#886 Aircraft Carrier Lexington

The advantage of submarines is that they are underwater, not on the sea. Even if the submarine has more anti-aircraft guns, it will be beaten when facing the plane.

A 10,000-ton warship, equipped with so many anti-aircraft guns and so thick armor, still has to kneel in front of a dive bomber, let alone a submarine.

Guitou Sansan made his right choice, can't beat it, can't run?

It's a pity that when he ran like this, he was even more confirmed by others.

"They're going down! Where are our reinforcements?" Chris asked.

They no longer have anti-submarine weapons. Now, when the other party dives into the sea water, there is a possibility of running away at any time. As time goes on, the more you want to find it, the more difficult it will be.

"Call Taylor, call Taylor, the target submarine has already dived and is about to slip away!" Schroeder in the rear compartment shouted loudly into the radio.

Soon, an echo came from the radio: "Please continue to search, the Lexington has taken off and a support plane is coming soon!"

Because German submarines appear in the Pacific Ocean, threatening the hegemony of the United States in the Pacific Ocean, the United States dispatched a large number of navies to find out the German submarines on the seabed.

At this time, the Lexington aircraft carrier formation happened to be sailing in formation near the sea area where Chris was, but it was only more than 100 nautical miles. After receiving the alarm, the Lexington immediately began emergency operations.

USS Lexington, an early American aircraft carrier, similar to the British aircraft carrier, was converted from battleships.

It started construction as a battle cruiser in January 1921, but according to the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, all the "Lexington" class battlecruisers of the U.S. Navy were suspended, and the U.S. Navy decided to make the most advanced "Lexington". USS Saratoga and USS Saratoga converted into aircraft carriers CV-2 and CV-3.

It was launched in October 1925 and officially commissioned in December 1927.

This is a large aircraft carrier with direct access to the deck, with a full-load displacement of more than 36,000 tons, which is ahead of the whole world.

The 271-meter-long flight deck looks extremely wide. At this time, at the rear of the deck, a series of SBD dreadnought dive bombers are rapidly preparing for departure.

The greatest strength of an aircraft carrier is the carrier-based aircraft, and the carrier-based aircraft needs to be replaced according to the sortie mission.

For example, if it is an air defense mission, it requires fighter jets, an attack mission requires bombers, and an attacking surface fleet and an attacking submarine are different bombs.

It is impossible to park all the planes on the deck, and it is even impossible to place the required bombs. In short, deck operation is a very serious and challenging subject. Only after years of operation can the efficiency be improved.

Fortunately, there is no big problem now.

The U.S. Navy originally performed anti-submarine operations. On their decks, they all placed dive bombers, and the bombers mounted on them were all anti-submarine depth bombs.

As a professional bomber, the main armament of the Dreadnought is a 1,600-pound bomb under the centerline of the fuselage and a 100-pound bomb or depth charge under each wing, now, all mounted All are depth charges.

Now, after receiving the news of the discovery of the submarine, they are immediately dispatched.

"Headwind, full speed, prepare to fly the carrier aircraft!" Captain Sherman gave the order.

The huge warship drew an arc on the sea, and the warship made a thirty-degree turn, facing the wind, and began to accelerate.

In the middle of the starboard side of the hull, black smoke was constantly bubbling from the thick chimney, and the boiler was burning violently. Five minutes later, the main engine reached the maximum power of 180,000 horsepower, and the battleship of more than 30,000 tons sprinted to the 33 verses.

take off!

On the deck of the aircraft carrier, a dreadnought bomber accelerated forward, facing the swaying centerline of the deck.

The 1000-horsepower Wright XR-1820-32 "cyclone" engine drives the three-blade variable-pitch propeller to burst out the maximum thrust. Under the headwind of the deck, it accelerates rapidly, accelerating, and has not yet reached the deck. At the forefront, the pilot pulled the lever, and the bomber took off from the deck!

The big depth charge under the belly of the aircraft looked extremely dazzling.

One, another, the Yorktown did not keep it, and released all the 26 SBD bombers it carried!

No one knows that the conflict between the US Navy and the navy of the island nation started from this incident. There was no deep hatred between the two sides. A small misunderstanding actually brewed a huge conflict.

All this can only be attributed to God's arrangement.

When competing for the contract for carrier-based bombers, Northrop aimed at the layout of the monoplane, believing that although this type of aircraft has poor low-speed capability, it is definitely a future trend.

As a result, they got it right.

The biggest advantage of a single wing is its fast flight speed. Even if it belongs to a bomber, it can fly at a speed of 400 kilometers per hour. As an aviation weapon, it has always been developed towards higher and faster.

The fleet of dreadnought bombers quickly flew towards the target sea area, and soon, they merged with the solitary water reconnaissance plane.

"The goal is to disappear fifteen minutes ago. Even if they use their maximum underwater speed, they can only travel a few nautical miles. I suggest that they carry out a dense bombardment here." contact.

Submarines are not fast underwater. According to their existing knowledge, it is only five or six knots. Therefore, the other party must still be underwater here!

"Understood, the bombers pay attention, and drop 100-pound depth charges in order!"

Twenty-six bombers lined up in a large square formation in the air, five in each row, with the lead plane cruising at a high altitude.

They were over the target, flying smoothly.

"First row, let it go!"

"Second row, let it go!"

Following the command of the captain, the bomber carried out a round of blanket bombing, successfully covering half of the sea area!

Then, turn around in the airspace ahead and cover the other half of the airspace!

Generally speaking, when a plane throws a deep bomb, it is not to see the devil without hanging the string. Only after confirming that the other party is below will throw the bomb. Now, this kind of blanket throwing is more like the method of surface ships.

"Pfft!" The first deep shot fell into the water.

There were round waves on the sea, spreading outward, and at the same time, the sound of splashing into the water was also spreading in all directions with the spread of the waves. Seawater is a good medium for sound and can travel far.

For submariners, the last thing they want to hear is this kind of sound.