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The Third Empire - Chapter 884

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:42:28 AM


Chapter 884: 884

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The advantage of submarines is that they are underwater, not on the sea. Even if submarines have more anti-aircraft guns, they will be beaten in the face of aircraft.

Ten thousand ton warships, equipped with so many anti-aircraft guns and so thick armor, still have to kneel in front of dive bombers, let alone submarines.

Ghost bastard made his right choice. Can't fight or run?

Unfortunately, he was more confirmed by others when he ran away.

"They're going to dive! Where are our reinforcements? " Chris asked.

They have no anti submarine weapons. Now, the other party can sneak into the sea and run away at any time. With the extension of time, the more they want to find it, the harder it is.

"Call Taylor, call Taylor, the target submarine has dived and is preparing to slip away!" Schroeder in the back cabin shouted to the radio.

Soon, an echo came from the radio: "please keep searching. Lexington has taken off and the support plane is about to arrive!"

Because German submarines haunted the Pacific Ocean, threatening the hegemony of the United States in the Pacific Ocean, the United States dispatched a large number of navies to find the German submarines on the seabed.

At this time, the Lexington aircraft carrier formation sailed just near Chris's sea area, but only more than 100 nautical miles. After receiving the alarm, the Lexington immediately began emergency operations.

Lexington, an early American aircraft carrier, is similar to the British aircraft carrier. It was refitted from battleships.

In January 1921, it started as a Battlecruiser, but according to the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, the construction of the "Lexington" class battlecruisers of the U.S. Navy was stopped. The U.S. Navy decided to convert the "Lexington" and "Saratoga" with the greatest progress into aircraft carriers CV-2 and cv-3.

It was launched in October 1925 and officially commissioned in December 1927.

This is a large aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of more than 36000 tons, which is ahead of the rest of the world.

The 271m long flight deck looks very wide. At this time, at the rear of the deck, SBD fearless dive bombers are rapidly preparing for departure.

The greatest strength of the aircraft carrier is the carrier based aircraft, which needs to be replaced according to the attack mission.

For example, if it is an air defense mission, it requires fighters, attack missions, bombers, and attack surface fleets and attack submarines are different bombs.

It is impossible to park all the planes on the deck, let alone place the required bombs. In short, deck operation is a very serious and challenging subject. Only after years of operation can efficiency be improved.

Fortunately, there is no big problem now.

The U.S. Navy originally carried out anti submarine operations. On their deck, dive bombers were placed, and the bombers were loaded with anti submarine deep bombs.

As a professional bomber, the fearless aircraft is mainly armed with a heavy bomb of no more than 1600 pounds hanging below the center line of the fuselage and a 100 pound bomb or deep-water bomb under each wing. Now, all of them are deep-water bombs.

Now, after receiving the news of the discovery of the submarine, they set out immediately.

"Headwind, full speed, ready to fly the carrier aircraft!" Captain Colonel Sherman gave orders.

The huge warship drew an arc on the sea. The warship made a 30 degree turn and began to accelerate against the wind.

In the middle of the starboard side of the ship, the thick chimney kept emitting black smoke, and the boiler was burning violently. Five minutes later, the main engine reached the maximum power of 180000 horsepower, and the warship of more than 30000 tons sprinted to 33 knots.

Take off!

On the deck of the carrier, a fearless bomber accelerated forward against the shaking deck centerline.

The 1000 horsepower Wright xr-1820-32 "cyclone" engine drives the three blade variable pitch propeller to produce the maximum thrust. Under the upwind of the deck, it accelerates and accelerates rapidly to the front. Before reaching the front of the deck, the pilot pulls the operating lever and the bomber rises from the deck!

The big deep-water bomb under the belly of the aircraft looked extremely dazzling.

One after another, the Yorktown did not keep it, and released all the 26 SBD bombers it carried!

No one knows that the conflict between the US Navy and the island Navy began with this incident. There was no deep hatred between the two sides. A small misunderstanding actually brewed a huge conflict.

All this can only be attributed to God's arrangement.

When competing for the shipborne bomber contract, Northrop aimed at the layout of the monoplane, believing that although this kind of aircraft has poor low-speed capability, it is definitely the trend in the future.

As a result, they bet right.

The biggest advantage of a single wing is its fast flight speed. Even if it belongs to a bomber, it can fly at a speed of 400 kilometers per hour. As an aviation weapon, it has always been developing towards higher and faster.

The fleet of fearless bombers quickly flew towards the target sea area and soon joined the lonely water reconnaissance aircraft.

"The target disappeared 15 minutes ago. Even if they use the maximum underwater speed, they can only sail a few nautical miles. I suggest a dense bombing here." Chris was on the radio and contacted the incoming fleet.

The submarine is not fast underwater. According to their existing knowledge, that is, the speed of five or six knots, so the other party must still be underwater here!

"Yes, all bombers, pay attention, throw 100 pounds of deep-water bombs in order!"

26 bombers formed a large square formation in the air, five in each row, and the long aircraft cruised at a high altitude.

They flew smoothly over the target.

"First row, put it!"

"Second row, put it!"

With the command of the captain, the bomber carried out a round of carpet bombing, successfully covering half of the sea area!

Then, turn around in the airspace ahead and cover the other half of the airspace!

Generally speaking, when a plane throws a deep bomb, it doesn't hang its strings until it is confirmed that the other party is below. Now, this carpet covering throwing is more like the practice of surface ships.

"Poop!" The first deep bomb fell into the water.

Round waves spread out on the sea. At the same time, the sound splashed into the water is also spreading in all directions with the spread of the waves. Sea water is a good medium for sound and can spread far away.

The last thing submarine soldiers want to hear is this sound.




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