Chapter 250 New Weapons of Warfare, New Modes of Warfare
In the Mediterranean Sea, Yan Yingyuan was standing on the dock at this time, looking at the magnificent sea.
"General, the situation in the Mediterranean is not so severe, although the number of English and French warships in this area is large, and they occasionally harass our merchant ships, but the overall situation is still relatively stable, is it appropriate for you to write to the imperial court and say that the situation is critical?" The lieutenant next to him asked.
"How is it not appropriate, it's only been a few years, I didn't expect these two countries to also have ironclad warships, it's really impressive, although we have nearly thirty ironclad ships in our hands, and we have an absolute advantage in numbers, but there are too many seas to control, and if there is really a war, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to ensure the safety of the canal."
"This is true, and war seems more and more likely."
"Yes! It's been a month, and I haven't heard from the imperial court yet. β
"General! - General! - "A soldier rushed over in a hurry.
"Why are you so flustered?"
"The fleet sent by the imperial court to reinforce us has arrived, and there are a total of eight ironclad warships, among which there is a giant Mac, which is six or seven times larger than ordinary ironclad ships, and there are several ships that are three or four times larger than ours, and the ships are full of shelves, and I don't know what to do with them."
"You're not exaggerating?"
"The subordinates don't dare, now the ship is docking, and the general sent his subordinates to report."
"Good! Let's take a look. Yan Ba and the lieutenant followed the guards to the dock.
When he came to the dock, he saw a giant Mac, and the other ships were like the difference between a baby and an adult.
"What does such a big ship do?" When he saw an aircraft carrier for the first time, Yan Yingyuan also had the feeling that Mount Tai was on top.
"yes, how many guns do you have to have on this, isn't this just a moving artillery island?" The vice admiral was also confused, this thing was definitely the largest ship he had ever seen in his life.
But no matter how much they asked, no one could answer him.
After working for a long time, when all the ships were berthed, the commander of the aircraft carrier fleet walked down, saw Yan Yingyuan, and said: "My subordinate Zheng Daliang is the commander of my first aircraft carrier formation, and I am hereby under the command of General Yan on the orders of the emperor. As he spoke, he bowed down and handed over the decree of the imperial court.
Seeing that the other party did not bow to Yan Yingyuan when they met, he was a little unhappy, and was about to speak, but he heard Yan Yingyuan laugh and said: "General Zheng came from afar to support, polite and polite, what command is not commanding, let's discuss it, please please ask - Yan will pick up the wind for you." β
Saying that, he handed over the holy decree to the deputy general, and the deputy general took it and took a look, his eyelids jumped, and he was very obedient, but he didn't expect that the leading general of the aircraft carrier fleet was actually the same as Yan Yingyuan, and he was a general of the second grade, obviously it was a modest statement that people said that he came to the command of Yan Yingyuan, and the deputy general secretly took chance: "It's thanks to the general who spoke early, otherwise he would have offended the official." β
Although Yan Yingyuan is the official rank of the second rank, his deputy general is the fourth rank, which is several levels behind.
"General Yan, let's discuss the tactics first, as for the wine, it must be drunk, how about the evening? In addition, the combat methods of aircraft carrier battle groups are very different from traditional combat methods, and you also need to familiarize yourself with them. β
"Good! General Zheng is quick to talk, then let's study the strategy first, please! Let's go to the war room and talk. Saying that, Yan Yingyuan glanced at the group of generals who were following Zheng Daliang, judging from the attire, there were actually two of them with the rank of third-rank official, which was not a small lineup.
"I don't know what these two generals are called?"
"Oh, these two are the captains of two 10,000-ton large supply ships, this one is called Fang Zheng, and this one is called Han Lun." Zheng Daliang introduced, and the two of them hugged their fists and saluted Yan Yingyuan.
"Two generals are exempt, this is the war room, please!"
When you come to the war room, you will see a huge sand table, on which the naval military bases of the Ming Dynasty, England and France are clearly marked, and the military forces of the countries around the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic are also clearly marked.
Yan Yingyuan pointed to the sand table and said: "General Zheng, please see, this is the Balde Strait, there are my Daming military bases on both sides of the strait, here in the North Atlantic, after we defeated the Grape Country, we also established a base here, and we also have these bases along the Mediterranean, not to mention the canal, because it borders my Daming country, so it is also a place where our military strength is relatively concentrated." β
"Judging from the map, the enemy and our forces here are staggered, it can be regarded as the enemy among us and I have the enemy, from the comparison of forces on all sides, our army still has an advantage, after all, we still have more than 300,000 troops."
"Yes, on the whole, our army is still relatively superior, although there have been a lot of English and French ironclad warships launched in recent years, but they are inferior to us in both quantity and quality, and now that General Zheng is here, we have a greater chance of winning."
"Let me first introduce the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier fleet, and then we will determine how about the battle plan?"
"General Zheng, please speak."
"As for the aircraft carrier battle group, there are mainly two attack methods, long-range attack and close combat, and the most obvious advantage is long-range attack."
"What is an Expedition? How far can it be? Is it longer than the range of artillery? β
"That's right, the weapon of the aircraft carrier attack is a fighter, that is, a kind of aircraft, which can attack military targets within a radius of 100 kilometers by sliding and jumping on the deck of the aircraft carrier, whether it is fixed or mobile."
