"Da da da!" A fighter jet passed over the Battleship number 'Maryland' of American Navy. Although, this fighter jet is like a fly compared to the 33,000-ton 'Maryland' number Battleship. However, the officers and soldiers of American Navy on Battleship felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
"Dong dong dong!" Anti-aircraft Gun fired one after another, and the shells exploded in the air, leaving behind clouds of black smoke.
However, the fighter jet easily broke through the blockade of US military anti-aircraft firepower.
There is no Proximity fuze in this era of Anti-aircraft Gun. If you want to hit the target, you need to rely on the cannonball to hit it directly. One can imagine how low such a hit rate would be.
The bullets from German military's fighter's aircraft machine gun strafed the air defense position, shooting out sparks one after another.
Occasionally, U. S. sailors were shot and fell to the deck screaming.
Several fighter jets launched an attack on the Battleship number 'Maryland', and the anti-aircraft firepower on the battleship was immediately attracted to them.
Due to the lack of experience in air defense, the air defense firepower on these Battleships was not deployed reasonably, leaving large loopholes in their air defense network. These vulnerabilities will have a fatal impact on American Navy and Battleship.
When the US military's anti-aircraft firepower was attracted by German military's fighter jets, Bomber and Torpedo bomber of German military immediately followed up and launched an attack.
A team of four Dive Bomber began to dive one thousand meters above the Battleship number 'Maryland'. Because of the structure of the aircraft, they were unable to dive at large angles. But even so, the hit rate is much higher than horizontal bombing.
In the air five hundred meters away from the Battleship number 'Maryland', these Dive Bomber dropped bombs and then changed their dive course. Four aviation Armor-piercing Shells weighing 500 kilograms hit the 'Maryland' number Battleship in a parabola.
"God! Bomb. Dodge quickly!"
The US sailors who saw this scene shouted, and at their reminder, the 'Maryland' made an emergency turn.
However, for the huge Battleship, it is not that easy to complete the emergency steering.
Two of the four bombs fell into the sea. The other two successfully hit the number 'Maryland' Battleship.
The deck armor of the 'Maryland' Battleship is only 89 mm, which is simply unable to withstand the aviation Armor-piercing Shell under huge kinetic energy.
The deck armor was torn directly apart, and the bomb exploded inside the battleship.
Huge flames rushed out from below the deck, and the cabin below had been blown into a mess.
However, this is not fatal to the 'Maryland' number Battleship. The truly fatal attack comes from Torpedo Bomber of German Navy.
While the 'Maryland' was avoiding the Bomber in the sky, four Torpedo Bombers, carrying 450mm Medium Torpedo, pounced on the 'Maryland' number Battleship.
They dropped the Torpedo less than 500 meters away from the 'Maryland' number Battleship, and four Torpedo rushed towards the 'Maryland' number Battleship at high speed. When the sailors on the battleship discovered these Torpedo, it was already too late to avoid them.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Explosions sounded one after another on the side of the 'Maryland' number Battleship.
Among the four Torpedo, three were successful. The other one, because there was a problem with the depth setting, passed under the belly of the number 'Maryland' No. Battleship.
Although, the armor of the 'Maryland' Battleship is very late-generation. The thickest part of the waterline armor reaches 340 mm, and the weakest part is 200 mm.
However, it still failed to resist these Torpedo.
The Torpedo that hit the midship part of the ship was unable to tear through the waterline armor of the Battleship of the 'Maryland'. However, the two Torpedos that hit the rear of the ship successfully tore open the waterline armor of the 'Maryland' Battleship, blasting two large holes.
Sea water poured into the Battleship number 'Maryland' from these two large holes crazily.
The damage control personnel of the 'Maryland' No. Battleship immediately carried out damage control, but unfortunately, they were unable to plug the leak and had no choice but to close the adjacent watertight compartment. This caused the hull of the 'Maryland' Battleship, which had taken in a lot of water, to tilt to a certain extent.
However, such injuries are not fatal to the 'Maryland' number Battleship, which has a displacement of more than 30,000 tons. If you withdraw from the battle in time, you only need to lie in the dock for a month or two to repair it.
However, this is in the middle of a fierce battle. How could those Carrier-based aircrafts of German Navy miss this good opportunity?
Subsequently, Carrier-based aircraft of German Navy once again launched Encirclement Offensive against the 'Maryland' number Battleship. Within ten minutes, the number 'Maryland' Battleship took four aviation Armor-piercing Shell and four medium-sized Torpedo. This is completely unbearable damage to the 'Maryland' number Battleship, which had already suffered heavy losses.
Soon, the number 'Maryland', Battleship, was too seriously injured and was no longer worth rescuing.
Under such circumstances, the captain of the 'Maryland' Battleship issued an order to abandon the ship. A few minutes later, the Battleship 'Maryland' sank into the sea, becoming the first Capital Ships sunk in this naval battle.
The number 'Colorado' is Battleship, and now Encirclement Offensive of Carrier-based aircraft of German Navy is also encountered. However, their luck seemed to be better, as they only suffered one bomb during the battle.
However, no matter whether it was Lieutenant General Henry? General Mayo or Henry? Wilson, there was no smile on his face, but a sad look on his face. Because now, their fleet is facing an overwhelming attack from Carrier-based aircraft of German Navy. This time, the entire American fleet can be said to be in crisis. If you are not careful at all, it may be destroyed.
"General, the 'Maryland' number Battleship has been sunk!" a staff officer reported.
Henry? General Mayo was shocked, and was silent for a few seconds, and then said, "I understand! Order all ships to do as much air defense as possible. Order the fleet to turn around and leave this sea area!"
Facing German Navy's Carrier-based Aircraft Unit's attack, they seemed to have no other option besides passive defense. As for wanting to escape from this sea area, that is even more delusional. The speed of the fleet is only more than twenty knots, which is far from comparable to the Carrier-based aircraft of the Germany people. Therefore, they couldn't escape this time.
Those huge Capital Shipss of American Navy are in danger in front of the toy-like German Navys and Carrier-based aircrafts. Battleships are constantly being hit and sunk, and it seems that it is only a matter of time.