Bismarck

The blast and the rising flames rolled out from the breach on the deck, tearing the original breach even more hideously. The huge vibration shook all the objects on the bow and bridge, whether they were people or equipment, violently.

Especially the 37 anti-aircraft gun position in front of the bridge was the closest, and several sailors were knocked to the ground and couldn't get up. One sailor was even knocked over the railing by the shock wave of the explosion, and fell headfirst into the sea from the -meter-high gun position. Even if there was sea surface below, the impact force on the neck from falling from such a height and speed was estimated to be fatal...

At the same time, Zeppelin, who was approaching a group of skuas from the side of the anti-aircraft fire, suddenly felt as if there was a hole in her right chest. Even though she turned off the projected damage display and there was no blood splattering on the spot, the severe pain still made her dizzy.

Maybe I should just cut off all the pain...

The plane she was controlling shook and dropped dozens of meters in altitude in an instant. She quickly pulled the joystick and restored the plane to normal.

"The deck was hit." Zeppelin felt the discomfort in his chest and said it in a declarative tone, but his voice was still trembling slightly.

Bismarck could not help feeling annoyed as he could tell from the sound that Zeppelin must be in pain.

"...It must be painful..." a certain Tirpitz seemed to mutter softly.

The anti-aircraft fire in the sky seemed to be more dense and fierce...

"I..." Bismarck was about to answer with regret and unwillingness, but was interrupted by Zeppelin.

"It's okay, let's not talk about it for now... Pay attention to the right and the back... There are skuas... rushing down!"

"Um... I'm sorry... I couldn't dodge it..."

"Your speed was not enough just now to avoid the suicidal attack of the Jaeger." Bismarck said.

"Yeah." Zeppelin nodded without comment. "I can't do anything about this level of injury. I'll rely on you guys."

"I know the damage control team is ready."

"Damage control team! Report the damage immediately, organize fire fighting and rescue!!" As Bangtai's voice was heard over the ship's radio, Zeppelin also saw the busy look "inside" him.

I just feel pity for those planes...

Should we add another chapter to our hatred of the British?

Her eyes turned even colder as she looked towards the British fighter plane.

At the same time, Ti Zi's anxious voice was heard from the WIFI.

"Sister! Sister Zeppelin! How are you guys?!"

"Tazi, I'm fine, it's Zeppelin who is injured... Damn it!" Bismarck, who fell to the ground due to the huge shock, got up in a panic and responded with gritted teeth.

Behind the Bismarck, the helmsman was also shaken and fell to the ground. As he fell, the helmsman pulled the steering wheel to the bottom, and the huge ship continued to turn to the left. In Bismarck's perception, two Jaguars followed and rushed down one after the other. They wanted to take advantage of the Zeppelin's injury to attack it again. But by coincidence, the helmsman pulled the rudder when he fell, and Bismarck perceived that the Zeppelin continued to turn the rudder, so the bomb of the first Jaguars missed and brushed the side of the bridge by a millimeter and fell into the sea.

The Jaguar behind it didn't have time to drop its bombs before it was hit by the full-force attack of Tirpitz and exploded in the air. It also brushed the side of the Zeppelin and fell into the sea and exploded.

"The starboard side of the front deck and the front section of the hangar were blown up. Fortunately, the planes there were all BF109Ts without fuel and ammunition, and the fire doors were closed in advance. So apart from the violent fire of the remaining gasoline, there was no sign of the damage spreading... It was a blessing in disguise..." Bismarck climbed up covered in dust, glanced out the window, and used his perception to sense it a little, and roughly judged the extent of the injury.

"The area in front of the hangar was blown up, and the front part of the flight deck was damaged. It can be considered moderate damage. The damage can be controlled for the time being, but the plane cannot take off..." Bismarck, who had judged the situation, turned on the microphone and reported to Bonte and Lütjens above.

"Here we go again, damn it!"

Bismarck quickly glanced at the ship and quickly turned his attention to the sky as Zeppelin said. Sure enough, he found that there were four more Jaguars diving about 2000 meters in front of his head! On the right and rear, the three or four Jaguars that had been scattered by Grapes were now divided into several groups and several angles. They pushed the joystick at the same time from an altitude of 4000 meters and rushed down from the side and rear of the Zeppelin aircraft carrier!

Although there are only seven or eight of these Jaegers left now, but... they are attacking from several directions almost simultaneously... this type is the most difficult to dodge!

