Chapter 1236: A Feast for Carrier-Based Aircraft
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"What? Plane? How could there be a plane for the Chinese? Major General Paulsen shouted, looking incredulous. He knew very well that the Chinese did not have airfields in the Caribbean Sea or on the west coast of the Atlantic, so how could they send a large fleet of aircraft to attack them!
"General! Really, it's really a fleet of Chinese, don't believe it yourself! The staff officer said.
Rear Admiral Paulsen walked out of the bridge with a telescope and onto the deck. You don't even need a telescope to clearly see that the sky is densely packed with Chinese planes, and there are at least hundreds of them!
"Oh God! How is this possible? How did the Chinese plane fly here? Major General Paulson said with a pale face. At the beginning, the Chinese Navy sank all the capital ships of the combined fleet of the British and French navies in Sicily with its aircraft. In this decisive battle at sea, the reason why the US Navy chose to fight the Chinese Navy in the Atlantic Ocean was because in the Atlantic, Chinese planes could not come in handy. In this way, the US Navy can defeat the Chinese Navy with the advantage of a large number of capital ships. But what they never expected was that the Chinese plane still flew over their heads. Originally, the generals of the US Navy were full of confidence in this decisive battle. But now, their confidence has completely collapsed. The Chinese's aircraft can completely cancel out the numerical superiority of their capital ships!
"General, what should we do now?" The staff officer said with a look of horror. Although the 1st Battlecruiser Detachment of the US Navy had 4 'Colorado-class' battlecruisers, if they were attacked by Chinese aircraft, these four 'Colorado-class' battlecruisers would have only one way to die! No one will doubt this!
"Damn! Order all ships to be combat-ready! Major General Paulson ordered. After the end of the naval battle of Sicily. The U.S. Navy urgently equipped every Navy fighter with anti-aircraft weapons, such as the Colorado-class battlecruisers, which were equipped with ten 37-mm guns and 20 12.7-mm machine guns. It's just that whether these anti-aircraft weapons can cope with the attack of Chinese aircraft, without being tested on the battlefield, no one can say! After all. The striking power of the aircraft of the Chinese Navy has been proven in the naval battle of Sicily!
"General, the Chinese's plane flew away! The target is not us! The Chinese planes continue to fly north! The staff officer shouted, his voice revealing a surprise for the rest of his life.
"The Chinese are not aiming at us? Damn, the Chinese are targeting our main fleet! Send a telegram to His Excellency the Commander that at least hundreds of Chinese planes are flying towards them! Prepare them for battle! Maj. Gen. Paulson roared.
"Yes. Checkmate! The staff officer replied quickly. It turned out that the Chinese did not look at their four battle cruisers and directly set their target on the main fleet of the US Navy! It's just that the crisis of the 1st battle cruiser detachment of the US Navy has not been resolved. Although the carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy let them go, the formation of six 'Hanshin-class' fast battleships will not let them go! After the U.S. Navy's 1st Battlecruiser Detachment and the two remaining two battleships of the 2nd Battlecruiser Detachment turned around, the Chinese Navy's 'Hanshin-class' fast battleships also completed the turn. And start attacking them! A 343-mm armor-piercing projectile weighing more than 600 kilograms is whizzing down on their heads!
The main fleet of the combined fleet of the United States and the United Kingdom was sailing south at high speed, and the crushing defeat of the 2nd battle cruiser detachment of the United States Navy made William Brown. Admiral Benson was furious. Although the main force of the Chinese Navy has not yet appeared, he believes that the main force of the Chinese Navy is not far to the south. The Chinese Navy's 'Han Shin-class' battlecruisers were also more powerful than he imagined. He couldn't wait to avenge the sunken battlecruisers with the 381mm guns of the Pennsylvania-class battleships!
Suddenly, a communications officer hurried onto the bridge and handed a telegram to the Fleet Chief of Staff Edward. Lieutenant General Abor. Edward. Lieutenant General Abor took the telegram and looked at it, and his face suddenly changed drastically. Walk briskly to William. Admiral Benson's side!
"Your Excellency, Commander, something is wrong!" Edward. Lieutenant General Abor said!
"What's wrong? What happened? Was the 1st Battlecruiser Detachment also defeated? "William. Admiral Benson frowned!
"No, Your Excellency, Commander! General Paulson reports that a large number of Chinese planes are approaching us! Twenty minutes at most will meet us! "Edward. Lieutenant General Abor reported!
