820 air strike, I am king! (b)

Morning, 5 o'clock. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

In the hangar, several air crew soldiers slowly pushed a bumblebee with folded wings onto the elevator, and with the help of hydraulic oil pumps, the fighter was slowly raised to the deck, and the howling sea breeze rushed in front of everyone, which immediately lifted everyone's spirits.

After several days of storming, the red glow on the horizon is telling the experienced old sea wolves that today will be a rare sunny day!

"Head, yours."

Long Yi, who came to Guan Er Ye early to offer incense, saw Jin Wei, and immediately handed over three incense sticks, and after waiting for the captain to kowtow three times sincerely, everyone immediately surrounded him and asked, "Head, what's going on with that?" ”

"It's hard."

"No, can't you watch those hawk-headed birds on our heads?" Hearing Jin Wei say that things were difficult to do, the dragon wings were excited one by two.

After the original attack entered July, the Air Force not only blew up several American cities, but also completely dominated the entire southern sky of the United States, and even did not see a single American plane dare to take the lead for several days in a row.

Under such a strong superior blow, the army is advancing smoothly, and if it were not for the logistical problems, maybe they would have entered the central region, so the War Department specially sent a letter of thanks to the air force, praising them as the protectors of heaven.

This made the HNA dragon wings, who have always been unpleasant to the air force and called Silver Wing "eagle-headed birdman", exploded, and they all thought of ways to compete with Silver Wing.

How can I get involved in this matter, if the chief knows, don't say that I am panicked, and scold a bloody dog, so Jin Wei pretended to be deep and walked towards the hangar.

But as soon as he arrived at the hangar, he saw that his beloved plane had opened the cockpit, and the flight attendant Xiao He was stuffing things into it, so he hurriedly ran over and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"Captain."

Xiao He hurriedly saluted, then pointed to the yellow paper talisman that he glued to the dashboard, scratched his head and smirked: "When I came out, my sister asked me for a peace charm, you see that I can't be blown by the wind when I stay here, and the rain can't be wet, so it's useless, so I thought about hanging a ...... for you, captain, if you don't like it, I'll take it down now." ”

"No, it's good to stick it." Looking at the shy Xiao He, Jin Wei was very excited, and hurriedly said: "This is a good thing, with it, maybe I can sink two more ships." ”

"Hehe......." Seeing that Jin Wei didn't blame himself for being good at making claims, Xiao Hexiao's face blossomed, and he hurriedly made a gesture behind him, and said with a sycophant: "Of course, captain, you have sunk 4 ships, and those hawk-headed birds are simply beyond your strength compared to you!" ”

"You're young, why do you care about this?" Jin Wei was about to ask Xiao He not to get involved in this matter, when he suddenly saw the surrounding flight crews and mechanics taking out the jade Buddha from their necks and pockets, and hanging peace charms into the cabin, and they were stunned. 【 I want: super fast update 】

This scene also quieted down the dragon wings who came in later, and some of them even had a flash of crystal in their eyes.

Except for the dull noise of the hydraulic press, there was no other sound in the cabin, silently looking at these aircrew officers who were covered in oil and only took care of the fighters in an orderly manner, and the dragon wings felt an indescribable sourness in their nasal cavities.

Chinese people believe in Buddhism, but even if they don't believe in it, when their children go on the expedition, who won't ask for a peace charm to put on them with their own hands?

But now, these talismans that carry peace, with a strong taste of relatives, and acacia are untied by them and hung on the war eagles, praying for peace for the dragon wings with direct actions!

The big war is about to start, and no one dares to say that it will be safe and sound, and perhaps a small take-off and landing accident can take many lives. But they relieved it without hesitation, Jin Wei believed that if they could, they would even exchange their lives for another great victory and peace for the dragon wings.

Under Jin Wei's lead, all the dragon wings straightened their waists, and their right hands were eyebrow-raised.

"Salute!"

After hanging a peace charm for each plane, Xiao He also stood up and saluted, shouting loudly: "All the air crew, navigation, and guns of the Xiqin are ......, and I wish the First Flying Wing a victory!" ”

In the corner, Zhu Houbin, who had already stepped from the front line to the ranks of middle-level commanding officers, was also deeply moved by this scene, but just as he was about to pass, a red light suddenly lit up in the center of the hangar.

The lights flickered incessantly, and then the cacophony of sirens reached everyone's ears.

"Prepare ......."

In an instant, everyone regained their previous busyness, the fighters were raised to the deck one by one, and the special ammunition elevator was also back and forth. By the time Zhu Houbin trotted all the way to the bridge, the two Hornet fighters had already swept over the deck at a speed, and after a moment of sinking, they suddenly flew into the air.

"What's going on?"

As soon as he saw Zhu Houbin enter the flying tower, the staff officer immediately pointed to the chart and said: "The first cruiser formation has sent an alarm, and a British cruiser detachment has encountered a detachment of British cruisers, about 3 cruisers and 12 destroyers, 70 nautical miles southwest of us and 110 nautical miles from Bermuda. ”

"Is there an order to lift the silence? And what about reconnaissance aircraft? ”

"The order has not been given yet, because there are only battleships ...... in the archipelago." The staff officer said worriedly: "So far, 2 Mexican-class ships and all 5 Northampton-class ships have not been found. ”

Zhu Houbin understood, because of the enemy's division of troops, General Le Fei had not yet made up his mind, not to mention that the distance was a little far away at present, exceeding the combat radius of the dive bomber, even the torpedo plane would be very reluctant.

