BXBX NOVEL Chapter 1520: sink
"General, can we dispatch some **** warships to reinforce the \'New Hampshire\'?" Major General Cowell suggested. Obviously, if there is no reinforcement, the battleship "New Hampshire" will definitely be finished.
Husband? Admiral Kimmel hesitated. Before he had made a choice, the situation on the battlefield changed again.
"General, the air search radar found that a large fleet of aircraft appeared in the east, more than 200 aircraft!" A staff officer reported.
Admiral Husband Kimmel\'s complexion suddenly became even uglier. There is no doubt that the Germans once again dispatched a large number of fighters to attack them. The fighter planes dispatched by the German army before have caused heavy losses to the US fleet. Although the capital ship has not been sunk, the battleship "New Hampshire" is already in danger. Now, the Germans have dispatched more than two hundred fighters to attack them. This is undoubtedly determined to catch them all!
"General, what should we do?" Major General Keville\'s expression also changed drastically.
Although the German plane is still more than two hundred kilometers away. However, it only takes more than half an hour for those planes to arrive at the battlefield. The U.S. fleet can sail a maximum of 20 to 30 kilometers in more than half an hour.
"Command the fleet, prepare for air defense!" Admiral Hasben Kimmel ordered.
This is the only choice they can make. As for whether to send warships to reinforce the battleship "New Hampshire", no one has mentioned it anymore.
Under the circumstances that it is difficult to protect themselves, naturally no one will care about other things.
"Boom! Boom!"
The explosion sounded on the battleship \'New Hampshire\', and the German dive bombers continued to dive down from high altitude, smashing heavy aviation armor-piercing shells on the huge battleship.
The flames spread on the battleship "New Hampshire", and the thick smoke reported the entire battleship inside. This has even affected the bombing of the German dive bombers.
Four torpedo attack planes approached the battleship \'New Hampshire\' from the side, and dropped torpedoes only a kilometer away from the battleship. The 533 mm heavy torpedo rushed towards the battleship "New Hampshire" at high speed.
"Torpedo, evade!"
The sailors on the battleship \'New Hampshire\' shouted in horror.
In order to avoid these torpedoes, the battleship "New Hampshire" dragged the severely damaged hull and began to turn, trying to avoid torpedoes. However, it is undoubtedly very difficult for the huge hull to complete the turn in a short time.
"Boom boom boom!"
Some sailors even used anti-aircraft guns to shoot at the sea surface, hoping to destroy those torpedoes and protect the battleship. However, this is still futile.
"Boom! Boom!"
Among the four torpedoes, two hit the side of the USS New Hampshire. The violent explosion tore apart the underwater armor of the USS New Hampshire.
In the case of continuous torpedo hits, the damage control personnel on the battleship "New Hampshire" could not control these losses even though they tried their best.
With no other choice, the watertight compartments had to be closed and let the seawater fill all these compartments.
"Boom! Boom!" The aerial bomb exploded in the hull of the "New Hampshire" battleship, and the torpedoes kept hitting the side of the battleship. This huge battleship suffered serious injuries during the attack of German aircraft.
But even so, the American sailors on the battleship have not given up. They did not give up saving their warships, nor did they give up fighting back. They were still using the anti-aircraft firepower on the battleships to fire at German aircraft.
"Boom boom boom!"
A torpedo attack aircraft was preparing to launch an attack on the USS New Hampshire, but it was hit by anti-aircraft fire before it could drop the torpedo. The torpedo attack plane disintegrated directly during the explosion. The pilot was killed on the spot.
It\'s just that although the American sailors are very brave, they cannot save the fate of the battleship "New Hampshire".
Before the third batch of German planes arrived, the German fighter planes finally sank the battleship "New Hampshire".
With 17 533mm heavy torpedoes and 38 heavy aviation armor-piercing shells, even a huge warship with a displacement of more than 70,000 tons still couldn\'t hold on.
It can be said that after suffering so many torpedoes and bombs, the hull of the battleship "New Hampshire" is already riddled with holes. The amount of sea water that entered the battleship\'s hull made it impossible for the battleship to float on the sea anymore.
As the battleship continued to sink, the sea water even flooded the deck of the battleship.
Under such circumstances, the captain of the battleship "New Hampshire" issued an order to abandon the ship.
However, it is obviously impossible to take away nearly 3,000 naval officers and soldiers on the battleship with only a few lifeboats. Except for a very few lucky people who can board the lifeboat, the rest of the people can only find their own way. Perhaps, they will be rescued after this naval battle is over. But whether they can persist until then is very difficult to say.
"Well done, we have sunk an American \'Montana-class\' battleship. There are also planes with bombs and torpedoes, attacking the rest of the US warships. The third batch of aircraft is coming, we want to expand as much as possible Results!" The German fleet commander ordered.
"Attack, kill these Americans!" The German pilots shouted excitedly.
This is the \'Montana-class\' battleship known as the most powerful battleship in the world! But now they are still sunk by them. This undoubtedly made these German pilots very excited and proud.
The sinking of the USS New Hampshire was undoubtedly a serious blow to the officers and soldiers of the US fleet. But now they simply don\'t have time to grieve. Because, the battle is still going on. The third fleet of the German Navy has arrived again. This is also a fleet of more than two hundred fighters. The planes also departed from airfields on the central islands of the Azores. If the officers and soldiers of the American fleet want to survive, they must resist the attacks of these German aircraft. Otherwise, they will only have a dead end.