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Chapter 1727 The Eagle spreads its wings

March 27, Beibu Gulf. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The aircraft carrier "Qingcheng," the flagship of the First Air Force of the South China Navy, drew a clear arc on the sea surface and gradually welcomed the bow towards the southwest wind blowing from the southern ocean.

The two light cruisers, four destroyers, and two supply ships surrounding the "Qingcheng" aircraft carrier closely followed the flagship in the same direction.

In front of the air formation, a huge submarine formation was riding the wind and waves, heading at high speed towards the distant sky.

Lu Guang reluctantly put down the binoculars and said to An Yi: "Although I know that the ones sold are old-fashioned submarines, but all of a sudden, there are seventy-eight ships with a total displacement of 70,000 tons, and I still feel uncomfortable empty!" Wang Tengqi's grandson didn't come to me to make trouble, but I blocked him back, if it weren't for the 26 new submarines from various shipyards entering service, it is estimated that he would have been blocked by Haiphong Port......"

Wang Tengqi was the commander of the submarine fleet of the South China Navy, with the rank of rear admiral, and an old brother of An Jiajun; he followed the journey to the Jiangfang unit and worked all over the captain and captain of the Jiangfang fleet; he was the first captain of the 8,000-ton heavy patrol "Meng Tian" of the Poyang Lake Fleet; after the establishment of the South China Navy, he also served as the captain of the "honorary" battlecruiser; last year the naval submarine force was established and he was appointed commander of the navy's submarines.

"Tell him that if the old ones don't go, the new ones don't come, and if the old submarines are not sold, where can the base be freed up for the new ships? Moreover, we bought these submarines from the Far Eastern Navy, and the profits increased tenfold after changing hands, what could be more cost-effective than such a deal? ”

An Yi said this, handed the telescope to Shen Fengdao behind him, and said to Lu Guang: "Although I don't know what method the Germans will use to drive these submarines back to Europe, it is conceivable that once these submarines return to Germany, with the subtlety of the Germans' use of submarine tactics, the hegemony that the British have built in the Atlantic Ocean after hundreds of years will collapse, and the world pattern will also have a major change!" However, this just dragged the rapidly armed United States into the quagmire of war, making it impossible for it to use the war in Europe to speculate and make money! ”

Now An Yi's mentality has finally returned to normal, and he no longer worries that the United States will fall to Germany, *** and other Axis blocs, because the United States is striding towards war.

According to intelligence, after the defeat of the British Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean, US President Roosevelt finally couldn't bear it anymore and began to make large-scale adjustments to the leaders of the army and navy. Edison, Chief of Naval Operations William. Leahy, Secretary of the Army Henry. Woodlin, Chief of Staff Marin. Craig was replaced, respectively, by Frank. Knox, Harold. Stark, Henry. Lewis. Stimson and George Jr. Marshall replaced.

Rookie New Atmosphere, Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Harold. On the third day after Stark took office, he went to Congress to propose a request for appropriation of $4 billion for the Atlantic and Pacific naval fleets, which was quickly approved by the Senate and the House of Representatives, which means that in the next few years, the size of the US Navy fleet will be expanded by 70%, or 257 ships will be added, including some larger and faster battleships and 27 Essex-class aircraft carriers, the expansion of the US Navy will be inevitable, and the collision with the sharply increased ambition of the *** Navy is believed to be unfolding soon.

In terms of the army, due to the Japanese attack on the South Asian subcontinent, the Americans are worried that after the occupation of India, they will arm 200 million Indians to fight, which will be almost catastrophic for the US Pacific defense. After passing the $853 million Army budget at the beginning of the year, General Marshall, chief of staff of the Singapore Army, once again submitted a new appropriation bill to Congress, for which Roosevelt even personally attended a congressional meeting to demand that the army be supplemented with $732 million in military spending, which could increase the number of the regular US Army to 255,000 and purchase equipment for 755,000 preventive mobilization troops.

Senators, who were generally concerned about the security of the American continent, did not put any obstacles in the way of the bill, but further proposed to increase the regular army to 280,000 in one fell swoop, and the House of Representatives quickly agreed to the bill.

