"Damn it, I haven't gone through sea flight training at all." A Tang Dynasty pilot dressed neatly, grabbed his hat, and said as he walked towards the plane.
"It doesn't matter. Your lead plane can pilot the ship. We will send radio signals to guide you to land. Don't worry." An air force commander comforted him.
Almost all the ground attack pilots of the Tang Army were in Qi State, and most of the pilots left behind on Long Island had no training experience in flying at sea.
It's not completely absent. There are still instructor pilots left behind who are familiar with naval operations, but they all have to fly precious Stuka dive bombers now.
There is no way, in order to guide more fighter jets to participate in the battle, experienced pilots must fly two-seater aircraft to command and guide the battle.
In other words, these experienced instructors are responsible for leading the way, and the novice pilots are responsible for flying fighter jets to attack.
This is an optimal choice, which can ensure that in complex actual combat situations, the most fighter jets can be dispatched at one time. Moreover, even if novice pilots lack sea flight experience, they can fly back with the instructor after the attack is completed.
This time, the assistant shooter sitting in the back row of the Stuka's cockpit was responsible for navigation. They had to mark their own route and receive radio navigation signals.
In short, the mission of the old pilots is not to attack, but to bring these young pilots back from the sea safely.
Beside the runway of the airport, a group of flight instructors were checking their maps with the commander of the operation.
There was a huge circle on everyone's chart. The commander pointed at the circle and said: "The enemy's marching range is probably within this oval range."
"Are you sure?" an instructor asked, staring at the circle.
The commander nodded and replied: "I'm very sure. This is calculated based on the airship data we have. If the enemy wants to reach Long Island at night, they must not leave this range! Because once they leave this range
, we can only carry out bombing during the day."
"Calculated based on the speed of our airship? In other words, the actual range may be smaller?" An instructor frowned, thinking that the search range could be narrowed down.
The leading officer shook his head and explained: "Not sure, because we cannot ignore issues such as bomb load and air bag filling. We have consulted the relevant airship engineers and they gave us a lot of relevant data."
As he spoke, he took a piece of calculation paper provided to him by the engineer during the previous meeting: "A fully loaded airship cannot set off from the edge of the Endless Sea and reach Dragon Island, so they must have reduced the number of bombs they can carry."
The quantity is used to load more gas containers.”
It is impossible for an airship's airbag to never leak. With such a huge volume, even if the material is extremely good, it will slowly leak. This is also the biggest problem that prevents the airship from being further practical.
If the air leaks, it needs to be replenished. As the airship flies all the way, they can only rely on the equipment they carry to fill the air bags, so they must reduce the bomb load, which can also further reduce their own weight.
They will throw away the used cylinders, so that they can further reduce weight, achieve higher speeds, and reduce the pressure caused by insufficient buoyancy due to gas leakage.
"So?" The instructors looked at the commander.
"So their speed may be faster than expected." The commander concluded: "They may appear at any point within this oval, so... don't be careless!"
After saying that, he looked at the barrel of the anti-aircraft gun raised high next to the airport runway: "If you fail, then His Majesty's castle will have to be defended by them."
"I understand!" "I understand." "I understand!" Upon hearing this, all the veteran pilots immediately nodded their heads.
They don't want to give such credit to the ground air defense forces, and they don't want to bear the blame for missing a fighter plane in a wasteful battle. Putting Dragon Cave in danger is not an easy blame to bear.
"Disband!" The commander waved his hand: "All troops, search according to the predetermined route!"
"Take off! Take off!" All the veteran pilots began to rush to their planes. These Stuka dive bombers were all just produced by Longdao and were "new products" that had not yet had time to fly to the front line of Qi.
In order to carry out this mission, all Stukas removed their howling devices and did not mount any bombs. This was done to increase the range and allow the Stukas to keep up with the speed of the Butcher fighters.
The Butcher fighter jets looked much more professional this time. All aircraft were equipped with auxiliary fuel tanks. This technology is quite advanced for this era. It can significantly increase the range of the fighter jets without affecting the fighter jets during combat.
flexibility.
