From the Caribbean Sea to the United States, it is actually quite close, but their goal is not the United States located on the Caribbean coast, but at the other end, in New York in the north of the United States, the north and south of the United States are about 3,000 kilometers, along the coastline, at a speed of 700 kilometers per day, at most 5 days.

However, this is a full speed forward without any delay, in the process of advancing the sneak attack fleet, it is certainly not smooth sailing, the fantasy class is a sneak attack, and it can only avoid all targets, otherwise, I am afraid that the number of the fantasy class will have to be increased by 10 times before it can be swept over.

Therefore, after crossing the Caribbean Sea, after approaching the United States, it is not possible to travel as before, this is the core area of the United States, even if there are not many warships, merchant ships, there will definitely be fishing boats, for these, it is not easy to detect, compared to fishing boats, battleships are always the biggest targets, the total length is 300 meters, and the battleship with a height of tens of meters is really the difference between a mountain peak and a stubborn rock compared with a small boat with a maximum of only a few hundred tons.

The United States never thought that its own homeland would be attacked, even if it was Germany's Sea Wolf operation, at most it was near the central axis of the Atlantic Ocean, and it was rarely close to the continental United States, the naval strength of the continental United States was quite strong, and the capital ships may be in Europe, but the number of other warships was amazing, and the most important thing was that this was a local operation, which could easily and quickly mobilize various resources, even fishing boats, and this was where the confidence of the United States lies.

In a general sense, the Fantasy class has not surpassed the world's mainstream warships by a lot, and it is almost impossible to sneak attack the United States, but the Fantasy class is still coming, and the fundamental reason for his arrival is that in the largest modification of the Fantasy class, it is actually equipped with 8 seaplanes, which is the best reconnaissance tool and the foundation of supporting the sneak attack fleet.

After China identified the aircraft carrier as the core of the future task force, the concept of the navy's top brass was changed under the impetus of Yang Yuanzhao, and the aircraft replaced the hot air balloon and the airship. In the past, the reconnaissance of battleships mainly relied on lookouts, and only when the battle line attacked, would it choose to use sounding balloons to increase the hit rate of the salvo, but now, this point has been replaced by seaplanes.

China's advantages in the engine, not only in the strategic bomber and long-range transport and above, in the easiest to achieve seaplanes, is also quite obvious, the fantasy class tonnage is as high as 45,000 tons, although there are enough weapons and equipment, but from the middle of the sorting out of one or two cabins is still possible, which provides the possibility of carrying seaplanes, as for the fuel, relative to the huge consumption of 45,000 tons of battleships, the consumption of two seaplanes, is really a drop in the bucket.

Yang Yuanzhao came from later generations, of course, he will not take the old road of the pontoon-type seaplane, the ship-shaped pontoon, and the emergence of a large number of watertight warehouses ensure the stability of the seaplane on the water surface, and the structure of the turboprop with greater power and turboprop allows the seaplane to have a larger range and greater bomb-carrying capacity.

Professional things are handed over to the professional to do, concentrated in a variety of aircraft, in the third generation is barely realized, more or the cost is higher, even if it is a world power, can not support the cost of manufacturing a single purpose of the aircraft, there is a multi-purpose aircraft, this multi-purpose aircraft, in professional use, is certainly not comparable to a single performance.

However, the seaplane is an exception, this kind of aircraft that cannot be used to run to take-off, but can take off in the water, only light cruisers, heavy cruisers and battleships can carry, if it sets off with the task force and the aircraft carrier battle group, there is no need to bring such an aircraft, as long as it is brought, it is a separate artillery formation, in this case, the reconnaissance aircraft must have sufficient functions, combat functions are necessary, there must be enough self-defense firepower, in order to ensure survival, as for the bombing, that is only incidental, the huge body of the seaplane, It would be somewhat wasteful not to use it as a bomber.

This seaplane, which was eventually named the Type 5 aircraft on the water, is a real multi-purpose aircraft, which can carry 1.5 tons of bombs, has 4 17.2 mm machine guns and 1 35 mm machine gun, the firepower is quite amazing, most of the positions are made of cemented carbide, and some parts also hit the armor, the protection is quite excellent, the maximum speed can reach 450 kilometers per hour, and the maximum range is more than 3000 kilometers, which is perfect for a boat water aircraft.

