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

In brutal hand-to-hand combat like a bayonet fight, whether it was a convoy fleet or a pirate fleet, many warships were beaten up and on fire in a short period of time, and the armor value of the ship's hull dropped like a waterfall.

The pirate fleet was so desperate because they knew that time was running out and the opponent's second wave of attack aircraft could arrive at the battlefield at any time. By that time, they would have lost such an opportunity.

The entire fleet has now lost a lot of warships, especially as many as 5 large battleships have been sunk. The losses are really too great. If they cannot defeat the escort fleet and plunder all the materials carried by the transport fleet, they will The loss is wasted.

The reason why pirates are called pirates is because the word"greed" accounts for a large part. When a large transport fleet appears in front of them, greed naturally takes over.

In addition to the greed in their hearts, these pirates also thought that if the war went well and the escort fleet could not hold out for long, they could plunder the transport fleet before the second wave of attack aircraft arrived to make up for their loss. losses in this battle.

The escort fleet fought so hard because it was the honor and duty of the military personnel, which kept them fighting to protect the safety of the transport fleet.

There is another crucial reason, that is, they have received a telegram from the Yanhuang.

Island No. 308 is only more than 150 kilometers away from the battle area between the escort fleet and the pirate fleet. With the main fleet sailing at full speed, it can reach the battlefield in three hours at most.

If there were only the dozens of warships in the escort fleet, they might be able to withstand the fierce attack of the pirate fleet for three hours, but they would definitely suffer heavy losses. A large number of 710 warships were sunk, and even the transport fleet could not guarantee absolute safety. Safety.

Fortunately, after receiving the intelligence, Nimitz immediately asked Langsdorf to come down from the ground airport, took off nearly 500 fighter planes and rushed to the battlefield to provide air support to the escort fleet.

The attack aircraft group that took off from the small island No. 308 seemed to have sunk only a few dozen pirate warships. It was not a very fruitful result, but the role they played was not small.

Among other things, the air cover and bombing by this nearly 500 attack aircraft group greatly restricted the firepower and energy of the pirate fleet, making it impossible for them to continue to attack the escort fleet wholeheartedly.

As a result, the escort fleet quickly adjusted and concentrated its firepower to continuously sink three large capital ships in the pirate fleet, narrowing the numerical gap between the escort fleet and the pirate fleet in terms of large capital ships.

The most important thing is that after the attack fleet was mixed up, the battle between the escort fleet and the pirate fleet actually lasted for more than 2 hours, and there was still no winner.

Regardless of the fact that the navigation fleet was beaten miserably by the numerically superior pirate fleet, all five battlecruisers had been hit by more than one cannonball, many places on the ship's hull were on fire, and several secondary guns were destroyed.

But until now, the five battlecruisers in the escort fleet have not withdrawn from the battlefield. They are still insisting on counterattack, fighting vigorously with the large capital ships in the pirate fleet, and firmly restraining them.

This naval battle lasted for more than two hours. With the speed of the main fleet, it had successfully arrived within 50 kilometers of the sea area where the two sides were fighting.

At this location, Nimitz gave an order, and the fleet continued to move at high speed. The first wave of attack aircraft groups that were ready took off from the airport in the small space, passed through the teleportation light gate, and took off using the flight deck outside the Yanhuang.

Unlike other conventional aircraft carriers, the flight deck of the Yanhuang seems to be only about 200 meters, but in fact, coupled with the airport runway in a small space, the length of the entire runway is not short.

When releasing a carrier-based aircraft, there is no need to reduce the speed at all, you only need to ensure the stability of the ship body.

As for the Yanhuang, which has a displacement of more than 60,000 tons, in calm conditions, even if it maintains a high speed of more than 26 knots, the entire hull is quite stable, and there is no need to worry about the take-off of the carrier-based aircraft.

However, in the battleship form, those Ilyushin-4 bombers in a small space that require higher take-off and rolling distances cannot take off and take off. Therefore, the SBD fearless dive bombers and SBD Dauntless dive bombers will still perform this sea bombing mission. TBF Avenger torpedo attack aircraft.

Seeing the attack aircraft that appeared on the surveillance screen, Ye Bai couldn't help but shook his head. Perhaps because he was used to using IL-4 bombers, Ye Bai was now quite dissatisfied with these two main carrier-based aircraft. , always thinking of replacing them with more advanced carrier-based aircraft.

During this period of time, Ye Bai had been studying in the war situation center, so he did not go to the small space, let alone the scientific research center, to ask the scientists how they were doing with the construction drawings that were given to them before.

Although the SB2C Helldiver is also unsatisfactory in some aspects, it is at least better than the SBD Dauntless dive bomber and TBF Avenger torpedo attack aircraft. If it is successfully developed and some improvements are made, it can be equipped with troops and upgraded.

