All-people naval warfare: from patrol boats to aircraft carrier fleets

With this iron ore resource point, Ye Bai can continuously mine a large amount of iron ore. With the existence of the steelmaking plant, he already has the ability to refine steel on his own. Although he only has ordinary steel for the time being, and It does not have the ability to manufacture special steel, but it has saved a large part of production costs.

It originally cost 5,000 yuan to purchase a 533mm mine from the system mall, but the cost of self-production in a small space in the logistics cabin has dropped to about 4,000 yuan. This is because many materials still need to be purchased from the system mall, otherwise the production cost It can drop further.

In this torpedo factory, in addition to a 533mm torpedo production line, Ye Bai also specially purchased an aviation torpedo production line to produce 730KG-level aviation torpedoes that can be mounted on the Swordfish torpedo attack aircraft.

With the steel produced by the steel mill, the torpedoes produced by the military factory are much cheaper than buying the torpedoes directly from the system mall. As the main attack weapon of the Yanhuang in the future, it is definitely more cost-effective to produce them by yourself.

In the same way, a copper smelting plant was also established in the planned industrial zone, not far from the steel plant. The shells fired by the guns of each warship were made of copper. For copper, The consumption of materials is quite terrifying.

Fortunately, after the shells are fired, the empty shells will be ejected from the barrel, which allows these copper shells to be reused and re-smelted in the copper smelting plant as raw materials for self-produced shells, which can also reduce some production costs..

The reason why he regarded torpedoes as the main weapon in the future was because after this period of fighting and looking at past battles, Ramsay found that he had made another mistake. He had somewhat ignored the role of torpedoes.

In the original world, the most important factor for the power of torpedoes is that they can directly attack the waterline where the armor of the battleship is relatively weak, causing a large amount of seawater to enter the interior of the ship and causing the battleship to sink.

But in the world of navigation, limited by the special rules of the system, even if the waterline of the battleship is blown to pieces, there will not be any seawater flowing into the interior of the ship through the damaged areas, as if the lethality has been castrated.

The damage caused by torpedoes to the armor value of battleships is almost the same as that of aerial bombs, and the price is much more expensive. In this case, even a fool knows how to choose. When the damage is almost the same, it is natural to choose the cheaper price. Aerial bombs are used as the main attack weapons.

However, Lütjens, the expert who is best at using torpedoes, put forward a different view, and had a dispute with Ramsay about this. Finally, under Ye Bai's instruction, he conducted a special discussion after the fleet pulled anchor and set sail. test.

As for the test object, it was naturally the Zhiyuan. Anyway, this warship was going to be modified in the shipyard. It could be used as a temporary experimental subject.

During the test, a Skua carrier-based fighter-bomber carrying a 227KG-level aerial bomb and a Swordfish torpedo attack aircraft carrying a 730KG-level aerial torpedo attacked the Zhiyuan.

After the attack, the Zhiyuan was once again transported into the small space of the logistics cabin. A large group of engineers and ship experts immediately boarded the Zhiyuan for detailed inspection.

When the test results came out, Ramsay's face changed drastically, because from the ship attributes on the system panel, there was not much difference in the damage caused by the two attacks on the Zhiyuan's armor value. The damage caused by the aviation torpedo was larger, but there was no difference. Too big a gap.

However, after the aviation torpedo hits the Zhiyuan, the real damage is not the damage to the superficial armor value, but the damage to the Zhiyuan's hull structure.

To put it simply, regardless of the damage to the armor value of the battleship, after being hit by an aerial bomb, the superstructure of the battleship will be damaged. If you are lucky enough, you can even blow up the main gun and other equipment.

But the aviation torpedo is different. It can only attack the position near the waterline armor. After a successful hit, although it cannot cause any damage to the superstructure of the battleship, it can pose a serious threat to the internal structure of the ship.

Various cabins can be distributed inside the battleship hull. Because of the special rules of the great maritime world, no matter what kind of damage, sea water will not pour in, so all battleships have canceled the setting of watertight cabins.

While this gave the battleship more internal space, it also caused great changes in the cabins inside the hull. After testing, almost all aviation torpedo attacks targeted these cabins inside the hull.

As long as a torpedo successfully hits the warship, there will be corresponding damage to the internal compartments. The power compartment, engine room, fuel tank, ammunition compartment, etc. are almost all within the attack range.

From this perspective, torpedoes are a greater threat to warships than aerial bombs, at least they are fully worthy of the high price of torpedoes.

