The carrier-based aircraft developed by the Daheng Empire were specifically developed for aircraft carrier take-off and landing from the beginning, with more emphasis on short-distance take-off and landing, that is, flight performance at low airspeed.
The carrier-based aircraft attached to the Fairy-class aircraft carrier fall into this category.
In January of the 26th year of Qian Sheng's reign, the Fairy aircraft carrier completed its final trial voyage, was incorporated into the First Aircraft Carrier Division, and carried the First Carrier Air Wing, which had begun training long ago.
The First Carrier Air Wing previously conducted training at ground bases and on the modified Bonin experimental aircraft carrier.
They are currently equipped with three major types of ships: carrier-based fighters, carrier-based torpedo planes, and carrier-based bombers.
Among them, the Tianyi-type carrier-based fighter adopts a staggered bi-wing design, with a maximum speed of 220 kilometers per hour and a range of 600 kilometers. It is worth noting that the low-altitude and low-speed performance of this class is very outstanding. When circling, It performed well on key data such as climb rate.
As for the Type A-3 carrier-based torpedo aircraft, this torpedo aircraft adopts a two-seat, double-wing layout, has a speed of 200 kilometers per hour, and a endurance of 650 kilometers. Its biggest feature is its large load capacity, and its take-off weight can reach It can carry a special aviation torpedo with a caliber of 450 mm, or two 250 kg aviation bombs at the same time.
There is also a Skystar bomber, but its performance is relatively average. Its speed and load capacity can only be used for horizontal bombing. However, the A-3 torpedo aircraft can actually be used for horizontal bombing, and its performance is even better...
Therefore, this kind of Tianxing carrier-based horizontal bomber cannot be used at present. During carrier-based aircraft training, this aircraft is often simply used as a reconnaissance aircraft and personnel transport aircraft. After all, this thing has better endurance. , the cruising range can be 800 kilometers.
The aircraft assigned to the First Carrier Air Wing are all new carrier-based aircraft that were put into service by the Daheng Empire in the winter of the twenty-fifth year of Qian Sheng. After several months of training, they were officially deployed in Qian Sheng. In January of the 26th year, they stationed themselves on the aircraft carrier HMS Fairy and conducted follow-up training.
Just two months later, the aircraft carrier Celestial's sister ship, the aircraft carrier Tenjin, also entered service.
In June of the 26th year of Qian Sheng's reign, the third aircraft carrier Goddess was put into service, and the following month the fourth Daheng-class battleship Songping was put into service.
In the past few months, the third ship of the Daheng-class battleship Wu He has been put into service.
A new generation of Dongcheng-class battlecruisers equipped with 400mm naval guns and whose displacement is no worse than that of Daheng-class battleships, Dongcheng and Xicheng, have also officially entered service.
In July of the 26th year of Qian Sheng, after working day and night, the Daheng Empire successfully commissioned four Daheng-class battleships, two Dongcheng-class battlecruisers, and four Fairy-class aircraft carriers.
In addition, three 15,000-ton large/heavy cruisers and six 8,000-ton fleet-type light cruisers were newly commissioned.
As for the light cruisers or reconnaissance cruisers between 3,000 tons and 5,000 tons, more than 20 small cruisers were used as the flagship of the destroyer squadron, and several models of destroyers with more than 1,000 tons were built and put into service at once. More than sixty ships...
After the outbreak of the Andorian naval battle, the Daheng Empire almost built an entire large-scale fleet in just over a year, and its strength was greater than the entire existing navy of the Kokel Empire.
After a large number of new battleships were revealed, and the empire's intelligence department also learned that the Kruls' 40,000-ton battleships are expected to be put into service next year.
In order to get a head start before the Kruls' 40,000-ton battleships enter large-scale service, the Daheng Empire is no longer prepared to wait any longer.
In August of the twenty-sixth year of Qian Sheng's reign, Emperor Lin Ziran of the Daheng Empire held a top-secret imperial strategy meeting in the Jingzhou Mirror Palace of the Daheng Empire.
