There have been times in the past, for fun or frustration that I've used the deckgun on large capital ships, usually to score a hit and put them into zigs to slow them down, but I have emptied all my rounds in those carriers and BB's that are almost sunk, to no avail of course. Having shot at BB's before, the only thing explosion or damage I've seen is if you hit the plane, never have seen any other. Here I'm chasing a large TF...the one that raids the Indian Ocean, I need to slow it down so I start lobbing shells at 15,000 yards, score the needed hit and see a large explosion, look carefully you can see it way in the background. I paused to took a look, the plane looks good and the metal gray piece doesn't match......
so what exploded, what is the piece?