Sixty-three have killer features

Diaomen Island. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

A fat seaplane slowly crossed the island in the southeast of the Malay Peninsula, nearly 100 kilometers from Kapo Island, and in the four-seater cabin, two telescopes poked out from the left and right.

In fact, since the invention of the airplane, all kinds of strange aircraft have emerged in an endless stream, Hua has also carried out this exploration, and Li Mo, who really doesn't know much about airplanes, is also willing to see this kind of scene of a hundred flowers blooming, and also set up a national bonus, which greatly encourages designers to open their minds.

The hummingbird is a representative of this whimsy, its fuselage is very thick and bottom-shaped, it looks like a widened canoe, it adopts an upper single-wing design with a double-engine design, the wings are high above, and the fuselage is fixed with steel brackets, and from the front, it looks like a small boat is hung under the wing, plus there is a pontoon on each side of the wing, so the water performance is very good.

Its strange shape is not the main reason for attracting the navy, but the fact that it uses a unique material.

Balsa wood from Ecuador.

Balsa wood does not need to be said, this kind of lightweight wood that an adult can carry eight times the volume is an excellent aviation material, and the famous mosquito bomber in later generations completely relied on it, although Li Mo did not understand the aircraft, but he also imported a lot of reserves in the early days, but because he was worried that the route from South America to China would need to pass through the West Coast of the United States, and the British-dominated Eastern Pacific Ocean would be cut off by British and Australian warships in wartime, plus the emergence of aluminum alloy did not use it on a large scale.

In fact, Li Mo is not wrong to worry, less than four months after the start of the war, the South American route has fallen into a temporary standstill, and more than 20 ocean-going cargo ships have been lost on the route, all of which were sunk by British, American and Australian patrol ships, so at the moment when nearly half of the naval force is currently used in the Indian Ocean, the South American route has been temporarily closed.

Of course, Li Mo did not let go of balsa wood, due to the early reserves, so it is currently mainly used for the internal body structure of the Kunpeng bomber and the albatross transport aircraft, which is why the Kunpeng imitated the 111, in the case of the size and aerodynamics of the airframe, and the engine is still different, but it is much lighter than the latter, and it can carry 1000 kg bombs and has a considerable range.

But the Hummingbird is different, it is an all-balsa wood aircraft, just because of the fear of seawater corrosion covering the bottom of the fuselage and the pontoons with a layer of aluminum, which makes it have a range of up to 2,500 kilometers and a speed of 400 kilometers per hour with two 650 hp star-cooled engines.

With such excellent performance, the navy, which has always pursued a good and strong navy, will naturally not let it go, not to mention seaplanes, so it has purchased nearly 100 planes specifically for personnel transportation and long-range reconnaissance, and has also purchased models with foldable wings for aircraft carrier battlefield personnel rescue.

Since the beginning of Operation Horn, the Navy has sent 12 aircraft for surveillance and reconnaissance, and the ultra-long range makes it easy to search back and forth around Gapo Island.

The four-seater cockpit resembles the front and rear seats of a sedan, and the two lookouts sitting in the back scan the sea vigilantly, as everyone has received the news that Gapo has escaped several warships and submarines.

The threat of warships is not great, and there are currently more than 50 warships gathered around Gapo Island, including 10 battleships alone, and those old arms and legs will basically die as long as they are discovered, but those submarines make the command very worried. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

This hummingbird has searched this area for the third time, just worried about missing something.

"Look, our fleet!"

Suddenly, a small fleet slowly moving south from the Gulf of Siam caught the attention of the lookout, and the blood cloud dragon claw flag fluttering high made him excited, but when the telescope focused on several of the warships, his eyes suddenly straightened, it was .......

Before he could figure out what kind of warship it was, the hurried shouting next to him suddenly startled everyone.

"Submarine!"

Turning his head, he saw three slender white ripples moving on the sea in the distance, and three small tubes were faintly visible at the front end of the ripples, which were constantly approaching the two destroyers in front of the fleet.

"Did the command say that our submarine activity is in this area?"

"Nope."

"Notify the fleet immediately."

"Open the bomb bay and sit tight!" The captain reacted swiftly, giving the order as he quickly dived down to the iron pipe.

After dismantling a tank, the hummingbird can carry eight 50-kilogram depth charges at a time, and after a lookout flew into the back magazine to adjust the depth, the hummingbird had already turned a corner, clinging to the sea and rushing towards the iron pipe at a low altitude, at this time three unknown submarines seemed to have discovered it, and two of them immediately had large blisters around them, ready to dive into the water to escape.

