Chapter 1628: 1629Laughing is uglier than crying

Chapter 1628: 1629Laughing is uglier than crying

  Chapter 1628 1629 Laughing is uglier than crying

Think about it, it is not difficult at all for shaped energy armor-piercing ammunition to penetrate this thickness. A series armor-piercing warhead weighing more than 300 kilograms can even penetrate multiple cabins continuously and explode in the core of the hull.

The missiles used by the Tang Army are equipped with armor-piercing warheads, which can form a continuous jet stream. After penetrating the hull, it will penetrate the compartments multiple times and deliver the most severe blows at the most vulnerable parts of the ship.

Such an attack is very deadly, more efficient than torpedoes, and more accurate than cannonballs or bombs falling from the sky!

  Torpedoes often hit warships below the waterline. The explosion can tear the hull apart and destroy the internal structure of the warship, but an attack with a large amount of water intrusion cannot cause a fatal explosion.

Bombs or artillery shells often penetrate vertically into the ship's hull. If they cannot cause a fatal explosion, they cannot cause effective damage to the warship, and their power cannot be guaranteed.

Anti-ship missiles solve all problems: they do not hit below the waterline, and the shaped energy jet can penetrate into the interior of the ship and explode continuously, which is very easy to cause a fatal explosion. At the same time, its hit accuracy is high enough that it does not require the aircraft to fire close to the target, and the attack efficiency is guaranteed.

Therefore, modern warships do not lay heavy armor at all, because doing so has almost no effect. Instead of wasting thousands or even tens of thousands of tons of steel, it is better to install anti-aircraft missiles and close-in defense guns to gamble your life...

  Unfortunately, dwarves and elves do not have technologies such as close-range anti-cannons and anti-aircraft missiles. When their warships faced the Tang Army's anti-ship missiles, they were no different than paper.

Looking at the blazing battleships of his own side, the commander of the dwarf fleet’s beard was trembling. His Majesty the Emperor handed over the priceless fleet to his hands, but in just 40 minutes, he was about to destroy the entire fleet.

That is a battleship! A battleship worth hundreds of millions of gold coins! The main gun on it has a caliber of 380 mm! The production of an artillery barrel takes countless time and energy.

Hundreds of expensive anti-aircraft guns are stacked on both sides of the battleship, and eight large-caliber heavy guns are installed in thick armored turrets arranged front and rear...

 Countless skilled craftsmen, countless steel materials... slowly sank before his eyes, submerging into the bottom of the abyss. He could even feel the pain in his flesh!

"Sir! The Saint Lo was hit for the second time. The fire in the ship's engine oil depot could not be controlled... Captain Steve gave the order to abandon the ship." When the dwarf fleet commander was extremely distressed, an officer came over More heart-wrenching news.

The aircraft carrier Saint Lo, which the dwarves finally built with great difficulty, may also be sunk: it was hit by a missile before, and the damage did not seem too serious.

The damage control personnel on the aircraft carrier frantically tried to save themselves, hoping to repair the damage and at least ensure that the aircraft could continue to take off for combat, but their efforts were doomed to be in vain.

Now the Saint Lo was hit by a second anti-ship missile. This time its good luck ran out. The missile exploded near the oil depot, directly igniting the oil. The fire could no longer be suppressed.

This is not the most desperate thing, because the fire out of control will gradually spread to the ammunition depot and power compartment, and the warship will soon explode or lose power. In short, all disasters have just begun, so the captain of the Saint Lo aircraft carrier decisively gave the order to abandon ship.

 At least experienced sailors cannot be allowed to bury the ship that is about to sink. This is the idea of ​​Steve, the captain of the Saint Lo aircraft carrier.

Unfortunately, just when the crew began to abandon ship, the ammunition depot of the aircraft carrier Saint Lo exploded. The huge explosion directly flew off the deck, and the nearly 300-meter-long giant ship was instantly engulfed in tragic flames. It did not even send the final telegram because communications were disrupted. Because of the explosion and black smoke, no one could even see clearly its final semaphore.

"The Holy Lo is finished..." The dwarf fleet commander who saw the destruction of the Holy Lo muttered, his voice full of helplessness.

 He escaped all the way from Neverwinter Port to here. To be honest, he no longer had the mood or courage to escape south. Unlike the elves' fleet, he felt like a lost dog with no dignity.

 The reason why the elves let the small battleships retreat is because they can still return to the Osa military port. After all, they still have a place to defend.

  There is no port worth guarding on the dwarf side: as a fleet built with a lot of money, the dwarf fleet has now arrived at the door of the elves' home.

 They didn't fight, they didn't even try to fight back once. When the Tang army landed on the steel barrier, the dwarf fleet went directly south to save their lives.

Suddenly for a moment, the dwarf fleet commander had a thought in his mind: he was tired and no longer wanted to hide around.

"Is there any news from the carrier-based aircraft?" He looked at the officer beside him and asked the question he was most concerned about now.

The officer did not expect that his superior was still concerned about the counterattack. He was stunned for a moment, and then replied bitterly: "Sorry, sir, our communications are paralyzed and we have not received any news about the carrier-based aircraft discovering the target."

With strong reluctance, the commander of the dwarf fleet walked to the chart table, looked at the map spread out on it, marked it with a tool, and selected a location on it.

He didn't want to do nothing and wait for death here, so he decided to try to fight back no matter what. Even if he still fails in the end, he still has to prove that he is not really a coward.

 After being silent for a few seconds, as if he had made up his mind, he finally placed his hand on the position he had marked out: "Take off all the torpedo planes and dive bombers that can take off! Go to this coordinate and attack the enemy!"

"Sir... in case they don't find the target..." The man under his command was a little confused and reminded him like he was admonishing.

“It’s not important. If they don’t find the target, then expand the search range and keep looking!” The fleet commander replied in a cold tone: “How long do you think our aircraft carrier can last at the current speed?”

His words made several of his officers bow their heads and remain silent: Yes, even if they do nothing now, they will only have one ending.

 Even they couldn't surrender: the communication channels were jammed, and they didn't even have a chance to shout! Flying a white flag? Even if you hang a white flag, people must be able to see it. If the opponent launches an attack out of visual range, who will he surrender to with a white flag?

"Go! Let the carrier-based aircraft take off! Anyway, there is only one chance. Let's see if the God of Luck is on our side." The dwarf fleet commander forced out a smile, but at this time, his smile Worse than crying.