Ship transformation, the admiral goes to the military police to repent

The memory fragments of the battleship are the air raids, the fighter planes all over the sky, and the surprise bombings by bombers.

She now felt that her anti-aircraft guns were a little insufficient.

Not to mention her, even other battleships and battlecruisers have realized this problem.

When a ship girl appears that can dispatch 180 carrier-based aircraft at the same time, even if they can defend against some of the aircraft, what should they do with the rest?

Moreover, what used to require three or four ship girls to accomplish, Lexington can now do it alone.

As I said, the more people there are, the easier it is to make mistakes in coordination.

Even if Lexington is half fighters and half bombers, there are still 90 of each type of carrier-based aircraft.

It is entirely possible for fighter jets to contain and attack enemy aircraft carriers while conducting air strikes and bombings at the same time.

Especially Nelson, Rodney, and War-weary, their faces had turned pale.

Nelson

Rodney

Although they have modified their power system, they are not as slow as before.

But the price is that they cannot add some anti-aircraft guns like the Prince of Wales and other ship girls.

"So, have you equipped her carrier aircraft?"

With a trembling voice, the Prince of Wales asked Vian.

"Thanks to Shropshire and Gaga's support, most of it has been configured."

Vian's words were like a death sentence, turning the Prince of Wales's clenched fingers white.

What she was most worried about happened. This time the exercise might be bombed.

Chapter 177 Kamikaze Attack

After all, she did not forget that Wei'an also had an aircraft carrier girl, a legendary one at that.

Before seeing Lexington, they were still very relaxed about this exercise.

But now, even before the security work started, they were already putting pressure on them.

Originally, Guanghui didn't want to come. She would rather read more books and study knowledge with that time.

It was Hood who told her that there were Saratoga and a new aircraft carrier, and that the pressure on air defense would be a bit too much if she didn't come, so she came.

As a result, she may be the one who suffers the most this time.

Now it is no longer a question of whether the air defense pressure is great or not.

With the propaganda of Hood and Elizabeth, these important ship girls of the E-Union all know that the ship girls after Vian’s transformation will undergo earth-shaking changes.

The most obvious thing is that the performance of the battleship has been greatly improved. She had already overestimated the performance of Wei'an's new aircraft carrier.

Now she is still conservative.

She didn't even know what would fly out from Lexington's empty flight deck, and whether she could still maintain air supremacy.

According to the previous exercise ideas, they were originally prepared to try their best to maintain air superiority when the Glory faced the Saratoga, and then they would rely on the more powerful strength of the legendary ship girl to win the artillery battle.

Trying to help Wei'an, who has deviated from the normal trajectory of admiral, correct it.

Even when they reached the target sea area, they were still chattering about information about Lexington.

"You still gave us a big surprise. I shouldn't say it's a shock."

After explaining the rules of today's exercise and when the two sides were about to separate, Hood turned around and said to Vian.

"We must live up to the expectations of Miss Hood and the dean."

"Perform well. I also want to see the aircraft carrier you put so much effort into."

Along the way, they had already obtained some general information about Lexington, so they would not treat her as an ordinary aircraft carrier that had just materialized.

Perhaps her only shortcoming is that she has no practical experience.

But didn't Wei'an arrange this exercise just to test the strength of his own ship girls and find their shortcomings?

Because this is a confrontational exercise, the exercise area is far away from the academy.

The designated area is 50 nautical miles in total, which is beyond the normal gunboat engagement distance, but it is also relatively easy to enter the attack range.

In the process of heading to their respective destinations, Vian had already transferred from Clemenceau's battleship to Lexington's battleship.

"Commander, what should we do next?"

Lexington gently massaged Vian's shoulders as he sat in the command seat, while Saratoga and Shropshire were also in the command room.

"This time, the task of contacting everyone and seizing air supremacy from the Tejas will be handed over to you, Madam. You will be in charge of attacking the surface ships and eliminate the Tejas first."

"Although the range of 50 nautical miles is not very large, we still have the advantage of the first move. We cannot directly confront their gunboats. If we gain air superiority, we can suppress their gunboats from the air."

Just as Hood and the others understood that Vian's operations center was not on the gunboat at all, Vian knew it too.

"But, Commander, I'm afraid that the gap between me and Glory is still too big. She has been a legendary ship girl for so many years, and her proficiency in operating carrier-based aircraft must be higher than mine."

Lexington was a little worried about Vian's arrangements.

"Yes, Commander, why don't I go face Glory instead? I will definitely deal with her easily."

Saratoga quickly agreed.

"Madam, winning or losing is not important. What's important is to help you get familiar with fighting with other carrier girls. Even if you are not good at operating, you can choose to fight with more people against fewer, one plane to contain the attack of another, or even directly perform suicide attacks to exchange planes."

"If you use up all of the carrier-based aircraft stored in the first wave of the Tejas, she will only generate 4 carrier-based aircraft every ten minutes, while you can generate 15 at a time."

"We don't launch a single assault. We use consumption, persistence, and containment. It's always better to be careful when facing these legendary ship girls."

"Okay, Commander."

Lexington took his task seriously.

"Shropshire, you and Yixian will block them at the front together and engage them in battle. Xuefeng and the others will cover you with torpedoes."

"Be careful, don't be too aggressive, just drag yourself slowly and don't get hurt."

"Whether we can win this time depends on how long you and Yixian can hold them off."

"What we have to do is to pull out the teeth one by one. Without air superiority, they will be sitting ducks."

