Ta-da!
At the key moment, the machine gun behind "Peng Peng" made a chilling sound. The gunner was scrambling to change the magazine and shouted at the driver, "Get rid of it! Get rid of it! Otherwise, we are dead! "
The leather flying hat and goggles covered the driver’s facial expression, but there was an equal anxiety in his voice.
"Kill it! You must kill it! We can’t compare with it! "
The gunner lowered his head and took out a new magazine from the engine room. Only when his Lewis machine gun roared again could they live. But when the gunner looked up, he watched the plane spewing flames less than 50 meters away from him. He didn’t even warn the pilot …
Seeing that his first prey fell into the sea after being shot today, Lieutenant Anton Libert’s cold mouth felt a little happy, and he was not happy whether the two American pilots were dead or alive and simply turned to fly in the direction of the aircraft carrier.
Sixty chairs in the battle conference room of the aircraft carrier "Zeppelin" were packed, and there were more than a dozen well-dressed pilots in the back aisle. Their commander, Qiao Yaqim, the captain of the aircraft carrier, corrected the small-scale pacing in front of the blackboard in front of the conference room.
As the clock ticks away, one minute goes by.
Finally, the corridor outside came in a hurry, and then the door of the conference room was pushed. Everyone looked there. In came Major General Horst, the captain of the Zeppelin, and the tactical commander Gordon School.
"stand up! Salute! "
The joint captain duly gave instructions to the pilots.
The captain and tactical commander went straight to the front, and then Gordon School handed a piece of paper to Joachim School. Joachim took a look and then went to the blackboard to draw chalk.
Take this opportunity, Major General Horst lectured the pilots.
"The enemy fleet is in front of us. Now it’s your turn, boys!"
"all of you here are excellent pilots who have undergone strict selection and training. Although many of you have never participated in actual combat, I have no doubt that you can be calm and calm in the battlefield! I want to tell you that the actual combat is not more difficult than the exercise, and sometimes it is very simple. People believe that you should remember that you are training tactics day after day, and that you are a whole battle, and you will wave to you if you cooperate closely and win! "
"You must remember that the exercise can be repeated, but once you make a fatal mistake in actual combat, everything will be over! All right, Gordon School and Joachim School will explain the tactical arrangements to everyone! "
After that, Horst sideways gave the position to the tactical commander, and there were some simple maps to outline the tactical arrangement.
"You according to the flagship to command from now on, you can" Deblaspheme the South American Non-Aggression Pact "as a piece of waste paper, whether Brazilian ships, Argentine ships or American ships will be played! Not long ago, the reconnaissance plane showed the enemy fleet at a distance of 160 nautical miles from us, and the bearing was 5 degrees east of the north! I must remind you that this time we have encountered a group of enemies with considerable strength, especially American warships, which have strengthened their fire prevention! Look at the blackboard. This is the general formation of the enemy fleet. One of the three columns is a cruiser and a battleship. On both sides are light cruisers leading the destroyer fleet. We want the target not to be a battleship. Listen carefully. We want the target not to be a battleship in the middle of the enemy fleet, but to be a cruiser and destroyer in the right column of the enemy fleet! "
Gordon scanned the conference room. Although many people would have some doubts about this order, no one got up and questioned it, so he continued to arrange it.
"The fighter squadron is responsible for the middle cover. Don’t dive and shoot white rashly?"
"white!" Answer neatly from the left rows of the conference room.
"The bomb carried by the attack squadron does not need to be bombed in low throwing. If the enemy’s firepower is too fierce, can it not be fired at the enemy ship?"
"white!" Answer equally neatly from several rows in the meeting room.
"Does the bomber squadron return to the white immediately after the bombing of the medium and high bombs?"
"white!" This time the sound comes from the right side of the conference room.
"Torpedo squadron carries E torpedo from the right front of the enemy fleet, which is here!" Gordon pointed to the position on the right side of those circles on the blackboard and said, "Torpedoes need to disrupt the enemy fleet as far as possible when they are thrown at a distance of 15oo to 3oooo yards and a height of 5oo to 1ooo meters." Is it white? "
"white!" The answer came from the back of the meeting room.
