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Chapter 910 Arm wrestling (Part 2)

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    When the first wave of Japanese carrier-based aircraft arrived at the combat formation of the US Pacific Task Force 1, the first wave of attack aircraft sent by Halsey had found the main formation of the Japanese combined fleet on the vast sea. The stormy sea was  The air battle began in two areas hundreds of kilometers apart.  In accordance with Halsey's will to attack the enemy, 106 "Wildcats" and "Hellcats" formed a huge assault arrow, covering 47 "Helldivers" and 42 "Avengers" to attack the Japanese carrier-based fighters.  At the same time, 12 ir-39ts covered 4 ik-43ts flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters, using radio-guided bombs to carry out vertical strikes on the Japanese aircraft carrier. As a multi-purpose carrier-based bomber in active service in the Irish Navy, ik-  The 43t can perform dive bombing, torpedo bombing, high-altitude bombing, low-altitude strafing, long-range reconnaissance, anti-submarine patrol and other combat missions. Its design is similar to the Japanese new carrier-based aircraft "Meteor", using an inverted gull-shaped main wing, with double flaps and  The aileron-flap linkage method improves low-speed performance. It is equipped with a 1,900-horsepower radial air-cooled engine. The top speed during low-load flight is close to 560 kilometers per hour. It is also equipped with two 20mm forward-facing cannons and a 13mm  The tail-protecting machine gun's air combat performance is even better than the main fighter jets currently installed in many countries.  On the Japanese fleet side, although the best "Gale" pilots were sent to escort the attack aircraft, those who stayed behind were not just ordinary people.  In a face-to-face, head-to-head battle, the performance of the "Gale Wind" stabilized the enemy's "Hellcat". Unfortunately, there were only five aircraft carriers in the combined fleet's combat formation, one of which was a 20,000-ton light aircraft carrier.  The number of carrier-based aircraft is less than 70% of the US fleet, which greatly restricts their tactical performance.  In the outer airspace of the combined fleet, there are many scenes where two "Gale"s are besieged by three, four or even five or six "Hellcats". Even though the Japanese pilots can repeatedly get out of danger with their superb flying skills, they are generally obviously  In bad situation.  With the "Gale Wind" being entangled by a group of cats, and Ling Zhan being knocked out by the fierce cats at every turn, the Japanese air defense line was riddled with holes.  However, regardless of "Gale" or Zero War, as long as they get rid of the obstruction and entanglement of US fighter jets and get close to US bombers, they will not conceal their killer qualities. Before the Japanese surface ships suffered losses, nearly half of the US carrier-based bombers were successfully defeated by Japanese fighter jets.  Intercepted, they were either shot down and wounded, or they hurriedly dropped their bombs to evade, failing to enter the inner air defense circle of the Japanese fleet.  Compared with European and American ships of the same period, the Japanese Navy's shipboard radar equipment rate was not low in 1946, but they suffered from backward fire control radar and anti-aircraft ammunition technology.  For anti-aircraft weapons with the same effectiveness, when paired with US-made fire control radars and proximity fuses, the hit rate in actual combat is more than ten times higher than when paired with Japanese-style electronic detection and delay fuses!  Not to mention, since launching the war of aggression against China, Japan has been sanctioned by the League of Nations for a long time. Most of the material losses can be made up by plundering resources from the colonies. The military lacks opportunities to communicate and learn with foreign counterparts, especially first-class powers. It has long been working behind closed doors and being self-contained.  In such a state, when it comes to the battlefield against strong opponents, it will inevitably pay a bloody price Facing the repeated attacks from US dive bombers and torpedo bombers, the Japanese aircraft carrier had to twist left and right, trying its best to avoid bombs and bombs.  torpedo.  In less than a quarter of an hour, Koga Mineichi's four main aircraft carriers had dispersed everywhere, and the light ships that provided protection for these aircraft carriers also dispersed, making it difficult to respond to each other.  At this moment, the 3rd Squadron of the 31st Dive Bomber Squadron belonging to the US aircraft carrier "Oriska" looked at the right opportunity and launched a powerful attack from directly behind the Japanese aircraft carrier "Iwate".  Although the Izumo-class aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy are equipped with a large number of large-caliber anti-aircraft guns and small-caliber machine guns, they suffer from a shortage of mid-range defensive firepower. The six-seat twin-mounted 127mm high-level cannon can be used as a naval gun to attack enemy ships with flat fire.  The ship can also be used as an anti-aircraft gun. Its horizontal and anti-aircraft range exceeds 10,000 meters, its rate of fire exceeds 15 rounds per minute, and its maximum elevation angle is +90 degrees to -10 degrees. It uses semi-automatic loading and is mainly used to deal with enemies at medium and high altitudes.  The machine is more powerful, but its effect in actual combat is average; the 28-seat triple 25mm anti-aircraft gun is mainly used to deal with medium and low-altitude targets. It has a fast rate of fire and good accuracy, but its disadvantage is that it is less powerful and cannot be used against enemy aircraft at a greater distance.  Often it can only be wounded but not shot down, and because it uses a 15-round fixed ammunition rack to supply ammunition, it must stop shooting every time the ammunition is changed, which greatly reduces the air defense efficiency; 20 13mm anti-aircraft machine guns are deployed at every opportunity on the ship.  At this point, its power is weak and its lethality is obviously insufficient, making it difficult to shoot down US carrier-based aircraft with strong self-protection capabilities Braving the intensive anti-aircraft firepower of the "Imane" and escort ships, four "Hell Divers" successively attacked from  Howling down from more than 4,000 meters at an angle of 75 degrees, the Japanese aircraft carrier, which had been in service for less than 20 months, was hit twice within less than a minute and a half. However, the 1,000-pound US-made aviation armor-piercing bomb only penetrated the flight deck of the Japanese ship and was flown.  