534 Incompetent
As the world's first real aircraft carrier, the life experience of the Furious is quite strange. At first, the Furious was designed and built as the No. 3 of the brave-class strange cruiser. This strange thing called the Thumb Cruiser is the favorite of the famous Sir Fisher.
However, the practice of World War I told the whole world that both battlecruisers and sirens were flashy things, which could not reach the height required by Old Fisher. So at that time, the Royal Navy was also very troubled by the brave-class large light cruiser. This kind of dumpling with thin skin and large filling was too delicious for the enemy, but the ships built with so much money and time cannot be thrown into the sea and rust.
Based on the principle of waste utilization, the No. 3 Ship Furious became a monk halfway. At the beginning, it retained the tail main gun, and only laid a 60-meter flight deck at the head of the ship, which was somewhat similar to the Japanese Aviation Battleship of the Ise during World War II.
However, this kind of a good method proved unsuccessful, so in November 1917, the tail gun of the Furious was also removed and transformed into a real aircraft carrier with an all-through flight deck.
In that year, the performance of the Furious was quite good. At least the data on paper was good. It could carry 20 aircraft and had a maximum speed of 31 knots. It was very good and powerful. At least it looked much stronger than the other two aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy.
For example, the Hundred-Eyed Giant, this aircraft carrier was also a half-way man. Its predecessor was a passenger ship built for an Italian company, with a maximum carrier of about twenty, but its maximum speed was only a pitiful 20 knots, which can only be said to be barely enough to operate with the battleship.
As for the Eagle, this ship was also a monk halfway through. It was originally an Admiral Latorre battleship ordered by Chile. Construction was interrupted because of World War I. It was bought by the Royal Navy in 1918 and converted into an aircraft carrier, capable of carrying 21 aircraft, with a maximum speed of 24 knots.
In other words, the three aircraft carriers owned by the Royal Navy at this time were all wild ways to become monks halfway, and the speed was as fast as a snail. It would not play much role by force together.
Of course, the most important thing is that the capacity of these three aircraft carriers is too small. The three together only have more than 60 aircraft, not as many as one aircraft carrier in World War II. However, in this year, the Royal Navy did not intend to play a full-deck attack. For the Royal Navy, the main task of these three aircraft carriers is air reconnaissance. As for the attack on maritime and land targets, the battleships and battle patrols will take charge.
In fact, this is the mission that the leaders of the Royal Navy Aviation Forces were sought by. At the beginning, the commanders of the battleships and the battle patrol did not want these three strange friends, as they thought they were in the way.
The fleet sailed southwest and bypassed the Katgat Strait, three aircraft carriers began to drive at full speed against the wind. Several carrier-based aircraft flew into the sky crookedly and flew straight towards Szczechin.
As Sir Jackson, who was just promoted to Marshal in July this year, this is the best opportunity. If he can win a beautiful victory, he will most likely become the successor of Earl Betty and may also have the chance to become the First Secretary of the Navy.
After releasing the reconnaissance aircraft fleet, he sent a very simple telegram to Earl Betty, who was waiting for news in London: "Everything is normal, prepare to attack!"
It can only be said that his telegram was sent a little too early. When the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier flew to Szczechin for reconnaissance, they were soon discovered by the keen Sukhoi. The flight-loving commander was too familiar with his plane. Just by listening to it, he knew that the planes in the sky that circled around Szczechin and his airport were not his own.
Sukhoi rushed into the cabin almost danced and happily drove the plane to a happy air battle. But when he rushed into the sky, he realized that the enemy had come and left hurriedly.
Unwilling to lose the opportunity, Sukhoi immediately chased after him, and this pursuit lasted hundreds of kilometers. When he followed the cunning enemy planes to break through the clouds, he was instantly shocked. There was a powerful fleet on the blue sea below.
“1,2,3,4,5…”
Just counting Sukhoi, he found more than 6 powerful battleships. As for other small cruisers and destroyers, there were so many that they could not go there, and they could not count them.
At that moment, Sukhoi's hands trembled a little. He almost trembled and pulled the rod up again. After rolling a few times, he hid in the thick clouds.
There was no way, he had to hide because he noticed that the enemy planes were slowly descending, and the three flat-deck aircraft carriers were too conspicuous in the fleet. If he took action rashly, a large number of enemy planes would take off and beat him up in minutes.
Although Sukhoi was a little crazy, he was not without brains. He only had one commander, and he could kill him with a sea of people. And compared with the honor of shooting down one or two enemy planes, destroying a fleet is much larger.
So Sukhoi chose the most correct approach, and after recording the location and direction of the enemy ships, he quickly ran away, and hurriedly went home and informed the superior of this discovery.
Some comrades may ask, why didn't Sukhoi send a telegram directly? Isn't this safer? Unfortunately, Sukhoi's car has no radio, so he can't send a newspaper at all. And even if there is a radio station, Sukhoi will not use it. He doesn't know how to send a newspaper, and it is impossible to send a newspaper while operating the plane.