"That’s good attack squadron and 1, 2 fighter squads are responsible for the first take-off of Lisa’s take-off bomber and torpedo escort; Bomber squadron and torpedo squadron then take off, escorted by’ Lisa’ take-off fighter and attack aircraft, and fighter squads 3 and 4 stay in the aircraft carrier and stand by at any time! Now do you have any questions? "
Pilots, look at me. Let me look at you. A high-explosive bomb can deal with light warships and civilian ships, but it can’t deal with battleships. The E-torpedo is a 324 mm light torpedo, weighing 5oo kilograms, and the warhead charges less than 1oo kilograms. Compared with the 533 mm heavy torpedo, the power of these weapons is less than one grade, so the attack effect of these weapons is naturally discounted. However, this arrangement is natural and reasonable. They asked several simple tactical questions.
"If there is no problem, everybody out now! Remember the first element of this action! " United captain Qiao Yaqim told.
"white!" The pilots answered in unison and left the meeting room one by one.
After the pilots left, Qiao Yaqim asked the captain, "General, is this really feasible?"
Major general horst’s face expression is not so long, he is a deep said 1.
"Americans and Japanese are watching us!"
When the pilots came to the flight deck, the first batch of 16 attack planes and 16 fighter planes had been arranged neatly in the take-off position. The crew were busy installing small 50-kilogram bombs on the last few "Seahawk ddd" attack planes. Because of its small size and light weight, one "Seahawk ddD" can hold four "ostrich DD" bombers, but it can carry 10 bombers.
The pilots of the attack aircraft walked to their own landline while chatting in pairs. The crew members were all familiar faces. Although they didn’t ask, the pilots always felt that their silly expression was asking the guys, did you bring such a small bomb to fry fish?
Compared with the torpedoers who came to the hangar, the pilots were not in a good mood. The E-torpedo is the lightest torpedo in the air. It is barely able to deal with light ships, but it is a little poor in front of battleships. It is estimated that five or six pieces can’t blow up a main ship.
Twenty nautical miles in front of the aircraft carrier formation, the allied battleship fleet has changed its position according to the reconnaissance plane’s pointing out that the enemy fleet’s position, and six battleships have immediately arranged in a battle oblique column. The Chilean battleships Cochrane and Santiago are in the front, and the firepower of the six Helgolan-class battleships is arranged in the front, which is also a rough-skinned warship model. It is also very reassuring to put them in front of the fleet. German battleships "King Albert" and "Kai 2" live in the middle of the fleet; The Japanese new battleships "Fusang" and "Shancheng" are located at the tail of the team. These two battleships have the latest age and the strongest firepower in the allied fleet. The standard displacement of 360,000 tons is equipped with 12 main guns with a tonnage of 360 mm, and the firepower is almost twice that of the South Carolina class in the United States. Such a powerful equipment shows the amazing shipbuilding strength of the Japanese. Compared with this Fusang class battleship, Germany is currently the best Bavarian class.
The commander of the Japanese task force, Prince Gong Bogong, chose the "Fusang" as his flagship. The Japanese prince had no objection to the fact that two powerful Japanese warships were arranged at the end of the fleet. After all, the government sent him to South America to wait for an opportunity to expand Japan’s influence in South America. By the way, he asked from the defeated people that he had never set his hands on the South American colony, but neither the government nor the navy wanted his precious battleship to slip away.
When the German naval fleet flew in from the south, Prince Kamiya and his aides came to the bridge regardless of the scorching sun. Although the Japanese naval aircraft carrier was built under the German navy, they had never witnessed the German aircraft carrier and naval aircraft participating in actual combat. The great achievements of the German naval air force were only "heard". Taking this opportunity, Prince Kamiya and Japanese naval generals seemed to see for themselves how amazing the German navy really was.
The first fleet to fly over the battleship was composed of 56 fighter planes. The first fleet was led by fighter planes and 16 attack planes from Zeppelin, followed by 16 bombers and 16 torpedo planes from Lisa. Although the flight scene did not cover the sky, it was not in the mood to see Prince Peng Pai.
At this moment, the reconnaissance plane reported back to the latest reconnaissance report that the enemy fleet had moved to 11o nautical miles northeast of the allied fleet, but it was only three hours before the two fleets entered the range. Soon, the flagship "Santiago" of the battleship team signaled that each ship had to add 2o knots of main guns to enter the waiting state.
Against the cold sea breeze, six battleships galloped like horses into the track. When they hit the oncoming waves in 20 nautical miles, the white waves spread outward from both sides, and the striking tail marks stretched for thousands of meters on the sea surface.
"Major General Pavilion, do you think it is possible for us to participate in the artillery battle?"
Fu Jian Gong smiled and asked the captain of "Fusang" to defend the soldiers.
