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

At two o'clock in the morning, the First Squadron, led by Langsdorff, launched a sudden sneak attack on the Yuntong Island fleet, which was sleeping and unprepared. The entire sneak attack lasted until 6 o'clock in the morning. In just over an hour, the sun will appear and the sky will get brighter.

At the cost, 3 warships were sunk, many warships suffered heavy damage, and more warships were hit by the counterattack fire of the Yuntong Island fleet, causing damage to the hull and armor value. This price is not small..

Although it was a night battle, after all, the First Squadron was assisted by a level 8 radar system and a fire control system, which gave it an advantage. However, in terms of the hard power of the ship, the First Squadron was still not as good as the one on Yuntong Island. A semi-disabled fleet, while sinking all of them, only paying these casualties is quite good.

In the command tower of the Yanhuang, Ye Bai and Nimitz stayed up all night, waiting for the battle situation of the First Squadron. When they received the final victory report, they finally breathed a sigh of relief and put down their worries. Worry in my heart.

Before Ye Bai could speak, Nimitz turned around and said to the correspondent:"Send a telegram to General Langsdorff and ask them to retreat immediately. The main fleet set sail immediately and moved closer to the direction of the First Squadron, striving to win the battle. Complete the rendezvous before dawn"

"Yes, Chief of Staff"

"The sound of ticking telegraph keys echoed in the command tower, waking up Ye Bai who was in joy, and asked with some surprise:"Nimitz, Langsdorff and the others have been fighting fiercely all night, why not let them Let's take a rest first. The damage to the battleships also needs to be controlled first. Can't we just rush over with the main fleet?"

Nimitz turned around for the 957th time, shook his head, and explained:"Commander, this is half of Yuntong Island's fleet. With such a huge loss, we don't know how Yuntong Island will respond. If they make a desperate move, , it is completely possible to take off a large number of carrier-based aircraft after dawn to launch a suicide attack on the First Squadron. By then, I am afraid that the entire First Squadron will have to fold in. It is better to leave the war zone before dawn."

"As long as the First Squadron and the main fleet successfully join forces, the carrier-based aircraft groups on the three aircraft carriers can support an air interception network for the fleet, and they can protect themselves even if they encounter an air attack."

Ye Bai looked at Nimitz with an incomprehensible look, thinking that he was indeed his fellow countryman. Isn't this just naming a"kamikaze attack team" created by an extremely shameless, extremely shameless, and extremely beastly country.

If there was no confusion in his memory, Nimitz was a famous naval admiral who experienced that war personally. Even in the world of navigation and without the memory of the previous world, he still subconsciously took precautions.

Although Ye Bai didn't think that the aborigines of Yuntong Island might make the same suicidal attack as that beast country, but since Nimitz had given the order, he would not refute it openly. What's more, even if

Nimitz had Ziz made a mistake in his judgment and everything was calm. It was just to let the First Squadron work hard for a while. It was no big deal.

After Langsdorf received Nimitz's order, he did not hesitate and went directly He ordered to salvage the crew members who fell into the water on the three sunk warships, and then led the fleet to evacuate quickly.

However, Langsdorff never thought that Yuntong Island (cjfa) might send a fleet of carrier-based aircraft to carry out the attack. Suicide attack, he is just worried about other Yuntong Island warships operating in the surrounding waters. After all, they have been fighting here for several hours.

Yuntong Island should have received the news long ago, and will inevitably contact other Yuntong Island warships operating in the surrounding waters urgently. Battleships, come quickly to support, that will be troublesome.

Langsdorff is not worried about being defeated. After all, according to the intelligence collected, most of the ships operating in the surrounding waters are small battleships such as light cruisers and destroyers. , even heavy cruisers are very rare, let alone battleships. As long as the other party dares to come, it will only add credit to the First Squadron, and even to a certain extent, Langsdorff still wants it.

It's just that the orders from the Fleet Headquarters have come, and Langsdorff naturally cannot disobey the military orders. Moreover, although this battle was a complete victory, 3 battleships were sunk, and many battleships suffered heavy damage. The whole battle started. As the first fleet, Langsdorff did not have such strong confidence.

The distance between the first squadron and the main fleet was less than 100 kilometers. If they were facing each other, they could successfully join forces in one hour. However, Some battleships in the First Squadron were severely damaged and their speed was reduced. They could no longer maintain a high speed of more than 30 knots. It would take more time to successfully join forces.

But when the sun appeared , On the horizon, after the warm sunshine dispelled the icy darkness, the two fleets finally merged together smoothly. Ye Bai stood by the window of the command tower and saw the miserable state of the battleships in the first squadron, and felt a wave of pain in his heart. It hurts.

