Chapter 1235 Overwhelming planes
The Chinese Navy's Emeishan class aircraft carrier has a standard displacement of 20,000 tons, a full load displacement of 25,800 tons, a maximum speed of 28 knots, and a total of 80 combat aircraft and eight seaplanes! The ships on the aircraft carrier
The organization of aircraft carrier troops is also different from that of land-based aviation troops. The carrier-based aircraft on each aircraft carrier is a wing with three brigades under its jurisdiction, including a fighter brigade, a dive bomber brigade and a torpedo attack aircraft brigade.
There are only two squadrons in one brigade, with a total of 24 aircraft. The remaining eight aircraft are supplements to the carrier-based aircraft wing, generally two fighter jets, three dive bombers and three torpedo attack aircraft.
After the seaplane discovered the main force of the British-US Navy Combined Fleet, four aircraft carrier formations of the Chinese Navy began to take off carrier-based aircraft. However, in order to facilitate the recovery of fighter jets after the fleet completed its strike mission, only half of each aircraft took off.
The remaining aircraft will not take off half an hour after the previous batch of aircraft take off. In this way, the first wave of attacking aircraft can quickly return to the aircraft carrier to land after completing the attack, and then replenish fuel and ammunition.
The attack! The aircraft carrier's take-off and landing efficiency is maximized!
The first one to take off was C'oesto and torpedo attack aircraft. Each aircraft carrier will take off a squadron's torpedo attack aircraft. Then it was the 'fish eagle, the dive bomber, and finally the 's Puffin, the fighter aircraft. The four aircraft carriers took off in total.
48 F50' Ospreys and torpedo attack aircraft, they will fly towards the target sea after completing the formation over the aircraft carrier formation.
Then the 48' Fish Eagle and the dive bomber will also keep up with their pace. Finally, after taking off, the 48 F58' Puffin fighters will escort the torpedo attack aircraft and dive bombers in front with their speed! This time,
A total of 144 aircraft were taken off on the four aircraft carriers. 48 B's Puffin, fighter jets were responsible for escorting, while another 96 torpedo attack aircraft and dive bombers were responsible for attacking the main battleships of the US-British Navy Combined Fleet!
Lieutenant General Chen Yuankun, commander of the Navy aircraft carrier formation, watched the huge fleet leave on the bridge of the USS Emei Mountain. He was very excited. This time, it was the first time the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier performed in actual combat.
I hope the warriors of the Empire can achieve a complete success!
"Order the second batch of aircraft to be prepared and take off in half an hour!" Lieutenant General Chen Yuankun ordered. The aircraft carrier formation is only more than 90 kilometers away from the main fleet of the US and British Navy. For the aircraft fleet in the sky,
It only took more than half an hour. Soon, these war eagles would fly to the Americans' heads, drop bombs and torpedoes on their heads, and sink all their warships!
The flagship of the US-British Navy Joint Fleet, the fleet commander William.
Admiral Benson was holding a telegram, his face was very ugly. The 2nd Battlecruiser Team actually lost the Battlecruiser, and lost most of the battleships in such a short time, which made him unacceptable.
.Is it really that big difference in strength between the US Navy and the Chinese Navy? So many warships were lost in just over half an hour. If the 1st Battlecruiser Team had not arrived in time, say
Perhaps the 2nd Battlecruiser Team will be wiped out!
Inside the bridge, the fleet deputy commander John.
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Admiral Robeck and Chief of Staff Edward.
Lieutenant General Abol remained silent. However, from John.
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A smile could be seen in Robeck's eyes. Although the British Navy and the US Navy are allies now, he can't stand the face of the nouveau riche of the US Navy. The Americans thought that the number of main ships was greater, so they surpassed the British Navy.
But how could they know that without hundreds of years, they would never have thought of building a powerful navy. Of course, those Chinese were completely an accident! The US Navy lost battle cruisers in a short time, and there were several more
Light cruisers and ten destroyers. Although the British fleet also lost several destroyers as a result, compared with the US Navy, this loss is completely within an acceptable range!
"General Abol, how long will it take for us to arrive at the battlefield?" William.
Admiral Benson asked angrily. The strong combat power shown by the Chinese Navy made him a little scared. Now he has discovered that the four Chinese battle cruisers have caused such great casualties to the US Navy.
If he doesn't annihilate the Chinese Navy as soon as possible, he will feel very uneasy!
