1825 My New Daming

"Junmen, the Yingyi fleet seems to have retreated! Do you want to chase it?"

When Ma Xuchen, Chief of Staff of the First Aviation War, reported to Zhuge Weidao the good news that the Yingyi fleet had begun to run away, he had just won the first aircraft carrier battle victory in human history, and also pioneered the use of aircraft carriers to launch bombardment and torpedo attacks. The "God of the Navy", who has sunk the battleship's amazing record, is frowning as he watches his men scoop up planes with their cranes.

This is really a brain-dead operation!
The Ssangyong carrier-based seaplane takes off directly from the aircraft carrier, but it cannot land directly on the aircraft carrier.This is because the "experts" of the Naval Aviation Admiral's Mansion—the group of people promoted by Zhuge Weidao himself insisted that the balsa wood body of the Ssangyong aircraft could not withstand the arresting cables and arresting nets, and the deck of the aircraft carrier was too short to allow This "large aircraft" with two wings, two engines and two seats taxis and lands on it.

In the early test flights, there were also many accidents where the aircraft was damaged by the arresting wires and arresting nets, and several casualties occurred.

So there is an operation mode of taking off on an aircraft carrier, landing on the water, and then hoisting the aircraft from the water to the deck with the boom. The biggest problem with this mode is that the recovery of the aircraft is too slow, and one frame has to be hoisted again with the boom .

This method of taking back the aircraft is understandable from the perspective of usual safety management. Which unit can accept an accident as soon as it is trained, whether it is equipment damage or casualties?Moreover, the lost personnel and equipment are of high value!

If Zhuge Weidao became the admiral of the aviation army, he might still be able to withstand it, but Guan Tianpei didn't have the backing of Zhuge's family. If he really wanted to throw people and planes twice in three days, how could he be a stable admiral?Not to mention being promoted to the high position of Admiral of the Nanyang Fleet.

But now on the battlefield, the method of using the boom to lift the aircraft is not only inefficient, but also very dangerous-in order to avoid collision with the aircraft, when the aircraft carrier hoists the SsangYong aircraft on the sea, it has to stop on the sea first, and then use The skiff dragged the planes to the side, hoisting them one by one.The entire recycling process can take an hour at a fast pace, and it can take two to three hours if it is slow!

It is rare to be so leisurely in war, even if you can be so leisurely, it will miss the opportunity of the war, just like now!Yingyi is about to run away, and Daming's four aircraft carriers haven't finished salvaging the planes yet!And it's not that it was almost or half finished, but that less than 30 planes were picked up, and it was impossible to start action immediately, and it would take at least one and a half hours to complete the salvage with the Yingyi fleet at 20 knots or more. It can run 70 kilometers in one and a half hours, and the Yingyi formation is already 20 kilometers away from the place where the aircraft carrier of the Ming army took back the aircraft.Almost out of the combat radius of the SsangYong aircraft!

If Zhuge Weidao pursues with an aircraft carrier formation, since the speed difference between the two formations is only about 3 knots, that is, they can only get closer to 5 kilometers per hour. If they want to get closer to 20 kilometers, they will have to chase for 4 hours. It's all dark.And from dark to dawn, it took at least 10 hours, 14 hours before and after, the British fleet was able to run 300 nautical miles, and they all ran to their naval base in the Andaman Islands.

According to the information held by Zhuge Weidao, the British have been operating in the Andaman Islands for many years, and they have also designated the central and northern parts of the Andaman Islands as restricted areas.Therefore, the Ming Dynasty Navy is not familiar with the situation there, and it is very likely that they will be led into the minefield if they go hastily.
"Give Mr. Chen an order to chase him as far as the Great Strait." Zhuge Weidao decided not to pursue after weighing things up.

Ma Xuchen breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "The army is wise, we have won enough battles. We not only sank two British and Yi battleships, but also sank six British and Yi destroyers, and shot down nearly a hundred Yingyi our own losses were nothing more than 2 SsangYong aircraft and dozens of sailors. This battle was not only a great victory, but also created a precedent for sea and air coordinated operations. With this battle, the military is enough to flaunt the history of the navy .”