"What? Planes for the Chinese? How can a Chinese plane appear here? "William. Admiral Benson yelled in disbelief and took a handful of Edward. Lieutenant General Abor snatched the telegram from his hand and read it!
"Damn, what the hell is going on? It's the Atlantic! How did the Chinese plane appear here? "William. Admiral Benson roared like an angry lion. He is full of confidence in this battle. But now, Chinese planes suddenly appeared. It will undoubtedly shatter his confidence once again!
"General, what should we do now? General Paulson reported that the Chinese fleet had at least a hundred! "Edward. Lieutenant General Abor said with an ugly face. Both the United States and the people have high hopes for this decisive battle of the navy. But now, they are likely to fail again! And if they fail, then the United States will lose this war!
William. Admiral Benson hesitated for a few seconds before he said, "Continue sailing south." The Chinese only have hundreds of aircraft, we have more than thirty capital ships, and all of them are equipped with anti-aircraft weapons, we can completely withstand it! ”
Obviously, William. Admiral Benson was not going to give up, in fact, at this time, even if they wanted to, there was no way to dodge it, and the speed of the plane was much higher than that of a battleship. In addition, William. Admiral Benson also pinned his hopes on the anti-aircraft weapons installed on the battleship. It is hoped that this will be used to compete with the carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy. If they can survive it, then they still have hope of winning this battle. After all, according to the report of Major General Paulson, only a few hundred Chinese aircraft were found. If you're lucky, you'll be able to make it through!
"Yes, Your Excellency Commander, I immediately order all ships to be ready for battle!" Edward. Lieutenant General Abor said. He knew that there was no other way but to go all the way to the dark!
British Admiral John Brown, who remained in the bridge of the battleship 'Pennsylvania', was still in the bridge. Morality. Admiral Robeck's face also changed drastically, but the British Navy had suffered under the attack of Chinese aircraft. He was still full of confidence in this decisive battle, but he was immediately shaken!
"Your Excellency Commander, I will return to the 'Queen Elizabeth' first, so that I can better command the battle!" John. Morality. Admiral Robeck said!
William. Admiral Benson nodded with a gloomy face. At this time, he had no time to care about the careful thinking of the British!
In William. Under the orders of Admiral Benson, the combined fleet of the United States and Britain immediately went into action. A large number of naval officers and men rushed to the gun emplacements and went to cāo to string the high shè guns and high shè machine guns, ready to meet the incoming Chinese planes. The originally neat queue has also become chaotic, and if it continues to line up in battle, it will undoubtedly become the best target for Chinese aircraft. A number of destroyers and light cruisers also began to concentrate on the capital ships, preparing to provide protection for them. Even use yourself to fend off torpedoes for the capital ship when necessary!
The U.S. Navy had no previous experience with this, and although it had learned from the British Navy the Battle of Sicily, it did not develop a set of effective tactics against aircraft attacks. Coupled with the fact that nearly two hundred warships were gathered together, the entire queue was even more chaotic!
At 2:22 p.m. on January 10, 1913, the first wave of attack forces of the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier formation discovered the main fleet of the combined fleet of the United States and the British Navy, with more than 30 battleships floating on the sea like a hill, which was very eye-catching. These warships are the main warships of the combined fleet of the United States and the British Navy. As long as these warships are sunk, then the Chinese Navy will win the decisive battle this time, and it will also defeat the United States in the war in one fell swoop! Thus ending the North American battlefield!
"Attention squadrons! In 5 minutes we will fly over the enemy! All fighters are responsible for attracting enemy anti-aircraft fire! Torpedo attack aircraft rushed from low altitudes, dive bombers from high altitudes! Priority is given to capital ships with a displacement of more than 20,000 tons! Let those foreign devils see how powerful we are! If you can, sink all the capital ships and leave not one for the grandchildren of the capital ships! "Rear Admiral Lin Jianwu, commander of the 1st Wing of the Navy's carrier-based aircraft, who was responsible for directing this attack, ordered!
"Yes, General! We will definitely sink all the capital ships of the foreign devils, and we will not leave a mouthful of soup for those grandchildren! The officers below replied one after another. Since the establishment of the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier formation, it has always been despised by officers and men serving on capital ships. And now, they're going to use the results of this time to shut up the guys completely!
Dozens of capital ships on the sea can be regarded as the most powerful maritime power in the world, but in the eyes of the carrier-based aircraft pilots of the Chinese Navy, this is a feast they are about to enjoy! (To be continued.) m. Reading. )