Fortunately, God was so powerful that Sukhoi returned smoothly. When Li Xiaofeng heard that the ever-powerful Allied fleet appeared in the Danish waters, he was also surprised.
Although a certain immortal knew that the Royal Navy would not give up and would sooner or later come to avenge the last time's revenge. But he did not expect that it would come so quickly and decisively, and even the aircraft carrier was dispatched. Is he trying to play hard?
Of course, this is impossible. The three aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy have at most 60 aircraft, which is not enough to be stuck in the gaps. Even if they are all torpedoes and bombers, they can't do anything. The key point is probably those battleships and battle patrols. The British and Americans probably want to use conventional means to solve the problem.
The British and Americans are conservative. It does not mean that Li Xiaofeng is also conservative. After the last sneak attack on Kiel, he had confidence in Sukhoi's aviation force. And this time, Sukhoi accidentally broke the enemy's plan, so there is no reason not to teach the British and Americans a lesson!
"Why is the aviation force taking the lead again? Our Red Flag Baltic Fleet has been training for several months. It is time for our Red Flag Baltic Fleet to eat some meat, right?"
When Li Xiaofeng was preparing to hand over the mission to Sukhoi's aviation force again, Basilev couldn't stand it anymore. As a particularly enterprising and attacking naval general, he had enough to sit aside and stare at the show. He was eager to fight with the British and Americans to prove that the Russian navy did not have to be bad at all.
This made Li Xiaofeng a little embarrassed. From the perspective of historical development, aviation is the king. Surface ships will largely act as bodyguards for cover and cooperation in the future. Naval warfare will focus on the air force, and it is almost impossible to fight a traditional artillery battle like Basilev.
But Li Xiaofeng cannot refuse toughly. This hurts the old man's feelings too much. Moreover, the Red Flag Baltic Fleet has been practicing for so long, but it is better not to go on stage?
So he can only say this: "First the air force will carry out an air strike, do your best to weaken the enemy, and then your fleet will make the final deadly blow!"
This reply satisfies Basilev. In his opinion, this is the right way. Is it really the right way? Let's say that, it's still true! It is unrealistic to expect Sukhoi's young man to be as powerful as the aviation force on the Pacific battlefield in World War II. Although the air strikes on Kiel had achieved good results before, it was more unexpected. In fact, the bombing effect was very average, at least neither the aviation bomb nor the torpedo did sink any of the main ships. What really sank the enemy's main ship was actually magnetic bottom thunder.
In other words, the results of the bombing were eliminated from the results of magnetic mines were very average. Needless to mention the aviation bombs, there were almost no one in one. The aviation torpedoes were also super lightweight because the aircraft's loading capacity was too low in the past few years, and it was difficult to sink the enemy ships.
Therefore, it is hard to say how much effect Sukhoi can achieve this attack, because this time it is not a fixed target. Facing a fleet maneuvering on the sea, the hit rate of torpedoes or bombs will probably be lower. To put it bluntly, Sukhoi can only harass the enemy more, and it is almost impossible to use aviation troops to solve the problem. To put it bluntly, a certain immortal is just preparing to allow aviation troops to accumulate experience.
Of course, Li Xiaofeng would not tell Sukhoi clearly that he was not optimistic about him, which would be too harmful to morale. On the contrary, he kept cheering Sukhoi and encouraged him to achieve the best air strike effect.
Sukhoi was also ready to go. Based on his experience last time, he adjusted the aircraft's configuration and imitated the British azalea torpedo aircraft will become the main force. This kind of torpedo aircraft with a maximum speed of 170 kilometers and a range of 540 kilometers can be carried by a 450-kilometer torpedo.
According to the experience of the last air strike against Kiel, horizontal bombing and dive bombing were really not powerful, so this time Sukhoi pressed Bao on the torpedo attack. He threw 60 Dujuans into one breath and rushed towards the enemy's fleet under the cover of 28 Ford fighters.
Of course, this is just the first wave of attack, while the second wave of attack consists of the slow-speed Lenin One, 20 Lenin One and 10 Fords are responsible for attacking the "Skip Fish". Of course, this is just Sukhoi's own optimistic estimate.
In the early morning of October 10, the first attack wave and the second attack wave set sail smoothly. According to the reconnaissance results, the enemy fleet had arrived at the northern end of Lüen Island, about 100 kilometers away from Szczechin, which was exactly within the effective combat radius of the torpedo aircraft. Du Juan could finally carry 18-inch torpedoes weighing 450 kilograms to launch an attack, rather than in order to ensure the range before, in order to ensure the range, he could only carry a 150 kilograms of special aerial torpedo to be equipped with a 13-inch special aerial torpedo to be equipped with.
Sukhoi is full of confidence in this attack, and he is ready to gain an unprecedented victory. Of course, Basilev is also prepared. In order to meet this challenge, his fleet is dispatched. As long as the moving fearless and former fearless are all brought to the battlefield, his fleet is ready to fight the enemy's southern end. When Sukhoi completes the attack, his fleet will encircle the enemy's fleet's rear path and use the method of closing the door and fighting dogs to solve the enemy.
