Chapter 376: Ming Dynasty planes are coming from the sky! Where are the old American aircraft carriers? (Please subscribe, please vote)

North Atlantic, November 27, 4 a.m.

Darkness enveloped the ocean, mist filled the air, dark clouds covered the moon, and the waves undulated.

Suddenly, in the darkness, two white lights shot up into the sky. As these two white light pillars pierced the darkness, the sea seemed to wake up early from its long winter sleep, followed by several more white light pillars from searchlights.

, piercing the surrounding darkness.

In the Akagi bridge, Li Zhaoxun looked up at the Kaga not far away, and suddenly felt a very unreal feeling in his heart. Has the era of big cannon ships really passed like this? It's just that Hai Feilong and

Can a small double-winged wooden aircraft of the SsangYong level be equipped with a 100 kilogram bomb, and be able to blow up a large ship with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons to pieces?

He looked around again. In the ocean shrouded in darkness, apart from the Akagi where he was, there was only one Kaga left. Just two half-baked aircraft carriers transformed from fast merchant ships, even escorting destroyers and light ships.

Without even bringing a single ship on patrol, relying solely on its own speed and a few dozen carrier-based aircraft, it is able to roam the North Atlantic, which can be regarded as the heart of the enemy.

What would happen if it were replaced by the four Shu Zhongwang-class aircraft-carrying battlecruisers?

This simply subverted everyone's imagination!

"Report, all aircraft participating in the air attack are ready." The voice of a Pacific Fleet aviation staff officer echoed in the bridge of the Akagi. Including Saigo, all Texas sea and land officers stopped.

After paying attention to the matter at hand, he turned his attention to Li Zhaoxun.

Although he is only the leader of the "Flight Instructors" sent by the Pacific Fleet in name, he can actually decide whether and how the Akagi and Kaga flying teams can attack!

Without his nod, not even one of the 80 aircraft on board Akagi and Kaga could take off!

The carrier-based aircraft dispatch early this morning was proposed by him, and he personally planned and organized it.

In fact, it is doubtful whether the current carrier-based aircraft can take off from the aircraft carrier at night. Even the Ming Naval Aviation Command does not allow carrier-based aircraft to perform missions in high sea conditions and low visibility in principle.

However, there are situations where principles must be violated or missions must be performed because of higher principles. The final decision on whether to perform a mission lies with flight group commanders like Li Zhaoxun.

Those who can hold this position are undoubtedly the best pilots. If they all feel that they can't fly, then they really can't fly.

Li Zhaoxun had already put on a thickened flight suit, nodded in front of everyone's gaze, and strode out of the bridge without saying a word, descending to the flight deck where the sea breeze was howling.

Whether it can fly or not is meaningless. The first person to fly on a SsangYong aircraft is the one who can really fly!

On the deck, Feng Mingshan, who also flies a Ssangyong aircraft, is standing in front of his beloved Ssangyong fighter, turning his head to look at his brochure and seeing a three-star star!

He is now a captain in the navy!

Before the war started, this military rank was something that he, a master sergeant who had never attended a military academy, would never dare to imagine. But now, he has stepped into the mainstream of naval aviation, and his military rank has risen to such a high level. Just after bombing Wall Street

, Captain Li Zhaoxun personally announced to all the pilots participating in the operation the collective first-class merit commendation order and military rank promotion order issued by Zhuge Weidao.

All pilots participating in the war, with a military rank lower than that of a major, will be promoted to one level, and will receive military medals and large bonuses when they return.

"Mingshan, don't look at it. After this battle is over, you should be promoted to major!"

Li Zhaoxun's loud voice suddenly sounded, telling Captain Feng a piece of great news, and then a piercing siren suddenly sounded on the deck. To the ears of Fengmingshan and others, this sound was the sound of promotion and fortune!

"Board!"

Li Zhaoxun roared again as he passed by Fengmingshan.

"Yes, sir!" the future Major Feng Da responded, beckoning to his co-pilot: "Get on the plane, let's go and do some meritorious service!"

