Chapter 1462： 2 ship collision (1/2)
The Canglong was the first type of aircraft carrier designed and manufactured by the island navy. When it was designed, it was designed to carry more carrier-based aircraft. It gave up the use of heavy artillery, but it was top-heavy.
Its No. 2 ship is the Flying Dragon. Of course it is not the No. 2 ship in full meaning. It has been improved, and its displacement has increased by two thousand tons. At the same time, the most interesting thing is that its bridge is unique, and it is actually located on the port side. .
This is a rather nonsense design. The aircraft carrier bridges of later generations are all on the right. This is theoretically based.
Once the pilot encounters trouble in the landing process, he often turns to the left due to some reasons. Landing accidents caused by the port side island-like structure are many more to the starboard side. At the same time, in the era of propeller aircraft, when the aircraft is at low speed, it is often easy to shift to the left due to the influence of the propeller reaction force, so it is safer to set the ship island on the starboard side.
The reason why the islanders designed this way is quite ridiculous. According to the logic in their minds, when the two sister ships are in parallel, the aircraft that is going to land on the left ship (Canglong) are arranged in the air or when they are ready to land. , You can hover to the left; the aircraft landing on the right ship (Flying Dragon) can hover to the right, and there will be no air traffic conflict between the aircraft of the two ships.
Therefore, the people of the island nation did this, and the navigation of the two sister ships violated the basic principles of aircraft carrier construction. Of course, there are no rules in this era.
But now, the Canglong and the Flying Dragon were sailing side by side. When they saw the bombs flying above them, they actually forgot about the warship next to them, and only wanted to avoid the bombs above them!
As a result, the Flying Dragon turned to the left and the Canglong to the right. The two warships turned quickly, and several bombs that followed fell into the sea!
It was really good to see the water splashing up. When they turned around, they realized the terrible situation.
”Oh, damn, come on, right rudder!”
”Quick, left rudder!”
The two aircraft carriers wanted to maneuver in opposite directions. After violently turning, the hulls of both ships tilted, and then there was a terrible and violent collision.
”Boom!” The hull and the hull touch and meet, and sparks emerge from between the two hulls like this. The huge shock shocked everyone in their hearts. When sailing in the sea formation, the most terrifying thing is the collision. Now It happened!
The two ships did not capsize, but the collision still brought terrible effects. I saw a huge, clearly visible crack in the hulls of the two ships!
Yes, the steel used for shipbuilding in island countries only pursues yield, and the hardness is up to the standard, but it is brittle. The collision just broke the ship hull!
Since the collision occurred in the hull, the lower layer was not affected. The watertight compartment was still intact and the ship was still floating. However, they had lost their combat effectiveness. Once encountering severe sea conditions, the warship might capsize.
When the report was received, Tadaichi Nanyun of the Kaga had an ugly face.
The formation of four aircraft carriers lost two of them at once. Did the captains of these two aircraft carriers eat shit?
The U.S. was aggressive and sent a large number of bombers to the island nation’s aircraft carrier formation, but the casualties were not large.
The second round of bombs also destroyed only one destroyer. The American bombs looked terrible, but they were actually causing chaos on their side. In the chaos, they made mistakes, and the result was huge losses!
Two aircraft carriers! With more than a hundred fighters, he could no longer be dispatched. Thinking of this, Nan Yunzhong felt nothing. He lost two aircraft carriers. Can he move on?