Chapter 1182

"To be honest, this is my 98th combat mission, but this is the first time I have fought against each other at sea. It's very fresh, and I feel a little uneasy." On a K-4S seaplane, Huo Captain Te said to the telegrapher in his back seat.

As a terrestrial creature, human beings are inherently uneasy about the sea, and the vast ocean often makes people feel a little depressed. As a pilot, this feeling of anxiety will gradually increase! This is not only a mental issue, but also a technical and operational issue! There is no reference object in the sea, so it is easy to lose the sense of direction, and the navigation during the First World War is also very primitive. When the radio communication is not working well, how efficient do you expect the radio navigation to be? !

"When flying at sea, if the weather is good, it is better for you to determine the position by observing the soot emitted by the fleet than by radio." Hult always remembered the words of the first batch of HNA veterans who taught him. But now it seems that there is some truth.

Another problem is the judgment of altitude. In this era, some airplanes do not have an altimeter. When the airplane dives into the sea, it is easy to misjudge the altitude. Things that happen before it is too late to directly hit the sea, of course, the biggest The problem is that if your plane breaks down on land, you can live 80% of the time after parachuting, but if you are at sea, especially in this case, if the destroyer responsible for fishing fails to find you, then basically you are waiting to die. ...... This kind of pressure generated after life is threatened is enough to make anyone feel terrified. Therefore, maritime operations are far from being as simple as changing a site!

For the Germans, this was the first sea and air interception, and for the British, it was even more so! You must know that more than 90% of the British bomber units carrying out the air raid mission were the first time that they brought bombs to the sea. Yes, you read that right! It can even be said that more than half of the pilots are on bombing missions for the first time!

Someone may have asked, since the British do not intend to use bombers to attack sea targets, why do they use twin-engine bombers or even four-engine bombers? ! Please, instead of dual-engine or four-engine bombers, do you plan to use single-engine fighters with a range of less than 400 kilometers for reconnaissance and patrol missions? What do you think? ! A considerable part of these aircraft exist as patrol aircraft. These patrol aircraft are not only used to guide the large fleet and Thomas fleet against German surface ships, but also many aircraft are used to guide anti-submarine ships to attack submarines.

Although many of the pilots were transferred from the army and trained in bombing, many of them are really the first time to catch a duck on the shelf! Maybe someone wants to, why can twin-engine aircraft have to guide anti-submarine warships to encircle submarines, or provide cover for the fleet, why can't they bring some weapons against submarines? The reason is very simple, it is still the issue of battery life! Anti-submarine requires aircraft to have a long time in the air. You can't expect most aircraft in this era to have too long time in the air, and use small bombs to attack an exposed submarine by horizontal bombing... This difficulty is really too big--!

The British have long understood that for the aircraft escorting transport ships, if they dare not show up easily by deterring the submarine, and can only sail underwater, then the threat of the submarine will be more than half removed! After all, the water speed and endurance of submarines can be called tragedy! The so-called anti-submarine is more about depriving the submarine of the opportunity to attack, rather than having to completely destroy the submarine. After all, the latter is difficult. Therefore, the core of the seaplane escorting the fleet close to the British mainland is suppression. Anyway, submarines are also I dare not bet whether or not the British plane above my head has a bomb... This is a psychological game problem!

From the perspective of personal technology, the British are driving ducks to the shelves this time, and if you analyze it from a tactical perspective, it will be even more unbearable! It was only half an hour after receiving a telegram from Thomas from the British Admiralty to the decision to send a plane to bomb the head. And the time from the order to reach the various aviation squadrons to the deployment of tasks and preparations for take-off is less than one hour! What is enough time for? It is enough for each squadron leader to give a brief account of the tasks, and then discuss how everyone passed and how to come back. It is impossible to say which squadron is attacking which target, after all, the British are also a smear on the battlefield. They only knew that there were German warships in that area, but the number, configuration, and movement were not clear. Fly over and find it by yourself, and then drop the bomb on the German warship you can see!

"This battle was started when we were caught off guard. The navy leaders drank too much. They thought that it was as simple as a plane hanged a bomb and flew over and threw it down. It's like delivering a newspaper every morning. This plan is too much. It was too rash, and the Germans seemed to be prepared, so the effect of our attack was not ideal. But it was the beginning."

The British Empire, a very big country, always has some more experienced naval aviation. Colonel Rivendell was one of them. This buddy from the British Bomber Command had been on the Western Front before being transferred to the Navy. I still have my own opinions on bombing.

In his report, he criticized the Admiralty’s order ~lightnovelpub.net~, but he was only dissatisfied, because in this attack on the sea, the performance of the British was not so bad, and the Germans The interception was not considered successful. How should I say, it is a large-scale rookie pecking each other!

"It's an O-400 bomber with an altitude of about 1500 meters! There are 12 in number. Everyone, our guests are here!" Captain Holt said loudly to the friendly army nearby. This twin-engine squadron, known as the Swordfish Squadron, has a total of 6 K-4S seaplanes. Regardless of the fact that the German Navy has discharged 5 seaplane carriers this time, each can only carry 3 K-4S. (Of course there are some single-engine seaplanes). Captain these 6 K-4S seaplanes are already the largest twin-engine seaplane battle group in the hands of Prince Ruprecht... Their task is to be responsible for the safety of the first fleet under the direct jurisdiction of the prince. Now, the first battle is about to start, and their opponent is the British O-400 twin-engine bomber!

"This thing is not at all smaller than the Russian Ilya four-shot bomber. It's a big guy, so be careful," the captain commented after seeing the enemy he was facing.

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