Chapter 308 The true strength of the Ming Dynasty aircraft carrier! (Please subscribe, please vote)

The flagship of the Second Indian Fleet, the battleship HMS Victory.

"Sir, General George Elliot called. The attack by man-operated gliding bombs completely failed! The Ming army has a biplane that can take off from warships. They dispatched seventy or eighty of these aircraft, using the missiles installed on the aircraft.

Machine guns shot down all the glide bombs.”

The low voice of the communications officer sounded in the bridge of the Victory, like a basin of cold water poured on the hearts of every British and Indian naval admiral who was looking forward to good news. However, James Hood acted very calmly and listened to the communication.

The officer just asked lightly: "How far are we from the enemy fleet?"

"Sir, it's less than 30 nautical miles," the navigator replied, "our lookout posts can already see the masts of the enemy fleet!"

"Very good!" James Hood sneered, "It seems that the enemy has no way to maneuver when releasing and recovering the aircraft. This is the opportunity God has given us!"

This James Hood is somewhat aware of the weaknesses of those current aircraft - the biggest problem facing aircraft is the insufficient power of the internal combustion engine, or to be more precise, the insufficient thrust-to-weight ratio. Therefore, it is impossible to carry enough fuel and bombs to fly.

The sky, which means that the range of the aircraft is quite limited. Now there are actually people in Europe and the United States who are building aircraft. However, because the internal combustion engine technology in the West is worse, the weight of the manufactured engines is too small relative to the power.

The aircraft assembled with them have short legs and cannot be put into the battlefield at all. Otherwise, the Royal Navy would not regard airships for dropping manned gliding bombs as their trump card.

Because Daming's internal combustion engines started early, invested heavily, and had a fast-growing automobile industry to provide them with a steady stream of development power, American internal combustion engines are much more powerful than those in Europe. However, through research on the engines on cars exported by Daming

, Royal Navy aircraft experts believe that if Ming Dynasty already has aircraft capable of actual combat, it can only operate within 100 kilometers of the airport.

If you fly too far, there will be no gasoline to fly back. On land, the plane can find a flat land or a road to land. But what about the sea? Whether these planes land on a ship or on the sea, they cannot land.

Stay away from boats.

In other words, the Ming Army's four battleships, three aircraft carriers and one half-battleship, half-mothership monster ship are now unable to carry out large-scale maneuvers. As long as the ten battleships of the Royal Navy get close to them, they can be

Sink them all!

Thinking of this, James Hood said again, "Get ready to fight! The first battleship squadron is advancing at full speed. Now it's time to use cannons to solve the battle! This is the real naval battle!"

"Yes, sir!"

"Junmen, the enemy's battleship formation is coming towards us!"

In the bridge of the Shu Zhongwang, the communications officer loudly reported the latest enemy situation to Zhuge Weidao, who was standing on the edge of the bridge preparing to watch the plane take off - the enemy's battleships were coming to attack his own aircraft carrier!

This kind of thing should be difficult to happen in World War I and World War II in history. After all, World War I was mainly fought in Europe. The main battlefield of the British-German naval confrontation was in the North Sea, which was very windy, often foggy, and the sea area was not open.

World War I-level aircraft carriers and aircraft were of little use there. Moreover, the German High Seas Fleet was blocked from the beginning and did not escape during the entire war.

By World War II, the performance of aircraft had improved, and aircraft carriers could fly fighter jets far away from enemy warships. Therefore, the aircraft carrier was sunk by a warship only once.

But now in this world war, the situation is completely different. This world war is really about the oceans! The Pacific and Indian Ocean are the main battlefields, and the equatorial windless zone is the main battlefield among the main battlefields! It is carried out under such sea conditions.

As long as there is an aircraft carrier, it must be brought along in large formations for ocean-going operations.

But at the same time, current aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft cannot play the leading role, because the current small wooden aircraft have too low bomb load and cannot carry out dive bombing. It is difficult to be fatal to big guys such as battleships and armored cruisers.

