Chapter 292: One Air Battle, Attack! (Please Subscribe and Monthly Tickets)

Little Luzon Bay.

The tenth year of Taiping, September 24th, early morning.

The snow-white searchlight pierced the darkness before dawn, and countless Niutao brand military tractors (actually trucks, but the appearance and sound of moving are like old hand-held tractors) travel between the warehouse and the dock.

Amid the shouts and sharp whistles of the sailors, the arms on the dock and the warship swung back and forth, constantly lifting various supplies, even the Shuanglong carrier-based seaplanes onto the aircraft-carrying battle parked next to the dock

Cruise and aircraft carriers.

Standing at the top of the Shuzhong King bridge, looking at the various warships being prepared around, even Zhuge Weidao, who was able to calculate, turned red with excitement, returned from Brunei Bay to the Nanyang fleet, the Little Luzon Military Port.

At the meeting between the Battle Patrol team and the HNA fleet, his spirit seemed extremely excited.

Although the most powerful battle cruisers of the Ming Navy, the aircraft carrier cruisers and aircraft carriers are made into a bit of a sewing-inspired monster, they are still the most powerful battleships and aircraft carriers in the world today!

The four "Loyal King"-level battle patrols with standard displacement of more than 20,000 tons, just this "block" is the known warships, the largest in the battle patrol! Although they are named "Button Patrol",

But this does not mean that the firepower and armor protection of this level of combat patrol are not outstanding.

In fact, the 45-diameter 300mm naval gun they used is the most powerful rapid-fire naval gun of this era. Its design idea is to fire at a "safe distance" of more than 7,000 meters, hit and sink the "Hero" level.

Battleships of this level!

The armor of "Lord King" adopts a very advanced key protection concept, and has an armored box with a solid inclined main armor belt and a large-thick armored deck as the main body to protect the ammunition deck, the most deadly parts of the power area.

An armored torpedo compartment was also set up below the bow deck, and a large number of waterproof compartments and lightning blockages were designed at the waterline and below. The four main turrets and command towers of the "Zhongwang" class have also adopted key protection.

The design is protected by thick surface hardened armored steel!

In other parts of the "Loyal King" level, relatively thin armor protection is used, which can only protect the fragments generated by large-caliber shells from explosions to minimize weight.

It is no exaggeration to say that this "Loyal King"-class armor protection is the best among the 20,000-ton battleships, even if it is placed in the 30,000-ton battleships and 40,000-ton battleships are rampant in the ocean.

The "Zhongwang" class can also be used as a broken ship after upgrading its power system. With a slight improvement in its hull design, it can continue to be used to build a 20,000-ton fleet aircraft carrier.

Speaking of aircraft carriers, although that aircraft carrier battlecruiser is a bit "stitching monster", it is suitable for use in the present. After all, the current carrier-based aircraft only has a combat radius of about 100 kilometers. If we consider the time it takes to form a fleet, these 100

There is a discount for the kilometer.

When carrier-based aircraft are short legs, aircraft carriers cannot hide far behind. If they want to move in the front, they are easily hit by the enemy's main battleship. Therefore, this aircraft-borne battlecruiser is used to recharge aircraft carriers.

The flagship and bodyguard of the formation are quite suitable.

As for the other three "Liaodong"-class aircraft carriers built with the hulls of "South Island"-class passenger ships, although they are not as powerful as the "Shu Zhong Wang"-class, the construction cost is much lower and the time is much shorter. They are equipped with

The number of carrier-based aircraft is similar to that of "King of Shuzhong", and currently there are 25 Shuanglong aircraft (hangar capacity).

The new fleet aircraft carrier based on the hull of the Zhongwang-class and the South Island-class, with a larger hangar, direct deck and island-style superstructure, has been designed and tendered according to Zhuge Weidao's order. It is estimated that three to five years later,

The Ming Dynasty will have a real fleet aircraft carrier!

By then, the Ming Dynasty will have the entire ocean!

When Zhuge Weidao was looking forward to the future, rapid footsteps sounded behind him, followed by a stand attentive salute and a loud report.