By the day before yesterday, the Germans had occupied Denmark by parachuting in just four hours, and the sensitive nerves of the Americans were once again strongly stimulated, and General Marshall put forward a request for the establishment of a regular army of 335,000 people, and Congress went so far as to increase it to 375,000 people, and at the same time raised the appropriation of the entire War Department to nearly $3 billion in one go, of which a large amount of money was used for urgent orders and the manufacture of new equipment to expand the industrial strength of military production.

It can be said that although the United States has not yet announced its entry into a wartime system, its huge industrial system has begun to be fully mobilized, and the role of the United States as a strong backing for its allies is gradually being realized.

"It's unbelievable to say, such a huge fleet of the British Navy is probably stronger than our entire South China Navy fleet, but even the face of the *** Navy was completely destroyed! The naval formation, with aircraft carriers as the main body, is rapidly becoming the trend of the development of various naval powers, and we are at the end of this trend! Cheng Guang looked at the "Qingcheng" that was slowly turning, and said with some sighs.

"After this battle, I think no matter who it is, it will wake up, which is the main reason why our South China Navy should vigorously develop aircraft carriers! It is really fortunate to say that we are not familiar with the old naval warfare mode based on naval artillery firing at each other, and it will take at least five to ten years to really master it, but this is no longer important, the important thing is that the new naval warfare mode based on aircraft carriers has just started, and this is where we can catch up! I think that as long as we seize the opportunity and accelerate development, the dream of becoming a naval power will be realized in the hands of you and me......"

Speaking of which, An Yi looked at the deck runway below the bridge and asked, "It's time for routine training to begin, right?" ”

"It's almost time!" Cheng Guang looked at his watch and motioned to the herald to make final preparations before training.

On the wide and flat flight deck of the "Qingcheng" aircraft carrier, 21 naval fighters are neatly arranged, of which the six fighters in front of the aircraft with compact fuselage and small size are none other than the F1-B carrier-based fighters, and the overall performance of this carrier-based fighter is greatly improved compared with the first carrier-based fighter F1-A, and is on a par with the A27 fighters equipped by the Air Force.

The twin rows of star-shaped 1,600 hp engines developed by the Syrian Engine Research Institute provide the fighter with the power to carry a 500-kilogram bomb for dive bombing, while the sealed fuel tank and cooler department are equipped with armor, and the hydraulic landing gear is used for increased agility and strength, allowing the landing gear to be folded into the wing at a 90-degree right angle. The foldable wing arrangement is low, which makes it more stable when landing.

The middle seven fighters are much larger than the F1-B, this is the South China Navy's S1 dive bomber, this bomber continues the advantages of the Anjia Army's fighters with thick skin and powerful firepower, with a 25mm cannon and two 7.68mm aviation machine guns, and a 12.7mm caliber machine gun mounted on a movable gun mount that can fire backwards. The main armament of the S1 dive bomber was one bombshell no more than 800 kg hanging under the center line of the fuselage and one 250 kg bomb or depth charge under each wing of each side, and the belly bomb was suspended on an A-line pylon, which, when dropped, was extended downwards to prevent the bomb from hitting the rotating propeller when falling.

The last eight are the most bulky is the newly finalized T1 torpedo bomber, which uses a 14-cylinder double-row star 1600 hp engine, like the F1-B and S1, with foldable wings, a streamlined cockpit equipped with bulletproof glass, and a strong bulletproof armor on the fuselage, in addition to carrying a 1288 kg aviation torpedo, it can also carry one 1000 kg or four 250 kg bombs, and the flaps are equipped with a speed brake design plus brake speed brakes, This allows the T1 Torpedo Bomber to have the same dive attack capabilities as the S1 Dive Bomber.

The entire aircraft carrier formation quickly turned in the direction of the wind, and a strong sea breeze swept over the "Qingcheng," blowing the signal flag on the top of the starboard ship island.

With the roar of a huge whistle, the new signal flag was raised, and the take-off commander in the yellow reflective vest and the deck workers in the blue reflective vest were busy on the deck, and the seven F1-B carrier-based fighter motors in front of them were successfully activated, and the propellers spun rapidly.

Two more whistles rang out, and a defensive grille in front of the standby fleet was lowered, and the strong winds blowing from the sea to the south were able to sweep across the flight deck without hindrance.

