Why couldn't battleships retire from the stage of history in World War II? Because carrier-based aircraft still have many drawbacks, they do not have the ability to land at night, they have poor observation capabilities at sea, they have weak reaction capabilities, and so on.

Of course, in the case of long-range firefights, carrier-based aircraft have a considerable advantage, as now.

Without carrier-based aircraft, it would be impossible for the fleets of both sides to attack each other from a distance of several hundred kilometers.

The carrier-based aircraft of the island nation swooped down in the direction of the American aircraft carrier, but they did not find the target. The water vapor at sea made it very difficult for them to observe, and they didn't know that they had actually missed the US aircraft carrier formation!

They flew almost less than five kilometers from the American aircraft carrier formation, but they missed the opportunity and did not see it!

Captain Akira Sakamoto continued to fly forward for nearly a hundred kilometers with his own group, but he still didn't find anything!

"Drop the bomb and go home!" Captain Sakamoto's tone was helpless, he pressed the weapon drop button, and the valuable bomb imported from Germany was thrown directly into the sea.

Now, Stuka is much more relaxed.

At the back of the formation, Taro Ohara's eyes were a little confused.

The long flight made his head a little groggy, and now, he opened the cockpit canopy and let the fresh air enter the cockpit, which made his brain a little clear, he knew that he must not fall asleep, he still has a companion behind him, he must fly this plane and fly back again!

All around, it's starting to get dark.

I don't know how long I flew, but Taro Ohara's eyes suddenly lit up, and on the sea below, there were flashing lights, pointing out the direction of the deck, and it turned out that before I knew it, I had flown to the fleet!

So, he pushed his stick and entered the glide course, and at the same time, he twisted the frequency knob of the radio to adjust the frequency of the conversation to the deck.

"Zuihe, Zuihe, 013 requests landing, 013 requests landing."

I don't know why, there is no echo in the headset, no matter what he is, he will land first, this kind of landing in the dark is quite torturous, if you can't touch the ship accurately, it will greatly increase people's psychological pressure, and the second time will be even more difficult.

On the Yorktown, the lights are bright.

The personnel on the deck are nervously preparing, and today's contact has made them realize that the battle with the island nation will break out at any time, and they must be ready to release the plane group at any time.

And now, in the midst of the busyness, the sound of airplanes can be heard in the distance.

All of your carrier-based aircraft have been recovered, what kind of aircraft are flying now?

On one side of the aft deck, on the platform below, anti-aircraft gunner Lockhitt, nervously stared at the sky, and then, from the dark night sky, suddenly a plane with the wings of a seagull fell came out.

"Stuka, it's Stuka!" Lockhit shouted, immediately and quickly shook his anti-aircraft gun, and then stepped on the fire.

"Tom tom!" The shells of the anti-aircraft artillery flew into the sky one by one, and several shells were mixed with a tracer bullet, and he continued to adjust the elevation angle of his anti-aircraft artillery while firing according to the instructions of the ballistics.

"Boom!" In the sky, the Stuka bomber was hit! 40 mm high-explosive shells, so that this bomber in the sky, turned into a fireball!

Successfully hit a target!

On the aircraft carrier, the air defense alarm was sounded, are the islanders crazy? Bombing yourself at night?

However, it is not like the bomber that flew in, it did not carry bombs at all, nor did it dive down to bomb, judging from the flight trajectory of the other side, it looked like it was preparing to land!

The U.S. Navy didn't know what was happening, but saw that several Stukas behind them quickly pulled up their height and burrowed into the dark night sky, and the fleet's anti-aircraft guns were firing indiscriminately in all directions, and there was no more success.

Inside the bridge, Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, commander of the aircraft carrier group, received this report, and his brain was thinking quickly, these planes must have come to bomb their own side, but they did not find the target, but instead used their own aircraft carrier as their mothership.

What does this mean? The aircraft carrier of the Navy of the island nation is nearby! So, tomorrow, a terrible duel between aircraft carriers will definitely break out!

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Germany, Henschel AG.

Ernst Heinkel, one of Germany's most famous aircraft designers, is now reporting to Führer Schirek and his entourage.

"According to the opinions put forward by the navy, the most important thing in the duel between aircraft carriers at sea is to be able to detect the enemy first, so the aircraft carrier needs an advanced reconnaissance aircraft, so we have made some improvements on the basis of our own HE219 night fighter." Ernst and his party have come to the factory, where a new fighter is entering the final assembly stage.

HE219, which is a German night fighter, has played a great role in the defense of Berlin and other aspects, but this is a land-based fighter, and if you want to be modified to an aircraft carrier, you have to make new improvements.

For example, the wings are folded, such as replacing the air-cooled engine, which is convenient for maintenance, such as salt prevention treatment, etc.

In fact, the HS129 attack aircraft of the Henschel company has been modified on the ship, and it is easier to improve it on this aircraft, but the Henschel company did not do this, but chose the HS219, and the biggest difference between the two is the equipment in the nose.

As a night fighter, the HS219 itself carries a set of radars, and now, Germany's maritime patrol aircraft, also need radars!

"In foggy weather, or at night and other poor visibility, the pilot's visual search ability is limited, and the monotonous blue color of the sea is also easy to make visual fatigue, so the use of radar for detection, the effect is much better, we have specially developed a new radar for maritime reconnaissance." Heinrich Herz, Director of Technology and Development at Henschel, proudly says: "This is the first time that we have brought a surface search radar to the sky. ”

According to the historical development, it is impossible to have a carrier-based early warning aircraft in this era, and that kind of technical difficulty is not something that can be developed in this era, even if it is the crossing of Shirek, it cannot change the pace of science.

However, after all, Germany still has progress, for example, the transistor has been invented, which can greatly reduce the power consumption of the radar and improve the reliability, so that the radar equipment that was originally installed on the warship to observe the sea surface can also be installed on the aircraft, without exaggeration, and can have a detection range of 40 kilometers, which is already a huge progress.