dognovel Chapter 188 AD-4W carrier-based early warning aircraft, the Fuso aircraft carrier formation
Chapter 188 AD-4W carrier-based early warning aircraft, the Fuso aircraft carrier formation
In the southern waters of the Canghai Sea, a small cruise ship traveling between Java Island and Jakarta was sailing on the sea.
The eldest son of the Java Huang family, Huang Shuye, and the third daughter, Huang Jiahui, are on this cruise ship named Yajing.
In a luxurious box, a well-tailored blue cheongsam perfectly highlights the graceful figure of the third lady Huang Jiahui.
Her nose is straight and her lips are slightly parted, and she seems to have a subtle smile on her face all the time, looking very gentle.
At this moment, Huang Shuye, wearing a black windbreaker, opened the door of the box and walked in.
Then he looked at Huang Jiahui who was studying Capital and said, "Little sister, we can't go directly to Tianjin this time. We need to take a train from Shanghai to Beijing."
Huang Jiahui looked up in surprise, and looked at her elder brother with deep eyes.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Huang Shuye nodded and said, "That's right, a fight is about to break out in Huanghai.
The Fuso Navy has blocked access to and from the Yellow Sea, and the Fuxing Army may launch a counterattack at any time."
Upon hearing this, Huang Jiahui's eyes lit up slightly. She put down the Capital in her hand and stood up. The hem of her cheongsam swayed gently, outlining the lines of her long and delicate legs.
"Brother, do you think the Renaissance Army can still win this time?"
Huang Shuye frowned slightly and shook his head, saying, "I don't know either. After all, the Fuso Navy is a veteran naval power. Although the Fuso Navy just defeated John's Far East Fleet, they were submarines after all.
To be honest, although I really hope the Restoration Army can win, the chances are probably not very high."
He had never heard that the Restoration Army was equipped with battleships.
This time, the Fuso Navy dispatched battleships, three at a time.
It is not easy to defeat such a fleet.
Huang Jiahui said confidently at this time: "I think the Fuxing Army will definitely win."
Huang Shuye's brows relaxed upon hearing this, and he smiled slightly and said, "Are you so confident, little sister?"
"Of course, because the Renaissance Army has never been defeated."
These words made Huang Shuye stunned.
Yes, the Renaissance Army seems to have never been defeated since its establishment, no matter who it faces, whether it is the army, air force or navy.
This is a force shrouded in fog.
Whenever facing a strong enemy, this magical and mysterious army will burst out with unparalleled combat power and then defeat the opponent.
Whether it is Northern Xinjiang, Fuso, Tsarist Russia or John.
When facing the Renaissance Army, they were no match for it.
So will the Renaissance Army create a miracle this time?
In Qidong Province, somewhere in the northern Yellow Sea, the appearance of a fleet broke the tranquility of this sea area.
At the forefront of this fleet are two Essex-class aircraft carriers with angled decks.
Flanking the two aircraft carriers are four Boston-class guided-missile cruisers.
Further out, there are 12 Mitchell-class destroyers in an inverted C-shaped formation, wrapping up the fleet.
This fleet also contains all the warships of the current First Fleet of the Restoration Army Navy.
As for the old warships that were previously in service, such as the Gearing-class destroyers and Deutschland-class heavy cruisers, they have all been withdrawn from the front-line combat series and are ready to be equipped to the upcoming Coast Guard.
This operation was crucial for the First Fleet.
Song Yang, commander of the Fuxing Army Navy, personally commanded this operation.
The fleet command was set up on the flagship cruiser Chishan.
For the First Fleet, the flagship was set on the Boston-class heavy cruiser instead of one of the two aircraft carriers.
This is mainly because as the flagship of the fleet, it undertakes many complex tasks such as communication center, command, early warning, coordination, planning, etc.
If the command center is set up on an aircraft carrier, it will not only take up the precious space on the aircraft carrier itself, but also cause a series of problems such as electromagnetic compatibility.
Therefore, as an escort ship, the Boston-class missile cruiser, which is large enough in size, became the flagship of the First Fleet.
Because under normal circumstances, heavy cruisers do not need to participate in combat unless the enemy has already rushed over.
But this is almost impossible.
There are more than 100 jet carrier-based aircraft on two aircraft carriers. Even if the entire combined fleet came, they would not be able to break through, let alone this fleet that is not fully staffed.
"Have the Fuso aircraft carrier been found?"
Song Yang stood in front of a sea chart and thought for a long time before he asked the fleet commander Chen Qifeng next to him.
Chen Qifeng was also the successor chosen by Song Yang after he was promoted to Navy Commander.