At the same time, the F1-B fighter in the center of the front row of the group was carefully pushed forward by several deck crews for some distance, and the wheels were attached to a red line in front of the deck.

Soon, a take-off commander half-crouched in front of the fighter's right in front of the strong wind blowing from the sea made a gesture to the pilot in the F1-B cockpit: his wrist rotated twice in the air, and then two fingers pointed at his eyes, indicating that the pilot wanted to report the engine speed.

The pilot smiled and gave a thumbs up, indicating that the rpm was up to takeoff.

The take-off commander nodded, gave a thumbs-up to show "understood," and began to vigorously wave the signal flag in his hand, waving the flag of "request for takeoff" to the air bridge in the upper part of the island.

After three successive whistles, the last signal flag was raised to the top of the mast, indicating that the take-off work was all ready.

The F1-B fighter with the blue flying fox logo on the wing began to glide on the flight deck, and in the blink of an eye, the F1-B fighter broke away from the deck in front of it with a 12-degree inclination angle, and flew low above the sea for a while before rising into the air. This scene looks thrilling, because the red take-off line is only eighty meters away from the front of the deck, such a take-off distance is undoubtedly too short for a land-based aircraft, and only specially designed carrier-based aircraft can meet the take-off requirements.

Immediately after the successful launch of the first F1-B fighter into the air, it turned to the right at high altitude and circled over the "Qingcheng".

Immediately after the first fighter, the second, third, fourth...... One plane after another slid off the deck and circled over the "Qingcheng" to form a combat formation with the fighters that took off first. The formation, which was not finalized, continued to circle after circle, waiting for the follow-up aircraft to join.

The formation of fighters over the "Qingcheng" is getting larger and larger, and accordingly, there are fewer and fewer planes on the deck of the mothership. When the last T1 torpedo bomber on deck rushed out of the runway and flew diagonally into the blue sky, the take-off commander on the starboard side of the forward deck finally stood up and waved the flag to the bridge of the mothership: "Take-off operation completed......

On the aviation bridge, An Yi watched the entire take-off process and nodded slightly: "Yes, the steps are very smooth, and it can be seen that the naval aviation is working hard." ”

Cheng Guang called the timekeeper on the side, and after reading it, his face was grim: "It's not perfect, twenty-one fighters take off, and the result of *** people is ten minutes, but we spent eleven minutes and twelve seconds, which is one minute and twelve seconds more than *** Navy, it seems that we have to continue to study ways to save time!" ”

"Don't rush things, take your time!"

An Yi comforted: "Unlike *** people, who have been exploring for more than ten years, our naval aviation is a start-up after all, and it is unrealistic to one-sidedly demand speed." Moreover, the new aircraft carrier we designed and built will be equipped with catapults, and some carrier-based aircraft can be lifted into the air by catapult, which can save a lot of time! ”

"Yes, I also know that things are not in a hurry, but seeing the *** Navy in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, and we are doing nothing, I can't help but feel anxious!"

Speaking of this, the T1 torpedo plane hovering in the air at the back of the hall from afar, finally entered the formation, and immediately ordered: "Clean up the deck immediately and prepare to release the second wave of fighters!" ”

In the sky, the attack wave composed of six F1-B fighters, seven S1 dive bombers, and eight T1 torpedo bombers finally completed the formation, and before turning to the target, it first passed through the airspace over the "Qingcheng" aircraft carrier in a majestic manner with the attitude of entering the field as a whole group.

The crew waved their military caps one after another, wishing the aviation troops all the best in the next training.

The whistle sounded again, the flag on the mast was lowered and raised, and the flight deck of the "Qingcheng" was busy again.

Two elevators, located in front of and behind the central axis of the flight deck, moved up and down at full power, sending the remaining ten fighters to the deck, which were already loaded with ammunition in the hangar.

