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

Such a pirate fleet with nearly a hundred warships, of which the number is close to 10 large main warships, cannot be stopped by the small number of submarines around the pirate base island.

Even the submarine force did not dare to attack this pirate fleet, otherwise no matter what the outcome of the attack, these submarines who took the initiative to attack would not end well.

If it's at night, fine, in broad daylight, the aircraft carrier-based aircraft in the pirate fleet can take off and carry out anti-submarine operations. Its combat effectiveness is compared to that of a destroyer that does not have a sonar system or the sonar system performance is too high. The anti-submarine capabilities of carrier-based aircraft are even more powerful.

Therefore, in addition to sending some submarines for long-distance tracking and surveillance, the submarines operating around the pirate base islands could only immediately send telegrams to the war situation center to report the intelligence.

A new pirate base island has been born, and the pirate fleet that was originally deliberately retained has lost its role. There is no longer much meaning in continuing to keep it.

It's not that they couldn't intentionally leave some of them behind, letting them slowly grow stronger like this time, triggering the system rules, and creating a new pirate base island again. In fact, Ye Bai and Nimitz had already selected new attack targets.

We just have to wait for the expansion of the main fleet to be completed, and we will attack again. In this case, naturally there is not so much time to continue to spend on the pirate fleet. The probability set by the system is really uncontrollable. Who knows the next time the pirates will be refreshed? How much time does it take to build the base island?

So this time Ye Bai does not intend to keep this pirate fleet, but to completely eliminate this pirate force once and for all, so that the waters of No. 308 Island will be completely peaceful. After the main fleet leaves, he will not bring any trouble to the guard fleet. More trouble to come.

Since this pirate force must be completely eradicated, the pirate fleet that left the base island to go out for discipline will naturally not be let go. A 423 squadron needs to be arranged to pursue it and completely eliminate it.

The main fleet is expanding, and many new warships are still on paper or on the docks of shipyards. The squadron planned by Nimitz has not been reorganized at all. At this time, warships can only be temporarily allocated to form a fleet. The squadron went to perform this mission.

The choice of commander is easy to say, just attack a pirate fleet with nearly a hundred warships. Cunningham, Halsey, Lütjens and even Spruance can do it.

With Nimitz's ability, after learning the approximate strength of the pirate plundering fleet, he quickly mobilized a group of warships to form a temporary squadron.

This temporary squadron has more than 90 warships, which is similar in number to the pirate fleet, but in terms of large main warships, it is much stronger.

2 Yamato-class battleships, 10 North Carolina-class battleships, 15 Essex-class medium-sized aircraft carriers, and 10 Prestige-class battlecruisers, coupled with dozens of small and medium-sized battleships, are powerful enough to crush that pirate bandit. Plunder fleet.

In the appointment of the commander of this temporary squadron, Nimitz finally chose Cunningham and Lütjens after consulting Ye Bai.

Cunningham has good abilities in fleet artillery warfare with battleships as the core and aviation combat command with aircraft carriers as the core. He can be regarded as a comprehensive naval commander, very similar to Nimitz, but his ability is weaker. Just a few.

The temporary squadron is not only equipped with a large number of battleships, but also a large number of aircraft carriers. The requirements for its fleet commander are not low. With Cunningham in charge, both Ye Bai and Nimitz can rest assured.

However, after Nimitz determined the candidates for the commander of the squadron, considering that the number of battleships in the temporary squadron was insufficient, if he wanted to completely annihilate this pirate fleet, in addition to the long-range strike force of the aircraft carrier, he also needed the close-range combat power of the battleship formation. Range intercept artillery battle.

Assisting Cunningham, it was Lütjens who was responsible for commanding the battleship formation in the temporary squadron to attack the pirate fleet and intercept and destroy them all.

Perhaps Halsey was obviously better at commanding battleship assaults, but when Nimitz asked for instructions, Ye Bai hesitated for a moment and finally chose Lütjens.

After all, Lütjens was the first general-level officer he recruited, and he had been with him the longest. He was also the de facto fleet commander of the once weak Chinese fleet. He had both credit and hard work.

When Ye Bai encounters some opportunities, the first thing he thinks of is Lütjens. He cannot mistreat the old man who has always followed him and is loyal to him.

Besides, Lütjens’ own abilities are not bad either. He has personally commanded many naval battles in the world of navigation. Under the special mechanism of the system, certain abilities have been improved. At this time, he has improved compared to the original history. The one he got was even a bit stronger.

Even though he is still not as good as Halsey in some abilities, he is definitely not a weakling. There will be no problem at all in completing this task.

