Chapter 2703 Guess 1
Should we increase the flight altitude? asked Gates.
"I think..." However, before Cunningham could finish his words, the Japanese navigator next to him interrupted him: "Look here, it seems to be a fighter jet!"
Hearing this sentence, Cunningham's hair stood up! My plane is currently flying at an altitude of about 50 meters above the sea level. If a fighter jet rushes down at this time, I will not even have room to dodge!
Cunningham immediately looked in the direction indicated by the Japanese, and saw four aircraft flying quickly about 300 meters from the sea in the distance. Perhaps because of his camouflage, or perhaps because of the light problem, The other party did not notice him. And they seemed to have a target, very fast, and soon disappeared from Cunningham's sight.
"We seem to have encountered a big problem. Order the plane to return quickly." Cunningham said seriously.
"Aren't we going to continue investigating?" Gates said in surprise.
"Without the investigation, there is no point in figuring out the identities of the ships in the distance. What we saw this time may be a big one." Cunningham said.
"Should we contact the headquarters?" Gates said as he prepared to send the report.
"Wait until we are at least 100 kilometers away from here before sending the report. Do as I say and I will explain to you why when we get back." Cunningham said.
So, before the last ray of sunlight disappeared from the sky, Cunningham and his crew flew quickly towards their base. A full two and a half hours later, at the moment when the Felixstowe F5 seaplane had just stopped. During this time, Cunningham jumped from the plane and ran to the squadron headquarters regardless of other crew members. It was a two-story building built of stone and wood. The commander was former Commodore Goode of the Royal Navy Reconnaissance Squadron. That's where Nuo works.
"Your Excellency, General, an American fleet was discovered in the AD5 area. It is very large!" Cunningham said loudly while pushing the door open. When he was in the Royal Navy, Cunningham was Goodnow's staff officer, so the two had a very good relationship. But now in Japan, Goodnow no longer has a military position in the Royal Navy, so the two are not so polite. . Some things can be reported directly.
"Really? If that's the case, then the results for Unit 6 will be very bad." Goodnow stood up and scratched the chart with the pencil in his hand, and at the same time marked an × somewhere in the north. .
"What do you mean?" Cunningham said somewhat unexpectedly.
"One of our seaplanes has gone missing;
It disappeared when it was sending the telegram. We had just received the verification code in the first part of the telegram, and then there was no further information. We estimated that it had been shot down. In the area a little north of AD5. " Goodnow said.
"Is it this evening?" Cunningham thought for a moment and said.
"Yes, before sunset, did you see Unit 6 was shot down?" Goodnow said.
"No, I just saw four planes flying in a certain direction. The light was not good at the time. I couldn't determine what type of plane they were, but they were definitely larger than ordinary fighter jets, and their altitude was also very low. It is only about 300 meters. I feel that this altitude is obviously for searching for low-altitude targets. If there are no other factors, then this team of aircraft should have shot down the No. 6 aircraft." Cunningham thought for a while and said.
"Do these planes have pontoons? Where are they coming from?" Goodnow asked immediately.
"Probably not. It should be southeast," Cunningham thought for a moment and said.
"Any other discoveries? Don't let me ask. Tell me everything you know!" Goodnow said, picking up drawing tools and pencils and starting to mark on the picture.
"We found a destroyer detachment at this location, then a detachment of medium-sized and above warships a little further back, and then found this fighter force flying over from the southeast." Cunningham Without hesitation, I picked up a pencil and marked them one by one on the chart.
"Then what?" Goodnow asked.
"Then I headed back," Cunningham said.
"Is it because the weather has turned dark, or is it because I am timid?" Goodnow said with some dissatisfaction.
"Because I think the intelligence we have obtained is enough. Based on my experience, I think what we encountered is the outer cordon of a large fleet. Those destroyers and the medium-sized warships behind are all part of this cordon. I Although the size and specific location of this fleet cannot be determined, judging from the fact that they can send out 4 aircraft at once to carry out low-altitude attacks, I think there must be an aircraft carrier in this fleet. Because these aircraft have no pontoons, they are not seaplanes. And if it is a one-time ejection aircraft, sending out four at once is simply unimaginable for a fleet without dedicated aircraft carriers. Therefore, I think that the size of the peripheral fleet and the emergence of regular carrier-based aircraft Look, this fleet will definitely be quite big!" Cunningham said confidently.
Cunningham's inference is still very accurate. First of all, in terms of distance, it can be determined by referring to the fact that there are two fleets on this cordon at the same time, and there is also a group of planes flying directly from an unknown place. The range of perception of this fleet is very large! The size of the fleet's perception range is directly determined by the size of the fleet! You know, although it was almost evening, the weather was clear and the lighting conditions were adequate. Under these circumstances, Cunningham and his colleagues could not see the aircraft carrier that launched the plane! This shows that this aircraft carrier detachment is at least 20 kilometers away!
Secondly, from the perspective of fleet formation principles, if this fleet has aircraft carriers, it will definitely have battleships, because according to the experience of the German and British navies in the war, aircraft carriers are very important in reconnaissance and air defense, but their attack power is slightly insufficient. , Therefore, under normal circumstances, aircraft carriers will be mixed with battleship detachments. Unless it happens that the carrier-based aircraft cannot be used due to weather problems like the last time on New Ireland Island, which was caused by weather problems for a continuous period of time, these two types of battleships will definitely be together. Because after separation, the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
Therefore, if it can be determined that there are aircraft carriers, then there must be battleships. And considering the location of the outer cordon, the size of this core fleet, which is unknown where it is, will be relatively large. Of course, I really don’t know how big it is. .
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