Threats and hitting a hit all depend on character.

Therefore, the main tasks of aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft are still air defense, reconnaissance, and communication breaking. After all, the combat radius of aircraft carriers is large. The bomb load of carrier-based aircraft is lower, but it is no problem to blow up a merchant ship. The decisive battle between fleets should still be carried out.

On a battleship.

In a decisive battle between battleships, the following aircraft carrier will inevitably become the target of the opponent's attack. From this perspective, the "aircraft-carrying battlecruiser torpedo boat" is still somewhat useful.

"Let Mr. Chen lead the battle patrol team to go up!" Zhuge Weidao was still staring at the SsangYong aircraft that had hung bombs on the deck and was about to take off to bomb the British and Indian fleets. However, he shouted loudly, "Tell me

Mr. Chen, we must hold back the British battleship no matter what!"

"yes!"

As Zhuge Weidao spoke, he took a loudspeaker from the captain of the Shu Zhongwang next to him and said loudly: "I am Zhuge Weidao, and I order. All Ssangyong aircraft, start taking off now! The target is the British battleship formation!"

Blast me hard!"

"Lieutenant General, the enemy's mothership has launched planes again. Those planes seem to be heading towards us!"

"Lieutenant General, 4 enemy battleships and 12 third-class cruisers (actually destroyers) are rushing towards us."

In the bridge of the Royal Navy battleship HMS Victory, the staff members exclaimed one after another, and the air suddenly became very tense. However, James Hood was very calm. The second battleship formation must sink all the enemy's motherships to deal with it.

! The rest of the battleships will follow the flagship, and we will go together to meet the latest Ming Dynasty battleships! In addition, each ship should pay attention to air defense and shoot down any small aircraft that dare to get close! "

"Yes, sir!"

As James Hood's order was passed on, the 10 Victory-class battleships and the destroyers escorting them on the sea immediately divided into two teams. One of the teams consisted of 8 Victory-class battleships and a dozen destroyers, and they rushed towards Chen Chen.

Sword led 4 battlecruisers and 12 destroyers.

The other team consisted of 2 Victory-class ships and 6 destroyers, coming towards the 4 motherships and 12 destroyers led by Zhuge Weidao.

Now Chen Jian, who was commanding four Zhongwang-class ships, was a little depressed. Of course his four Zhongwang-class ships were powerful, but the opponent's eight cutting-edge battleships also looked very powerful! With 4 against 8, it would be a bit of a suspense.

If one is divided to intercept the other two British new battleships, the ratio will be 3 to 8.

When he was hesitating, the voice of the communications officer had already sounded: "Headquarters, Zhuge Junmen asked us to deal with the eight British battleships in front of us with all our strength, and he will deal with the other two!"

Chen Jianxin said: "Is this going to be an artillery battle between an aircraft-carrying battlecruiser and a battleship? Or is it really brave enough to do 1 vs. 2?"

Thinking of this, he opened his throat and shouted: "Command all ships to follow this ship at full speed. Let's grab the T position!"

"yes!"

At the same time, Zhuge Weidao also used the radio to give an order to the aircraft in the sky: "Attention all carrier-based bombers, the target is the enemy's double battleship formation. Bomb the enemy battleships at all costs!"

The Ssangyong-type carrier-based seaplane not only has a spark transmitter, but also an ore radio, which can receive reports and radio.

After giving the order to the aircraft, Zhuge Weidao ordered again: "Have the second, third, and fourth detachments each send two destroyers over. In addition, they are responsible for recovering the Shu Zhongwang's aircraft!"

"Yes, Junmen!"

"Order all the destroyers belonging to the first squadron to come closer. We are going to charge the enemy's battleship!" Zhuge Weidao took a deep breath, "Now is the time to let the British know the true strength of our Ming aircraft carrier!"

"Yes! Junmen!"
Chapter completed!