"The Prince’s Palace means that those planes can annihilate the enemy fleet in front?" Major General Dai was surprised at first and then shook his head firmly. A battleship commander, he believed, was still a large caliber naval gun.
Fu Jiangong still holds his head up, but as the good news fades away, the angle of lifting his head is not so high.
"Maybe not fighters but less can hit each other! When we get there, we can clean up. I’m afraid there are some dying ships! "
Major-General Dai still insisted on his own opinion: "After reading Pascal Flo’s written account of the naval battle, the ship was indeed powerful, but at that time, after all, the British prepared the warship to be at rest and the fire resistance was very weak! Today, the situation has changed qualitatively. The enemy fleet is marching at high altitude! "
"Why don’t you make a bet … and hold a banquet in the best hotel in Tokyo for the witnesses present here?" Fu Jian gong yi Dao
Acting Major General leaned over and said, "Since the Prince’s Palace is interested, it is natural to take this gamble!"
Looking triumphantly at the sea in front of him, he seemed to have seen the tragic scene of the alliance fleet being hit hard. By the way, the parents of Fujian Palace are also a senior general who supports the exhibition of aircraft carriers in the Japanese navy.
Just one hour after the gambling game was decided by the soldiers in Kamiya Palace, the German fleet found the alliance fleet on the sea. Although there were no aircraft carriers in the alliance fleet, the United States, Many cruisers in Brazil have reconnaissance planes. Before that, they already knew that the allied fleet was approaching and the other side had one less aircraft carrier. When the German plane appeared, the allied fleet had already prepared for the defense. The central battleship of two light warships kept a good distance of about meters, and its fire resistance prevented the German torpedo plane from releasing torpedoes from its wings. The Brazilian battleship, the American battleship and the Argentine battleship also pulled away. The main guns of the ships had been installed with special scattered grenades, and the guns and machine guns were pointed at them. The hands were ready to fill their weapons and ammunition at any time.
After taking out the only water reconnaissance plane of the alliance fleet, the German fleet attacked
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"Bastard! Can’t they see that the top of our mast is the flag of the United States of America? Can’t they understand the terms of the German-American Non-Aggression Pact for South America? Bastards, a group of bastards! "
In a light cruiser with a star-spangled banner, the head is neatly combed, the military uniform is clean and the captain has made no secret of his anger. At this moment, his warship is being attacked by German warplanes, and the first bomb landed next to the warship, which can explain the technical error. However, a torpedo has just arrived one after another. This theory can’t make people deny that the other side is intentional.
Only a few seconds later, the warship violently oscillated with a loud bang. In the command room, the officers almost fell to the ground. The original fierce fire prevention force of the warship suddenly became dumb. After the loud bang, it was relatively quiet, which made the captain and his officers feel bad. However, looking at the front deck of the front porthole warship, it was strange, so an officer rushed to hit the door with a strong pungent smell and suddenly poured into it. People could not help coughing violently.
"shutter!" The captain shouted and took a handkerchief from his pocket to cover his nose.
At this moment, a flustered officer came in from the outside. He was so flustered that he forgot to salute.
"Captain, the No.5 turret at the stern of the ship has been penetrated, and the fire is spreading to the ammunition depot!"
"What?" Everyone’s eyes widened.
At 3: 21 p.m. on December 27th, 1919, after an extremely violent explosion, the 49oo-ton American light cruiser "Calvin" disappeared into the sea. Only 37 of the more than 3oo officers and men survived.
In the southeast of Argentina, fierce sea battles are still going on off the coast of San Matthias Bay and Grand Bay.
There are four two-wing attack planes, bombers and torpedoes in the hovering area of the "Hummingbird" light fighter plane. These wooden-framed main planes keep the steel construction guys on the sea busy to avoid it. From the scene, it is really a very funny thing.
A buzzing motivation gradually changed from far and near, and it was mixed with a giggle gun. A few seabirds didn’t come to catch their prey yet, so they were scared and scattered. Two planes were flying low on the sea. It was obvious that a huge stork Peng in front of the seabirds’ French company was all white with two big feet like buoys, and a Haloxylon ammo was shooting from its back seat. At first glance, the small and flexible single-chip microcomputer wing at the back is located in its spindle-shaped fuselage, and each wing has a roller landing gear. There are two short machine guns with many holes in front of the cockpit. It has been slow to shoot and is waiting for the best opportunity to hunt.
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