Chapter 905: A Huge Carrier-Based Aircraft Fleet

The 12 emperor-class aircraft carriers of the First and Second Fleets of the Imperial Chinese Navy include the Song Zhenzong, Song Renzong and Song Shenzong with a full load displacement of 67,500 tons, as well as the Tang Taizong, Tang Gaozong and Tang Xuanzong with a full load displacement of 76,600 tons, and the Han Wudi, Han Jingdi and Han Wendi with a full load displacement of 82,000 tons. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

In the sequence of the U.S. Navy, these three classes are called Midway-class aircraft carriers, Forrestal-class aircraft carriers and Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers, while the other three Emperor-class aircraft carriers of the 2 fleets are based on the Midway-class aircraft carriers, Forrestal-class aircraft carriers and Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers, and the Hongwu, Jianwen and Yongle with a full load displacement of 78,000 tons built by the Chinese Imperial Shipyard itself.

The 8 emperor-class aircraft carriers built by the Chinese Imperial Shipyard are all named after the era of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the remaining 5 emperor-class aircraft carriers are Hongxi, Xuande, Zhengzheng, Jingtai and Tianshun, which are also here in the Strait of Hormuz and belong to the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire.

The aircraft carrier Song Zhenzong, the aircraft carrier Song Renzong, and the aircraft carrier Song Shenzong all used the latest aircraft carrier fighters of the Imperial Chinese Navy to replace the old aircraft carrier fighters that were previously equipped, and at present, the three aircraft carriers are carrying 48 lightning fighters, 24 Thunderbolt dive bombers, 24 Thunder torpedo bombers, 12 Thunder horizontal bombers, and 4 reconnaissance aircraft.

The aircraft carriers Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the aircraft carriers of the Tang Gaozong and the aircraft carriers of the Tang Xuanzong are currently 56 lightning fighters, 28 Thunderbolt dive bombers, 28 Thunder torpedo bombers, 12 Thunder horizontal bombers and 4 reconnaissance aircraft.

The aircraft carriers Wudi of the Han Dynasty, the aircraft carrier Jingdi of the Han Dynasty and the aircraft carrier Wendi of the Han Dynasty currently have 64 lightning fighters, 32 Thunderbolt dive bombers, 32 Thunder torpedo bombers, 12 Thunder horizontal bombers and 4 reconnaissance aircraft.

The eight self-built Emperor-class aircraft carriers have 48 Lightning fighters, 24 Thunderbolt dive bombers, 24 Thunder torpedo bombers, 12 Thunder horizontal bombers and 4 reconnaissance aircraft.

After receiving the order of Sun Xitao, commander-in-chief of this naval battle, to continue to launch air raids, the 12 emperor-class aircraft carriers of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet sent out all the carrier-based aircraft except for the reconnaissance planes at once, adding up to 1,440 carrier-based aircraft, forming a huge group of aircraft in the air and quickly pressing down on the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations.

The United European Fleet of the League of Nations has about 250 aircraft carrier fighters lifted into the air, according to the Commander-in-Chief of the United European Fleet of the League of Nations, John Brown. Jeliko's order flew in the direction of the Strait of Hormuz, but before these aircraft carrier fighters discovered several main fleets of the Imperial Chinese Navy, they discovered some warships of the two task force aircraft carrier formations of the Imperial Chinese Navy, which were retreating.

These warships include six missile battleships, six missile battle cruisers, 12 missile cruisers, 20 missile destroyers and 20 missile frigates, and are those of the Royal Navy warships of the Imperial Chinese Empire that previously fired medium-range anti-ship missiles at the coalition of Nations European Combined Fleet.

As soon as the pilots of the carrier-based aircraft of the leading navies of various countries discussed, they decided to launch an attack on the fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

The situation was reported by airborne radio to the commander-in-chief of the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations, John? Jellico's there, John? With a slight hesitation, Jericho agreed to the request of the pilots of carrier-based aircraft of the navies of various countries, and at this time, if he could destroy a few warships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, it would be a great boost to the morale of the entire European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations, you must know that so far, the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations has not sunk a single warship of the Royal Navy of the Imperial Chinese Navy, not even a single carrier-based aircraft has been shot down.