Especially the four planes in front, which are less than 2000 meters in altitude... they only have about ten seconds at most...

"Bismarck, you hide in front! Tirpitz, you cover your sister! I'll deal with the ones diving from behind!"

Along with the cold and gritting sound of the Zeppelin, a BF109T painted with an Edelweiss icon suddenly rolled out from the side at a speed faster than the shivering Jaguar!

It caught everyone off guard!

"Come on! I'll send you to see God!" Zeppelin suppressed his voice and spoke without any emotion. His cold expression was like the god of death holding a scythe.

As the slender fingers pulled the trigger, the MG151 on the propeller axis fired a series of precise bursts of shells, which hit the body of the Jaguar. The Jaguar flying behind suddenly turned into a fireball and dissipated in the sky.

The BF109T, which was in a dominant position, was rolling while shooting, and after finishing shooting, it rolled to a position where its nose was pointed ahead of the next Jaguar.

She performed the movements smoothly, creating a clean and beautiful arc. The wingman behind her couldn't keep up with her pace...

"How dare you blow me up... It's unforgivable! But don't think I'm done with it! I can still keep fighting!"

As Zeppelin's voice was cold but dark, the MG109 cannon on the nose of the BF151 roared repeatedly. One could imagine the fate of this jaeger that instantly emitted black smoke...

But Bismarck had no time to care about this. The four swooping Jaegers in front of him were already very close...

The distance between the four Jaguars was such that the farthest one was only about two thousand meters, while the two closest ones had already reached a distance of one thousand two hundred to one thousand three hundred meters!

Even though the thick smoke billowing from the breach in the foredeck obscured the portholes of the navigation bridge, Bismarck could still seem to see the bombs hanging under the fuselage of the Jaguar shining with golden reflections in the morning sun.

"hateful…"

Using his own abilities and coordinating with the movement of the steering gear, Bismarck finally managed to turn the bow towards the direction of the skuas at the moment before they dropped their bombs - the direction with the smallest lateral width!

Following the order, the helmsman hurriedly returned the rudder to the center, and the tilted body of the aircraft carrier was quickly straightened, coupled with a slight drift caused by inertia - in the nick of time, two bombs fell on the left and right, but the Zeppelin just passed between them. The exploding water column brushed the flight deck of the Zeppelin, but only caused some controllable damage to the fish-proof area.

At the same time, Tirpitz, who was protecting her two sisters, also achieved results. With the help of the VT fuse and the 37mm anti-aircraft gun, her fierce anti-aircraft fire net covered the third Jaeger before it could drop its bombs, and directly destroyed it in the air.

"There is still one plane... This should be the last one!" Bismarck stared closely at the last Skua - in her perception, the threat of the last Skua was the greatest!

Since it has come to this, and someone has already demonstrated a "good" example, the pilot of the Jaguar has probably realized it. He retracted the speed brakes, held the joystick, and dived straight to the middle of the flight deck.

Unlike the BF109Ts in the front of the hangar that only landed when they ran out of fuel or shells, the middle part was full of JU87Cs loaded with bombs!

If these bombs were detonated, the entire Zeppelin would be severely damaged!

"Bismarck, be careful! There is a suicide attack!" Zeppelin yelled.

"I see it!" Bismarck quickly locked onto the target, and as she watched more and more planes approaching, she sneered.

"Don't underestimate me. I am the flagship of the German Navy after all..."

Due to the previous damage and continuous turning, the Zeppelin's speed was less than 37 knots, and the steering effect was insufficient because of the return to the center just now. However... since the hull has returned to the horizontal, the mm anti-aircraft guns on the bridge can fire normally...

Looking up at the direction where the last Skua was coming from, Bismarck's perception penetrated the ceiling and locked onto the ferocious face of the Skua.

Although one of the three 37mm anti-aircraft guns got stuck and malfunctioned in the explosion on the front deck just now, the concentrated fire from the remaining two guns was enough to send the diving Jaguar to hell!

At a distance of 1,200 meters, even for normal humans, this Jaeger is an obvious target, let alone the soul of the battleship - the Ship Girls?

The two remaining 37mm anti-aircraft guns opened fire. A volley of shells flew into the sky like meteors and collided head-on with the speeding Jaguar, instantly turning the Jaguar into a brilliant fireball.

