Chapter 1087 Sea Search Difficulties

Why can't battleships withdraw from the stage of history in World War II? Because carrier-based aircraft still have many drawbacks, such as no night landing ability, poor sea observation ability, weak response ability and so on.

Of course, in the case of long-distance firefights, carrier-based aircraft have considerable advantages, such as now.

If there is no carrier-based aircraft, the fleets of both sides cannot attack each other hundreds of kilometers away.

The carrier-based aircraft of the island country rushed towards the direction of the US aircraft carrier, but they did not find the target. The water vapor at sea made it difficult for them to observe. They didn't know that they had missed the US aircraft carrier formation!

They almost flew by less than five kilometers from the US aircraft carrier formation, but missed the opportunity and didn't see it!

Captain Akira Sakamoto took his aircraft group and continued to fly forward for nearly 100 kilometers, but still found nothing!

"Throw away the bomb, go back!" Captain Akira Sakamoto's tone was very helpless. He pressed the weapon release button, and the expensive bomb imported from Germany was thrown directly into the sea.

This time, Stuka is much more relaxed.

Behind the formation, Ohara Taro's eyes were a little confused.

The long flight made his head a little groggy. Now, he opened the cockpit cover and let the fresh air enter the cockpit, which made his mind a little awake. He knew that he could never fall asleep, and there was still more behind him. As for my companion, I have to fly this plane and fly back again!

Around, it has started to get dark.

I don't know how long it took to fly, but Taro Ohara's eyes suddenly lit up. On the sea below, there were flashing lights, pointing to the direction of the deck. Before he knew it, he had already flown to the fleet!

So, he pushed his joystick and entered the glide path. At the same time, he turned the frequency knob of the radio to adjust the frequency to talk to the deck.

"Zuihe, Zuihe, 013 requested to land, 013 requested to land."

I don't know why, but there is no echo from the earphones. I don't care about him. Let's land first. This kind of landing in the dark is quite torturous. If you can't touch the ship accurately, it will greatly increase people's psychological pressure. Second more difficult.

The Yorktown was brightly lit.

The people on the deck are preparing nervously. Today's contact has made them realize that the battle with the island country will break out at any time. They must make all preparations and release the aircraft group at any time.

And now, while busy, the sound of the plane can be heard in the distance.

All our carrier-based aircraft have been recovered. What kind of aircraft is flying now?

On one side of the rear deck, on the platform below, the anti-aircraft gunner Lockheed stared at the sky nervously. Then, out of the dark night sky, a plane with inverted seagull wings suddenly appeared.

"Stuka, it's Stuka!" Lockheed shouted, and immediately shook his anti-aircraft gun high and low, and then stepped on the trigger.

"Tom tom tom!" The artillery shells flew into the sky one by one, with a tracer among the shells. He followed the ballistic instructions and continued to adjust the elevation angle of his anti-aircraft artillery while firing.

"Boom!" In the sky, the Stuka bomber was hit! The 40mm high-explosive bomb turned the bomber into a fireball in the sky!

Successfully hit a target!

On the aircraft carrier, the air defense alarm was sounded. Are the islanders crazy? To bomb your own side at night?

However, it's not like that the bomber that flew in didn't carry a bomb at all, nor did it dive down to bomb. Judging from the opponent's flight path, it seemed like it was preparing to land!

The U.S. Navy didn’t know what was going on, but the Stukas behind them all quickly pulled up to a height and plunged into the dark night sky. Victory.

Inside the bridge, the commander of the aircraft carrier formation, Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, received this report. His brain was thinking quickly, these planes must have come to bomb their own side, but they didn't find the target. Their own aircraft carrier as their mother ship.

This shows what? The island nation's naval aircraft carrier is nearby! So, tomorrow, there will definitely be a tragic duel between aircraft carriers!

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Germany, Henschel AG.

Ernst Heinkel, one of the most famous German aircraft designers, is now reporting to the visiting Führer Cyric and his party.

"According to the opinions put forward by the navy, the most important thing in the confrontation between aircraft carriers at sea is to be able to find the enemy first. In this way, the aircraft carrier needs an advanced reconnaissance aircraft. Therefore, on the basis of our own HE219 night fighter, Some improvements have been made." Ernst brought Cyric and his party to the workshop, where a newest fighter jet was entering the final assembly stage.

HE219 is a German night fighter. It has played a great role in defending Berlin. However, this is a land-based fighter. If it is to be retrofitted to an aircraft carrier, new improvements must be made.

For example, the wings are folded, such as replacing the air-cooled engine, which is convenient for maintenance, such as anti-salt treatment, etc.

In fact, Henschel's HS129 attack aircraft has been refitted on the ship. If it is improved on this aircraft, it will be easier. However, Henschel did not do this, but chose HS219, the largest of the two. The difference is the equipment of the machine head.

As a night fighter, the HS219 carries a set of radars, and now, the German maritime patrol aircraft also need radars!

"In foggy weather, or when visibility is poor at night, etc., the pilot's visual search ability is limited, and the monotonous blue color of the sea is also easy to cause visual fatigue. Therefore, the use of radar for detection is much better. We A new radar has been specially developed for maritime reconnaissance." Heinrich Hertz, Director of Technology and Development at Henschel, said proudly: "This is the first time we have moved a maritime search radar to to heaven."

According to the historical development, it is impossible to have a carrier-based early warning aircraft in this era. That kind of technical difficulty is not something that can be developed in this era. Even Cyric's crossing cannot change the pace of science. .

However, after all, Germany has made progress. For example, the transistor has been invented, which can greatly reduce the power consumption of the radar and improve the reliability. In this way, the radar equipment originally installed on warships to observe the sea surface can also be installed in On the plane, there is no need to exaggerate, it is already a huge improvement to have a detection range of 40 kilometers.