Guo Xiaobao also cheerfully came up to him and asked, "Junmen, shouldn't we return in triumph?"

"Return in triumph?" Zhuge Weidao looked back at Guo Xiaobao, "Where did we go? Baozhi, have you seen the purpose of our dispatch this time?"

"The purpose of sending troops?" Guo Xiaobao couldn't answer - he didn't forget, but he didn't know it at all!

Because when the first flight battle was launched, there was no clear purpose, which was to go west to the Indian Ocean and go around, and wherever it went, it counted.If there is any purpose, it is to contain Jia Pojiao and say that it is a guerrilla at sea.
"Liberate India!" Zhuge Wei said with a smile, "Xiaobao, the emperor's edict to declare war doesn't say anything, we want to liberate all countries in India,"

"Now?" Guo Xiaobao was taken aback, "Isn't it a little early now?"

Ma Xuchen also said: "Yes, Junmen, the Malay Peninsula has not yet been taken, and the Strait of Malacca has not been opened, so it is impossible to take India!"

Zhuge Weidao shook his head: "It's not about taking India immediately, but taking advantage of the opportunity when the British and Indian navies are concentrated in the Gulf of Oman and the Andaman Sea, to touch Mumbai, the capital of the Indian Empire. I heard that Emperor William is now The emperor guards the gate of the country, and he is in Mumbai! If our fleet goes to Mumbai to drop bombs and fire cannons, can Kaiser William call his fleet back from the Gulf of Oman and the Andaman Sea? In this way, the Persian Gulf fleet will not be able to recover Malaysia. Skater, the Malay Peninsula is even more sure of victory?"

He looked at the two people in front of him and saw that they were all surprised, so he knew that the two of them must agree with his suggestion very much, so he nodded and said, "Since you don't object, then this matter is decided right?" Now, how long can the fleet's supplies last? Is it enough for us to visit Mumbai?"

"The supply is enough, so we're going out!" Ma Xuchen said, "We brought a high-speed supply ship, a high-speed oil tanker, a high-speed coal supply ship and a high-speed ammunition ship, enough for us to travel in the Indian Ocean for two or three months."

Zhuge Weidao slapped his hands, "That's all right, hurry up, let's make a surprise attack on Mumbai, try to complete it before the plane is recovered, and send it to the Admiral of the Nanyang Fleet by telegram."

"Yes, Junmen!"

Ma Xuchen and Guo Xiaobao looked at each other, so they saluted Zhuge Weidao and accepted the task.

"Junmen, the telegram from Yihang against Zhuge Junmen!"

Batam anchorage, battleship Hongwu Dadi.Guan Tianpei, who was standing on the back deck watching one after another of Ming's "beggar's battleships" slowly sailing into the anchorage, heard Ge Yunfei's voice full of surprise.

He hurriedly withdrew his gaze from an "Island"-class shallow-water heavy artillery ship with a standard displacement of 7000 tons, a double 320mm 45-caliber armored turret and strong key protective armor, and looked at Ge Yunfei: "How is it? Is it like this?"

"Great victory!" Ge Yunfei laughed, "A complete victory. Sinking 2 new British battleships and 6 destroyers, and shooting down more than 100 Yingyi suicide planes! Our own losses are slight, almost negligible!"

"Hahaha" Guan Tianpei stroked his beard and smiled, "Zhuge Daozi is really capable! Such a battle can be won. By the way, when will he return? The old man has to go back to Brunei Port to celebrate him feast."

"Junmen," Ge Yunfei said, "Zhuge Junmen won't come back for the time being, he wants to take advantage of the victory to liberate India!"

"Ah? Liberate India? Now" Guan Tianpei looked at Ge Yunfei, "What exactly does Zhuge Daozi want to do?"

"Junmen," Ge Yunfei sent up a copy of the telegram, "Zhuge Junmen wants to lead a war to Mumbai, the capital of India, to meet Emperor William of the Indian Empire!"

"Oh, so that's the case!" Guan Tianpei thought for a while, then nodded, "Okay! It's time for Yihang Zhan to scare Emperor William, and he shouldn't always let the Indians come to his death, he should do it himself if he has the ability! "