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- "The order given above is to occupy the Philippines and, if possible, annihilate the main fleet of the Japanese Combined Fleet, but"
Standing on the bridge, looking at the endless ocean, Shen Honglie shook his head. .
"If we can't find it, we can't talk about annihilation."
"Searching for the enemy is the task of the Air Force. We are only responsible for covering the landing"
"The problem is that if we don't find the Japanese, if the Marines suddenly launch an attack when they land, I'm afraid there will be huge casualties"
Chen Shaokuan nodded, agreeing with Shen Honglie's view.
The main fleet composed of aircraft carriers will never be able to get close to the coast to provide support for the Marine Corps. After all, the core combat method of modern naval warfare is to hide oneself and discover the enemy. If the fleet approaches the coast of the Philippines, its position will be easily exposed.
By that time, whether it is Japanese shore-based fighters in the Philippines or underwater submarines, they will pose a great threat to the fleet.
Therefore, in order to ensure his own safety, Chen Shaokuan could only let the fleet sail in safe waters. In this case, if anything happens during the landing, it will be difficult for the fleet to provide support to the landing force.
"However, we only provide air cover, and the rest is not our turn"
In fact, the Air Force's fighter jets can also provide air support for the Marine Corps. After all, the ZD20 has a huge range. Its own range alone can reach nearly 4,000 kilometers, and even the heavy-duty third-generation fighter jets of later generations can only reach this distance. The combat radius can also reach nearly two thousand kilometers.
The distance between Guangzhou and the Philippines is less than a thousand kilometers, and even the southernmost city of Davao in the Philippines is only a little over 2,000 kilometers away.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????. Of course, you can¡¯t go to the southernmost one.
This time, no land-based fighter jets from the Air Force were dispatched to participate in this operation. The main concern was navigation issues. After all, the only air force base in Guangzhou that could accommodate a large number of fighter jets was Guangzhou. Guangzhou is nearly a thousand kilometers away from the Philippines
Nearly a thousand kilometers. Even if a fighter jet has enough range to navigate such a large distance, it is still very difficult to navigate.
After all, the ZD20 currently mainly equipped by the Air Force is not equipped with airborne radar, so navigation can only rely on the navigator to use maps and compasses to calculate navigation. Navigation at that time mainly relied on ground reference objects. In dense fog or at sea, gyroscopes, compasses, maps, and even sunlight, moonlight, and starlight were relied upon. Therefore, route planning at that time required obvious ground reference objects.
Of course, the error rate of doing so is very high, so many long-range fighters and bombers during World War II were not lost due to battle damage, but were lost due to the loss of navigators or calculation errors that resulted in being unable to find an airport and being forced to parachute.
??In the Battle of the Coral Sea. Four SBDs led by Lieutenant Colonel Ault of the Yorktown lost their way when returning and all disappeared.
Therefore, it is too dangerous to let the Air Force fighter jets fly thousands of miles to provide cover for the Philippine landing troops. Moreover, the failure rate of fighter aircraft during World War II was very high, and the farther the combat distance, the higher the failure rate. And if the destination is the Philippines, the round trip and combat distance will be at least two thousand kilometers
With a distance of two thousand kilometers, the number of fighter planes that crashed into the sea due to malfunctions may be greater than the number of fighter planes that were shot down by the enemy.
So if there is no other way, unless it is an emergency. Otherwise, Chen Shaokuan and Shen Honglie can only work alone. In fact, Chen Shaokuan and Shen Honglie did not really want to ask the Air Force. After all, the conflict between the Air Force and the Navy was far greater than the conflict with the Army.
These are partly due to the carrier-based aircraft.
"World War II is not like later generations. Countries in later generations basically have air forces, but during World War II, even a considerable number of powerful countries did not have an air force. This is the case in Japan and the United States.
Of course, none of this matters now. After all, the Air Force existed before the establishment of the National Socialist Government. Thirty years have passed, and even if you want to remove it, it is impossible.
The biggest conflict between the Air Force and the Navy, which should be said to be the biggest conflict besides military spending, is the struggle for ownership of the Navy¡¯s carrier-based aircraft.
I believe everyone knows someone, someone who is still alive.
The air marshal of Nazi Germany, the second-in-command of the German Nazi Party, and Hitler¡¯s designated successor. The fat man who was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials and sentenced to death by hanging committed suicide by taking poisonous potassium cyanide capsules in prison two hours before his execution, Hermann Wilhelm Goering.
The fat man Goering has a very famous saying, that is, "Everything that can fly in the empire is under my control."
This sentence is precisely the biggest contradiction between the Air Force and the Navy.
