Feng Quan's surprise attack made them lose their firepower because the bomb exploded before they had time to resist.Feng Quan still wants to come to a big one. I remember that Japan first sent two aircraft carriers to see if they can continue to do so.

On the Ma'an Islands, about 130 kilometers east of Shanghai, Feng Quan contacted a large ship during the night, and a centurion arrived here overnight.After hiding the boat, they immediately lurked and searched carefully.

Sure enough, on the morning of January 1, the Japanese aircraft carriers "Kaga" (31 tons) and "Fengxiang" (26000 tons) arrived with about 7470 aircraft from the First Air Force. , Aren’t you going to send these planes to drop bombs, how tiring, as long as you hang up, I will do you a favor, and I won’t charge you.”

The two aircraft carriers were very obedient, their speed became slower and slower, and finally stopped.The crew stepped out of the cabin one after another and came to the flight deck. Some skillfully refueled the plane, and some deftly added bombs to the plane. "Damn it! Isn't this a mobile arsenal, it's a pity that I won't let you move it!"

In fact, naval battles at that time still relied on heavily armored battleships, and the aircraft carrier technology was not yet mature, and the cost was too high and the protection was relatively weak.Unlike battleships, some can't be sunk after being bombed for several days.At that time, the early aircraft carriers were not taken seriously, and the cost was reduced blindly. Many of them were refitted ships. Adding armor would inevitably increase the center of gravity and affect combat effectiveness.The tonnage of aircraft carriers in the United Kingdom, Japan and other countries is affected by the treaty, and the surplus is too small, so they are forced to reduce their protection performance in order to carry aircraft and combat attack effectiveness.

But even so, the aircraft carrier is too big after all, and it is difficult to sink it under normal circumstances.Because the aircraft carrier adopts a compartment design, there are many cabins, and if one is broken, the other cabins are still sealed.It can still float on the sea surface and become a fortress with combat effectiveness.How can such a huge battleship hit and destroy him?The aircraft carrier is actually a mobile airport at sea. This feature is the key to the decision method. Carpet bombing with bombers is one way.

The bombers at that time were not very accurate in dropping bombs, and the distribution of bombs dropped at medium and high altitudes was too large, so they were only suitable for large-scale bombers to bomb key targets in a large area.Due to its poor maneuverability and vulnerability to attack, there are few attacks on moving targets at sea. The main opponent of the aircraft carrier is the carrier-based dive bomber.Because this type of aircraft is larger than ordinary carrier-based fighter jets, its maneuverability is relatively poor and its speed is relatively slow.For moving targets at sea such as aircraft carriers, in order to ensure the accuracy of hitting, low-altitude bombing at close range is the main method. However, due to the shortcoming of slow speed of dive bombers, it is easy to be attacked by fighter jets protecting the aircraft carrier.Therefore, it is generally adopted to enter a certain altitude after a certain distance from the aircraft carrier and then dive towards the aircraft carrier, which can increase the dive speed to avoid being attacked by local fighters.However, high speed has advantages, but its maneuverability is limited. It is not easy to force some actions and it will cause loss of control or disintegration. Therefore, when the dive bomber enters the dive line, the flight path is almost fixed and completely predictable. sentence out.At this time, the low-speed aircraft carrier is more flexible than the aircraft. Doing some evasive actions can avoid the bombing route of the aircraft.

"During the Vietnam War, it took a lot of effort for the United States to blow up a bridge." The aircraft carrier is much larger than the bridge, but because it is always moving, it is difficult to sink it.

The hit rate of aircraft bombs in World War II was 13, and many results were created by experienced pilots.Therefore, the perverted Japanese army envisioned the kamikaze secret service team to make the hit rate of the bomb almost 100%, and replace one ship with one machine. The Japanese are happy to do this, and the Japanese are also very cheap anyway.

The bomber is interfered by the anti-aircraft guns of the aircraft carrier and the escort ship, and the fighter plane, so it is difficult to enter the best angle for bombing.Moreover, the bombing must be estimated according to the speed of the aircraft, which requires experience and long-term practice.During World War II, the air defense of the aircraft carrier fleet mainly relied on carrier-based aircraft, as well as anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns of itself and the escort formation.

It is much better to bomb the aircraft carrier with torpedoes than with aircraft, but it is also very difficult to sink the aircraft carrier.

The bombing and sinking of the aircraft carrier mainly depends on luck, and the bombing hits the key position.Of course, it is best to throw the bomb into the chimney, saving time and effort.Although the Japanese are perverted, sometimes they use their ideas and minds in a more localized way. The design of this chimney is worthy of being used on modern warships, which can reduce the chance of being directly hit.

The position of the chimney has always been a problem in the history of aircraft carrier design. As far as the design of the earliest aircraft carrier is concerned, due to the use of a fully flat deck, there is no island on the flight deck. It is really troublesome to place the chimney. If the chimney is not well designed, the chimney will exhaust A large number of flight decks may be covered, making it impossible to take off and land aircraft.The Japanese took two major measures on this issue. First, the chimney was placed on the side of the hull and bent downward, and the design of the seawater cooling pipeline was used on the chimney to reduce the smoke generation rate. This design was used in Akagi, Kaga, It can be seen on the Canglong class, Feilong class, Xianghe class and Yunlong class.

Seeing that Little Japan had just refueled the plane and loaded it with bombs, Feng Quan raised his hand and swung it down violently.The little friends who had already planned to shoot Zhu Yuan fired, "Swoosh..." Most of the shells landed on the flight decks of the two aircraft carriers, "Boom boom..." This time Feng Quan used high-explosive bombs, High-explosive bombs exploded one after another.

Hearing the explosion of the mortar, Little Japan was killed and wounded at that time, and the stumps and broken arms rushed into the sky and fell down again.The Japanese army was stunned, and quickly activated the sprinkler device, trying to contain the incoming fire and finally extinguish the fire, desperately trying to remove the bomb from the plane, but to no avail.The chain explosion of bombs and gasoline made the disaster worse, and the leakage of gasoline vapor from aviation gasoline gradually spread and caused a big explosion.The plane that had not yet taken off was easily blown up by its own bomb, and the bomb also blew up the flight deck, and there were explosions from inside the two giant ships from time to time.

Hundreds of shells hit Shokaku and Kaga, and their flight decks caught fire due to fuel leaks.The fire dragon, which could not be extinguished, rushed into the cabin and caused a fire in the clothes storage room.Because it is near the gasoline storage room and ammunition depot.Although the shells deviate far from the target, the bombing is also blind.However, due to fuel oil leakage, the interior of the two ships suddenly scrambled to explode and caused a fire, which spread rapidly and became uncontrollable.

Some shells fell into the sea, and immediately the water column shot up to the sky on the sea surface. Within a few minutes, the two aircraft carriers were blown into two pieces and slowly sank into the water. .

Before the naval guns of the two aircraft carriers fired a single shot, the outcome had already been decided. "Fuck! The scene is really spectacular, this is a live broadcast bird. It's time to clean up those army, isn't your little Japanese navy claiming to be invincible? Why do you ask the army for help?

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