1825 My New Daming

Chapter 441 Zhongyi. George Elliot and 56. William Baga (seeking subscription, monthly ticket)

May 12, morning.

400 nautical miles north of Nauru, in the waters near Kwajalein Atoll.

A fleet of dozens of warships of various types is plowing white waves on the vast ocean.The core of this fleet is 6 aircraft-carrying armored cruisers with angled decks, 2 of which are converted from the Black-class armored cruisers with a standard displacement of 9300 tons, and 2 are converted from 11000-ton Crown-class armored cruisers. , and the two are the largest, using the Qiangsheng class with a standard displacement of 2 tons.

But no matter what class of armored cruiser is used to modify the hull, these six British "aircraft carriers" are all following the route of "stitch monsters". For the bow of the aircraft-carrying cruiser, the superstructure of the midship and the artillery on the starboard side, the artillery and the mizzen mast at the stern were removed and replaced with a flat deck.At the same time, a piece of beveled overtime was added to the port side, and all the miscellaneous things on the port side deck were removed, turning the port side deck into a part of the flight deck.

Unlike the Shuzhong Wang class, these 6 British "stitch monsters" did not build closed hangars - firstly, they are not that big, and even if they are disemboweled to build a hangar, they cannot swallow a few planes; secondly, It is because the construction schedule is too tight and there is no time to build the hangar.

Therefore, the aircraft on these six "carriers" simply squeezed into the original position on the rear deck.In order to shelter these small pigeon planes from wind and rain, the British also set up "pigeon canopies" on the "ship buttocks" of the 6 aircraft carriers, and the conditions are still very good.

The official name of the pigeon aircraft is F2 pigeon carrier-based fighter!
其中布莱克级载机装甲巡洋舰上最多可以搭载21架F2“鸽子机”，王冠级载机巡洋舰上最多可以搭载24架“鸽子机”，而强盛级因为体型最大，可以搭载27架“鸽子机”。6艘航母总共搭载了多达144架“鸽子机”.数量也不算少了！
These "pigeon machines" are not only large in number, but also of good quality. They are all carefully manufactured by the Hindustan Aircraft Company headquartered in Mumbai, and these planes are not the same as the "prototype pigeons" that the British bought from the Austrian Empire. same. The "prototype pigeon" is a single-wing two-seater aircraft. The engineers of Hindustan Aircraft Company changed it into a single-wing single-seater aircraft.With the saved weight, more fuel can be loaded, and another bomb can be hung.So these "Indian pigeons" made in India are said to be fighter jets, but they are actually team bombers. They are so old!

Because of these 144 fighter-bombers, William Baga and George Elliot could also formulate an air attack plan on Kwajalein Atoll.

According to the intelligence collected by the British, although the defense of this Kwajalein Atoll is not as exaggerated as Truk Lagoon and Oahu Island, it is not weak at all. It has everything that should be-Kwajalein has a land area of ​​15 square meters The area of ​​the lagoon is as high as 1684 square kilometers. It is also a good place where the entire Pacific Fleet can be contained. After being liberated by Ming Dynasty, of course it is necessary to do a good job in infrastructure in order to better serve the local people.

After more than a year of construction, there are forts, airports, anti-landing obstacles, minefields, minefields, reinforced concrete shooting bunkers, underground oil depots and warehouses, ship docks, submarine docks, etc. There are everything.There are special restricted areas everywhere on the reef islands, such as "no entry, shoot offenders", and the entire shooting is so convenient, you don't need to go to Hawaii, you can just be shot directly on the atoll.

In addition to everything on the atoll, there are also torpedo boats, gunboats and shallow water heavy gunboats stationed in the lagoon!
Although these "good things" on Kwajalein Atoll and in the lagoon are difficult to resist the main attack of the Royal Navy, it is not easy to gnaw down the atoll in a short time with traditional giant ship cannons. Maybe they will suffer a lot of losses, and the British Royal Navy doesn't really want to take Kwajalein Atoll. They came all the way to fight for the aid of the Pacific Fleet!

So it doesn't make much sense to use the precious capital ship to fight this little (for the UK) and tough bone.

Therefore, William Baga and his air fleet commander George Elliot drew up an attack plan of "plane bombing" and "warship hiding".

That is to say, George Elliot commanded the plane to bomb Kwajalein Atoll, destroying the above defense facilities, and at the same time forced or lured the main force of the Ming Navy's Pacific Fleet to come to help.

As long as the main force of the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Navy arrives, George Elliott will take the method of bombing while withdrawing, guiding them to William Baga's main fleet, and then William Baga will command his battleship formation, using William The powerful battleship formation composed of the IV class, the Indian emperor class, the victory class, and the indomitable class will fight to the death with the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Navy!

Although the Ming Navy has a large number of well-designed and well-made cutting-edge battleships, these battleships are all on the path of balanced development. The three lines of power, armor, and firepower are almost "equal" This kind of ship has no weaknesses, but its advantages are also does not stand out.

On the other hand, the British King William IV class and the Indian Emperor class are "ships" that take a slant, give up speed, and focus on armor and firepower. Although they can't outrun the fast battleships of Ming Dynasty, the artillery and armor are not inferior.

If it can be opened up to fight, there is no problem in fighting to the death.

As far as the current British Empire is concerned, as long as it can fight to the death with the Ming Pacific Fleet, it will be able to delay their attack on India and Australia, and there will be variables.

Maybe the Americans in North America showed their prowess and defeated the Japanese and Mexicans in Texas?
Maybe something big happened in Europe, such as the republican revolution in Rakshasa!Or did the French Republic and the Rakshasa Empire fight over the revolution?
Maybe Prussia and Austria reached an agreement at the meeting of the German states to form a unified German Empire or Republic.
In short, as long as the UK can keep Australia from losing and prevent the Ming court from achieving results that are enough to support the unanimous domestic support, then there is still hope for a "peaceful and pro-communist world" situation.
George Elliot stood on the bridge of his flagship, the aircraft-carrying armored cruiser Black, dubbed the "Lucky Black", watching the soldiers below playing with a "pigeon plane". It flew into the sky to expel an uninvited Ming Dynasty navy scout airship.

Seeing that the plane finally took off after gliding on the deck for a while, George Elliot exhaled and asked, "Is our scout airship generating power? How far are we from Kwajalein Atoll?"

"Return" the staff officer was just about to answer when he was interrupted by a telegram from his side. After a quick glance at the telegram, he relaxed his eyebrows and reported: "The telegram from the reconnaissance airship has more than a dozen docked in Kwajalein Atoll. A Ming battleship and cruiser!"

"What?" George Elliot also showed joy, "There are still battleships!"

(End of this chapter)