dognovel Chapter 194: The Power of Anti-Ship Missiles, 3 Battleships Sunk
Chapter 194: The Power of Anti-Ship Missiles, 3 Battleships Sunk
“Boom boom boom…”
The power of the tail engines of each AS-1 Comet anti-ship missile has been maximized, and under the guidance of the conical beam, they launched a dive attack on their respective targets.
On the battleship Hyuga, Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Shimizu Mitsumi stared intently at the three "fighter planes" diving towards them.
The constant flickering of his pupils also showed his uneasy mood at the moment.
When the three missiles were still several kilometers away from the Hyuga, the eight 8mm Type 127 anti-aircraft guns on the battleship began to roar.
High-explosive bombs exploded in the air, black mist bloomed, and fragments flew everywhere.
However, facing the AS-900 Comet anti-ship missile with a speed exceeding 1 kilometers per hour, the turntable of the turret was already smoking, but it could not keep up with the speed of the missile.
Then the ship's 40mm machine guns and 13mm anti-aircraft machine guns began to fire wildly at the three anti-ship missiles.
Dense rain of bullets poured into the air, forming a dense barrage in the direction of the missile's advance.
The Type 89 anti-aircraft gun no longer chases missiles, but instead forms a barrage in the direction of the missile's advance to intercept it.
However, no matter what they did, it was all in vain.
Today's anti-aircraft guns have difficulty intercepting low-speed propeller aircraft, let alone anti-ship missiles with a dive speed of more than 900 kilometers per hour.
In the astonished eyes of Vice Admiral Mitsumi Shimizu and a group of Fuso sailors.
The three "fighter planes" crashed directly into the waterline of the Hyuga battleship.
"Suicide attack?"
Lieutenant General Mitsume Shimizu felt as if the door to a new world had been opened. It turns out that this is possible?
The armor-piercing warhead directly penetrated the 305 mm thick armor and drilled into the internal compartment.
One of them even drilled directly into the boiler room.
Amid the horrified gazes of the boiler room sailors, the AS-1 Comet anti-ship missile burst into brilliant light, and a fireball spread out from the explosion.
The destructive force swept through the entire boiler room in an instant.
The steel was easily torn into pieces, and the Fuso sailors were blown into a bloody mist in the explosion.
Everything seems so fragile in the face of a charge of up to 800 kilograms.
After the boiler room was destroyed, the propeller of the Hyuga battleship slowly stopped running and the speed of more than 20 knots suddenly began to drop.
Under the attack of three anti-ship missiles, the internal compartments of the Hyuga battleship were severely damaged, and the armor near the waterline was blown inside out, with seawater pouring in frantically.
It was the influx of seawater that helped the Hyuga battleship quickly extinguish the raging flames caused by the explosion.
But this is definitely not good news for the Hyuga battleship.
The battleships Kongo and Haruna were also attacked one after another.
Among the three anti-ship missiles that attacked the Kongo battleship, two missiles slightly deviated from their trajectory.
One of them passed over the deck of the Kongo and plunged into the sea, while another hit the Kongo's irregular bridge that towered into the clouds.
The huge explosion even blew the bridge into two pieces, flying into the sea.
Several anti-aircraft guns located nearby were also destroyed.
Compared to the Hyuga battleship, the Kongo battleship looked particularly miserable.
The bridge was blown up, and the Kongo battleship not only lost its command but also its communication capability.
At this time, fighter jets from the two carrier-based aviation wings also joined the attack on the three battleships.
The battleship Kongo, which looked the most miserable, was the focus of the attack.
The main reason was that there was a loophole in its air defense, and it was far away from the other two battleships, making it impossible for the two battleships' air defense firepower to reach it.
The first to launch the attack was a mixed group of F-8s and F9Fs.
More than ten fighter planes launched wave after wave of attacks.
A series of explosions continued to explode in the superstructure of the Kongo battleship.
The 500-pound bombs still seem to be lacking in power when facing battleships.
However, it is more than enough to destroy turrets, anti-aircraft guns, etc.
But the effect is actually not as good as the Giant Rat rocket launched by the F-8 fighter.
A salvo of 30 Giant Rat rockets could destroy at least several anti-aircraft guns of the Fuso battleship.
After being "mopped" by more than ten fighter planes, the Kongo battleship's anti-aircraft firepower was almost gone.
Six A-6 Skyhawk attack aircraft seized the opportunity and flew towards the Kongo battleship at low altitude.
When the distance was only about 2 kilometers, the two MK25 straight-line torpedoes under the wings fell into the water one after another.
As the engine started, more than ten torpedoes directly blocked the Kongo battleship's route.
If the bridge of the Kongo had not been destroyed at that time, and if the command room and the driving room had not been destroyed, perhaps it might have been possible to evade the attack.
Now the Kongo battleship was only sailing straight forward at a speed of 23 knots.
Among the 12 torpedoes, the battleship Kongo took 8 of them.
A series of explosions sounded in the underwater part of the Kongo.
The cavity formed by the explosion continued to tear the armor below the waterline of the Kongo, directly tearing open several large holes with a diameter of one or two meters.
