Chapter 587: Landing Operations (4)
Su Zhizhen on the side pursed his lips and said, "Do you still dare to say that the little young master just ordered additional funds to build another twenty aircraft carrier fleets?" ”
Zhang Haiyang said: "This is not enough, you see that the Axis countries have more than 70 aircraft carriers, and even if we have built them, there are only 32 aircraft carriers, the gap is too big." ”
Fang Ruijun said angrily: "Don't be too greedy, the quality of our aircraft carriers is much better than that of the Axis countries, one is the size of three of the top families." ”
When Fang Ruijun and the others were discussing the issue of military allocation, the sea near the port of The Hague was already slightly white, and a new day was coming, and the fleet led by Halsey was already less than thirty kilometers away from the port of The Hague.
Due to the relatively old radar systems of the Yaman Empire, they were mainly used for reconnaissance aircraft activities, and these radars were not effective in eliminating clutter on the sea surface, and the low altitude was a dead angle for the radar, and they could not see it at all. Therefore, until this time, the defenders of Yaman did not know that the danger of the road was approaching.
Looking at the already white east, Admiral Halsey knew in his heart that he could not wait any longer, the situation of the attack on the port of Steddam had already reached his hands, and the defeat there, although the losses were great, had succeeded in diverting the attention of the Yaman army, but such a situation was temporary, and once the Yaman army reacted, it would definitely increase its troops in this direction.
In addition to this reason, there is also the reason of time. Once the sun rises, the Yaman Empire's patrol planes will go out to patrol the sea, and their own position will be exposed at that time, so it is better to strike first and use the air force to suppress the other side in advance in order to gain the strategic initiative.
Having made up his mind, Admiral Halsey immediately ordered the carrier-based aircraft group to take off and bomb the port of The Hague in advance, while all the transport ships increased their speed and tried to launch a landing operation as soon as possible. More than 2,000 combat planes of various types from the Axis countries took to the air one after another, and this time they learned the lesson of the last sneak attack; after the planes took off, they did not raise the altitude formation, but simply formed some loose formations at low altitudes, and flew quickly towards the port of The Hague in the way of ultra-low altitude to avoid the opponent's radar.
The Port of The Hague is located in the northern coastal area of the western continent, is the capital of the Yaman Empire in the province of South Holland, and is also the second largest city of the Grand Duchy of Sayre, it is located on the sandy plain, with an area of more than 70 square kilometers and a population of about 440,000. It was originally one of the several important ports of the Jarman Empire on the stormy ocean, with tens of thousands of troops stationed.
After the start of the Great War between the Axis and the Allies, the garrison here reached nearly 200,000 men, and although these troops were garrisons and reserves, the Yamans were strict in their management and their combat effectiveness was considerable.
Moreover, after the air raids on their own fleets in the harbors, the defenses here were tighter, and it was only in order to strengthen the strength of the port of Sturdam that the troops were slightly reduced, and after the victory in the port of Sturdam, their alert level was also lowered a little.
The reduction of the alert level is also relative, and in the midst of a big war, no one dares to relax too much. The 24-hour alert Yaman radar troops have been vigilantly monitoring sea targets, so although the carrier-based aircraft groups that the Axis fleet took off used ultra-low altitude flights to approach the port, what they did not expect was that when they took off, the altitude of some aircraft was still too high, and they had already been captured by the Yaman radar troops at that time.
Although only a few sporadic targets were discovered, the already nervous Yaman radar troops did not reconfirm the targets at all, and reported the news to the new Defense Command through the hotline, and the new Defense Commander of The Hague Port, Vice Admiral Hoffmann, attached great importance to this news.
Lieutenant General Hoffman did not ask for the information to be verified again, but directly ordered the military airfield on guard near The Hague, where all fighters immediately rose into the air to seize altitude and prepare for the attack of the opposing side, while all shore defense artillery and anti-aircraft artillery units were brought to a state of first-class combat readiness. It has to be said that the lack of rigor of the radar troops this time indirectly saved the air force stationed in the port, and also made the Axis countries pay a higher price.
More than 1,000 Axis carrier-based aircraft began to climb in altitude ten kilometers away from the port of The Hague, and their hideous fangs had been exposed, and after a month, the Axis Air Force was ready to attack this port again, but what they never expected was that the other side had already prepared.
Just as the Axis pilots were confident and ready for another bombardment, hundreds of Allied fighter jets burst out of the clouds and launched a fierce rocket attack on the Axis fleet.
Fire dragons shot from above, piercing a large number of slower bombers, and dozens of planes were destroyed in an instant, but the Allied fighters did not have a conformal rocket nest like NATO, so they could only add four rockets, and these few rockets were exhausted after a few salvos.
The attacked Axis fighter pilots woke up from their dreams at this time, and they immediately began to climb to the ground to fight against the Allied air force fighter fleet, and the fighter groups of the two sides collided in an instant, and a great air battle broke out.
The Axis fighters were all F4U Corsair fighters, which used a rare recurve wing with a wingspan of 12.5 meters, a maximum take-off weight of 66 tons, and a 1,700-horsepower 18-cylinder water-cooled star-type engine, with a maximum speed of 717 kilometers per hour and a maximum flight altitude of 12,649 meters.
In order to increase the density of firepower, the Corsair fighter was equipped with six 12.7 mm machine guns, in addition to which he could hang two 500 kg bombs or eight 127 mm rockets, but today these fighters are equipped with bombs to increase the bombing effect.
Carrying these bombs, the Corsair fighters became extremely heavy and could not compete with the Allied fighters, so the Axis fleet suffered a dark loss from the start, and more than a dozen pirates were immediately knocked into the dust.
Seeing this, the pilots of the pirate fighters threw their bombs into the sea without hesitation, and the speed and agility of the pirates after the light body increased greatly, and they immediately reflexively rushed towards the fighters of the Central Powers.
The Axis Corsair fighters were quite powerful, and the Allied fighters were not far behind. In addition to the Lightning Fighter, which has become famous all over the world, the latest model of the BF109 fighter designed by the Yaman Empire was also dispatched this time, the BF109F.
The Lightning fighter imported from the Chinese Empire was a heavy fighter with high firepower and heavy armor, and in order to cooperate with this fighter, the Yamaman Empire had been working on a more flexible light fighter.