"Chen Jian, the chief town of the Battle Patrol team, reported that the Battle Patrol team has been replenished and can set off at any time!"

"Leiteng, the head of the first team of the First Air Force, reported that the first team has been replenished!"

"The second team chief town Wang Lei Yong reported that the second team's supply has been completed!"

"Yu Tianzhu, the head of the third team, reported that the third team's supply has been completed!"

"Reported by Ling Zongjun, the chief town of the fourth team, the supply of the fourth team has been completed!"

Zhuge Weidao turned around and looked at the commanders of the five squads under his command, including Ma Xuchen, Chief of Staff of the First Aviation War, Wang Wen, Chief Staff of the Director, and Guo Xiaobao, Aviation Staff, and then focused on the key points.

"First Air Force, set off!"

Zhuge Weidao raised his arm, saluted a military salute, and then issued an order to attack in the simplest words.

Four o'clock in the morning.

With the military salute and eyes of Major General Huang Shuren, the general of the Navy Aircraft Flight Corps who stayed at the Little Luzon base, the first aviation team just formed slowly sailed out of the Little Luzon Bay, and then disappeared into the sea and sky under the morning glow.

Among the color.

The home port of the Nanyang Fleet, Brunei Bay.

Just as the battle of Yihang started from Little Luzon Bay, Lieutenant General Guan Tianpei, the admiral of the Nanyang Fleet, was standing neatly in the commander's tower of the flagship Hongwu Emperor.

The Hongwu Emperor has now been modified and has become a "Hanwu Emperor" class with 6 main gun turrets and 12 240 mm 45-caliber cannons! Although this level of battleship cannot compare to the abandoned orders of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

The four hero-level battlecruisers are even less than the four loyal king-level battlecruisers that are given to Yihang Battle, but they are definitely a very cost-effective battleship.

Among them, the Hongwu Emperor was once the flagship of the Ming Navy. Its internal facilities are luxurious and complete, and it is equipped with a powerful communication and command center. Sitting on this battleship, Guan Tianpei can command all the teams under the Ming Nanyang Fleet.

The squadron and base can also obtain important enemy situations from the reconnaissance airships in the sky in a timely manner.

That's why he did not choose any of the four hero-level Taishan, Huashan, Hengshan and Songshan in the fleet to serve as his flagship.

"Military Gate," Ge Yunfei walked to Guan Tianpei with the message he had just received, "The First Air Battle has already set off! They will maintain an economic speed of 15 knots and will cross the Longmu Strait in 100 hours.

They will remain radio silent until they cross the Lombok Strait.”

"The economic speed of 15 knots." Guan Tianpei sighed, "It's so fast!"

"It's indeed fast!" Ge Yunfei smiled, "It's a pity that we can't run that speed, and can only maintain a speed of 10 knots at most."

Guan Tianpei smiled and said, "There is enough for 10 festivals and 65 hours later, we can also reach the entrance to the east of the Strait of Malacca!" He paused, "Where is the Nanyang Legion? Can you prepare?"

Ge Yunfei smiled bitterly and said, "The army is always not very good at doing things, and this time they have to use two Japanese divisions to take the lead. But after all, they have been preparing for many years, so they shouldn't be too bad."

The army of this era did not have any high-level mechanization. It only digs holes, pulls barbed wire, sets up machine guns, and amplifies cannons. It is not surprising that the navy looks down on it.

Guan Tianpei smiled and said, "It's okay, let's get the first shot to attack Malacca, let's start our navy! It's said that my will order the main team of the Nanyang Fleet to set off now and target the Malacca Strait!"

"Yes, military gate!"

As Guan Tianpei's order was passed on by the lanterns on the Hongwu Emperor, the boiler had already been heated up, and the main force of the Ming Nanyang Fleet, which had started the main engine, suddenly woke up like a dormant beast.

Four hero-class battleships, eight Hanwu Emperor-class battleships, and twelve hero-class armored cruisers, respectively formed the second battleship team, the third battleship team, the fourth armored cruiser team, and the escort of a large number of second-class third-class cruisers and destroyers.

Below, the bay was opened in a mighty manner. Following them was a landing force of the same size!
Chapter completed!