Blocked by the special steel plate between the deck and the upper hangar, the two armor-piercing bombs each blasted a hole covering an area of ??more than ten square meters, causing the "The "Iwane" was temporarily unable to recover carrier-based aircraft. Seven carrier-based aircraft parked in the upper hangar were damaged by the explosion, two of which were almost completely destroyed. Seeing that our own dive bombers successfully broke through the "Iwanate"  To prevent and damage it, seven "Avenger" torpedo bombers lost no time in attacking from the port side of the Japanese aircraft carrier. At that time, most of the Japanese ship's anti-aircraft firepower was invested in the stern direction, especially the longer range and greater power.  The large 127mm guns all raised their muzzles, and the "Avenger" carried the aviation torpedo smoothly into the effective range. The two Japanese destroyers escorting the port side of the "Iwate" hurriedly adjusted their firepower and tried their best to intercept the American torpedo planes.  The barrage suddenly rose, and the three "Avengers" in the lead ventured to a position 1,500-2,000 meters away from the target to launch torpedoes. The four "Avengers" following them launched the second torpedo at a position about 2,500 meters away.  The "Iwane" hurriedly turned around. Seeing that its huge hull had reached the point of being unable to escape, an escorting Japanese driver decisively sacrificed its life and carried a speeding US torpedo for it The US military  The pilots fought fiercely with the Japanese in mid- and low-altitude airspace, and the Irish "Longbowmen" who carried out high-altitude bombings still used their special method to launch four radio-guided bombs, two of which hit each other.  On the flight decks of the "Asama" and "Yakumo", two bombs landed near the Japanese ship and exploded. The "Asama" was luckier than its sister ship "Aso" that entered the battlefield earlier and the same period.  The "Yakumo" that went into battle was much better. The aviation armor-piercing bomb that penetrated the flight deck and the two-story hangar roof was actually a dumb bomb. In addition to causing a huge shock to the crew, it did not bring any substantial impact.  The "Yakumo" was damaged, and the armor-piercing bomb penetrated from the stern flight deck, penetrated the double-layer hangar and exploded above the power cabin, and detonated two fully fueled and mounted bombs ready to be put into use at any time.  The "meteors" of the second wave of attacks immediately turned the Japanese main aircraft carrier into a big fish with a broken tail, paralyzed on the sea and ready to be slaughtered On the other side of the battlefield, when the first wave of Japanese carrier-based aircraft groups ended their attacks and all evacuated  The Irish Navy aircraft carrier "St. Patrick", located in the middle and rear of the U.S. Pacific Task Force 1 combat formation, has become the most complete combat aircraft carrier among the U.S. aircraft carriers participating in the war. I don't know whether it was luck or whether the Japanese pilots deliberately made this difficult.  The opponent who was chewing was left at the end. It did not receive a single bomb during the battle, but successfully dodged all the attacks coming towards it, including three torpedoes launched by Japanese fighter planes at mid-range. It withstood the Japanese warships!  After the attack by the aircraft group, Halsey immediately ordered the organization and implementation of the second wave of air strikes. Each aircraft carrier must dispatch as many carrier-based aircraft as possible within the specified time limit. The "St. Patrick" had previously dispatched 16 fighter jets to participate in the first wave of air strikes.  18 fighter jets were put into defense, and 2 radar early warning aircraft and 4 escort fighter jets were always on duty in the air. The attendance rate of carrier-based aircraft was nearly 60%. During the process of resisting the attack by Japanese carrier-based aircraft, there were still some fighter jets that had not taken off.  On standby in the hangar.  The order to attack from the flagship was like the sound of a starting gun. All crew members immediately took action. While refueling and mounting bombs on the standby fighters, they also sent the prepared fighters to the flight deck via elevators.  Compared with the Japanese and US military aircraft carriers currently in service, the second-generation standard aircraft carriers used by the Western Allies have a very big technical advantage, which is the use of a steam ejection system code-named "Angel Wings" developed and produced in Ireland.  Judging from the trajectory of historical development, before the birth of more advanced electromagnetic catapult technology, steam catapult technology was the most practical among various naval catapult technologies.  The Irish "Angel Wings" can enable the IA-40 early warning aircraft with an empty weight of 6,400 kilograms and a maximum take-off weight of 9,000 kilograms to be carrier-based, and accordingly shorten the take-off distance of carrier-based fighters such as the IR-39t and IK-43t.  Improved the overall sortie efficiency of aircraft carrier aircraft.  It is worth mentioning that steam catapults were not standard configuration on the Winner-class aircraft carriers built before 1942. The Winner-class ships ordered by the German and Irish navies were each equipped with two sets of steam catapults, while the Spanish Navy ordered only one set of steam catapults.  Taiwan, and the one sold to the Japanese Navy not only did not install a steam catapult, but even the improvement space usually reserved should be used for other purposes.  In 1942, the Japanese army launched its second war of aggression against China, and the Western Allies once again tightened sanctions against Japan. The only Winner-class aircraft carrier introduced by Japan soon fell into a situation of lack of repair parts. In order to maintain its combat capability  , the Japanese Navy had to gradually replace the original equipment with domestic equipment, and tentatively installed domestically developed steam catapults. The test results were unsatisfactory. On the contrary, the Japanese side believed that the Izumo-class compressed air ejection system was more powerful than the Western Allies.  The steam catapult is superior
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