Immediately, the Kongo battleship burst into flames and black smoke rose into the sky.
The attack of these 8 torpedoes was extremely fatal to the Kongo battleship.
After all, it is just a battlecruiser. How can it withstand the attack of two 3-ton anti-ship missiles, more than ten bombs and 8 torpedoes?
The Kongo battleship, which was taking on heavy water, tilted rapidly to the right at a speed visible to the naked eye.
It was clear at a glance that the Kongo battleship was beyond saving, so the remaining fighters began to turn their attention to the Hyuga battleship which was under siege.
此刻距离战场仅有30多公里的9架图-16中型轰炸机释放了最后一波，数量达到9枚的AS-1反舰导弹。
The target was precisely the two battleships that were already seriously damaged.
A distance of more than 30 kilometers is only more than two minutes for an anti-ship missile with a speed of to kilometers per hour.
At this moment, the Kongo battleship was paralyzed in the sea, and due to severe water ingress, it was also tilted at a small angle.
However, the damage control had stopped the water from entering, and by injecting water into the other side, the tilting was also stopped.
However, this could not save the battleship Hyuga from its inevitable sinking.
The battleship Hyuga, paralyzed at sea, finally received reinforcements during the siege.
Two Kawauchi-class light cruisers that had been converted into anti-aircraft cruisers rushed over.
这两艘7000多吨的轻巡在拆除了3座140毫米主炮的情况下，塞下了12门89式127毫米高射炮以及12门40毫米机炮。
The addition of these two cruisers formed an anti-aircraft hedgehog directly around the Kongo battleship.
No matter which direction the breakthrough comes from, it will be subjected to concentrated fire from intensive anti-aircraft firepower.
This also interfered with the fleet's attack on the Kongo.
"Pause the attack and wait for the anti-ship missile attack."
Faced with the somewhat tricky anti-aircraft firepower, the commander of the 1st Carrier Aircraft Wing issued an order.
He had already seen five AS-5 Comet anti-ship missiles flying over the sea.
In order to reduce casualties among the troops, he issued the order to suspend the attack.
Although both fighter jets and pilots are cheap consumables for the base, they can be replenished at any time.
But under Jiang Hua's influence, the Red Alert officers all put reducing casualties first.
Unless it is necessary, no officer or general will ask his soldiers to make fearless sacrifices.
This is also the reason why Liao Jie's ammunition is so popular in the Fuxing Army.
Five AS-5 anti-ship missiles that flew over the sea were covered by the fierce air defense fire network of the Fuso warship when they approached within 1 kilometers of the Hyuga battleship.
These missiles directly ignored their air defense network and continued to fly forward at a speed of more than 900 kilometers per hour.
At this time, the active radar located above the air intake was turned on and locked onto the Hyuga battleship in front of it.
The missile has entered the stage of autonomous attack and does not require a carrier aircraft to guide flight.
Balls of black fog kept exploding in front of the missile.
"boom...."
An AS-1 anti-ship missile was hit by the shock wave of a 127mm high-explosive bomb at close range. The dense fragments immediately destroyed the anti-ship missile and exploded in the air.
But this was their only achievement.
Four anti-ship missiles penetrated directly into the left side of the Hyuga battleship.
This time, the battleship Hyuga was not so lucky.
An AS-1 anti-ship missile exploded near the ammunition depot directly below the No. main turret.
The violent power directly tore through the thick armor of the ammunition depot.
Then the flames rushed directly into the ammunition depot.
Under the high temperature, the ammunition exploded immediately.
A fatal explosion occurred inside the battleship Hyuga.
“Boom…Boom…Boom…Boom…”
Flames, thick smoke and countless steel fragments rose into the sky.
Dozens or even hundreds of 356mm caliber artillery shells exploded, detonating piles of explosives.
The power was like a volcanic eruption, directly blowing the front of the Hyuga battleship to pieces.
The keel was broken in the violent explosion.
The gust of air even caused the fighter planes circling nearby, waiting for the attack order, to feel a violent shake.
"Hopeless!"
When everyone saw the Hyuga battleship engulfed in flames and thick smoke, they knew that the battleship was beyond saving.
"Attack the Fuso light and heavy cruisers!"
After seeing this, the commander issued a new attack order.
More than 30 fighter jets of various types began to search for new targets.
The two Sendai-class light cruisers and the smoking heavy cruiser Takao became their new targets of attack.
As for the other battleship Haruna, its fate was better than that of the Kongo battleship.
Under the attack of four AS-1 anti-ship missiles, the battleship Haruna began to billow with thick smoke and started to severely tilt. It was obvious that it was taking in a lot of water and was on the verge of being saved.
Eight A-8 Skyhawk attack aircraft seized the last opportunity and delivered 4 torpedoes to the battleship Haruna.
The hit rate this time was still very high because the speed of the battleship Haruna had dropped below 10 knots.
Ten of the 16 torpedoes hit.
These 10 torpedoes directly sent the battleship Haruna into the sea.
All three Fuso battleships were destroyed.
These scenes stunned the spectators, including the officers and sailors of John, Citi, Gaul, and Italian destroyers.
It makes them feel that their worldview has been challenged.