1825 My New Daming

Chapter 408 Set up an ambush!was found! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

Early morning on April 1832, 4.

"Report, report No. 10, found that six armored cruisers, six second- or third-class cruisers, and several destroyers are heading north. They are currently in the Bahamas."

In the combat command center of Dezhou Haizi, the staff officers marked the position of the enemy ship formation on the chart according to the telegram, and then turned their heads to look at Zhuge Weidao.

Zhuge Weidao immediately turned around and walked to the edge of the chart platform, holding the edge of the chart platform with both hands, leaning forward slightly, staring at the huge chart and the wide sea area displayed on the chart.

The openness of the Atlantic made him frown slightly. If it hadn’t been realized, he had arranged for 8 Type B ocean-going submarines to sneak into the Atlantic Ocean with two submarine supply ships disguised as Rakshasa merchant ships, and carried out operations in the Bahamas, Windward Channel, and Florida Strait. scouting.The combined Mexico-Texas fleet may not even have known that the American fleet had returned from the Caribbean.

But as the main force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet left the relatively narrow waters of the Bahamas and entered the truly vast ocean, it became very difficult to track the main force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.Because the sea area is too large, it is impossible to deploy sentry submarines on the channels that the US fleet may pass through.Moreover, the speed of the submarine cannot keep up with the large American fleet, and it will soon be lost.

As for sending out carrier-based aircraft for reconnaissance. Since the range of the current carrier-based aircraft is still relatively small, the search range is only more than a hundred kilometers around the mothership, and it will run out of fuel any farther away.With this pitiful search distance, it is not enough to see in the vast Atlantic Ocean.

Therefore, the main force of the American Atlantic Fleet must be blocked in the Bahamas!
When Zhuge Weidao thought of this, Guo Xiaobao had already sneaked up and said in a low voice: "Junmen, what B10 discovered should be the vanguard formation of the US Atlantic Fleet, and their main formation should be 20-30 meters behind the vanguard formation. A mile away. It seems that David Pete (the commander of the Atlantic Fleet) had already anticipated the danger, so he sent faster cruisers and cruisers to lead the way. If we send carrier-based aircraft to cooperate with Wang Wen's fast formation to launch a fierce attack, then Dai V. Pete is likely to lead the main force to hide in the depths of the ocean, and it will be difficult to find the main force of the US Atlantic Fleet by then!

Although our six aircraft-carrying frigates can stay in the Caribbean Sea, the more than 6 carrier-based aircraft pilots on them cannot stay in the Texas Sea all the time. After this battle is over, they have to go back to Pearl Harbor. Otherwise, the next Australian campaign would be impossible to fight. "

Carrier-based aircraft pilots are always very precious, and the current Ming Empire is no exception.

Although the Ming Empire is the number one industrial power in the world, airplanes have only been invented for a few years. Even though the Ming Dynasty Naval Air Corps attaches great importance to the training of pilots, it opened a flight training school very early and taught many airship pilots with rich experience in airship operations. Switch to flying a plane.But up to now, there are only a few pilots who can drive carrier-based aircraft to take off and land on the aircraft carrier. This is because the current biplane aircraft only need a very slow speed and a short taxiing distance to take off and land. The speed is also very slow when flying, and the aircraft will not be damaged by using a large net to enclose the aircraft, so it is relatively easy to train carrier-based aircraft pilots.

Among the more than [-] carrier-based aircraft pilots who can board the ship, half of them were assigned to the Pacific Fleet, and two-thirds of them were lent to Dezhou Haizi by Zhuge Weidao.

That is to say, among the 240 carrier-based aircraft pilots in Dezhou Haizi, only 40 truly belong to Dezhou Haizi, and the rest are pilots of the Ming Naval Air Force.Once these pilots returned to Pearl Harbor, the Texas Navy would lose most of its combat effectiveness for a considerable period of time.

Therefore, Zhuge Weidao must play the prestige of the Mexico-Texas joint fleet in this battle, at least to prevent the US Navy from entering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico for the time being, so that the remaining old birds in the Texas Sea can run between Texas and Florida , Helping the ground troops on both sides fight Laomei.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao said to Guo Xiaobao: "Baozhi, we have to give Lao Mei a hard time this time! Just six cruisers and six second- and third-class cruisers are not enough to beat their United States-class cruisers." Battleship!"

Guo Xiaobao thought for a while, and he already had an idea, so he made a suggestion: "Junmen, I suggest that the large formation be divided into two, and the main force of the aviation formation and the vanguard formation form an ambush formation. The main force of the aviation formation can be kept. Five aircraft-carrying frigates, and another aircraft-carrying frigate was incorporated into the main formation.

The ambush formation was separated from the main formation, and the main formation was close to the waters of the Bahamas and sailed north to attract the attention of the Americans.And the aircraft-carrying frigate that follows the main formation can send fighter planes to expel or shoot down airships that try to get close to the reconnaissance, so that the Americans will most likely not know that our large formation has been diverted.

At the same time, the main formation divided two hero-class armored cruisers to form a rear formation to approach the vanguard of the US Atlantic Fleet, pretending to lure the enemy or monitor the posture, with the purpose of grasping the position of the vanguard of the US Atlantic Fleet.

The ambush formation moved 50 nautical miles east of the main formation to occupy an ambush position.When the American vanguard fleet passed by the west of the ambush formation, the ambush formation then turned to the west, and dispatched reconnaissance planes to search for the main force of the US Atlantic Fleet.
If nothing else, before dusk today, our carrier-based aircraft can launch at least two waves of air assaults and tonight will be the end of the US Atlantic Fleet! "

"Okay!" Zhuge Weidao felt that Guo Xiaobao's plan was perfect after hearing it, so he nodded and said, "Send this plan to General Guerrero, Takeu Enomoto and Wang Wen by telegram!"

"Lieutenant General, the report from the airship base in the Bahamas Islands. Our airship seems to have found the main force of the enemy. It is less than 50 nautical miles away from our vanguard formation!"

Inside the battleship HMS Ark Royal of the British Royal Navy, Lieutenant General William Baga, who was leisurely watching the scenery from the window of the bridge, suddenly heard a piece of news that made him unbelievable.

"Where is the enemy formation?" William Baga asked as he walked towards the chart.

"Northern of the Bahamas. Around here." The staff officer told William Baga, pointing to a position just marked on the chart.

"How is it possible?" William Baga still couldn't believe it, "They passed the coast of the Florida Peninsula yesterday, and they are now off the coast of Virginia! How did they get near the Bahamas? Could it be that we were discovered? "

"The lieutenant general must be a Spaniard"

"Damn it!" William Baga scolded, "We all told them that there is a big storm and they must have collected a lot of money from Emperor Agustin!"

"Lieutenant General, what should we do now?" The staff officer on the side asked, "Should we hang up the British flag, or... evacuate the battlefield immediately?"

William Baga glared at the staff officer, "This is not the Pacific Ocean, but the North Atlantic Ocean! We must protect the North Atlantic Ocean from being controlled by the yellow fleet. And we cannot fly the British flag, which is what Mr. Prime Minister means. The British Empire There must be reservations!"

"Then we will."

William Baga looked at the chart and thought about it: "Give power to the US Atlantic Fleet and let them leave Delaware Bay immediately. We will give the Mexicans a hard time near the Bahamas!"

"Yes, sir!"

William Baga said again: "Let's turn around and go south, and then cross the Windward Strait to generate electricity for Commodore Jervis, and let him lead the armored cruiser unit to continue to follow the enemy's large formation, but remember to avoid engagement!"

"Yes"

(End of this chapter)