Chapter 361 If you have an aircraft carrier and don’t carry out sneak attacks, can you still be considered a Japanese? (Please subscribe, please vote)

In the Atlantic Ocean, in the waters near the Malvinas Islands. Night has gradually fallen, and a fleet of more than thirty warships and transport ships of various types are plowing white waves on the sea.

This fleet includes frigates with angled decks and a full-load displacement of 25,000 tons, destroyers with a full-load displacement of several hundred tons and a 210-mm main gun, and a full-load displacement of 25,000 tons.

There are floating hotels such as "Yamato", "Musashi" and "Shinano" equipped with 155mm guns, 75mm guns and 20mm anti-aircraft cannons, and there are even more than a dozen "hybrid" boats of various sizes with sails hanging on them.

"Power" motor sailing boat.

Dozens of black smoke went straight into the sky, and the setting sun shone down from the west, reflecting on the sea, making the waves sparkling, and the color of blood was faint between the sea and the sky.

Every ship in this fleet is flying the trifoliate flag that symbolizes the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Tokugawa State!

Now the main force of the Texas Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force has bypassed the Drake Strait in the south of South America and broke into the Atlantic Ocean!

On the Akagi, the general flagship of the Combined Fleet, Takenori Enomoto, the first commander-in-chief of the Maritime Forces, and Takamori Saigo, the first commander-in-chief of the Maritime Forces, were walking together on the empty aviation deck of the Akagi.

The two of them probably had been sitting on the boat for a long time, and their muscles and bones were a bit stiff, so they did some stretching exercises while walking.

Even though there is nothing on the deck of the "Akagi" now, the hangar below the deck is filled with carrier-based aircraft, as many as 48! Including 42 "Sea Flying Dragon 1" (6 spares)

), 6 "Ssangyong" (2 as spare).

Among them, the "Sea Flying Dragon Type 1" is a single-engine, single-seat, bi-wing fighter-bomber - just by looking at the name, you can tell that it is a very awesome aircraft. Specifically, there are four awesome things about this aircraft. One is a

The five-cylinder radial piston engine has a maximum power of 175 horsepower and a maximum speed of 188 kilometers per hour.

Moreover, this engine is relatively fuel-efficient, allowing the "Haifeilong 1" to fly continuously at a speed of 150 kilometers per hour for one and a half hours while carrying a 100 kilogram armor-piercing bomb, thus achieving a "super-large" range of 225 kilometers.

Range. Taking into account the additional consumption of carrier-based aircraft when taking off and forming a team, as well as the increase in range when returning empty-loaded, the combat radius of this "Sea Flying Dragon Type 1" in actual combat must be more than 100 kilometers!

In addition, when the bombs are thrown away and the pilot is asked to wear more clothes and put on an oxygen mask, the practical ceiling of the "Sea Flying Dragon 1" can reach an "astonishing" 5,000 meters!

An aircraft that can fly so "high" is simply fatal to British and American airships! That kind of "human-guided gliding bomb" can no longer be used.

The second cool thing about the "Hai Feilong Type 1" is that it has two synchronized machine guns that can be called "black technology"! This kind of machine gun can coordinate with the propeller when shooting, so that the bullet will not hit the propeller.

Instead, it passes through the gap between the propellers. Therefore, this machine gun can be installed in front of the cockpit and behind the propellers. The pilot can aim and shoot!

The third cool thing is that a large bomb weighing 100 kilograms can be hung on the belly pylon of this aircraft! Moreover, this biplane can launch no more than 40 meters from an altitude of two to three thousand meters.

Dive bombing at a small angle.

Although the accuracy provided by dive bombing at a 40-degree angle is not as good as that of vertical dive bombing at an angle close to 90 degrees, it is still much better than the previous Ssangyong aircraft!

The fourth cool thing is that the "Sea Flying Dragon Type 1" is a true carrier-based aircraft. It can not only take off from the aircraft carrier, but also land on the aircraft carrier. So in a sea-air battle

, they can take off repeatedly to attack the enemy.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Zhuge Weidao's first aviation battle in the Battle of Great Strait a few months ago could be equipped with the "Sea Flying Dragon Type 1", then the British's 12 victory levels might have been bombed.

Total destruction!

