"The plan really couldn't keep up with the changes. I originally wanted to go up and fight the fish belly, but ended up running into a shark!" Looking at the information sent by Casaldi, Tycho's eyes twitched. Two cruisers ran into a new battleship.

It has to be said that I was lucky to be able to come back in the end. But luck is not enough after all, Gorey.

The cruiser USS West Asia was seriously damaged, and the damage worsened when it returned to Benghazi. For some reason, one of the boiler rooms was flooded. Even if it struggled to return to the port of Benghazi, and then after some repairs, its speed was no longer at best

It will exceed 21 knots, and the repair time in between will take at least 3 days!

If there was nothing else, the Italians could wait until the battleships were repaired and return to Sicily. But soon, the Allied radio listening stations discovered a surge in radio traffic from the Allied navy and army. The purpose of this was very obvious, then

It’s because the other party wants to completely destroy the Italian Sea

Like the Allies, the Italians also have two ways. One way is to abandon the Goricia and let the Zara and the Sicily return quickly, and the other way is to use Benghazi and there

The fleet creates a trap and waits for the opponent to jump in!

The following method seems to be similar to the original plan, but in fact it is very different.

The former is to attack quickly, taking advantage of the opponent's lack of defense in Beida Port, and sell the opponent an opportunity through multiple harassments. After all, the two heavy cruisers cannot afford to let the entire Austro-Hungarian fleet attack, and in the plan

Although the Sicilian Air Cruiser is a response, the requirement is not to expose itself. Let it

A part of the fleet was detached to deal with the cruiser formation that was used as a bait. Then the Italian Navy attacked part of it with all its force. But this time, because Sicily was easy to get out of, the other party already had an idea of ​​the Italian Navy's strength in North Africa. If

If we take action again, I'm afraid the whole army will attack!

What's more important is that because the Goricia was damaged in this naval battle, it was difficult for the fleet to escape even if it wanted to leave. The opponent had sufficient time to mobilize its forces. Instead of what was planned, the two cruisers had no attack power at all.

In addition to the protective capabilities of Beda Port, it can also escape at a speed of more than 30 knots. If the Italian Navy insists on fighting, then this war is likely to eventually evolve into a battle between the two navies in the Mediterranean.

The decisive battle! Although it is worthwhile to face the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Italians alone, if you add the German Mediterranean Fleet, under the current situation where the shore-based aviation has been weakened. Even if they have the advantage, can the three Italian aircraft carriers succeed in one blow?

The two said it, and if the other side strikes back again, the full force attack of 4 aircraft carriers and 1 aviation cruiser is enough to make the Italians walk away with nothing to eat! The situation is serious!

"Even with our help, if the other party is well prepared, our first wave of air strikes may not be effective. After the first wave of air strikes, the Chinese Navy's Heilongjiang will evacuate. After all, we cannot give Germany

People have lost their excuses." Yang Yonglin on the side also frowned.

"If the Russians get involved again, then the other side will have five regular aircraft carriers." Tycho thought for a while and said. "It's unlikely. The Russian government still values ​​its fleet very much and has been delaying it.

Even if they agree now, including the preparation time, I'm afraid it won't be resolved in a few days." Lin Yongsheng was not very worried because he couldn't make up the time.

"But even so, we can't muster more strength. In fact, we only have three and a half aircraft carriers that can fight. Your country's Heilongjiang can only fight for one round, so it counts as half a ship. In addition, although the opponent's principle is to defeat

The aviation power of Rite Island and Beida is not strong enough, but they can always provide some investigation assistance. If we fight openly and openly, we will not gain any advantage." There was a sense of helplessness in Tycho's words.

"It's really difficult." Lin Yongsheng was almost at his wits end. He looked up and looked into the distance. At this time, several seagulls were flying in the sky outside the window. Just when this group of seagulls was approaching another group of seabirds, this group of seagulls suddenly swooped down.

Launched an attack on another group of seabirds! "It's strange, are the seagulls also attacking other birds? Don't they eat fish?" Lin Yongsheng said curiously.

"That's a group of frigatebirds, not seagulls. You're just seeing it." Tycho also raised his head and looked carefully at the seabirds that were attacking in the air.

"I'm old and useless. It's time for me to go back and take a rest after this war is over. I've been fighting for most of my life, so I can't finally fall on the battlefield." Lin Yongxiang said mockingly. Well, well?! "If you see

What would you do if you saw a fleet of planes flying toward your fleet?"

"Nonsense, of course we sent fighter jets to intercept!" Tycho rolled his eyes and said. "Then what if the arriving plane doesn't have a bomb?" Lin Yongsheng asked. "What if there is a bomb?!" Tycho said.

I wonder if Lin Yongsheng was stimulated in some way today.

