Chapter 335: The Destruction of the British Mediterranean Fleet (2)
Hansen just wanted to use his fighter jet as a Ju87 dive bomber. Only half of Hansen's "BF109" was modified rocket aircraft, and the rest were two 500-kilogram bombs carried by him. This was also what Hansen made his own decision. Li Mo would not interfere with the decision of the front-line commander. Although Li Mo suggested loading the BF109 with rockets to blow up the superstructure of the British ship, Hansen, as a veteran pilot, felt that this bomb of more than 30 kilograms would be difficult to cause substantial damage to British battleships, so half of Hansen's aircraft were bombs carried.
However, this fighter brought bombs to bomb moving targets at sea, which was indeed ineffective. This was why Hansen ordered them to fly over the British Mediterranean Fleet to dive bomb. Of course, some "bf109" might be hit by the British air defense artillery, but Hansen still decided to do this. Sinking these British ships was Hansen's primary target. If the commander-in-chief wanted to punish himself, just punish him. This is what Hansen thought.
The British made a burst of gunfire and artillery, which actually caused the Germans to climb to a height of 10,000 meters. This was beyond the height of British ships. The German planes avoided the war, which made the British cheer immediately, cursing these damn "cowards" and not daring to try the smell of British shells. Cheer, you will know what the tragedy is later.
"Report to Colonel Hansen, we have flew over the British Mediterranean Fleet."
"The rockets are the first to attack, one squadron dives at a time, with thirty seconds apart."
"I understand, the rocket aircraft began to attack."
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."
Twelve "bf109s" left the formation and dived towards the constantly sailing British fleet as soon as they fell.
As soon as the British fired the German plane, they quickly adjusted their muzzles and thought about these diving "bf109" shootings. Unfortunately, any cannon has a shooting raised, and 75 degrees is the limit. It is impossible to raise it to a vertical state, so these British ships can only watch the German "bf109" roaring down, and the British fleet's outer circle can shoot these diving "bf109". But this greatly reduced the British air defense firepower, and diving speed at such a high-speed "bf109". It can be said that it is a loose air defense fire network with loopholes everywhere.
Thirty seconds later, the second group of "bf109" began to leave the formation again and dive towards the British ship below. At this time, the first wave of "bf109" had already begun to launch.
"Soul...soul..."
The speed of the rocket itself, coupled with the speed of more than 1,000 kilometers per hour of the dive of the "bf109", made the rocket's speed faster. The high speed made the rocket's ballistics more stable, and was basically not affected by the sea breeze. The first wave of the twelve "bf109s" went against the aircraft carriers in the British Mediterranean Fleet. In fact, the British aircraft carrier "Eagle" was useless at this time, but the German army still inherited the tradition of first attacking the airport.
"Boom...boom..."
More than 60% of dozens of rockets hit the British aircraft carrier, and then a violent explosion occurred, mixed with a particularly violent explosion, which had overturned the upper deck of the USS Eagle. It turned out that the torpedo hanging under the torpedo plane docked on the USS Eagle aircraft carrier was detonated by the rockets. The series of explosions of more than a dozen heavy torpedoes were shocking. The huge body of the USS Eagle aircraft carrier was blown up, sinking and floating, like duckweed on the water.
Then the British aircraft carrier was shrouded in a fire, which continued to detonate the bombs on the aircraft carrier. The British aircraft carrier was completely finished and there was no possibility of rescue. The commander of the British aircraft carrier was not killed and quickly issued an order to abandon the ship.
The first round of attack achieved such great results, which was unexpected by everyone. Cunningham, the commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet, almost burst into tears. However, before Cunningham could cry, the second wave of dive bombing of the German army began, and it was now the British battleship's turn.
"Soul...soul...boom..."
Even the upper deck of the British battleship is not the thickest place. But it will not be less than 100 mm thick, and the 31 kilogram rockets are really useless. Of course, the huge turret cannot be destroyed, but the anti-aircraft artillery on these four British battleships does not have any thick armor. The second wave of attacks made the loss rate of the anti-aircraft artillery on the four British battleships reach 60%.
The third wave of bombing followed one after another, and the British Mediterranean fleet could only be blasted passively. Cunningham quickly ordered his fleet to disperse, and for the latest airborne use of rockets, Cunningham was forced to disperse his fleet.
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."
After great efforts, Cunningham's fleet allowed the fleet to let go. They separated, but the air defense firepower was weakened, and the British ships had less coordination with each other. Now the British Mediterranean fleet was in trouble again, because the German bombers behind carried 500 kilograms of bombs, and even battleships could not withstand this level of bombs.
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."
The British ships began to flee and were defeated. Can warships escape the plane? Of course, they cannot. The warships of the British Mediterranean Fleet were named one by one. First, rockets, causing the British ships to lose air defense weapons, then the bombs, and then the Ju89 strategic bomber ended, sending all the injured, unable to escape and without resistance to the seabed. This basically turned into a unilateral massacre. Sir Cunningham's flagship, the battleship "Jun Quan", was also sent to the seabed, and Cunningham himself disappeared with the huge warship.
The British Mediterranean Fleet disappeared under the strategic bombing of the German German army.
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In February 1937, Nazi Germany began to implement the "uranium plan". Some British Allied Forces scientists proposed to create atomic bombs before Nazi Germany. At this time, Germany's advanced weapons and the combat effectiveness of the German side also made the British Allied Forces feel that it would be difficult to defeat Germany in the future with only conventional weapons. Therefore, at the suggestion of British Allied Forces scientists, Roosevelt began to implement the top-secret project "Manhattan Plan".
By August 6, 1940, the United States formally formulated a top-secret plan code-named "Manhattan". President Roosevelt gave this plan "special priority over all actions". The "Manhattan" plan was astonishingly large. Since it was not known which of the three methods to split uranium 235 was the best, it had to use three methods to carry out fission work at the same time. This complex project became a melting pot of British Commonwealth's science. In the "Manhattan" project management area, a large number of scientists from all over the world led by Oppenheimer were brought together.
…(To be continued)
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