It was through this test that Ramsay discovered his previous mistakes and immediately made readjustments and modifications to the carrier-based aircraft establishment. Originally, it was only equipped with one brigade-sized Swordfish torpedo attack aircraft. It was expanded to 2 groups with 128 aircraft.

When launching an attack, the Swordfish torpedo attack aircraft will no longer be loaded with aerial bombs, but a 730KG-level aerial torpedo, becoming another major killer of the carrier-based aircraft fleet.

The mounted weapons have changed, which has also greatly increased the consumption and reserve quantity of aviation torpedoes. When it is possible to save costs, it is natural to produce them by ourselves. Don’t waste too much money. Instead of being taken advantage of by the system, you can It's better to save money and buy a battleship.

After inspecting the military factory and focusing on the production progress of torpedoes, Ye Bai came to the radar manufacturing factory in a hurry. Before that, he had obtained a complete set of basic radar technology and technical information, and also purchased a large amount of raw materials to build this The purpose of establishing a radar manufacturing plant is to produce basic radars (ajdc) on its own.

In the past few days, the radar engineers were still busy familiarizing themselves with the technical information and debugging related equipment. Therefore, the radar manufacturing plant had not yet started construction, and Ye Bai also felt a little anxious.

Anyway, they came to inspect, and he also wanted to know the current progress of these radar engineers.

After a simple exchange, he was basically satisfied with the progress. These radar engineers recruited from the system were already familiar with all the technical information of basic radar technology. With equipment and sufficient raw materials, they could quickly start manufacturing basic radars.

In the world of navigation, although more radars can be used to upgrade and improve the radar system, Ye Bai knows in his heart that the best way is to develop a radar with better performance on his own. After all, he cannot Determine if this upgrade is unlimited.

It's a pity that even with complete technical data on basic radar technology, these radar engineers are just like the shipyards. They can only copy the cat and create the basic radar based on these technical data, but they do not have the ability to improve the performance of the basic radar. Upgrade and strengthen. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Don’t even think about it. This must be another restriction imposed by the system. Such a result is inherentlyYe Bai had expected it, but just confirming it again still made him feel a little disappointed.

Although the effective detection range of the radar system equipped on the Yanhuang has reached 40 kilometers, it is still not enough. After all, this distance may take nearly an hour for a warship to cover.

But for those fighter planes flying in the sky, this distance does not take that long at all. They can fly over in less than 10 minutes. This is calculated based on the flight speed of the carrier-based aircraft equipped on the Yanhuang. If it really Encountered those carrier-based aircraft in the middle and late stages of World War II.

A carrier-based aircraft with a maximum flight speed of 600 kilometers only needs 4 minutes to fly 40 kilometers. That is, it takes less than 4 minutes from the time the radar system issues an alarm to the fleet's response to air defense.

What kind of preparations can be made in this little time?

Even if the Yanhuang's hangar is filled with carrier-based aircraft, there is not enough time for these carrier-based aircraft to take off and build an air interception network. The reaction time is too short.

If you want to expand the detection range, you can only continue to upgrade the radar system on the Yanhuang. Each upgrade will allow the fleet to detect the enemy's situation earlier and have more time to react.

Therefore, these radar engineers placed great hopes on Ye Bai. However, the limitations of the system were not easy to break through. When the system failed, Ye Bai really had no choice but to accept it honestly.

After inspecting several important institutions in the small space of the logistics cabin, Ye Bai returned to the bridge again. As soon as he appeared, Ramsay came up to him and said:"Commander, according to the report of the reconnaissance aircraft pilot, the robber The pirate fleet that joined the transport fleet has now returned to the island. Our previous analysis was not wrong. The island is indeed the pirates' nest."

Ye Bai nodded. This is actually not surprising. The probability of the mysterious and unknown island in front of the pirate fleet's route being the pirate's lair can be said to be as high as 90%, but it has only been confirmed now.

"Is there any movement in the surrounding waters?"

That small island is our attack target. It has been under high-altitude surveillance by reconnaissance aircraft. The strength of the pirates has also been found out. The chance of an accident is low. What really needs to be paid attention to is the surrounding sea area. This This is also an important reason why Lütjens and Ramsay oppose the current attack on the island.

"So far, no other movement has been found in the surrounding waters. Occasionally, one or two warships from the previous forces appeared, but they were just passing by and did not notice the existence of this small island."

Ye Bai shrugged his shoulders, raised his head and looked at the sky outside through the porthole, feeling a sense of urgency in his heart again. Although the island was not marked on the navigation map, there were too many players cruising on the sea, so he said Maybe a player accidentally ran nearby and discovered the existence of the island...