All-people naval warfare: from patrol boats to aircraft carrier fleets

Nimitz shrugged his shoulders and said softly:"Actually, it's not a very good idea. It's just an early attack. We now need to completely solve the problem of Island 308 in the shortest possible time."

"An all-out attack?"

"Yes, for a full-scale attack, we originally wanted to continue bombing for a few days to destroy as many defensive forces as possible. Now it seems that we don't have this time, so let's not play any nonsense and just fight."

The expression on Nimitz's face was very serious, full of an iron-blooded flavor. It's right to think about it. As a former five-star admiral of the Navy, in charge of the entire Pacific Fleet, he has never been a soft-hearted person.

Look. Seeing the unique aura of Nimitz, Ye Bai was completely relieved. His doubts just disappeared. He waved his hand and said,"Okay, I've left the command of the battle to you anyway. You can let go." Go ahead and do it, I won't interfere with your command."

This sentence was so beautiful, but I completely forgot who started this conversation. Of course, Nimitz would not be stupid enough to expose his commander. He didn't talk to Ye Bai anymore. , Nimitz turned back to the display screen, and issued his orders one by one to each unit.

Not to mention the busyness and preparations at the ground airport, the current regular tactics of the Chinese fleet is that the carrier-based aircraft units go first, Therefore, they are always the hardest working group.

At the port pier, Type XXI submarines surfaced one after another, cut through the sea, and headed towards Island No. 308. The speed of these submarines was not fast, even if they were When sailing on the surface, the maximum speed is less than 18 knots. What's more, these submarines only use diesel engines as power at this time and can only maintain a speed of less than 16 knots.

However, this speed is not suitable for their mission this time. Said that it was enough. It only takes about 7 hours to reach the destination. There is still plenty of time.

After two rounds of large-scale aerial attacks, there was no movement on the Chinese fleet, and the 308 suffered heavy losses. The side of the small island No. 308 also did not take any action, and did not even conduct basic reconnaissance.

There is no way, now the people of the small island No. 308 have fully realized the huge gap in strength between the two sides, and are blocked by a large number of submarines. They dare not send surface ships for reconnaissance.

Now the air force is almost crippled, and aerial reconnaissance has been abandoned by them. Anyway, no matter how many carrier-based aircraft are released, they will only be shot down and will not have much reconnaissance effect. It is better not to continue to lose the already limited air power.

These parliamentarians, including the Speaker, have almost placed their last hopes on the remaining fleet in the port and a large number of coastal defense artillery fortresses. After all, in the end of this battle, the opponent will A landing operation will definitely be launched. As long as the opponent's fleet approaches, it is time for the coastal defense artillery fortress to come into play. As time passes, the sun soon sets below the sea level, and the warm sunshine disappears, replaced by some The cold moonlight and the pale white moonlight shine on the sea, rising and falling with the subtle waves, and the sparkling waves are particularly beautiful.

But in such a quiet and peaceful night, the strong murderous intention is constantly accumulating, and gradually Taking shape.

The sound of the roaring engine echoed in the high air (cjcb). If someone looked up at the sky, he could vaguely see some existence.

Under the water, fish-like objects also surfaced. It didn’t take long. It dived underwater again and disappeared from the sea. However, if you observe carefully, you can also find that there are still some things left on the sea, and they are moving quickly. During the daytime bombing, No. 308 Ground radar stations as big as small islands have long been targeted by pilots. Aerial bombs were dropped one after another. Even if they did not blow up all the ground radar stations, they seriously damaged the operation of the radar stations.

For radars, this For a relatively sophisticated technology product, it requires daily careful maintenance. Even if there is a problem with one component, the entire radar system will not be able to work normally. What's more, after suffering an aerial bombing, not just one or two components will appear. question.

That is to say, in the world of navigation, if this were the real world or real history, according to the current technological level, it would be impossible for the radar station to maintain full power operation 24 hours a day, and it would have gone on strike long ago due to mechanical failures and losses.

The current island No. 308 can only rely on the last ground radar station that was repaired and the ship-based radars equipped on the warships parked in the port for detection and early warning.

Although using these radars, Island No. 308 immediately detected the huge fleet of aircraft that were launching night attacks, but there was no way to deal with it. The air power had already suffered heavy losses, and the carrier-based fighter jets dedicated to aerial combat were even more vulnerable. All were lost, and most of what remained were bombers and torpedo attack aircraft.

