Chapter 187 Attacking the aircraft carrier
On the York City aircraft carrier, every sailor was on high alert.
The carrier-based aircraft has been released, and there is no carrier-based aircraft operation on the empty deck. At this time, there are only the anti-aircraft gun positions, and the anti-aircraft gunners are looking nervously at the sky.
It was a clear sky just now, but now, a few white clouds appeared in the sky, which made them very nervous. The dive bombers of the islanders would fly out of those white clouds at any time.
Sure enough, just as they were nervous, several Stuka bombers suddenly appeared from the white clouds! They were like stones falling from the sky, swooping quickly towards York City.
All the anti-aircraft guns were fired at the air together. Among the countless black smoke, the Stuka bomber suffered no losses and was still diving down. Then, bombs were thrown from the plane and rushed straight to the York City with straight trajectory.
"Right full of rudder!" Captain Elliot Buckmaster shouted loudly, and he grabbed the handle on one side tightly, feeling the huge tilt of the hull, and the entire deck could be seen with a significant deflection.
The bomb fell into water more than ten meters behind York City. If he hadn't turned, he would have been injured. This German dive bomber is simply amazing!
At the same time, this also exposed the shortcomings of US aircraft carriers and guard ships. They lack effective air-to-air weapons and rapid-fire cannons with sufficient firepower!
"Injure one!" At this moment, a lookout shouted loudly.
The bombers of the islanders were not injured when diving, but when they were pulled up, one of them was hit on the wing and black smoke came out!
However, before there was time to cheer, the opponent's second round of attack began again!
The York City had to turn again to avoid the attack. At the same time, it distanced itself from the surrounding frigates and another aircraft carrier.
If you want to have high maneuverability, you must sail at full speed. When you advance at full speed, any left full rudder or right full rudder may collide with the warship next to you.
Therefore, they had to distance themselves from each other, and thus made their air-to-air firepower even weaker.
Captain Akira Sakamoto, who had been hovering in the clouds, finally seized the opportunity. After the third wave of bombers went down to dive, he followed behind, pushed the operating rod, and controlled his bomber to start diving!
Yesterday's disadvantages were all turned into the courage of the present. In order to make his bomb hit the target, he must get closer!
Soon, the American anti-aircraft artillery discovered Captain Akira Sakamoto's bomber. Compared with other Stukas, the bomb mounted under Captain Akira Sakamoto's belly was larger!
Diving, diving, if the whistle on the landing gear is still there, the whistle must be making a sharp sound now!
Countless artillery fire was shooting at Captain Akira Sakamoto, and the black smoke kept rising around him, letting him know that he was moving forward in the rain of shells at this time.
Suddenly, the tail trembled, and the machine gunner behind shouted loudly: "The elevator was hit!"
Elevator? Captain Sakamoto Akira looked at the rapidly expanding target in his vision, fled his sight to the middle of the opponent's deck, delayed for another two seconds, and pressed the launch button.
Under the belly of the machine, the fire was scattered, and the rocket boosted the bomb quickly left the launcher, dragging the flames at the tail, heading towards York City!
Then, Captain Sakamoto pulled the operating lever. Sure enough, his plane could not be modified, and the elevator at the tail had failed!
From a distance, the rocket booster bomb flew in front, while Captain Akira Stuka bomber followed behind, and both aircraft were quickly heading towards York City!
"Skydiving!" Captain Sakamoto immediately shouted to the machine gunner behind him. He could not change it, so there was only one result!
The pc1000 bomb accurately hit the York City that was turning. This time, the York City did not have the good luck of the previous few times, and it did not get rid of the attack of this bomb!
The wooden flight deck was penetrated in an instant. The armor-piercing warhead of this bomb was originally used to deal with the heavy deck armor of the battleship, but now it is too easy to hit the aircraft carrier.
It continued downwards, running through the three decks, and when it reached the bottom, the delayed fuse was triggered.
"Boom!" The explosion of hundreds of kilograms of explosives was extremely amazing!
If it were the original ship attack or ship explosion of the island country, it would not have been possible. They could only carry a few hundred kilograms of small bombs, and now, such a bomb is one ton!
The bomb exploded violently and instantly tore the bottom of the York City ship, a big hole was cracked below, and the sea water poured in frantically. Then, under the pressure of the sea water, the York City quickly turned into two sections!
Goodbye, my lover!
Captain Sakamoto Akira looked at the last photo of the woman hanging in his cockpit. The woman was smiling sweetly, looking at him, and he also smiled.
"Boom!" Stuka, who could not pull up, did not change direction, but instead hit York City along a dive line. The plane landed on the deck of the aircraft carrier and instantly turned into a fire.
The machine gunner behind him did not jump out either.
In order to win the island country, someone must make sacrifices. In the battle, the island country pilots are not afraid of death!
The York City sank quickly in the explosion, and the Saratoga on the other side was not very lucky. It avoided more than a dozen Stuka attacks, but was still hit by a thrown bomb, and a raging fire ignited on the deck.
Then, the pilots of the island country continued to rush up fiercely as if they were not afraid of death. Four bombs hit the Saratoga one after another, and it was already dying.
Almost at the same time, the US Navy's attack on island aircraft carriers also began.
The U.S. Navy colleagues did not have the luck of island pilots, or the U.S. Navy pilots did not have their strong fighting will and spirit of sacrifice, nor did they have effective and reasonable attacks.
Even the weather is against them.
When they flew, the two aircraft carriers, Ruihe and Xianghe, actually hid in a sea with heavy rain!
Above the clouds, American carrier-based aircraft that were preparing to dive in formation were intercepted by Zero fighters, and they were dispersed and no effective offensive formation was formed.
Even so, they fought bravely.
The torpedo plane threw the torpedo from a distance, but unfortunately it deviated very far from the target. The bomber also bombed. Although most of them were lost, two bombs still hit the Xianghe. A large fire ignited on the flight deck of the Xianghe River due to oil-burning leakage, but it was soon extinguished by heavy rain.
The U.S. Navy launched a failed attack. When they returned exhausted, they received amazing news that they could no longer return to their aircraft carrier to land!
Chapter completed!