Chapter 156 The Battle of the Whetstone
"Commander, Qu Shizi reported that an unidentified submarine was approaching. ←,."
Just as Yang Feng was singing and dancing, in the distant Atlantic Ocean, in the command cabin of the Kunlun aircraft carrier, a communication soldier suddenly raised his head and said to Wu Zurong not far away. At this time, the fleet had already passed through the Azores. Due to the time difference, it was still daytime.
Yang Feng's warships all had towed sonars, and the submarines at this time had nowhere to hide in front of them.
"This is the first ship"
Wu Zurong said with a sneer.
"Since we leave the English Channel, this should be the sixth ship, here one, here"
Fleet Chief of Staff Wang Song said, drawing a few points to the chart.
"What are you doing when you fight and don't beat, and don't abandon, what's the use of tracking our location like this?"
Wu Zurong said in confusion.
As for who this submarine belongs to, there is no need to guess. Although there are submarines in this sea area, in order to avoid misunderstandings, Yang Feng has already communicated with countries such as the United Kingdom and France. Once a submarine is found within a threat distance, he will either use the agreed radio code or use a sonar signal to contact and confirm his identity. If there is no response or the response is incorrect, then there is no need to say that it must be a Soviet submarine.
It must be noted that the Ming Empire and the Soviet Union did not terminate the war, and there was not even a ceasefire agreement. At most, there was a verbal agreement. However, once the Kunlun returned to China, Yang Feng would form a dual aircraft carrier formation. If Stalin could not take it, he would take action and leave the aircraft carrier at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
The Kewei has signed a renewal agreement. Yang Feng will continue to rent it for three years, with his current relationship with the British. Maybe he will give it to him in three years. Anyway, the British will probably directly retire and remove the scrap iron when they take it back. During this period, they even want to give one to the bald man.
"Appoint a reconnaissance aircraft to expand the search radius to 300 kilometers, and directly contact the General Staff Department to ask for the current location of the USS Moscow aircraft carrier."
Wu Zurong suddenly said.
"You mean the Soviets would intercept us with aircraft carriers."
Wang Song said in surprise.
"If it were you, wouldn't they have no experience in combating aircraft carriers. They urgently need an opponent of the same level. Is there anyone more suitable for training than us at this time?"
Wu Zurong said with a sneer.
He guessed it right.
Three hundred kilometers away from Kunlun, Gorshkov was in the command cabin of the USS Moscow aircraft carrier, looking at the latest telegram in his hand.
"Order the fleet, go forward at full speed"
He said lightly.
On the blue sea, the Moscow, which is more than 30,000 tons, started its rush at a speed of more than 30 knots under the 200,000 horsepower turbine, on both sides of it. This is also because of the Xia Boyang-class light cruiser that was completed at the fastest speed under the urging of Stalin.
This kind of light patrol that started before the war was constructed was interrupted by the war. It had twelve 152 mm main guns, which had just been in service a month ago, namely the Xia Boyang, the Gubishev, the Fulongzhi and the Chikarov.
This fleet of five warships can be said to be the most luxurious lineup that Stalin can do, and he is quite shabby to say. Although the Baltic Fleet still has a lot of messy warships, it is either too old to withstand the wind and waves of the Atlantic, or too small to perform such long-range combat missions. For example, the seven-type destroyer has a cruising capacity of less than 2,000 nautical miles, and without a supply ship, it may not even be able to drive out of the North Sea. Only these five can have real ocean combat capabilities.
As Wu Zurong guessed, he urgently needed an opponent of the same level to hone his aircraft carrier fleet. The Soviet Navy, which had no combat experience in this area, wanted to gallop across the ocean in the future and even compete with the righteous people of the US Empire, then first of all, had to have a whetstone. They had to know how to fight with aircraft carriers first, and this whetstone was no more suitable than the Kunlun.
The Kunlun, which is protected by only one light cruiser and two destroyers, is not only smaller tonnage than Moscow, but also much slower speed. Obviously, no matter how you look at it, it is at a disadvantage in front of his Moscow formation. Just like a Siberian tiger and a Bengal tiger, there will be a battle, but it is a battle that will surely be won. Such a battle will not only allow the Soviet Navy to gain valuable aircraft carrier combat experience, but also give off anger that has been held back for a long time.
After all, it is not easy for Comrade Stalin to endure for so long. Although there is the battlefield in India, which makes him vent, it will not really hurt Yang Feng. Everyone is a politician and will not care about the death of a few soldiers. Even Yang Feng had a population of tens of millions at this time, and the 18,000 casualties on the battlefield are not worth mentioning.
But this aircraft carrier is Yang Feng's hard work. He has been waiting for this aircraft carrier for almost three years.
