Chapter 839: An Aircraft Carrier in the Whale Sea

The wind is howling and the waves are raging. This is the Whale Sea north of Korea, which is the Sea of Japan in the original time and space.

The Sea of Japan has a short history, it was named by a Russian explorer, and naturally it was forever drowned in history with the fall of the Russian Dynasty. The Whale Sea, the ancient name of the sea, was re-pressed on the head of this sea.

Now a large fleet is moving forward in this surging sea area, heading due north, in two columns, of which there are not many combat ships, but more transport ships and baggage ships, all of which are hoisting the Chinese five-star red flag.

On a very strange-looking warship, inside the command tower, a figure that once made the whole West tremble was holding a telescope and observing the sea.

"Can the plane take off safely in such sea conditions?"

Emperor Liu didn't know much about naval warfare, and the waves on the sea could splash five or six meters, and in his opinion, it was a big storm.

Fang Boqian, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Navy standing on the side, smiled confidently, "Your Majesty, today's wave height is very common on the sea. Of course, the plane can take off and land safely. "Otherwise, how can we form combat effectiveness? Fang Boqian's last sentence was not spoken, but a strong sense of confidence erupted.

Liu Xian appreciates this point of Fang Boqian. History has changed the fate of people, regardless of whether Fang Boqian really left an intolerable stain in the history of his previous life, in this time and space, he is a well-deserved hero of the Chinese Navy. He is close to sixty years old, but he is still very alive.

Liu Xian put the aircraft carrier fleet under Fang Boqian's personal direct leadership, which was because of Fang Boqian's character. War does not require humility, and when it is time to be 'first', we must be the first to stand up.

This is China's newest aircraft carrier, and it is carrying China's most powerful carrier-based aircraft. For this fleet, Liu Xian pinned too much hope on himself. Just like what he expected from the submarine forces in the last war, aircraft carriers + carrier-based aircraft. It is a trump card for the Chinese army to suppress the entire earth in the event of a war in the future!

The new aircraft carrier was completely invisible to the chimneys, and the designers designed a horizontal smoke escape tunnel from below the main deck to the stern, removing the biggest obstacle to aircraft taking off and landing. Therefore, the flight runway can be connected to the front and back, forming an all-through flight deck, which greatly facilitates the take-off and landing operations of carrier-based aircraft. It is definitely the first aircraft carrier in the world to have an all-access flight deck.

In Liu Xian's eyes. This aircraft carrier already has the rudiments of a modern aircraft carrier. And he did not take the initiative to meddle in the design of the aircraft carrier, everything has to be done step by step, as long as China's aircraft carrier cause has laid a solid foundation, the original through flight deck must be oblique, straight through the mixed arrangement of the flight deck, it is just a piece of cake!

In order to ensure the length of the runway as much as possible and increase the deck space, this new aircraft carrier exists as the "Project 0125 transport ship" in the Chinese Navy's belongings, with a total hull length of more than 200 meters. The standard displacement tonnage reached more than 23,000 tons. It is equipped with 6 twin 127mm high-level dual-purpose guns, 8 single 127mm dual-purpose guns, 4 sets of 40mm anti-aircraft guns, 5 sets of 28mm anti-aircraft guns and 30 20mm anti-aircraft guns. With a maximum speed of 25 knots, it can carry 58 aircraft - 24 fighters, 16 torpedo planes, and 18 bombers.

The freeboard is high and protective armor is installed. There are two-storey hangars. 3 lifts with 2 sets of barricades. Located at the bow and stern of the ship, the ship is equipped with hydraulic catapults, and the flight deck take-off section is tilted down 15 degrees to allow the aircraft to have higher acceleration. The island bridge is located on the starboard side of the hull. A hydrophone is installed in the bow of the ship to detect enemy submarines.

This was only 1912, and Liu Xian had a hundred reasons to believe that this was the most powerful aircraft carrier on the planet. Because of the various complex machinery and equipment, the entire aircraft carrier needs up to 1,300 operators. That's more than any of the Super Dreadnought-class battleships!

Two hours later. Liu Xian was woken up by the attendants beside him, and he was seasick. The wind and waves at sea are a bit big for a seventy-two-year-old man who easily does not take a boat.

But after taking the medicine and sleeping for a while, Emperor Liu, who had just woken up, still had a very clear mind.

The fighter is about to take off.

