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The Third Empire - Chapter 1085

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:37:29 AM


Chapter 1085: 1085

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Why can't battleships withdraw from the stage of history in World War II? Because the carrier based aircraft still has many disadvantages, such as no night landing ability, poor sea observation ability, weak response ability and so on.

Of course, in the case of long-distance exchange of fire, shipborne aircraft has considerable advantages, such as now.

If there were no carrier based aircraft, the fleets of both sides could not attack each other hundreds of kilometers away.

The carrier aircraft of the island country rushed towards the position of the American aircraft carrier, but they didn't find the target. The water vapor on the sea makes it difficult for them to observe. They don't know that their side has missed the aircraft carrier formation of the United States!

They almost flew less than five kilometers from the U.S. aircraft carrier formation, but missed the opportunity and didn't see it!

Captain Sakamoto took his fleet and continued to fly for nearly 100 kilometers, but he still didn't find anything!

"Drop the bomb and return!" Captain Sakamoto's tone was very helpless. He pressed the weapon release button, and the valuable bomb imported from Germany was directly thrown into the sea.

Now, Stuka is much easier.

Behind the formation, kohara's eyes were a little confused.

The long flight has made his head a little dizzy. Now, he opened the cockpit cover and let the fresh air into the cockpit, which makes his brain a little sober. He knows that he can't sleep. There are companions behind him. He must fly the plane and fly back again!

Around, it has begun to turn dark.

I don't know how long it took to fly. Kohara's eyes suddenly lit up. There were flashing lights on the sea below, indicating the direction of the deck. It turned out that unknowingly, his side had flown to the fleet!

So he pushed his lever and entered the glide route. At the same time, he twisted the radio frequency knob to adjust the frequency of talking with the deck.

"Ruihe, Ruihe, 013 request landing, 013 request landing."

Somehow, there was no reply from the headset. No matter what he did, he landed first. Besides, this kind of landing in the dark is quite painful. If you can't accurately touch the ship, it will greatly increase people's psychological pressure, and it will be more difficult for the second time.

The lights were bright on the York City.

The personnel on the deck are preparing nervously. Today's contact has made them aware that the battle with the island countries will break out at any time. They must make all preparations and release the aircraft group at any time.

Now, I am busy, and the sound of the plane can be heard in the distance.

All our shipborne aircraft have been recycled. What aircraft are flying now?

On one side of the back deck, on the platform below, anti-aircraft gunner Lockhart looked nervously at the sky. Then, from the dark night sky, a plane with inverted seagull wings suddenly came out.

"Stuka, it's Stuka!" Lockhart shouted, immediately shook his anti-aircraft gun high and low, and then stepped on the launcher.

"Bang, bang!" The shells of the anti-aircraft gun flew into the sky one by one, and a tracer bullet was mixed in several shells. He continued to adjust the elevation of his anti-aircraft gun while firing according to the ballistic instructions.

"Boom!" In the sky, the Stuka bomber was hit! The 40mm high explosive bomb turned the bomber into a fireball in the sky!

Successfully hit a target!

On the aircraft carrier, the air defense alarm sounded. Are the islanders crazy? Bombing your side at night?

However, unlike the bomber that flew in, it didn't carry a bomb at all, nor did it dive down to bomb. From the other party's flight trajectory, it seemed to be ready to land!

The U.S. Navy didn't know what had happened. It saw several Stuka planes behind them. They all rushed up and got into the dark night sky. The fleet's anti-aircraft guns were firing indiscriminately around, and there were no more results.

In the bridge, rear admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, the commander of the aircraft carrier formation, received the report. His brain was thinking quickly that these aircraft must have come to bomb their own side, but they didn't find the target. Instead, they regarded their own aircraft carrier as their carrier.

What does this mean? The island Navy aircraft carrier is nearby! Therefore, tomorrow, a fierce duel between aircraft carriers will break out!

……

Henschel, Germany.

Ernst Henkel, one of the most famous aircraft designers in Germany, is now reporting to the visiting head of state Chirac and his party.

"According to the opinions put forward by the Navy, the most important thing for aircraft carriers at sea is to find the enemy first. In this way, aircraft carriers need an advanced reconnaissance aircraft. Therefore, we have made some improvements on the basis of our own he219 night fighter." Ernst and his party have come to the factory building, where the latest fighter is entering the final assembly stage.

He219, a German night fighter, has played a great role in defending Berlin. However, it is a land-based fighter. If you want to refit it on an aircraft carrier, you have to make new improvements.

For example, the wing is folded, such as replacing the air-cooled engine, which is convenient for maintenance, such as salt proof treatment, etc.

In fact, Henschel's hs129 attack aircraft has been refitted and put on board. If it is improved on this aircraft, it is easier. However, Henschel did not do so, but chose hs219. The biggest difference between the two is the nose equipment.

As a night fighter, hs219 carries a set of radar. Now, German maritime patrol aircraft also need radar!

"In foggy weather or poor visibility at night, the pilot's visual search ability is limited, and the monotonous blue at sea is also easy to make visual fatigue. Therefore, the effect of radar detection is much better. We have specially developed a new radar for maritime investigation." Heinrich Herz, director of technology and development of Henschel, said proudly: "this is the first time we have moved the sea search radar to the sky."

According to the historical development, it is impossible to have a shipborne early warning aircraft in this era. That kind of technical difficulty can not be developed in this era. Even Chirac's crossing can not change the pace of science.

However, after all, Germany has made progress. For example, the transistor has been invented, which can greatly reduce the power consumption and improve the reliability of radar. In this way, the radar equipment originally installed on warships for sea surface observation can also be installed on aircraft. Without special exaggeration, it is a great progress to have a detection range of 40 kilometers.




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