Chapter 478： Rodneys steering gear (1/2)

Antiaircraft artillery is also divided into performance. For example, the previous 37mm hand drawn machine in Germany, this antiaircraft gun, there is no different, and the 40mm Bofors antiaircraft gun, then the absolute firepower is disheartening. .

The current Rodney is still an early British anti-aircraft artillery, and its firepower is far from enough. Moreover, the German aircraft flew cunningly from the other side of the ship's side in the dark.

This made them extremely nervous. As soon as the gunners found the target, the opponent already swooped down!

”Fire!” The artillery commander shouted loudly. The 40-millimeter shells were thrown into the sky, but it was useless. The opponent had already raised a 70-degree dive angle. A bomb was flying along the opponent's glide line. Come up!

”Zuo Man Ruo!” Captain James shouted loudly. These Germans are so cunning. They actually discovered the weakness of their warship.

If compared with other battleships in history, the Rodney, with a displacement of 35,000 tons, has one of the most obvious characteristics, that is, the three main guns in triple mounts are all on the bow.

It can't be called the bow completely. The three main guns in triple mounts are arranged in the middle of the hull.

Since the front stage is all the main artillery, the other secondary artillery can only be deployed to the back. The front anti-aircraft firepower is very weak. The opponent has grasped this shortcoming and almost always bombed the front!

The Rodney has another disadvantage, that is, the power of the main engine is not enough, and the maximum speed is only 23 knots. You must know that even battleships from the First World War era can often reach a high speed of 30 knots.

The speed is low, the steering is not fast enough, and the horsepower is small, and the original speed cannot be quickly restored.

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

This makes everyone feel frightened.

A huge left full rudder slowed the speed of the battleship, and it was no longer so easy to dodge it for the second time. At this time, you can see Stuka one after another in the sky, with Screaming, dived down toward the Rodney!

”Boom!” The second Stuka was suddenly shot while diving. This was not an attack by the Rodney, but an anti-aircraft artillery on a nearby battleship to support them.

Before there was time to cheer, the third Stuka bomber dropped a 500 kg bomb.

This time, the Rodney did not evade, and they also discovered the black belly of the Germans. The second one was specially designed to attract their attention, so that the third one could win the battle!

The bomb was falling slowly. In everyone's attention, the bomb almost wiped the No. 2 turret. A violent explosion occurred on the left deck below the No. 2 turret!

”boom!”

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

This 500-kilogram bomb exploded the Rodney's deck in an instant. In the big explosion, the deck was cocked and the structure below the deck was dangerous!

What is below? Of course it is the ammunition and loading equipment for the huge naval gun. If there is a martyrdom, the entire Rodney will be destroyed!

”Quickly, immediately carry out damage management!” Captain James shouted loudly. In the air raid in Scarpa Bay, the British fox lost a large number of warships and could not stand any more losses. If he was a super ship The battleship was also lost, and the British fox was really about to fall.

Several fire-fighting water hoses started to water over there. The British foxes are well-trained and fully displayed at this time!