Chapter 540 Ship Bombardment of Aircraft Carrier (Plus 1)

"Attention, the target is the German Navy, ten nautical miles behind my port side, hurry up, take off the torpedo plane immediately!"

As the other party kept getting closer, finally, the outline of the other party could be clearly seen. This alarm was not discovered by the lookout post, but by General Laborde. He immediately recognized the other party's warship, which was a German Deutschland-class!

Although I don't know which one it is, the three triple-mounted 283mm naval guns on it can't be wrong. It's a terrible thing. The German warship is actually close to the distance of ten nautical miles!

General Laborde was extremely nervous, and at the same time, this order was also issued by him.

Take off the torpedo plane!

Originally, the reconnaissance plane on the deck could take off immediately, but now there is no need for it. Their own reconnaissance planes are quite backward, it is enough to undertake a reconnaissance task, and they simply do not have the ability to launch an attack on the other side. Don't even think about it, it is definitely suicidal!

At this time, only torpedoes can threaten the opponent, and they must race against time!

Although Beyarn also has eight 155mm naval guns, it is useless at all. This kind of naval guns is just bullying an ordinary frigate. The German Deutsche-class battleship has already stepped into the ranks of battleships. In the 155mm naval gun, even if it hits, it does not have any lethality.

Must take off the fighter plane, race against time!

The engine of the reconnaissance plane stopped rotating, and the pilot was horrified to find that the deck below his plane had actually bulged, and he was still on it!

"Damn it! Get the brake pads off," he yelled.

Here, is the take-off position of his reconnaissance plane, and at the same time, the position of the elevator of the hangar below!

At this time, in the hangar in the middle, with the sharp alarm sounding, the maintenance personnel in the hangar immediately became busy.

Through the elevator, quickly lift the fighter up!

At the same time, a crew member below turned on the hydraulic cylinder of the support rod at the top. With the action of the hydraulic oil in the hydraulic cylinder, the deck at the top began to slowly turn to both sides to make enough space for the lift .

At sea, there is a lot of salt, which will have a corrosive effect on fighters. Even if the current fighters are relatively old and not delicate, they will strike because of the salt. Therefore, in normal times, fighters are placed in the hangar of the aircraft carrier. Yes, it will be upgraded when needed.

Moreover, the maintenance and maintenance of the aircraft are also done in the hangar.

The basic structure of an aircraft carrier, the lower layer is the hangar, and the upper layer is the deck. If you want to transport the aircraft, you must have an elevator.

In this era, all aircraft carrier lifts are arranged on the centerline of the flight deck, called "inboard lifts". This is also the most conventional way of thinking. After all, it is to ascend from the inside of the cabin, of course, from the center.

This lift is not affected by wind and waves; but it affects both the strength of the flight deck and the take-off and landing of the aircraft, resulting in a slow progress of flight operations on the deck.

Historically, the United States first adopted a "side lift" on the completed USS Essex in 1942, which translated the lift to one side, which eliminated the aforementioned drawbacks. However, there are also disadvantages of being easily affected by wind and waves.

But now, it has been preempted by Germany. On the German Count Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier, the side lift is used.

The pondering British will surely soon discover the benefits of this kind of lift, but the British have no time, including the angled flight deck.

In short, the current deck efficiency is very slow, and at the same time, there are accidents.

The hydraulic rod below has pushed up the top deck, but there is still an aircraft on the deck! As long as it is turned up a dozen degrees, the reconnaissance plane will have to follow it!

The pilot above was shocked, he was still there! If he turned over, he would definitely be miserable.

The shouting finally awakened the people below, and quickly stopped the movement of the hydraulic lever, and the people above hurriedly said that the two-wing reconnaissance plane would be removed.

At this time, the people below were still busy. A few of them were pushing a two-wing Levasser PL2 carrier-based torpedo to the bottom of the elevator. A few people were pushing a trolley with a A torpedo, at this time, they have not completed the task of mounting the torpedo.

On the French aircraft carrier, there was a panic. France is a romantic country. If you say it in more detail, it is rambunctious and rambunctious. Women are rambunctious, while men are rambunctious.

The usual training was a mess, and the country didn’t want to fight anyway, but now, once the war really came, they immediately panicked.

In the process of doing all kinds of preparations in a hurry and making mistakes, the German warships are catching up quickly!

Beyar was running at full power and smoking black smoke, but it was not trying to escape, but to provide speed for the take-off of the carrier aircraft.

The take-off of a carrier-based aircraft needs to reach a certain speed. In this way, before take-off, if the aircraft has an initial velocity relative to the air, it can greatly reduce the take-off pressure of the carrier-based aircraft.

Therefore, almost all aircraft carriers need to use full horsepower before taking off to carry out the take-off and landing operations of carrier-based aircraft against the wind, even in the current era of propeller aircraft.

But now, the Beyane's movements are too slow.

Even if it wanted to escape, it couldn't escape! At this time, it has not accelerated to the maximum speed of 20 knots, and the German warship has sprinted to 28 knots!

Relying on the high speed, the Deutschland is chasing up quickly, and the aircraft carrier is getting closer and closer!

General Laborde inside the bridge, holding a telescope, looked at the three German naval guns in triple mounts, turned slowly, and aimed at the aircraft carrier here.

"Quick, full right rudder!" he continued.

Since he can't get rid of it, he can only do maneuvers. Years of maritime experience let Laborde know that the other party is going to sail to his own port position and use the full firepower of the opponent's naval guns.

In this case, if you have a full right rudder, you can make all the shooting elements pre-calculated by the Germans ineffective! Delay the opponent's attack and prepare for the take-off of your own carrier aircraft.

It was so urgent that he directly bypassed the captain, Colonel Gerary, and gave orders to the warship.

Unfortunately, he is not an aircraft carrier commander after all.

Following his order, the helmsman quickly operated the steering gear and killed the rudder. Then, the huge hull tilted over while accelerating.

"No!" on the deck, the pilot of the reconnaissance plane shouted desperately.