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

Ye Bai even regretted that his preparations were still not sufficient. Currently, only the fighter planes on the Yanhuang used special armor-piercing incendiary bombs. The other eight Royal Ark-class light aircraft carriers in the Chinese fleet did not use carrier-based aircraft. Not equipped with such bullets.

Facing a huge attack fleet of nearly 500 fighter planes that took off from the Yanhuang, the number of fighter planes responsible for air defense in that unknown fleet was simply not enough. There were only a few dozen.

At first, the pilots of the Chinese fleet were caught off guard by the good performance of the fighter planes, and they were actually restrained.

But after the pilots of the Chinese fleet reacted and adapted to this new fighter, the situation was different. With more fighters and better performance, the situation was different.

Paired with specialized armor-piercing incendiary bombs, these new fighter jets were turned into fireballs one after another in air battles, lighting up the sky that was not completely bright yet.

Just a few dozen fighter jets were quickly shot down by the Chinese fleet's escort fighter group. What happened next was relatively simple, and it was what these fighter pilots were most familiar with.

As soon as the throttle was stepped on, it flew over the sea at low altitude, constantly weaving in and out of the fleet's anti-aircraft firepower below. The pilot danced and danced on the tip of the knife, and pressed the shooting button from time to time.

Accompanied by the unique roar of the fighter engines, the fighter jets passing by at low altitudes continuously spit out tongues of flame, hitting the air defense gun emplacements of the warships below one after another with aerial machine gun bullets.

The terrifying lethality of the 12.7mm caliber aviation machine gun bullets was fully demonstrated at this moment. It was commonplace to hit the human body, tear the body, or directly break it into two pieces.

If an unlucky soldier is hit by several rounds of 12.7mm aircraft machine gun bullets, his entire body will explode directly and turn into a pile of minced flesh and blood. The scene is simply too horrible to watch.

There are more than 200 fighter jets charging forward, using aviation machine guns to open up routes. The rear has rushed over the fleet, forming small formations of Il-4 bombers and TBF Avenger torpedo attack aircraft. Under the command of the captains, each After assigning a suitable bombing target, they dived in through the gaps in the fleet's anti-aircraft firepower.

Aerial bombs fell from the sky with a whistling sound and landed on the sea and the battleship hull, exploding into huge fireballs. A large amount of seawater was lifted up by the explosion of the aerial bombs..

In the entire sea area, because there were too many aerial bombs falling, the amount of sea water that was blown up was too large, just like a light rain on the battlefield, giving many warships a chill.

Under the sea, white trails continued to appear. Aviation torpedoes fell from the belly pylons of the TBF Avenger torpedo attack aircraft and flew towards the warships on the sea at close range at a speed of more than 40 knots.

"boom"、"boom"、""Boom."

When the bombers dropped aerial bombs and aerial torpedoes, the entire battlefield was filled with constant explosions, one after another, without stopping for a moment. Fireballs rose into the sky, a large amount of smoke filled the air, and warships were destroyed one after another. The aerial bomb or aerial torpedo hit, opening huge holes in the hull of the battleship.

Directly attacked by the aerial bomb, the bomb exploded on the deck of the battleship, and the thick armor layer was directly blown through, exposing The wooden deck covered by the armor layer was destroyed, and then it was ignited by the flames generated by the bomb explosion, causing the battleship deck and superstructure to burst into flames.

Even for the battleships with weak armor protection, aerial bombs falling from the sky directly destroyed the fragile battleships. The armor layer was completely penetrated. Under the action of gravity, the unexploded aerial bomb fell into the cabin below the deck along the big hole. The heavy aerial bomb was in the cabin below the deck. There was a violent explosion inside. Because the space was too narrow, the power of the aerial bomb explosion increased to a higher level. The entire cabin was destroyed instantly, and several nearby cabins were also affected. The sailors in the cabin were even more powerful. It immediately became carbonized, and a large amount of wood chips and mounting plates were blown out.

What was even more unlucky was that the main gun on the battleship was destroyed by an aerial bomb, and subsequent anti-aircraft bombs followed the position of the naval gun. It smashed to the ground and entered the ammunition compartment under the naval gun.

The entire compartment was filled with large-caliber artillery shells and propellant packs that had not yet been loaded. The flames generated by the explosion of aerial bombs that fell into the ammunition compartment were almost non-existent. How much effort does it take to ignite these propellant packs?

""Boom!" There was a huge explosion, and an extremely terrifying explosion occurred in the entire ammunition compartment. So many propellant packets exploded almost at the same time, and they were still located inside the battleship. Their power was such that the entire ship could be destroyed in the blink of an eye. All the armor values ​​of the battleships were cleared and they quickly sank into the sea.