?The Air Force has been established for more than thirty years. Although the history of the Air Force cannot be compared with that of the Army, and there is a big gap between it and the Navy, after more than thirty years, the position of the Air Force has gradually become more secure, and the criticism of the Air Force has gradually disappeared.
After all, with more and more countries establishing air forces, there are still very few people who are willing to go backwards in history, not to mention that Yan Guang is backing them.
Before the advent of the aircraft carrier, although there were some conflicts between the Air Force and the Navy, they were mainly related to military expenditures, and the conflicts in other aspects were not that big¡ª¡ªif the Air Force did not always talk about the Longkou Bay incident.
However, after the emergence of aircraft carriers, a public opinion arose in the Air Force, that is, everything that can fly should be controlled by the Air Force. The same should be true for carrier-based aircraft on aircraft carriers.
Although the Navy at that time had not yet realized the importance of aircraft carriers, this argument was offensive to the Navy, so conflicts between the two sides occurred, and this conflict continues to this day.
It is precisely for this reason that Chen Shaokuan and others are unwilling to ask for help from the Air Force.
But if it is a bombing during landing, then there is no problem, because it is a matter of the Army. The Air Force dispatched bombers to bomb the Japanese army in the Philippines and the naval attach¨¦, Chen Shaokuan and others naturally do not have to worry
As for why there is no need to worry about navigation when dispatching bombers
The range of the bomber is long enough, so even if something goes wrong, there is enough time to adjust the direction. There is even a toilet on the latest h40. And the most important thing is that when the bombers arrive, they can just drop their bombs and go home. But when the fighter jets arrive, they will have to conduct an air battle for at least half to an hour. You can't go home until the fight is over
If you are injured in an air battle, you will not even have a place to make an emergency landing and you will have to make an emergency landing on the sea.
The most important thing is that if fighters and bombers come together, we can¡¯t let the bombers wait in the airspace of the war zone for an hour and then go back together
Thinking of this, Shen Honglie looked outside again.
"No news yet?"
Regardless of whether there is news or not, action must be taken in the end. After all, it is impossible to change the entire combat plan just because of a joint fleet.
"Calculate the time. The Air Force bombers should be arriving soon"
Chen Shaokuan asked after looking at the clock he was visiting and calculating the time.
At this time, the fleet is still in radio silence and cannot contact the air force. After all, once the radio is used. This is tantamount to exposing one's position. Doing so will put the fleet at a disadvantage.
So everything can only be executed according to a strict timetable.
Shen Honglie on the other side also nodded after looking at the form.
"Time is up¡"
"Then let's attack"
As Chen Shaokuan¡¯s order was issued, part of the originally huge mixed fleet began to separate and continue sailing to the Philippines. But the other part changed course.
A certain degree of deck wind is required for carrier-based aircraft to take off, so the fleet must not be anchored. Of course, this will only be needed for later generations of jets. The piston aircraft of this period were not that big of a problem. Especially if the deck length is sufficient, it can still take off even if there is no deck wind. It just won't be as smooth as when there's deck wind.
Of course these are not important, the most important thing is. If the fleet all stops, then if a submarine discovers the fleet, all the ships in the fleet will become living targets.
You must know that in this era, the best way to prevent torpedoes is neither mine protection nets nor naval guns, but the speed of the ship itself. Early torpedoes sailed close to the water, so naval guns can also be used to target them. It carries out hard kills, but later torpedoes are not like this, so there will be no situation where close-in defense guns such as Phalanx will prevent torpedoes, because if the torpedo sails at a depth of about ten meters, the power of Phalanx and other weapons will be If it is greatly weakened, it will naturally not be a big threat to torpedoes.
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The attacking fleet is mainly composed of landing ships and escorts. In the escort fleet, there are not only a certain number of light cruisers, but also several heavy cruisers and battleships. Forget about the battlecruisers, that Pi Tai Although it is thin, the cost of construction is higher than that of a heavy patrol, so it is left to guard the aircraft carrier.
¡°Attack!!!¡±
After sailing into the Qianhai area, the landing ships that were originally traveling under the escort of escort ships opened their hatches and sent out landing craft and amphibious landing vehicles one after another from the ships.
Let¡¯s not mention the landing craft for now.The tank was specially developed for landing on these islands in the Southeast Asia. After all, the main battlefield in the future will still be in the Pacific
At this time, the Japanese army had also discovered the landing fleet, but in an instant, the densely packed landing craft and amphibious tanks on the sea were covered by the firepower of the coastal defense artillery.
On the other side, after receiving the warning from the coastal defense forces, Japanese fighter planes and bombers in the rear also took off, preparing to attack the landing troops on the sea.