The first to be delivered were four O1 shipboard reconnaissance planes. The O1 reconnaissance aircraft is equipped with advanced radar exploration and detection and anti-electronic systems that are ahead of its time, and the radar detection range has been extended to 400 kilometers, and the detection signal can be transmitted to the fleet headquarters in a timely manner, so as to use the electronic computer on the ship to detect the enemy's movements. At the same time, the O1 shipboard reconnaissance plane also has the function of radio wave jamming, and once it intervenes and launches according to the enemy's radio wave frequency, the contact will be cut off in the 400-mile sea area, which will undoubtedly be fatal to the enemy reconnaissance plane that discovers its own aircraft group and warship.

The weapon system of the O1 reconnaissance aircraft consists of a 12.7mm caliber aviation machine gun in the nose and a rocket launcher with 10 rockets under the belly, and a crew of four people, namely a pilot and three electronic staff.

Last but not least were F1-B fighters, two S1 dive bombers, and two T1 torpedo bombers. As soon as these fighters hit the deck, they were pushed to the take-off line and quickly released before the fighters behind them were sent to the deck.

The first wave of fighter formations in the sky has successfully arrived at the training area four nautical miles to the left of the aircraft carrier formation, and there are seven wooden 100-ton aircraft ships as targets in this sea area. The locomotive and ship were driven by radio remote control, spaced about 150 meters apart from each other, and sailed from north to south at a speed of nearly 20 knots.

First of all, the S1 dive bomber roared down from two thousand meters in the air, dives down at a nearly vertical angle, and drops the aerial bomb at a distance of 300 meters from the sea.

Because it is a ceramic training bomb and filled with white flour, a white mist rises when it explodes, enclosing the entire middle of the ship at the point where it hits.

In less than two minutes, all the dive bombers that launched the attack had finished dropping their bombs, and of the 14 "bombs" dropped, 10 hit, and the rest were close misses.

An Yi couldn't help but laugh when he saw five white locomotive ships from the binoculars. Cheng Guang was also satisfied with the high 71% hit rate, after all, the bombing target was small and fast, and the pilot's experience and judgment were extremely crucial to be able to grasp the amount of advance to directly hit the target in this situation.

Subsequently, the dive bombers carried out another round of bombing, this time with 14 rounds and 12 hits, and the hit rate was increased to 85 percent.

This was followed by the training of T1 torpedo bombers.

Unlike the current torpedo does not have a guidance function, the direction and depth of the torpedo must be set before launching, and the torpedo will continue to move forward until it is detonated by the influence of the object or the power source is exhausted and sinks, the latest Type 4 aviation torpedo developed by the Syrian Research Institute has the ability to self-guide and track the target, and is guided by electromagnetic and sonar integration, with a very high hit rate.

However, such a torpedo with an intelligent recourse function, which costs more than $50,000 each, is certainly not suitable for use as a practice bomb, and it is also not conducive to cultivating the technical and tactical qualities of the air force. Therefore, the Type II aviation torpedo was used for practice, which still used high-pressure cylinders made of aluminum alloy, the warhead weighed 50 kg, the torpedo speed was 30 knots, and the maximum range was only a pitiful 1000 meters.

The advantage of using this torpedo is that it can be used repeatedly, all that is required is to refill the cylinders with compressed air, and the warhead is also loaded with flour, which can be reused by the target ship. It is because of this that naval aviation has been able to attack again and again with live ammunition.

At this moment, seven high-speed locomotives and ships have set up lightning protection nets. The mine net is mounted on an automatically controlled reach arm and is electrically controlled, and although the warhead of the Type II torpedo mounted by the T1 torpedo bomber is filled with flour, it is still necessary to hang the mine net in order to avoid the impact of the torpedo and to allow the torpedo to be used repeatedly to avoid any damage.

When the target ship was under radio remote control, it was moving in a serpentine shape to avoid the advance, the T1 torpedo bomber dived down in a double formation, and then flew at a low altitude and approached the seven locomotive ships under high speed at high speed, and the long plane dropped the torpedo at a distance of less than 400 meters, and then the wingman also dropped the torpedo.

As soon as the torpedoes were dropped, the two T1s immediately turned around and climbed at high speed, while the four torpedoes moved forward quickly, and the "bangbang" hit four times in a row, and all four torpedoes hit the mine protection net of one of the target ships.

"Good, well done, four shots and four hits, the hit rate is as high as 100%!"