The various ministers and co-organizing ministers intensively discussed issues such as launching a second-largest strategic offensive, declaring a full-scale war on the Kingdom of Krul, and whether to join a military alliance with the Kokel Empire.
After a secret strategic meeting that lasted three days, Lin Ziran finally formally signed the plan to declare a full-scale war on the Kingdom of Krul.
However, the Daheng Empire did not choose to directly join the military alliance led by the three kingdoms of Kekel, Oran, and Garfia Empire. Instead, they sent people to contact them so that they could appropriately adopt a joint combat model.
This is mainly due to the fact that once the Krul Kingdom and the Varia Empire are defeated in the future, the Kekel Empire will be the dominant force on the Western Continent. It is also to prevent the Garfia Empire from dominating the southwest continent and controlling the straits.
Therefore, they fight theirs, while the Daheng Empire fights its own, and just coordinate operations on specific battlefields.
And in order to ensure the interests of the Daheng Empire, the Daheng Empire will not rule out the possibility of continuing to declare war on the Three Kingdoms Alliance of the Kekel Empire when necessary...
To put it bluntly, in the hearts of this group of Daheng people, the Kruls are enemies, but countries such as the Kyle Empire are also potential enemies.
In the future, we will need to fight one by one...
On this blue star, only Daheng people can have such arrogant ideas inexplicably.
It is not important to declare war, form alliances, etc. What is important is to plan a large-scale naval battle, taking advantage of the performance and numerical advantages of the navy's new warships, before a large number of new super battleships are put into service in the Kingdom of Krul. advantage and seize control of the sea.
At the very least, the war at sea must be brought to the coast of the Krul Kingdom itself.
For this reason, after finalizing the plan for a full-scale war, the Naval Staff also took out the battle plan that had been prepared for a long time.
The core of this combat plan, codenamed with the number '18', is to attempt to capture the East Pole Island, create opportunities to severely damage or even annihilate the main fleet of the Krul Kingdom's navy, and then seize control of the sea.
Dongji Island and its islands are located between the Central Continent and Kingdom Island.
To the west of Dongji Island is the Donghai Islands of the Daheng Empire, and to the east of Dongji Island is Kingdom Island, which is about two thousand kilometers away.
This island is actually very large, but the terrain is very complex. The central and northern parts of the island are covered with high mountains and are close to the cold current, which is not suitable for human survival.
Only some coastal areas in the south have a small number of flat plains.
The southern coastal area of Dongji Island is the main gathering place of the Krull Kingdom on this island, and a coastal port has been built.
Several coastal ports in the southern part of Dongji Island are actually coastal ports on the traditional northern route of the Endless Sea.
At the same time, the southern area of the island is also where the large-scale military base of the Kingdom of Krul is located.
The frontline areas between the Daheng Empire and the Krul Kingdom are actually the East Pole Island controlled by the Krul Kingdom and the East China Sea Islands controlled by Daheng.
In the past year, the two sides have conducted frequent maritime operations in this sea area.
Now if the Daheng Empire can capture Dongji Island, it can burn the front line directly to Kingdom Island. At the end, it can burn the front line to the mainland coast of Kingdom Island and attack their coastal routes.
If the Kingdom of Krul does not want to be hit even if it lands on the mainland, then they must reinforce Dongji Island, especially their main fleet must attack. Otherwise, it is just a Dongji Island, even a few military personnel on the island.
No matter how strong the base, fortress and fortress are, they cannot withstand the fierce attack of the Daheng people.
Once the main force of the Krul Kingdom's navy attacks to intercept the Daheng Empire's transport fleet, the Daheng Empire's navy will take the opportunity to launch a decisive fleet battle, severely damaging or even annihilating the enemy's main fleet, and then seize control of the sea.
Seizing control of the sea is the core strategic goal of the Daheng Empire in the early stage.