At the moment of being shot down, the British pilot pressed the bomb-dropping button in despair. However, as the plane had been smashed beyond recognition, the bomb he managed to throw out followed a random trajectory and fell into the sea dozens of meters away - without causing any impact.

Bismarck, who shot down the Skua, did not even have time to see where the Skua dropped its bomb. She quickly scanned the sky above her head, which was filled with black smoke from falling aircraft and smoke from anti-aircraft guns. Three of the four planes on her right and behind her had been shot down by Zeppelin and another BF109T. The last one, being chased by the BF109T, had dropped its bomb indiscriminately and turned around to escape in panic.

After the fierce bombing, the British aircraft in the sky had disappeared like dark clouds after a heavy rain.

On her right, four destroyers still smoking with gunpowder finally repelled the British air attack. The sailors of one of them were operating a lifeboat and heading out of the formation towards the other four destroyers that were sunk or still burning, apparently to rescue the people who fell into the water. And behind her, the unfortunate Hipper seemed to have been hit by a bullet in the previous air attack. A rear main turret was emitting billowing black smoke and was sending a signal to the Zeppelin to indicate that it was fine.

The air raid lasted only a few minutes, but it felt so long...

If this really lasts for a whole day, they will probably be in real danger.

Moreover, she remembered clearly that there would be two more waves of air strikes from the British mainland! Maybe they would have to defend themselves against air attacks again - although the scale of the aircraft detected by the radar was not very large - to be honest, the losses of British airports in this area must have been heavy after the air strikes of KG26 and KG30 yesterday.

Although the situation will remain unclear for some time to come, at least it is safe now.

The sky, which was filled with smoke and the sound of cannon fire, suddenly became quiet, which was a little hard to adapt to.

Bismarck smiled bitterly and patted his ears, and found that the captain not far away also had a helpless expression on his face.

His promise was not fulfilled - Zeppelin was still hit.

As the sky quieted down, some planes that had not landed just now began to line up and wait for landing. The damage to the front deck was relatively forward, so as long as the arresting net was pulled up, it would not hinder the landing of the plane. Moreover, there were still ten planes in the sky, including the Zeppelin, that were capable of fighting. If they could deal with two small-scale air raids... they should be able to barely handle it, right?

The battle is finally over for now... Although there will be another battle soon, I feel a little relieved...

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Chapter 220: Broken Leg

Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Bismarck heard Zeppelin's anxious voice coming from the WIFI: "Bismarck! Pay attention to the skua behind the right side of the sea level!"

The startled Bismarck quickly used his mental power to sweep, and a seriously injured Skua staggered over the sea, with a long trail of black smoke at its tail...

Although it was flying lower and lower, and tilting from side to side from time to time, its course was firmly and straightly heading towards them...

It wants to ram the Zeppelin!!

Only a few hundred meters away!!

Bismarck's face sank, and he paid special attention, and soon found that its bombs had not been dropped...

The person scanned by the mental induction was a British pilot with blood all over his face and almost losing consciousness. He was seriously injured, and the terrible hole in his chest meant that he would not survive even if he returned home. The collision seemed to be the best outcome. His blue eyes became more and more confused and lifeless due to the increasing blood loss, but the madness in them did not diminish at all!

The plane approached rapidly with difficult maneuvers.

"Damn it... you still want to hit me even though I'm already like this..."

Bismarck gritted her teeth, and under her control, several anti-aircraft guns behind the Zeppelin aircraft carrier quickly turned around and began firing, while Grapes also controlled her anti-aircraft guns to follow suit. Under the dense firepower, the severely injured Jaeger was soon hit by several sparks, and then after a burst of bangs, its right wing fell off.

The plane suddenly turned to the left and lost control, rushing down diagonally.

But... this distance is too close! The skua fell diagonally from mid-air, and the place where it landed...

Bismarck quickly determined the landing point; the Jaguar would probably crash not far behind the stern of the Zeppelin.

Just about to allay the alarm—wait?

Stern?!

Bismarck, who judged this position, seemed to suddenly think of something and his face froze.

Damn it, this can't be such a coincidence!

"Sorry, get out of the way!" She rushed forward and grabbed the steering rudder from the helmsman, turning the rudder while frantically using her control ability to desperately turn the steering wheel to the center position.

And just two seconds later, after the plane rushed into the sea, a violent vibration was heard under the water at the stern of the ship!

