Dense bombs fell head-on. The battleship Cowpens, which had been hit and scarred by many bombs, was already unable to turn well. Facing the flexible bombers, it became even more powerless. It deftly detoured around the stern of the Cowpens.
, a bomber opened its bomb bay at low altitude, and a long string of bombs fell towards the army.
Faced with the sudden attack, the Cowpens had no time to turn and evade. The sailors could only watch as most of the bombs fell on the warship, exploding a long line of fire in the middle of the warship deck. Even Zhili
The heavy armor of the battleship was not unlimited in defense, and the battered deck was finally penetrated by the blast.
The hot shrapnel penetrated the interior of the Cowpens and directly hit a large diesel engine in the power room. The shrapnel with kinetic energy cut off the oil circuit of the diesel engine, causing a large amount of diesel leakage. The hot flame ignited the scattered fuel.
Diesel fuel caused a fire that filled the entire room.
The chief officer of the power room immediately ordered the fire door to be closed, isolating the entire cabin and cutting off the oil pipeline. The quality of the St. Martin Navy was still very high. Although more than thirty sailors in the St. Martin power room were burned alive by closing the hatch in time
He died, but prevented the fire from spreading.
The thick smoke produced by the burning of diesel shot all the way out of the deck, shrouding the entire Cowpens in it, which greatly disturbed the sight of the anti-aircraft artillery. The billowing smoke made the Boston pilots see it easily from a distance.
It was a misjudgment that caused the ship to be seriously damaged and lose its combat effectiveness. The land-based bomber pilots who had no experience in naval combat believed that the warship had lost its combat effectiveness, so they abandoned the warship and flew towards other warships.
In fact, due to the very timely damage control, the Cowpens's actual combat effectiveness loss was not great except for the decrease in speed. Although the thick smoke did not cause much combat effectiveness loss, it also allowed it to avoid continued attacks by bombers.
Regarding the thick smoke coming from the Cowpens, the experienced Boston Navy quickly discovered that the Navy was not the Air Force. They knew the opponent's situation very well at this time. Ten minutes after the bomber left, the Boston fleet finally discovered the situation.
Turning the ship around, it aimed its strongest broadside fire at the Cowpens.
Facing the intensive incoming large-caliber shells, the Cowpens evaded so slowly that soon after several rounds of shelling, a shell finally exploded at the stern of the ship. Although it did not cause much damage to the heavily armored battleship, it
Unfortunately, the flying shrapnel accidentally jammed the steering gear, causing the Cowpens to no longer be able to steer.
In order to maintain the integrity of the formation, Romus had to order other fleets to align with the actions of the Cowpens. Although this order saved the Cowpens from being besieged, it greatly restricted the evasion of the St. Martin Navy.
Maneuverability. Seeing that the Cowpens could not turn, Zumwalt seized the opportunity and ordered all battleships to continue aiming at its huge hull and shoot at it. At the same time, all the Boston destroyers rushed forward desperately.
After the Boston Imperial Air Force's continuous bombing, the St. Martin Navy's destroyers and cruisers suffered heavy losses and could no longer form an airtight defensive formation. They were finally rushed forward by a Keeling-class destroyer. This destroyer was completely unnecessary.
He made a quick left turn and pointed the five-unit torpedo launcher on one side at the Cowpens, which was obscured by thick smoke. The five 533mm heavy-duty torpedoes were like wild horses running wild.
, and rushed straight towards the huge ship opposite.
The cruiser of the "Francis' nearby saw the opponent's destroyer firing a torpedo and attacked its own battleship.
The path of fish torpedo.
The sailor on the "Francis" was swept against the torpedo with the sideline -side speed gun and machine gun, and quickly detonated a torpedo, but the modern torpedo speed was too fast, and they could no longer explode all torpedoes.
Two loud noises, two 533 mm caliber fish torpedoes hit the side of the Francis, causing two huge caves near the waterline, the seawater was fiercely poured into the cabin, and the entire cruiser quickly tilted.
The captain had to order the abandoned ship.
After all, there are too many torpedoes. The Francis failed to block the torpedo. Almost at the same time in the cruiser, a torpedo hit the side of the Kobenz. With the sound of the huge explosion, the Koben Benz was again received again.
It is fortunate, but the two side of the Zhili Battleship has a very complete torpedo torrential cabin. After the water injection balance on the other side, the Kobebus resumed the balance, but at least one meter was reduced by at least one meter.
