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Chapter 478 Rodney's steering gear

Anti-aircraft guns are also divided into performance. For example, the 37mm hand-pull machine in Germany used to be different from that of this kind of anti-aircraft gun, while the 40mm Bofos anti-aircraft gun will definitely be crazy about firepower.

The current Rodney is still the early British anti-aircraft guns, and its firepower is far from enough. Moreover, the German planes flew over from the other side of the ship's side in the darkness.

This made them extremely nervous. The gunners had just discovered the target and the other party had already dived down!

"Fire!" The cannon leader shouted loudly, and the 40mm shell was shot into the sky, but unfortunately it was useless. The opponent had already pulled up a dive angle of 70 degrees. A bomb flew up along the opponent's sliding line!

"Left full rudder!" Captain James shouted loudly. These Germans were so cunning that they actually discovered the weakness of their warships.

Compared with other battleships in history, the Rodney, with a displacement of 350,000 tons, has the most obvious feature, that is, the three triple-mounted main guns are all at the head of the ship.

It can't be called the head of the ship completely. The three triple-mounted main guns were arranged and all reached the middle of the hull.

Since the front part is full of main guns, other secondary guns can only be deployed to the back. The air-to-air firepower in front is very weak, and the opponent just grasped this shortcoming and almost all bombarded the front!

The Rodney has another disadvantage, which is that the main engine power is insufficient, and its maximum speed is only 23 knots. You should know that even the battleships in the World War I era can often reach a high speed of 30 knots.

If the speed is low, the steering is not fast enough, and if the horsepower is small, it cannot quickly return to its original speed.

The bow of the ship turned around and almost passed by the falling bomb. The bomb was less than one meter away from the side of its ship!

This made everyone feel frightened.

A huge left full rudder made the warship's speed slow. It was not that easy to dodge the second time. At this time, you can see Stukas in the sky, whistling, diving towards the Rodney!

"Boom!" The second Stuka was suddenly shot when diving. This was not the attack of the Rodney, but the anti-aircraft guns from a warship next to them came to support them.

Before he could cheer, the third Stuka bomber dropped 500 kilograms of bombs.

This time, the Rodney did not dodge, and they also discovered the Germans' blackness. The second aircraft was specially designed to attract their attention so that the third aircraft could achieve results!

The bomb fell slowly. In everyone's attention, the bomb almost wiped the No. 2 Turret, and a violent explosion occurred on the deck on the left side below the No. 2 Turret!

"boom!"

Like all battleships of this era, the side armor and turret armor were thick enough, but his deck was not thick enough, only 152 mm!

This 500 kilogram bomb instantly exploded the deck of the Rodney! In the huge explosion, the deck was raised and the structure under the deck became dangerous!

What is below? Of course, it is the ammunition and loading equipment used for huge naval guns. If a death blows up there, the entire Rodney will be destroyed!

"Quick, take the damage immediately!" Captain James shouted loudly. During the air strike in Scapa Bay, the British Navy lost a large number of warships and could no longer bear more losses. If his super battleship was also lost, the British Navy would really fall.

Several firefighting water dragons started to water there. The British Navy was well-trained and fully demonstrated at this time!

If they only got this one, they could still bear it, but other bombers were still diving desperately!

The fourth and fifth... In order to pursue the accuracy of the bombing, the German pilots didn't care about the anti-aircraft artillery below and kept diving to a height of several hundred meters before dropping the bomb!

The Rodney was shot again! The huge bomb hit the back of the No. 3 turret and exploded in front of the bridge. This explosion instantly killed more than fifty British sailors, all of whom were carrying out damage!

Moreover, the explosion destroyed the firefighting unit!

Several places were shot in the entire warship, and there were fires. At this time, the people on the warship were nervous.

I'm afraid this warship can't escape.

"Report, the servo has malfunctioned." The house was leaking and raining all night. At this moment, this frustrating news reached James' ears.

The Nelson-class rudder has always had problems. If there is a little wind and wave on the sea, it often has to sail all over the rudder to resist destiny. In later generations, the servo of its No. 2 ship was strengthened, but Rodney did not have time to modify it.

After the servo fails, the engine cannot continue to start. Otherwise, the water flow of the propeller will completely damage the servo, which will be extremely complicated to repair, and even the stern of the ship must be cut off.

But now, they no longer have the chance to do anything.

When the servo is damaged, it loses its maneuverability!

"Boom!" The Rodney, who was sailing at a low speed in a straight line, was simply a target ship, and another Stuka bomber dived down with a sharp whistle. The bomb dropped into the bullet hole of the first bomb!

"Boom!" A huge explosion sounded, and two seconds after the explosion sounded, a louder explosion suddenly appeared.

The earth shook, and the entire sea surface changed color. The Rodney's sky-sky flames were brighter than the burning competitive god. Its ammunition depot exploded!

In this era, warship duels and cannon bombing are still the most common ways of combat, but after several attacks, everyone also taught a lesson. The dive bombing of carrier-based aircraft will cause greater damage to warships!

If you do not pay attention to the air protection of warships, you will definitely suffer a great loss!

On the Atlantic Ocean, the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the waves raised several meters high. In the waves, the deck of the Adolf Hitler aircraft carrier was also shaking left and right.

"No, our deck conditions can no longer continue to land!" The sound on the bridge was urgent.

"Then you have to land and set up a blocking net!" Captain Tiller looked at the shaking deck and clenched his fist: "Even if the plane is broken, we must keep our pilots safe. Pilots are more important than aircraft."

At this time, in the strong wind, the Stuka bomber seemed to be a swaying leaf. Under such weather conditions, there is no possibility of landing.

Asim landed the last time. After performing the attack mission, he lost two Stukas, but it was worth it to win the results of three British warships.

During the return flight, the weather conditions worsened. Asim led the team and accurately found his aircraft carrier. Then, Asim asked other fighter jets to land first. When it was his turn, the storm became even more violent.

The hero of East China

ps: Tomorrow afternoon, we will add five chapters to update all the owed last month.
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