As they were talking, the high-speed fleet had already arrived at the sea area that Wei'an had decided on at the beginning.

"Begin the fight!"

With that, Saratoga and Shropshire rushed out of the command room, leaving only Lexington and Vian.

For this exercise, Vian has used up all of his remaining energy, and now Lexington's mental limit has reached 81000.

At the same time, aluminum resources have been distributed to Lexington and Saratoga in a ratio of three to two.

The mental limit of Lexington, which is 10000 higher than its normal displacement, determines that the number of carrier-based aircraft that can take off at the same time is 100, which is almost twice that of the Glory.

"We are traveling at the fleet's fastest speed, so they have probably not reached the target yet. Let's start reconnaissance. Only by grasping their information can we fight better."

While Vian was talking, Lexington closed his eyes and began his operation.

He controlled his warship to turn and speed up in the direction of the headwind, directly reaching 40 knots.

One after another, the [Gale Kai J] lift platforms were transported to the flight deck.

As Lexington opened his eyes, the [Gale Modified J] directly entered the designated position and began to take off by gliding on the opposite deck wind.

"Commander, let as many fly as possible."

"15 planes, searching in a fan shape."

Because carrier-based aircraft are also the eyes of the aircraft carrier, their normal methods are simpler and more brutal, and they directly use attack aircraft.

It can both detect and fight enemy carrier-based aircraft.

Seeing Lexington start to launch carrier-based aircraft, the other ship girls also took action.

Because the opponents they faced this time were only surface ships, they were not afraid of sneak attacks.

So except for Clemenceau which did not move away from Lexington quickly, the other warships all headed towards the direction of the carrier-based aircraft launched by Lexington.

They had to gain enough space for Lexington and Saratoga, while at the same time compressing Hood and his men's activity area.

The sound of the propeller and the engine was discovered by Guanghui from a distance.

Everyone knows that the ship girls under Wei'an run fast, which means he will definitely be the first to land.

Chapter 178: Glory: Is this the way a ship girl should attack?

She prepared for defense early on.

"Hood, that guy's reconnaissance plane is coming."

"We have to move quickly. We can't let him know our current location. We have to shoot him down first."

"Glorious, you should also prepare to attack. We cannot let his other carrier-based aircraft get close."

"receive."

The ship girls of the E-Union acted in unison and aimed their guns at the fighter jet that was scouting over.

Looking at the fighter jet that was still ten nautical miles away, War-weary pursed his lips and closed one eye.

The next second, the two 380mm main guns on her front deck roared twice.

She opened fire.

On the other side, Lexington, who was controlling more than ten carrier-based aircraft at the same time, wanted to operate the carrier-based aircraft to dodge when he heard the roar of the main gun.

Then two more shots were fired, heading straight for Hood and her fighter jets along different trajectories.

As Lexington's first battle after the ship was materialized, she was still in the process of getting familiar with the operation of carrier-based aircraft.

As expected, the carrier-based aircraft crashed.

"The Commander has discovered their location."

"Continue to mobilize fighters from other locations, keep up, tell Gaga to prepare for the attack, your second batch of carrier-based aircraft can also take off, 60 aircraft."

While Wei'an was giving the command, the fighter jets hovering over their own battleship began to convey Hood and the others' information to them.

Kokang and Shimakaze, who had originally deviated from their direction, immediately corrected their sailing direction and sailed towards the position arranged for them by Wei'an.

In the command room of Lexington, Vian looked at the sand table in front of him.

His advantage is that he has long arms and can run fast, so the position he arranged for Kokang and Shimakaze is exactly in front of the left and left of Hood's fleet.

According to normal expectations, Clemenceau, Yat-sen and Shropshire would meet them head-on.

Xuefeng went alone to block the sea area on their right side.

Tactics developed specifically for this exercise.

Because the area of ​​their exercise this time is limited, such a dispersed layout can compress their navigation space.

At the same time, Saratoga and Lexington began to take off large numbers of carrier-based aircraft, the older sister fighters and the younger sister bombers.

On the other side, the Tejas, who was taking off a fighter jet and maneuvering it to conduct counter-reconnaissance in the direction where the Lexington fighter jet had flown, was a little annoyed.

She had just sent off four fighter jets when ten carrier-based aircraft roared in around her, and their purpose was very clear.

He didn't even approach Hood and the others, but just kept his eyes on her.

The Seafire she had just flown out was already fighting with the Gale.

Seeing the opponent's obviously clumsy operating skills, Guanghui immediately realized that it was not Saratoga who was operating.

"Hood, it was that guy's new aircraft carrier that came to scout. Saratoga hasn't made a move yet."

"This guy is a bit bad. I only had four fighter planes but he directly exchanged them for 10. When I was about to operate a fighter plane to attack, his fighter plane that was closer directly crashed into me."

"He's using up my hangar. Air control is in trouble."

As she spoke, the four Spitfires that had flown out had all crashed, and she had destroyed seven Lexington fighters.

"We underestimated him. He used his advantage very well. He turned and headed straight in the direction of the plane at full speed."

"Time is not on our side now. If we lose air superiority we will be attacked. Saratoga has bombing capabilities."

Hood said this and began to turn and set off with the gunboats. At the same time, another Tejas fighter was exchanged with three Lexington fighters.

Guanghui also adjusted the position of her warship and began to retreat in the opposite direction of the planes and hid behind the gunboats to reduce the probability of her being attacked by the security warships.