Chapter 1267: 1268 Lucky Hillens
How he will explain to His Majesty the Emperor of the Dorne Empire is not yet known. After all, it is his own domestic matter. But if Qin's fleet was ruined in his hands, how he would explain it to the Emperor of Qin was another matter.
Just as John Cleeves watched the USS Talens aircraft carrier being hit and exploded by a Harpoon anti-ship missile, out of his sight, another sailing United Fleet aircraft carrier, the USS Talens, was also hit by a Harpoon anti-ship missile. The missile hit.
Talen and Shiron were both kingdoms before. They were annexed by the Dorne Empire during its expansion, and were conquered by the Empire's twins, Jerbolton and Strauss, for Dorne I when they were in Dorne.
These two areas are now the hinterland of the Dorne Empire. After more than ten years of rule, they have become important industrial areas of the Dorne Empire.
Therefore, the latest aircraft carrier produced by the Dorne Empire was designed and built with reference to the Essex-class aircraft carrier, which has outstanding combat capabilities. The sister ship with a tonnage of nearly 40,000 tons is named after these two places.
The Talens was already burning and starting to sink. The Hilens was not much better. It also exploded. Oil, gas and ammunition were mixed together, and it was hit by an anti-ship missile. The situation was certainly not optimistic.
Some problems can also be seen from here: the design of an aircraft carrier is definitely very detail-oriented. Every detail requires repeated scrutiny and consideration, and the optimal solution needs to be found in actual use.
The Dorne aircraft carrier, built with reference to the Essex-class aircraft carrier, actually did not fully learn the essence. The pipeline and oil circuits of the entire aircraft carrier are not particularly scientific, so problems will occur at critical times.
These problems are usually invisible and will only appear at critical moments. And these critical moments are the time to decide the outcome.
The main reason why the Neon Nation’s aircraft carrier fleet was shattered at a single touch during World War II was because many details were not paid attention to. It simply pursues combat effectiveness, armor protection, speed, deck size, and the number of carrier-based aircraft.
As a result, these hard indicators do look good, but during the battle, if something goes wrong, it will cause a chain reaction and cause irreparable catastrophic consequences.
The same is true for Mao Xiong’s tank. Looking at the design indicators alone, each one is actually very scary: the IS-2 tank’s armor protection, power, and artillery power are all top-notch when taken individually, but in fact they are not as good as those of Santoku. When Zi's big cats compete, it's embarrassing that they lose more than they win.
In fact, many details are ignored and the problems caused by not considering the cost. From a strategic perspective, there is no problem with this, but for the soldiers who drive and operate these tanks on the front line, these tanks are not so perfect.
The more human beings develop, the more technology advances, the more advanced weapons become, and the more expensive they become. If you continue on this road, the weapons will need to be more carefully crafted and closer to perfection.
When it reaches the point where it can only purchase dozens of fighter jets and launch one aircraft carrier a year, ignoring the details is asking for death.
In the hangar of the Hillens, the few remaining aircraft were relatively safe. However, the missile hit the refueling equipment, ignited the aviation fuel, and caused a fire.
Damage control personnel are working hard to save the fire. They are constantly spraying seawater on the burning equipment and pipelines. The ground is already full of water, and the repair efforts seem to be working.
Fortunately, there were not many aircraft carrying ammunition in the hangar, because many aircraft had been released and prepared for the second counterattack. The aircraft used for the third counterattack had just been sent to the flight deck by an elevator, and the missile did not affect it there.
But the Talens aircraft carrier on the other side is not so lucky, it is burning! Real burning! The towering fire engulfed the bridge of the Talens, and the entire battleship was shrouded in black smoke.
In the distance, a Dornish destroyer tried to approach the Talens, hoping to use its sprinkler fire-fighting device to help extinguish some of the flames.
But all the efforts were in vain. When the destroyer approached the Talens aircraft carrier about 100 meters away, it found that it could no longer get closer.
The blazing flames made it very dangerous to get close. Explosions continued on the aircraft carrier, and the entire battleship had tilted severely to one side.
From the look of this destroyer, it is not clear how damaged the aircraft carrier is, but the other side is obviously seriously flooded, and everything is out of control.
There were oil stains floating on the sea, which could be ignited by flames at any time. In the end, the Dornish destroyer could only fish out 20 lucky people from the sea, and then turned around and escaped from the aircraft carrier that might be bombed again at any time.
A few minutes later, the Talens aircraft carrier suffered another huge explosion. This time, its bridge shrouded in thick smoke could no longer be found...
John Cleeves stood on the bridge of the Dornish Empire's aircraft carrier Viva, and watched helplessly as the Talens was destroyed. His aircraft carrier has already approached Talens and Hillens, but the distance is still more than 4 kilometers.
Because of the exaggerated billowing smoke, the position of the Talens can now be confirmed without a telescope. Although the Hillens on the side was also emitting black smoke, the visual impact was indeed not comparable to that of the Talens, which looked like fireworks.
The United Fleet's good luck seems to have run out. The first aircraft carrier that was sunk was the weakest in the fleet. Now the two aircraft carriers they have lost are the most powerful in the fleet.
"Report! The Talens aircraft carrier cannot be contacted. We can't see the semaphore or the light signal... There is no response from the Talens in the message sent." The officer in charge of liaison reported to John Cleeves about the fleet's reception. damage situation.
After talking about the Talens, which had begun to sink, he then talked about another injured aircraft carrier in better condition: "The Talens was seriously damaged, their hangar was penetrated, and the oil line leaked. There was no way to refuel the plane, and the elevator in the middle of the ship was damaged due to the fire. They had no way to take off the plane..."
Only four of Dorne's seven aircraft carriers are still operational at this moment. Two of them are Essex-class aircraft carriers purchased from the Tang Empire. The other two are the flagship Dorne Empire Viva and Poseidon. Blessed Dorne.
As soon as you hear the names of these two aircraft carriers, you can tell that they have high hopes. However, in fact, because they were built relatively early and are almost complete copies of the Essex class, they do not carry as many aircraft as the Hillens and Talens. many.
"Haven't the enemy fleet been discovered yet?" Seeing that he had lost nearly half of his fleet, John Cleeves looked at the commander of the aviation force and asked in annoyance.