Today, the transport ship 0125 is going to use a real combat exercise to show some of its actual combat capabilities. There are two types of targets: land and sea. Naturally, there are two old ironclad ships in the accompanying fleet. The land attack was the small island twenty nautical miles ahead.

The Marines have built a whole defense system on the island according to operational standards.

"Deck call tower, ready, request to take off!" The voice of the carrier's logistics staff reached the command tower.

"Take-off permitted, take-off permitted!"

Liu Xian did not speak, and his whereabouts on this warship were absolutely secret. In addition to the people in the commander tower, 1300 people in the entire aircraft carrier 1250 did not know about his appearance.

The "whoosh ......" fighter plane took off with a sharp whistle, and Liu Xian could hear it clearly in the command tower.

One after another, the planes successfully flew into the sky, and the red flags in front of the command tower were waving in the wind, as if they were sending off a sharp sword that pierced the sky.

Eight Sea Falcon fighters escorted twelve bombers to the front and right, and flew towards the island.

The main force of the bombing mission was the H4 dive bomber, and the twelve planes were also organized into three squads of four planes each. Each squad is further divided into 2 twin-plane formations and flies towards the target.

At this time, Zhao Pu piloted his No. 18 Sea Faqure fighter as the squadron leader's wingman and flew at the front of the group. Due to today's weather, the air moisture is very heavy, and the cloud layer is relatively low, which affects the visibility to a certain extent and brings certain difficulties to the advance of the aircraft group. However, the distance of twenty nautical miles is too short and too short. The plane arrived at its destination in no time.

As soon as the fortified buildings came into view of the group, the assault began.

The H4 dive bombers in the group quickly formed a column and swooped down to the main military targets on the island: ports, barracks, radio towers, shore artillery positions, anti-aircraft artillery positions, oil depots, pillboxes, etc., and carried out merciless bombardment. Bombs rained down from the sky and rained down on the island. If this island is really garrisoned by enemies, they will definitely suffer heavy damage at this time.

The sound of bombs exploding echoed across the ocean, and the force of the explosion lifted dirt, rocks and buildings into the air. The entire island was engulfed in flames and black smoke.

Zhao Pu, who was hovering over the island with a fighter jet, suddenly saw the squadron leader fire a red signal flare, and then saw the squadron leader's plane swooping down, and there were also two 100-pound bombs hanging under the fighter.

Zhao Pu knows. The squadron leader meant to ask the fighters to abandon the cruising state and switch to ground attack.

Through the transparent cabin cover, Zhao Pu looked around, all the fighters received orders, he gave a thumbs up to the No. 07 fighter not far away, and pushed the joystick. The Sea Falcon's fighter was as light as a petrel, piercing it like an arrow.

When he was cruising around the island just now, Zhao Pu had already noticed that the big targets on the island had been destroyed. The rest are hard bones, either bunkers or anti-aircraft bunkers.

The target targeted by Zhao Pu was a coastal bunker built on the northeast corner of the island, and although it was also bombed by bombers, it was not completely destroyed because it did not directly hit the bunker. It is a bunker made of concrete and natural rock, a very common fortification structure in island defenses, simple but very strong, and difficult to destroy unless it is a direct hit. Very popular with the coastal defense forces.

It is difficult to accurately hit this bunker and destroy the target. Zhao Pu knew very well that the Sea Falcon fighter he was piloting had a 1oo-pound bomb under the left and right wings, which meant that he had to make two direct hits in a row to kill the bunker. The power of a 100-pound bomb is still too low for coastal fortifications.

Zhao Pu controlled the fighter jet and approached the target as he descended. In view of the fact that this was an exercise and there was no enemy anti-aircraft fire, Zhao Pu decided to adopt the safest school bombing, that is, a low-altitude strafing of the target to determine the distance and position. Then the bomb is dropped. Zhao Pu swung the steering stick to adjust the posture of the fighter, and the nose of the plane swooped down to the bunker at a 20° downward angle. 800 meters, 700 meters, 600 meters, 500 meters fire! Zhao Pu silently calculated the distance between the plane and the bunker in his heart. Don't stop at the pointer on the altimeter.

China's aircraft industry, which has been systematically developed for more than 10 years, has already realized a closed cockpit, and the inside is still based on some electronic equipment, as well as horizontal altimeters and other instruments that are of great help to pilots. Although Chinese aircraft have not yet said goodbye to biplanes, although all-metal monoplanes have been appearing as experimental products in flight bases for several years, but as carrier-based aircraft. In terms of safety performance, the Sea Falcon is an absolute biplane.

