The largest warship in human history sank.

Battleship is a large-scale surface warship with large-caliber naval gun as its main combat weapon. Equipped with powerful large-caliber naval guns and heavy armor, it is very aggressive and protective.

Warships used to be one of the largest and most complex weapon systems created by mankind. In its heyday-from the beginning of the 20th century to the Second World War, it was the only strategic weapon platform with long-range strike means, so it was valued by naval powers.

As a country that launched World War II, Japan attaches equal importance to battleships. Paranoid Japanese were crazy about battleships, and even spared no effort to build battleships! This is the battleship Yamato! After sinking for more than half a century, this ship is still the theme of many movies and animations, which continues to deeply influence the Japanese.

The battleship Yamato is the first ship of the battleship Yamato built by imperial japanese navy in World War II. It is the largest warship in human history and was once called "the world's first warship" and "the savior of the Japanese empire".

In order to compete with the then world hegemon Britain and his cousin America, the Japanese took great pains to build the Yamato class.

In the end, the Yamato-class battleship has the offensive power and protective power that the world envies. It can be said that both offense and defense have reached their peak. At that time, it was the most advanced warship with the strongest protection ability in the world, but today, it is a big joke!

Japan is an island country with no strategic depth and extremely scarce resources. For a country that needs strong external expansion, large-scale development of the navy seems to be the only way.

It is in this historical background that the world-famous battleship "Yamato" was carried to the world military stage by ambitious Japanese.

The warship Yamato is 263.0 meters long and 38.9 meters wide, with a standard displacement of 64,000 tons, a full-load displacement of 72,800 tons, a power/kloc-0.53 million horsepower, a maximum speed of 27.7 knots and 3,300 crew members.

Weapon system: three 460mm naval guns and three sets. The most representative weapon of Yamato class battleship is nine 460mm 94 naval guns.

In addition to the mortar in the sail age, it is the largest caliber naval gun in human history.

It once hit the American destroyer Johnston at a distance of 22,000 meters.

Just because the other party's face was too thin, the 460 mm armor-piercing bullet did not detonate at all.

2 sets of 3-unit naval guns 155mm, 12 sets 127mm double-unit antiaircraft guns, 52 sets of 25mm 3 combined guns, etc.

It is particularly worth mentioning that Yamato's fire control system is very advanced in volley. Relying on the physical strength mentioned above, the whole warship is a cannon, like a cactus.

Yamato's weapon system is extremely huge, equivalent to the sum of the armaments of several warships.

It can be said that Yamato's attack on ships is the first in the world.

As for the ship's defense, it is chinese odyssey.

According to the test of Japanese military, Yamato can defend against the attack of 800 kg dive bomb in the air (at that time, the most powerful ordinary dive bomb in the United States was only about 500 kg), and it can defend against the attack of 400 kg explosion torpedo underwater (the average American aviation torpedo is only about 200 kg).

It is difficult for the general warship's artillery attack to cause any damage to the Yamato, so the battleship Yamato has always been called "unsinkable warship" in Japan.

No matter from the tonnage of warships, the number of members, weapons, solid armor or technical content, the Yamato was a behemoth in the world navy at that time, and no one could compete with it. Almost all Japanese believe that, just like Japanese territory, the Yamato is invincible and will not sink.

Therefore, the "Yamato" is by no means a simple warship, but carries the honor, hope and future of the entire Japanese nation: the Yamato of the Yamato nation will ride the wind and waves and be invincible in the world.

But it's like cherry blossoms in Japan. Although extremely colorful, it is often a flash in the pan!

The Japanese navy has great expectations for the Yamato ship, thinking that it can cross the Pacific Ocean with the power of a single ship like the Yamato ship, and regards it as the trump card of the final decisive battle. The joint fleet cannot be easily used without permission.

However, when the Yamato ship was built and put into use, it just happened to catch up with the era when the dominance of battleships was replaced by aircraft carriers.

During the Pacific War, the "Yamato" did almost nothing under the attack of the US aircraft carrier task force.

Although powerful, it was born at an inopportune time.

Ironically, this super ship, with high cost, huge size, terrible firepower and heavy armor, has never carried out a mission consistent with its status for more than three years from the beginning of service to the final sinking. More often, it is symbolically the flagship of every fleet, floating on the sea.

Moreover, the construction cost of the Yamato single ship was 1.37802000 yen, which was 1.2 1.34 tons of pure gold according to the gold content of the yen at that time.

Equivalent to three dragonfly-class aircraft carriers or 1.6 Shoukaku-class aircraft carriers; The funds, materials and manpower used to build four Yamato class battleships are enough to build 12 Dragonfly class or 6 Shoukaku class aircraft carriers.

It can be said that the old Japanese empire was building this super warship with the power of dumping the country. For Japan, which lacked strategic resources, it further consumed Japan's strategic resources and accelerated Japan's defeat! The terrible 460mm main gun (shell weight 1.6t) has never sunk any American warship. The only achievement was that its 155mm side shelling sank the American destroyer Joel. In addition, an escort aircraft carrier "White Plain" was almost injured and eight American warplanes were shot down.

1On April 5, 945, the Japanese Empire, at the end of its tether, sent the battleship Yamato to carry out the "Battle of Tianyi" order in order to prevent the American troops from landing in Okinawa. All ships carried one-way fuel.

In the eyes of the Japanese navy, the Yamato must be sunk vigorously.

Even in death, the glorious imperial navy should carry forward the tradition and bloom brilliant cherry blossoms in death.

The soldiers in the lower ranks are also superstitious about Yamato's attack. They believe that Yamato's attack will avenge Musashi, save Okinawa, save the imperial navy and save Japan.

The US military has been looking for the Yamato for a long time.

After almost all the aircraft carriers and battleships of the Japanese navy were lost, Yamato became the ultimate goal of the US military.

Because the U.S. military understands that the Yamato, the largest warship in human history, is called "the savior of the Japanese empire" by all Japanese people and is the hope and sustenance of the Japanese nation.

If the "Yamato" is sunk, the morale of Japanese soldiers and civilians can be completely defeated and the war can be ended as soon as possible.

Therefore, the US military concentrated its forces with absolute superiority and always focused on the "Yamato", with only one goal: sinking it!

1in the early morning of April 7, 945, American submarines found this fleet in the southwest of Kyushu Island and were attacked by American carrier aircraft in the East China Sea. Finally, after 45 minutes of bombing 1 hour by hundreds of American warplanes, they stopped resisting and waited for death.

10 torpedo hit, 24 bombs, left quickly at 14: 23, and the ammunition depot in front sank.

According to the judgment of the US military, the sinking of the Yamato is like pulling the muscles of the Japanese. After the "incomparable shock", the whole country lost their relatives and their morale was extremely low, falling to the lowest point after the war.

No matter in which battlefield, the once invincible Japanese army has completely reached the end of the road.

Although the battleship "Yamato" was powerful, it was ill-timed, which coincided with the era when the battleship's status as the main ship began to be replaced by the aircraft carrier, and the Japanese navy regarded it as the trump card of the final decisive battle. Without permission, the joint fleet could not be used and rarely fought, which led to the Yamato missing the best period and lacking operational experience, laying a hidden danger for the later operations.

The sinking of the battleship Yamato declared the demise of the Japanese navy and the end of the era of big ships and huge guns.