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

An order was passed from the command tower to the small space of the logistics module. The submariners who were preparing for combat in the small space took action, quickly replenishing fuel and ammunition, and then were transported to the outside sea through the transmission platform..

Submarines gathered on the sea surface one after another, and after communicating via radio for a while, they quickly headed towards the pirate island. The speed was not fast, and they did not dive underwater, but they were quite determined.

There were quite a few submarines sent out this time, with two formations totaling 80 submarines. However, it was naturally impossible for all of these submarines to sneak close to the pirate island for close reconnaissance. One of the formations wanted to stay on the island. On the periphery of the island, various waterways are monitored.

There is no carrier-based reconnaissance for aerial reconnaissance, and it relies entirely on level 8 radar to detect the surrounding sea areas. Once a pirate warship is found passing by, the entire fleet needs to avoid it immediately.

There is no way. The current location of the Chinese fleet is indeed a bit close to the pirate island, only about 200 kilometers away. If a war starts here, it is likely to alarm the pirates on the island, which is useless.

At least until the specific situation of the pirate island is figured out, the Chinese fleet is not suitable for fighting here, thereby alarming the pirates on the island.

It took nearly three days to wait. In fact, the submarine formation sent out had already arrived at the pirate island. Without sonar, it is indeed difficult to detect a submarine submersing underwater. At least With the current radar level of the pirates, this is not possible.

On the night of the first day, the Type XXI submarine that successfully sneaked into the port of the pirate island slowly floated to the height of the periscope under the cover of night. Through the periscope, it conducted a close inspection of the pirate warships parked on the port pier. reconnaissance.

When it was almost dawn, these submarines quickly dived, left the island, came to the outer waters, and surfaced. While charging their batteries, they radioed the specific intelligence they detected back to the Yanhuang.

After losing so many main warships and other small and medium-sized warships, there are still a lot of pirate warships moored at the port of the pirate island, with a rough count of more than 100 ships.

Among them, there are three aircraft carriers, and there should be five more battleships and battlecruisers combined. This is because visual reconnaissance through periscopes at night is not accurate and is just an estimate.

However, the size and strength of such a main fleet are not weak. At least for the current Chinese fleet, it is a difficult nut to crack, not to mention that they can still get access to the ground airport on the island at any time. air support from those carrier-based aircraft.

After Ye Bai received this message from the submarine formation commander, he was silent for a long time. Even he, a layman in naval warfare, knew how difficult it was to occupy an island protected by such a main fleet.

This is just the strength of surface ships. There are many ground airports, carrier-based aircraft and coastal defense artillery fortresses on the pirate island. With the current small size of the Chinese fleet, if it rushes up to attack, it is not a good idea. An egg hits a rock.

Nimitz, who had also read the telegram, glanced at Ye Bai's face, guessed what he was thinking, and said softly:"Commander, don't be impatient. You can fight against two small aboriginal forces on your own. These pirates have such The strength is normal"

"Commander, don't be impatient. Just wait for two days. I believe new information will come back soon."

Others didn't know how effective Nimitz's comfort was. Anyway, Ye Bai didn't show it. Instead, he really didn't say a word and continued to wait peacefully. He didn't give anything to his officers. Pressure.

In the afternoon of the third day, the communications soldier in the command tower once again received a new message. This time, the most excited one was Nimitz. He rushed behind the communications soldier and grabbed the translated message, seriously After reading it carefully several times, Nimitz came to Ye Bai with the telegram in hand and said excitedly:"Commander, we have a rough idea of ​​the situation on the island. According to the reconnaissance, this island A total of 5 large military airports have been built on the island, and the number of carrier-based aircraft inside should exceed 1,000. In addition, many coastal defense fortresses have been built on the highlands on both sides of the port, but it is not yet known what the fortresses are. Coast defense gun caliber. Hearing this, Ye

Bai showed a smile on his face and said softly:"Nimitz, you are really the one who can think of using a submarine to transport intelligence personnel and secretly land on the pirate island to investigate the situation on the island.""

This is why Nimitz did not explain how to understand the situation on the pirate island. In fact, it is worthless to put it bluntly. It is just the concealment of the XXI submarine, which transported a group of intelligence agents and secretly approached the pirate island. Then surfaced, these intelligence agents swam to the island and blended in.

Anyway, on the pirate island, except for the pirates, the others were civilians plundered from various places, and they would not be taken seriously at all. , they may not be very familiar with each other, and the intelligence agents sent out are really not easy to be found among them.

