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

Halsey's Third Fleet has a total of 59 battleships, including 3 Ark Royal-class light aircraft carriers and 2 Nelson-class battleships. Together with the more than 50 player battleships, the total exceeds 100 battleships.

Such a fleet is definitely not as large as the unknown fleet discovered by the reconnaissance aircraft pilot, but the task given to them by Nimitz is to keep a distance of about 50 kilometers from the main fleet and act as a peripheral defense. The real The main offensive force is still the Yanhuang Hao.

After the Third Fleet and the player fleet left, the battleships under the First Fleet also dispersed, and Ye Bai also operated the Yanhuang to transform from battleship form to base form.

This time, the plan was for Lütjens’s Second Fleet to cooperate with Spruance’s 16th Task Force to completely annihilate Chuichi Nagumo’s First Fleet, the remaining main formation of the Japanese-Japanese Combined Fleet, and the northern formation. But it can only be left to the first fleet led by Yanhuang.

In addition to the Yanhuang, there are three Royal Ark-class light aircraft carriers in the First Fleet, but Ye BaiNimitz believed that such aviation power was still weak. In order to better utilize his own air superiority, it would be more appropriate to transform the Yanhuang into a base form.

However, this plan also has a flaw, that is, it limits the combat radius of the First Fleet. If the Japs do not attack the 16th Task Force, but directly support the Nagumo Fleet or attack Midway from another direction, the First Fleet will It is difficult for the fleet to directly provide strong support.

But Ye Bai can't control so much at this time. Since the little devil's fleet has appeared, let's fight first. Anyway, the cooldown time of Yanhuang's form change is only 3 hours, and 760 is considered the worst. Under such circumstances, there is still no problem in holding on to Midway for 3 hours.

If the Japanese really came to attack Spruance's 16th Task Force, it would be easier. They could just keep the base form. After all, the relationship between the 1st Fleet and the 16th Task Force was The distance is less than 100 kilometers, so it couldn't be easier to provide them with support.

In just one minute, the Yanhuang transformed from a battleship into a base, and fighter planes were sent from the small space to three ground airports.

That's right, now in base form, the Yanhuang has three ground airports, and these three ground airports can use the transmission platform system to connect to small spaces, further improving the take-off and landing efficiency of fighter aircraft.

Three ground airports took off respectively, IL-4 bombers, TBF Avenger torpedo attack aircraft, F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter jets and P-38 Lightning fighter jets. Each airport took off two groups of 108 fighter jets.

The huge fleet formed three formations in the air, flying at high speed in the direction of the unknown fleet.

The fastest carrier-based fighters fly at the forefront. They need to take on the task of shooting down the air defense fighters of the opponent's fleet, breaking through the air defense fire network, and opening up bombing channels for the bombers and torpedo planes behind them.

In order to better complete this arduous task, a large number of fighter jets took off, including more than 200 fighter jets from the 4th Brigade.

A range of more than 170 kilometers does not take much time for a carrier-based aircraft that flies extremely fast. If it were not for the delay in the fighter planes taking off and completing the aerial assembly formation (abef), the time required would still be will be shorter.

In this attack, the three Ark Royal-class light aircraft carriers in the First Fleet did not take off a single carrier-based aircraft. It was not because they were ignored, but because they had other tasks.

According to the records of the Battle of Midway in Ye Bai's memory, whether it was the bomber group dispatched from Midway or the bomber group dispatched by the 16th Task Force, they were all dispatched by Nagumo Chuichi because of the lack of escort fighters at the beginning. The Zero fighters were repulsed, and many bombers and torpedo planes were lost.

This time, in order to avoid such a mistake again, Ye Bai planned to make up for this loophole and let the three Ark Royal-class light aircraft carriers in the First Fleet take off F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter jets to provide Midway and the 16th Task Force. A group of bombers provided escort.

Especially the bomber formation taking off from Midway Island has a killer weapon like the B-17 bomber, and its terrifying bomb load can easily carry 4,907KG-level aerial bombs.

Its terrifying self-defense firepower can even engage in head-to-head confrontations with fighter jets, and it is equipped with a Norton sight, which greatly improves bombing accuracy and is much better than the SBD Dreadnought carrier-based bomber.

It is a pity that the first batch of bombers taking off from Midway were repelled by the Zero fighters of the Nagumo Fleet due to lack of fighter escort, otherwise the battle could have ended earlier.

It's just that the Chinese fleet has not been able to establish a communication channel with Midway Island, and it is impossible to determine the take-off time of the bomber group on Midway Island, otherwise it would be more convenient to coordinate the battle.

