Chapter 72: Torpedo Bombers
Ten high-altitude reconnaissance planes, four escort planes and six escort planes to the enemy, the fleet saved heavy fuel and penetrated deep into the habitat at the maximum speed of the unship-mounted state.
Along the way, according to the reports of the reconnaissance planes, the situation in Lisli's habitat was even better than previously estimated, and there was often a large distance between one deep-sea fleet and the other.
If there were Admirals who entered the habitat from other directions, they would be very happy with the situation.
This means that as long as they do not continue to go deeper, they will be safer in this habitat than the rest of the deep-sea habitats.
"Admiral, I found it. ”
Soon after the second group of high-altitude reconnaissance planes took off, Lexington received a report that said: "A patrol of one battle cruiser, three heavy cruisers, and two light cruisers is on the left thirty minutes' journey, behind an island. ”
"Where's the course?"
"Anti-sailing. ”
"The full-speed team, we can't catch up. Jiang Yan said.
Rodney proposed: "Young master, if I follow behind, you go up first, right? With the support of bombers, it shouldn't be a problem." ”
"Forget it. Jiang Yan directly ignored her proposal and said, "Let's go squat them." ”
"Squat?" Rodney was stunned.
"Well, the patrol team sent by the main force of the habitat has a patrol range, although it may not necessarily return the same way, but it should not be too far away. ”
Jiang Yan continued: "It's still early, stay near the island and wait for them to return, if you can meet the battle columns and battle cruiser ships in the middle and periphery of the habitat, don't let it go." ”
The shipwrecks were about to respond, but Lexington let out a soft "oops" and said, "Admiral, this deep-sea fleet has been preempted by other admirals. ”
"It seems that it was waiting on the right side of the island from the beginning, and the deep-sea fleet had just emerged from the back channel when it was attacked. ”
Jiang Yan didn't have any emotion, and asked lightly, "Fleet composition?"
"The four ships are heavy cruisers, light cruisers and two destroyers. ”
"It's bold enough. Jiang Yan said with a hint of appreciation in his tone, and then said, "Let's go, let's go inside." ”
A hint of coldness flashed in Lexington's eyes, and he said in a cold tone: "Admiral, they robbed us of our target..."
"There's no need to waste extra ammunition. Jiang Yan waved his hand and added, "Also, I don't want to touch the blood of other admirals for the time being." ”
Rodney heard this, and cast a shocked look at the beautiful aircraft carrier girl beside her, just now she actually wanted to destroy the strange Admiral fleet, just for a battle cruiser-class perching ship?
However, what he saw was only Lexington's puzzled look, and he said: "Admiral, what do you want, people just ask, do you want to use a high-altitude reconnaissance plane to scare them~"
I see.
Rodney's heart suddenly weakened, and he didn't dare to look into Lexington's eyes again.
・・・
Central Seas.
In the afternoon, the Jiang fleet reached the position of the sea area that had once been lined up with large archipelagos.
Lexington, who was originally sailing with his hands behind his back, pointed to the end of the sea in front of him and said, "There are two deep-sea fleets in the twenty-minute voyage ahead, one of which has two battle-class habitat ships, and the other is composed of light cruisers and expulsions. ”
In terms of range, Lexington is undoubtedly very good at it. Fantasy, Firefly, Helena and Karlsruhe could not do it at all without training, and could only act by feeling.
As for Rodney, simple addition and subtraction is still good...
"Admiral, do you want to fight?" Lexington asked, "It's still too late to evade, and they're a little quick to react." ”
As he spoke, three high-altitude reconnaissance planes took off from the deck of the aircraft carrier, two of them spread out, avoiding the sea area ahead, and the third flew in a straight line.
The high-altitude reconnaissance plane, which had detected the enemy ship, had obviously been shot down.
Jiang Yan was silent, and the ship's ladies silently adjusted the muzzles, and the speed did not decrease.
As the time approached little by little, Lexington's voice trembled again, "The sea area on both sides has been explored, and no trace of enemy ships has been found. ”
That's what I've been waiting for!
Jiang Yan immediately ordered: "All ships, meet the deep-sea fleet." ”
"Enemy ships go into long range. ”
Lexington nodded at Rodney and whispered something in her ear.
Rodney realized, and the fire control radar suddenly turned into operation, and a radar net appeared in front of her blue eyes.
At this time, there are twelve points clearly reflected on the radar network, and they are sailing towards this side.
"Young Master, come to me. Rodney added.
Jiang Yan jumped off the ship's armor and grabbed Rodney's waist, but he didn't ask, quietly waiting for the actions of the two ship's mothers.
The two main guns on Rodney's side had begun to adjust, and at the same time, on the deck of the aircraft carrier suspended above the sea, thirty dark blue bombers had already run across the runway, and the sound of skimming the air sounded one after another, flying low in front of them.
Rumble!
Two triple high-powered guns exploded, and six shells followed closely and shot out far away.
Jiang Yan seemed to see columns of water exploding in the distance.
Rodney said ashamedly: "It's all empty." ”
"One more time. ”
"Hmm. ”
Halfway through, Rodney said in shame again: "It's still empty." ”
"It's enough. Lexington smiled and groaned, "Admiral, please give the order to go full speed." ”
"Hmm. ”
At this point, Jiang Yan already knew Lexington's plan.
At the other end, the two deep-sea fleets, attracted by the two shellings, were a little too late when they spotted a group of low-flying planes.
In the rush of shelling, less than a dozen were killed.
I saw that the remaining bombers spread out in a fan shape and brought the twelve deep-sea habitat ships in front of them into the attack range, the bomb bay opened, and one by one the torpedoes fell into the water, diving forward at great speed.
The deep-sea ship, which had no time to dodge, was suddenly hit by a torpedo.
Boom Boom!
Twenty-one torpedoes that dived in a fan-shaped shape did not have the possibility of being blocked in the face of twelve deep-sea habitat ships, and even the rear habitat ships were also directly hit by torpedoes.
"Lexington, sink two light cruisers, four destroyer-class habitat ships. Lexington continued: "One heavy cruiser-class perch, and two medium-broken battle-class perch. ”
Just a round of bombers, a fleet of twelve deep-sea habitat ships, suffered heavy casualties in an instant.
Jiang Yan looked at the recovered planes, and suddenly said, "This is the plane you bombed and sank the flagship of the habitat." ”
Torpedo bomber.
In the records, this is the most powerful bomber against ships.
Damage that can often be done by a dive bomber can be achieved by a torpedo bomber, but the disadvantage is that it is easy to be shot down when attacking, and the range of damage is extremely limited.
Lexington said, "Well, it took a lot of hits to sink it!"
As he spoke, the figure of the deep-sea habitat ship had already appeared at the end of his vision, Jiang Yan's expression was cold, and he ordered: "Attack!"