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

The Yanhuang is currently anchored in the sea less than 20 kilometers away from the battlefield, so the large number of carrier-based aircraft flying in the sky have been reduced by a large number at this moment, and all of them are guys who have emptied the mounted ammunition..

The battle in front of them is indeed coming to an end, but the normal battle is not over. There is still a transport fleet and a small number of escort warships waiting for them to clean up. Therefore, these dispatched carrier-based aircraft must be recovered and inspected for maintenance. , replenish fuel and ammunition, and the most important thing is to allow the pilots to get a certain amount of rest time.

What's more, although there are fewer carrier-based aircraft above the battlefield, it is relatively easier to launch attacks. The few aviation weapons on the two Prestige-class battlecruisers have been almost destroyed. These carrier-based aircraft can be immune to Attack it with any interference.

There are also nearly a hundred main guns of different calibers equipped by the 11 surrounding battleships, which makes the British officers and soldiers on the two battlecruisers exhausted.

There were aerial bombs in the air, artillery shells on the water, and torpedoes underwater. The three-dimensional attack method made the two Prestige-class battlecruisers particularly uncomfortable. They tried their best but could not avoid all the attacks.

Under multiple attacks, the armor value of the two Prestige-class battlecruisers, which reached more than 30,000 points, cascaded down like a waterfall. On the radar display screen of the Yanhuang, it could be clearly seen that the two battleship models were above their heads. The health bar on it has almost bottomed out, and there are probably only a few thousand armor points left.

The fierce attack did not stop. Although both Ye Bai and Lütjens wanted to capture the two Prestige-class battlecruisers, they would not let their battleships take risks. At most, they would bombard them while Try to persuade them to surrender through loudspeakers.

Amidst the huge explosions of artillery shells, it is unclear whether the British naval officers and soldiers could hear the voice of persuading them to surrender. They could not directly order the fleet to cease fire and then slowly persuade them to surrender.

The fierce attack continued. On the radar display screen, they could see that the health bars of the two Prestige-class battlecruisers had gradually bottomed out and were about to be completely cleared. Ye Bai and Lütjens had been observing them. They were all a little disappointed.

Since these British guys are so ignorant and insist on fighting to the end, there is no other choice but to sink them completely. After all, they don't have much time to waste. They are 170 kilometers away. In the sea outside, there is a huge transport fleet of up to 30 transport ships waiting for them to receive it.

If this was because he wanted to capture these two Prestige-class battlecruisers, thus wasting a lot of time, causing the transport fleet to escape secretly, or if some other guys took advantage of it, Ye Bai would have cried to death.

Holding back his heartache, Ye Bai did not give the fleet an order to cease fire. The firepower was still so fierce. Just a moment later, one of the Prestige-class battlecruisers finally couldn't hold on and broke off amid a violent explosion. It broke into two pieces and quickly sank to the bottom of the sea.

Such a strong explosion was probably not caused by artillery shells and bombs. If nothing else, it was probably the fire that ignited the ammunition compartment, which caused the explosion of a large amount of ammunition, and it was so powerful.

Ye Bai, who had no hope at all, was suddenly stunned because the communications soldier next to him reported an emergency situation. That was after the Prestige-class battlecruiser was blown into two pieces due to an ammunition explosion. In addition, The British officers and soldiers on a battlecruiser were obviously frightened. They actually hoisted the white flag and chose to surrender.

Ye Bai, who was a little dazed by the sudden news, quickly reacted and immediately ordered the fleet to cease fire and quickly sent crews to board the ship. Receiving the warship was only one aspect, the most important thing was to extinguish the raging fire on the ship as soon as possible. Burning fire.

Even if the specific situation of the battleship cannot be seen, through the radar display screen, it can be found that the last Prestige-class battlecruiser has only a trace of health left, estimated to be only 1 or 2,000 points.

If we don't cease fire, accidentally hit a shell, or if we don't extinguish the fire on the battleship as soon as possible, causing the ammunition to explode, our battlecruiser will be lost in vain.

The moment the British sailors chose to fly the white flag and surrender, this Prestige-class battlecruiser was already regarded by Ye Bai as his own battleship, so naturally he had to be very careful about it.

Fortunately, what Ye Bai was worried about did not happen in the end. After the warships of the Chinese fleet received orders one after another to cease fire, the British officers and soldiers finally breathed a sigh of relief and mobilized almost all personnel to start damage control operations. When the crew members transferred from other battleships boarded the battleship, the fires had all been extinguished.

