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March 6, Republic 2781 (1940), Mozambique Channel.

March in Mozambique is much warmer than in Japan, with an average daily temperature of 22-30 degrees Celsius, which is similar to May and June on the four islands of Japan. However, there are no four seasons, only the rainy season and the dry season, which is relatively short, from April to August, and the rainy season, which is very long, from September to March.

March is the last month of the rainy season, and the rainfall begins to drop significantly, and the tropical strait scenery becomes particularly beautiful. The gray-blue sea is connected to the sky of the same color, and the floating clouds are set off in between, like a faint ink painting hanging on the horizon. But not long ago, it was broken through this beautiful picture by the breath of a golden iron horse.

More than 300 warships and hundreds of warplanes of the United States and Japan confronted each other like fighting cocks, and these represented the products of human industrial civilization, and they were murderously forcing each other, and no one was willing to retreat. The warships on both sides are about to reduce the distance to a dangerous distance of less than a kilometer, and at this distance, it is equivalent to pointing a cannon at the door of the opponent's head, and the planes on both sides are also pressing each other at close range, suppressing, and doing all kinds of dangerous actions, and many times the planes of both sides almost collided together.

It's like two members of the community who are grabbing the territory, wielding blades and sticks, waving the banner of the community, standing in two rows on the long street and staring at each other. On one side the banner is "noisy and superior", and on the other side is "Kile Death", which means "Blissful Death" and "Bliss Death"!

The lineup of ships on both sides is very strong. The Japanese navy was dispatched by the whole family, all of their ten regular aircraft carriers, four light aircraft carriers, twenty battleships, sixteen heavy cruisers, and all other heavy ships arrived. In addition, there were more than thirty light cruisers and more than eighty destroyers.

The U.S. Navy also showed no weakness, led by 16 battleships, 8 large aircraft carriers, and 10 heavy cruisers, with more than 20 light cruisers and more than 60 destroyers. While it may seem like they're a little less than the Japanese ones, be aware that that's less than half of their possessions. Half of them are in the Pacific, and their battleships are obviously in need of a new update, and the battleships are all more than sixteen inches of main guns, unlike the Japanese that have a number of fourteen-inch battleships. Well, King Kong, Fuso, Ise, that's you.

The leading big brother of the Japanese naval fleet is naturally the two newest Yamato-class battleships Yamato and Musashi, while the representatives of the United States are the four Iowa-class. By the way, both the Yamato-class and the Iowa class of the original plane are very different from the original space-time work of the same name.

The Yamato-class is better, at least the difference in appearance is not too big, except for the criticized 155mm secondary gun, which has been changed to a quadruple 40 anti-aircraft gun, the other gun positions are similar to those of the original time and space. Of course, all the 155-mm and 127-mm guns were replaced with 130-mm anti-aircraft guns and 75-mm anti-aircraft guns imported from China, both of which were equipped with VT fuzes, and other small-caliber anti-aircraft guns were also replaced with Chinese standard 40 and 20 calibers. Of course, other electronic equipment such as artillery, radar, sonar, and fire control systems, as well as subsystems such as power systems, hull steel structures, and armor steel, have all been greatly improved compared with the Yamato class in the original time and space.

For example, in terms of maximum speed, the Yamato class of the original plane has a power of 18 because of the use of a gas turbine system. 80,000 kilowatts (25. 20,000 shaft horsepower), the maximum speed will reach 32 knots, and it can easily keep up with the aircraft carrier formation. Moreover, the weight and space saved by the power system were used to increase the power system defense and increase the fuel load, so that its endurance reached 12,000 nautical miles, and this is also an all-electric propulsion battleship.

It can be said that if the Yamato-level of the original plane is against the product of the same name in the Upper Plains space-time, it is not a problem to hit two, there is no way, the fire control and the main gun, shells, armor and other aspects are too bad. In the event of an enemy aircraft, its air defense capability is at least five times higher than that of the prototype.

Although the changes to the Yamato class are large, they are mainly in the internal and various subsystems, and at least the appearance is not too different from the original. But the Iowa class is completely different, if there is a military fan who has just traveled from the original time and space, I am afraid that he will not be able to recognize this as the Iowa class.