When eight depth charges fell on the heads of the three submarines like scattered flowers, the submarine that had not had time to dive was suddenly attacked, and a bomb that exploded at close range quickly tore through the thin steel plate, and only a few blisters appeared, and then quickly disappeared on the surface of the sea.

At this time, the fleet, which had been warned, also reacted quickly, and the five destroyers swooped down like hounds, and under the prompting of the hummingbirds, they maneuvered in a spiral direction in the direction where the other two submarines had disappeared, and dropped depth charges in a circle.

The splashes that bloomed from the bottom of the sea did not make the two Dalian-class heavy cruisers who escorted the escort nervous, because the British submarines had no ventilation pipes, so they could only stay underwater for about three hours, and it was now 2 o'clock in the afternoon, that is, even if they were not hit by depth charges, they could not escape by the night, unless they were willing to suffocate to death, otherwise they would be the prey of the destroyers sooner or later.

"Captain, Hummingbird VII reports that the British battleship USS Discord and two armored cruisers are preparing to enter the Strait of Johor 80 nautical miles ahead of us, do you want to ......?"

"The Straits of Johor?"

On the Dalian, He Ping waved his hand, entering the narrow Johor Strait is no different from looking for death, the command has already arranged a number of submarines there, not to mention that his mission is to protect this special fleet around him.

Turning his head and looking at the six strange battleships with almost full barrels on the deck, he suddenly remembered the 31st turret monster that was sunk by the 7 fleet, and always felt that the partners around him were somewhat similar to it, maybe tomorrow morning the British would know that the multi-turret monster was not only in the UK, but also in China a multi-turret fleet that they had never seen before, a Yaksha that would bring endless horror from the sea!

Linga Islands.

Since the first plane took off, dozens of radio stations of the forward command headquarters deployed here have not stopped, and the steady stream of news and intelligence has almost made everyone busy.

In the distance, the war eagle was still roaring into the air, and many people even forgot how many sorties it was, this kind of busyness made Duan Qirui and the others, who arrived by plane, suddenly feel a heat wave coming to their faces.

The Air Force Staff Officer stood in front of the defense map of Gapo and briefed everyone on the results of the battle so far.

Another day's bombing has basically paralyzed the central command ability of the British army on Gapo Island, and the warships in the Jurong base are basically finished, and it is a little regrettable that the battleship Discord ran away with two armored cruisers, but according to the intelligence, they have learned the news of the attack on Gapo Island, and are preparing to make a detour through the Johor Strait to the Indian Ocean, but it is not an easy way to go.

The fangs have made a great achievement, but there is not so much harvest on the fortress, only five of the 13 main fortresses have been destroyed so far, the large land fortifications, and the underground bunkers of Bukit Timah Mountain are basically not damaged, the main reason for this is that there are more than 300 storm attack aircraft that can carry 500 kg armor-piercing shells, and the attack range, attendance, etc. cannot be used at the same time, as for the fanged torpedo/horizontal bomber to perform high-altitude missions, the crosshair is obviously insufficient.

Importantly, although Liu Shaoqing demonstrated that high-angle dives can obtain high accuracy, after all, the storm has not yet reached the ability of a dedicated dive bomber, so that three storms crashed later when they were not controlled at a large angle, so in order to reduce unnecessary casualties, the air force stopped this move and prohibited the dragon's teeth from diving at an angle of more than 40 degrees.

"It's a pity that the minesweepers set off, otherwise I would have sent two Hebei-class ships, which would have reduced the pressure on the Air Force. Hey, Lao Xue, you have worked hard. Commander Long squinted his eyes, looking concerned, but there was always a sour breath in his words, there was no way, who let the Air Force dominate this time.

Xue Muhua was born in a younger generation, so he naturally didn't dare to stare at Commander Long, but fortunately, Duan Qirui was used to his identity, and said with a smile: "Come on, old dragon, don't make Muhua happy, destroying more than forty percent of the targets in one day has far exceeded expectations, besides, the bomber squadron has not been invested today." ”

"yes, yes." Long Guozhang nodded with a smile, and then turned his back to seriously criticize several naval staff officers, to the effect that he wanted to learn from the Air Force, and he hadn't killed those few escaped warships so far, so he had to accelerate.

