Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1648
Therefore, for the coastal defense regiment, finding the seaplane is almost enough to find the main force of the Devils fleet.

It should not be counted as "finding", because the flying direction of the seaplane does not represent the direction of the Devils fleet or the position of the fleet, but at least some clues can be found based on its flight trajectory.

Toshihei Inoguchi on the other side didn't consider this at all.

This is not to say that Toshihei Inoguchi is careless. Of course, Toshihei Inoguchi does have the intention to underestimate the enemy, but more importantly, he knows that the Eighth Route Army's fleet has only one "Nagara"-class cruiser and four "Wrath"-class destroyers from Maokuma.

Inoguchi Toshihei knew very well what kind of configuration the "Nagara" class was. Its air-to-air radar could barely detect targets more than [-] kilometers away... This was about the same distance as a lookout. One of the reasons that lookouts are not eliminated, sometimes lookouts are more reliable than radar.

As for Mao Xiong's "Wrath" class, let alone the Mao Xiong warship, radar and communication equipment are definitely not worth mentioning and guarding against.

Therefore, Toshihei Inoguchi released 4 seaplanes for reconnaissance with confidence. ("Musashi" carries 7 seaplanes)
Two of the four seaplanes were launched by the "Musashi" and the other two were from the heavy cruiser "Myoko".

This is why Inoguchi Toshihei wants to bring a heavy cruiser. The seaplanes on the battleship and the heavy cruiser can cooperate with each other as take-off and landing platforms.

For example, in actual combat, there are two seaplanes that need to be retrieved. If there is only one battleship, there is no other way, and the other can only be queued up.

Another example is that in actual combat, the battleship is busy in combat and cannot retrieve the seaplane... When retracting the seaplane, the warship needs to stop completely and the aircraft is hoisted to the warship by a crane. Obviously, such an operation cannot be carried out when it is in a combat state.

If there is only one battleship, the unrecovered seaplanes parked on the sea will be in danger and will not be able to play a role. The cooperation of heavy cruisers can perfectly fill this gap. let go.

The four seaplanes released by Toshihei Inoguchi fanned forward from four directions to carry out reconnaissance missions.

Before long, pilots reported sightings of enemy fleets.

Toshihei Inoguchi was stunned when he heard the information, and he asked, "Are you sure it's the enemy fleet?"

"Sure!" the pilot replied, "That's the cruiser 'Natori', and there are four Fury-class destroyers of Maoxiong, and all the warships of the Eighth Route Army are here!"

How many warships the Eighth Route Army has is not a secret to the devils, because all the warships of the Eighth Route Army come from outside... Of course, the captured "Natori" cannot be kept secret, and of course the four destroyers sailing from Maoxiong to Huaxia cannot be kept secret, so the devils know the warships of the Eighth Route Army quantity.

Toshihei Inoguchi was quite surprised by this. He never thought that the Eighth Route Army would send warships out to fight. He thought that the Eighth Route Army would put the warships in the port and protect them with anti-ship missiles... In this case, the fleet would be destroyed. It will be difficult, because the fleet is fighting against the enemy fleet while defending the air.

However, this is [-] nautical miles away from the coastline of Dalian, which is already beyond the combat radius of the Eighth Route Army fighter planes. Aren't they looking for death here?
At this time, the staff officer asked: "Major General, do you want the seaplane to launch the first wave of attack?"

There is a reason for the staff to say this, because the devil's seaplanes are not just for reconnaissance or shooting, they also have considerable attack capabilities, and even have the result of defeating the Yingjiang B17 heavy bomber in actual combat.

However, strong combat power does not mean it is excellent.

The reality is just the opposite. The devil is an outstanding tactical failure... The devil's lack of strategic thinking is well known. Even if the devil knows this, he can't change it. s things.

The reason is that the seaplane carries two large buoys...it is necessary to have these buoys to land on the water.

These two buoys determine that the speed of the seaplane is not fast, and the speed is only more than 300 kilometers per hour, which is similar to the speed of a missile.

In this era, there are not many fighters whose speed is so slow. All countries are climbing to more than 600 kilometers, and the BF109 can reach an astonishing 710 kilometers.

This determines the role that the seaplane can play: it can only be used for reconnaissance and the shooting of warships and naval guns. It is obviously behind the times when used in combat, and it will eventually outweigh the gains.

However, after the Devils lost four aircraft carriers in the Midway naval battle, they began to seek another way. They hoped to replace the aircraft carriers with battleships and heavy cruisers carrying as many seaplanes as possible, so that they would have both air support and cannons. ship.

Therefore, the seaplane that originally carried out reconnaissance missions not only carried a machine gun but also mounted four 4-kilogram bombs, and now the devils even require the seaplane to carry a 60-kilogram bomb for dive bombing...

The seaplane carried by the "Musashi" is the newly developed so-called "Ruiyun" carrier-based water reconnaissance and bombing aircraft capable of dive bombing.

It only takes a little analysis to know what this situation is. If you want it to be able to do everything, the result is often that it can't do anything well.

Toshihei Inoguchi hesitated for a while, then shook his head and rejected the suggestion of the staff officer.

This is not to say that Toshihei Inoguchi doubts the combat effectiveness of "Zuiyun", but Toshihei Inoguchi believes that the war with the "junior" fleet of the Eighth Route Army should be a complete victory.

If seaplanes are sent to bomb, it is inevitable that one or two will be shot down by the Eighth Route Army, and his record will be ugly by then!

Inoguchi Toshihei immediately ordered: "Launch the battle formation and move towards the target direction!"

"Yes, head towards the target direction!"

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Toshihei Inoguchi didn't even notify the army. He thought it would be enough to notify the army after destroying the enemy fleet. He liked the way the army, especially Yoshijiro Umezu, was out of breath.

Xu Huandong on the other side also knew that the devils had discovered them, and Xu Huandong even deduced the approximate location of the devils fleet.

It is not difficult to do this. The detection range of the CXAM radar is 100 kilometers. It found two Devil planes. If the reconnaissance area of ​​these two Devil planes is extended to the direction of the Devils, the intersection point may be the Devils fleet. Location.

"The enemy's situation has been discovered, and the Devil's fleet may be [-] nautical miles away from us!" Xu Huandong reported to Wang Xuexin: "Please ask for instructions!"

Wang Xuexin thought for a while and then ordered: "Lead them towards the port, preferably within [-] kilometers!"

"Yes!"

Two hundred kilometers is the limit range of the Eighth Route Army's land-based anti-ship missiles.

(End of this chapter)