The Iowa class of this plane has changed too much, first of all, the main gun has also been replaced with an eighteen-inch caliber, and the biggest change is in its hull. Because the Panama Canal locks on the plane were expanded and widened during World War I, from the previous 33. 53 meters wide, 12. 55 meters deep, expanded to 72 meters wide and 24 meters deep. Therefore, the United States does not have to have a headache because of the width and depth of the Panama Canal, and the Iowa class of their own plane can play as much as they want. As a result, the displacement of the original version of the Iowa class has risen to 63,000 tons, and the hull width has been enlarged to 39 meters, which is about the same as that of the Yamato-class.

The Iowa-class on the plane was also full of twists and turns, it was originally designed in the late World War I to fight against the German Bismarck-class, but later due to the early end of the war and the ravages of the Spanish flu, the construction was suspended. When the Spanish flu passed, the Navy holiday began again, and the four Iowa-class ships that had just been keeled were dismantled.

Later, two ships were sold to the Soviet Union in 1936, which were improved versions of the Iowa-class. The United States made money and gained experience, and by the end of the 1935 naval holiday, the tonnage controversy caused by the German-Austrian merger, coupled with the stimulus of the four Soviet super-battleships, made all countries reluctant to continue the Washington Treaty. So the Yankees took this opportunity to play a trick. In June 1936, they announced that they wanted to launch four Treaty-type battleships to replace the four older California-class superdreadnoughts that were over 18 years old, but in fact they were redesigned with the new Iowa-class.

On January 1, 1937, when the naval holiday officially ended, Britain feared that the Spanish Civil War would trigger a world war, so they set off a shipbuilding race to attract the attention of the major powers. The countries built in Kryptonite, and the Yankees immediately revealed their true form and announced the new Iowa class of their own construction.

In other words, in fact, the current Iowa class has been tossed for 23 years from the first design to completion, during which the drawings have been greatly changed twice, and it can be said that it is the warship with the longest construction period. But such a long time was not in vain, they had plenty of time to perfect their design, plus the USSR volunteered to be guinea pigs and practice for the United States, the design of this class of battleships was very mature and there were almost no major flaws.

The New Iowa class has nine Mark–II 18-inch 48-diameter guns, a standard displacement of 68,000 tons, a speed of 31 knots, and a cruising range of 20,000 nautical miles. The Yankees were also very satisfied with this class of battleships, believing that they were another "standard battleship" after the New York class (Fuxi class). They expected to replace all the old battleships with this one, so they planned to build a dozen, twelve!

Now these four Iowa-class ships were completed at about the same time as Japan's Yamato-class, and they are all new ships that are still undergoing sea trials and have not yet been officially commissioned. Now in order to support themselves, the two sides can't care about this so much, and those who have not served have come up.

"Damn the ghost beast of the United Kingdom!" On the bridge of the Yamato, the commander of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Keno Kurita, the commander of the Combined Fleet, looked envious and jealous, and the expression on his face was like eating a bubble of poop when he saw the four ostentatious Iowa-class ships on the other side.

"The national strength of the United States is too strong, and this is only less than half of their strength......" Admiral Yamamoto Fifty-six, the commander of the First Fleet, was also full of gloom. "However, fortunately, our aircraft carriers have the advantage......"

Unlike the original time and space, Japan's aircraft carriers are better developed than the United States, and their Xianghe class is a 40,000-ton large aircraft carrier (at that time, it called itself 35,000, playing with scales), not only the performance is better than the original time and space of the same name, but the number has reached four. And there was also a margin for modification, and immediately after the end of the treaty, they followed the example of China and put four Xianghe-class ships on the armored flight deck, and the displacement rose to 48,000 tons.

The Xianghe-level scale is not bad, but the Dafeng-level is even more ruthless, and it is completely frenzy. Originally, according to the Washington Treaty, Japan was able to build three aircraft carriers with a standard displacement of 45,000 tons, but the actual standard displacement of the Daho-class was 60,000 tons! That's more than one-third! The Japanese were very cunning in making an article on "armor." When they reported it, it was a naked aircraft carrier without any armor, and although this displacement was also exceeded, it was not much, and it did not attract much attention against the background of everyone playing with scales.

But that's not all, they built four! The fourth Chifeng was actually built in the name of a large high-speed container ship. Taking advantage of the near-expiration of the treaty, they played a sideshow and started construction in March 1936, and by the end of the treaty, the hull was half complete. At this time, no one cared, and they generously declared that we were going to convert a "container ship" into an aircraft carrier.