From here we can actually see the benefits of Nimitz dispatching the Second Fleet in advance. Lütjens’ Second Fleet also has two Ark Royal-class light aircraft carriers. If there is an emergency, they can also take off. A large number of F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighters provided escort for the bombers.

For this copy space mission, the carrier-based aircraft of the eight Royal Ark-class light aircraft carriers affiliated to the Chinese Fleet have been adjusted and equipped with 36 F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighters, accounting for half of the total aircraft carriers..

At this moment, over Midway Island, the 108 aircraft that took off from the 4th aircraft carrier of the Nagumo Fleet and the fighter jets that took off from Midway Island were fighting together. The fight between the two sides was so lively.

While the 36 Zero fighters escorting the bomber group in the air were entangled by the Midway fighter jets, torpedo attack aircraft and B-17 bombers also took off from the airport, forming a formation and heading towards the Nagumo Fleet. It flew over the sea area and was ready to launch a counterattack.

It is a pity that the Chinese fleet did not know this information. Otherwise, the F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter jets should have taken off at this time to provide air escort for the bombers at Midway Island.

Of course, Ye Bai and Nimitz were not focusing on Midway Island at this time. The first wave of attack aircraft that took off from the Yanhuang had successfully flown over the unknown fleet 170 kilometers away.

The previous reconnaissance planes had already alerted the fleet, and carrier-based fighter jets took off to take charge of air defense above the fleet. Even the warships below were making adjustments and preparing to enter air defense mode.

The huge fleet dispatched by Yanhuang first fought with the carrier-based fighter jets in the air.

As a result of this fight, the pilots of the F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter and the P-38 Lightning fighter realized something was wrong, because the opponent's carrier-based fighter jets were too flexible.

The turning radius is small, the low-altitude dogfighting ability is outstanding, the speed is fast, and the climbing speed is also very fast. The key is the fierce firepower. The wings are equipped with two 99-type 1 20mm cannons, and the nose is equipped with 2 97 7.7mm empty machine gun.

As soon as the two sides engaged in battle, the pilots of the Chinese fleet almost failed to react and were hit by bullets one after another. If it were not for the thick armor of the fighter planes, several of them would have been shot down.

Fortunately, the pilots dispatched by the Chinese fleet are all veterans who have experienced many air battles. Their flying skills are not bad and their actual combat experience is equally rich.

After experiencing a brief surprise, he quickly reacted and fired off all the mounted rockets in one go, using a wide range of rocket attacks to push back the entangled enemy carrier-based fighter jets.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, they raised the flight altitude again, adjusted their formation, and regrouped to fight with the opponent.

As a result of this fight, these pilots were completely relieved, because they found that the performance of the opponent's carrier-based fighters was far superior to those they had encountered before.

But the aircraft they drove surpassed the other party in all aspects of performance. The most important thing was that the other party's carrier-based fighter jets had a huge flaw, that is, the armor was really weak, almost non-existent.

Anyone who is hit by a bullet will be injured and smoke. Even the fuel tank has no protection. After being hit by an aircraft machine gun bullet, it is even easily penetrated, igniting the aviation fuel inside, and the entire fighter jet instantly burst into flames. , turned into a huge fireball and quickly fell down.

These surprised pilots did not know that the new carrier-based fighter they were facing was the famous Zero fighter. As a light fighter, while having many excellent performances, its biggest flaw was the lack of engine power.

The armor had to be cut as much as possible to reduce the weight of the fighter aircraft and make up for the lack of engine power. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

After Ye Bai entered the [Battle of Midway] dungeon space, he knew that he would encounter the Zero Fighter. He had already given orders to the small space and produced the There are a large number of armor-piercing incendiary bombs. These bullets can easily penetrate the aluminum alloy skin of the Zero and ignite the entire aircraft. For a thin-skinned fighter like the Zero fighter, that is perfect.

Although the technical content of armor-piercing incendiary bombs is higher than that of conventional bullets, the scientists at the Small Space Research Center are not vegetarians and have already successfully developed them.

It's just that in the Chinese fleet, this kind of special bullet was not of much use. Conventional bullets can deal with all problems, and there is no need for such armor-piercing incendiary bombs.

This time against the Zero fighters, with the performance and firepower of the F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter, he could also win. However, Ye Bai felt that directly shooting down these Zero fighters was a bit uncomfortable, and it was too much for these little devils.

We should still use armor-piercing incendiary bombs to make the Zero fighter's"aerialThe name"Fire Machine" is worthy of its name, so that those little Japanese pilots have no bones left, not even a body can be found.