By the beginning of 1806, the Datang Navy had 18 aircraft carriers, and by 1804 all 14 Texas-class aircraft carriers had been built, and Datang had begun to build larger aircraft carriers since 1802, the Liaoning-class aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of 65,000 tons. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info is similar to the Liaoning-class tonnage of the PLA Navy in later generations, but the appearance is completely different, the conventionally powered Liaoning-class aircraft carrier is to use an oblique flight deck, and three steam catapults and three hangar lifts are installed. From the very beginning, this class of aircraft carriers was designed to be a large aircraft carrier with jet fighters as the main focus, and the avionics system was also more advanced, and the integrated joint command capability was also better. Of course, the Liaoning aircraft carrier, which has just been put into service, is still being tested at sea, and it cannot yet be regarded as forming a complete combat strength.

The Istanbul crisis in which Datang is about to intervene is still the protagonist of Datang's core aircraft carrier, the Texas class. With its large number and reliable performance, the Texas class will continue to play a core role in the Datang Navy for a long time to come. The North Atlantic Fleet has a total of three aircraft carriers, 2 Tex-class and 1 BC-class, the USS BC aircraft carrier is deployed in Split and has now bombed the Russian army in the Sea of Marmara. In order to strengthen the pressure on the Russian army, Datang has transferred another aircraft carrier battle group from the Netherlands to the Bosphorus. Also ordered to go was an aircraft carrier battle group attached to the Atlantic Fleet.

The combat strike capability of the Datang Navy has been completed into battle groups, and the basic establishment of each battle group is one aircraft carrier, 1-2 heavy cruisers and 1-2 light cruisers, as well as 3-4 frigates. The main role of light cruisers and frigates is anti-aircraft and anti-submarine, while heavy cruisers can also make cameo appearances in shelling the opposite shore and finishing up the work of attacking enemy fleets on aircraft carriers. In addition, each battle group can add battleships as auxiliary combat forces as appropriate, which can increase the air defense combat power of aircraft carriers on the one hand, and on the other hand, it can also bombard enemy capital ships when needed.

The concentration of three aircraft carriers in the Sea of Marmara by the Don Army is an absolutely heavy blow to the Russian army.

In addition to the bombing of aircraft carriers, Datang mobilized ground forces and was ready to land in Turkey at any time to fight the Russian army. Although the Russian army is very large, the elite of the Tang army is also obvious to all, and under the cover of strong air and sea superiority, the numerical superiority of the Russian army may not really have an advantage. Datang directly transferred one and a half divisions of troops from North Africa, a marine brigade from Dalmatia, and at the same time prepared troops stationed in the Indian Ocean Theater to support the Balkans from Israel. The Dutch and Belgian garrisons were not dispatched, and the distance was a bit long, and it was not very economical to transfer them.

The other fist of Datang's combination is the troops in Estonia and Latvia in the European Theater of Operations.

The European theater is an important area where the Datang Air Force deploys bombers, especially in Dalmatia and Estonia-Latvia, which are overseas territories, where bomber aviation divisions are deployed. The deployed bomber models are mainly H-3 and H-4, which are roughly based on the bombers of the U.S. military B-24 and B-17 during World War II. Datang deployed it at the Lociki airbase in Latvia and could take off directly to bomb targets in Russia.

The Datang bombers that took off from the Rosicky Air Base flew more than 700 kilometers to Moscow, the capital of Russia, and 500 kilometers to St. Petersburg, the former capital.

After Tsarist Russia refused to withdraw its troops from Istanbul, Bai Nan ordered the air force and began to use bomber forces to bomb the Russian mainland. The Datang Air Force transferred more bombers from other air bases to Rosicky Air Base, and used an average of 200 bomber sorties a day to carry out large-scale bombing of St. Petersburg and Moscow.

The main bombing targets of the Datang Air Force bomber unit are the military facilities and industrial facilities of the Russian army, and the Datang Military Intelligence Bureau has a relatively detailed information on the main military facilities and industrial facilities in major Russian cities, and the accuracy may not be very sufficient, but as long as a large number of fighters drop bombs in the sky, it is already a serious blow to Russia.

Russia's air power is low, and the number of fighters guarding the skies of Moscow does not even exceed 30, and they are all of quite poor level aircraft, only more than a dozen are imported from Datang, and the rest are even inferior imitation aircraft imported from Britain, France, and Germany. Tsarist Russia is now completely incapable of creating aircraft.

After this fighter took off, it was immediately beaten down by the J-2 (La-11) escorted by the Datang Air Force, and even the firepower of the bombers was not a problem to clean up these Russian fighters, and the difference between the two sides in speed was actually not large, that is, the Russian fighters were slightly more flexible than the Datang fighters.

Tsar Alexander I hid in a cellar, and the Russians were not particularly careful, so the Russians were a little unaware of the fact that many European countries were already building bomb shelters and underground facilities. After the Tang Dynasty bombed Moscow, Alexander I, sensing the danger, fled into the cellars of the palace, which were originally used to store goods.

In fact, Datang's main targets did not involve the Russian Kremlin or the houses in Moscow, and Datang sent troops on the grounds of punishing Russia's inhumane acts, and could not go too far himself, causing a large number of civilian injuries, although this is also unavoidable. After all, the bombing of industrial facilities can also cause deaths and injuries to ordinary workers. Some factories are located near residential areas, and the damage and fires caused by the bombing can easily spread to residential areas, and if the fire is not controlled, it can spread even more widely.

Alexander I's face was cold and he couldn't hide his loss, and he asked his close ministers: "What is the situation with the loss in the city?" ”

The minister replied: "Your Majesty, it is difficult to make statistics for a while, although the main residential areas in the city have not suffered much damage, but nearly 20% of the main factories have been attacked, and more than 700 people were cleaned up in one day yesterday. The situation in St. Petersburg is similar, many citizens and nobles have moved out of the city, Your Majesty, should we also leave Moscow for the time being, and return when the bombardment of the Tang is over? ”

Alexander I was furious: "This is my capital, how can I leave because I am afraid of the air raids of the Tangs?" ”

Another courtier said to Alexander I: "Your Majesty, the losses inflicted on our country by the air raids and bombardments of the Tang people are too great, and if this situation continues, I am afraid that all the achievements we have built up in the past ten years will be in vain." The Tang Dynasty launched an air raid on us against Istanbul, and if His Majesty gives in here, maybe the Tang people will end this air raid. (To be continued.) )