When everyone was looking for the enemy's speed patrol, the telephone rang, and the staff officer picked up the phone and answered it first, and then his face quickly changed slightly.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Houbin immediately asked after discovering the abnormality.

"Sir, the bridge has asked us to send additional planes to reconnoiter the west side, and ...... another." The staff officer hesitated, gritted his teeth and said, "The first drive patrol formation is in some trouble, they have met the Lexington!" ”

"Damn, you should take off and bomb it right away!"

When several officers heard the news, they immediately jumped up, although the Lexington was completed for a few days, and it is said that even the personnel were not together, but it was not something that two light cruisers could deal with, not to mention that there were more than a dozen small warships to help, and it was not so easy to launch a torpedo attack.

"Each aircraft carrier takes off two fighter squadrons and expands the search to the west, paying special attention to the range within two hundred kilometers."

As soon as Zhu Houbin finished giving the order, the staff officer next to him had already asked, "Sir, what should I do with the first patrol formation?" ”

"It's not something we can decide, now we can't reach the enemy's main force at all, and a rash attack will only be violent to ourselves, hoping for ......." Zhu Houbin looked at his watch and said worriedly: "The mobile fleet can arrive in time." ”

"Full rudder on the left, open the distance, concentrate fire on the superstructure."

In the waves, the two light cruisers were constantly maneuvering, and the four destroyers next to them had already done it with the enemy's cruisers.

Compared to the Mexican-class battleships of the United States, it was equipped with 8 L45/381 mm naval guns, and it also made significant modifications to the armor, and for the first time used a box armor layout on the heavy cruiser (the United States called the battle cruiser a heavy cruiser), so that his defense capabilities were already comparable to some battleships in the early days of the war, if there was a flaw, it was that the power was still insufficient, and after using a large number of boilers and 6 steam turbines, the estimated speed of the intelligence department was still no more than 27 knots.

In fact, although the Lexington was designed in accordance with the principle of suppressing the heavy patrols of the same level in all countries in the world and being able to engage the Guam class if necessary, and many modifications were made during the construction process, it was too hurried after all, and it was launched in less than 3 years, and many of them could only be simplified, and from the perspective of important firepower, except for the addition of some 152 mm secondary guns, other aspects still did not get rid of the shadow of the Northampton class.

In the face of this kind of battleship, if he wants to leave, Lei Shaoming is sure enough to throw it out a few streets, but when it comes to sinking the opponent, unless he can find an opportunity to use a torpedo.

But he didn't dare to leave, because there was an aircraft carrier battle group behind him, and if he was passed by a heavy patrol formation under his nose, he would be shot by the commander if he was not sent to a military court.

"Boom......."

After a lapse of three minutes, the eight heavy guns on the Lexington roared again, which shows that there is indeed a big problem with this heavy cruiser, because according to the previous main guns of the same caliber in the Northampton class, one round per minute is completely achievable, but now it takes a full three minutes to fire a salvo, indicating that the US Navy is really unavailable.

In the face of the incoming shells, the two light cruisers immediately made a left turn, but the tide that surged after the shells fell and exploded still made the battleship sway.

Just when everyone was trying to avoid the shells, the appearance of more than 20 cuckoo torpedo planes made Lei Shaoming frown.

Behind the other side, there is at least one aircraft carrier!

"Torpedo machine ......."

"Rapid-fire fire ready, turn 17 degrees to the left and let the destroyer move with the flagship."

The moment he saw the opponent's cuckoo torpedo plane, he knew that if he let the enemy's aircraft and naval guns cooperate, he would really not retreat, so he immediately took the initiative to distance himself.

Although the speed of the cuckoo torpedo aircraft was very high, the patrol formation was not vegetarian, and the high speed of 31 knots ensured that it could get out of the range of the opponent's main gun in a few minutes.

Without the threat of the main guns, the formation could concentrate on dealing with torpedo machines.

The dense rapid-fire shells set up a strong defensive line at a distance of 3,000 meters, and from Lei Shaoming's angle, it can be clearly seen that the small co-gunner last night stood in front of the quadruple 25mm cannon, constantly shaking the handle to track the enemy.

Thanks to the use of magazines, the speed of the 25-mm cannon was more than double that of the 37-mm rapid-fire gun, and in an instant, two Cuckoo torpedo planes that could not maneuver with heavy torpedoes were shot down.

Of the more than 20 torpedo planes, less than 7 dropped torpedoes, but the British torpedoes were also too slow, and the speed of 34 knots was okay against battleships, but it was really shabby against the patrol formation with an average speed of 31 knots.

Only five minutes later, the torpedo planes in front of the patrol formation began to retreat, looking at the direction they left, Lei Shaoming twitched the corners of his mouth, as if he thought of something.

"Zoom in to 25,000 meters and go around to its left!"

As soon as the order was exported, several officers were taken aback, 25,000 meters is the killing range of 381 mm heavy guns, with the protection level of light patrols, it is definitely a one-shot death!

The captain is in a daze?

Execute the command!

Lei Shaoming didn't give everyone time to think at all, and the two light cruisers began to approach the Lexington with destroyers.

As soon as they saw that the two light cruisers actually sent themselves to the door, the American gunners, who had just been training for a few days, thought that they had a chance to make meritorious contributions, but when they fired a few more volleys and the bow turned to the south, everyone was dumbfounded!

I saw a large cloud of black smoke suddenly rising from the sky in the distance, and the mobile formation of three Beijing-class ships finally arrived as promised.

RO@。