Chapter 1359 The Empire’s Aircraft Carrier Battle Group (Third update, please subscribe)
Author: Xiaoyu’s Destiny
In January 1995, in the waters of Penas Bay in the South Pacific, the aircraft carriers "Jingwei" and "Jinwu" of the First Air Force of the Ming Empire Navy drew a clear arc on the sea and were about to turn their bows towards
Sea breeze blowing from the south.
The ten large and small escort ships surrounding the "Jingwei" and the "Golden Crow" are also moving closely together in the same direction.
The "Jingwei" and the "Golden Crow" are the only two aircraft carriers in the empire. They are both improved on the basis of the "Shenzhou-class" immigrant ships. Compared with warships, they are extremely cheap for civilian use.
People point their fingers.
However, thanks to the special design of the "Shenzhou-class" immigration ship, it has a straight-strip deck that is not found on any other ship. The wide and flat flight decks of the "Jingwei" and "Jinwu" are already crowded with people of all sizes.
Dozens of aircraft: These aircraft are all Imperial Navy "Sea Holly" biplanes, each carrying a long torpedo painted blue under its belly.
The entire aviation fleet quickly completed the turn, and the strong sea breeze swept through the flagship "Jingwei" and blew the signal flag on the top of the starboard island.
As the whistle sounded, the new signal flag quickly rose. The takeoff commander in yellow vests and the deck workers in blue vests were busy on the deck. The mechanics in green vests also worked hard to turn the propellers to start the engine of the aircraft.
, and after a while, the deck was filled with the roar of engines, and the propellers of the plane started to rotate roaringly.
The sea breeze and the whirlwind of the propeller swept across the flight deck, making everyone's vests bulge. Several deck workers carefully pushed the aircraft forward a short distance, and the wheels were attached to the take-off area in front of the deck.
On the yellow line, they then used skids to block the front and rear of the plane's wheels.
A takeoff director squatting on the right front of the lead aircraft against the strong wind made a gesture to the pilot in the open cockpit - he first turned his arms twice in the air, and then pointed two fingers towards his eyes. This is
Ask the pilot for engine speed.
The pilot gave a thumbs up, indicating that the speed had reached the takeoff standard. The takeoff commander also gave a thumbs up to express "understanding", then waved the signal flag in his hand and signaled "request takeoff" to the aviation bridge on the upper part of the island.
Since the plane took off for the first time on the "Yizhou", they have been groping forward based on constant running-in and training. What is the most complicated thing among them? It is not the take-off of the plane, but the deck ground staff. They
For this, we even paid the price of blood. And this is also the price of the founder.
After the whistle sounded again, the takeoff signal flag was raised on the masthead.
"Take off immediately!"
After the order was given, the takeoff service personnel suddenly pulled down the wheel chocks. In an instant, the aircraft with the Suzaku emblem painted on the wings began to glide on the wooden flight deck. It was gliding very fast. In just the blink of an eye, the pile of aluminum
The engine, wooden beams, and gadgets made of cloth and steel wires detached themselves from the deck and slowly floated into the air - in fact, when it slid out of the take-off area of only thirty meters, the fuselage was even on the bow of the ship.
The direction sank slightly, and then rose into the air again.
The lead aircraft immediately turned right after takeoff and began to circle over the mothership.
Followed closely by the second plane, the third plane, the fourth plane...
One after another, the aircraft skidded off the deck and formed a formation with the aircraft that took off first in the same manner as they circled over the mothership. The unfinished formation continued to circle around and around, waiting.
The addition of follow-up machines.
Slowly, the formations above the aircraft carrier became larger and larger, and accordingly, there were fewer and fewer aircraft on the deck.
When the last aircraft on the deck of the "Golden Crow" jumped off the runway, the takeoff commander located on the starboard side of the front end of the deck stood up and waved his arm to send a signal to the aviation bridge:
"Takeoff operation completed..."
Beside the outer railing on the aviation bridge, a lieutenant colonel with a golden bamboo staff badge on his collar pressed the pocket watch in his hand, frowned slightly, and then said:
"Twenty-one minutes and fifty-seven seconds is still too slow."
Compared with the solemnity of the staff officer, Major General Wu Anping, the commander of the Imperial Aviation First Team, looked very calm. He first observed with a telescope for a while, and then said slowly:
"According to the operation requirement, it is eighteen minutes. We will call all flight officers back and continue to study ways to save time."
"Yes, sir……"
As the commander of the first aviation team, Wu Anping is the commander of the world's first aircraft carrier battle group. At this time, he is personally leading the team's newly commissioned aircraft carriers "Jingwei" and "Jinwu" and their escort formations in
Aviation operations and carrier-based aircraft attack drills are conducted at the Penas Bay exercise range.
Compared with the huge aircraft carrier battle group in another world, this battle group is even a bit shabby. Why is it shabby?
Because except for the two aircraft carriers "Jingwei" and "Jinwu" which were converted merchant ships to standard immigration ships, even the escort ships were extremely shabby.
Two "Jincheng-class armored cruisers" that Sidley served in 18 years. This 6,500-ton armored cruiser is only equipped with four twin 150mm turrets, plus four secondary guns of the same caliber. Its main gun is only
12 150-meter naval guns. This is the standard cruiser of the Empire - mainly used to protect communication lines. In the Imperial Navy, it is not even the main force. In fact, it shows the existence of the Imperial Navy in the colonies. Even its construction standards
It is also of low standard. After all, in the Imperial Navy's war plan, he is to carry out escort missions on the sea, and he has no role in the decisive battle at sea.
Then what?
There are eight protected cruisers of about 3,000 tons to 4,500 tons. By the standards of this era, this is a typical cruise fleet, the type of colonial cruise, and it is simply not on the table.
Why is it so shabby?
Because for this era, they simply do not understand the role of aircraft carriers. Perhaps with the support of Cheng Bichen, the empire established the world's first aircraft carrier battle group, but it is obviously impossible for the empire to use precious capital ships for aircraft carrier escort.
Therefore, the current Imperial Navy's First Aviation Squadron, the world's first aircraft carrier battle group, is composed of a group of small ships that cannot stand on the stage. It is not even called a "fleet", but a "team".
In the order of the Imperial Navy, the first level is the Two Ocean Fleet, then the squadron, and then the battle group.
In other words, it... is not worth mentioning at all. This is exactly the mentality of the Navy towards him. After all, this is the era of big guns and giant ships. Everyone says that the competition is about whose armor is thicker and whose artillery caliber is larger.
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At least until they prove themselves in actual combat, this impression will not change.
However, as the captain of the team, Wu Anping was full of confidence in them.
Wu Anping, who was supporting Wu Anping in the distance with both hands, looked at the planes carrying torpedoes that seemed to be struggling, and looked at the attack formation of thirty-six planes in the sky. He couldn't help but said to himself:
"But you must come back safely..."
"With Captain Lu Lian leading the team, nothing will happen."
The lieutenant colonel staff officer on the side said confidently.
Wu Anping nodded and ordered decisively:
"Clear the deck immediately and prepare to release the second attack wave!"
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