Chapter 1085 Find the Enemy's Aircraft Carrier

"We must find the location of the US aircraft carrier." On the aircraft carrier Zuikaku, Vice Admiral Takagi Takeo, who rushed back quickly, said to the person in front of him.

They are now in a double aircraft carrier formation. Zuikaku and Shokaku are the newest aircraft carriers in the island country. These two aircraft carriers were ordered to blockade the Indian Ocean and deal with the remaining British navy. The Indian Ocean rushed back to the Pacific Ocean.

Now, they already know that the American aircraft carrier has appeared, and they need to find the American aircraft carrier formation!

Now, the sky outside is not very bright.

"Yes, we must find the opponent's aircraft carrier as soon as possible." Rear Admiral Yuan Zhongichi, who is in charge of aviation operations, said: "Now, we will take off six groups of carrier-based aircraft to search for the enemy in the sea ahead of us."

On the deck, the lights were bright, and Captain Sato Masao drove his own Zero fighter, which took off quickly from the deck, and behind him, one after another, the Zero battles took off.

Although it is still dark, when they fly over the sea area where the target may be, the sky will brighten.

Twelve aircraft, divided into six groups, searched for the enemy at a distance of 250 nautical miles between azimuths of 180 and 270 degrees.

In this era, radar is still a luxury and a piece of equipment with outdated technical performance. At sea, it can only search dozens of kilometers at most, and it cannot satisfy the search for aircraft carrier formations at all.

Even Germany is now studying how to deploy radar on carrier-based aircraft to search for targets on the sea, even with miniaturized transistors, which is a rather difficult task.

In fact, even in later generations, searching for the opponent's aircraft carrier formation on the sea is a problem.

In this day and age, there is no choice but to rely on the naked eye of the pilot!

Captain Sato Masao has a lot of experience. He has flown thousands of hours on the Zero fighter and has scored twelve shootdowns. Now, he is driving the light Zero Fighter and is flying towards the opposite side according to the display on the compass.

At sea, it is easy for people to feel lonely. The sea and the sky are the line, except for blue or blue, people will feel their insignificance. However, as naval aviation, they have long been used to this kind of flight.

The opponent is also an aircraft carrier formation. In this kind of aircraft carrier showdown, whoever finds the opponent first will have the advantage!

After continuing the flight for more than an hour, the sky had begun to brighten. Captain Sato Masao was in radio contact with his wingman. The two were responsible for half of the airspace and began to observe.

Time passed little by little. Half an hour later, two targets appeared in the sight of Captain Sato Masao. In an instant, he became excited: "I found a target, an aircraft carrier, a cruiser, one each, on the thirteenth. Sea area! East longitude ***, south latitude ***."

In order to avoid irritating the other party, Captain Sato Masao did not rashly approach, but hid further, and went into the clouds to follow the other party.

Now, the other party is in the sailing stage, and even an escort aircraft has not taken off. At this time, a sneak attack can best achieve good results. If he goes over and makes the other party release the carrier-based aircraft, it will be unfavorable to his own attack. .

Americans, as long as they are discovered by their own side, they will never run away!

Find the target! After receiving the report of their own search aircraft, the island nation's aircraft carrier formation became busy in an instant.

"Accelerate, sail at full speed, and prepare to release the carrier aircraft!" Vice Admiral Takagi Takeo shouted: "Release 50 Stuka bombers, 20 Zero fighters, and launch an attack on the US aircraft carrier!"

Hearing his words, Rear Admiral Yuan Zhongyi couldn't help but stunned: "50? Will it be more? We are dealing with an aircraft carrier and a cruiser, and 10 Stukas are enough."

The Stuka bombers played a major role in the bombing of Pearl Harbor, which made the islanders very satisfied. Therefore, the islanders ordered a batch of new ones to speed up the elimination of the existing Type 97 ship attack and Type 99 ship explosion. , they have planned to use this bomber as the main bomber of their navy, and it is the most suitable for anti-ship missions.

Zuihe and Shōkaku are the latest aircraft carriers to serve, with a full-load displacement of more than 30,000 tons. Each aircraft carrier is equipped with more than 80 fighters, and the attack power is quite powerful. This is also Takagi Takeo. The reason why the Vice Admiral intends to fly 50 at a time.

He is the commander-in-chief of the fleet and has the right to decide. Now, he said to his commander: "There may be more warships hidden behind, we must kill them all at once!"

The island nation's navy has strength. If they want to dispatch, it is a large formation. They must send all the US aircraft carrier formations to the bottom of the sea!

Take off, take off!

The eight slogan ship-based boilers began to burn at full power, and the steam pressure reached the maximum. The four ship-based steam turbines produced a powerful power of 160,000 horsepower. The two aircraft carriers quickly accelerated to 30 knots. .

take off!

Having been lifted up to the deck of the aircraft carrier by the elevator, Captain Akira Sakamoto, the squad leader of the Stuka bomber, was the first to leave the aircraft carrier with his Stuka, driving full power and rushing towards the inevitable direction.

On Shōkaku, carrier-based aircraft are also taking off.

The two aircraft carriers quickly released 50 Stukas and 20 zero-fights, forming a large group and rushing towards the target 300 kilometers away!

Under the belly of Captain Akira Sakamoto hangs the most expensive PC1000RS bomb, which has proven to be a very effective weapon in the attack on Pearl Harbor, enough to kill a large battleship with one!

At the same time, this kind of weapon imported from Germany is also quite expensive and must be cherished and used. Therefore, only four of the fifty Stukas this time were equipped with this kind of bomb. They were specially designed to bomb the United States. The aircraft carrier prepared them, and even the 10,000-ton-class warships could not be sunk by the 500-kilogram bombs mounted on ordinary Stukas.

The flight was boring, but it didn't take long for the target to finally appear in front of me.

The other party still has no response, this is the best chance for one's own attack!

Once again, the incomparable insurance was lifted. Captain Akira Sakamoto, who was flying at the front, had already entered the attack route. His fighter jet's propeller was spinning rapidly, and the wings of the seagull were down. It was so spectacular.

It was getting closer, and it was getting closer. Suddenly, Captain Akira Sakamoto rubbed his eyes, as if he didn't believe his 5.0 vision. He looked at it again and was finally certain.

"It's not an aircraft carrier, it's a tanker!" Captain Akira Sakamoto pulled up his plane and withdrew from the attack route.