Of course, if there is a spear, there must be a shield. While the Ming Dynasty's aircraft spears are becoming more and more powerful, the British and American air defense shields have also become thicker. According to intelligence, the British and Americans are now busy retrofitting their warships.

Various anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft artillery!

In the conceivable future, the scene of small wooden planes swooping and dropping bombs against the enemy's intensive anti-aircraft firepower will appear on the ocean.

When the two generals, Enomoto Takenoki and Saigo Takamori, finished their walk, an adjutant had already been waiting nearby, reporting in a low voice and respectfully: "Your Excellency, the radio has just received the message from the Pacific Fleet Headquarters transferred by the communication ship.

telegram."

After saying that, the adjutant handed the translated telegram to Enomoto Takenoki with both hands. Enomoto was a minister at the first level of the flag. Although his family status was not high, he was deeply trusted by Tokugawa Ieqi and Tokugawa Saiaki.

He studied in the UK and studied the Navy. After Shimazu Sairyo's rebellion, he took up the post of naval staff officer. Later, he served as the Texas Transportation Officer and led the fleet back and forth in the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean for several years. Even if he had no merit,

The hard work was enough. However, his experience in naval battles and sea and air battles could not be compared with Saigo Takamori, who served as the general of the Texas Army.

Xixiang is the "originator of air combat." In the airship battle over Jueying Island, he once threw ribs to attack the Ming army's airship. Although he was not able to shoot down the opponent's airship, it did cause damage. After the battle damage inspection after the war,

, the airship ground crew of the Ming Army discovered a mysterious short knife inserted into the shell of an airship!

This short knife is still being used as waste heat in the kitchen of the Jueying Island base. It’s so useful!

Although using flying knives to attack airships is just a joke, Saigo did participate in organizing the Jueying Island air raid and accumulated rich experience.

However, after all, this Saigo was born in the Satsuma Domain, and he also served as a samurai in the north. Even though he has now joined the shogunate and became a shogunate, he is still the "hero of the founding of the Tokugawa State", but after all, he cannot compare with the genealogy of Enomoto.

Therefore, the Tokugawa family did not trust him to hand over the Haizi to him, but made him the leader of the Texas Luzi. Although Texas is known as the "Tokugawa State", he traveled tens of thousands of miles across the ocean to settle in Texas.

Basically, they were all rogues, many of whom were old members of the Satsuma clan, so Saigo's background could handle them. Therefore, the general of the Dezhou Luzi was given to Saigo, but his interest was actually at sea.

Seeing the interested expression on the big man's face, Enomoto smiled and said to Saigo after reading the telegram: "Saigo-kun, the Pacific Fleet Command ordered us to prepare for a decisive battle with the main force of the U.S. Navy near the Yucatan Strait. Commander

It is hoped that we will make full use of our aviation advantages and carry out bombing at long distances to force the enemy's battleships to withdraw from the battle."

"that's all?"

After hearing this, Saigo Takamori looked puzzled. Enomoto looked at him and asked: "Saigo-kun, do you have any questions?"

"Yes!" Saigo nodded and said, "We have 2 aircraft-carrying frigates and 72 carrier-based fighter-bombers that can be dispatched. With such a powerful force, why not carry out a sneak attack, but instead attack the Yucatan Peninsula

Where is the formation?"

Enomoto looked at Saigo: "Saigo-kun, if you were the general of the sea, where would you like to attack?"

"Sneak attack on the Norfolk Naval Base!" Saigo Takamori said without hesitation, "That is the homeport of the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet, which is only more than 30 kilometers away from the coast. Our aircraft-carrying frigates can release carrier-based aircraft at sea 60 kilometers away from the coast.

, this way it will not be discovered at all, and there is no risk.”

"But the U.S. Navy's capital ships have already entered the Gulf of Mexico. There are no big ships that can be blown up in the Norfolk base!"

Saigo Takamori said: "There are no big ships, there are small ships, there are no warships, there are transport ships. Even if there is nothing, there are still port facilities that can be bombed. Moreover, the bombing of the Norfolk base means that the bombs fell on

On American soil! We can bomb Norfolk, New York, and Boston! In this way, do the Americans still dare to put their main fleet in the Gulf of Mexico?"
Chapter completed!