"In other words, if the other party discovers our aircraft, they need to intercept them regardless of whether they have the ability to attack ships?! In other words, if we find 100 shore-based aircraft plus 160 carrier-based aircraft, then the other party will

It is necessary to intercept 260 aircraft, and it does not matter whether these 100 aircraft have attack power or whether the pilots have been trained?" Lin Yongsheng asked.

"The other side is not that stupid. If bombs are used to attack the sea, there are only two situations. The first is to attack by dive bombers at a high angle, and the second is to conduct horizontal bombing at medium and low altitudes in formation, and the latter will not hit very hard.

Gao. We have been fighting with the Allied Powers for so long, we all know very well what kind of aircraft can dive and what kind of aircraft cannot dive on the other side.

As for horizontal bombing? As long as the opponent breaks up the formation, there is nothing terrible about horizontal bombing. What about torpedo planes? There are only a few commonly used planes that can carry torpedoes. Although in theory, all planes must intercept, but if the opponent approaches,

If so, you can still judge the level of threat." As he spoke, Tycho took out another picture and pointed at it and said to Lin Yongsheng.

"Our dive bombers are all single-engine aircraft, and their combat radius is relatively small, which is not enough to support long-range bombing. I'm afraid they can't even bring auxiliary fuel tanks. Even if they reach the front line, the combat time may only be a few minutes. If our twin-engine bombers can carry out horizontal bombing,

, the effect will not be good. We once used twin-engine horizontal bombers to attack Allied transport ships in the Adriatic Sea, and the results were very bad. They will classify such targets as sub-level

Threat. As for torpedo planes? Don’t think about single-engine torpedo planes. Just like single-engine bombers, they can’t fly. Twin-engine torpedo planes can. With the addition of auxiliary fuel tanks, the range is barely enough, but the weight is too heavy and the flying speed is completely

It can be described as a snail, and the speed is much slower than our ship-based single-engine torpedo aircraft. It is difficult to coordinate the attack time, and the final result is to turn into a refueling tactic, which is impossible." Tycho said with a bitter smile.

"What do you think of Britain's new fast twin-engine aircraft?" Lin Yongsheng said. "Look, the Germans are quite familiar with the aircraft we used before, but what about the new aircraft? Especially this kind of aircraft with long range and fast speed.

, are they sure they can’t dive bomb with bombs? Or can they not bring torpedoes?!”

"It is not difficult to carry torpedoes on twin-engine aircraft. Almost any aircraft with decent low-altitude performance can carry torpedoes." Lin Yongsheng said. (This is somewhat conjecture, but a considerable number of twin-engine bombers do have this potential, such as Germany's He111 and JU88.

, the American B26, and the British Mosquito. They all have corresponding torpedo aircraft models.)

"If this kind of aircraft is equipped with fake torpedoes, the speed should not be slow. If it can move together with the carrier-based aircraft, and then fly to the opponent's fleet together, then what will they think? And I remember the dive angle of this kind of aircraft.

Relatively large. According to the reactions of pilots on the front line, this reconnaissance aircraft has dived through relatively large angles many times.

Got rid of the German fighter jets! In other words, does it have the potential to be used as a dive bomber?" Lin Yongsheng said. "Well, of course, I know that these things cannot be used immediately even if they have potential, but the other party doesn't know! If we use them

If it does, it will most likely be an advanced attack aircraft in the eyes of the opponent!"

"This method is too risky. To put it bluntly, it is the same method as when Hipper brought a camouflage ship to pretend to be a battleship. We can only try it." Tycho said: "This method can be used, but it is not safe enough."

"The rest can only be left to those who specialize in aviation. How to use the limited aircraft to get the strongest attack power. Let's get the British high-speed twin-engine aircraft over first!" Lin Yongsheng said.

What the two of them didn't expect was that before the Battle of Naples, the British had secretly used this aircraft to conduct ship attack experiments. At least shallow dive bombing and torpedo throwing were no problem. This was followed by the Battle of Naples.

The outstanding performance of this twin-engine aircraft attracted the attention of the German Air Force. Information about the attack on a certain unlucky fleet was found from some nook and cranny, and as more and more such aircraft appeared on the battlefield

, the Germans are paying more and more attention to it.

When China and Italy negotiated, the British agreed more simply and expressed their willingness to fully cooperate with the two countries. On the one hand, the reason for this is that the night battle in Beda led to the current situation. The British have unshirkable responsibility.

Responsibility. Another reason is that the British worked hard to create such an outstanding performance aircraft that is not only used as a reconnaissance aircraft. And this time these aircraft only carry fake bombs made of wood to act as a lure for the enemy.

, there is no need to really rush. The risk is not very great.
Chapter completed!