The topic was a bit far off topic. After the first wave of more than 300 carrier-based aircraft took off from the Yanhuang, the entire main fleet once again increased its speed and headed towards the battle waters.

Among the entire main fleet, there is now only one aircraft carrier, the Yanhuang. The original eight Ark Royal-class light aircraft carriers were either taken by Fletcher to Yuntong Island and joined the Yuntong Island guard fleet, or they were in Lutte The second fleet commanded by Yan Si has just received the order and is on its way back to the island No. 308.

Without the drag of the Ark Royal-class light aircraft carrier, the entire main fleet has transformed (abdd) into a battleship formation with battleships as the core strike force. To support the escort fleet, of course, it must quickly approach the battlefield.

With Nimitz's order, coupled with the support of an attack fleet composed of more than 300 carrier-based aircraft, the escort fleet not only had no intention of withdrawing from the battle, but also fought more fiercely. In terms of momentum, it was Not at all weaker than the pirate fleet.

Speaking of which, the pirate fleet that came to attack the transport fleet was also in bad luck. It was never expected that it would encounter such a monster as the Chinese fleet.

The escort fleet was equipped with 4 aircraft carriers. Of course they knew that, which was why 7 aircraft carriers were dispatched. After the fight, they found out that despite their numerical advantage, their carrier-based aircraft were not at all the carrier-based aircraft equipped by the escort fleet. The opponent of the machine was beaten to a pulp. (To read exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

A large number of Fulmar carrier-based fighter jets were shot down by the opponent's F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter jets. The Skua carrier-based fighter-bombers and Swordfish torpedo attack aircraft on the aircraft carrier simply They did not dare to mount aerial bombs and aerial torpedoes to take off, and they did not dare to carry out aerial bombing of warships in the escort fleet.

The attack aircraft group that took off from the island No. 308 was what these pirates expected. After all, the distance was too close and it was completely within the combat radius of the carrier-based aircraft. However, these pirates did not expect that the other party would actually Nearly 500 fighter planes will be dispatched at one go, blowing them up and making them miserable.

After finally waiting for this wave of attack aircraft to return home after all their ammunition was exhausted, this group of pirates thought that an opportunity had come and pursued and fiercely attacked the escort fleet. However, the opponent showed no signs of weakness and fought head-on.

Nearly a hundred carrier-based aircraft also took off from the rear to provide them with air cover and support. It was because of the existence of these carrier-based aircraft that the naval battle was not able to end and the escort fleet could not be completely defeated.

However, at this critical moment, a large attack aircraft group flew in from the distant horizon again. According to the results of radar detection and the visual reconnaissance of the lookout, the number of fighters in the group was no less than 300.

As a result, the number of carrier-based aircraft hovering over the battlefield reached more than 400, which was completely comparable to the first wave of attack aircraft flying from Island No. 308.

The first reaction of the pirates, who did not know the Yanhuang's black-tech combat capabilities, was that the opponent's attack fleet took off from the island's ground airport and rushed to the battlefield for support.

The appearance of this fleet completely exceeded the pirates' expectations. After all, they had calculated that it would take longer for the second wave of attack fleets taking off from Island 308 to reach the battlefield.

But no matter how surprised these pirates were, since the other party was already here, it was certainly impossible to watch the show. The pirate fleet was now either continuing to fight or turning around and evacuating the battlefield.

Having paid such a high price, the greedy pirates certainly could not choose to give up. They continued to violently bombard the escort fleet despite the aerial bombs and aerial torpedoes that continued to fall from the sky.

The pirate fleet refused to evacuate, and the officers and soldiers of the escort fleet who had already learned that reinforcements were not far behind were even less likely to give up at this time. Their morale was high, and they also fought back against the pirate fleet despite the fierce gunfire of the pirate fleet.

However, this fierce naval gunfire only lasted for half an hour. The radar systems on the pirate warships issued alarms. A large fleet was approaching the battlefield, less than 30 kilometers away.

The pirate leaders who were responsible for commanding the fleet operations were confused, and then realized that this was the support fleet of the escort fleet arriving on the battlefield, and they had no time.

At this moment, the pirate fleet, which had originally planned to make a desperate move and completely defeat the convoy fleet despite the indiscriminate bombardment of the attacking fleet, made a different sound at this moment.

Some pirate leaders believe that the opponent's support fleet has already arrived, and there is no point in continuing to fight. In order to avoid greater damage, they should retreat immediately to ensure the effectiveness of the pirate fleet.[]

Some other pirate leaders believed that the battle had gone so far and that the fleet had suffered considerable losses. If they could not break through the defense of the escort fleet and plunder the transport fleet behind them, the losses they had incurred would be in vain..