Chapter 1506 Fleet Air Defense
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"Damn it! Fighters are dispatched and entangled with Chinese planes! Diving bombers and torpedo attack aircraft are accelerating! Since the Chinese planes have appeared, their aircraft carriers must not be far away!" Lu, a major general of the German Navy Aviation Army who is in charge of commanding this operation
Kass ordered the aircraft group via radio! Their target was the aircraft carrier of the Chinese Navy, and there was no need to get entangled with the fighter jets of the Chinese Navy. If time was wasted and the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier slipped away, then their action would be
Failed!
The fighters of each wing dispatched by the Luftwaffe and the German Army Air Force were escorting dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft. These fighters were originally around the fleet, and when they were found to have hit the Chinese Navy fighters from a high altitude and entered the fleet,
When they were slaughtering their dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft, they immediately rushed back from all around. The dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft of the German Navy and Army Aviation also fled in all directions to avoid being shot down by Chinese Navy fighters.
The battle on the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier was the F11B's 'Vulture' fighter, four 12.7mm aircraft machine guns, which were very powerful. The German dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft were simply unable to withstand it, one after another, was shot down.
When the fighter jets of the Luftwaffe and Army Air Force arrived, at least hundreds of German dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft were shot down.
With its advantages of speed and maneuverability, the Chinese Navy's "Vulture" fighter has escaped the entanglement of the German Hurricane IV fighter jets, and has placed its main attack targets on dive bombers and torpedo attack fuselages that pose the greatest threat to aircraft carriers.
Although the performance of the "Vulture" fighter jet is much higher than that of Hurricane IV fighter jets, Chinese Navy's fighter jets also suffered casualties under the siege of up to two wings of Hurricane IV fighter jets. But even so,
These warriors cannot be allowed to retreat.
At 7:06 in the morning, the German fleet discovered the Chinese aircraft carrier formation. Four aircraft carrier formations were on the sea, each of which gathered about twenty nautical miles away. The four aircraft carriers were at the center of the formation, and their speed had increased to thirty knots.
, is sailing south quickly. However, compared with the speed of the fighter jet, the speed of the aircraft carrier is still much slower.
Major General Lucas of the German Navy Department issued an order to launch an attack on the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier. At this time, they had lost nearly 200 fighter jets. Except for a few aircraft that were previously shot down by the Chinese Navy's warning fleet, most of them were
All of them were shot down by fighters taken off by Chinese aircraft carriers. The four brigades of fighters taken off by Chinese naval aircraft carriers were shot down halfway. However, their results were undoubtedly very fruitful. When the dense German aircraft rushed towards the fleet
At that time, the Chinese Navy's fighter jets began to break away. Attacked the lonely German fighter jets on the periphery to avoid being accidentally injured by their own air defense firepower.
The air defense operation mode of the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier battle group is centered on the aircraft carrier. The outermost periphery is the fleet's four "city-class" destroyers and four "Erhai-class" frigates. The air defense firepower on the destroyers and frigates is weak and cannot be combined with
Compared with heavy cruisers and air defense cruisers, there are two heavy cruisers and two air defense cruisers. Large air defense cruisers built specifically for air defense will undoubtedly serve as personal bodyguards for aircraft carriers. The final defense is the aircraft carrier's own.
The air defense firepower is only there, compared with the latest "island-class" aircraft carrier of the Chinese Navy, the "Emeishan-class" aircraft carrier has a lower displacement, with only 25,000 tons, and the air defense firepower is relatively weak, with only four dual-mounted 120 units in total
The mm high-level dual-purpose gun, four-seater dual-mounted 88mm anti-aircraft gun, 8 40mm anti-aircraft guns, 8 20mm machine guns, and some anti-aircraft machine guns. Compared with the huge hull of the aircraft carrier, such anti-aircraft firepower is
There are many loopholes.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" When the German aircraft group was still ten kilometers away from the aircraft carrier formation, the fleet's 120mm high-level dual-purpose gun opened fire. Although the 120mm high-level dual-purpose gun had a long range and was powerful, its firing rate was very high
Slowly, it is often a matter of luck to hit the enemy's fighter plane. Especially before the anti-aircraft artillery shells with near-explosion fuses were developed. This is even more so!
During the approach of the German aircraft fleet, dozens of dual-mounted 120mm high-level dual-purpose guns of the fleet opened fire, but only hit more than a dozen aircraft. Of course, these aircraft were directly hit and exploded in the air, 120mm
The power of the Gaoping dual-purpose gun is simply not something that a fragile aircraft can withstand!
