NOVEL WEB Chapter 170
More than 200 naval aviation fighters took off from the airports around Bangkok.
Most of them were A-1 attack aircraft and Mosquito torpedo attack aircraft, but there were not many F4U Corsair fighters.
After all, England did not have an aircraft carrier, and their fighters in the Far East were basically wiped out.
So there was no need for too many fighters to escort.
However, the F4U fighter had a good bomb load and high maneuverability. Carrying small and medium-sized bombs could also cause certain damage to ships.
These more than 200 aircraft were only the first batch. The second batch of naval aviation fighters would take off from the airport in Annan, with the same number of more than 200.
Walton Borg transferred all the belongings of the shore-based naval aviation.
And they also had a task this time.
That was to experiment with a new type of aviation rocket torpedo.
This torpedo is also the latest product of the Huaxia Precision Machinery Research Institute, code-named Yu-3 aviation rocket torpedo.
This aviation torpedo is also an improved model of Yu-1, combining the rocket engine technology and guidance technology of the 1960s, and finally a new product was born.
Thanks to the miniaturized transistors, the torpedo also uses a lot of light alloys.
This also greatly reduces the weight of the torpedo.
This solid rocket torpedo is no longer a simple engine and guidance device like the Yu-1.
It is an integral torpedo divided into three compartments.
The front section is the Yu-3 Hang 28 air torpedo, the middle section is the parachute compartment, and the rear section is a small solid rocket engine with a thrust of up to 1.5 tons and a maximum working time of 5 seconds.
The total weight of the whole piece is only 906 kilograms. Excluding the solid rocket engine, the weight is only more than 600 kilograms, the warhead is 200 kilograms, the caliber is 450 mm, and it is a light aviation torpedo.
It can fly about 5 kilometers in the air, and the range after entering the water can reach 2,000 meters.
The guidance device uses passive sonar guidance.
Compared with the Yu-1, its accuracy is much higher.
And it can even be thrown at an altitude of 10,000 meters at a speed of more than 800 kilometers per hour.
It is very light, but its size is not small.
Therefore, the A-1 attack aircraft could not be carried, and small bombers had to be used.
Therefore, the Ares Group's naval aviation chose the Mosquito fighter-bomber.
Moreover, it was modified and equipped with a search radar to locate the specific direction and position of the enemy fleet.
Then just drop the torpedo on the head of the enemy ship.
It is precisely because this is a rare actual combat opportunity, and it is facing England, which is known as the world's first navy.
And the strength of this Far East Fleet is not weak.
A Nelson-class battleship of more than 40,000 tons, two Reputation-class battlecruisers
"Report, a large-scale fleet of aircraft is attacking us from behind."
When the entire English Far East Fleet saw the fleet of fighter planes roaring over the sea, they were immediately excited.
"Immediately change the anti-aircraft formation, and the outer destroyers should pay attention to whether there are submarines in the sea."
The Royal Navy of England is indeed a veteran naval power.
Facing the incoming air raiders, they reacted immediately after the initial panic.
Everyone entered their respective combat positions as quickly as possible.
Anti-aircraft guns began to point at the incoming F4U.A-1 attack aircraft group.
All warships quickly assembled around the three battleships.
"Da da da da......."
"Boom boom boom........."
Since the destruction of the Combined Fleet, the British warships have paid special attention to air defense, so most of their ships have strengthened their anti-aircraft firepower.
When the attacking aircraft group was still several kilometers away from them, the anti-aircraft guns of the outer warships began to fire.
However, at this time, the British also took a crooked path similar to the Japanese Type 96 anti-aircraft gun.
A large number of anti-aircraft guns on ships use 40mm pom-pom guns that have a fast rate of fire but are useless.
Although there are twin-mounted, quad-mounted, and eight-mounted versions, the firepower seems very fierce.
However, due to the sharply curved arc trajectory of this pom-pom gun, the precise aiming of this artillery is very poor.
Therefore, England later began to adopt Bofors' 40mm anti-aircraft gun in large numbers.
But in any case, it is still much stronger than the Japanese Type 96.
The dense rain of bullets formed by these pom-pom guns had to make the F4U.A-1 attack aircraft group evaded.
The roaring A-1 attack aircraft group approached several kilometers from the outer ships and began to attack.
At a speed of more than 500 kilometers per hour, it dropped ordinary straight-flying aerial torpedoes one by one.
Then it began to climb out of the range of the opponent's anti-aircraft artillery.