One after another, the Butcher fighter jets taxied on the runway, then broke away from the constraints of gravity and climbed into a high-altitude formation.
Immediately afterwards, these aircraft began to rush south, following the leading Stuka dive bomber with murderous intent.
Those airship troops from Cyric didn't know that their disaster was coming. In fact, even if they knew, it was too late to do anything to change their fate at this time.
Compared to the Butcher fighter's speed of over 400 kilometers per hour, the slow speed of the airship is basically the same as standing still.
If it weren't for the fact that we had to draw up a battle plan after getting the intelligence, calculate the position and other messy things that wasted time, the search area would actually be smaller.
Flying over the vast sea, novice pilots became nervous after flying out of the land of Long Island. There was a wave under their feet, and they couldn't see any reference objects, which made everyone a little scared.
This is human instinct and requires training to overcome. While training, there must also be technical support! Without radio navigation technology, such an attack would be almost the same as suicide.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Basically, road-based pilots perform sea attack missions and perform night bombing missions. They have no ground reference to identify the heading, and can only rely on routes and radio guidance to blindly guide them.
Fly to the target area.
The difference is that they can see the target when attacking, which is more convenient than flying at night. But at the same time, they have to face the problem that once they lose their way, even parachuting is unsafe.
"Almost half of the pilots learned how to use life jackets only two hours before takeoff..." The commander threw the record book on the map table with some irritation and complained to the officer who was marking the position of the aircraft formation on the map.
"The Navy has dispatched two destroyers, and also mobilized 4 free ships and 15 fishing boats with radio equipment to the relevant waters... There should be no major incident." He threw away the compass in his hand and marked the position of the formation.
The officer raised his head and spoke.
He is a Chinese with black hair and black eyes, named Xiao Yun. Before entering the Air Force to study, he was a criminal and worked for a living in Bunas.
To be able to serve as a senior commander of the Air Force at this time, it can be said that he has been very successful. He has flown Camel fighter jets and Butcher fighter jets. He has rich experience and is very familiar with the dispatch and command of the Air Force.
Just from his work on the picture just now, we can see that he is an excellent commander. If not, he would not stay on Long Island and serve as the air force command here.
"Three troops will search the entire area in three directions. There will be no blind spots, provided that their routes and search ranges are correct." Xiao Yun looked at the radio operation team and asked, "Is the signal normal?"
"There has been no feedback from the signal tower. Everything is normal here." The officer guarding the equipment immediately replied.
"Watch closely!" Xiao Yun ordered, and then grabbed the radio: "Seagull Seagull! I am a big ship, I am a big ship! Please answer when you receive it."
"I'm a seagull, I'm a seagull! Got it, got it!" The clear voices of the pilots leading the plane came from the earphones.
They are still very close to Long Island, so the signal is very good. And there is not so much electromagnetic interference here. After all, only Tang Jun in the world has such high-end radio equipment.
"On the way to the target area, watch your steps!" Xiao Yun grabbed the communicator and ordered: "If you find a suspicious ship, report it immediately."
"Seagull 01 understands!" "Seagull 02 understands!" A series of responding voices came from the earphones.
At the same time, all the fleets remaining on Long Island have dispersed. Except for the warships that were arranged to lead the rescue fleet to prepare for the air force, all the remaining ships have left the port.
The navy of the Tang Dynasty did not have the habit of being squeezed into the port and being eliminated. Even if they were at a disadvantage, they would set sail to the sea and tear off a piece of flesh from the enemies who dared to invade the Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty.
However, from the time the airship was discovered until now, Cyric's fleet, which the Tang Dynasty's senior officials were most worried about, has not been discovered.
Before aircraft carriers and artificial satellites, the sea was too vast. Unless the route was predicted or the opponent's fleet was blocked near the port, it was really not easy to find a fleet on the vast sea.
This also made the commanders of the Tang Army dare not relax easily. They could not confirm whether there was such a fleet, so they could only deploy according to the existence of this enemy fleet.
They are academics, they will not take risks, they will only choose the best solution and deal with the enemy in the most reasonable way. You can say they are clumsy, but they are still the best commanders in the world.
