Chapter 362
My Empire Chapter 362
2020-11-03
Chapter 362 363 TorpedoesCaptain Jason put down his telescope and stood in his bridge with a firm and steady gaze. He's an old sailor, a ship boss who's been on a boat all his life.
He witnessed the rise of the Alanhill Navy first hand when he joined the Army and was assigned to the Navy. From the initial looting battle to the south, to the subsequent blockade of the Endless Sea, he participated in all of them.
He was the captain then, and he is still the captain now. The only difference is that he is now the captain of a destroyer and the commander of a destroyer fleet.
"Keep speed! Bow to the enemy! Check all torpedo safety devices! Bow guns ready to fire!"
The destroyer he was in command was a standard American Fletcher Class destroyer, new style, strong firepower, high speed and excellent battle strength.
This type of destroyer also has an advantage, that is, the manufacturing process is relatively simple, and it can be produced in exaggerated quantities.
During World War II, the United States mass-produced 175 standard Fletcher-class destroyers in just two years, and an average of 7 ships can be launched per month.
The Fletcher-class destroyer has a full-load displacement of 3050 tons and a battleship length of nearly 115 meters. It is already a very standard World War II large destroyer.
The main weapons of the entire battleship are five single-barreled 127mm high-level dual-purpose guns.
In addition, this destroyer is also equipped with two 533mm torpedo launch tubes, which can fire 10 torpedoes in one salvo, which has a strong ability to damage large battleships.
In order to cope with the air power of the Demon Navy, it is also equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, including 3 twin 40mm Bofors cannons and 10 single-barrel 20mm Oerlikon cannons. The firepower is very powerful.
Moreover, this battleship also uses a relatively new power system with a rated power of 60,000 horsepower, which allows the battleship to run an amazing speed of 70 kilometers per hour!
In the sea, this speed is already very amazing. Of course, there are certain reasons why destroyers can become the future sea hegemons and eliminate cruisers and battleships.
At least, now Alanhill likes this kind of battleship very much, because the construction speed is too fast.
Because the outbreak of the Magic Eye on the Endless Sea was successfully predicted, the naval construction work was carried out ahead of time. At this time, a batch of new warships happened to be in service, and the navy was quickly replenished. The number of ships ended the serious shortage of naval ships.
Most of these newly commissioned battleships are destroyers, and most of them are Fletcher-class artillery torpedo destroyers, which also allows the Navy to train command talents, dispatch talents, maintain talents and unify production processes. , is much more convenient.
The Fletcher-class destroyer also lived up to expectations. With its powerful performance, it met the operational requirements of the Navy and became the absolute main force of Alanhill's current naval destroyer formation.
On the other hand, because it is equipped with electronic equipment such as radar, this kind of destroyer can attack opponents with high precision, and at the same time, it can also provide air-to-air defense, which is a very comprehensive battleship.
Because of this, when Alanhill has begun to build a large-scale guided missile destroyer, this kind of destroyer has not been discontinued, but is still being built and used in large quantities.
The two 127mm guns in the bow were pointed at the enemy, firing violently at a distance of five kilometers. After the destroyer fleet took advantage of the flanks, they began to fire. Best tactical play.
Naturally, the demon battleship did not spare the enemies whose artillery did not look very sharp. The battleships on both wings also began to fight back with magic cannons. The entire battlefield was boiling over time.
"The distance is close to 4 kilometers! Captain!" A non-commissioned officer reported nervously as the sea water stirred up by a water column in front of him fell, hitting the bow of the ship and splashing.
Their 127mm caliber naval guns have limited lethality to the demon battleship. After all, under the obstruction of the magic defense barrier, hitting the broadside of the demon battleship can only cause a non-lethal breakdown effect.
Wanting to sink an enemy ship, this kind of endless shelling is really annoying. Therefore, for destroyers, if you want to end the battle quickly, you still need to see the torpedo attack.
Therefore, the main reason why Captain Jason is desperately closing the distance now is to prepare a full turn at the right time and use broadside torpedoes to cause trouble for the opposing fleet. This is his tactic that is easier to create results, and it is also his killing move.
"Signal the Lemme and the Sidney behind! Full left rudder! Ready to launch torpedoes!" Jason picked up his telescope again and looked at the demons that were already close at hand Fleet, open the command.
This is a dangerous moment, because as his battleship begins to turn, the enemy's attack will have a larger area to target, and the next attack will definitely be more accurate, maybe His battleship will be sunk.
