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

While listening to Nimitz's words, Ye Bai also quickly searched in his mind the submarines that the Japs equipped during World War II.

During this period, the Japanese-Benzene joint fleet was mostly equipped with I-series submarines. The tonnage was not small, and some technologies were far inferior to those of Germany. However, the surface speed was really not low and basically maintained Above 18 knots.

There are even several submarines with surface speeds exceeding 20 knots. The weirdest thing is that some submarines are equipped with catapults and seaplanes, which can directly launch seaplanes. I don’t know what they think. They really think of themselves as water. Got off the aircraft carrier.

However, a submarine is a submarine after all, and no matter how fast it is, it cannot keep up with surface warships. Whether it is the northern formation or the main formation, it is not close to the main battlefield of Midway Island. If it sails from a long distance, the submarine may not be able to keep up.

And if there is no problem with Ye Bai's memory, among the various squadrons of the Japanese-Benzene joint fleet, only the northern formation and the advance patrol fleet are equipped with submarines, and the remaining fleets are not equipped with submarines.

Therefore, the submarines that can appear in the outer areas of the Chinese fleet at this time can only come from these two fleets.

If combined with the unknown fleet that was being bombarded by our own bombers'"June 13" bombs, these submarines discovered by the peripheral destroyers were most likely to come from the northern formation.

Ye Bai is not a person who likes to hide things in his heart, especially in these aspects. As soon as Nimitz finished speaking, Ye Bai quickly put forward his thoughts.

This time, it was Nimitz who fell into deep thought. After a while, he said:"Your guess is not unreasonable. Now we are waiting for the pilots of the bomber group to return. Some fighter planes are equipped with high-altitude reconnaissance cameras. As long as Developing the photos can provide us with a lot of information."

Ye Bai nodded, this is true, not to mention professionals like Nimitz, even Ye Bai can do it through the photos. Content analysis determines the composition of this unknown fleet.

This method is not too difficult. After all, the equipment of Alien players and Blue Star players are the same. Currently, they are all basic versions of old battleships, but the Little Devil's battleships are quite different.

Ye Bai might not recognize what the little devil's warships looked like, but he was quite familiar with the player's warships and could tell them at a glance.

While waiting patiently for the return of the first wave of attack aircraft, the submarines operating on the periphery of the fleet were blown up one by one under the attack of the Chinese fleet's trinity of submarines, carrier-based bombers, and destroyers.

The rules of naval warfare in the world of navigation are indeed different from those in the real world, but when the rules were changed last time, the role of torpedoes was strengthened, which actually weakened the defensive capabilities of submarines in disguise.

Apart from anything else, the armor value still exists. In principle, a submarine that is attacked will not sink as long as the armor value is not cleared.

But the key point is that when a submarine is attacking and being attacked, it is basically sailing underwater. If the outer shell is blown through, seawater will flow into the interior of the submarine instantly. It is strange that it cannot sink.

According to reports from pilots and destroyers participating in the battle, they detected the presence of a total of 6 submarines through the sonar system equipped on the destroyers, and all of them had been sunk. Only one of their own destroyers was damaged by a torpedo fired randomly by the submarine out of desperation. That's it, it's not a big problem.

When the sonar system on the destroyer did not continue to detect underwater submarines, the SBD Dauntless dive bombers carrying depth charges still did not return. Instead, they continued to conduct reconnaissance on the periphery of the fleet to ensure that there were no enemy submarines in the nearby waters.

Such a record did not exceed the expectations of Ye Bai and Nimitz. After all, the technological level of the Chinese fleet itself is not bad, and its anti-submarine capabilities exceed those of many fleets. Nimitz himself is an all-round naval commander, and for anti-submarine Fighting is your own experience.

In terms of submarine warfare and anti-submarine warfare, perhaps only Dönitz could compete with Nimitz.

Instead, Ye Bai focused on the number of submarines that were sunk. There was no way around it. No more, no less, exactly 6 submarines. This number was exactly the same as the number of submarines equipped by the northern formation. He couldn't help but think more about it.

With a thought in his heart, Ye Bai became even more anxious. The pilots who were eager to attack the fleet returned. He wanted to know from their mouths what was going on with the unknown fleet that they bombed.

If it was indeed the combined fleet of the northern formation and the alien player fleet as he had guessed, then that would be the best situation. It could kill two birds with one stone and eliminate two groups of enemies at once.

Just as Ye Bai was looking forward to it, a rapidly approaching fighter plane appeared on the display screen in the pre-war center. The radar's friend-or-foe identification system had already identified these fighter planes in the air.

