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Chapter 277 Attack (please give me a monthly vote!)

"Mastering air supremacy is victory. (Update the latest chapter of this book) Without air supremacy, it is doomed to fail and accept any conditions that the victor is willing to impose."

Looking down at the sea from the sky, what does the sea look like?

For Cheng Biguang, who was sitting on the plane, this was the first time he was sitting on the plane. When the roar of the plane engine sounded in his ears, some wind blew in along the unclosed canopy, and the wind seemed a little chill.

Looking at the calm sea, although he had been flying for more than an hour, his heart could not calm down. He knew that soon, the seemingly calm sea would boil and burn.

This naval battle is completely different from any naval battle in history. This naval battle will change a lot, not only will it change the fate of two Asian countries, China and Japan, but it will also change the history of world wars. After this war, the whole world will see the changes in air power over wars.

"Maybe……"

Suddenly a voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Sir, that's the warship of the First Fleet, right?"

Following the direction of the pilot's finger in front of him, four warships were reflected in his sight. The four warships were spitting out not thick coal smoke and sailing slowly at a speed of about five knots.

Four warships, one large and three small, the largest are only more than 4,000 tons, and the smallest are more than 2,000 tons. These are the only four "main battleships" of the Chinese Navy - "Haiqi", "Hairong", "Haichou", and "Haichen".

The cruiser "Haiqi" ​​is the flagship of the Chinese Navy and the largest warship with tonnage, but only more than 4,000 tons. As for "Hairong", "Haichou", and "Haichen" three ships are only 2,900 tons, but these four small cruisers are the main warships of the Chinese Navy.

A hundred miles south, the tonnage of a main ship of the Japanese Navy's First Fleet, which is invading China, exceeds these four warships. The gap between the navies between the two countries has been widened to an incomparable level in the past twenty years.

When the plane landed, thinking about the sea and air battle that would soon break out, a thought suddenly popped up in Cheng Biguang's mind.

"If the aircraft can be loaded with a warship..."

When the plane was loaded with a warship, the idea of ​​this came out of Cheng Biguang's mind, and it became unstoppable. If the plane could really sink the battleship, then what's the point of the battleship?

This time, the Jiangsu Army Air Force launched an attack on the Japanese fleet more than 100 nautical miles away. Now the farthest fleet in the world is no more than 20 nautical miles. If there is a warship that can carry a large number of aircraft, and the aircraft is 150 nautical miles away, far away from the main gun of the battleship, then the battleship will be sent to the bottom of the sea by torpedoes and bombs before even seeing the appearance of the enemy ship. By then...

When that scene emerged from his mind, as a traditional naval officer, his heart suddenly beat and counted. He knew clearly that if all this really became a reality, what would mean for the world navy meant that the battleships would become backward things overnight and become targets for aircraft.

Battleships may even be eliminated by aircraft

"Is this... possible?"

Cheng Biguang kept thinking about this problem in his mind. In some naval yearbooks I have read before, a new type of warship - a seaplane mothership, a warship specializing in Mén carrying seaplanes. Japan also built the same warship. Their seaplanes may be very backward and cannot play an attacking role, but the seaplanes made by Lianyungang can...

"Lieutenant, can you ask you a question?"

The moment the plane stopped at the sea, Cheng Biguang asked the pilot in front of the seat.

"Sir? Are there any problems?"

“Can a seaplane like this carry torpedoes?”

"Sir, of course, can carry torpedoes. In fact, all combat attack aircraft are now developed based on the water attack style."

The pilot's answer made Cheng Biguang's thought unstoppable, seaplane, long-range attack...

Because he had already contacted the fleet before leaving Lianyungang, when the seaplane that Cheng Biguang was riding landed, the cruiser "Haiqi" ​​had stopped and released a jiāo boat. When the jiāo boat was sailing towards the plane, Cheng Biguang obviously did not notice the jiāo boat. At this time, there was only one idea in his mind, which was to build a jiāo boat that could attack battleships. The current Chinese Navy had almost no power to fight back against the powerful navy. If it was to build a seaplane mothership, perhaps only a few seaplanes were available, but it meant that the navy would no longer need to be passively beaten like in the past. (Update the latest chapter of this book)

At least with the power to fight back, if you have no choice, you can send a torpedo attack aircraft to directly attack the opponent's flagship, thereby quickly ending the war, just like the attack method that Lianyungang will take this time.

It is very simple to achieve this goal. It only requires appropriate transformation of a merchant ship, then purchase a few aircraft from Lianyungang and train several pilots. The cost may not be as much as the expense of a lightning strike ship, but it can give the navy the ability to attack the enemy's main battleship.

"Sir, sir..."

Cheng Biguang, who was called back to his senses by the pilot, glanced outside the cabin, and when he looked at the jiāo boat, he turned around and looked at the pilot in front of him and said with a kind smile.

"How is it? Do you want to go to the Navy? If you go to the Navy, you will be promoted to you as a lieutenant colonel immediately."