"General, now the 1st Battlecruiser Detachment and the 2nd Battlecruiser Detachment are fighting fiercely with the six Chinese, Hanxin-class battlecruisers. They are about thirty-five kilometers away from us. At 18
It takes about an hour to move forward at the speed of the festival!" Edward.
Lieutenant General Abol replied. Many old-fashioned battleships considered have a maximum speed of 21 knots, and now they cruise at a speed of 18 knots. This is already a big orange speed!!
"Damn!" William.
Admiral Benson cursed! Although the loss of four battlecruisers would not hurt the joints of the US-British Navy, which had 46 main battleships. But such losses also made William.
General Benson's intuitive commander was in great pain!
"Your Excellency Commander, please don't be angry. Although you are unwilling to admit it, this is a fact! That is, the Chinese's technology in shipbuilding technology has indeed reached a world-class level! Not to mention American warships, even British warships
It is also difficult to compete with the Chinese warships! Therefore, without a numerical advantage, it is difficult for us to defeat the Chinese. Now that we have three times the numerical advantage, there is naturally no need to have a one-on-one duel with the Chinese.
!I believe that the final victory must belong to us!" John.
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Admiral Robeck said!
William.
Admiral Benson nodded, he knew John.
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Admiral Robeck said it very correctly. Their biggest reliance on this battle is that the number of main ships is much more than that of the Chinese Navy. If they did not have such a large number advantage, they would not dare to fight this decisive battle with the Chinese Navy.
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"General, then let's just withdraw the 1st Battlecruiser Team and the 2nd Battlecruiser Team! Otherwise, if we lose these fast battleships, it will be more troublesome for us to pursue the Chinese in the future!" Edward.
Lieutenant General Abol said.
William.
Admiral Benson hesitated for a moment, then nodded. If the US-British Navy Combined Fleet wants to win a big victory this time and wipe out the Chinese Navy Expeditionary Fleet as much as possible, it must leave a fast battle cruiser team.
Okay, at that time, it will play the role of intercepting the fleeing Chinese fleet. If all the battlecruisers are lost, this will be very unfavorable to the subsequent strategy of the joint fleet!
"Let General Paulson and General Henry immediately break away from contact with the Chinese and meet with us!" William.
Admiral Benson ordered.
"Yes, Commander!" Edward.
Lieutenant General Abol said quickly!
At this moment, a staff officer ran in and looked at William.
Admiral Benson and others reported.
"Hiss Commander, we send a Chinese plane over our heads!" said the staff officer!
"Chinese planes? How could there be Chinese planes here?" William.
Admiral Benson was shocked and hurried to the deck and used a telescope to observe the plane above his head! The British and French naval joint fleet suffered the losses of the Chinese planes during the Battle of Sicily, so they could not help but pay attention to it!
"General, this plane is a Chinese seaplane! It should be used by the Chinese to reconnaise our movements!" Edward.
Lieutenant General Abol said that seaplanes can take off on the sea without being affected by the airport runway, and all countries have already started to be equipped.
"Hmph! Do you think you can beat us by knowing our movements? It's simply a dream!" William.
Admiral Benson said disdainfully. As long as it is not the type of Chinese that carries bombs and torpedoes, he doesn't have to worry. After all, this kind of seaplane is almost without any threat. In the face of absolute strength, he is not afraid of the Chinese Navy.
What conspiracy will be!
In William.
In the perception of Admiral Benson and others, fighter jets need a long runway to take off. The Chinese Air Force and Navy have no airports on the Atlantic Ocean, so they cannot use their planes to launch attacks on the United States-UK joint fleet.
This made them basically not consider the threat from the sky!
On the battlefield dozens of kilometers south, six Hanxin-class and fast battleships of the Chinese Navy are fighting against six battlecruisers of the US Navy! During the fierce battle, the US Navy's battlecruiser, Maryland, was severely damaged, but
The combat effectiveness has not been lost. The Chinese Navy
‘Li Guang, the battleship was also shot, and a turret of the front main gun was destroyed, causing the battleship to lose one-third of its firepower! The battle between the two sides is a victory or defeat!
At 1:55 pm, Major General Paulson, commander of the 1st Battlecruiser Detachment of the U.S. Navy, received William.
The telegram sent by Admiral Benson made them immediately break away from contact with the Chinese Navy and join the main fleet! The fierce battle had just begun, and Major General Paulson did not want to give up, but he did not dare to disobey William.
Admiral Benson had to order his return!
However, in less than five minutes, the screams of the naval officers and soldiers came from outside. Then, a naval staff officer rushed into the bridge of the "Colorado, battlecruiser!"
Chapter completed!