Chapter 34: Strangulation in the air

Above the surface of Vladivostok, the main fleet of the Chinese Navy under the command of Luknall was moored. On the two 34,000-ton attack aircraft carriers, 300 combat planes are catapulting and taking off.

As usual, Luckner had a pipe in his mouth and watched his pilots carry out the action, but he could see in the faces of these Chinese that it was not quite the same as the previous battles.

At this time, their expressions were a little like when they went to Hong Kong and Macao to demonstrate, and they were also a little like the excitement when they planned to land in China. Probably, this is because of the Reconquista!

At the thought of recovering the territory, Lucknar's mind couldn't help but rush back to distant Europe. There, his homeland, the German Empire, had been transformed into a weak party of bourgeois politicians, and the German population was enduring looting by the British, French, and American armies.

If Luknar wasn't angry about that, it wouldn't have been possible. As a nobleman, he was a man who respected imperial power. I'm afraid this is the reason why he, the world-famous "ghost captain" in World War I, did not return to the German Navy in another time and space, but here, he has a clear goal.

Like those of the German aristocracy, they did not think that the defeat was due to the German imperial family. Therefore, they thanked the Chinese and Tang Yunyang for giving them a chance, an opportunity to support the German royal family to revive German glory in the future.

On this occasion, a large number of retired German officers sailed thousands of miles to Irian Island to express their allegiance to Wilhelm III. In order to ensure that the ability of their soldiers would not be degraded in peaceful life, they were inserted into the Chinese Defense Force, along with some German soldiers who volunteered to come to Irian Island.

This was a condition for Tang Yunyang to help Wilhelm III return to Germany in the future, and all Germans from Europe or other parts of the world should be urged by the German royal family to serve in the Chinese Wehrmacht. In the future, his officers and non-commissioned officers, who have been in war for a long time, will be able to form an army very easily.

This proposal was very willing, and the salaries of these soldiers were settled, and their combat power remained at a very high level with the future foreign operations of the "Chinese Defense Forces" in China. Then one day, relying on these people, he can return to Germany.

Is it possible? Is it impossible? I'm afraid it depends on how well Tang Yunyang's "articles" do in Europe! For now, this is the main reason why a large number of German officers who served in the "Chinese Wehrmacht" or in the ever-expanding Whampoa Military Academy were loyal to Tang Yunyang.

On the deck, there were people dressed in various costumes, and even their helmets were different, busily sending one after another "Sabre" fighters and "Benlei II" attack planes into the sky.

Of the 150 planes that took off in the first wave of aircraft carriers, 90 were "Sea Sabres", and their goal was certainly not to attack on the ground, but to meet the 200 planes of the Russian Far Eastern Military District stationed in this area. As for the "Benlei II", which was also equipped with torpedoes, it was natural to take care of the Russian cruiser stationed in the harbor.

In particular, these guys who don't know whether they are alive or dead have already driven out, and they are also protected by military planes sent by the Far Eastern Military District stationed here.

Of course, both Luknall and the pilots of the fighter planes knew that those old French Newburgh or British triplanes would never be the opponents of the "sea saber".

Therefore, the second wave, followed by the "Benlei II" attack aircraft, took off. Their target is not the fleet at sea, and it is estimated that it will not be their turn to fight, and the previous wave of planes will not kindly leave these guys to them to open meat.

They were to suppress the coastal batteries of the Russian army on the high ground outside the city.

After the first two waves of aircraft completely suppressed the Russian army's air and sea batteries, it was the time when the Navy's fire support ships bombarded the shore. To say that the Japanese made battleships, they really have their own style.

Although the ship was slightly older than the European warships, the 402 mm guns were truly shocking.

In particular, they could load up to 12 guns on a battleship, and not to mention, it would also make those who were about to face such a huge artillery bombardment nervous. Because, with a salvo from a battleship, several square kilometers of positions will be leveled. No matter how heroic the Russian infantry is, they will be terrified when faced with such a situation.

As the air forces of the second wave of attack gathered into a huge formation over the fleet, the first wave of attack planes approached the vicinity of Vladivostok and exchanged fire with the Russian convoy in advance.

The performance of the Newburgh aircraft and the British triplane has been fully described earlier, so I will not mention it here. The only thing that needs to be understood is that the performance of the "Sea Sabre" is by no means comparable to that of an aircraft that they can match. In particular, the power of the 12.7mm machine gun and the 25mm cannon is not something that they can withstand with only two 7.62mm machine guns.