As for the main force of the Imperial Chinese Navy, John? Jericho actually knew in his heart that with about 250 carrier-based aircraft, he would not be able to achieve much success at all, after all, the aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire still have 100% combat effectiveness, and now when he encounters this fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire without the protection of carrier-based aircraft, what is there to be polite, if it weren't for the fact that all the aircraft carriers of the European Combined Fleet of the entire League of Nations have lost their combat effectiveness, John? Jericho must have sent out all the carrier-based aircraft of each aircraft carrier to sink all the remaining fleets of the Imperial Chinese Navy, which had no carrier-based aircraft to protect them.

About 250 carrier-based aircraft of the navies of various European countries immediately pounced on the warships of the two task force aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Imperial Navy on the sea, but these warships were all warships stolen by Lin Daxin from the time and space of the Blue Water Planet, and were not only equipped with a large number of medium-range anti-ship missiles, but also equipped with more radar-guided anti-aircraft missiles.

When the carrier-based aircraft groups of the navies of various European countries began to dive downward, hundreds of anti-aircraft missiles were launched from the top of the warships, and immediately a cluster of beautiful fireworks appeared in the sky; after the fireworks passed, the 250 or so carrier-based planes of the navies of various European countries in the sky had all lost their traces, and none of the carrier-based planes could break through the air defense network of radar-guided air defense missiles.

Therefore, 1,440 carrier-based aircraft from the 12 emperor-class aircraft carriers of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy flew over the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations without any waves, and immediately began to attack the warships of the European navies on the sea, and the focus of the attack was on the super dreadnought battleships, battle cruisers and dreadnought battleships of the navies of various countries.

When 1,440 carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire appeared, the entire European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations went up to the commander-in-chief, John Brown. Jericho, down to an ordinary sailor, felt hopeless, knowing that the attack of the first two rounds of carrier-based aircraft just now had brought incomparable losses to the entire coalition of Nations European Combined Fleet, most of the dozens of aircraft carriers were sunk, and the rest also lost their combat effectiveness.

And the total number of carrier-based aircraft in those two wheels is only more than 400, and the fleet of aircraft that appeared in the sky this time is dense, and the number even has to be more than 1,000, which makes it impossible to live!

However, what then relieved the officers and men of the entire European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations was that this huge number of carrier-based aircraft groups of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire did not use the desperate missile attack just now, but finally returned to the normal attack mode.

Inside the bridge of the British Navy's Queen Elizabeth-class superbattleship HMS Elizabeth, the commander-in-chief of the United European Fleet of the League of Nations, British Admiral John Brown, was in charge of the British Navy. Jericho shook his fist fiercely and shouted: "I'll just say that the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire does not have many anti-ship missiles!" Look! These carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Empire really have no means of attack with anti-ship missiles! We still have a chance! We still have a chance to win this naval battle! ”

Next to the captain of the Queen Elizabeth Mark? Milligan, the face is not because of John? Jericho's words changed a little, "Commander, now that the only remaining carrier-based aircraft of our European Union European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations have all lost contact, it is basically a lot of bad luck, and now it means that our European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations has completely lost air supremacy, and the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire only needs to continuously send carrier-based aircraft to attack the naval fleets of our European countries in turn, and it may blow up the naval fleets of our European countries!" ”

John? Jericho glanced at the dense warships on the sea through the observation window of the bridge, and said confidently: "Although our European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations has lost all its aircraft carriers, we still have more than 3,000 warships, each of which is equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, and the naval fleets of various countries will not be blown up. Order the naval fleets of all countries to maintain their speed and continue to move in the direction of the Strait of Hormuz, while maintaining an air defense formation, and the anti-aircraft weapons of all ships are under full fire, knocking down all those flies in the sky! ”

The new generation of carrier-based aircraft equipped by the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, including lightning fighters, Thunderbolt dive bombers, Thunder torpedo bombers, and Thunder horizontal bombers, have reached the level of World War II in history, and are much stronger than the carrier-based aircraft equipped by the navies of the European wars.