The personnel transferred this time are not from every battleship, but from several relatively seriously damaged battleships. These battleships will be transferred into the small battleship together with the newly captured Prestige-class battlecruiser. Inside the space, waiting for repairs by the shipyard.

All 10 slipways of the original shipyard have been occupied, but the other shipyard is under intense construction. Almost half of the work has been completed, and it will take about two days to complete.

However, three slipways have been built, which can be used to repair these damaged warships for the time being. Of course, the priority for repair must be those warships in the Chinese fleet. First, the damage is relatively light, and in a short time The repair work can be completed within a few seconds.

Secondly, naturally there is still a battle to be fought later, and the number of battleships and combat effectiveness of the fleet need to be restored as soon as possible. As for the Prestige-class battlecruiser, it can only be temporarily parked at the dock. After all, today's The shipyard does not have the ability to repair it, and it requires further research by the shipyard's engineers and experts.

Only this time, there are complete construction drawings of the Lion-class battlecruiser, as well as the existence of a physical battleship, which will surely save engineers and experts at the shipyard a lot of time. As long as it can be successfully repaired, among the Chinese fleet There will be 2 battlecruisers.

As for self-construction, Ye Bai has not considered this matter for the time being. First of all, the large-caliber main gun technology required by the battlecruiser is not available in small spaces. It can only be purchased from the system mall, and the production cost will increase significantly. A cut, not very cost-effective.

Another reason is that both the Lion-class battlecruiser and the Prestige-class battlecruiser are old battleships from the First World War. Even if they can be modernized, their combat capabilities are still limited.

The battlecruisers that truly meet Ye Bai's expectations should be Scharnhorst-class battlecruisers, Dunkirk-class battlecruisers, or even the most powerful Alaska-class battlecruisers, but the former needs to be modified with its firepower system.

After all, the Third Reich originally planned to equip the Scharnhorst-class battlecruisers with 380mm main guns, but later changed them to 280mm guns. One of the important factors was the impact of the defeat in World War I. Many technologies Faults have emerged, especially on the naval gun side, which is extremely vulnerable.

However, in the world of navigation, Ye Bai will naturally not choose a 280mm gun again. He will have to switch to a 300mm caliber gun no matter what. However, these are just things in the plan. When will it be realized, Ye Bai himself does not know..

After sending the captured Prestige-class battlecruiser and several relatively seriously damaged battleships into a small space, the remaining battleships of the Chinese fleet set off again after a brief reorganization, heading towards the transport at a speed of more than 30 knots. The direction of the fleet was moving rapidly.

The previous series of plans were just to capture the 30-ship transport fleet. Now they have gone through many operations, especially when they finally sunk most of the warships in the escort fleet, and also suffered a certain amount of losses. (To read exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Now it was finally time to harvest. If these transport ships ran away due to wasting time, Ye Bai would really cry to death.

This time, Ye Bai did not dispatch a fleet of carrier-based aircraft in advance to carry out aerial bombardment. Instead, he only dispatched a few F4F Wildcat carrier-based fighter jets to temporarily serve as reconnaissance aircraft to closely follow the transport fleet.

The appearance of these little wildcats was naturally detected by the escort fleet's radar, but they had no way to do it. In the previous attack, the two aircraft carriers in the escort fleet sent out all carrier-based aircraft. There were only a few reconnaissance planes left in the hangar, and it was impossible to expel them at all.

The most critical thing (Li Zhao's) is that through radio contact, the British and American officers in the escort fleet have obtainedA very unfortunate news was received, that is, the primary branch fleet has been completely wiped out, and the opponent's aircraft carrier is not only one, but is estimated to be more than 4, capable of dispatching a huge fleet of more than 150 carrier-based aircraft at one time.

The officers of both countries were frightened by the bad news. The annihilation of the branch fleet weakened the escort fleet to the extreme. In addition to two aircraft carriers without all carrier-based aircraft, there were only two light cruisers. There are 4 destroyers, not to mention battlecruisers, not even heavy cruisers.

How could such a thin defense force be an opponent of a break-up fleet equipped with 4 aircraft carriers and an unknown number of other warships? Therefore, a group of American officers began to blame it almost immediately.

According to them, if they did not choose to take the initiative and still guard the transport fleet, that branch fleet would not be defeated by the break-up fleet at all, let alone annihilated.

Nowadays, the escort force of the transport fleet has dropped to a freezing point. Facing the attack that the break-up fleet may launch at any time, there is no resistance. The loss of the transport fleet is inevitable. In addition to blaming the British Navy, You also need to think about how to save your life..