Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 537 Looking for "Zero War"

Enterprise aircraft carrier, Halsey looked solemnly at the map of Wake Island on the desktop.

He was ordered to lead the USS Enterprise and Yorktown to carry out a tactical surprise attack on Wake Island.

Sneak attacks are divided into three types: strategy, campaign, and tactics. The target of tactics is the smallest. It only needs to blow up a few planes or warehouses on the airport to be successful.

But this seemingly simple goal has now become an extremely dangerous task.

The reason is nothing else, that is, the super-long range of the devil's "Zero" combat effectiveness.

The ultra-long range is extremely advantageous in naval warfare.

For example, now, if Yingchan wants to attack Wake Island, he must enter a distance of 600 kilometers... This is determined by the range of Yingchan's "Wildcat" carrier aircraft. Its longest range is only 1200 kilometers. The attack radius of an aircraft carrier is only 600 kilometers.

In fact, at this time, the attack radius of the Yingjiang aircraft carrier is less than 500 kilometers.

The reason is that some fuel consumption needs to be reserved for the fighter planes for emergency... If the fuel consumption is calculated to be just enough for a round trip, once the carrier-based aircraft is intercepted by an enemy plane and has an air battle or deviates from the direction, the carrier-based aircraft can only stop at sea.

However, the Devil's "Zero" fighter has a range of more than 2000 kilometers, so the "Zero" has a combat radius of [-] kilometers.

This means that the Yingjiang aircraft carrier is within [-] kilometers of the enemy's combat radius and is in danger of being bombed by enemy planes at any time.

In the same way, the aircraft carrier confrontation between Yingjiang and Devils is also the case. The advantage brought by the ultra-long range of "Zero War" is that Devils can fight Yingjiang, but Yingjiang cannot fight Devils.

The problem is that the Devil's radar is not yet advanced enough to detect a fleet of [-] kilometers, otherwise Yingjiang will only lose in the naval battle.

"We can only hope that the enemy won't find us!" Staff Officer Ryan's face was very ugly: "Otherwise, we will pay a huge price for this sneak attack!"

In Ryan's view, this is a plan that is not worth the candle. Let the two aircraft carrier formations take the risk of being sunk by the enemy to sneak attack on the enemy's island, and it is a tactical sneak attack... This is simply crazy.

"They don't have many planes on Wake Island!" Halsey replied.

Halsey has always been vigorous and decisive, and there will be no hesitation in what he decides to do.

In fact, he also knew that this was a loss-making business, and he even knew that only one-third of the carrier-based aircraft would return after being sent out.

But he still had to.

Not because of an order from a superior, but because Halsey himself felt that he should do it.

Because this is a war, and a war cannot be stopped just because you know you can't beat your opponent.

The performance of the "Wildcat" fighter is indeed inferior to that of the "Zero", so why don't they just hide and not move?
If so, what is the difference between having an aircraft carrier and not having one?
What's more, hiding and avoiding battle will not only reduce morale, but also never find the enemy's weakness.

Thinking of this, Halsey said to Ryan: "Pass my order, let the boys get ready, tell them to carefully observe the enemy planes to find their weaknesses during the battle, and report them in time!"

"Yes!" Ryan responded with a heavy heart, because this is actually using the life of the pilot to find the weakness of the enemy fighter.

It would be worth it if you could find it, but Ryan thought it was probably a wasted sacrifice.

Because in that tense combat state, the pilot has to drive the plane, find the target and control the weapon. In this case, he also needs to observe the enemy plane to find the opponent's weakness?
At this moment, a communications soldier stepped forward and reported: "General, the mission has been cancelled!"

"What?" Hursi raised his head and stared at the communications soldier, his eyes filled with anger: "We are only [-] nautical miles away from the target, and we have already entered the enemy's combat radius. Now you tell me that the mission is cancelled? Let's risk our lives to come here. , just to hear the phrase 'mission cancelled'?"

"General!" The communications soldier hurriedly explained: "To be exact, it's not 'mission cancellation' but 'mission change'!"

Speaking of which, the messenger handed Halsey a telegram.

Halsey looked at it, his eyes turned from surprise to suspicion, and then from suspicion to shock, and then he became happy again for a while: "Send the order, the fleet will turn to the safe area immediately! Also, call the boys, I have something to say." Say it to them!"

The pilots quickly gathered together, and they were also puzzled by the sudden cancellation of the mission, so some people speculated: "Is it because the enemy discovered it and had to cancel it?"

Major Logan immediately denied this idea: "If this is the case, we should have been preparing to take off in the fighter plane instead of waiting for the bull here!"

"Brave Bull" is Halsey's nickname because he has a fiery personality and dares to fight, but he is also approachable without the airs of a general, so he is very popular among soldiers.

In a moment Halsey came in.

"Gentlemen!" Halsey raised the telegram in his hand and said, "Good news, we may have discovered the weakness of the enemy plane!"

These words immediately aroused the commotion of the pilots.

This is what they are most concerned about during this time, because if they can't find the enemy's weakness, it means death, and it's not others who die but themselves.

Now Halsey said that finding this weakness is tantamount to giving them a gold medal in avoiding death.

"Listen to this!" Halsey read the original text while holding the telegram: "We have reason to believe that the reason why the Devil's 'Zero War' has such excellent maneuverability and range is the result of the Devil's substantial reduction in the weight of the fuselage. Because we can It is deduced that the dive performance of 'Zero War' may be insufficient..."

Hearing this, Major Logan frowned: "Sorry, General! Why is it 'reason to believe', 'inference', and 'perhaps'?"

"Because they're not sure!" Halsey replied.

"Then how did they get this uncertain information?" Logan wondered.

Halsey said truthfully: "This is an inference from a Chinese battalion commander!"

Logan laughed: "A Chinese battalion commander? Inference? General! Their inference on the ground may cost us our lives..."

"What's the difference?" Halsey asked back.

So Logan understood that this matter needs to be determined by them.

But there is nothing wrong with what Halsey said, and it is now in the worst situation. Less than one-third of the fighters flying out each mission can return.

Therefore, even if this weakness is "not sure", you can only try it!
Halsey went on to say: "This time the tactical sneak attack has changed from a sneak attack on Wake Island to a sneak attack on 'Zero War'. We are going to run after them, boys!"

The pilots in the conference room looked at each other and saw fear in each other's eyes.

In the past, I was afraid of avoiding the "Zero War", but now I have to look for the "Zero War".

(End of this chapter)