Because the aircraft carriers of the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations were lost, the lightning fighters who were originally responsible for seizing air supremacy, each carried a 250-kilogram aerial bomb, and together with three other bombers, they participated in the attack on warships on the sea, but the 250-kilogram aerial bomb was difficult for a thick-skinned battleship to suffer too much damage, and the key targets of this carrier-based aircraft group attack were battleships and battlecruisers, Therefore, most of the 250 kg aerial bombs carried by hundreds of lightning fighters were dropped on the battle cruisers of the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations, and of course there were also some warships of other types of the United European Fleet of the League of Nations, which enjoyed the taste of some of the 250 kg aerial bombs.

The Tiger-class battlecruiser Indomitable, with a full load displacement of 29,680 tons, was hit by a number of aerial bombs, including 900 kilograms of aerial bombs dropped by Thunderbolt dive bombers, but the most lethal aerial bomb was indeed a 250 kilogram aerial bomb dropped by a Lightning fighter.

This 250-kilogram aerial bomb directly penetrated the 63 mm deck armor of the Indomitable battlecruiser, penetrated several layers of steel plates, and drilled into the ammunition compartment of a main gun shell in the stern of the Indomitable battlecruiser's hull, detonating more than 200 rounds of 343 mm shells, and the stern of the Indomitable battlecruiser was blown up almost instantly, and the turbulent sea water poured into the hull, making the battlecruiser with a full load displacement of 29,680 tons disappear into the sea in just 5 minutes. Of the 1,210 British naval officers and sailors on the warship, only 40 escaped by jumping into the sea and drifted on the surface, while the rest sank to the bottom of the sea with the Indomitable battlecruiser.

In fact, the carrier-based aircraft groups dispatched by the 12 emperor-class aircraft carriers of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy pose the greatest threat to the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations are the Thunderbolt dive bombers and Thunder Torpedo bombers.

The lightning dive bomber is an improved version of the vulture dive bomber of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Imperial Air Force, the performance is not much different, the main difference is that the lightning dive bomber take-off and landing distance is shorter, the maximum level flight speed is also 420 kilometers per hour, the maximum flight altitude is also 8100 meters, the range of the lightning dive bomber is shorter, only 850 kilometers, Both types of aircraft are armed with two 37 mm cannons and one 12.7 mm rapid-fire machine gun, with the Vulture Dive Bomber carrying 2 tons of aerial bombs and the Thunderbolt Dive Bomber carrying 1.8 tons of aerial bombs to a slightly lesser extent.

The Thunder Torpedo Bomber is actually an improved version of the Vulture Dive Bomber, but there is a big difference in performance, the maximum level flight speed of the Thunder Torpedo Bomber is 395 kilometers per hour, the range is 800 kilometers, the maximum flight altitude is 7900 meters, and the on-board armament is equipped with two 12.7 mm rapid-fire machine guns, which can carry two torpedoes with a caliber of 533 mm.

Thunderbolt dive bomber and thundering torpedo bomber, as well as the vulture dive bomber of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Imperial Air Force, are designed to draw on the Stuka dive bomber used by the Luftwaffe in World War II, and an angle display is installed on the right part of the cockpit canopy, and the pilot can adjust the dive accuracy according to the angle and altitude, which improves the hit rate of the dive bomb a lot, and is also equipped with a unique sounding device, and the screaming sound can enhance the effect of the strike.

The officers and men of the navy of the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations were very frightened by the screams of the lightning dive bombers and the thundering torpedo bombers when they dived, and every time they heard the screams, it was like hearing the cries of death.

Hundreds of Thunderbolt dive bombers and Thunder Torpedo bombers achieved great results after launching their attacks, but because of the powerful anti-aircraft fire of the warships of the European Combined Fleet of the League of Nations, the losses of Thunderbolt dive bombers and Thunder torpedo bombers were equally large. (To be continued.) )