Due to the division of the pirate fleet, the main fleet that had just left Island No. 308 for only one day was also divided. After Cunningham and Lütjens left with the temporary squadron, only the main fleet was left. Less than 100 warships were acquired.

In terms of the number of battleships, it is almost half less than the pirate fleet still stationed on the pirate base island, but in terms of combat power, it is not ambiguous at all.

When it was almost nightfall the next day, the main fleet had already arrived in the sea area about 200 kilometers away from the newly refreshed pirate base island in the system. It was already in a position where it could dispatch a fleet of carrier-based aircraft to launch a large-scale aerial bombing.

At this point, all 16 aircraft carriers, including Yanhuang, had stopped sailing. Only 3 Yamato-class battleships, 15 North Carolina-class battleships, 5 Renown-class battleships and a group of (cbei) commanded by Halsey Light and heavy cruisers and destroyers were still moving forward in the night.

Again, the number of warships in the main fleet after the division is limited, which is less than half of the pirate fleet. To completely annihilate the pirate base islands and the pirate fleet parked in the port terminals, long-range bombing by carrier-based aircraft units and The close-range interception of the battleship formation was launched at the same time.

With a larger number of large-scale main warships and more advanced carrier-based aircraft units, coordinated operations, the pirate warships were completely sunk in the offshore waters of the pirate base island and even in the port terminals.

It's just that it should be impossible to completely block the pirate fleet in the port terminal. After all, on the pirate base island, although large-scale ground radar stations have not yet been established, pirate warships are equipped with ship-based radars. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Even if the performance of the shipboard radar equipped by the pirate fleet is inferior, it can at least detect surface ship targets about 40-50 kilometers away. The fleet led by Halsey It is almost impossible to completely hide from the pirate forces and reach the pirate base island.

Of course Nimitz knew this, and he had no intention of hiding it from the pirate fleet. The purpose of dividing the troops at this time was to bring the melee formation led by Halsey closer.

After dawn, the first to launch the attack must be the 16 aircraft carriers including the Yanhuang. They will dispatch a large number of carrier-based aircraft units to act as the first wave of attack aircraft groups to launch an attack on the pirate fleet parked on the port pier. Indiscriminate bombing.

While the pirate fleet is busy with air defense operations, the melee formations that have already approached the pirate base island will drive at full speed and quickly arrive at the pirate base island. When the first wave of attack aircraft groups complete their bombing mission and return home, they will take over the attack and use a large number of The powerful firepower of the battleship launched a close-range artillery attack.

When the Essex-class medium-sized aircraft carrier was designed, it could be equipped with 103 carrier-based aircraft. However, in the Chinese fleet, corresponding modifications will be carried out. The biggest change is to convert the original straight-through flight deck into an inclined one. Angular flight deck.

In addition to improving the aircraft carrier's take-off and landing efficiency, the angled flight deck can also tether a larger number of carrier-based aircraft on the flight deck. In addition, the hangar can be renovated to expand some area and add some parts. space can accommodate a larger number of carrier-based aircraft.

After these modifications, the number of carrier-based aircraft equipment of the Essex-class medium-sized aircraft carrier serving in the Chinese Fleet has exceeded that of the original version, with more than 20 carrier-based aircraft.

On an Essex-class medium-sized aircraft carrier, the normal carrier-based aircraft combination plan is a fighter squadron equipped with 24 F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighters, and a fighter squadron equipped with 24 F4U Corruption fighter jets..

A total of 48 carrier-based fighter jets can provide a complete air defense system for aircraft carriers and aircraft carrier fleets. Coupled with the fleet's air defense firepower, a small group of ordinary attack aircraft simply cannot even think of dropping aerial bombs and aerial torpedoes over the fleet.

In addition to being equipped with a large number of carrier-based fighter jets, the long-range strike power of the Essex-class medium-sized aircraft carrier is also not weak. After the modified and upgraded SB2C Helldiver bomber entered service, the SBD fearless dive bomber has been completely eliminated.

The Essex-class medium aircraft carrier is equipped with 1 squadron of 40 SB2C Helldiver bombers and 1 squadron of 40 TBF Avenger torpedo attack aircraft, divided into 3 attack waves, and one round of attacks will also be able to be dispatched 30 bombers and torpedo planes.

There are a total of 15 Essex-class medium-sized aircraft carriers in the main fleet. In one attack wave, the number of bombers and torpedo planes that can be launched is as high as 0.

That's it, but that doesn't include the Yanhuang. The Yanhuang's carrier-based aircraft dispatch efficiency is even more terrifying than the Essex-class medium-sized aircraft carrier, especially after the small space upgrade, there is an additional one that can connect to the external flight deck. In the case of portal..