() Just when Lieutenant General Kunz was about to enter the control tower of the bridge, the door of the command room was opened violently by the adjutant just now. The adjutant ignored Lieutenant General Kunz's slightly reckless remarks about him.
He was dissatisfied with the action, but handed over a pair of binoculars, pointed at the northern sky and said:
"Please take a look, there are planes, many planes."
"Plane???" Lieutenant General Kunz subconsciously looked in the direction where he had just noticed the abnormality. Under the strong photometry, something appeared vaguely in the sky, but he couldn't see clearly.
The general had to raise the telescope. After adjusting it a few times, he suddenly froze. After a few seconds, the lieutenant general suddenly put aside his usual gentle tone and spoke with a sound that was close to hissing and cracking his lungs.
shouted:
"Jinggong report, combat report, those are federal planes!!! The damn British lied to us, Singapore!!! Singapore!!! These are the planes that attacked Singapore!!!"
The adjutant was startled by the Lieutenant General's sudden loss of temper. He quickly opened the door and entered the command room. Just over ten seconds later, a rapid battle alarm sounded on the "Tennessee". Then, he was on duty at the combat post.
The U.S. Navy soldiers immediately began to prepare equipment and ammunition for each gun position, while the resting soldiers, like the room on fire, jumped out of the numerous hatches on the battleship and headed toward their respective battles.
Run to the location.
However, after entering the artillery position, most of the soldiers did not receive the enemy's location information from the fire control officers, and could only ask each other in confusion.
"The enemy is in the air. In the air, a large number of enemy aircraft were found in the north of the fleet. All the secondary guns of the fleet were aimed at the north of the fleet." These soldiers did not wait for the fire control officer's firing parameters, but heard the sound coming from the loudspeaker.
The fleet commander Lieutenant General Kunz shouted. After they hesitantly distinguished the southeast from the northwest,
Most of the soldiers discovered that because the fleet was traveling south and the tall command tower and superstructure blocked most of the sight, only some gun emplacements at the rear and right side of the warship could see the northern sky. And that
There was indeed a dense mass of things in the sky, like a flock of migrating geese.
"Air attack...damn...damn...!!!" In the fire control room located high on the bridge, the fire control officer and observer of the "Tennessee" kept cursing, they cao
Arbitrary fire control equipment cannot estimate the position of objects in the sky, because the orientation of objects in the sky is three-dimensional. Relying solely on optical equipment and simple balance and stabilization systems, it is impossible to determine the relative position in the air, and it is impossible to determine the opponent's speed.
and direction, and cannot provide firing parameters for gun positions on warships.
"Report, the fire control officer said that they were unable to determine the parameters of this gorilla aircraft. They were also unable to provide firing parameters for the gun position..." In the command room, a staff officer reported to the commander of the fleet, Lieutenant General Kunz.
He was talking about the news he had just received, but this news made the staff officer's breath become weaker and weaker as he spoke. In the end, he almost swallowed all the words.
"Order the fleet to increase the wartime speed and fire from all gun positions. I hope we can outrun their voyage. Did they come out of the sea? This is at least 1,000 kilometers away from the federal coast. Don't they have to return?
What?! Who can tell me where they come from!!!" Lieutenant General Kunz was completely irritated by the predicament in front of him. He roared, staring at them one by one with a pair of bloodshot eyes.
Follow every U.S. Navy admiral around you.
"Report, the captain of the USS New Mexico asked the flagship if the formation should be dispersed." Just when Lieutenant General Kunz lost his temper, the adjutant broke in again and faithfully conveyed the received information.
"Tell him...if necessary, we can choose to disperse and break out. May God bless us." Lieutenant General Kunz was stunned when he heard the adjutant's inquiry. After hesitating for more than ten seconds, he made a difficult decision.
choose.