The eye-catching golden light spots undoubtedly did not indicate the identity of these fighters. They were the attack aircraft group sent by our own side. They had now completed the first round of bombing missions and began to return.

Seeing these returning fighter planes, Ye Bai felt relieved and sat more securely on the captain's chair. As long as these fighters landed on the Yanhuang, he would be able to figure out the true identity of the unknown fleet that was attacked..

Not long after, the returning fighter planes landed one after another at the ground airport of the Yanhuang and were returned to the small space by the ground crew. They would complete the maintenance of the fighter planes and the supply of fuel and ammunition in the small space..

The second batch of fighter planes has completed combat preparations. All planes are full of fuel and ammunition, and the pilots are already sitting in the cockpit. They are just waiting for the order to be issued before they can take off in the aircraft.

If it were Ye Bai, he would not have let the second wave of attack aircraft take off immediately. At least, he would have to wait until he asked the pilots and found out the details of the unknown fleet.

But Nimitz was different. After the commander of the bomber group who led the bombing of the unknown fleet briefly described the situation, Nimitz immediately ordered the second wave of attack aircraft to take off.

For Nimitz, the situation of this unknown fleet is indeed very important, but now it is wartime. Now that it has been confirmed that the other party is the enemy, there is nothing more to say, and the fight is over.

And the bombing effect of the first wave of attack aircraft groups was not bad. Although the detailed results are still unknown, according to the commander of the bomber group, at least 30 warships were sunk and many more were damaged.

Now that preliminary results have been achieved, the opponent must not be given a chance to breathe. The second wave of bombers must take off as soon as possible and maintain a continuous bombing density of 0. The scale of the second wave of attack aircraft prepared by Nimitz is smaller than that of the first wave of attacks. The aircraft fleet has not decreased, but it has not increased either. It still maintains a level of nearly 500 aircraft.

Although the commander of the first wave of attack aircraft reported that all the escort fighters of the opposing fleet had been shot down, the opposing fleet had more than 200 warships after all, and the fleet's air defense firepower was still not weak.

Moreover, it is still unknown how many aircraft carriers there are in the opponent's fleet. It is not certain that there are really no carrier-based fighter jets in the opponent's fleet. Therefore, the number of fighter jets that provide escort for the attack fleet must not be small.

A large-scale flight formation composed of nearly 500 fighter planes flew rapidly in the air, and met in the air with the first wave of fighter planes returning home. They were all cheering each other on, and the atmosphere was very good.

After the second wave of attack aircraft took off, stacks of developed photos were sent to the war situation center. At the same time, the combat experience described verbally by the pilots who participated in the battle was also sent after preliminary sorting by the officers. Arrive at the war center.

While Nimitz was checking the battle report, Ye Bai picked up the pile of photos on the table and looked at them carefully. This was his strength. At least he could judge the level of those battleships through these photos.

As a result, he saw it more and more clearly, although due to the performance issues of the high-altitude reconnaissance camera, the photos were not clear, which was far worse than the high-definition photos he saw on the earth.

But after all, the surface ships and targets photographed are still roughly outlines, even if they are not clear.

Through the rough outlines of the battleships in the photo, Ye Bai identified some of them without spending much effort.

"The Benson-class destroyers, Linxian-class light cruisers, and New Orleans-class heavy cruisers were all alien player fleets that were randomly pulled in by the system."

Now that he has identified some of the battleships in the photo, Ye Bai has lost interest. He throws the photo in his hand on the table and said in a brisk tone. The existence of the alien player fleet, although it is given by the system, They are not mentioned in the clearance missions and hidden clearance missions, but if there is a chance, Ye Bai will not let them go.

If the other party does not show up, in order to better complete the dungeon clearance mission, Ye Bai He would not suggest that Nimitz spend a lot of effort to search for each other across the sea.

However, since these guys have taken the initiative to show their faces, Ye Bai certainly will not choose to turn a blind eye. The fight has already begun, and he must not give up halfway. Let's solve it together.

Anyway, although these alien players have established their own fleet, the performance and level of the warships are relatively weak, especially the old warships equipped with them. They may be able to fight in close-range artillery battles, but this air defense Their capabilities are a bit unsatisfactory.

Faced with the bombing by the large-scale attack aircraft sent by the Chinese fleet, the alien player's warships simply could not withstand it. In the first round of bombing operations, it seemed that not many warships were sunk. That's just because the pilots regard the large battleships in the fleet as key attack targets.

Most aerial bombs and aerial torpedoes are used on these large battleships. With their thick armor value, these large battleships are not that easy to attack. Exploded and sunk..