8 planes, relatively thin, but if it is only to search the area around the fleet about 100 kilometers, this is enough, he can find ships more than 100 kilometers away, if it is a large warship and merchant ship, using the speed of the fantasy class, you can quickly avoid it, if it is a fishing boat, it is really impossible to avoid the premise, will use offensive firepower to sink it.

In this era, most of the fishing boats were still wooden, and even organic sailboats and the like were very few, and the 17.2 mm machine guns of seaplanes that could not be blocked by thin iron sheets, let alone 35 mm, and even 100 mm steel plates could penetrate with armor-piercing bullets, let alone these thin-skinned fishing boats.

With these reconnaissance planes, we can see the location of US ships more quickly, but the latter is even more important, you must know that the US sea area is rich in products, and this era is also an era when it has just taken from the ocean, and the huge continental shelf of the world, and the collision of various ocean currents, have formed one fishing ground after another, especially the appearance of sailing ships and ocean-going fishing boats, making the sea a rich treasure trove, and I am afraid that only the US Government knows how many fishing boats there are in such a huge sea area.

From entering the waters of the North Atlantic, these seaplanes will be released every day during the day, escort and reconnaissance, in just a few days, a series of results have been achieved, most of the wear has been avoided, some really can't be avoided, have been sunk one by one, in the merchant ships are only barely equipped with radios, and particularly unreliable era, of course there is nothing on the fishing boats, seaplanes, with a strong attack power, used to hit fishing boats, basically a dozen accurate, even any reaction will be sunk.

Ordinary wooden boats, machine guns, may have to concentrate on the attack for a minute or two before they can be sunk, in the case of distant-water fishing boats, they will use machine guns, even if they do not use armor-piercing shells, just ordinary 35 mm high-explosive shells, which are enough to sink the ocean-going fishing boat in a short time.

In this era, there is no Geneva, there is no treaty that does not target civilians, and even if there is, when the army is marching, in order to maintain concealment, detain ordinary people, and even go further, even in the 21st century, it cannot be completely solved, and this era is even less of a problem, between China and the United States, war has been declared, the two sides are already in a state of war, they can attack every place they can target, let alone these fishing boats, whether it is Cheng Biguang, or naval soldiers, without any burden, to ensure their concealment, is the greatest security.

Along the way, the seaplane, responsible for escorting, within 250 kilometers of the area where the warship is located, according to the location of reconnaissance, to prevent any suspicious ships, in the middle, the seaplane's ultra-long range, has also become the key, with a cruising speed of 200 kilometers, the seaplane can fly for a day, from dawn to dark, only 18 hours at most, as for the night, it is even less of a problem, in this era, there are not many reliable means of night vision, the battleship will choose the most secluded road, full speed, In this way, unless you collide with other night ships face-to-face, you will not worry about being discovered at all.

In the United States in this era, there are very few merchant ships that can travel at night, the reason is very simple, the existence of sea wolves, night sailing has become a very dangerous practice, once it is attacked by a submarine, because of the relationship at night, it is impossible to attack at the first time, and the method of encroachment can make the ship group suffer a big loss, so for the United States, on the North Atlantic route, at night, are stopped, several ship groups, or even a group of escort warships, forming a protective circle.

In this case, the night is safer than the day, because the North American waterway is dense, even if it is cleaned by the Qin-class submarines, there is no way to completely clean it up, they are slower than the scheduled time, detour a lot of roads, sometimes, even because the fishing boats in front are too dense, have to make a big circle, the distance that can be reached in 5 days, a total of 8 days, on February 2, 1916, arrived in the open sea of New York, and Deng Jieqian sent 8 submarines to connect with the head.

The secret channel of the radio, the two sides have been in contact with each other dozens of times in the past 2 days, the military radio channel, is in a specific high-frequency channel, this is the application of radio upgrades, only special electronic components, can increase the frequency to such a high degree, for the time being, it can be used for military use, this is the place where China is most concerned, although China knows that in this world, no one in the radio field can detect their signal, plus China's cryptographic system, However, they still increase the difficulty, and high frequencies are signals that can only be accepted and emitted by more refined and even superior semiconductor components.

Off the coast of New York, this place is about 270 kilometers away from New York, which is the safest area through reconnaissance and selection, and then it will take New York directly from here, according to estimates, 9 hours is enough to reach New York, it can be said that when you get here, it is almost equivalent to half 90 of those who travel a hundred miles, and only the last step is missing, and the final attack can be completed. (To be continued.) )