In the naval battles of this era, dispersing and breaking through means that the main force of the fleet will break out of the enemy's siege by relying on its own strength. It also means that the weaker ships in the fleet, such as supply ships and troop carriers,
Old warships, etc., they
will be abandoned. This tactic is generally used when the battle situation is at a disadvantage and irreversible. The purpose is to reduce the losses of one's own fleet as much as possible. However, in this way, the fleet will be scattered. How many miles can it run back?
It all depends on God’s will.
"Send power to the Navy. We are 2,000 kilometers northwest of Guam and near the planned turning point. We were attacked by Federal Air Force aircraft. The number was about 70. The source is unknown. The fleet is breaking out to the south. God bless the United States." Lieutenant General Kunz.
He gave another order to the adjutant, then picked up the telescope, opened the door, walked to the open-air bridge, and looked towards the rear of the fleet.
These aircraft do belong to the Federation, specifically to the 1st and 4th Flying Wings of the Federal Naval Air Force. They are stationed on the aircraft carriers "Chikoku" and "Tawen" of the Federal Navy. In order to attack the United States
The task force achieved the goal of total annihilation. The two aircraft carriers carried the largest number of aircraft, 68 each. Although so many aircraft existed in the hangar and flight deck, they did not have much impact on takeoff.
obstacles, but it has fatal flaws for landing aircraft.
That is, after all attacks are completed, some aircraft will have to be abandoned because there is not enough space for them to land on the flight deck. In order to prevent the pilots from being harmed, more than ten aircraft that landed on the deck in the early stage will be
The angled deck of the mother ship was pushed into the sea to make room for subsequent aircraft to land.
However, in order to increase the power to attack the U.S. fleet, the Federal Navy still adopted this tactic in order to cause the greatest blow to the U.S. fleet.
On the day the U.S. fleet set off, four "Orca-class" attack submarines tracked the U.S. task force from the vicinity of Guam. Because this type of submarine has high underwater speed and a very long underwater cruising range,
Therefore, when four submarines adopt 2-for-2 rotation tracking, they can theoretically track the target continuously for more than 10,000 nautical miles, and there is no pressure on the tracking mission of only 2,000 kilometers, which is more than 1,000 nautical miles.
After the U.S. task force reached the aircraft reconnaissance range of the Federal Navy's aircraft carrier formation, the four submarines no longer used towed floating antennas to send the U.S. task force's position to the fleet, causing the U.S. fleet to think that it was out of control.
Tracking of Confederate submarines.
In fact, just when the Americans could not receive the submarine's radio, more than 3,000 meters above them, two federal navy reconnaissance aircraft were using optical auxiliary equipment to quietly stare at all the details of the fleet, and the submarine
He continued to follow them, but put away the floating antenna and periscope, and only used underwater sonar to determine the position of the fleet, which was regarded as a double insurance for the federal reconnaissance aircraft.
At 10:21, the first wave of 62 torpedo attack aircraft of the Federal Navy flew over the U.S. task force. They were divided into five attack groups according to the pre-made plan, and slowly flew to the left side of the U.S. fleet.
With its back to the sun in the southeast direction, it dropped to a height of about 100 meters when it was still 10 kilometers away from the fleet, and began to attack the five American battleships located in the middle of the fleet.
At the same time that the U.S. fleet was being attacked by aircraft, the British support fleet led by Royal Navy Marshal David Beatty in the southern Bay of Bengal, 300 kilometers west of Sumatra, was also facing the same situation.
After setting off from the Port of Colombo, David Beattie did not divide the fleet into several parts and rush at high speed like Lieutenant General Kunz. Instead, he formed a fleet of 5 battleships and 15 destroyers, with those high-speed destroyers patrolling around the battleships.
Avoid sneak attacks by federal submarines;
Another 3 battlecruisers, 10 cruisers, and 15 destroyers formed another high-speed mobile fleet. They used their speed advantage to cruise 50 nautical miles in front of the main fleet while exploring possible threats on the nearby sea.
, while moving toward the west exit of the Strait of Malacca. (To be continued. You are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendations and monthly votes.
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