1825 My New Daming

Chapter 308 The true strength of the Ming Dynasty aircraft carrier! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

The flagship of the Second Indian Fleet, HMS Victory.

"Sir, General George Elliot is calling. The man-operated glide bomb attack has completely failed! The Ming army has a biplane aircraft that can take off from a warship. They sent seventy or eighty of these aircraft. The machine guns shot down all the man-operated glide bombs"

The deep voice of the communications officer sounded in the bridge of the Victory, like a basin of cold water pouring on the hearts of every British and Indian admiral who was looking forward to good news.However, James Hood was very calm. After listening to the communications officer, he just asked lightly: "How far are we from the enemy fleet?"

"Sir, it's less than 30 nautical miles," the navigator replied, "Our lookout post 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 launching and recovering the plane. This is the opportunity God gave us!"

This James Hood still has a little understanding of the weaknesses of the current aircraft - the biggest problem facing the aircraft is the insufficient power of the internal combustion engine, or to be more precise, the insufficient thrust-to-weight ratio.So there was no way to carry enough fuel and bombs into the sky, which meant that the range of the aircraft was quite limited.In fact, people in Europe and the United States are already building aircraft.However, due to the inferior internal combustion engine technology in the West, the weight of the manufactured engines is too small relative to the power, and the aircraft assembled with them have short legs and cannot be put into the battlefield at all.Otherwise, the Royal Navy would not use airships to drop man-operated glide bombs as a killer.

Daming's internal combustion engine is much stronger than European and American internal combustion engines because of its early start, large investment, and a fast-growing automobile industry that provides a steady stream of development momentum.However, by studying the engines on the cars exported by the Ming Dynasty, the aircraft experts of the Royal Navy believed that if the Ming Dynasty already had an aircraft capable of actual combat, it could only operate within 100 kilometers from the airport.

If it flies too far, there will be no gasoline to fly back to. On land, the plane can find a flat land or road to land at will.But what about at sea?Regardless of whether these planes land on a ship or land at sea, they cannot be far away from the ship.

In other words, those four battleships, three aircraft carriers, and a half-battleship, half-mothership monster ship of the Ming army are unable to maneuver in a large range now. 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 settle the battle! This is the real naval battle!"

"Yes, sir!"

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

Inside the bridge of the King of Shu Zhong, the communications officer loudly reported the latest enemy situation to Zhuge Weidao who was standing on the edge of the bridge to watch the plane take off—the enemy battleship was coming to attack his own aircraft carrier!

This kind of thing should have been difficult to happen in the history of World War I.After all, the First World War was mainly fought in Europe. The main battlefield of the Anglo-German naval confrontation was 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 it did not rush out during the entire war.

By World War II, the performance of aircraft had been improved, and aircraft carriers could completely fly fighters 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 competing in the ocean!The Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean are the main battlefields, and the equatorial windless belt is the main battlefield among the main battlefields!To carry out large-scale ocean-going operations under such sea conditions, as long as there is an aircraft carrier, it must be carried.

But at the same time, the current aircraft carrier and carrier-based aircraft cannot play the leading role, because the current small wooden aircraft carry too little ammunition and cannot conduct dive bombing. It is difficult to pose a fatal threat to big guys like battleships and armored cruisers Threats, playing a Zhongchuang depends on character.

Therefore, the main tasks of the aircraft carrier and carrier-based aircraft are still air defense, reconnaissance, and breaking diplomatic relations-after all, the combat radius of the aircraft carrier is large, and the bomb load of the carrier-based aircraft is a little lower, but it is no problem to blow up a merchant ship.Fleet decisive battles should still be on battleships.

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

"Let Chen Zongzhen lead the battle patrol team to go up!" Zhuge Weidao still stared intently at the bombs on the deck, and was about to take off to bomb the Ssangyong aircraft of the British and Indian fleet, but he shouted loudly, "Tell Mr. Chen, no matter what, we must hold back the British battleship!"

"Yes!"

While talking, Zhuge Weidao took a loudspeaker from the captain of Shu Zhongwang, and said loudly: "I am Zhuge Weidao, and I order...all Ssangyong aircraft, start to take off now! Target, the British battleship formation! Blast me hard!"

"Lieutenant General, the enemy's mothership has released planes again, and those planes seem to be coming towards us!"

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

Inside the bridge of the battleship HMS Victory of the Royal Navy, the staff members exclaimed one after another, and the air became very tense all at once.But James Hood is very calm, the second battleship formation must sink all of the enemy's motherships!The rest of the battleships follow the flagship, let's go and meet the latest battleships of the Ming Dynasty!In addition, all ships pay attention to air defense, and shoot down all the small planes that dare to approach! "

"Yes, sir!"

As James Hood's order was conveyed, the 10 Victory-class battleships on the sea and the destroyers escorting them immediately divided into two teams. Jian led 8 battlecruisers and 4 destroyers.

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

这下指挥4条忠王级的陈剑有点郁闷了，他的4条忠王级当然是厉害的，但是对方的8条新锐战列舰看着也很厉害！以4敌8本来就有点悬，如果再分1条去拦截另外2艘英国人的新锐战列舰，那就是3比8了.
While hesitating, the communications officer's voice rang out: "General Town, Zhuge Junmen told us to deal with the 8 British battleships in front of us with all our strength, and he will deal with the other 2!"

Chen Jianxin said: "Is this going to be an artillery battle between an aircraft-carrying battlecruiser and a battleship? Or is it 1v2? It's really brave enough!"

Thinking of this, he opened his throat and shouted: "Order 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 order the planes in the sky: "Attention all carrier-based bombers, the target is the enemy 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 station, which can receive reports and receive radio.

After giving the order to the plane, Zhuge Weidao ordered again: "Let the second, third, and fourth squadrons each send two destroyers to come over. In addition, they are responsible for recovering the aircraft of Shu Zhongwang!"

"Yes, Junmen!"

"Order all the destroyers belonging to Squadron [-] to come closer and we are going to charge the enemy's battleship!" Zhuge Weidao took a deep breath, "Now it's time for the British to know the true strength of our Ming aircraft carrier!"

"Yes! Military Gate!"

(End of this chapter)