On the sea, a cruiser from the Lions Empire was sailing cautiously. This was a latest model cruiser with powerful firepower and a very modern appearance.
The only thing that makes it look a little backward is the row of three chimneys in the middle of the hull. These large heat dissipation and exhaust pipes take up a considerable length of the hull, making this battleship look a bit "old".
There is no way, although the gap in power output is not big, in terms of overall engine technology, there is still a huge gap between various countries and the Tang Dynasty.
In order to make up for these gaps, we have to work hard in other places: increase the volume, ignore fuel consumption... add more water, add more noodles, add more water, and in the end we can only add heat dissipation and increase the number of chimneys.
Anyway, it just looks ugly and interferes with the shooting range of some anti-aircraft guns. It can be used with grit and patience, and it will be over.
In fact, in this year's time, the weapons technology of the world's navies has not stood still. Everyone has worked hard for so long, and there are still some gains.
For example...torpedoes.
Yes, several maritime powers have invested a lot of manpower and material resources to develop their own torpedoes.
It's just that the torpedoes in these countries are still very primitive, and their appearance is not even fixed. It seems like a hundred flowers are blooming.
The torpedoes of some countries are actually pointed, and some countries use modified impact fuzes. In short, it is like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea.
It is actually difficult to control the course of pointed torpedoes in sea water, so the range of this kind of torpedo is only a few kilometers. It must be very close to it before it can be used reluctantly.
Most of the torpedoes used by these countries cannot increase speed due to fuze issues, as the pressure on the head will mistakenly cause these torpedoes to explode prematurely.
Therefore, although the new cruisers and destroyers of these countries are also equipped with torpedoes, only God knows whether these torpedoes can be used in actual combat.
This brand-new "torpedo cruiser" is a new type of cruiser that was launched in the past six months. It is equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft guns and the hull is also slender enough.
"Confirm the position!" Putting down the telescope, the captain of the Lions Empire turned back and looked at his adjutant: "If there is no problem, just send the code word."
They were ordered to arrive at this sea area, and their mission was to greet a plane flying nearby - this mission was weird enough to make the captain full of doubts.
There were also many officers from the intelligence department on board the ship. I heard that these people wanted to see the person who flew the plane here as soon as possible...
"The position should be accurate. We checked the stars last night and found no deviation." The adjutant replied cautiously.
The commander of the intelligence department standing nearby checked the coordinates again, and then nodded: "You can inform our people to start taking action."
"We have to wait here for two days. I hope there will be no problem." He said while looking at the captain of the cruiser.
The captain was also very nervous, because their location did seem a bit sensitive: if they went any further, they would probably enter the warning range of Longgang.
"Hang the malfunction flag, and if a Tang patrol ship approaches, reply that a malfunction has occurred and is being investigated..." Out of caution, the captain finally thought of an excuse.
Although the place they were in was somewhat sensitive, it was not the kind of place where the Tang State would expel them immediately at all costs. By claiming a malfunction, they could more or less buy themselves some time.
As time passed, the atmosphere became quite tense, but the good news was that they had been parked here for more than an hour, but they did not see the patrolling Flying Fortress reconnaissance aircraft.
At this time, the spy far away on Dragon Island had already climbed into a "training plane" for training according to the pre-planned plan.
This kind of aircraft does not have a radio for communication, in order to save costs: who will prepare advanced aircraft for foreign student pilots?
Under normal circumstances, a single-wing, all-metal trainer aircraft with radios needs to be accompanied by an instructor before it can be used.
The student can only use this simplified version of the aircraft when training by himself. He checked the instruments in the cockpit of the aircraft and then buckled his seat belt with the help of the ground crew.
There are also students on the ground support side, and there is only one teacher with the homework. It costs money to refuel, and the students pay for it themselves, so it all depends on the "money".
After looking at the full tank of fuel, the pilot student from the Lions Empire gave a thumbs up with satisfaction, and then drove the plane to the runway.
Soon, he was flying his own plane into the air, surrounded by only the sound of wind. The sealing performance of this kind of plane was actually very average, and it did not have a decent pressurized cockpit.
If you look at it from today's perspective, this is just a cheap sightseeing plane, the smallest model that cannot carry people.
Driving the plane, he first pretended to circle over the Weigang Airport twice. Then the spy suddenly changed his mind. According to the plan he had thought up in advance, he made the plane leave the training airspace and rushed straight towards Longgang.
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"That plane is heading the wrong way!" The officer in charge of supervision at the airport put down his binoculars, pointed at the training plane flying straight away in the sky, and shouted to the people around him.
