For this Jing-27 dive bomber, the Daheng Empire Navy even specially developed a variety of different types of aerial bombs to be used in different scenarios.
Among them, the two hundred and fifty kilogram semi-armor-piercing aerial bombs are the biggest killers. These aerial bombs dropped from high altitudes have good armor-piercing capabilities, so that they can penetrate the horizontal armor on the battleship.
The Jing-27 bomber can mount a 250-kilogram aerial bomb, and can also mount two additional 30-kilogram small aerial bombs.
This bomber is extremely strong because of its aluminum alloy body. The strength of the body can withstand the pulling force of dive and leveling, and its ability to withstand anti-aircraft fire is also good.
At the same time, it adopts a single-engine, two-seat, single-wing design, as well as a series of other new technologies. The most important thing is the installation of a latest high-horsepower engine.
This allows the maximum speed of this bomber to reach more than 260 kilometers per hour.
This maximum speed is the same as the Daheng Empire’s most advanced Jing-26 fighter jet...
This also greatly shocked the generals of the Imperial Army and Navy Air Force.
At the same time, the emergence of this bomber and its good performance demonstrated in many tests have further enhanced the military's confidence in aluminum alloy aircraft manufacturing technology and monoplane technology.
Prior to this, the military's aircraft, whether in the army or navy, were biplanes or triplanes. Although some monoplanes were tested, they were not successful.
But they now find that with the continuous advancement of technology, monoplanes are becoming a reality, and once the technology is feasible, they will achieve better performance than biplanes and triplanes.
Especially for fighter jets. Therefore, whether it is the Army Air Force or the Naval Air Force, they are also quickly bidding for a new fighter jet.
The requirements put forward are very simple. The speed must reach more than 300 kilometers per hour. While reaching this speed, the maneuverability and cruising range should be guaranteed.
Based on the current technical conditions, especially the engine technology, if you want to reach a speed of more than 300 kilometers per hour, only a monoplane can do it.
And aluminum alloy must be used instead of steel to reduce the weight of the body and ensure the strength of the body.
After the military launched the trend of making metal aircraft and monoplanes, the first batch of Jing-27 dive bombers were assigned to the 8th Carrier Air Wing and served on the newly commissioned Yuegong aircraft carrier soon after.
The Fourth Mobile Fleet went to serve in the waters of Kingdom Island.
The Moon Palace aircraft carrier is the second-generation professional aircraft carrier of the Daheng Empire Navy. It is also the third ship of the Goddess-class aircraft carrier. It has a standard displacement of 23,000 tons and a maximum speed of 32 knots.
b’s huge tonnage allows this aircraft carrier to carry hundreds of aircraft currently in service, including 36 Jing-26 carrier-based fighter jets, 36 Jing-27 carrier-based dive bombers, and 18 Tian-3 torpedo aircraft.
aircraft, one transport liaison aircraft, and twelve spare aircraft.
b’s huge aircraft carrying capacity means that not only the hangar of this aircraft carrier is filled with aircraft, but the deck is also filled with aircraft. Because a large number of aircraft are piled on the deck, these aircraft are exposed to wind and rain when sailing on the sea.
It breaks easily.
If other small and medium-sized countries saw this, they would probably be scolded as prodigal...
But for the Daheng Empire, this is nothing.
There isn't much else in the Daheng Empire, except that it has a lot of planes. If it breaks down, just replace it with a new one and that's it.
The Yuegong aircraft carrier, as the first aircraft carrier to carry 27 dive bombers, naturally has a heavy responsibility. In addition to cooperating with the Eighth Carrier Air Wing to explore the use of dive bombers, they also have to undertake a
The important tactical mission is to join the Fourth Mobile Fleet and, together with other warships, attack the coastal routes and even inland routes of the remaining Kingdom of Krul in the southeastern waters of Kingdom Island.
The southeastern area of Kingdom Island is the core and essence area of the Kingdom of Krul. The offshore shipping here is developed, and there are also many important inland rivers in the plain.
Although the Daheng Empire has blocked their external sea routes, they still rely on their remaining fleets to maintain part of their offshore shipping and inland water routes along the coastline.
These routes are also important transportation channels for their domestic supplies, and are no less important than their eastern railway network.
The Daheng Empire's naval fleet, after blocking their outer sea routes, has attacked their offshore routes many times, but with little success.
The main reason is that the Kruls themselves have deployed a large number of defensive torpedoes along the coast to prevent the main fleet of the Daheng Empire from getting too close to their coast.
In addition, they can also receive support from land-based air power.
Although the Krul Kingdom's bombers pose a limited threat to battleships, they can also force the main fleet of the Daheng Empire Navy to not free their hands and feet to carry out bombardment.
Therefore, the Daheng Empire Navy plans to increase the strength of carrier-based aircraft in this sea area, preparing to rely on carrier-based aircraft to strangle the enemy's offshore transportation and even inland river transportation in large numbers, and further attack the enemy's transportation system.
If we can draw out the enemy's main fleet, that would be even better.
For this reason, after the aircraft carrier Yuegong arrived in the waters of Kingdom Island, it was ordered to join the other three aircraft carriers to form the Third Mobile Fleet to prepare for this operation.
In March of the 28th year of Qian Sheng, the Third Mobile Fleet once again approached the offshore waters of the southeastern part of Kingdom Island. The adventurous situation was to search and strike only one or two hundred kilometers away from the coastline.
This kind of attack is mainly carried out by carrier-based aircraft units.
The other three aircraft carriers in the Third Mobile Fleet are not equipped with dive bombers yet, because they carry more fighter jets and torpedo planes, and are responsible for covering attack aircraft, fleet air defense and search tasks.
The real main force of the attack is the Yuegong aircraft carrier.
On March 13, a seaplane from the Daheng Empire discovered two Kru transport ships and an escorting destroyer, transporting them close to the coastline. There were many more in the sky around this small fleet.
Crew fighter jets provide escort.
After learning this information, the aircraft carrier Yuegong directly took off more than 20 fighter jets, more than 20 dive bombers, and more than 10 torpedo planes to kill it.
Soon, more than twenty Jing-26 carrier-based fighter jets cleanly shot down four enemy escort fighter jets.
Then the dive bombers entered the battle and neatly used aerial bombs to sink the escorting destroyer and two transport ships.
During this process, the torpedo planes behind did not even have time to release their bombs.
The first battle was successful and fully demonstrated the dive bomber's powerful practical capabilities.
Soon, a batch of dive bombers that had just been produced by domestic aircraft factories were transferred directly through the airports at various bases along the way. They were transferred all the way to the three major military bases in the waters of Kingdom Island, and were subsequently refitted to
In the carrier air wings of other aircraft carriers.