However, he decided to turn decisively, preparing to target more artillery and Great Killing Artifact torpedoes at the enemy's battleship.
At about the same time, a demon bat descended from the sky, ready to pounce on the battleship to attack. Although its fangs and fangs cannot cause damage to the main body of the battleship, it can attack the soldiers on the battleship.
You should know that many gun positions on the battleship, including the torpedo firing positions, are all exposed outside the battleship. Once someone attacks, there will definitely be corresponding casualties.
"tú tú ! tú tú !" The 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun on the ship started strafing the rushing demon bat, which was quickly pierced by the cannonball's wings, Thrown into the sea next to it.
But another demon bat rushed over from the other side and rammed directly into the hull of the destroyer commanded by Jason. The 20mm anti-aircraft gun on the side shot at the demon bat, but did not kill the huge monster immediately.
I saw it struggled a bit, using the angle to avoid the shells that hit its vital parts, and then directly bit a soldier on the deck, throwing him into the sea.
The surrounding soldiers were so frightened that they quickly dispersed to avoid it. The flexible monster was interspersed back and forth between the gaps in the buildings on the battleship, until it was completely killed when the second sailor was killed.
Black's blood splattered all over the deck of the battleship, and the corpse of the soldier who was bitten into two pieces lay beside the mouth of the demon bat. The cruel picture seemed to make people's stomach twitch continuously.
At this time, the Fletcher-class destroyers lined up in a row began to turn as a whole. The flagship Anson, headed, had already aimed its broadside at the enemy, and the Lemei destroyer, which followed closely from behind , has also begun a rapid turn.
Because the speed is too fast, the sharp bow of the destroyer cuts through the sea water, and the splashing waves are regular and beautiful.
The naval guns on the battleship were still firing continuously, and the shells hit the opponent's magic defense barrier one by one, leaving intractable marks on it.
"Torpedo! Fan launch! Three, two, one! Volley!" Jason seized the opportunity and gave the order for a torpedo attack.
After the hull of his destroyer and the opponent's battleship were in a relatively parallel state, he gave the order to fire the torpedoes.
Accompanying his orders, he turned the torpedo tube on the broadside, and fired all 10 torpedoes in one go.
The compressed air pushed out the huge torpedo in the torpedo tube, and almost at the same time, a shell fired by a magic gun was directly mounted on the bridge of the destroyer Sidding, which had just begun to turn.
In just an instant, the huge energy melted the entire destroyer's bridge, leaving a huge black hole in it.
Then the destroyer Sitting lost its response, and there was no turning action. It lost control like this, and in the raging fire, along its inherent route, it rushed straight to the direction of the demon fleet.
"Syding! Siding!" The Wireless Electronics operator grabbed the communicator and repeated the call over and over again. He seemed to want to hear Siding's answer, but a piece of Wireless Electronics could be heard. Quiet, quiet desperation.
The momentum is big, power is deep attack directly reimbursed most of the Sidney's superstructure, and even detonated its torpedoes. A few seconds later, the battleship, which had only been in the water for a few weeks, exploded into flames on the sea, and then sank, killing all 353 people on board, none of whom were spared.
Just as the Sidney exploded and sank, the track of one after another white beside it had begun to gradually fade away. The white foam left by these torpedoes rowed towards the demon fleet at great speed.
These underwater, vengeful ghosts are rushing towards the distant demon fleet at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour.
Different from the water attack methods, these underwater ghost explosions are more powerful than ordinary air explosions, and only one can paralyze or directly kill a huge demon battleship. .
The demons who stood on the ship's side watching the explosion of the Alanhill destroyer in the distance also discovered these white trails that represented death.
They pointed to the white track on the sea in horror, and shouted loudly to their companions: "Those! Those underwater weapons! Underwater...weapons!"
Amid his desperate cries, a white trail has been connected to his feet. It represented the traces of death, and the moment it came into contact with the battleship, the sea immediately began to boil.
The next second, a huge explosion broke the sailing demon's battleship, and the sea turned into a Flood Dragon, which devoured everything within the explosion range at once.
The entire demon battleship was broken from the middle, the deck was torn apart due to the huge force, and the surrounding demon corpses began to slide to the broadside as the battleship tilted.
Then, before the battleship sank into the sea, the magic propulsion device violently exploded, tearing the remaining part of the battleship into pieces.
(end of this chapter)