Chapter 1363 MKI manned torpedo
At midnight on January 11, several frontier positions in the Matru Fortress suddenly rose, flares, instantly illuminating the positions of the German and Italian coalition forces ahead as if they were daytime.
"Oh, Shet! The Allies are about to launch a night attack, be ready for battle!"
"Hurry! Be concealed! They will definitely launch shelling first!"
Such a huge movement naturally attracted the attention of the German and Italian troops.
However, they had expected this situation before, and they were not panicked at all when dealing with it. Their first reaction was not to enter the position to prepare for battle, but to continue to stay hidden and wait for the upcoming large-scale artillery or air strikes.
As they expected, rocket shells dragging long tail flames rose in the distant sky.
The light emitted by the rocket launcher is very beautiful in the dark night sky, just like the large fireworks set off during the Chinese New Year, full of a pleasant beauty of déjà vu.
"I'm Mai Ka! It's another damn rocket launcher!"
"Everything is spread out and hide!"
Of course, as the German and Italian coalition forces that are about to be shot, they will definitely not be so happy, because they have already seen and known the terrifying power of this artillery.
Even though they had repaired and reinforced a large number of anti-aircraft holes on the original basis, they still felt extremely frightened and uneasy when facing this dense and powerful rocket launcher rain.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
Without waiting for the German and Italian coalition forces, rocket shells fell from the sky and exploded wildly.
The earth-shaking explosions instantly broke the tranquility of the night, constantly resounding and echoing between the sky and the earth.
Immediately afterwards, I saw a group of burning fires emerging from the sky. The light of the sky spread out the endless darkness and illuminating everything around me.
In an instant, a huge area on the German and Italian coalition positions was illuminated like daylight, and a little bit appeared.
In this wave of rocket artillery artillery shelling, a large number of incendiary bombs were mixed with, and the purpose was to provide lighting and provide accurate bombing targets for subsequent bomber groups.
Buzzing!
Not long after the rocket launcher fire was over, the Allied bomber group flew over the Matru Fortress.
"Quick, send a telegram to the General Command immediately! The Allies are launching a large-scale night attack on our army and requesting the dispatch of air force fire support."
"The artillery troops are ready for combat!"
Hearing the roar of motors from the sky in the distance, the German and Italian coalition front commander firmly believed that the Allies were not just setting fire tonight, but were going to launch a counterattack seriously.
So, a series of urgent telegrams were sent out one after another.
However, this is what Yang Fan wants.
While launching a night attack, 12 Chinese Tiger and Ben Frogmen were driving mki torpedoes in groups in the sea in the sea 5 kilometers away from the port of Tobrook, Libya, quietly sneaking in the sea water.
Their destination this time is Tobrook Port, and the combat target is naturally to blow up the Italian naval ships anchored in the port.
As early as March 1918, Italian naval engineer La Raphael Rossetti used the a115/450 torpedo manufactured by Schneider, France, as the basis to develop the "leech" man-car torpedo.
This torpedo is 8m long and 0.6m in diameter. It uses compressed air as power to drive the four-blade propeller at the tail of the torpedo to propel it, and can sail underwater for 10 nautical miles at a speed of 2 knots.
The front end of the "Leech" man-carrying torpedo has a special explosives cabin, which can accommodate 2 175kg tnt time bombs.
After the torpedo sneaked underwater to the bottom of the enemy warship, two frogmen cooperated with each other to take out the explosives and installed them at the bottom of the enemy warship. After a regular schedule, they quietly fled on a mermaid torpedo.
But what is ridiculous is that this kind of man-carrying torpedo does not have a rudder or a dedicated seat designed. The two occupants can only sit on the torpedo and perform "differential steering" by extending their hands and feet on both sides of the torpedo as a way to increase flanking resistance.
However, such a simple and simple man-carrying torpedo played a huge role in the first battle and set a precedent.
On the night of October 31, 1918, two frog soldiers from the Royal Italian Navy took a "leech" man-torpedo to the Austro-Hungarian Empire to carry out a sabotage mission, and successfully blew up the first ship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy's joint force-class battleship, the "United Force" ship.
This made it famous in one battle and lit up the Italian Navy's torpedo technology tree.
During World War II, the Italian navy still dominated the Mediterranean, but after joining the Axis powers, it is necessary to be cautious if it wants to go out to the Mediterranean to fight the allied navies.
As a result, the Italians continued to develop merchandise torpedoes in World War I, trying to continue the "stolen" attacks in World War II.
Not long ago, the Italian Navy Frogman unit rode the newly developed "pig"-type man-carrying torpedo, successfully avoiding British mines and anti-submarine networks, and entering Alexandria.
In the end, the Italian Navy sank three main battleships and an oil tanker of the British Mediterranean Fleet at the cost of just 10 frogmen, causing huge losses to the British warships.
The Italian frogman army achieved extremely rich results, and the Italian mermaid torpedoes were completely famous.
As a cheater in the system, since even Italy is so playful, Yang will naturally not be willing to be with the help of others. The Navy Frogman troops have been established long ago, and all kinds of training and conventional equipment are available.
Especially after the Alexandria port was successfully attacked by the Italian Navy, the system also unlocked the mki man-carrying torpedo very powerfully as a counter-attack and response.
The mki man-carrying torpedo is actually the national man-carrying torpedo developed by the Royal Navy after another time and space British warship was attacked by the Italian man-carrying torpedo.
The torpedo is 6.8m in length, 0.9m in width, 1.2m in height, 1.6 tons in mass, and a maximum diving depth of 27m. It is driven by a battery to propel the propeller.
The maximum speed is 3.5 knots, and it can last for 8 hours at a speed of 2.9 knots.
Like the Italian "pig"-style man-carrying torpedo, the mki torpedo does not have a special cockpit, and two frogmen sit on the torpedo and operate it through the joystick on the console.
The attack bomb and thunder body of the mki torpedo are detachable. The bomb body can accommodate 270kg of aluminum explosives, which is powerful enough to sank thousands of tons of warships.
During combat, the frogman sat in the driver's seat and drove the torpedo close to the enemy ship, separated the thunder body from the bomb, and fixed the bomb to the bottom of the ship, and exploded the enemy ship through timed or remote control.
After unlocking this mki merman torpedo, the wealthy Yang naturally spent a full 10 million wealth point with a wave of his hand and purchased 20 mki merman torpedoes for training.
After more than half a month of training, my own frogman army can finally come in handy.
Chapter completed!