The Navy cadres who knew Commander Long's temper secretly laughed, but the Air Force staff officers flew with their heads held high, and it seemed that the more Commander Long scolded fiercely, the more proud they became.

Duan Qirui touched his head and cried and laughed, Xue Muhua seemed to be deaf, anyway, he hadn't come up with his killer weapon yet, and when the ground air defense was almost cleaned up, let these old fritters of the navy see what the heavy firepower of the air force is!

"Report."

Just when Long Guozhang was depressed for the first time to be robbed of the first big credit by the Air Force, a naval liaison officer ran in front of him, and opened a loud voice with a hint of comparison after saluting, after all, it is the news of the Air Force family so far, and finally the Navy has also come with good news, if you don't shout, it is estimated that the commander who looks like he is jealous will throw himself directly into the sea.

Finally waiting for the good news of the navy, Commander Long nodded with great satisfaction, took the telegram slowly, looked at it twice, first his eyes lit up, and then he pretended to sigh and shook his head.

His appearance surprised Duan Qirui and the others next to him, what happened?

"The Indian Grand Fleet is not in Ceylon, only four battleships have been sunk, a little less." Commander Long shook the telegram, saying that it was boring, but no matter how he looked at it, he was a little proud.

But no one can deny that after only paying three Sea Hawk sorties, Dragon Wing is no worse than Silver Wing, after all, the quantity and quality of the aircraft are there, and whether it is Agamemnon or Spain, it is not comparable to the old ships in Jurong, even the two Danton-class ships in Colombo Bay are much better than Old Man Star, and the important thing is that sinking the Spanish will deal a serious blow to this speculative point and make him understand that war is not a joke.

The corners of Xue Muhua's eyes twitched twice, and the wings seemed to be doomed, the navy already had strong combat capabilities after inserting its wings, not to mention the long-range mobile platform advantages of the aircraft carrier, which was destined to be incomparable to the current short-legged air force.

Duan Qirui smiled and didn't speak, as the Minister of Defense, he knew very well that this was a military change that the emperor wanted to see and single-handedly promoted, so he immediately asked: "Commander Long, since the Indian Grand Fleet is not here, is it ......." ”

Guozhang nodded, understanding what he was going to say: "If the Indian Grand Fleet is not here, it is not suitable to continue to bomb Colombo, Ceylon is too close to India, the Indian Grand Fleet must have received the news, if it continues to delay, I am afraid that it will be besieged and face the danger of being flanked." ”

"Then come back, the task force has been out for more than two months, and the soldiers are already very tired."

"Don't worry, I've got it." Long Guozhang nodded, and after thinking about it, a smile suddenly flashed at the corner of his mouth, and he pointed to the map very seriously and said: "According to the current situation, the landing of the army in Gapo is bound to be advanced, and the Yaksha fleet can be ready sooner or later tomorrow, I think we should put it in as soon as possible and completely smash this turtle shell!" ”

"Nakshatra?! This guy ...... not forgetting to pick up vegetables for the navy! The corners of Xue Muhua's eyes twitched, Duan Qirui also thought that he was going to say something important at first, but after hearing this, he couldn't help but lament and despise in his heart, after the Yaksha dispatched early, the air force would definitely not be reconciled, and it seemed that the war between these two pairs of wings would continue.

Although it is meant to grab credit, it is also good, although the air force has an amazing record, but if it can solve Gapo a day earlier, it will be able to free up its hands to enter the greater Malay Peninsula as soon as possible.

Duan Qirui nodded in agreement with Long Guozhang's opinion, Xue Muhua stood on the side and rolled his eyes, secretly saying that he was still too thin-skinned compared to this old navy oil.

It is a pity that Gapo is a place where the General Staff and the Prime Minister's Office strictly prohibit the use of incendiary bombs and poison gas bombs, because both have strong sequelae, not to mention that this is the homeland of the Chinese, and the use of high-risk ammunition on their own land is not worth the loss.

Do you want to watch the Navy get a piece of the pie?

Xue Muhua touched his chin, and the corner of his eyes swept to the neatly parked airship in the distance, why don't you take out heavy equipment tomorrow and let everyone see the killer weapon of the Air Force?

: Khan, the speed code is over, and the announcement just now is erased on the blackboard.

In addition, there is a mistake in the previous article, Hippo wrote the Air Force Storm as a dragon's tooth, and it has been all revised, sorry.

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