“Buzz…”

At 2:15 pm, the first air defense alarm sounded broke the silence of the airport. The shrill air defense alarm sounded, which meant the arrival of the last moment.

As the shrill air defense alarm echoed over the airport, more than 200 pilots who had been waiting for a long time rushed towards the war room like a gust of wind. On the way to the war room, most of the young pilots had smiles on their faces, and they encouraged each other with words while running.

"I will definitely sink the King Kong"

“That’s my goal”

"Stop fighting, that's our goal..."

Almost after the establishment of the Army Aviation Force, the Army Aviation Force became the foundation of Lianyungang's coastal defense. The mission of the Air Aviation Force was to attack enemy ships that invaded the waters of Lianyungang. This imaginary enemy was neither Britain nor Germany nor the United States, but the Japanese Navy, known as a streak of water.

For this reason, in the pilot dormitory and pilot training center, photos of Japanese Navy warships were hung everywhere. Three views of Japanese warships such as "King Kong", "Hire", and "Hanoi" have long been engraved in their minds. Even each formation has its own specific target. When performing an attack, they will first consider priority targets, that is, the "target enemy ship" engraved in their minds.

When more than 200 pilots ran towards the combat room to receive their last combat subordinates, on the aprons on both sides of the airport runway, the sunshade cloth originally covered in the cabin was blown away by ground crew soldiers. The ground crew soldiers next to the plane seized the time to conduct the last plane inspection. Not far away, more than a dozen cars dragged torpedoes to the runway. The torpedoes reflected a creeping light in the sun. As soon as the torpedo arrived, ground crew soldiers immediately walked over, opened the torpedo inspection compartment, and inspected the torpedo.

"Check carefully, check again."

At this time, for the ground officers and soldiers in the airport, they had only one idea left in their minds, that is, to do their best to check that these aircraft must not allow any aircraft to fail because of their mistakes, or torpedoes cannot be thrown, or they cannot move after being thrown.

Finally, after the inspection was completed, the weapon tractor dragged the aircraft to the edge of the apron, and then worked hard with the help of a small crane to 800 kilograms to the torpedo cart. After the ground crew under the belly of the aircraft last checked the weapon mount, the torpedo was pushed under the belly of the aircraft by the cart. After the center line was aligned, with the help of the cart, the torpedo was hoisted onto the belly mount of the attack aircraft.

The third-type aviation torpedo is a new aerospace torpedo made by the Second Machinery Company of ** Company, which uses drawings to purchase existing foreign components. Compared with its range of only 1,200 meters, the 120 kg new high-energy bombing thunder head can severely damage the battleship with one hit.

After the torpedo was installed on the hanger, another technical sergeant lay under the belly of the aircraft and inspected the torpedo again, setting the reference depth for the torpedo. Although after the aircraft took off, the rear-seat machine gunner can set the depth for the torpedo by himself by opening the under-seat hatch, considering various uncertainties, the technical sergeant will preset the depth for the torpedo during takeoff, and this preset depth is 3 meters. Within this draft, no warship or cruiser can escape.

While installing torpedoes, 12 of the 36 first-type combat attack aircraft did not carry aviation torpedoes. Although the first-type combat attack was developed based on land attack aircraft, it changed the double cockpit to a single cockpit, which reduced the weight through the aircraft. In addition, it used a single cockpit, so it could carry a bomb weighing 1,200 kilograms. Because of this, the first-type combat attack aircraft was able to double-mounted under the cabin and mounted two 600 kilogram armor-piercing aviation bombs.

Lian Yun did not have the experience of creating armor-piercing bombs. In order to avoid many unreliable factors such as unreliable fuses, he used twelve-inch shells imported from the United States to use battleships and temporarily modified. Through the full investigation and research on the armor of Japanese battleships, the aviation team had already learned that if this bomb was to penetrate the horizontal armor of Japanese battleships, the minimum bomb drop height was 2,500 meters.

Reducing the bomb drop height can improve the hit rate. Therefore, it was decided to change the original planned altitude of 3,500 meters to the higher hit rate. Of course, doing so will increase the risk of the plane being hit by high-speed artillery fire, but considering that there are only a few warships installed on the Japanese warships, the few pitiful embellishments of more than the 47mm high-speed artillery for practical purposes, it doesn't matter. Reducing the bottom height can ensure a hit rate of 70%, which means that seven of the ten attack units can hit the target.

It is very successful to achieve such a high hit rate on a ship. Compared to the fact that each attack can only carry one torpedo, each attack aircraft can carry two armor-piercing bombs, which invisibly increases the number of aircraft. However, considering factors such as pilot quality, only one-third of the aircraft in the first attack bo carry aviation armor-piercing bombs to perform horizontal bombing missions.

Half an hour later, the officers on the airport runway held a simple farewell ceremony for the pilots participating in the First Attack Bo. All the pilots of the 13th Regiment were wearing full flight suits. All their personal objects were packed and prepared to be sent for them to be shipped out and transported back. In these packages were placed part of their heads and nails so that some remains could be used when the funeral ceremony was held for them in the future.