This is the first time that a warship has been sunk in the Chinese fleet. As the founder of this fleet, the Chinese fleet is like Ye Bai's child. Now that he sees his child being beaten so badly, if It would be strange not to feel distressed.

However, it does feel distressed, but since the First Squadron suffered such serious damage, Ye Bai couldn't let it go. He used the teleportation platform to teleport the battleships of the First Squadron one by one into the logistics cabin. In a small space.

And they immediately contacted Zhou Guolai and Speer, asking them to use the two shipyards to work hard to complete the repairs of these damaged warships as soon as possible. At the same time, they also needed to start building two new Frye ships. Tohru-class destroyers and a Brooklyn-class light cruiser are used to supplement the losses of the First Squadron.

It is naturally impossible for two shipyards to repair so many warships at the same time. They can only carry out repairs in batches. The third shipyard has just laid the foundation, and it will take a long time before it is completed.

Originally, Ye Bai had already arranged the construction plan of 20 Type XXI submarines in these two shipyards, hoping to expand the size of the submarine force.

According to Nimitz's initial strategy, he will not go head-on with the main fleets of each force, but will use the advantages of submarines to blockade islands and various resource points, constantly weakening the fleet strength of Island No. 308. The strength of the three small islands has returned to a state of balance again.

But now that the losses of the First Squadron are so great, of course the task of building submarines can only be put aside temporarily, and the repairs of the damaged warships can be completed first. Anyway, submarines can be built relatively quickly, in 2 to 3 days. After successfully building one, it must not be too easy to expand the army.

Nimitz was not idle either. After the main fleet successfully reunited with the First Squadron, he immediately dispatched many carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft to reconnoiter the situation in the surrounding waters, especially the possible appearance of the Yuntong Island carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft. fleet.

The air detection range of level 8 radar is still limited, only 140 kilometers. Therefore, in many cases, if you want to conduct long-distance reconnaissance, you still need to rely on carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft.

"Commander, now half of the power of Yuntong Island has been destroyed, and the pirate forces have also suffered heavy losses. We should find a way to activate Island No. 308."

After dawn, Nimitz handed over the command of the fleet to Lütjens and Ramsay. He stood next to Ye Bai and whispered his suggestions.

Ye Bai was at this time. Because of his previous hesitation, he was unable to quickly dispatch the second submarine formation to support the first squadron, causing the first squadron to suffer heavy losses in the night battle. He secretly regretted it.

Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment. He quickly asked:"How can we make Island No. 308 move? I don’t have that much face either."

"Commander, didn't you establish an intelligence station on Island No. 308? Now it's time for them to take action. Ye

Bai shook his head helplessly and said,"You are thinking too simplistically. There is indeed an intelligence station on island No. 308, but it was established not long ago and even the intelligence network is not complete. He wants to collect some secret information." They can't do it, they don't have that much ability."

Nimitz smiled faintly and continued:"They don't need to collect any top-secret information. They just need to think of a way to publicize the information about this night battle. I don't believe that Island No. 308 knows this. I won’t be moved by the news in the future"

"Take the initiative to spread the word? Will this work? Those aboriginal forces are not fools. They can't just believe whatever we say."

"The commander thought it was wrong. In fact, it didn't matter whether they believed it or not. As long as the news was spread, Island No. 308 would definitely move. Whether it was a direct test or activating their own intelligence agencies to collect intelligence, they would always be able to get what they wanted. news, at that time, they would not let go of this golden opportunity."

Ye Bai's eyes lit up. He was not a stupid person. When he was on Earth, he read a lot of books. He didn't say he learned any strategies and tactics, but at least he had seen some.

Especially those who had been strengthened by the system. His memory allowed him to recall this aspect more easily. After Nimitz explained it like this, he finally understood Nimitz's plan.

As long as Island No. 308 learned that half of Yuntong Island had been lost The main fleet will definitely take action. After surviving in this sea area for such a long time, if there is no intelligence agent on Island No. 308 on Yuntong Island, Ye Bai would not believe it even if he killed him.

Such a big thing happened. , even if Yuntong Island wants to cover it up, it will definitely not be able to cover it up, and it will inevitably be exposed. By that time, as long as the aboriginals on Island 308 still have ambitions in their hearts, they will definitely take action.

The main fleet will be dispatched to directly attack Yuntong The island may not be so bold yet, but I am afraid they will not be polite to the various resource points distributed in the sea. This is the opportunity for the Chinese fleet.