Chapter 1263: 1264 No enemy fleet found

Chapter 1263: 1264 No enemy fleet found

Chapter 1263 1264 No enemy fleet found

John Cleves judged that the Tang Empire’s anti-ship missiles were launched from destroyers and cruisers, which was wrong from the beginning. Wrong information intelligence leads to wrong derivation process, and wrong derivation process makes the results very outrageous.

While several pirate fighter jets were staggering towards the direction of the attack, the first batch of attack aircraft groups from the Tang Empire had already returned.

They completed the work of guiding the missiles and achieved great results: they hit an aircraft carrier in one attack and successfully sunk the aircraft carrier built by the Dornish Empire.

 This Dorn-built aircraft carrier is an early work. Its fire-extinguishing system is almost non-existent, its internal structure is unreasonable, it carries too few aircraft, and there are also problems with its watertight compartments.

 In short, it is just a look-alike product, and it is still an unqualified look-alike product that has many flaws even in normal use.

From a certain perspective, the fact that this aircraft carrier was sunk first is definitely good news among bad news for the Combined Fleet. If John Cleeves had to pick an aircraft carrier to sink, he would prefer this one to sink.

But having said that, if the aircraft carrier was not hit, it is estimated that an anti-ship missile may not be able to sink the aircraft carrier...

In fact, after the anti-ship missile hit the aircraft carrier's hangar, it ignited the fuel and ammunition temporarily stored inside. The subsequent explosions were not the destructive power of the missile itself.

In addition, the damage control personnel on this aircraft carrier did not have much experience, and the commander was not particularly capable, so this veteran aircraft carrier of the Dorne Empire was destroyed and sank quickly.

Speaking of the 10 aircraft carriers in the core strike force of the combined fleet, the most powerful one is actually the Essex-class aircraft carrier purchased from the Tang Empire. In John Cleeves' view, as long as these few ships built by the Tang Empire As long as the aircraft carrier is fine, he still has the capital to resist.

After all, these aircraft carriers are reasonably designed, carry more carrier-based aircraft, have stronger strike capabilities, and have higher protection capabilities. They are the kind of backbone that can carry and fight.

As for the battleships... there were a lot of them, but John Cleeves knew that these big gunboats were of no use in a naval battle.

Didn’t you see that the battleships of the Mirage Navy attacked all night and all of them were killed? The era of using these things for face-to-face combat has passed. Their best use is to block ports and fire on coastal defense facilities...

  Because the power of the shells fired by the 380 or 350 mm caliber heavy guns on these battleships within a range of 20 kilometers is quite satisfactory.

 It's just that they have to get close to that distance alive, which requires the cover of an aircraft carrier, or they have to wait until the enemy's fleet is completely destroyed.

After losing an aircraft carrier, the carrier-based aircraft sent out by John Cleeves did not find the Tang Empire's naval fleet.

 In fact, at a relatively short distance, each warship of the combined fleet can still use radios with increased power.

 Just because I heard that the Army's use of the same method to increase radio power would lead to missile attacks, the Navy would not use this method easily.

But even in the case of strong electromagnetic interference, if the distance is close enough, the radio can still be used reluctantly: provided that you are close enough and far enough away from the source of interference.

 So the combined fleet fighters that went out for reconnaissance still had a way to complete their search mission. Because the scope of their search based on common sense is actually not that large. It is known that the detection range of radar is about 40 kilometers: this is caused by the curvature of the planet itself. Radio waves cannot turn. Affected by the curvature of the planet's surface itself, the radar's detection range is probably only this long.

Then, when the Tang Empire's naval fleet launches anti-ship missiles, the attack distance will not be higher than the radar detection range, so this "Datang Empire fleet" should be within an area of ​​40 kilometers in the attack direction, and at most less than 100 kilometers. .

 It is so certain that even an old-fashioned propeller plane does not take 20 minutes to fly a distance of 100 kilometers, so in the eyes of John Cleeves and others, they will wait for the result soon.

Once the enemy's exact position is locked, their attack fleets that have already begun taking off can carry out the strike! As long as they bite the Tang Empire's fleet and keep attacking it, the Datang Empire Navy's aircraft carrier fleet will have to show up to cover it.

 At that time, the decisive battle will begin over the fleet of the Tang Empire. Both sides will continue to add their own carrier-based aircraft, and they will continue to consume and lose...

 And the combined fleet has 10 ships... There are now 9 aircraft carriers and more than 600 carrier-based aircraft. It is impossible for the Tang Empire to have so many aircraft consuming each other.

By then, the Tang Army fleet, which has lost a large number of carrier-based aircraft, will be like a woman who has been stripped naked, and their combined fleet can ravage them at will.

 It’s just that the idea is ideal, but the reality is cruel. After waiting agonizingly for 20 minutes, when the Stuka attack aircraft group of their own had almost taken off and formed, the fighter jets that went to investigate intermittently sent back a confusing piece of information.

 Communication is poor and the content of the message is uncertain. But the general meaning is that they have not found the Tang Empire's fleet and need to expand the search scope.

 Dozens of kilometers is already the limit of communication equipment. No matter how far it is, there is no way to guarantee that it will not be interfered with. This distance is only guaranteed because the radio equipment of the Navy and Air Force is larger and more powerful than that of the Army.

There is no way. The ten-meter-long communication antennas that the Army needs to set up can be found on Navy warships...

"The fighter force did not find the enemy's fleet... What should I do if I rashly let the attack aircraft formation fly out and cannot find the enemy's fleet?" The chief of staff of the combined fleet was a little shaken and looked at John Cleeves and asked.

On the other side, the commanders of the Qin State were also confused. They had little experience in naval warfare. They had just launched their carrier-based aircraft lively with the Dornish Empire Navy's aircraft carrier, but now they did not know where to attack the enemy.

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 Should we wait for those fighter units whose news was intermittent and whose intelligence was confusing, wait until they returned to bring back the exact intelligence, or should we let the attack fleet set off immediately... This question confused John Cleeves.

 He knew that this decision would most likely determine the outcome of the entire naval battle.

 (End of this chapter)