"I finally look forward to the long-awaited day here and there is nothing to say. Remember, just like when training, in short... I wish you a successful salute."

Jiang Zuobin, who was standing in front of the pilot, gave a military salute.

When the captain Zhu Binhou led the pilots to return the salute, Li Zicheng, who was standing in the distance, looked at the young people. Their faces had both the vitality of young people and the restraint that ordinary young people did not have. Only the unique spirit of young people flashing in their eyes reminded everyone that they were just a group of young people with an average age of twenty.

At this time, these young people stood still like mountains on the runway. At this time, many of them were full of steel-like will on their faces, and they would do whatever they could to complete the attack mission.

At this time, the air above the airport seemed a bit solemn. There had never been so many people in the world who needed to rely on so few people to protect. These pilots would protect hundreds of millions of Chinese people. They would definitely cut off Japan's ambition to get involved in the mainland.

The country will thank them. The people will always remember these young people.

After Jiang Zuobin issued the final precepts, Li Zicheng walked slowly over. He looked solemn and solemn, and did not say anything. Instead, he took out a glass of wine from the wine plate held by the officer beside him, and then served the wine glass in front of the pilot with both hands. The wine was not a line wine, but a low-altitude champagne. He left the team only after receiving the wine.

"I wish you all the triumphant success"

Finally, after giving out the last glass of wine, Li Zicheng, who also picked up a glass of wine, looked around at the pilots in front of him and shouted loudly.

"Triumph"

All the pilots raised their glasses at once.

"Everyone is in the eye"

"Report to the Chief, Jiangsu Army Air Force's first attack, has completed its attack preparations, please instruct"

"Prepare to attack and disband.

After the pilots set off, the people gathered at the airport shook the national flag in their hands, while some pilots greeted acquaintances and said goodbye to their acquaintances while running towards their planes.

"I wish you success"

Amid the people's greetings, Li Zicheng walked up to Zhu Binhou and said to him that this young man had been brought to Jiangsu by himself, and now he will command the first attack on Bo.

"Please rest assured, your duty is fulfilled."

After returning a military salute, he walked towards the plane. The tail of his plane, the commander-in-chief, was painted with yellow paint, and this kind of face was also very eye-catching whether it was day or night.

When he walked to his plane, he deliberately checked the torpedo under the belly of the plane. As the captain of the aviation team, he naturally cared about his torpedo because he was a guide plane and he would be responsible for dropping the first torpedo, so he naturally could not relax at all.

"How is it? You can definitely commit to it."

A ground officer who was working as a ground staff member became extremely serious when he heard the captain's words.

"If I can't surrender, I will punish myself before the captain returns."

Obviously, in his opinion, the captain's words were, well, not an insult, but they were extremely uncomfortable.

"Don't be so serious, just be sure."

Zhu Binhou, who was standing next to the commander-in-chief plane, smiled. The ground lieutenant set up a ladder to support him onto the plane, and handed him a white scarf. The pilots had the tradition of wearing scarfs. In fact, this tradition was brought back by Zhu Binhou from France. However, the scarf has two uses: one is to prevent cold and the temperature in the air is very low, and the other is to wipe away the oil stains on his face. The engines of foreign aircraft leak oil and occasionally splash on the pilot's face. Although the aircraft has no disadvantages, Zhu Binhou still brought this habit to the air force out of habit.

"This is the airport ground staff's wish, and it means they also want to fly over the fleet with you. Please be sure to accept it."

After taking a look at the lieutenant, Zhu Binhou nodded as a thank you. After untiing his scarf, he took the scarf, tied it tightly between his neck, and then gave his scarf to the ground lieutenant.

"Send it to you, leave a souvenir"

At this moment, outside the flight command post made of steel beams on the side, the signalman holding the signal flag waved the signal flag in his hand, which was the command post giving the order.

"Start the engine"

Once the order is issued, the ground crew in front of each plane immediately rotates the engine and the engine begins to rotate.

"Two-minute test drive"

During the test run of the aircraft engine, the aircraft turned on the navigation lights. Under the vibration of the aircraft propeller, the tiny lights of the navigation lights flashed.

The sound of the plane engine was coming back over the airport. People who were seeing off on both sides of the runway shook the national flag even harder, while the ground officers and soldiers who were withdrawing from the runway took off their military caps and kept waving at the pilot.

"take off"

The signalmen on the flight command post kept waving the green flag in their hands and drawing circles, while the signalmen on the side of the runway conveyed the same signal.

The one-style battle attack piloted by Zhu Binhou began to slide and take off. After gliding for hundreds of meters, the plane quickly climbed into the air. Amid the cheers of people, one plane after another kept taking off.

"Okay, what's left now...is waiting."

After the first Bo plane took off, Li Zicheng turned his head and said to Jiang Zuobin beside him.

Jiang Zuobin nodded, looking at the formation that had hovered in the sky for a week and flew towards the northeast. He clenched his fists slightly.

"I really don't know..."
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