Bismarck, who was maneuvering the Zeppelin, felt the steering wheel get stuck and the ship's steering suddenly froze...

The desperate Jaguar crashed into the Zeppelin's steering gear after moving a few meters underwater. At the same time, the 250-kg bomb hanging on it exploded. The explosion at close range directly damaged the steering gear and stuck it in the center position!

At the same time, a muffled groan from Zeppelin was heard over the WIFI.

Fortunately, the Jaguar crashed behind the stern of the ship, and the propeller did not seem to be damaged, and the rudder was also in the center position...

Fortunately, he was more careful. As early as when he just woke up from the Bismarck, he persuaded the navy through the captain to prepare manual emergency rudders that could be hung on the stern of large warships. Although it was inefficient, it was just to prevent this situation from happening.

I originally prepared it for myself, but I didn't expect Zeppelin to use it first.

"Bismarck, how badly injured are you?" Bontai's voice came from the microphone. He felt the explosion coming from underwater and immediately made a phone call.

Bismarck, who was slightly relieved, hurriedly shouted into the microphone: "The steering gear is stuck, the course is returning to the center, the speed is fine, please use the emergency rudder to turn! In addition, the current course is 100 degrees east-southeast, which is against the wind, and the plane can land!"

"Agree to use the emergency rudder!"

At the same time, in the headquarters, the radar soldier was also calling out: "Report! At 300 degrees west by northwest, the enemy's medium-sized aircraft group has approached to 50 kilometers, and at 225 degrees southwest, the enemy's aircraft group has approached to 100 kilometers! It is expected that they will engage in battle in 10 to 20 minutes!!"

"Just like before, order the fighters to intercept! Also, turn around the Tirpitz and get behind the Zeppelin and get closer to the Hipper! Then order Top to bring the destroyers over as well and prepare for air defense operations!"

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"Is the cable ready?"

"It's already hung! You can lower the rudder!"

"Okay! Everyone, pay attention! Hang up the emergency rudder... and lower it!!"

With a splash of water, the emergency rudder was lowered into the sea. With the resistance of the sea water and the support of the Zeppelin, it was soon towed firmly behind the stern of the ship like a kite.

The so-called emergency rudder is actually a wooden board with a counterweight that can float vertically in the sea. It is operated by three sets of steel cables. One set of steel cables drags the emergency rudder 20 to 30 meters behind the stern, and the other two sets of steel cables are connected to two winches on the left and right sides of the stern. The winches can be turned by motors or manpower. When in use, the winch drags the emergency rudder to one side, increasing the resistance on that side to generate a yaw torque, and finally turning the ship.

Although the rudder effect of this thing is not very obvious, and it can only be effectively operated at a speed of more than nine knots (if the speed is lower than nine knots, the yaw moment is not enough----PS: The broken-legged cat in history was very unfortunate, and its speed was only 8.5 knots...)

"Report! The emergency rudder has been pulled up!"

"Very good! Right rudder ten degrees! The plane is ready to land! ..."

While the sailors used the emergency rudder to correct the course, the arresting net was also pulled up on the flight deck. Although there was a shocking hole on the front deck, landing was still no problem. Under the arresting cable, some planes that had previously run out of ammunition began to land. Even some planes that were damaged and difficult to control and could not hook the arresting cable were caught by the arresting net. Those planes in better condition directly parked on the rear apron nearby, waiting to help them refuel and reload after surviving the next two rounds of air strikes.

At the same time, in the ruined front hangar, the damage control team was busy putting out the fire, while the medical team was rescuing the injured.

Water hoses, dry powder fire extinguishers and carbon dioxide fire extinguishers are being used to put out fires from different sources.

The water hose is mainly used to put out general fires, while the dry powder and carbon dioxide fire extinguishers are mainly used to put out damaged aircraft wreckage with oil leakage and live electrical equipment. Although the circuit protection has cut off the power supply of these equipment, if dry powder and carbon dioxide are used, they can be repaired and used later after the fire is extinguished. This is also the standard requirement.

The Germans' rigor was fully demonstrated at this time. Thanks to the efforts of the damage control team, the fire was quickly brought under control.

"The emergency rudder has been hung up, the damage to the hangar and the fire have been controlled, the flight deck is broken, and the plane cannot take off... Eleven planes are damaged, and another four have relatively minor damage and can be repaired or dismantled for parts. 45 people were killed and 37 were injured, including 15 pilots..."

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