Chapter 1690: Battle of the South Indian Ocean V

Chapter 1690 The battle of the Southern Indian Ocean (5)

In this regard, Ruprecht also drew on historical experience. The way the Americans guide the aircraft to land is for the ground crew to signal the aircraft in a semaphore-like manner. This method places high demands on the ground crew on the aircraft carrier. However, the way the Japanese did in history is much taller.

The Japanese adopted a similar optical landing aid device. Two rows of light bulbs were installed on both sides of the flight deck at the rear of the aircraft, with red lights in the front and green lights in the back. If the plane landed at the correct angle, the red and green light bulbs that the pilot saw should be in a line. If the angle is high, the visual position of the green light is above the red light, and the countermeasure is low. This solves the problem of landing angle very well. As for you can't see the light bulb, what should I do? It must be a problem with the horizontal angle. Pull up and land again!

At this time, the US and German naval personnel on the Constellation were even more nervous than when they released the aircraft! The warship also entered the stage of sailing against the wind. The first JU5 torpedo aircraft fell from the air whistling. With the help of the landing system, the aircraft found the angle and controlled the speed. After crossing the two arresting cables, the first The three arresting cables were finally hooked up to the aircraft. With the extension of the arresting cables and the operation of the hydraulic cylinder behind, the huge force provided by the arresting cables offset the huge kinetic energy of the bomber, and it stopped at a distance of less than 30 meters. Up.

After the plane has landed, the ground crew will quickly run over to unload the arresting cable on the tail of the aircraft, and then the arresting cable will gradually recover, and the ground crew will push the aircraft into the central containment area. If it is a large aircraft carrier of World War II, some planes will be stacked in the containment area, but now, because the deck of the Constellation is too small, the planes entering the containment area will be lifted into the hangar! At this time, the recovery cycle is completed, and then the next aircraft is started. Taking into account the time to recover the aircraft and the time to reset the arresting line, the recovery time of an aircraft is about 60 to 100 seconds.

At this rate, it will take more than half an hour for the fleet to be fully recovered. During this period of time, other aircraft naturally cannot fly randomly. All J-3S fighters hovered around the aircraft carrier, and the JU5 bomber that first began to land enters the area above the aircraft carrier, and then gradually spiral down to control the speed, and then Find a suitable opportunity to land. In general, the aviation operations of the German High Seas Fleet have formed a system.

At this time, the Japanese seaplane team led by Yoshikawa also spotted the aircraft carrier Constellation sailing against the wind on the sea and the fast battleship Scharnhorst accompanying it!

"Does the German plane take off from this flat-topped ship? It's amazing!" When Yoshikawa looked at the weird-looking battleship in front of him, he was very surprised. According to the comparison with the battleship next to him, he could feel This is not a very large ship. From the perspective of the ship’s type, this ship should be a light cruiser with a maximum displacement of only 7000 tons. However, such a ship, in the previous attack Killed 1 light cruiser, 1 seaplane carrier and 2 destroyers in the game, the combat effectiveness is not weak!

"If this battleship is made larger and equipped with more aircraft, then I am afraid that it can easily kill those behemoths outside the range of the battleship's guns?" Looking at the Constellation aircraft carrier in the distance, Yoshikawa is a little bit Distracted. At this time, their flying altitude was not high, so they were not discovered by the German fleet that was sailing, but unfortunately, a group of late-arriving German carrier-based aircraft discovered these low-altitude assassins. While reporting to the fleet, they launched Attacked!

The German carrier-based aircraft detachment did not find the Japanese seaplane trailing behind, and this time the Japanese also did not find the German carrier-based aircraft that they could touch behind them. The two J-3S fighters were the first to bear the brunt. After more than half of the internal fuel was used up, the combat weight was greatly reduced, and the flight performance was also improved a lot. At this time, the Japanese seaplane flying at low altitude was like a dumb duck with a lame leg!

Two planes hit two seaplanes into the sea in one easy raid, and the other seaplane was spotted by a JU5 torpedo plane. After a series of low-altitude engagements between the two sides, this JU5 The torpedo became the first carrier-based bomber to shoot down an enemy aircraft!

And when Yoshikawa finally approached the Constellation in his own seaplane, he could even see the busy people on the deck. However, the J3S fighters hovering nearby waiting to land did not give him a chance. It was beaten into a ball of fire more than 3,000 meters away from the aircraft carrier. Although the attack was easily dismantled, for the German Navy, the Japanese actions reminded them!

"Our fleet is being tracked. If we are facing the Royal Navy, there will probably be situations that we don't want to see." Rodhart witnessed the Japanese seaplane that was destroyed not far away. , My face is a bit ugly~www.wuxiaspot.com~ At this time, the aircraft carrier Constellation is loading and refueling. If a bomb comes down, it would be a small matter to destroy several aircraft!

"No way, the aircraft carrier is an egg with a sledgehammer, powerful, but fragile." Kimmel said. However, at this time, they didn't have time to consider these later issues. They quickly filled the aircraft with ammunition and fuel, and made another wave before dark. The most important thing was to kill the Katori. At the same time, in order to narrow the distance with the Japanese fleet, the entire aircraft carrier battle group started to head towards Katori at the fastest speed after receiving the aircraft. At this time, the distance between the two sides had been pulled within 100 kilometers. It will take about an hour for the carrier aircraft to be reconfigured to release the next wave of aircraft, and during this time it is possible to bring the distance closer by at least 20 kilometers!

"In this sea area, I am afraid we are the only ones left." Hyakutake Saburo looked at the open sea outside and sighed. Fortunately fortunately, although the battleships were destroyed, it seemed that the transport ship avoided the German attack. At this time, a black smoke column gradually became clear to the north. With the help of the rangefinder on the top of the mast, the Japanese had already It can be recognized that it should be the Gneisenau. The two sides can already see the opponent at this distance, but the other side does not seem to be planning an attack.

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