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

Although Halsey did not know these things, the order given to him by Nimitz was to sink all enemy ships in the shortest possible time. Coupled with Halsey's"bull"-like character and fighting style, Show extra bravery on the battlefield.

Affected by Halsey's performance in the battle, the entire Third Fleet and the player fleet fought fiercely, or it could be described as crazy. The fleeing alien player warships were sunk one by one.

When it was almost dark, Halsey led the third fleet to sink the last alien player warship, fighting for a whole day.

Ye Bai, who was at the center of the battle on the Yanhuang, was filled with helplessness. As a comrade in the player's fleet, it must be quite good, but as an enemy, it would be really disgusting.

In a real naval battle, if the flagship is sunk and the fleet loses command, other warships in the fleet will fall into a state of fighting independently, and different captains will make different choices.

Some will choose to hoist the white flag and surrender;Some people will try to escape, but some will choose to fight to the end and fight until the last moment.

But the player fleet is completely different. Under the rules of the system, even if the fleet flagship is sunk, the player himself will be unscathed and transferred to other warships in the fleet to continue commanding the battle.

Under this special system rule, even if there is only the last warship left in the player's fleet, it will not lose command at all. Whether to fight or flee is all decided by the player, and there will not even be one who surrenders.

Unless the officer serving as the captain has extremely low loyalty to the player, it is possible to disobey the player's orders, but the player is not a fool. With the existence of the system panel, the player can control the behavior of his officers and soldiers at all times. loyalty.

Unless, like the Huaxia 257 Fleet, the fleet is too large and has too many personnel, and there is not enough energy to check everyone's loyalty one by one, some fish will slip through the net.

This did not happen to the battleship officers and soldiers of these alien players. They belonged to multiple players and fled in all directions, causing a lot of trouble for the Third Fleet and the player fleet to clean up the mess.

The main thing is that you need to spend more time on the pursuit, otherwise if you really go head-on, you will have completed the mission long ago.

Just when Halsey sent back a telegram that the battle had ended and the warships scattered in various sea areas due to the pursuit of alien player warships were being gathered, a new problem arose in the Second Fleet.

Kondo Nobutake led the landing fleet to the vicinity of the main battlefield, hoping to catch the Second Fleet off guard and assist the battleships Haruna and Kirishima, which were surrounded by the Second Fleet, to break out.

However, Nobutake Kondo underestimated the radar detection capabilities of the Second Fleet, or the Chinese Fleet. When the landing fleet was more than 60 kilometers away from the main battlefield, it had actually been discovered.

Lütjens immediately deployed some battleships to form a maritime defense line, but at the same time he did not relax the siege of the two battleships Haruna and Kirishima. After all, his mission was quite clear.

In Lütjens' view, when the landing fleet was discovered, the two surrounded Japanese battleships should be immediately sunk, and then all the battleships of the entire Second Fleet should be gathered to take the initiative to attack this sudden appearance. The Japanese-Benzene fleet launched an attack.

But there was no way. Nimitz's order was very clear, and Lütjens could not give up on his previous mission and turn around to fight Nobutake Kondo. He could only use this method.

It wasn't until the radar system detected that Kondo Nobutake's landing fleet was less than 30 kilometers away from the main battlefield that Lütjens finally couldn't help but take action.

They are already close to this distance. If the Japanese-Benzene fleet is not coming for them, Lütjens will not believe it at all. Now that the target has been confirmed, Lütjens will certainly not turn a blind eye.

Nearly a hundred carrier-based aircraft took off from the two Ark Royal-class light aircraft carriers of the Second Fleet, formed an attack formation, and flew towards Kondo Nobutake's landing fleet at high speed.

Among the landing fleet, there are only three capital ships in total, the Zuiho light aircraft carrier and the Kongo and Hiei battleships, as well as more than 30 light and heavy cruisers and destroyers.

However, this time they came to the main battlefield to meet the two battleships' breakout. Of course, the transport ships and supply ships in the landing fleet could not move together and had already evacuated early. Moreover, Kondo Nobutake also deployed several heavy cruisers and destroyers to escort the fleet.

Therefore, the landing fleet that actually entered the main battlefield consisted of less than 20 light and heavy cruisers and destroyers in addition to three battleships. In all aspects, it was far inferior to Lütjens' second fleet.

The moment the air defense siren sounded, Zero carrier-based fighter jets took off from the Zuiho light aircraft carrier.

As a light aircraft carrier, Zuiho can only carry a small number of carrier-based aircraft. Counting spare carrier-based aircraft, it is only 30. The regular equipment is 20 Zero carrier-based fighter jets and 10 Type 97 carrier-based aircraft. Attack, there was no ship explosion.

