Chapter 820 Air Strike, I'm the King! 2

@@@@Morning, 5 o'clock.

In the hangar, several aircrew soldiers slowly pushed a wing-folded bumblebee onto the elevator. With the help of a hydraulic oil pump, the fighter was slowly lifted onto the deck, and the roaring sea breeze rushed face to face, which immediately cheered everyone up.

The storm for several days in a row has finally passed, and the red glow in the sky is telling the experienced old sea wolves that today will be a rare sunny day!

"Head, yours."

After Long Yi, who came to the front of Second Master Guan early, saw Jin Wei, he immediately handed over three branches of incense. After waiting for the captain to kowtow sincerely, everyone immediately surrounded him and asked, "Head, how's the matter?"

"It's difficult."

"No way, it's hard to watch those eagle-headed birds poop on our heads?" Hearing Jin Wei say that things were difficult to do, both of the dragon wings became excited.

Originally, after entering July, the air force's wings showed great power, not only blowing up several American cities, but also completely dominating the entire southern sky of the United States. Even for several days, I couldn't see an American plane dare to show its head.

Under such a strong advantage, the army advanced smoothly. If it was not a logistical problem, it might have entered the middle, so recently the Army Department specially sent a thank-you letter to the Air Force, praising them as the guardian gods of heaven.

This has always made the Air Force unspicuish. The naval dragon wings, who called the silver wing "eagle-headed bird man", exploded and thought of a way to compete with the silver wing one after another. They were ready to take Jin Wei and take the opportunity of this decisive battle to give the air force the next battle letter.

How can he get into this matter? If the officer knew about it, he would not say that he was in a panic and scolded, so Jin Wei pretended to speed up his pace to avoid everyone and walked to the hangar.

But as soon as he arrived at the hanger, he saw that his beloved plane opened the cockpit. The aircrew Xiaohe was stuffing something into it. He quickly ran over and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Captain."

Xiaohe hurriedly saluted, and then pointed to the yellow paper charm that he had glued to the dashboard. He scratched his head and gigg and said, "When I came out, my sister asked for a safety charm for me. You see, the wind can't blow, the rain can't get wet, and it's useless, so I want to hang it for you. Captain, if you don't like it, I'll take it down now. "."

"Don't, it's good to stick to it." Looking at the shy little He, Jin Wei was very excited and quickly said, "This is a good thing. With it, maybe I can sink two more ships."

"Ha ha." Seeing that Jin Wei didn't blame himself for making his own ideas, Xiaohe's smiling face blossomed. He quickly made a gesture behind him and flattered him and said, "Of course, captain, you have sunk four ships. Compared with you, those eagle-headed birds, it's simply too much!"

"You boy, why do you care about this?" When Jin Wei was about to ask Xiao He not to get into this matter, he suddenly saw the aircrews and mechanics around him take out the jade Buddha from his neck, take out the pocket, and hang the peace charm and so on in the cabin, and he was stunned.

This scene also calmed down the dragon wings that followed, and some people even flashed crystals in their eyes.

In addition to the dull noise of the hydraulic press, there was no other sound in the cabin. Looking silently at these oily and only orderly aircrews who took care of the fighters, the dragon wings felt that there was an indescribable sourness in their nasal cavity.

Chinese people believe in Buddhism, but even if they don't believe it, when their children go on an expedition, who will not ask for a peace charm to wear for them with their own hands?

But now, these Fu seals with peace, a strong sense of relatives, and lovesickness were selflessly untied by them and hung on war eagles, praying for peace for the dragon wings with the most direct action!

The war is about to start. No one dares to say that it will be safe. Maybe a small take-off and landing accident can take many lives. But they solved it without hesitation. Jin Wei believed that if they could even exchange their lives for another victory and peace of the dragon wings.

Under the lead of Jin Wei, all the dragon wings straightened up, and their right hands raised their eyebrows.

"Psalute!"

After hanging a safety charm for each plane, Xiao He also saluted and shouted loudly, "All the aircrews, navigation, guns and guns of the Western Qin, I wish the first flight wing a victory!"

In the corner, Zhu Houbin, who had stepped into the ranks of middle-level command officers from the front line, was also deeply moved by the scene, but just as he was about to pass, a red light suddenly lit up in the center of the hangar.

The lights kept flashing, and then the harsh alarm sound reached everyone's ears.

"Prepare."

In an instant, everyone recovered from their previous nervousness and bustle. Fighters were raised to the deck one by one, and special ammunition lifts also kept going back and forth. By the time Zhu Houbin trotted all the way to the bridge, the two Hornets had quickly skimmed through the deck and suddenly rushed into the sky after a moment of sinking.

"What's going on?"

As soon as he saw Zhu Houbin enter the flight tower, the staff officer immediately pointed to the chart and said, "The first cruiser formation sent an alarm. We encountered a British cruiser detachment 70 nautical miles southwest of us, 110 nautical miles from Bermuda, with about 3 cruisers and 12 destroyers."

"Is there an order to lift the silence? What about the reconnaissance aircraft?

"It hasn't been ordered yet, because there are only battleships in the archipelago." The staff officer said worriedly, "So far, two Mexican classes and all five Northampton classes have not been found."

Zhu Houbin understood that because of the enemy's division of troops, General Lefei had not made up his mind. What's more, the current distance is a little far away, which exceeds the combat radius of the dive bomber. Even the torpedo plane will be very reluctant.

When everyone was thinking about where the enemy's fast battle patrol was, the phone rang. After the staff officer picked up the phone, he answered first, and then his face quickly changed.