What's more, it's a night battle. Without the assistance of airborne radar, even serious fighter jets can't play a role, let alone these bombers and torpedo attack aircraft, which have very weak air combat capabilities.

The ground air defense positions responsible for providing fire support to the air defense were also bombed to pieces. Not only did the personnel suffer heavy losses, but also various anti-aircraft weapons were lost in the overwhelming bombing of the Il-4 bombers, and they can continue. There is not much equipment left to use.

If we simply compare the air defense firepower, these ground air defense weapons are not even as good as the air defense force of the disabled fleet at the port. The current plight of Island No. 308 is evident. (If you want to read exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

All the members of the 308th Island Council who had not fallen asleep looked even more ugly. Even though the light blackout was continuing to be implemented, the entire island was plunged into darkness and silence. Among them, they had little confidence in facing such a large-scale night bombing.

From the reports from the only operational ground radar station and the"disabled" fleet at the port, they already knew that the size of the attacking fleet this time was quite terrifying, more than a thousand.

Since an all-out attack was about to begin, Nimitz certainly had to use his resources. The F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter jets equipped with airborne radars were indispensable, and they also had to serve as the main force. More than 700 of them were dispatched.

The weapon mounting method of these F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter jets has also changed. Rockets have been canceled and replaced with a 900KG-level aerial bomb mounted under the belly of the aircraft.

Although this kind of mounting method will greatly increase the load of these Hellcats, and the flexibility and flight speed will be greatly reduced, but for the current situation, it does not have much impact, anyway, No. 308 Island Those carrier-based aircraft do not have night combat capabilities and will not break out in aerial combat. There will be no major problems if the air combat capability is affected.[]

In addition to the more than 700 F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighters, the remaining 300 or so are all IL-4 bombers.

These bombers are different from the previous batch of IL-4s, but are new bombers equipped with airborne radars that have night combat and bombing capabilities.

The IL-4 is a land-based medium bomber. The space inside the aircraft is not small, and there is sufficient space to equip airborne radar. This is the case for the SBD Dauntless dive bomber and TBF Avenger torpedo attack aircraft. Than.

Although the airborne radar developed by the scientific research center is an air control radar used in air combat, when equipped on the Il-4, it can improve the night flight capability of the Il-4 and ensure that there will be no nighttime wandering or Talk about a situation where you can’t even find your destination.

Of course, this airborne radar is also not of much use when conducting ground or sea bombings. Scientists at the scientific research center are already working hard on research and want to use the existing Based on the previous airborne radar, an airborne radar with ground detection capabilities was developed.

Or simply upgrade the functions of the existing airborne radar, directly integrate air and ground detection capabilities, and further reduce its size, so that the various types of carriers currently equipped by the Chinese fleet can All aircraft have powerful night combat capabilities.

It's just that this work is not accomplished overnight. Although the Chinese fleet has corresponding reserves of ground radar, shipborne radar, and airborne radar technology, it is not that easy to truly achieve a technological breakthrough.

Ye Bai is not too clear about these technological issues, but he also knows that apart from the occasional flash of inspiration, the development of technology is more step-by-step. Therefore, although he is a little disappointed with the progress of airborne radar research, but did not give those subjectsMore pressure on families.

Anyway, the current performance of this airborne radar is enough for the fleet. The root cause is that the performance of the F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter is too outstanding. The multiple weapon mounting methods make it not only capable of acting as a fighter jet, but also necessary It can also perform bomber missions at times, a typical multi-purpose aircraft.

The topic has gone too far. Although the number of these more than 300 IL-4 bombers is not large, their ammunition carrying capacity exceeds that of the more than 700 F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighters.

At full bomb carrying capacity, 10 100kg aerial bombs were mounted in the bomb bay. Under the belly was a 1000kg aerial bomb. The pylons under the wings were not spared and were mounted separately. For a 500KG-level aerial bomb, the entire fighter plane can carry a full 3 tons of bombs, which is 500KG higher than the theoretical maximum bomb load of 2500KG.

Such a large-scale attack aircraft group with a terrifying bomb load will cause a devastating blow to the island of No. 308. However, the parliamentarians on the island do not know it yet. What the radar can detect is only the number. , but there is no way to detect the bomb load in the fleet..