The maximum speed is 260KM/h, the maximum climb is 4700 meters, the range is 650 kilometers, and the armament is two 7.92mm aviation machine guns. It can also hang two light aerial bombs.

In addition to such a biplane with excellent performance. The Flying Eagle fighter, the main fighter of China's land-based air force, is no worse than the Haigu fighter in terms of performance, and because it is larger and stronger than the Haigu fighter, it is also heavier, so it is equipped with a larger-caliber 12.7mm aviation machine gun, and its firepower is much more ferocious than that of the Haigull.

As Zhao Pu pressed the switch of the fighter machine gun, the dark red flames of the two machine gun bullets shot into the ground in front of the fighter. Zhao Pu further adjusted the flight path of the aircraft according to the impact point of the machine gun bullet. When the machine gun bullets were accurately fired on the bunker, Zhao Pu tried to maintain the flight trajectory of the plane, and the bullets rained down on the top of the bunker.

In an instant, the fighter flew along the trajectory of the bullet to the air two hundred meters in front of the bunker, and the altitude also dropped to nearly two hundred meters. Zhao Puyi pulled the joystick, and the plane changed from diving down to flying horizontally, until it pressed the bomb drop switch when it flew some distance before flying to the bunker. The 1oo-pound bomb under the left wing broke away from the hook and fell diagonally towards the bunker by inertia. Zhao Pu immediately pulled up the fighter and quickly climbed away. There was a loud bang. Behind him came the sound of a bomb exploding. The bomb accurately hit the top of the bunker that had been hit by the machine gun bullets, and the power of the bomb explosion blew the bunker cracks, and the ten big fat pigs that were placed in it as test subjects did not know how many were still alive at this time. After reaching a sufficient altitude, Zhao Pu turned the direction of the fighter at 18o°, dived down again and bombed the bunker for the second time. The second 1oo-pound bomb hit the top of the bunker again, and the explosion of the bomb destroyed the entire bunker.

Zhao Pu's two bombings were absolutely beautiful. A large bomber that always flies above the heads of all the planes on the battlefield accurately recorded the two wonderful performances of the No. 18 Sea Falcon fighter with the camera!

"It's a waste for this guy not to fly a dive bomber." The large bombers, all of which had a load capacity of more than two tons, were now unloaded with bombs, and had huge fuel tanks attached to them, cruising over the island at low speeds, enough to last more than six hours. The atmosphere in the cabin of the plane is very laid-back, and these photographers do not use their lenses to record the scenes of aviation exercises once or twice.

The invention of any kind of weapons is inseparable from the power of science and technology, and to produce them on a large scale, the power of the group is even more needed. In order to ensure the secrecy of the aircraft and the secrecy of the aircraft carrier, there are too many people in China who have been living in the shadows for more than ten years.

You can't find any record of them in the civil or military files, they are a group of modern 'living dead'!

But in order to win the next war, to win the art of killing people about war with the Western world, and to win a complete victory in this game of wits and courage, money, and strength, sacrifice is necessary. Because human civilization is brought about by the development of society driven by war. War is etched every day in human history.

China can't do without war, so why should it resist war!?

The entire bombing lasted for half an hour, and when the group returned to the No. 0125 supply ship, a light rain began to fall in the sky.

The pilots of the returning fleet were not much more relaxed than they had been at the beginning, and this rainy weather was a major enemy of their maritime aviation. No one dared to be careless, and they all concentrated on controlling the plane. In the midst of the storm, through the canopy, he condescendingly looked at the looming aircraft carrier.

In the wind and rain, the No. 0125 transport ship tried to maintain stability as much as possible, and took back the returning planes one by one. Adverse climates are most prone to lifting accidents. But today, all the pilots did their best, one after another fighter planes landed on the deck of the aircraft carrier, and 20 planes were safely recovered one by one.

Then there was a second wave of attacks on ships. Sixteen torpedo planes and six bombers, escorted by 12 fighters, flew toward the two ironclad ships that were floating at sea more than 10 nautical miles away. The two Saxony-class ironclad ships, which were the capital ships of the Great Wall of China in the past, are still used as target ships for experiments. The weapons systems on the warship have all been unloaded and disposed of to the Southern Heavenly Kingdom for use as its coastal defense guns. Seriously, after deducting the shipping costs, there are not many left.

No matter how big the Chinese Navy is, it will not squander it with ironclad ships. It can only be said that this test is of great significance! (To be continued.) )