Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1654 Water Reconnaissance Troop
Ten minutes later, amidst the cheers of the crew, the seaplane successfully catapulted and took off from the "Zhenhai" ship.

Although Xie Han, who was flying the plane, didn't show it, tears could not help but flow out of his eyes at the moment of take-off... Although it took only ten minutes of preparation time for this take-off, no one knows how much effort they put in before What a risk.

However, although Xie Han was excited in his heart, he calmly said to the two cheering behind him: "Keep calm and observe, the task is important!"

"Yes!" The two players replied in unison.

The seaplane can carry three people. The duties of these three people are: pilot, scout and radio communicator.

The pilot is in the front, and the scout and radio operator are in the back.

Among them, the scout is equipped with a pair of high-powered binoculars to observe the situation on the sea surface. He will tell the radio communicator what he has observed, and the latter will transfer the situation to the warship in due course.

The scout and radio operator can also switch roles if necessary, and even replace the pilot if necessary, such as when the aircraft is flying on the opposite side of the enemy fleet, or the pilot is too tired to fly for a long time.

It is worth mentioning that this seaplane can reach a total range of 3376 kilometers after taking off with full fuel, and its top speed is only 367 kilometers per hour, which means that it can stay in the air for up to 9 hours.

Its actual time in the air can reach more than ten hours, because it usually flies at an economic speed of about 300 kilometers per hour... For reconnaissance missions, the speed of flight after finding the target is not very important, what is important is the time in the air.

Therefore, the devil's seaplane is very suitable for reconnaissance missions.

On the other side, Toshihei Inoguchi immediately received the information that the "Zhenhai" ship took off the seaplane.

Inoguchi Toshihei's face changed, because he knew that if the enemy successfully took off the seaplane, the location and movement of the "Musashi" would no longer be a secret.

"These guys!" Toshihei Inoguchi scolded in surprise: "They can actually take off a seaplane? Is it the work of those cowards on the Natori?"

When the "Natori" was captured, most of its crew were killed by angry militiamen and workers because they resisted and even tried to drive away the warship, but dozens of people were still captured... The devil navy is not as crazy as the army, The probability of its surrender is higher.

Therefore, Toshihei Inoguchi immediately thought that the Eighth Route Army successfully took off the seaplane with the help of these captives.

Xu Huandong really said this, but Xie Han rejected it as soon as he said it.

Xie Han gave the reason: "Leader! This is too risky!"

"What's the big risk?" Xu Huandong asked puzzled, he just asked the captives to provide them with help and advice, how could there be a risk?
Xie Han replied: "Leader, think about it, this is an airplane, and it was ejected. What if the devils captives deliberately teach in the wrong direction? We don't know anything, can we just follow suit? Then fly If there is a problem, the devils and captives can also be said to be our improper operation, then what can you do with them?"

Xu Huandong thought about it and thought he was right. This is not any information that can be verified. There is only one seaplane. There is no cost for the devil to lie, but the loss of the Eighth Route Army may be huge.

So, in the end, Xie Han and others figured it out by themselves.

Toshihei Inoguchi hesitated for a while before ordering: "Order the water reconnaissance force to shoot down the enemy seaplane!"

"Yes!" The staff officer responded and immediately conveyed Inoguchi Toshihei's order.

The devils took some time to prepare, and they used the cruiser to recover three seaplanes... These seaplanes were performing reconnaissance missions before, so they did not carry bombs.

Although the mission this time is to "shoot down the enemy's seaplane", considering that the enemy's seaplane is hovering over the enemy fleet, the Imperial Water Reconnaissance Force may break through the enemy's air defense network and even bomb the enemy's ship, so they replaced it with a Seaplane carrying small bombs.

In 10 minutes of preparation time, there are six imperial planes flying in the air.

Two of them did not carry bombs, and the other four carried bombs.

The division of tasks is very clear: the four water reconnaissance planes with bombs are responsible for dispersing the anti-aircraft firepower of the enemy fleet in all directions, and the two water reconnaissance planes without bombs are responsible for shooting down enemy seaplanes.

Commanding these seaplanes is Major Akiba Shinichi, who has five years of combat and flying experience... Among the devils' seaplanes, the seaplane reconnaissance planes have the longest survivability, because they usually perform non-combat missions.

Akiba Shinichi was driving a water reconnaissance intercepting the enemy plane without a bomb on it. He gave the battle plan immediately, and he ordered: "Second and third attack teams, your troops should concentrate on attacking the 'Natori'. , Once we entangle the enemy water scouts, we can withdraw from the battle!"

In Akiba Shinichi's view, the "Wrath" class destroyer of the Eighth Route Army is not worth mentioning at all, so there is no need to waste too much energy to deal with it. The most important thing is to contain the firepower of the "Natori" light cruiser.

Akiba Shinichi's idea is correct to a certain extent.

Because Mao Xiong's "Wrath" class warship has only eight poor anti-aircraft guns, which is related to Mao Xiong's insufficient demand for the navy during this period, and its performance in all aspects is very hip.

而“名取”号也就是现在许涣东驾驶的“镇海”舰却有35座25MM口径双联装高射炮（一共70门），另外还有13MM口径双联装高射机枪6座（共12挺）。

In this comparison, the anti-aircraft firepower of the light cruiser is much greater than that of the Wrath-class, even more than the sum of the anti-aircraft firepower of the four "Wrath"-class ships.

The only difference is that Mao Xiong's anti-aircraft gun is more powerful with a caliber of 37MM.

Therefore, Shinichi Akiba thought that as long as he could restrain the light cruiser, the mission would be half successful.

When the water reconnaissance led by him entangles the enemy's aircraft, the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower will not be able to play a role... The enemy's fighter planes are entangled and it is impossible to distinguish the enemy from us.

At that time, it is only a matter of time before the enemy's seaplane is shot down, and it is a matter of course to complete the mission!

This is also the reason why the devil's staff asked Inoguchi Toshihei whether the water reconnaissance force would launch the first round of attacks on the Eighth Route Army fleet.

In their view, except for the anti-aircraft firepower of the "Natori" in the Eighth Route Army fleet, which is worth mentioning, everything else is just decoration.

The "Natori" was only recently captured by the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army was not proficient in the control and coordination of anti-aircraft guns and warships. The Empire had ten water reconnaissance ships. It was not impossible to bring bombs to blow it up.

Common sense says that this analysis is indeed correct, but the devils did not expect... The Eighth Route Army has already replaced the outdated anti-aircraft guns with anti-aircraft missiles!

(End of this chapter)