"Can you fly that far?" Since the advent of ironclad warships, Gao Yiming has widely used kilometers in naval operations, and now officers at all levels have also adapted to the concept of kilometers.
"Yes, and each plane takes off with a full load and can attack five or six targets, and the airborne artillery system on the plane can also assist in close combat, why don't we get on the aircraft carrier and see it up close?"
"You have to take a look at this, I'm not afraid of brother jokes when I say it, it's the first time I've seen such a big boat when I've grown so big, I'm curious, let's go, let's talk as we go."
Soon a group of people came to the deck of the aircraft carrier, on which only two carrier-based aircraft were parked, and in front of the carrier-based aircraft stood five or six fighters wearing sunglasses.
"For the beauty of this group of dogs, they still wear sunglasses on the boat." This is the heart of the Ming army stationed in the local area, and it is very unpleasant to look at a group of burned goods.
"Generals, please see, this is a carrier-based aircraft, the others are in the cabin, these two planes will be displayed for you statically, and you can fly for a while."
Looking at the strange-looking iron guy in front of them who were two or three houses big and more than a foot high, Yan Yingyuan and the others were very surprised, such a bunch of iron lumps could really fly?
"Sergeant Luo, tell General Yan about your weapons." Zheng Daliang said to a guy with sunglasses in the most prominent position in front of the plane.
"Yes!"
"Ladies and gentlemen, please see, this is the position of the bomb hanging, here is the location of the auxiliary fuel tank, the whole plane can hang the auxiliary fuel tank, 150 kilometers round trip to carry out operations, each plane can hang five to six bombs, the mode of the aircraft attack is to fly over the enemy ship to drop bombs, the bombs under the action of inertia quickly fly to the target, automatically explode, so as to destroy the enemy warship or other targets."
"How many bombs do you need to blow up an enemy ironclad ship?"
"Report to the general, after our tests, a two-thousand-ton battleship only needs one high-explosive bomb to sink it."
"How many taels of silver do you want for this bomb?"
"More than a thousand taels." It was Zheng Daliang who answered.
"I'll go, this thing is very cost-effective to use, and the plane is flying in the sky, it should belong to you who can hit others, and others can't reach you."
"What General Yan said is very true, how about we test it now?"
"Of course - whatever, do you want to set a goal, let's give it a try."
"Yes, I don't know if we have abandoned warships, or large-scale sea ships."
"Yes, there are a few captured and seriously damaged warships on the dock, but they can still run with sails on them, and the speed is not much slower than that of new ships, you can see if you can use them."
"Okay, Sergeant Major Luo, just this fighter of yours, take off and practice attacking fast-moving targets at sea, and let General Yan and them see it."
"Yes!"
"General Yan, let's go to the ship island, the location is relatively high, and we can see more clearly."
"Good! Pleaseβ"
When a group of people came to the shipyard, a soldier immediately sent up a telescope: "General Zheng, I see that there are a lot of people on this aircraft carrier, and the whole fleet doesn't know how many people there are." β
"There are more than 7,000 people in total, and there are more than 4,000 on the aircraft carrier."
"So much? These people can start a big war against a small country, it's amazing, worthy of this big guy, I think there are female soldiers. β
"Yes, most of them are medics, there are more than 4,000 people on the ship, and nearly 3,000 are Marines, ready to conduct landing operations."
"It's amazing, how do so many people supply along the way, eating, drinking and Lazar is a big problem."
"After watching the fighter combat teacher in a while, please ask General Yan to visit the aircraft carrier's restaurant, the entire fleet has two 10,000-ton supply ships, which can allow the entire fleet to fight at sea continuously for three to four months without replenishment."
"Obediently, three or four months of continuous fighting, this is definitely Wang Bang, three or four months, we can appear anywhere in the Mediterranean Sea out of nowhere, we have to get."
"The fighter is ready, ready to take off."
"Okay, let's say the enemy ships have already departed."
At this time, seeing the take-off commander wearing ear protectors, he waved his right hand with a sword finger, and the fighter roared and flew into the air.
A group of people could see through the binoculars that the fighter jet had flown into the clouds a few moments later.
"My dear, did you fly out of the sky? Are there any gods on it? β
"Huh! There are no immortals, there is still a blue sky above the clouds, and there are no clouds above it, the emperor said that it is a layer of thin air to protect the earth. β
"Wouldn't that be able to fly to the end of the earth all at once?"
"Our earth is not flat at all, but a sphere, like a round moon, which is most noticeable when viewed from an airplane."
"Really? You say our earth is round? Isn't the legend always flat? β
Hearing this, Yan Yingyuan gave his subordinates a kick: "You guy is a two-hundred-and-five, he is not afraid of death, he just doesn't read, we all know that the earth is like an arc through the ocean, and now the plane is in the sky to prove this, and I will punish you with a jar of wine." β
"Haha!"
"Boom! - "At this time, after the flight demonstration, the fighter plane locked on the target and decisively dropped a bomb, which lifted a column of water higher than ten stories high, and the warship, which was an imaginary enemy, was reduced to pieces in the explosion.
A group of people were shocked by the tremendous power of the explosion, and no one spoke for a long timeβ
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