genius war girl

Chapter 364 Air Strike
"How's the water situation?"

"It's barely stopped, but... I don't know how long it can last."

"Thanks for your hard work."

After finishing the communication, Arisa couldn't help sighing.

In the collision just now, although the damage suffered by the Tianlong was not as great as that of the opposite side, the damage to the hull was still not small.

The bow of the ship was directly deformed by the impact, and some places were even broken. Fortunately, the damage control on the ship was properly operated, so there was not much water in the cabin.

At this moment, the tactical panel on the ship suddenly flickered.

Arisa's reaction was quick, and he immediately shifted his gaze to the screen.

The tactical panel usually doesn't blink blindly and randomly. If this happens, something must have happened.

"Hey, the main force was attacked by the enemy?"

Looking at the map on the screen, Arisa spoke in surprise.

"No way." Lorraine widened his eyes and said in disbelief, "If you don't go to the islands, it is impossible for the enemy to arrive at this point in time."

It didn't take long for the information on the tactical panel to be updated again.

"The attacker is...a carrier-based aircraft? There is actually an aircraft carrier on the opposite side."

"Aircraft carrier? This is too much. Without an aircraft carrier on our side, the battle is definitely one-sided!" Lorraine said angrily.

"Calm down, Lorraine." Arisa paused, and then continued: "It's normal for the offensive side to be stronger than the defensive side, and the aircraft carrier in this kind of game won't be that strong."

Generally speaking, most of the aircraft carriers that can appear in this kind of competition are the first-generation aircraft carriers after the end of World War I, and many of them are even transformed from civilian ships.

The speed and protection of these aircraft carriers will not be much better, and the aircraft they carry are also very impressive, generally biplanes, and the number will not be much.

Just as the bridge was in a mess, Shizuku suddenly spoke.

"The current battle situation."

Although Shizuku's voice was not loud, it instantly silenced the bridge.

"An Albany-class cruiser was hit by a torpedo, and a Jolly-class destroyer was hit by a bomb." Arisa reported calmly.

Ships of this level generally do not have any anti-aircraft guns, and most of them only have a few symbolic anti-aircraft machine guns, so they are quite weak when encountering air attacks.

"Return to defense."

Same as before, Shizuku's order this time is still only two words.

"Understood." Arisa nodded, and then continued: "Loran, prepare to turn the ship, we are going back to protect the main fleet."

After knowing that there is an aircraft carrier on the opposite side, Tianlong's actions can't be as rough as before. After all, this thing doesn't have any reliable anti-aircraft firepower.

And now that the game is up to now, there are obviously no wild monsters that can fight this ship girl. It is the safest tactic to go back and wait for the enemy to take the initiative to fight.

……

"This wave of enemy planes has retreated, but we have lost another ship."

After seeing the newly refreshed information on the tactical panel, Arisa's expression suddenly became serious.

"We lost three ships in one attack. What did the War Game Alliance think? There would be such a battle." Lorraine couldn't help complaining.

"Here is the observation tower, and there is a group of aircraft approaching from the front."

Suddenly, the observer's voice came from the radio station.

"In front...there should be enemy planes returning after completing the attack." Arisa thought for a while before continuing, "Ignore them, these planes must have run out of bombs and torpedoes."

"learn."

Not long after the conversation between the two ended, more than a dozen planes appeared in the line of sight of the group.

As Arisa had speculated before, these planes were all biplanes, and their flying speeds were quite slow.

It wasn't just the girl on the bridge who observed these planes, Otowa who was on the deck also took out his binoculars and began to observe them carefully.

"Boeing F4B fighter, Martin T3M torpedo plane, Martin B2M bomber."

Although most biplanes look similar, Otowa has studied aviation for two years, so he has no problem distinguishing them.

"Judging from this configuration, the aircraft carrier opposite should be Langley." Arisa said thoughtfully.

These three types of aircraft were standard configurations for US aircraft carriers in the 20s, and the mothership carrying them was likely to be the CV-20 Langley of the same era.

"Langley" is the US Navy's first aircraft carrier, converted from the "Jupiter" collier.The refitting project began in June 1919, and a full-through flight deck was installed above the hull. It was refitted in March 6 and appeared in active service in the U.S. Navy. After that, it was named after Samuel J. Dr. Pierpont Langley, renamed "Langley", the new designation CV-1922.

This thing has been used as an aircraft carrier to conduct various tactical training and exercises during its service, providing the US Navy with experience in using aircraft carriers and many naval pilots.

The "Langley" has a standard displacement of 11050 tons, a full load displacement of 14700 tons, a ship length of 165 meters, a ship width of 18 meters, a draft of 5.8 meters, and a flight deck of 165.3 meters in length and 19.8 meters in width.The power is 3 boilers, 2 electric motors, and the maximum output power of the main engine is 7 horsepower.

The maximum speed is only 15 knots, and there are only 34 aircraft on board. It is also one of the first ships in the United States to adopt an electric propulsion power system.

Just when a boatload of girls were watching the plane, several planes in the fleet suddenly swooped down.

Otowa's intuition is very keen, so he immediately noticed the abnormality on the opposite side.

Ordinary pilots will not lower their altitude for no reason during the flight. As an excellent American fighter pilot, Otowa quickly realized what the other side wanted to do.

"F4B fighter jets swooped down!" Otowa paused, and then continued: "All personnel evacuated immediately, they want to shoot us with machine guns!"

Although Tianlong's protection of personnel is not bad at the same level, it is still a lot worse than World War II. The machine guns of fighter jets can cause tons of damage to it.

Among other things, the crude command tower of the Tianlong has no protection, and the machine guns of fighter jets can easily kill and injure the members inside, without the need for torpedo planes and bombers at all.

"Is the quality so poor!" Arisa complained, and then said loudly: "Everyone retreat to the cabin immediately, pay attention to maintaining order."

Following Arisa's order, the girls on the boat were quickly mobilized.

(End of this chapter)