Chapter 1,690 The Battle of the Southern Indian Ocean 5
Chapter 1690 Battle of the Southern Indian Ocean 5
Ruprecht also drew on historical experience in this regard. The way the Americans guide the aircraft to land is for the ground staff to signal the aircraft in a semaphore-like manner. This method has somewhat high requirements for the ground staff on the aircraft carrier. However, historically the Japanese approach was much more sophisticated.
The Japanese used similar optical landing assistance equipment and installed two rows of light bulbs on both sides of the flight deck at the rear of the aircraft, with a red light in front and a green light in the back. If the plane lands at the correct angle, the red and green light bulbs seen by the pilot should be in line. If the angle is higher, the visual position of the green light is above the red light, and the countermeasure is to lower it. This solves the problem of the landing angle very well. As for what if you can’t see the light bulb? There must be something wrong with the horizontal angle. Pull it up and land again, prawn!
At this time, the naval personnel of the United States and the United States on board the Constellation were even more nervous than when they released the plane! The warship also entered the headwind sailing stage. The first JU5 torpedo aircraft roared down from the sky. With the help of the landing system, the aircraft found the angle well and controlled the speed. After crossing the two arresting ropes, the second The three arresting cables were finally attached to the aircraft. With the stretching of the arresting cables and the operation of the hydraulic cylinder behind it, 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. .
After the plane lands, the ground crew will quickly run over and remove the arresting cable from the landing hook at the tail of the aircraft. Then the arresting cable will begin to gradually recover, while the ground crew will push the aircraft into the central containment area. If If it were a large aircraft carrier from World War II, some aircraft would be stacked in the containment area, but now, because the deck of the Constellation is too small, aircraft entering the containment area will be sent to the hangar by elevators! 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 cable, the time to recover an aircraft is approximately between 60 and 100 seconds.
At this rate, it would take more than half an hour to fully recover the fleet. During this period, other aircraft were naturally not allowed to fly around. All the J-3S fighter jets were circling around the aircraft carrier, while the JU5 bombers that first started to land entered the area above the aircraft carrier, and then gradually spiraled downward, controlling the speed, and then Find a suitable opportunity to land. Generally speaking, the aviation operations of the German High Seas Fleet have formed a system.
At this time, the Japanese seaplane team led by Yoshikawa also discovered the USS Constellation aircraft carrier sailing against the wind on the sea and the accompanying fast battleship USS Scharnhorst!
"Did the German planes take off from this flat-top ship? It's so amazing!" Yoshikawa was very surprised when he looked at the strange-looking battleship in front of him. Based on the comparison with the battleship next to him, he could feel It turns out that this is not a very big ship. Judging from the ship type, this ship should be modified from the hull of a light cruiser. The maximum displacement is about 7,000 tons. However, for such a ship, after the attack just now, Killed 1 light cruiser, 1 seaplane carrier and 2 destroyers,
The combat effectiveness is not bad!
"If this battleship is bigger and equipped with more aircraft, then I'm afraid it can easily kill those behemoths beyond the range of the battleship's artillery, right?" Looking at the Constellation aircraft carrier in the distance, Yoshikawa was a little confused. Distracted. At this time, their flying altitude was not high, so they were not discovered by the sailing German fleet. Unfortunately, a group of late German carrier-based aircraft discovered these low-altitude assassins. While reporting to the fleet, they launched Attacked!
The returning German carrier-based aircraft detachment did not notice the Japanese seaplanes following them, and this time the Japanese also did not notice the German carrier-based aircraft coming up from behind them. The two J-3S fighter jets were the first to bear the brunt. They were dumping their loads, and at the same time the aircraft 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 stupid duck with a lame leg!
The two planes knocked the two seaplanes into the sea with an easy raid, while the other seaplane was targeted by a JU5 torpedo plane. After the two sides conducted a series of low-altitude battles, the JU5 The torpedo plane became the first carrier-based bomber to shoot down an enemy aircraft!
When Yoshikawa piloted his seaplane and finally approached the Constellation, he could even see the busy crowd on the deck. However, the J3S fighter jets hovering next to it waiting to land did not give him a chance. The seaplane finally landed on the The aircraft carrier was turned into a ball of fire more than 3,000 meters away. Although the attack was easily broken up, for the German Navy, the Japanese actions gave them a wake-up call!
"Our fleet is being tracked. If we face the British Royal Navy, I'm afraid there will be a situation that none of us want to see." Rodhart personally witnessed the Japanese seaplane that was destroyed not far away. , his face looked a little ugly. At this time, the USS Constellation aircraft carrier was undergoing bombing and refueling operations. If a bomb dropped, it would be a trivial matter to destroy several aircraft!
"There is no way. An aircraft carrier is like an egg with a sledgehammer. It is powerful but fragile." Kimmel said. However, at this time, they did not have time to consider these subsequent issues. They quickly loaded the aircraft with ammunition and fuel and launched another attack before dark. The most important thing was to kill the Katori. At the same time, in order to close the distance with the Japanese fleet, the entire aircraft carrier battle group began to sail towards the Katori at the fastest speed after receiving the aircraft. At this time, the distance between the two sides had been reduced to less than 100 kilometers, and the ship It takes about an hour to re-arrange the carrier aircraft and release the next wave of aircraft, and during this time, the distance can be shortened by at least 20 kilometers!
"I'm afraid we are the only ones left in this sea area." Hyakutake Saburo looked at the empty sea outside and sighed. Fortunately, although the battleships were destroyed, the transport ship seemed to have escaped the German attack. At this time, due north, a black smoke column gradually became clear. With the help of the rangefinder on the top of the mast, the Japanese had already It could be identified that it should be the Gneisenau. From this distance, both sides could already see their opponents, but the opponents did not seem to intend to launch an attack.
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