The advantage of submarines is underwater, not on the surface of the sea, and even if the submarine has more anti-aircraft guns, it will be beaten in the face of aircraft.

A 10,000-ton battleship, armed with so many anti-aircraft guns, with such thick armor, still has to kneel in front of dive bombers, not to mention submarines.

The ghost head has made his right choice, he can't beat it, he can't run away?

It's a pity that when he ran like this, he was more confirmed by others.

"They're going to dive! Where are our reinforcements? Chris asked.

They no longer have anti-submarine weapons, and now, when the other side dives into the sea, there is a possibility of running away at any time, and as time goes on, the more they try to find it, the more difficult it will be.

"Call the Taylor, call the Taylor, the target submarine has already dived and is about to slip away!" Schroeder, in the rear cabin, shouted loudly over the radio.

Soon, there was an echo on the radio: "Please keep searching, the Lexington has taken off to support the plane, and it is about to arrive!" ”

Because German submarines haunted the Pacific Ocean and threatened the hegemony of the United States in the Pacific, the United States dispatched a large number of navies to find out the German submarines on the bottom of the sea.

At this time, the USS Lexington aircraft carrier formation was sailing in formation near the sea area where Chris was located, but it was only more than 100 nautical miles.

The Lexington, an early American aircraft carrier, was converted from a battleship similar to the British aircraft carrier.

In January 1921, it began construction as a battle cruiser, but according to the provisions of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, the construction of all Lexington-class battle cruisers of the U.S. Navy was stopped, and the U.S. Navy decided to convert the "Lexington" and "Saratoga", the most advanced of them, into aircraft carriers CV-2 and CV-3.

It was launched in October 1925 and officially commissioned in December 1927.

This is a large aircraft carrier that goes straight to the deck, with a full load displacement of more than 36,000 tons, which is ahead of its time in the whole world.

The 271-meter-long flight deck looks extremely wide, and at this time, at the back of the deck, one after another SBD dreadnought dive bombers are quickly preparing for departure.

The biggest strength of an aircraft carrier is its carrier-based aircraft, and carrier-based aircraft need to be replaced according to the sortie mission.

For example, if it is an air defense mission, then fighters are needed, and attack missions require bombers, and attacking surface fleets and submarines are different bombs.

It is impossible to dock all the planes on the deck, let alone place the bombs that are needed, in short, deck work is a very serious and challenging subject, and only after years of operation can we improve efficiency.

Fortunately, there are no big problems now.

The US Navy originally carried out anti-submarine operations, and on their decks, dive bombers were placed, and the bombers were all anti-submarine depth bombs.

As a professional bomber, the dreadnought's main armament was a bombshell no more than 1,600 pounds hanging under the center line of the fuselage and one 100-pound bomb or depth charge under each wing, and now, all of them were loaded with depth charges.

Now, having received the news of the discovery of the submarine, they immediately went out.

"Headwind, full speed, ready to fly carrier-based aircraft!" The ship's commander, Colonel Sherman, gave the order.

The huge warship, drawing an arc on the sea, made a thirty-degree turn, faced the wind, and began to accelerate.

In the middle of the starboard side of the hull, in the thick chimney, black smoke was constantly rising, and the boiler was burning violently, and after five minutes, the main engine reached the maximum power of 180,000 horsepower, and the battleship of more than 30,000 tons sprinted to 33 knots.

Takeoff!

On the deck of the aircraft carrier, a dreadnought bomber, facing the rocking deck centerline, accelerated forward.

The 1000 horsepower Wright XR-1820-32 "Whirlwind" engine, driving the three-bladed variable pitch propeller, bursts out with maximum thrust, under the headwind of the deck, it accelerates rapidly, accelerates, and before reaching the front of the deck, the pilot pulls the operating stick, and the bomber takes off from the deck!

The large depth charge under the belly of the plane was extremely dazzling.

One after another, the Yorktown did not reserve and released all 26 SBD bombers it carried!

No one knew that the conflict between the US Navy and the Navy of the island nation began with this incident, and there was no deep hatred between the two sides.

All this can only be attributed to God's arrangement.

When competing for a carrier-based bomber contract, Northrop aimed at the layout of monoplanes, believing that although this aircraft had poor low-speed capabilities, it was definitely the trend of the future.

As a result, they got the bet right.

The biggest advantage of a single wing is that it flies fast, even if it is a bomber, it can fly to a speed of 400 kilometers per hour, and as an aviation weapon, it has always been developing higher and faster.

The group of dreadnought bombers flew quickly towards the target sea area, and soon joined up with the lone water reconnaissance plane.

"The target disappeared fifteen minutes ago, and even if they were to use their maximum underwater speed, they would only be able to sail a few nautical miles, and I suggest that this place be bombed intensively." Chris was on the radio, making contact with the arriving fleet.

The speed of the submarine under water is not fast, according to their current knowledge, it is only five or six knots, so the other party must still be underwater here!

"Understand, pay attention to the bombers, in order, drop 100-pound depth charges in turn!"

26 bombers, lined up in the air in a large square formation, five in each row, long planes cruising at heights.

They flew smoothly over the target.

"First row, put!"

"Second row, put!"

With the order of the long plane, the bomber carried out a round of carpet cover bombing, successfully covering half of the sea!

Then, turn around in the airspace ahead and cover the other half of the airspace!

Generally speaking, when an aircraft throws deep bombs, it is the kind of thing that does not see the devil and does not hang the strings, and only when the other party is confirmed that the other party is below will the bomb be dropped, but now, this kind of carpet covering and throwing is more like the practice of surface ships.

"Poof!" The first deep bomb fell into the water.

At the same time, the sound of splashing in the water is also spreading in all directions with the spread of the waves, and the sea water is a good medium for sound, which can be transmitted far away.

And for submariners, the last thing they want to hear is this kind of voice.