At present, Japan's eight large aircraft carriers, as well as four light aircraft carriers (Fengxiang, Longxiang, Linzhen, and Tsurumai), plus more advanced carrier-based aircraft, have indeed surpassed the United States in terms of air power. In addition, there is also the support of land-based aircraft from the Air Force.

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The confrontation between the naval and air forces of the United States and Japan in the Mozambique Channel has attracted the attention of the whole world. Even at this time, the European war was already a human brain and a dog's brain, and many diplomats and media personnel were sent by various countries to watch.

......The roar of the engines in the air was like a swarm of flies, and hundreds of fighters were shuttling back and forth at full speed like a swarm of flies, making all kinds of dangerous maneuvers, causing the soy sauce crowd of various countries to continue to let out exclamations from the onlookers below.

On a nearby cruise ship, it was crowded with Allied journalists, dozens of cameras were set up on the deck, and the spotlights flashed non-stop. A Times reporter said to his companion with a fluttering eyebrow. "Will the Americans fight with Japan?"

The French reporter next to him said: "It's hard to say, if the United States and Japan fight, then it will mean a head-on conflict between the two major blocs of the People's Revolutionary Union and the Western Treaty, I don't think they will be so irrational, but there may be some accidents, who can say this kind of thing?"

On another Hungarian cruise ship, a group of journalists from the Third International was also busy.

"You see, the Japanese Yamato class is almost the same as our Red Russian class. The same goes for the Iowa class in the United States, which is just as ...... as our Red Ukrainian class," a Soviet journalist said excitedly.

"It's normal to be the same, our Red Russian class and Red Ukrainian class were originally imported from them......" said his companion: "Hmph, these imperialists and revisionists should fight!"

On a Persian cruise ship, a group of Allied journalists were also talking. That's right, this time they chartered a Persian cruise ship. There is no way, now the sea lanes of the Allies are blocked, and even the coast of East Africa is blocked by the British. So they had to go overland, and when they arrived in Persia, they chartered a cruise ship. This is also safer, and the Entente does not dare to offend the Revolutionary Union at this time.

"The quality of American and Japanese pilots is good...... said a Luftwaffe officer, who also came as a journalist. Although the People's Revolutionary Federation also knew that there were many officers and technicians in this group of Allied reporters, they also pretended not to know.

"Good quality is not the most important thing, you look at the Japanese team of white-painted fighters, it's really shocking......" His companion pointed to the extremely active white fighter group in the sky.

This group of planes had just arrived, and as soon as they appeared, they frightened the Yankees and the onlookers. It's not that their technology is unbelievable, because they're all jets!

That's right, jets, the world's first mass-produced jet fighter to make a public appearance!

As soon as this group of planes appeared, it made the American planes, which were already big in Yali Mountain, engage in chicken feathers and duck blood. The shock wave generated by jet fighters flying at high speed is not comparable to that of propeller planes, and these Japanese jets have taken advantage of their performance advantages to make American planes bloody like monkeys.

This kind of cantilever lower single-wing, two-seater, twin-engine heavy fighter, its flat tail is reversed, the outer wing segment is reversed, and the water chestnut angle is distinct, creating a peculiar shape. Of course, now it is the first active fighter to appear in public, and it is not surprising that there is no comparison. In the eyes of later generations of military fans, its appearance is similar to that of the F-4 "Ghost".

This is exactly one of China's export-oriented fighters, the FC-15 "Ghost Owl" manufactured by Chengfei, which is currently only sold within the People's Revolutionary Federation, and Japan, Belarus, Persia and Turkey are the first countries to get this kind of aircraft.

At this time, a "Ghost Owl" with the number 21129 broke through and rushed head-on towards an American F4F. When the distance was less than 50 meters, it was extremely thrilling to pull up and break away.

"Fa # g # oil!" the American pilot almost scared to pee. Nima, you want to die! Before he could scold, he felt a sudden crash on the landline, and the nose of the plane fell down all at once. The hapless F4F was swept away by a powerful tail current, and the engine hit the ground running, and it went into the worst stall at once. Even more unfortunate was that it also entered a tailspin, and the pilot failed to regain control after several attempts, and finally had to parachute.

The "ghost owl" shook its wings proudly and walked away.

"Naye-chan, you're so good!" the backseat pilot couldn't help but praise loudly.

The pilot laughed proudly, and before he could speak, the headset sounded with an angry reprimand: "Second Lieutenant Takamachi, your actions just now are too dangerous!"