Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Commander Davis never dreamed that the German torpedo attack would be so powerful. Their naval guns did not fire a single shot, but the torpedoes they fired easily severely damaged their own fleet. Even his flagship battleship Nevada was not spared.

Feeling the violent vibration under his feet, Commander Davis was so desperate that he wanted to knock himself out. Maybe he would find out that it was just a nightmare when he woke up.

But now he could only grit his teeth and face the current situation, he ordered loudly. "Damage control reports the loss immediately and performs loss control!"

The USS Nevada was hit by two torpedoes in succession, and the damage control crews in the bottom tank were working hard to perform damage control operations.

In the original World War II, if the Americans said they were second in terms of battleship damage control capabilities, no one would dare to say they were first. The biggest impression of the U.S. Navy during World War II was the abnormal speed of ship construction in the later period and the exaggerated damage control system that was called krypton gold damage control by most military fans.

How good is the damage control of the US military in World War II?

In July 1942, the Enterprise participated in the Battle of Guadalcanal and was hit by 7 bombs and was seriously injured; 74 crew members were killed and 95 injured. Due to proper rescue methods and timely control of the fire, the Enterprise returned to Pearl Harbor with difficulty for repairs.

Just one month later, the Enterprise was broken through the air defense circle by 18 Nine-Nine warships on the Shokaku, hitting a total of 3 250kg armor-piercing bombs and 4 near misses. After the air attack, the Enterprise burst into flames and the flight deck was severely damaged. 77 people were killed and 91 injured. The Japanese army reported on the radio: The sinking of the Enterprise was confirmed.

However, one hour after the damage, the Enterprise returned to a speed of 24 knots and resumed the operation of recovering carrier-based aircraft.

In October 1942, the Enterprise and the Hornet participated in the Battle of Santa Cruz on Guadalcanal. Six more 250kg bombs were hit again, and another one was near-missed. However, the situation did not allow the Enterprise to return to the United States for repairs. Three American aircraft carriers had been sunk by the Japanese. The main force was only the Enterprise, and there was a Japanese fleet nearby. New attacks could be launched at any time.

The Enterprise had to make repairs while sailing. At this time, the Enterprise was still the only operational aircraft carrier of the US military in the Pacific. The sailors painted this slogan on the hangar deck, Enterprise VS Japan.

In this way, the Enterprise, which was seriously damaged three times in half a year, managed to survive by relying on its unparalleled damage control skills, including but not limited to extremely efficient fire-extinguishing measures, and its experience and skills in controlling the balance of the ship's hull by relying on water intake and drainage. It was the most difficult moment of the Pacific War, and therefore became the most decorated aircraft carrier of the US military in World War II.

In addition, during the Battle of Midway, the Yorktown aircraft carrier successfully destroyed the Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu, but it also suffered attacks from the enemy. The first wave of Japanese aircraft hit Yorktown with three bombs, blasting a large hole in the deck and three The boiler flue was also blocked, completely losing the ability and power of the fighter plane to take off and land, and even ignited a fire, but the US military damage control once again created a miracle.

Twenty-five minutes later, the damage control crew not only extinguished the fire, but also repaired the deck and restored her ability to take off and land aircraft. Two hours later, the boiler steam pressure returned to normal, and the aircraft carrier regained power. However, what was waiting for her was the Japanese army. The second attack, in fact, the Japanese did not want to use ammunition on Yorktown. Anyway, the power was exhausted and it caught fire. However, the American damage control was so strong that the Japanese pilots even mistakenly thought that this was an aircraft carrier that had not been attacked by air raids. , launched another attack. If the "Yorktown" had better luck, the Battle of Midway would end with "zero results" for the Japanese army, which would be a great humiliation to the island nation's navy.

But at this moment, facing the swarming torpedo attacks, even gods coming down to earth cannot protect the US fleet.

The damage controllers finally blocked a hatch, but another torpedo exploded not far away. The hatch that had just been blocked was knocked open by the terrible water pressure. The influx of tons of seawater instantly destroyed a group of damaged people. The stewards slapped themselves against the bulkhead. The seawater carrying blood and various broken parts rushed inside the battleship, flooding everywhere it passed. Many sailors in the cabin were submerged in the cold seawater before they could escape. The desperate sailors tried to open the already twisted The door was sealed, but in the end I could only watch in despair as the seawater poured in and slowly waited to die.

Commander Davis on the bridge heard another bad news.

"Captain, a large number of fighter planes took off from the German aircraft carrier!!"

Looking out through the glass windows on the bridge, they saw a dark group of aircraft flying towards them. However, they were all fighter jets, and they did not carry any bombs or torpedoes. Just as Commander Davis was puzzled, a group of German aircraft quickly flew over their heads. Instead of attacking them, they flew straight into the distance.

Commander Davis immediately realized that it must be his own aircraft coming to support. But before their radar could detect it, the German radar had already detected it and took off fighter planes to fight? Is the German radar detection range too exaggerated?

But Commander Davis had no time to sigh and immediately ordered someone to send a telegram to Washington.

Everyone was shocked when they heard the news that the fleet was half disabled by German torpedoes and that the two Soviet-class ships were about to capsize. President Wilkie finally couldn't help it and shouted an order. "Retreat the fleet immediately!"

Commander Davis was in tears after receiving the order. All the warships in the fleet had been hit. How could they withdraw? I'm afraid they will have to answer here today!

At this time, the officer in charge of damage control hurriedly ran into the bridge. "Captain, the ship is sinking! Please give the order to abandon ship immediately!"

"Send a message to all posts! Tell them to evacuate! Everyone must wear life jackets."

At this time, the distance between the two fleets had shrunk to about 25 kilometers, and the German fleet's main guns began to roar. Because it was equipped with advanced fire control radar, the first round of artillery shells fell in the middle of the US fleet.

In the third round of shelling, two shells hit a battle cruiser and a destroyer respectively. The shells of more than one ton hit the destroyer of more than 1,000 tons with strong kinetic energy, directly breaking it in the middle and sinking slowly. Into the bottom of the sea.

Artillery shells continued to fall around the US fleet. Although there were no hits for the time being, those water columns splashing high from the sea gave the officers and soldiers on the battleship great psychological pressure. And these US warships that had been slowed down by being shot were completely helpless and could only watch the German artillery fire getting closer and closer. Everyone knew that it was only a matter of time before they were hit. Even though their defense is not weak, they are really unable to defend themselves against the shells of the 406mm main gun.

Commander Davis, who was about to abandon the ship and evacuate, sighed deeply and gave the order helplessly. "The fleet hoisted the white flag and surrendered to the German fleet."

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