Chapter 378 If we don’t declare this battle, it seems we can’t win! (Please subscribe, please vote monthly)

The Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser has four thick and large, very eye-catching chimneys, which at first glance look like four Optimus Primes. When carrier-based aircraft pilots attacking from the air see these four "pillars", they will inevitably

He had the idea of ​​blowing them up. That’s what Fengmingshan thought and did. He even shouted on the radio: “Did you see those four thick chimneys? Just throw bombs into the chimneys! Who cares?

You are so capable that you can throw it in!"

A bunch of pilots below also thought they were "great people". When he provoked them, everyone turned their noses towards the chimneys and began to dive at a small angle. It was said to be a small angle, but in fact it was 35-40 degrees.

, for bombing, inertial guidance can already be used.

Since the Pennsylvania-class anti-aircraft firepower is still too weak to fight the bullet-heavy scenes like during World War II, it cannot scare the brave Ming Dynasty naval aviation - this is basically the same as during training! It's just that the

The Haohan class that plays the role of an enemy ship has been replaced with a real enemy ship.

With the roar of bombs and the rise of fireballs, the four large smokestacks of the Virginia class and the surrounding area suffered, being hit by 100 kilograms of armor-piercing bombs one after another! The 40 carrier-based Akagi fleet that was eyeing the Virginia

After all the bombings were completed, the Virginia class had been hit by as many as 11 100-kilogram bombs, all of which hit the "chimney area." Of course, below this chimney is the Virginia's power area, which has huge steam engines and a large amount of coal.

Boilers, thick steam pipes, and coal bunkers filled with coal. Except for the coal bunkers, nothing else can withstand an explosion.

Of course, the Virginia's armor is still very strong, and the thickness of the armored deck has exceeded 100 mm! If a 100-kilogram armor-piercing projectile directly hits the armored deck, it may not be able to penetrate it. But the four large chimneys are weak

Point, the skin of the large chimney is so thin that the bomb will penetrate it once it is hit, and then it will fall down along the inner wall of the chimney. Although there are some fences and other things that can block it, but no iron fence can stop a 100 kilogram bomb falling from a high altitude.

What blocked it? It didn't go all the way down, and finally it all penetrated into the Virginia's power compartment.

Not all the bombs that fell on the Virginia ended up in the power compartment, but five 100-kilogram armor-piercing bombs still penetrated all the way into the two steam engine rooms of the Virginia (it has two very large steam engines), and one engine room entered.

2 bombs, 3 bombs went into one cabin! The five bombs exploded in the "belly" of the Virginia. Although they did not explode the Virginia, they blew the two triple-expansion steam engines into parts and ignited them.

Engine oil, coal dust, and all kinds of other miscellaneous things caused fires.

Although the other six bombs did not penetrate into the engine room, they still blew up the area around the four large chimneys, damaged many superstructures, and ignited a dozen lifeboats placed near the chimneys, which immediately caused another fire.

!

It was great now. The Virginia was on fire inside and out, and the fire was burning more and more fiercely. In an instant, it was out of control, spreading everywhere on this 13,000-ton armored cruiser, and soon it was

Burned the Virginia into a fire ship.

Because the engine room was blown up and burned, the Virginia completely lost power and burned into a fire ship. Although the hull was very strong and had no intention of sinking, it had completely lost its combat effectiveness and power and became a useless ship.

Boat.

The Virginia, which had become a ruined ship, struggled for about a quarter of an hour. The desperate captain, Colonel Henry, had to give the order to abandon ship.

While the sailors of the Virginia were making their final struggle, the Iowa, which also belonged to the Pennsylvania class, was severely damaged by the Kaga's air force! The Kaga's air force chose the Iowa as its long-term

The bow of the ship, which seemed a bit empty, was bombed. A total of 12 bombs were hit before and after, 4 of which penetrated the bow deck of the Iowa and blew the cabins under the bow deck to pieces, as usual.