Especially those aircraft carriers with the weakest armor protection were too conspicuous in the eyes of the pilots. I don’t know how many Il-4 bombers and TBFs there were. The Avengers torpedo attack planes were attracted.

Against the intensive anti-aircraft firepower of the aircraft carrier and other nearby warships, and at the cost of many fighter planes being shot down, the follow-up fleet finally rushed in.

Without any hesitation, they finally broke through. The pilot just took a slight aim and threw down the aerial bombs and aerial torpedoes mounted on the fighter plane. The wooden flight deck had no defense capability at all against the heavy aerial bombs falling from the sky, and it didn't need to be It only takes one to blast a big hole in the flight deck and set the flight deck on fire.

Many sailors dragged long water pipes and continuously sprayed out large amounts of seawater on the flight deck. They worked hard to extinguish the fire.

The carrier-based aircraft parked on the flight deck were either blown up on the deck, or were directly thrown out and fell on the sea. In short, not a single one survived. Let alone flying Big holes have been blown out on the deck, and fires have been ignited. It is impossible for the carrier-based aircraft to take off in an emergency. Even if they can take off forcefully, they still need to face the fighter jets flying and circling in the sky. The final result will still be If it is shot down, it will cost one more pilot, which is not worth it.

This round of bombing against this unknown fleet is indeed huge. I don’t know how many warships were bombed and sunk. There was a lot of thick smoke on the sea, and even more There are many battleships covered with scars, and the fires ignited on the battleships have not been extinguished yet. The fighter planes that completed the bombing were lifted up by the pilots, avoiding the anti-aircraft shells that were still exploding, and shook their wings. They returned one after another.

Just as the attack aircraft group of the Chinese Fleet launched a large-scale bombing of the unknown fleet, the Chinese Fleet also started fighting.

It was not a sudden attack by the Japanese-Benzene joint fleet, but an underwater threat. Both Ye Bai and Nimitz stayed at the center of the battle, waiting for the results of the bomber group. As a result, the Fletcher - class destroyer serving as the fleet's peripheral defense suddenly began to move quickly. At the same time, the main and secondary guns on the battleship They were also constantly bombarding certain sea areas, and depth bombs were thrown out one after another.fell into the sea

"boom"、"boom"、""Boom"

The constant roar of artillery and the explosion of artillery shells attracted the attention of many people, especially Nimitz, the commander, who immediately asked about the situation.

"Report to Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, the destroyers patrolling the perimeter report that the sonar system has detected underwater targets, which should be submarines. The destroyer formation is conducting anti-submarine operations and is preparing to expel these submarines."

Ye Bai and Nimitz looked at each other. To be honest, for the two of them, this was the first time they encountered a submarine attack, and they only encountered this kind of situation in the copy space. ( If you want to read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

In the world of navigation, only the Chinese fleet has always dispatched submarine forces to sneak attack others, but it has never been attacked by a submarine.

However, although I have not experienced it Anti-submarine warfare, but the Chinese fleet’s anti-submarine capabilities are not bad. All warships are equipped with sonar systems, and their ability to detect live underwater submarines is stronger than many fleets. What’s more, the

Chinese fleet is still an aircraft carrier-based force. As the core force, the aircraft carrier fleet possesses the best anti-submarine weapon - carrier-based aircraft.

Therefore, Nimitz immediately issued an order:"SBD Dreadnought dive bombers took off immediately with depth bombs mounted on them and rushed to the sea ahead. Find these submarines hiding underwater and blow them up."

"The submarine formation is deployed to build an underwater defense system. If enemy submarines are discovered, torpedoes are fired to kill them."

In anti-submarine warfare, in addition to depth bombs equipped by destroyers and aerial bombing by carrier-based aircraft, there is another way, which is to also dispatch underwater submarine forces to conduct torpedo attacks underwater.

"boom"、"boom"、""Boom!"

Listening to the explosions that kept coming from the distance, Ye Bai didn't pay too much attention. After all, with the anti-submarine warfare mode of the Chinese fleet integrating air, sea and submarine, if there were not an excessive number of submarines in this period, Otherwise, it would be difficult to break through the defense circle and pose a real threat to the fleet.

Instead, Ye Bai thought of another question, and then asked:"Nimitz, where do you think the submarines that appeared outside the fleet came from? Nimitz had obviously considered this issue, so after hearing Ye Bai's question, he answered directly without any hesitation:"Two possibilities, one is the advance submarine force of the Japanese-Benzene joint fleet, They are originally performing patrol and search missions, and this sea area may be within their patrol range."

"Another possibility is that the Japanese-Benzene joint fleet squadron has arrived, at least it is not far away from us.

After finishing speaking, Nimitz paused for a moment before continuing:"But I think the second possibility is unlikely. After all, submarines are too slow and their long-distance navigation cannot keep up with the speed of surface warships.""