An Yi, who was standing on the side of the ship and watching this excellent attack training, couldn't help but praise it repeatedly, and Cheng Guang was also greatly surprised, the average hit rate of the usual training is about 50%, could it be that the arrival of Supreme Commander An Yi today stimulated these guys?

In the following torpedo throwing training, a high hit rate was still maintained, and even the worst group was four shots and two hits, which made the distance light amazing.

F1-B fighters have been circling in the air, covering the attacks of S1 dive bombers and T1 torpedo bombers, and after the S1 and T1 training are completed, several motorboats move forward at high speed, and at a distance of five or six nautical miles from the aircraft carrier, they have successively released more than two dozen colorful hydrogen balloons.

The hydrogen balloon quickly floated into the air, and at this time, the F1-B fighters operating in a two-plane formation moved, and after a precise shot, the balloon quickly disappeared without a trace.

With the return of the first wave, the training of the second wave began. Although the fleet was small, the training was meticulous.

The landing of the carrier-based planes was very thrilling, and at the moment when the fighters landed at high speed, the tires of the landing gear braked stiffly, and the hook stretched out from behind the fuselage, hanging the blocking cable on the deck of the mothership, and the planes quickly stopped, and then slowly drove to the docking area on the side of the runway, in which the first 10 fighters would enter the hangar, and the other fighters were arranged in order to make room for the rest of the fighters to land.

When one of the fighters was landing, a big wave was set off, and the aircraft carrier was jolted up and down, but the hook did not catch the arresting cable, and after nine consecutive blocking cables were not hung up, the pilot had to speed up the voyage, take off again, and finally circled in the air before successfully landing.

An Yi was shocked into a cold sweat after reading it, and even exclaimed that it was dangerous.

"More than 80 percent of the accidents that occur on aircraft carriers are due to problems during landing. This group of carrier-based aircraft pilots is already the best of our 15,000 naval aviation units, but since they boarded the ship, there have been four accidents, and four pilots and assistants have died. We urgently need more aircraft carriers to practice landing skills! ”

An Yi is a pilot himself, so he naturally knows the difficulty of landing a carrier-based aircraft.

Even if the runway is exactly the same as the runway on the aircraft carrier, the landing of the aircraft is much less difficult because the coordinates, azimuths and angles are relatively fixed, and the wind is relatively stable. It's different on an aircraft carrier, the ship can turn at any time, landing can be either downwind or upwind, plus the waves are undulating, the parameters of each landing are different, and the requirements for the pilot are much greater.

When the carrier-based plane lands, if the strength is not well controlled, the landing tail hook will not be able to hang up the blocking cable, and a violent explosion will occur, and if the fighter plane is loaded with bombs, it will be even worse, and the aircraft carrier may be directly blown up and sunk. Therefore, the importance of an experienced pilot for an aircraft carrier is self-evident.

An Yi groaned slightly and nodded: "Okay, now even *** is using cruise ships and merchant ships to transform aircraft carriers on a large scale, and we can't lag too far behind." At that time, the Chinese consortium and three 50,000-ton oil tankers, two 8,000-ton heavy cruisers together ordered four 25,000-ton oil tankers docked in Cam Ranh Bay, when Lin Sige they ordered, they kept an extra mind, deliberately using eight heavy oil boilers, four gear-driven steam turbine drive, the main engine output power is as high as 100,000 horsepower, the speed of 31 knots, can be said to be the fastest oil tanker at that time. Now that the aircraft carrier is being rebuilt, even if the speed has slowed down, I believe it is not much worse! However, the project is only now, and it will not be able to enter service until at least the beginning of next year! ”

"That's already good! If we are able to enter service at the beginning of next year, and four real aircraft carriers come out the year after next, we will have enough experienced pilots on board to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible! ”

Listening to An Yi's promise, Cheng Guang was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He knew very well in his heart that although with the introduction of new steelmaking technology, Nanhua's steel output was as high as 15 million tons per year, but there were too many places where steel was needed, and every shipyard was a monster that devoured steel.

At present, steel is needed for military production, steel is needed for railway construction, and all other walks of life are inseparable from steel, which is why target ships are made of wood, aerial bombs used for practice throwing are ceramic, and torpedoes are recyclable gas cylinders, all for the sake of saving.

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