Chapter 90 Skyfire
About an hour and a half ago.
Although the aircraft commander who was performing the attack mission sent a message to discover Liang Xia's Navy's special mixed fleet, the attack operation was also very successful, and the "Hengjiang" and "Linghe" that sink the Second Air Special Mixed Fleet, no one was happy from Lanyun.
It’s not that the “Longjiang” and “Mohe” of the First Aviation Special Mixed Fleet have not been found.
At that time, the search operation was not over yet, and according to the report sent by the attack aircraft group, the First Aviation Special Mixed Fleet must be nearby, otherwise there would not be so many air defense fighters. Therefore, even Tashi believed that it was only a matter of time to find the First Aviation Special Mixed Fleet.
The key is actually the second wave of attacks that are about to arrive!
Tian Shi's judgment was correct. The special gang fleet did not give up and immediately launched a second round of attacks. As for why it did not arrive in time, perhaps it was because the organization was delayed for some time, and the delayed time did not have much impact on the attack.
The problem facing the mobile fleet is very simple: air defense fighters are seriously insufficient!
Two waves of raids were launched at Chengjiang Port, and the previous air defense operations also provided escort protection for the attack aircraft group, leaving less than forty fighters remaining. What's more, half of the forty fighters were parked on the aircraft carriers and needed to be refueled and reloaded. Even the fighters patrolling the air had eight zeros from two teams who had to return to the aircraft carrier to refuel within an hour.
In other words, there were only a total of ten fights in the air with enough combat effectiveness in the total battle!
Relying on these ten zero battles to fight hundreds of bombers and attack aircraft!?
But, what else can it be done?
In desperation, Lan Yun could only follow Tian Shi's suggestion to let the three aircraft carriers sail against the wind and send all the carrier-based aircraft that could take off.
These include many 99 ship explosions.
The main thing is that the 99 ship exploded has two heading machine guns. Although the speed is much slower than fighter jets and is not very agile, it can be used as fighter jets at critical moments. Even if you are not qualified to fight with the "Typhoon", you can still deal with the same bulky bombers and torpedoes.
As for Zero War, as long as you can take off, you have to fly.
When making this arrangement, Tian Shi had already given up the second wave of attacks, because no matter what, it was impossible to let the carrier-based aircraft that had already been launched back before dark, complete the preparations for the attack, and fly hundreds of kilometers away before sunset to launch an attack.
Of course, giving up is a wise move.
If the second wave of attack by the special mixed fleet was not resisted, the mobile fleet was severely damaged, especially the aircraft carrier, what would it take to launch the second round of attack?
But the time is still too short.
When the first batch of enemy planes arrived, only some 99 ships were deployed to explode, and the crucial zero battle was still parked on the flight deck.
The worst thing is that the fighter jets were the first to be killed!
There are only nine in total, but they are quite deadly.
The pilots of these fighter jets are definitely not ready to return to the special mixed fleet, because they are sprinting at the fastest speed before being intercepted by zero war!
The key is that the flight altitude is above 7,000 meters.
What is this for?
Think of yourself as a dive bomber!?
Obviously not!
The nine "Typhoon" fighters were divided into four formations, launching attacks on the four aircraft carriers, and launching attacks in dive.
These fighters have no bombs, but have several heavy machine guns.
When diving down, you are firing the aircraft carrier with a machine gun!
The key is that we are aiming at the island, nor the anti-aircraft guns on the side, but the flight deck with zero battle!
The intention is also very clear. Destroying those Zero Wars that have not yet taken off will at least prevent Zero Wars from taking off.
This kind of desperate fighting style is really unrestrained. The anti-aircraft gunners on several aircraft carriers did not react, or felt unbelievable.
The fighter jets that dive from high altitude in the whistling sound and are dotted by tracer bombs are like descending sky fire.
No matter how strong zero battle is, it doesn’t fly, it’s a piece of scrap iron.
Even when flying up and diving, Zero War was not as good as the bulky "Typhoon" fighter.
Not talking about others, even Tian Shi was sighing.
Liang Xia Navy's pilot has too strong learning ability and very keen observation skills. He can understand the performance defects of Zero War in just a few battles.
Zero War is a very agile fighter that can be said to be a very agile fighter.
However, to achieve flexible maneuverability, we rely on weight loss.
The reason is also very simple. The engine's power is too low and it needs to meet the speed indicator. You can only work hard on weight, that is, try your best to reduce weight.
In fact, the gap between the Nayi Empire and other powerful countries in terms of engines is very huge.
If it weren't for the help provided by the Newland Federation and the Kingdom of Bran that solved several key issues of air-cooled engines, the Navy was still using the 96 ships to fight. The Third Air Force did not participate in this combat operation because the two small aircraft carriers did not change the zero battle.
The impact of light weight is that it has low inertia, poor vertical maneuverability, and it is difficult to get faster dive speed!
It is not that it cannot be fast, but it becomes difficult to control after getting faster, so the speed must be strictly limited when diving. The main reason is that the too low structural strength reduces the reliability of Zero War in complex environments, and even vicious accidents of disintegration in the air occurred during test flights.
This principle is actually different from the falling speed of stones and feathers in the air, and feathers are more susceptible to wind.
The key is that due to poor dive performance, it is necessary to deal with torpedo aircraft that penetrate from low altitudes. Therefore, the flight altitude of Zero Warfare is generally below 5,000 meters when performing air defense patrol missions. If you prepare in advance, the altitude will even be further reduced to 3,000 meters.
Obviously, those "Typhoon" pilots discovered this flaw in Zero War.
Compared with Zero War, the "typhoon" is much heavier. Even if the level flight speed is not much faster than Zero War, it can still achieve a speed beyond the reach of Zero War by diving.
The result is that before the zero war in charge of peripheral air defense has been played, it has entered the internal air defense operation stage.
Although only three "typhoons" escaped by chance in the face of dense anti-aircraft artillery fire, and the others were shot down during dives and dives, under the interference of these "typhoons", the three aircraft carriers were unable to release a fighter jet, and more than a dozen Zero Battles parked on the flight deck were destroyed.
In addition, all zero battles in the air were attracted.
Although the staff responsible for air defense operations made timely adjustments to allow fighters in the air to expand their search range and find and intercept bombers and attack aircraft that are about to be killed, in the chaos, the order could not be passed at all, and the attack aircraft group of the special mixed fleet had arrived.
In the next fifteen minutes, from ten to two twenty-five minutes, the mobile fleet suffered a catastrophe.
In just fifteen minutes, not only completely erased the advantages of sinking the Hengjiang and Linghe, but also reversed the comparison of troops between the two sides.
In Tian Shi's words, if time can be reversed, he is willing to exchange the rest of his life for these fifteen minutes.
In fact, no officer or soldier of the mobile fleet believes that a strategic sea and air battle will determine the outcome in just fifteen minutes.
Chapter completed!