It shows that the warship has reached at least 2,000 tons.
As the fire was extinguished, the thick smoke gradually dispersed, and the gunners on the Koben Sens resumed the vision, and the combat effectiveness recovered again. They continued to join the shelling battle, but the steering gear was failed.
Makes its routes very easy to predict, so the Kyubos has suffered more artillery baptism.
With the endless air bombs, those B17s have begun to return, while the first wave of B29 has returned to the battlefield for the second time after replenishment.
The battle has been conducted for several hours, and the fleets of both sides have been scarred. Among them, the Boston Fleet fought with four battleships, more than 20 cruisers and destroyers.
A serious injury, the cruiser and the destroyer lost even greater. They suffered a double strang from the opponent's battleship and bomber in the sky.
The ships are also insisting on injuries.
At this point, General Roms had understood that he couldn't ask for a good deal today, but he couldn't bear to give up the Kosubas. When he hesitated, the B29 bomber group in the battlefield again had been in the air.
Because the effect of a 500 -kilogram bomb is not satisfactory, the Boston Air Force deliberately modified two tons of overweight bombs this time. In the face of the scarred St. Martin Navy, a large number of bombers swarmed.
Two ultra -heavy bombs were cast towards the seriously injured Koben. Although the bomber was then torn into fragments by dense air defense fire, the two bombs fell straight down.
The San Martin sailors looked at the whereabouts of a huge bomb, but they could not avoid due to the failure of the warship. Soon the first bomb fell on the No. 2 turret.
The tons of turrets were lifted up all day, and everyone on the boat shocked to the ground. The subsequent second bombs hit the ripped hole of the ship.
The ship was fragmented, and the warships lost their motivation instantly.
"It's over, we are going to cover the whole army here." Seeing that the opponent's bomb was so powerful, General Rames was full of despair, and he understood at this time how stupid it was when he had no air cover.
The move. When the general Roms was desperate and regretted, there was a sudden sound of machine guns in the sky. He raised his head and found that when it was, there were many small planes in the air.
Carry fighter.
"Our plane." The sailors of the San Martin fleet were boiling, morale instantly skyrocketed, and even the firing frequency of the Saint Martin Navy's artillery was increased.
"Where did those planes come from?" Jumwalt, who had seen the dawn of victory, widened his eyes. His mood changed from an instantly frustration from the excitement of the upcoming victory. At the same time, he suddenly found that he had trouble.
The fighter in the air was taken off on Lieutenant General Kachin's aircraft carrier. Finally, the San Martin Empire aircraft carrier formation was finally caught up and released its own fighter group 40 kilometers away. Due to the confidentiality of the Chinese Empire's steam projectile, St. Martin Martin, St. Martin, Martin
Empire aircraft carriers are also unable to use jet aircraft, so their aircraft carriers are equipped with the Chinese Empire's exported canarfish carrier -based carrier, Benzen -like dive bomber, and old swordfish attack aircraft.
Although there is still a certain gap compared to the current main fighters at present, it is enough to deal with those bulky B29 bomber.
Under the rapid bite attack of the fighter, the bombers of the Boston Empire were shot down. The remaining bombers could no longer be bombed, and immediately turned around and ran. The machine gun players on the bomber began to scan wildly at the same time, driving away the nearby fighter.
Seeing that the air is no longer an advantage, Jumwalt saw the plane quickly. He immediately ordered the fleet to turn around and escape, but the warship could not be fast, and more than forty swordfish attack aircraft quickly approached.
The swordfish attack machine was almost on the surface of the water, rushing towards the Boston fleet.
A desperate order such a desperate order was shouted by the gun officer on the Boston warships. All the Boston Mariners who operated the high -fired cannon fired crazy, trying to prevent the approaching of these attack aircraft.
The dense fire net flew forward, and a dozen attack aircraft were instantly shot down, but other attack aircraft were still unmoved. Because the high -level officers were not waiting, the officers and soldiers on these aircraft carriers had been relieved.
The opportunity to perform, they will never let go.
The torpedo into the water into the water, and the beautiful waters were drawn. The torpedo water lines that were criss -horizontal rushed to the Boston fleet that was still dying and struggling at the speed of forty -five verses.
The battleship and the five cruisers were quickly tilted. The two destroyers who hit the bomb were even more miserable. It was directly bombed by torpedo into two sections.