Fengmingshan's pilot is a newbie. His former co-pilot Li Pingqing has also passed the pilot exam and is currently training at Hainan Airlines' flight school. If nothing goes wrong, he will soon become a carrier-based aircraft pilot.

When Li Zhaoxun, Feng Mingshan and others climbed into the cockpits of their carrier-based aircraft, the two aircraft-based frigates had already begun to soar into the wind. The engines of the carrier-based aircraft also started with the help of the ground crew, and the propellers

It rotated rapidly and quickly turned into a circle of phantoms. A few minutes later, the wind on the deck reached its maximum. In the dazzling searchlight, the flight commander on the deck raised his right hand, and the flag bearer in the distance raised the flag, and then suddenly

Pointing forward. Li Zhaoxun immediately released the brakes, and the double-wing, double-engine, two-seater Ssangyong aircraft he was piloting, and with the lift provided by the fierce deck wind, after gliding for a while, it suddenly shot into the sky.

"Get up"

Now it was Fengmingshan's turn. He used all his strength to pull on the control stick, and then with a lightening of the fuselage, the biplane suddenly jumped out of the deck.

The Ssangyong aircraft flown by Li Zhaoxun and Feng Mingshan are so-called "pilot aircraft" and are responsible for the task of searching for and leading their own fighters to the battlefield. They are also command aircraft and communication aircraft. This two-seater aircraft has a spark telegram that can send messages.

The aircraft can keep in contact with the ships behind it at any time, receive instructions and issue them to other aircraft.

Now, these "pilot aircraft" have also turned on indicator lights of various colors - different colors represent different flying teams. As long as the aircraft belonging to each team follow the corresponding lights and fly, they will not fall behind.

Just as Li Zhaoxun and Feng Mingshan were flying their biplanes in the sky, waiting for other planes to come up to join them, they had already seen the sky in the distance that was red with flames of war.

A fierce night battle at sea was ongoing. Moreover, the destroyer formation from the Texas Sea Commanded by Seiichiro Otani was already at a disadvantage.

Although relying on the "Cat Eye Samurai" and steam gas torpedoes, the Otani formation carried out a very exciting ambush. However, the Kuogong-class is already an "old ship" after all. Although the ship is not old, it is unfortunate that the current era is just right.

This is a time when naval technology is advancing by leaps and bounds. It can even be said that no matter how many advanced technologies are used in the design of any warship, by the time it is put into service, it will definitely have fallen behind!

As for the "Old Ships" like the Guogong-class armored destroyers, which are more than 10 years old, it can be said that they need firepower without firepower (unaccurate shooting equals no firepower), speed without speed, and protection without protection. If you don't get it,

Advanced ammunition (the Ming Dynasty's torpedoes and armor-piercing bombs are stronger than those of other countries), even the ambush just now was not possible.

However, after firing all 36 steam gas torpedoes (the Kuogong-class torpedo launchers are difficult to load and must be operated in port), the six Kuogong-class are no longer a match for the four Pennsylvania-class.

Although their 210mm main guns are indeed very powerful, a common problem with small boat cannons is that they are inaccurate and have a slow rate of fire. Moreover, the Guogong-class armor cannot resist the Americans' 8-inch and 6-inch armor-piercing projectiles - if these armor-piercing projectiles are used

If the advanced time-delay fuse does not malfunction, a 6-inch artillery shell will explode, which will make a country-level soldier walk around with nothing to eat.

Although the Americans' Pennsylvania-class ships did not have enough 8-inch main guns, they had a lot of 6-inch secondary guns, and they fired very accurately! After a while, all six Guogong-class ships were injured, and they were all serious!

Nobuto Otani's ship, the Maya, was also on its last legs. It was hit by five 6-inch bombs, two of which exploded, creating a large hole in the bow of the ship and causing a fire. In order to avoid being killed by the bombs, the ship had to be fired.

The ammunition depot was filled with water, which resulted in the Maya's speed dropping to 10 knots, and the two main guns had not fired yet. Now she could only "face the enemy" and dodge left and right. The whole ship was about to become a god, and suddenly the ship

Someone inside the bridge shouted: "Plane, plane, our plane is coming!"
Chapter completed!