"torpedo......"
When seeing the torpedoes crashing into the water and rushing forward, England's outer anti-aircraft warships began to evade urgently.
But many destroyers and cruisers were still hit. Suddenly, two destroyers and a cruiser had a violent explosion.
Although the straight-line torpedoes are not guided, they have no track, are fast, and are numerous.
The real main force is not these A-1 torpedo attack aircraft, but the Mosquito attack aircraft group in the rear.
The purpose of the F4U Pirate and A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft is to open a gap and attract the fleet's anti-aircraft firepower.
And they did it.
"Stop them, stop them."
Seeing the three warships begin to sink one after another, the English side also began to panic.
Especially the three battleships, everyone was on high alert.
All anti-aircraft guns were aimed at the various fighters flying and circling around.
Behind the fleet, a group of aircraft appeared. (To read the exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)
They were all twin-engine Mosquito attack aircraft. They all carried a Yu-3 aerial rocket torpedo under their bellies.
At this moment, they had only one target, which was the three powerful ships in the center of the fleet.
Nelson-class battleships, Renown, and Repulse battlecruisers.
Following the air defense gap opened by the fleet, 30 Mosquito bombers broke into the fleet from an altitude of 5,000 meters.[]
When they were less than five kilometers away from the three battleships, they began to attack.
One by one, the Yu-3 aerial rocket torpedoes glided in the air. After 2.5 seconds, the rocket engine started, pushing the torpedoes forward at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour.
Five seconds later, the rocket engine shut down. At this time, the torpedoes had already flown over the heads of the three battleships, less than two kilometers away.
"Bang Bang Bang......."
"Boom boom boom........"
"Shoot, Shoot........"
Although they didn't know what kind of weapon it was, it was definitely not a good thing.
The three battleships were like an anti-aircraft fire hedgehog.
Dense chains of ammunition covered them.
After the aviation torpedoes were turned off, they fell vertically into the sea.
When they were 500 meters away from the sea surface, the deceleration parachutes opened.
All the torpedoes entered the water straight and steadily.
However, some torpedoes were hit by the opponent during the period.
But these were only a few.
After entering the water, the Yu-3 torpedo engine and guidance device were turned on at the same time, pushing the torpedo to travel at a speed of more than 40 knots. With more than
20 torpedoes attacking, even the elite sailors of the Royal Navy of England began to panic.
"Torpedo, torpedo, avoid torpedo......"
The three battleships were running at full speed, trying to dodge the incoming torpedoes, but there were too many of them.
Most importantly, all of these torpedoes had sonar guidance devices.
"boom.....boom......boom......."
The first to be attacked was the Repulse battlecruiser, the No. 2 ship of the Renown-class battleship.
At the same time, three torpedoes hit the middle and middle front areas of its starboard side one after another.
In an instant, a violent explosion occurred at 323, which directly severely damaged the battlecruiser with a full load displacement of more than 30,000 tons. Seawater began to pour in along the cracks.
The Renown and Nelson were also in a difficult situation at this time.
Although the Nelson class cleverly avoided a torpedo, it was still hit by 8 torpedoes one after another.
Although it was only a light aviation torpedo, its warhead charge was also 200 kilograms.
For a battleship of only more than 40,000 tons, it was already fatal enough.
The Renown battlecruiser was not much better.
It was hit by six or seven torpedoes.
In just a few minutes, the three battleships were completely wiped out. The
Nelson-class battleship with the largest tonnage seemed to have been hit in the aorta, but it sank first.
Renown and Repulse followed suit a few minutes later.
Currently, no warship can withstand multiple torpedo attacks at the same time.
Not even the Yamato-class battleships can.
The underwater part of the warship is also the weakest and most fatal part.
This scene stunned the rest of the ships of the Royal Navy of England.
Some of its F4U pirates and A-1 attack aircraft also began to attack the remaining dozen warships.
But soon there was a battle���They began to hoist white flags.
Other warships were running away at full speed.
But they certainly couldn't run away.
Because the Ares Group's naval fleet was already close to the outer waters of the Gulf of Siam.
This gap was immediately blocked.
No warship could escape.
When the news that the Far East Fleet was annihilated and the Far East Allied Forces were in an unknown situation was passed back to the Governor's Office in Singapore, it immediately caused a huge sensation.
But they didn't know that the Ares Group had already sent ground forces to attack the Malay Peninsula.