Although, at this time, Russian planes were able to fly into the sky to make all sorties, not only fighters, but also four-engine bombers of the kind designed by Sikorsky. Probably, the Russian side did not intend that they would be able to bomb the Chinese fleet led by Luknall, but they were just using them to distract the attention of the "sea saber".

As soon as the two groups of planes came into contact, the "sea sabers" that relied on their altitude and speed immediately swooped down from the sky, and from the noses of the two-plane formation, a dense raindrop of bullets from 12.7 mm machine guns and shells from 25 mm machine guns was sprayed.

It cannot be denied that at this time, the performance of the "Sabre" fighter is still the top aircraft in the world. In particular, with the end of the European theater of the First World War, when the Europeans have begun to rebuild their destroyed homes and the development of various weapons of war has slowed down, the performance of this aircraft will continue to be on the ranking list for some time.

However, as far as the pilots of the Chinese National Defense Forces heard that this kind of saber machine is close to the brink of elimination, it only depends on how well a big business is done in the future, and if it succeeds, it will be time for them to change their outfits.

As everyone could have guessed, due to the absolute difference in the performance of the aircraft, Newburgh and the triplane swirled down from the sky. The 20:1 record will probably also make Richthofen and Tang Yunyang, the two teachers of fighter fighting skills of the "Chinese National Defense Forces", very glorious.

As for the four-engine bombers that are used to recharge, there is no need to mention it, without the cover of fighters, they are just lambs waiting to be slaughtered. Moreover, the most regrettable thing for the Russian pilots is that I don't know if the Russians are really poor, and they are not equipped with a parachute, just as they were at the beginning of the First World War.

In addition to committing suicide, the pilots were burned alive in the planes or dragged from the planes to the sea with the voices shouting for God.

But the pilots of the "Sea Sabre" could not sigh for them for long, after all, they were running out of ammunition and were now going to make one last dive to suppress the anti-aircraft fire of the Russian cruiser fleet for the Benlei attack aircraft, which were approaching from a low altitude.

At this time, the sailors of the Russian cruisers, as if they already knew what kind of situation they were about to find themselves in, raised the speed of the warships to the highest speed, rushed to the fleet led by Lukner, and distributed infantry weapons to the crews.

Infantry machine guns with shields were placed on the deck wherever they could, and even the cooks were organized with rifles intent on fighting the planes.

The "sea saber" in the air began to launch one squad-after another. Once they have reached the maximum range of their onboard weapons, they hold the trigger until they have exhausted all the bullets and shells.

90 "Sabres of the Sea" formed a continuous wave of dives, and the deck of the cruiser fell into a fiery hell. Although these 12.7 mm machine guns and 25 mm guns had little effect on the armor of the warship, the gunners of the exposed anti-aircraft guns suffered great damage.

Despite this, the surviving Russian seamen did not back down. They didn't care about the minor injuries caused by the explosion of the 25mm gun, or the fact that they had just fallen on their heels, and when the fighter plane climbed back and was vulnerable to being hit, they still attacked desperately with all the weapons they could shoot.

Several of the "Sea Sabres" were hit when they broke away from the attack, but fortunately, the bathtub armor successfully resisted the challenge of 7.62mm bullets, and although the aircraft suffered some damage, it did not prevent them from flying back to the mothership.

At this moment, the "Benlei II" with torpedoes arrived, and due to the range of the torpedoes, they did not get very close, but immediately pulled up the fuselage and flew flat at a low altitude after dropping mines at a medium distance. Subsequently, the machine guns and cannons at the nose were used to suppress the artillery fire on the warship, and after the sailors and anti-aircraft guns were hit, they quickly pulled up.

In this way, it is better to avoid the impact of artillery fire on the warship.

The sailors on the Russian cruiser looked in despair at the approaching torpedoes, and when they knew that the warship was inevitably going to sink, they began to jump into the sea.

Among the 60 torpedoes dropped by the opponent's "Benlei II", the only five cruisers in Vladivostok resisted for only a short time before all sank into the sea.

The Russian sailors, who were sinking and floating on the sea, raised their heads one by one and looked at the sky, and the planes flying to Vladivostok in groups were speechless. After all, the ocean has irreversibly entered the era of aircraft carriers, and simple warship operations will completely decline under the new aircraft that the Chinese Defense Forces have completed designing.

As for whether or not those new planes can be equipped, I am afraid it will depend on whether the heads of European countries will give face.