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Chapter 280 King Kong's Doom

It's approaching, it's approaching...

Reducing the aircraft to a low altitude of 20 meters, Zhu Binhou put his eyes tightly on the airdrop torpedo sight. Using torpedo to attack warships can be said to be the best choice for cost-effectiveness. Usually one or two torpedoes can sink a main battleship. However, attacking the fleet in actual combat is very dangerous. Both the requirements for pilot courage and technology are relatively high. When airdropping torpedoes, an advance angle needs to be given. In this way, after a period of time, the torpedo will contact the target track and hit the target. The further the firing distance, the greater the angle error will be. On the contrary, the closer the firing distance, the smaller the angle error will be.

Therefore, in order to increase the hit rate, it is necessary to approach the enemy ship late, the closer the distance, the better. Therefore, during the training carried out by the air force, the distance of the airdrop torpedo was controlled at 200 meters, and the farthest was no more than 300 meters.

"Close, closer..."

When the "King of the Sight" in the sight became clearer and clearer, Zhu Binhou still had this idea in his mind. At this time, he had already freed from torpedo security and drove the plane closer to the enemy ship. The small-caliber artillery on the side of the "King of the Sight" in his vision spewed flames from time to time. Perhaps there were no anti-aircraft guns on the Japanese warships, but for ultra-low-altitude aircraft, the small-caliber speed guns on the ship were enough to threaten the aircraft.

But even so, Zhu Binhou was still constantly correcting his navigation to lead the formation into the most suitable attack angle. Finally, at a distance of 250 meters, he got the most suitable angle. At the moment he entered that attack angle, he immediately pulled down the torpedo throwing rod.

The moment the hanger was released from the torpedo, the torpedo head was first released under the belly of the aircraft, and it was about 0.1. The torpedo fell from the air to the sea at the angle of the thunder head. After the torpedo sinks into the water for about 18 meters, it floated back up. At the same time, the propeller at the tail of the torpedo rotated at high speed under the push of steam gas, pushing the torpedo to fly towards the "Kingaron" two hundred meters away.

As a white trail appeared on the sea surface as calm as sapphire, Zhu Binhou drove the plane and immediately made a beautiful side-half roll and climbed towards the altitude.

"What is that..."

Looking at the extra white track on the sea, Watanabe muttered suspiciously. At this time, another plane rose upwards and climbed into the air, and another white track on the sea surface.

Just when they were suspicious, "Buzz..." accompanied by a huge roar, a strong airflow passed by Ota and Watanabe. The first plane almost flew into the air with a chimney close to the battleship. The steam blown by the propeller of the plane made the two of them unable to stand firm. At this time, they seemed to understand what the white track meant.

"torpedo"

"Torpedo port 45 degrees"

After entering the bridge of the Rasuka, Tomosaburo Kato heard an officer shouting loudly. When he shouted out the torpedo, another plane dropped the torpedo from a favorable position, and the plane then climbed away like the previous frame.

"Right full rudder"

The threat of the torpedo made Shibaki Yamaaka yell loudly, "The distance is only two hundred meters, is everything still urgent?"

At this time, the sky was densely filled with white smoke balls of shell explosions. The more than 26,000 tons of "King Kong" warship had a sharp turn with great straits. The shiny tracks behind the stern of the ship almost formed a perfect semicircle. Perhaps as a naval officer, he did not know how to defend against air strikes, but he was very comfortable to avoid torpedoes.

Under his command, the huge warship of the "King Kong" quickly turned to the opposite direction from the moment, but even though he was familiar with how to avoid torpedoes, the distance of 200 meters still made Shibaki Yamaaka's back sweat burst out.

“Too close”

Compared to the captain of the "King Kong", Shibayoshi Yamaakana was still trying to avoid torpedoes while being nervous, Kato Tomosaburo closed his eyes in pain. As a naval officer, he knew clearly that there was no chance to avoid torpedoes that were launched at a distance of two hundred meters.

Two hundred meters

For torpedoes, it only takes twenty seconds to complete this range, but for warships, it is almost impossible to react too much in twenty seconds. Even this reaction time takes several seconds from the bridge of the rosary to the rudder cabin.

No hurry to come

After arousing this consciousness in his heart, looking at the plane in the air, Kato Tomosaburo's eyes shone and turned his head to the Chief of Staff and said.

"Immediately send a telegram to the First Army, order them to be careful of the torpedo planes of the Chinese army, tell them the situation here truthfully, and order them to return immediately..."

The encounter of the third team now reminds Kato Tomosaburo that at least before there is no real way to solve the torpedo planes of the Chinese army, any move that approaches the Chinese coast is to take risks with the navy's warships.

"Sir, the radio has been disturbed unidentified and cannot maintain radio contact with the outside world."

What?

“Can’t keep radio contact?”

Faced with such an answer, Tomosaburo Kato was stunned. At this time, the first torpedo was thrown into the sea and rushed from the port side of the warship, leaving a clearly visible track on the blue sea.

At the moment when the torpedo hit the side of the side, Junichi Watanabe felt that he seemed to see the moment when the sea water was squeezed by the torpedo. On the port side of the "Kingang", a loud bang suddenly came. At the moment when the warship swayed violently, the explosion on the side of the side splashed hundreds of tons of sea water, and hundreds or thousands of tons of sea water splashed to nearly a hundred meters above the altitude. The torpedo exploded on the port side of the "Kingang".

At the moment of the torpedo explosion, the Japanese sailors inside the "King Kong" battleship were knocked down on the deck by the explosion. They looked at each other in horror, until then, many of them didn't even know what was going on.

"The bow of the port side was hit by a torpedo..."

"Water in the port..."

At the moment when the torpedo hit, the officers who had finally gained a foothold in the bridge immediately shouted loudly, the blew up sea water fell on the bridge, and the confidence and smugness that appeared on their faces a few hours ago were completely replaced by fear, but in addition to fear, more of it was incredible. Even until now, many of them still couldn't believe that the torpedo was dropped by an aircraft.
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