It’s just that the pirates supervise these plundered civilians very strictly, and it is obviously very difficult to wander around for reconnaissance. Difficult, but the intelligence officers specially selected by Heydrich are all good people, and there are many ways to deal with it.

The most important thing is that as a pirate, he is not a regular army, and his military discipline is much more lax, but he is not as vigilant. , and will not be so serious and responsible, which also provides many opportunities for intelligence personnel.

Besides, Nimitz's request to these intelligence (dbeg) intelligence personnel is not that they need to provide accurate information, only The ground airport needs to be clarified. As for the coastal defense fortress, it is just a incidental matter. As long as there is no frontal attack on the pirate island, no matter how powerful the coastal defense fortress is, it will not threaten the Chinese fleet. It is truly worthy of attention, and The only things that need to be careful about are the ground airports on the island and the large number of carrier-based aircraft in the airports.

At first, Nimitz deliberately tried to hide it and did not want to tell Ye Bai directly, but he did not expect that his plan would require the intelligence department. Although Ye Bai has fully delegated power to Nimitz, Zhou Guolai, Heydrich and others,

Heydrich will report this kind of matter to Ye Bai. He already knew it after the operation started. After all this, with his character, you would think that he could really wait quietly at sea for two days.

Nimitz was not surprised at all that Ye Bai already knew his plan, or that he Ye Bai never thought of hiding anything, so he said:"Commander, we are just making full use of the power we have."

Ye Bai glanced at Nimitz sideways, snorted and said:"It's more than that. Didn't you ask Speer to speed up the production of a batch of airborne radars and F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter jets? Give these hells back. The cats have been equipped with airborne radars and transformed into night fighters. You are probably planning a night attack."

Nimitz chuckled and said softly:"Nothing can be hidden from the commander's eyes. Whether it is surface ships or air power, we are at a disadvantage. Although the Yanhuang is very special and is equipped with a large number of carrier-based aircraft. , relying on the advantages of fighter aircraft performance, they are completely afraid of those pirates, but they cannot take off too many carrier-based aircraft at once, which is disadvantageous in air combat."

"Without air superiority, we will be at a disadvantage in this battle. Therefore, if we want to attack the pirate island, we must first destroy the ground airport on the island and blow up the pirate carrier-based aircraft on the ground. As long as we can achieve this goal, Our chances of winning this time are up to 50%."

Speaking of business, the expression on Ye Bai's face became serious, he frowned, and continued:"With airborne radar, the F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter does have the ability to fight at night, but that's just Fighters, and other bombers are not equipped with radars. The accuracy of night bombing is not high. Just finding the target is a problem."

"Commander, don't worry. When the bombing comes, the intelligence agents who land on the island will find a way to provide them with ground guidance. As long as the target is confirmed, the night bombing operation can be carried out."

Nimitz obviously had a comprehensive plan, and he gave the answer to Ye Bai's worries without any hesitation.

"There is another question. We currently only have 3 aircraft carriers, which can fly more than 200 carrier-based aircraft at most at one time. The F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter is indispensable as an escort force and night fighter.Yes, the remaining bombers can only dispatch about 100 bombers. Is it too much pressure to bomb 5 ground airports at once?"

This is also an extremely important question. The Chinese fleet has never experienced bombing against enemies before, so it is impossible to judge what size of bomber group is needed to blow up five ground airports. But as far as the capabilities of the Chinese fleet are concerned, Due to its special characteristics, the Yanhuang can fly up to more than 150 carrier-based aircraft at one time. The other two Brave-class light aircraft carriers can, if necessary, fly all the nearly 120 carrier-based aircraft equipped at one time. It’s just that In actual combat, it is impossible to do this. After all, considering the continuity of bombing, some carrier-based aircraft must be retained as the second wave of attack force. Therefore, the two aircraft carriers can release at most half, that is, 30 carrier-based aircraft. They are just aircraft. When three aircraft carriers operate together, they can only fly up to 200 carrier-based aircraft at one time, of which at least half must be equipped with F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter jets to seize air supremacy and bomb ground air defense positions.

Bombing the enemy Without the use of torpedo attack aircraft, the remaining quota can be allotted to SBD Dauntless dive bombers, but there are only about 100 of them. Ye Bai is not sure whether he can completely blow up five ground airports.