"Our early warning aircraft is still searching. Qidong Province has already sent out early warning aircraft and high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft to search. We estimate that we will have news in a day or two."
The Fuso fleet's aircraft carriers did not stay with their battleships, but chose to hide.
As for the hidden location, it must not be too far away.
Otherwise, if the battleship formation was attacked, it would definitely be too late to send reinforcements.
Therefore, the key search area is within 300 kilometers of the battleship formation.
But it's also a large area, so it takes time to search.
It will take about a day to search the area.
That is why Chen Qifeng said that there will be news in a day or two.
The biggest threat that this Fuso fleet poses to the Restoration Army Navy is the two hidden aircraft carriers.
As long as the traces of these two aircraft carriers are found, it will be time for the First Fleet to launch a thundering attack.
In the central and southern waters of the Yellow Sea, an AD-4W carrier-based early warning aircraft flew alone at a medium-high altitude of 5000 meters.
The AD-4W carrier-based early warning aircraft was modified based on the AD-4 attack aircraft.
The most important way to distinguish whether it is an early warning aircraft or an attack aircraft is to look at its belly.
The AD-4W carrier-based early warning aircraft is equipped with an AN/APS-20 radar on its belly.
As an S-band surface search radar, its performance is undoubtedly excellent.
It has a maximum search range of 200 nautical miles for surface ships.
Moreover, this radar was in service from 45 to 91, serving for a full half century.
From here we can see how excellent this radar is.
There is a three-person crew on this carrier-based early warning aircraft, and Di Yang is the radar operator of this early warning aircraft.
"We've been flying for over an hour and haven't seen many birds. This damn Japanese aircraft carrier is really good at hiding."
Di Yang waited for the complaints to come from the headset, but he just smiled and ignored the pilot's complaints.
Suddenly, Di Yang saw a green dot flash on the screen. His eyes immediately focused and he looked at it carefully.
A few seconds later, the green dot appeared again on the screen in front of him.
"We've spotted something. It's a plane. It's right at our 3 o'clock position, 116 kilometers away."
"116 kilometers? Do you think it was a reconnaissance plane patrolling from the Fuso aircraft carrier?"
"We'll know if we fly over and take a look. If they really took off from an aircraft carrier, then our radar will definitely be able to find their aircraft carrier in this area."
"Hold on tight, I'm going to speed up!"
Then the pilot pushed the throttle control stick hard.
The AD-4W carrier-based early warning aircraft began to accelerate.
As one of the last swan songs of propeller aircraft, the AD series of attack aircraft is absolutely representative.
It is equipped with an air-cooled 2700-cylinder radial engine with nearly 8 horsepower, has a maximum flight speed of 600 kilometers per hour and a maximum range of 2500 kilometers.
As the AD-4W early warning aircraft accelerated, under the surging power output of the engine, the speed of the early warning aircraft quickly increased to more than 500 kilometers per hour, and it quickly moved towards the target.
When they advanced about 50 kilometers, several faint green dots began to appear on the radar screen of the early warning aircraft.
"Sure enough, they are moving forward. Let's fly closer and take a look!"
After flying forward for about 20 kilometers, several bright spots appeared clearly on the radar screen.
Among these bright spots, two targets are particularly large, which also means that the two targets are larger in size.
It can basically be concluded that these are the two hidden Fuso aircraft carriers.
"This Fuso aircraft carrier is more than 300 kilometers away from their fleet. These little devils are really cautious."
Once the target was basically determined, the communicator on board contacted the aircraft carrier via the onboard radio.
"Commander, the Fuso aircraft carrier has been found. They are in the 017F area, far behind their battleship formation, more than 300 kilometers away. No wonder it was so hard to find."
Upon hearing this, Song Yang came to the nautical chart and quickly found the sea area of 017F.
Although this place is far away from their battleship formation, it is very close to the Korean Peninsula and almost close to the Tsushima Strait.
Located in the middle strait between the Korean Peninsula and the Fuso mainland, their army aviation can easily help them guard the sky.
Seeing this, Song Yang basically understood the thinking of the Fuso people.
The importance of these two heavy aircraft carriers to them is even higher than that of battleships.
So they are very cautious about the use of these two aircraft carriers.
Especially when they faced the Renaissance Army Air Force, they felt a little lacking in confidence.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be hiding in such an unexpected safe place.
This is indeed very safe for them, but that's all Song Yang thinks.
As long as we find them, the rest will be easy.
"Order the carrier-based aircraft formation to go out and sink these two aircraft carriers first, and then deal with the three battleships."