Chapter 2751 The Attack Begins
Damn, I feel like we're hanging on this one. "Betty cursed loudly, but his anger and dissatisfaction could not change anything. Under the strict order of Shigetaro Yoshimatsu, four Japanese aircraft carriers began to release carrier-based aircraft. The aircraft carriers entered a headwind route, and then gradually increased their speed to more than 25 knots per hour. , as the windshield at the front of the flight deck was lowered, the deck wind violently swept the wide deck of the aircraft carrier. The synthetic wind speed at this time was as high as more than 30 knots per hour, which had exceeded the scheduled 25 knots flight requirement.
"Let's start!" As the signal lights on the bridge came on, the aircraft quickly loosened their fixed equipment and then began to accelerate at full speed. The fighters began to take off, then the bombers, and finally the torpedo planes. The four aircraft carriers released 120 aircraft in the first wave of attacks, with an average of 40 aircraft per aircraft carrier. The time interval between releasing aircraft was about half a minute to one minute. After about half an hour, all carrier-based aircraft were launched. It had already taken off, and then under the command and guidance of each squadron leader, the Japanese fleet completed its formation! At this time, a telegram was sent back from the front claiming that the reconnaissance aircraft force had discovered two aircraft carriers!
So, at this moment, all doubts were wiped out. Since the US Navy aircraft carrier was discovered, it was natural that it would be attacked. Of course, some people think more. For example, they wonder why only two aircraft carriers were discovered? What about other aircraft carriers? However, these questions were destined to have no effect in a short period of time. Betty was temporarily deprived of command rights, and the Japanese Navy aircraft carrier unit, which was entering the battle for the first time, only knew one word: "reckless"!
Accompanied by the roar of hundreds of engines, the Japanese Navy's carrier-based aircraft force began its first round of aircraft carrier battles since its birth. Thousands of Japanese naval officers and soldiers watched on the deck and bridge as these prides of the navy flew toward distance.
At the same time, the Japanese land-based twin-engine bomber force taking off from the Talao Islands was also on its way to the battlefield. It has to be said that the Japanese Navy, with the guidance and help of the British, established a relatively complete communication and command system for reconnaissance. The intelligence discovered by the aircraft is transmitted to the Combined Fleet flagship, and the Combined Fleet flagship can quickly forward the information to the land-based communication station in the Talao Islands, which then transmits the information to the land-based bomber detachment, although there is a certain delay. Sex, but no matter what, the Japanese were finally able to guide the two groups of aircraft to the same target. Of course, this is not an advantage for this battle...
The news of the dispatch of the Japanese fleet was naturally hidden from the Americans. Although the Japanese navy's fighter jets tried their best to drive away the surrounding US military reconnaissance aircraft, without radar guidance, it was really difficult to intercept a single target flying at low altitude. (In World War II, even with the powerful technology and fleet strength of the U.S. Navy, low-altitude single-plane penetration still had a certain success rate, let alone now.) Therefore, the U.S. Navy reconnaissance aircraft group successfully informed the Japanese aircraft group of the takeoff. The Zeppelin aircraft carrier was hundreds of kilometers away, and just when Japan's first wave of attack aircraft took off, the Zeppelin and the Raider also released their own aircraft!
It has to be said that compared to the Japanese, the American and German Air Force is more efficient in fleet formation. This does not mean that the American pilots are more elite than the Japanese. In fact, if we simply talk about small team air combat, the two sides are evenly matched. After all, they are all a group of rookies who have never been on the battlefield... However, the Germans were now more efficient in their application to the air fleet. Unlike the Japanese who simply followed the British three-plane formation, the Germans used a four-plane formation when forming the team. After the fleet took off, each squadron leader first integrated his squadron, and then the squadron flew to the predetermined assembly position. The attack leader is organized into squadrons.
And unlike the Japanese, where almost all fleets are concentrated at one height, the entire German and German fleets are vertically distributed in an altitude range. In this way, the entire fleet can be concentrated in the smallest possible airspace.
After all, in this era, aircraft formation basically relies on eyesight, and radio coordination is almost non-existent... (In fact, by the early days of World War II, communication within the Japanese Navy fighter squadrons mainly relied on handwriting tablets and gestures!)
So, the current situation is very interesting. If someone takes a God's perspective, they will find that a fleet of four Japanese aircraft carriers is flying towards the USS Constellation, and the fleet released from the Zeppelin and the Raider is flying towards the Japanese fleet. Go, a triangle forms exactly between the three fleets!
"Send a signal to the Americans and ask all their aircraft to follow us." At this time, Lieutenant Colonel Russ was in charge of leading the fleet. After completing the formation of the two air fleets, he will lead the fleet to fly to the Japanese fleet. Don’t think that this kind of leadership task is simple. In fact, even during World War II, there were still many problems on aircraft carriers caused by guidance errors or navigators’ own mistakes. At this time, as the German Navy, which had experienced many actual battles, As the elite of the Sea-Based Air Force, it is reasonable for the entire fleet to be led by Lieutenant Colonel Russ.
During the actual flight, Lieutenant Colonel Russ had to take into account the formation of the entire fleet and the concealment of the route. Fighters and attack aircraft have different speeds. The fleet must maintain a relatively moderate speed. When approaching the target, the fighter force also needs to be divided into two parts. One part is naturally used to contain the opponent's interceptor fleet, while the other part is for personal cover. Bombers, and are responsible for suppressing the enemy fleet's artillery fire during the attack.
When the two fleets separate is also a science. As for the next step, the coordinated attacks of the bombers and torpedo planes and the order in which to attack the opponent's warships are even more of a science. After all, there are 4 targets. They can also hide and escort warships and aircraft. If you want to severely damage the aircraft carrier when the opponent is fortified at all levels, you will undoubtedly need a high level of tactics!
The attack wave consisting of 120 aircraft used up almost all the available aircraft of the two U.S. aircraft carriers. After overdrawing all its combat power, the U.S. Navy finally used two aircraft carriers to fight a battle comparable to Japan's four aircraft carriers. wave of attacks, but this is almost a return to light for the Americans. From now on, there will be almost no cover in the sky above the two American aircraft carriers!
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