Although he didn't understand why that guy was so stupid, he actually sent three warships to escort it, but for Stalin, it was a god-given opportunity.
What a good thing.
But unfortunately, he didn't know that Yang Feng was fishing, which was his fish. This guy ordered the fleet to return to China on the American route to lure the Soviet aircraft carrier fleet to attack.
The Soviet Union had no experience in naval battles in aircraft carriers, but neither did the Ming Navy. Of course, they were definitely much stronger than the Soviets. At least the British still taught some things.
Those carrier-based pilots have very rich experience in bombing land targets, but they have almost no experience in bombing sea warships. Yang Feng cannot pull a bunch of used warships with them as targets like the Americans, so the Moscow is also their whetstone.
Of course, he would not damage this aircraft carrier. His escort ship had already brought enough plug-ins to this battle.
"Working between Siberian tigers and Bengal tigers, can you just wear armor and carry a flail?"
Yang Feng sneered, then rubbed his face, changed into an anxious expression and walked to Johnson who was talking to Jansen, and said in the latter's confusing gaze: "Two, I think we are facing serious trouble. According to the information I have obtained, the Soviet Navy's USS Moscow aircraft carrier formation had left the port a week ago. Just now, the commander of my USS Kunlun aircraft carrier formation reported that they were tracking and surveillance by multiple Soviet submarines along the way, and suspected that the Soviets were preparing to use this aircraft carrier to intercept them."
"Oh my God, you have already had a truce with them."
Jansen said in surprise.
"Is there a truce agreement? Besides, even if there is one, Stalin can't tear it apart? Isn't this the first time he has done such a thing."
Yang Feng shrugged and said.
"His Excellency, I will send a report to the country immediately to see if they have more accurate information."
Johnson said with a serious look on his face.
But at this moment, a Hummer military vehicle from the General Staff of the Ming Army stopped beside the lawn with a sound of brakes. An officer hurriedly got out of the car with a document and walked to Yang Feng, saluting and saying, "Report to the head of state, the Kunlun report, and found that the Soviet Navy's Moscow aircraft carrier was 250 kilometers away, and the opponent's combat aircraft had been lifted on the deck and stood on standby. There were four new large cruisers, probably the latest Xia Boyang class."
"Okay, no need to confirm it anymore. It seems that Comrade Joseph is not going to let my fleet return home. It's okay, this time it can be cut off."
Yang Feng took the telegram and said lightly.
Jansen and Johnson looked at each other, and it was obvious that they were also looking forward to the battle.
On the sea 15,000 kilometers away, a combat alarm sounded across the sea surface. The two elevators of the Kunlun kept rising and falling, lifting one Sea Rage fighter jet to the deck. On the deck, a large number of pilots flocked to their respective fighters and boarded the plane with the help of ground crew. The front-end propeller began to rotate. The first Sea Rage quickly accelerated from the fleet and quickly soared into the air after a dozen meters of skiing.
In fact, they do not need catapults. The air combat configuration of Haifu can easily take off in the wind on the deck. It only takes a few dozen meters to be enough. Using catapults is troublesome. Moreover, when the propeller is rotating, it is purely a waste of time to be busy around an aircraft. Therefore, in World War II, the fleet aircraft carriers were not installed, and even if they were installed, they were basically used as decorations. Only small escort aircraft carriers were used.
After the first sea fury took off, the second and third ones were immediately followed.
At the same time, the Hongwu cruiser moved backwards, and the Zhang Huangyan and the Qu Shizi were one left and one right, escorting the Kunlun aircraft carrier in the middle in a triangle, with large, medium and small caliber anti-aircraft guns pointing to the sky one after another.
Two hundred kilometers away, aboard the Moscow aircraft carrier, a series of ship-based La Nine and Il II are also constantly taking off. Although this aircraft carrier is much larger than the Kunlun, it has defects since its design, so the two aircraft carriers carry similar numbers. Even if some improvements were made during the repair process of the Soviets, they only carried thirty-six La Nine and twenty-four Il IIs. However, the pilots are definitely real elites. They are organized as a carrier-based aviation division, and the division commander is Pokreshkin, the second ace of the Soviet Air Force.
After the air formation took off, Gorshkov's surface fleet continued to move forward. The combat radius of the Il-2 was pitifully short, otherwise he would not have been so close to attack. He was also prepared for the failure of the air combat, and he could directly bombard the surface warships. After all, he had four 10,000 tons light patrols, while the opponent had only one.
At this time, the high-power carrier-based radar on the Hongwu had discovered the Soviet group that had taken off the air. The group of sea rage aircraft hovering over the fleet immediately rushed towards the enemy.
In the third year after the end of World War II, another maritime aircraft carrier showdown officially began.
Chapter completed!