It caused a fire. The Iowa's bow main gun turret and its surroundings were hit by eight 100-kilogram bombs. Although these bombs did not penetrate the turret, they stunned the gun crew members inside the turret.

It also caused a fire around the turret, and also killed a group of very brave pipe damage crew members who wanted to put out the fire on the bow. Due to the delay in pipe damage, the Iowa's bow main gun turret was quickly destroyed by fire.

Surrounded. After just a few minutes, because no one opened the sea valve to fill the ammunition depot with water, the picric acid shells in the first ammunition depot finally turned into a huge fireball, and fired a 30-meter fireball directly on the side of the Iowa.

A meter long opening!

Such a big hole, not to mention the 13,000-ton armored cruiser, even the British super battlecruiser Hood from another timeline couldn't handle it! So I didn't wait for the Iowa's captain to give the order.

Abandoning the ship, the large armored cruiser quickly capsized and disappeared into the waves.

The sudden sinking of the Iowa by a plane was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the American soldiers participating in the war. They were the victors twenty minutes ago, overpowering the 6 Imperial-class ships on the sea, 2 of which

It looked like they were all dead, and the four ships under his command were all covered in smoke. But I didn’t expect that just twenty minutes and seventy or eighty small wooden planes could completely turn the situation around! We could still continue on the sea.

One of the four Pennsylvania-class ships in the battle was severely damaged and one sank, and the severely damaged one seemed to be finished. If we count the Pennsylvania, which had gone to nowhere before, and the Maryland, which was seriously damaged and was about to be destroyed, the battle patrol detachment of the Atlantic Fleet was suddenly

They lost 4 powerful Pennsylvania class ships (actually not that many were lost, the Pennsylvania later returned to the base). What a heavy loss!

Thinking of the huge losses on their side and the "rapid sinking" of the Iowa, the remaining two American soldiers on the Pennsylvania class lost their fighting spirit. They were all trembling with fear, with only one thought in their hearts.

"The Yellow Peril is so terrible that we can't defeat it! Why don't we stop declaring this war?"

While the American sailors on the Atlantic felt that peace was precious and did not want to declare war, there was also a Mexican with beads of sweat on his head and face and trembling calves in the White House who was also looking forward to peace.

This person is Gonzalez, the Mexican Empire’s ambassador to the United States. He was called to the White House by the Americans today just to “hear the declaration of war”!

Because the Texas Maritime Self-Defense Force of the Mexican Empire launched an air raid on New York yesterday, blowing up the stock exchange building and burying hundreds of loyal bankers and traders alive, the American people and capitalists have been completely angered.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate were also furious—the crime of bombing the Norfolk base was enough to bring about the destruction of the country! They actually dared to bomb Wall Street in New York. This was a crime of genocide!

So the indignant U.S. lawmakers unanimously agreed to destroy Mexico - this will be done, and Americans will not need to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border in the future. But Gonzalez doesn't know the benefit, so he went to the meeting last night

They were all making their last efforts to kneel down and beg for mercy from the United States. One night, they were begging their father to sue their grandmother. Not only did they ask for help from the "British father" in the United States, they also went to the Spanish Embassy in person to cry and beg the Spanish Ambassador. Spain is Mexico.

The "father of the West"! Mexico is now also "thinking of the father of the West" during the national crisis.

However, since Spain was dismantled by a group of American traitors, its life was almost unbearable. It had no power to save the Mexican "treason", so the two Spanish-speaking ambassadors finally cried together and missed the Spanish Empire together.

.If this empire still exists, everyone can still stay together for warmth. No matter how arrogant the Americans are, they will not dare to challenge Spain!

If you really push Spain into a hurry, you can still go to France next door to bring in reinforcements - France and Spain are both brother countries of the Bourbon family, that is to say, France is the uncle of Mexico. Good job, Uncle France, Mexico will

If you don’t know how to cherish it, you deserve to be bullied by the United States!
Chapter completed!