At this moment, there were more than 250 dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft remaining in the German aircraft group. However, Major General Lucas, who was responsible for commanding this operation, made a mistake. He ordered the aircraft group to disperse and go to the
Four aircraft carriers of the Chinese Navy launched an attack. They wanted to sink all four aircraft carriers of the Chinese Navy. He seemed to have ignored that the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier battle group had a very abnormal air defense firepower, and wanted to attack with dozens of dive bombers and torpedoes.
The plane sank a heavily protected Chinese aircraft carrier, which seemed a bit difficult!
Thirty-six dive bombers and 24 torpedo attack aircraft rushed towards the Chinese Navy's USS Emeishan. All warships that provided air defense protection for the USS Emeishan were shooting at the air, and everyone knew very well that if they could not be shot down
If these planes are in danger, their own warships will be in danger!
"Dongdongdongdongdong! Dadadada!" Over the fleet, the shells and bullets fired by anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns formed a series of airtight fire nets. It seemed that everything that broke into the fire net was torn apart!
The German dive bombers entered from high altitude, but both the 88mm anti-aircraft guns and 40mm anti-aircraft guns could pose a threat to them! Thirty-six dive bombers were divided into three formations and entered from three directions, but at least three points
One of the bombers was shot down. When they were about to reach the top of the aircraft carrier, they were even more attacked by the aircraft carrier's personal bodyguard, the large-scale air defense cruiser of the Qin-class. The large-scale air defense cruiser of the Qin-class was 207 meters long and had a displacement of one
Seven thousand tons, which was undoubtedly the displacement of a battleship more than ten years ago. However, the main gun of the "Qin-class" large air defense cruiser was only two dual-mounted 155mm naval guns, and the rest of the space was all
It was used to load air defense weapons. This also made the firepower of the large-scale air defense cruiser very abnormal, and it was equipped with 8 double-equipped 120mm high-level dual-purpose cannons and 24 double-equipped 88mm anti-aircraft cannons.
16 dual-mounted 40mm anti-aircraft guns, 12 20mm machine guns, and nearly 30 anti-aircraft machine guns. So much so that when the 'Qin-class' large air defense cruiser fires in the air, it is like a full of stabs.
Like a hedgehog!
The German dive bomber suffered a heavy blow when passing through the defense zone of the large air defense cruiser. Two large air defense cruisers killed more than a dozen German dive bombers. Only the one entered from the direction of the 'mountain-class' heavy cruiser.
The squadron suffered a little less loss. In the end, the dive bomber of the aircraft carrier was only one squadron, and the loss reached two-thirds! And, not until this was over, the air defense weapons carried by the aircraft carrier were still continuing to fire at them.
The losses of the German torpedo attack aircraft were relatively smaller. The 24 torpedo attack aircraft successfully avoided the Chinese fleet's air defense firepower, which was half!
12 dive bombers and 12 torpedo attack aircraft launched an attack on the aircraft carrier "Emeishan". Four dive bombers began to dive and drop bombs, but just as soon as they entered the dive channel, two were hit and exploded in the air, and the other two were also in a hurry.
Bombs were dropped, and the bombs were thrown into the sea. Immediately afterwards, eight other dive bombers also began to drop bombs. Torpedo attack aircraft that attacked from the sea also launched attacks.
Among these 8 dive bombers, 7 successfully dropped bombs. Among the 12 torpedo attack aircraft, two were shot down by air defense fire, and the remaining 10 were successfully dropped bombs.
The aircraft carrier "Emeishan" has increased its speed to 30 knots, and avoided at high speed, just like a crazy bison, rushing around the sea, avoiding aviation bombs falling from the air and torpedoes on the sea.
Among the seven aviation bombs, two hit the aircraft carrier "Emeishan". One exploded at the bow and exploded a large hole in the flight deck. The other exploded on the port side, destroying two anti-aircraft guns.
, and detonated a bunch of anti-aircraft shells, igniting a raging fire on the deck. Most of the ten torpedoes fired by German torpedo attack aircraft were missing, and two were directly from the aircraft carrier due to the fact that the depth was too deep.
The point passed. Only two torpedoes hit the aircraft carrier "Emeishan". However, these two torpedoes were both heavy torpedoes, and two large holes were blown up in the head of the ship.
The damage manager immediately carried out rescue, and while trying to plug the loophole, he used a large pump to drain the water. After some effort, the loophole was finally blocked, but the aircraft carrier "Emeishan" had been severely damaged and needed repairs.
Fortunately, the Chinese Navy has built a large repair shop in Sicily, which can repair aircraft carriers and can be repaired within a month at most.
The other three aircraft carriers were also attacked by the Germans. The USS Putuoshan was severely damaged and ate 3 aviation bombs and 3 torpedoes. The USS Wutaishan was lucky and only got one aviation bomb.
Chapter completed!