"What's the matter?" Zhu Houbin immediately asked after finding the abnormality.

"Sar, the bridge requires us to send more aircraft to the west, in addition." The staff hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "The first-wheel patrol team is in some trouble. They met the Lexington!"

"Damn it, you should take off and bomb it immediately!"

When several officers heard the news, they immediately jumped up. Although Lexington had only been completed for a few days, it was said that they did not even gather all the personnel, but it was not something that two light patrols could deal with. What's more, there were more than a dozen small warships to help, and it was not so easy to launch a torpedo attack.

"Each aircraft carrier takes off two fighter squadrons and expands the search to the west, paying special attention to the range within 200 kilometers."

As soon as Zhu Houbin finished the order, the staff officer next to him had asked, "Sar, what about the first-wheel patrol?"

"This is not what we can decide. Now we can't reach the main force of the enemy at all. A rash attack will only expose ourselves, hope." Zhu Houbin looked at his watch and said worriedly, "The mobile fleet can arrive in time."

..“ Full rudder on the left, open the distance, and concentrate on the superstructure.

In the waves, the two light cruisers continued to carry out S-line maneuvers, and the four destroyers next to them had already worked together with the enemy's cruisers. Looking at the heavy cruiser Lexington with four chimneys on the opposite side, Lei Shaoming had a feeling that there was no way to go down.

Compared with the latest New Mexico-class battleship in the United States, it is equipped with 8 L45/381 mm guns and made significant modifications to the armor. For the first time, it used a box-type armor layout on the heavy cruiser (the United States calls the war patrol a heavy patrol), so that its defense ability can be comparable to that of the early stage of the war. Some battleships, if there are defects, are still insufficient power. After using a large number of boilers and six steam turbines, the maximum speed estimated by the intelligence department is still no more than 27 knots.

In fact, Lei Shaoming is serious. Although the Lexington is designed in accordance with the principle of suppressing heavy patrols at the same level in the world and fighting with Guam-level when necessary, it has been modified many times during the construction process, but after all, it is in a hurry. It was launched in less than 3 years. Many of them can only be simplified. From the perspective of the most important firepower, except In addition to the addition of some 152mm secondary guns, other aspects still do not get rid of the Northampton class.

In the face of this kind of warship, Lei Shaoming is sure enough to throw it out a few streets, but when it comes to sinking the opponent, unless he can find a chance to use a torpedo.

But he didn't dare to leave, because behind was the aircraft carrier battle group. If a heavy patrol team passed under his own eyes, he would be shot by the commander if he was not sent to the military court.

"Boom..."

After three minutes, the eight heavy guns on the Lexington roared again. It can be seen that this heavy patrol is indeed a big problem, because according to the previous Northampton-class main gun of the same caliber, one shot per minute can be completely achieved, but now it takes three minutes to hit a round. Shooting shows that the U.S. Navy is really unusable.

In the face of the incoming shells, the two light patrols immediately made a left turn, but the tide that surged up after the shell fell and exploded still made the warships sway.

Just as everyone was trying to avoid shells, the appearance of more than 20 cuckoo torpedo planes made Lei Shaoming frown.

Behind the other party, there is at least one aircraft carrier!

"The torpedo machine..."

"Quick-fire fire is ready, turn left 17 degrees, and let the destroyer move with the flagship."

Lei Shaoming deserves to be the birth of a gun. The moment he saw the other party's cuckoo torpedo plane, he knew that if he let the enemy's aircraft and naval guns cooperate, he really wouldn't retreat, so he immediately took the initiative to distance himself.

Although the speed of the cuckoo torpedo plane is very fast, the driving patrol team is not vegetarian. The maximum speed of 31 knots ensures that it will be out of the attack range of the opponent's main gun in a few minutes.

Without the threat of the main gun, the formation can concentrate on dealing with the torpedo plane.

The dense rapid-fire shell laid a strong line of defense at a distance of 3,000 meters. From the perspective of Lei Shaoming, it can be clearly seen that the minor secondary gunner stood in front of the quadruple 25mm cannon last night, constantly shaking the handle to track the enemy.

Due to the use of magazine feeding, the speed of the 25mm cannon was more than twice as fast as that of the 37mm rapid-fire gun. In an instant, two rhododendron torpedoes with heavy torpedoes were shot down.

Of the more than 20 torpedo planes, less than 7 have dropped torpedoes, but the British torpedo is also too slow. The speed of 34 knots is not bad to deal with the battleship, but it is really a little shabby to deal with the driving patrol with an average speed of 31 knots.

Only five minutes later, the torpedo plane in front of the patrol began to retreat. Looking at the direction they left, Lei Shaoming curled the corners of his mouth and seemed to think of something.

"Close to 25,000 meters and go around to its left!"

As soon as the order was issued, several officers were shocked. 25,000 meters is the killing range of 381mm heavy artillery. With the protection level of the light patrol, it is absolutely a shot!

Is the captain confused?

Execute the command!

Lei Shaoming didn't give everyone time to think at all. Soon the two light patrols began to approach the Lexington with their destroyers.

As soon as they saw the two light patrols, they sent them to their door by themselves. The American gunners, who had just trained for a few days, thought they had a chance to make contributions, but when they fired several rounds of volleys again and the bow turned to the south, everyone was dumbfounded!

I only saw the sky in the distance, and suddenly a large group of black smoke came out. The mobile formation of three Yanjing-class ships finally arrived as promised.

(to be continued)