The battle of sea and air began. The first thing that appeared was the battle between planes. Marshal Jackson ordered the plane to be released for air reconnaissance before entering the battle. The aircraft hit the fighter fleet that Sukhoi escorted the torpedo planes. After an encounter, two of the four Royal Navy cuckoo torpedo planes were shot down, and the other two turned around and ran away when they saw that the situation was not good.
Sukhoi naturally chased after him. His fighter fleet completely forgot his mission, rushed towards the enemy planes in a swarm, abandoning the torpedo fleet behind him. He really said that Sukhoi was lucky. Fortunately, this was still the exploration period of aviation operations, and everyone's problems were piles, otherwise the torpedo plane that lost the escort of the fighter would be happily hunted by the enemy planes.
When Sukhoi's torpedo fleet flew over Marshal Jackson's fleet, Sukhoi's fighter fleet was fighting dogs with the Camel fighter jets released from the Furious, Hundred-Eyed Giant and Eagle aircraft carriers. A large group of fighters stuffed the mid-to-high altitudes, and both sides kept tangling and biting their tails. From time to time, fighters dragged their smokey tails into the sea.
However, all this has nothing to do with the torpedo aircraft. They were already moving at a low altitude. Under the leadership of the long aircraft, the cuckoos aimed at the target and entered the attack route one by one.
Kekolin, a veteran who participated in this operation, recalled: "As the flying top in the regiment, I led a comrade in a small team to aim at a big guy. This is definitely a battleship! It has an amazing seven turrets. A battleship with such a strong firepower should be the main force of the enemy, so I rushed towards him as soon as I pushed the joystick!"
When recalling this experience, Kokolin blushed because he knew that he had made a mistake at this time. As the son of a farmer, Kokolin almost didn't know a lot of words. He was selected to enter the Air Force because of his good health. He should not have too high requirements for such a soldier. It would be great that he could tell the difference between a battleship and a cruiser.
But for the Ajinkul on the battlefield, this was an absolute tragedy. She probably never expected that she would be targeted because of the conspicuous seven turrets. To be honest, she was a very fragile warship. In the words of the British, "A torpedo can sink it!"
Kokolin first entered the attack route. This uneducated soldier had good flight skills. He took the middle mast of the Agincour as a reference and flew straight towards the center line of the Agincourt. He did not drop the torpedo until the distance of 800 meters. As the plane lightened, the cuckoo suddenly jumped up, and Kokolin took advantage of the opportunity to leave the attack route beautifully.
After Cocolin dropped the bomb, three wingmen following him also dropped bombs, and four torpedoes rushed towards Ajinkurt not far away like relay. With a loud bang, the first torpedo dropped by Cocolin accurately hit the near the "Saturday" turret. Cocolin, who was sitting in the cabin at that time, seemed to feel the Ajinkurt trembling.
Unfortunately, the comrades who followed Kokolin's attack were not so lucky. The torpedo of the No. 2 aircraft had problems with its torpedo, so they passed directly through the bottom of the ship of Ajinkul. The torpedo of the No. 3 aircraft was detonated by the wake when it rubbed against the tail of the Ajinkul. The No. 4 torpedo directly off the target.
However, even if Ajinkul escaped the attack of the three torpedoes behind, Kokolin's torpedo hit the near the rear ammunition depot. With the help of water, the thunder head, which had a charge of 145 kg, instantly spread out Ajinkul's already weak armor. A large amount of sea water poured in. Ajinkul quickly began to tilt to the port side and his speed immediately dropped.
But these are not the most deadly. What's more deadly is that the No. 3 thunder detonated by the wake blew up some of the servo, and the Ajinkul's steering became very difficult. In Kokolin's words, "The next big guy can only go around the sea!"
After Cocolin started a good start, the remaining torpedo planes also found the target and launched an attack. Torpedoes dragged their long trails to greet Jackson's fleet. Explosions came one after another. In just a dozen minutes, the Iron Duke, North Dakota and the Hundred-Man Captain were all attacked, and the situation seemed to be very bad!
However, after the torpedo plane dropped bombs, Sukhoi frowned. The attack effect was far from what expected. Most of the torpedo planes dropped in a hurry and were far from the target. Some of the torpedoes were even directly sinking to the bottom after being dropped. Moreover, even the four battleships that were hit were not very seriously injured. Except for the Ajinkur, it seemed particularly miserable because of its fragile structure, the other three battleships quickly restored their balance through reverse water injection and other means.
This result made Sukhoi feel halfway through his waist. The torpedo attack with high hopes proved to be just a tickling. The combat power of this powerful fleet has basically been maintained by 80%. For the Red Flag Baltic Fleet, this 80% of its combat power is a natural barrier!
Let me put it this way, the British and American combined fleet with 80% combat power is enough to beat Basilev. Anyway, Sukhoi is not optimistic about Basilev's ability to deal with the remaining enemies. At this time, he is considering whether to notify Li Xiaofeng and ask him to order Basilev to cancel the subsequent actions. At this moment, a scene that Sukhoi had never imagined happened... (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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