Watching the landing craft and amphibious vehicles on the sea dwindle one by one under the firepower of coastal defense, Li Shijing was not surprised. Just like Taiwan, there are only a few places where the Philippines can land. It is easy to guess where it will land, so it is not surprising that there are such strict precautions here. What really needs to be considered is how to land here. Successfully seized the beach under strict precautions.
"General, the Japanese plane is coming!!!"
An officer ran into the bridge and reported to Li Shijinghui.
In fact, there was no need for him to say it. Li Shijing could see the dense Japanese planes on the horizon in the distance.
"Are you coming towards us"
Li Shijing smiled calmly and said to the officer.
¡°Order all ships to evade!!!¡±
¡°When Li Shijing said this, the landing ship he was on and the nearby ships came together for a while, and then a burst of intensive anti-aircraft fire was already facing the incoming enemy planes.
To make iron, you need to be strong. The safety of the landing force does require the navy to provide protection, but it does not have no defensive capabilities. At least both the escorting ships and the landing ships themselves have very strong air defense capabilities.
Since this was their first encounter, the incoming Japanese planes obviously did not expect that the fleet on the sea would have such strong anti-aircraft firepower. Without any precautions, several enemy planes were shot down, and one was even shot down. The 30mm multi-barreled Gatling cannon equipped on a heavy cruiser was torn apart in the air.
On the sea, although the number of multi-barreled cannons equipped by heavy cruisers is small, and some ships even have only one on board, these cannons are like killing machines. As long as they are targeting enemy aircraft, they are basically There is no escape from death.
It's a pity that these cannons consume ammunition so quickly. Sometimes the cannons have to be reloaded before a minute of fighting. After all, the rate of fire of several thousand rounds per minute is really terrifying. Some, but it is precisely because of this that these cannons can fully display the style of killing machines.
But even with such a killing machine, the fleet was still in a passive state of being beaten. Not long after, several ships were hit by aerial bombs dropped by Japanese planes.
Fortunately, although the lethality of these aerial bombs is high, they cannot cause fatal damage to the ship¡ª¡ªAt least as long as they are not as unlucky as the Arizona, there will be no problem.
Although many torpedoes capable of causing fatal damage were dropped by the Japanese, none of them hit a naval ship, so so far no ship has sunk to the bottom of the sea.
And at this moment, a group of planes also flew from the other direction.
"Our plane!"
When a bunch of small black dots appeared on the horizon, some sailors who were fighting shouted loudly.
"In fact, there was no need for them to shout out. Li Shijing already knew it. After all, his ships were equipped with equipment such as radar. When those planes were more than a hundred kilometers away, Li Shijing already knew it.
"It's finally here"
Looking at these friendly machines, Li Shijing also exhaled a breath, and then explained.
¡°Those below are ordered to be careful and beaten, and don¡¯t beat up your own people as well.¡±
"yes!!!"
?????????????? If one of your own people is also beaten, it will really be a joke.
The fighter aircraft equipped by the navy is not the zd20, but another carrier-based aircraft jz20 specially used for aircraft carriers. In fact, this is not surprising, because the fighter jets used by the general air force pay more attention to high-altitude and high-speed performance, while the carrier-based aircraft used in naval warfare focus on low-altitude performance. The focus of the two is different.
And in order to reduce the space occupied by carrier-based aircraft on the deck and hangar of the aircraft carrier, generally speaking, carrier-based aircraft have to fold their wings, and some aircraft even have to fold their noses. Of course, these are nothing for carrier-based aircraft, after all, they were taken into consideration when involved, but it is more troublesome for high-altitude and high-speed fighters, because then the strength of the wings will be threatened to some extent¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ªIf not If it is affected, it is estimated that all future fighter jets will have folding wings. After all, that will save space.
This carrier-based aircraft named jz10 can be said to be completely different from the zd20They are the same aircraft type, but the jz10 is not bad at all in terms of performance, at least it will definitely not be inferior to aircraft like Zero War. Therefore, the navy also has considerable trust in this kind of carrier-based aircraft.
At the moment, these fighter jets are engaged in a series of air battles with the Japanese road-based aviation.
Two groups of fighter jets were fighting in the sky above the landing fleet. From time to time, one or two fighter jets would crash on the sea. Sometimes, during the chase, the ammunition fired by the fighter jets would hit the ships below. .
But at this time, we can¡¯t control that much. After all, the pilots in the air are also engaged in a deadly battle.
Generally speaking, the performance of jz10 is better than Zero War and Type 3, but the Japanese army also has a certain number of Type 4, so the two sides are inextricably killing each other in the air at this time. On the other side, the landing craft of the landing fleet and the amphibious warfare The car has already driven onto the beach
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