Although he knew that nearly a hundred carrier-based aircraft were heading towards the landing fleet, Nobutake Kondo was not worried at all. After all, at this period, the Zero fighter had quite outstanding performance, except for the American F4F Wildcat carrier-based fighter. It can barely compete, but other carrier-based fighter jets are no match for the Zero.

With 20 Zero carrier-based fighter jets serving as air protection, and coupled with the air defense firepower network in the fleet, it should not be difficult to defeat this wave of attacking aircraft.

However, Kondo Nobutake, who has not yet fought against the Chinese fleet, does not know that the carrier-based fighters equipped by the Chinese fleet are not at all the old-fashioned F2A Buffalo carrier-based fighters of the Yankees, nor are they F4F Wildcats that can barely compete with the Zero fighters. Carrier-based fighter.

It is the F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter, which surpasses the Zero fighter in all aspects of performance (abbf) and is known as the"Zero nemesis". Therefore, this air battle exceeded Kondo Nobutake's expectations from the beginning.

As soon as the fleets of the two sides came into contact, rockets with their butts on fire flew over from the other side's fleet, blowing five Zero fighter jets into pieces on the spot that had no time to dodge.

Immediately afterwards, tongues of flame spurted out from the nose of the leading F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter, completely breaking up the formation of the intercepting Zero fighter group.

Originally, the pilots of these Zero fighter jets wanted to rely on the excellent performance of the fighter jets to carry out the low-altitude dogfights they were best at and reverse the unfavorable situation.

As a result, after fighting against these F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter jets, I discovered that I was completely at a disadvantage. Not to mention biting the opponent's tail, the other party easily bit my own tail. I tried my best to kill the aircraft. Even if its performance is maximized, it cannot be escaped

"Da da da"、"Da da da"、""Click, click, click."

After a fierce exchange of fire, one after another Zero fighter jets fell down with black smoke.

Although these carrier-based aircraft of the Second Fleet did not use armor-piercing combustion specially developed for Zero fighters. bullets, but the 12.7mm caliber aviation machine gun bullets are also a big killer for the thin-skinned Zero fighter. The fuselage skin of the Zero fighter simply cannot stop aviation machine gun bullets of this caliber. In the dense rain of bullets Under the violent blows, the fuselage was punched with bullet holes, and even the unlucky pilot was beaten into a pile of minced meat in the cockpit.

In less than 10 minutes, the landing fleet took off to intercept 20 Zeros. All the carrier-based fighter jets were shot down, and there was no longer any air interception force. The attack aircraft group of the Second Fleet bombed the Japanese-Benzene warships below without any scruples. Aerial bombs and aerial torpedoes continued to fall, and explosions occurred one after another..

The limited number of warships in the landing fleet and the air defense firepower that can be built are not strict enough, and the threat to carrier-based aircraft flying at high speed in the air is limited. Another

F6F Hellcat with its aircraft freed up continued to carry out low-altitude strafing, destroying Each air defense position made the landing fleet's air defense firepower even sparser.

After the second fleet's attack aircraft group completed their bombing mission and returned one after another, the landing fleet commander Kondo Nobutake was in EMO.

This wave of The attack fleet seemed small in number, but its firepower was very powerful. The landing fleet of less than 30 ships in total suffered a lot during the bombing.

In fact, three destroyers were bombed in the first round of bombing. Sinking, many battleships were damaged, especially two battleships in the fleet, which were hit by multiple heavy aerial bombs. A fire broke out on the ship, which has not been extinguished to this day. On the contrary, it is the only one in the fleet. The aircraft carrier has not been attacked from beginning to end. This is naked contempt.

While the landing fleet was extinguishing the fire on the ship and rescuing the wounded, Nobutake Kondo stood on the bridge without saying a word. After a long time , and then ordered the fleet to turn around and retreat as quickly as possible.

It can only be said that Kondo Nobutake is indeed an outstanding officer in the Japanese Navy. It was just a small-scale air battle, and he completely saw the second The true combat effectiveness of the fleet.

If they continue to move forward and really engage in a head-on battle with the Second Fleet, the landing fleet will definitely be the loser. Just a bombing by an air fleet is not something they can bear.

Don't talk about taking over the Haruna at that time, The two battleships Kirishima broke through, and even the entire landing fleet had to be thrown in.

After the disastrous defeat of the Battle of Midway, there were not many battleships left by the Japanese-Benzene Combined Fleet that could continue to fight, especially the capital ships. The losses can continue, otherwise without the protection of the combined fleet, the Japanese mainland will no longer be safe.

Although this decision is a bit cruel for the officers on the Haruna and Kirishima, as a general As a senior officer of the Combined Fleet, even the highest-ranking officer, Nobutake Kondo had to consider the entire Combined Fleet and finally made the decision to give up the rescue and turn around to evacuate.