"Check the registration record! Look where the student is...who it is!" The officer standing next to him immediately looked at the subordinate responsible for registration.
"He will be shot down! Idiot!" Watching the plane gradually leave, the officer who first noticed that the plane's route was wrong muttered in a low voice.
"He's a civil aviation student from the Lions Empire, his name is James..." The person in charge of recording raised his head and replied nervously.
"Call the Air Defense Command and tell them that someone is trespassing in Longgang! Fly a Type 3 trainer aircraft!" the leading officer immediately ordered.
Soon, the air defense anti-aircraft gun position in the middle of Long Island sounded the alarm, and 88mm anti-aircraft guns began to point to the sky. All the soldiers on duty were looking at the sky nervously.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Radar detection shows that the altitude of the aircraft is 1,000 meters! Set the fuse height!" Soon, an officer rushed to the anti-aircraft gun position with the data.
The loader, who had been waiting for a long time, began to adjust the fuse of the artillery shells, and then pushed the shells into the barrel one after another.
In the trainer plane that was approaching at high speed, a student named James was very nervous. He stared at the instrument panel in front of him, which showed that his speed was close to 350 kilometers per hour.
"Come on! Come on! Faster! Faster!" While he was whispering, suddenly there was a loud noise beside him.
When he looked over, the fireball blooming on the side of the plane had not completely dissipated. A piece of shrapnel penetrated the fuselage of the plane, leaving a small hole in it.
"Damn!" He didn't expect that Tang's anti-aircraft guns would react so quickly and hit so accurately. He had just flown to the middle of the island when he encountered such a vicious interception.
"Boom!" Another shell exploded in front of the plane, almost hitting the engine of the plane. James quickly shook the plane and climbed up urgently to avoid these dense shells.
"It's rising!" On the ground, the observer with the anti-aircraft gun quickly made a judgment! But as time passed, the Type 3 trainer aircraft had left the attack range of the anti-aircraft gun position.
Almost at the same moment, in the cockpits of the two Butcher fighter jets that were patrolling over Long Island, the urgent voice of the officer on duty at Tang Guo Long Island Air Defense Command sounded: "Call! Searchlight No. 1. Call! Searchlight No. 2! Call! Call!
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"Searchlight 1 received!" "Searchlight 2 received!" The pilots of both aircraft immediately responded to the call from the ground control tower.
"There is a Type 3 fighter jet trying to rush towards Longgang! Intercept it! If it doesn't turn around, launch an attack and shoot it down!" In the tower, the commander gave a firm order.
"Searchlight 1 understands!" the lead pilot immediately confirmed the attack order: "Shoot down the Type 3 trainer aircraft trying to approach Longgang! Repeat! Shoot down the Type 3 trainer aircraft trying to approach Longgang!"
"Order confirmed! The aircraft coordinates...30,51! The interception route...will be provided to you immediately after calculation."
"Thank you! We will go to the incident site immediately!" The pilot of the lead aircraft pulled his control stick and drove the Butcher fighter jet to draw a beautiful arc in the sky.
The wingman following him also turned quickly, and the two fighter jets passed through the clouds and rushed towards the direction of the coordinates.
On the ground, at the military airport in the middle of Long Island, sirens were echoing sharply. The four pilots were running towards their planes while trying hard to hang their equipment on their bodies.
"Emergency takeoff! Emergency takeoff!" The ground crews were busy checking ammunition and fuel for the aircraft on combat readiness. There had not been such an urgent airborne interception mission on Long Island for a long time.
"The fuel is normal! There is enough ammunition!" Seeing the flying pilot, the ground crew standing on the wing shouted to the pilot who climbed onto the plane.
"Check the pressure gauge of the hydraulic parts! See if there is any malfunction!" The pilot got into the plane, and the ground crew outside shouted to him loudly.
The pilot gave a thumbs up, indicating that everything was normal. As soon as he put on the headphones, he heard the urgent command from the control tower: "If you hear it, please answer! If you hear it, please answer!"
"It's very clear! Combat Readiness 01 is getting ready to take off!" The pilot started the engine, and the propeller in front began to rotate round and round.
"The runway has been cleared! Repeat! The runway has been cleared!" the voice from the tower came again.
"Kill that damn guy down!" the pilot of the No. 02 Fighter Fighter said to everyone through the radio.
"He is asking for death!" the pilot of Fighter No. 01 pointed the nose of the plane towards the runway and sneered back.