"How is our plane?" At this time, Major General Rodhart, who had arrived at Port Fao, asked this question immediately.

"The adjustment has been almost done. The humidity and salinity of the sea air here are very different from that of the North Sea. We feel that there are some problems with the wooden fuselage of the aircraft here. Fortunately, they have been solved now, mainly the engine, which has a long maintenance time. The engine coolant and some components need to be replaced, and it will take a few more days to debug." said an officer in charge of technology.

The so-called more sophisticated things are, the more troublesome things are. This is especially true for aircraft. HNA aircraft must consider the impact of climate rich in water vapor and salt on the aircraft's fuselage and equipment. In the second battle, the same aircraft will have some changes in configuration, just like the aircraft has high-altitude and low-altitude models. Moreover, not to mention, the aircraft continues to switch from Keel Port to Fao, and it may not be necessary to replace the engine, but cleaning the spark plug, changing the coolant, etc. By the way, the paint on the outside of the aircraft must also be replaced with new ones!

Among the 28 aircraft, there are 4 reconnaissance aircraft, 12 fighter part-time bombers, and the other 12 are torpedo aircraft. The fighter jets are naturally mainly J-3 fighters produced in Bavaria. This j-3s fighter with a new 400 horsepower engine has a maximum speed of more than 220 kilometers per hour. It is equipped with a 20mm machine gun and two large-caliber machine guns. When performing bombing missions, it can carry 300kg bombs and has a range of more than 450 kilometers. When carrying 300kg bombs, it can dive bomb at a smaller angle.

The torpedo bomber bomber is the Ju5 torpedo machine produced by the Junckers Aircraft Manufacturing Factory. As the founder of the famous Junckers Aircraft Manufacturing Factory and the engine manufacturer in history, Hugo Junckers has very good personal abilities. The performance of this Ju5 torpedo bomber is also excellent.

This aircraft used corrugated aluminum skin for the first time. While increasing the strength of the aircraft, the resistance did not increase much. This aircraft used a j-3s-type engine, carrying two members. The body length was 11 meters and the wings were spread 12 meters. The double-layer wings could be folded, with a maximum take-off weight of 2,500 kg. A 500 to 600 kg bomb or torpedo can be suspended on the abdomen of the fuselage. Flying with missiles, the cruise speed was close to 100 kilometers per hour, and the combat range was no less than 500 kilometers. It is a very good bomber in this plane. You should know that the British's first-generation carrier-based torpedo, Dujuan, carried only more than 400 kg of torpedoes!

The reconnaissance aircraft also used the Ju5 torpedo torpedo, and could not carry torpedoes, but there were 3 people carrying, namely pilots, navigators, telegraphers and rear-firing machine gun shooters. Originally, the prince was not optimistic about the use of three pilots for the reconnaissance aircraft. After all, the aircraft was very sensitive to weight in this era, and if one more pilot is added, the weight of the aircraft increased a bit much. However, considering the poor visibility of the North Sea, based on the principle that one more pair of eyes is better and the more efficient attack of the guide aircraft group, the reconnaissance aircraft numbered Ju5b became three pilots.

Although it was modified by a bomber, the aircraft optimized its aerodynamic layout as much as possible in order to ensure high speed. At the same time, because it does not need to carry torpedoes or bombs, the structural weight has been reduced a little. Therefore, the normal maximum takeoff weight of this aircraft is less than 2 tons, and the maximum speed is close to 200 kilometers per hour. Moreover, due to the addition of the internal fuel tank, the combat range reaches more than 1,000 kilometers when suspending the secondary fuel tank.

The position of reconnaissance aircraft in early aircraft carrier operations was not just as simple as discovering targets. They also undertake the task of guiding attack aircraft groups. This guidance work is very important. After all, the positions of warships on both sides are constantly changing, and it is definitely impossible for the attack aircraft to pounce in a straight line after departure. Before entering the visual distance, they always need the guide aircraft to provide data and help to find the target. Therefore, the ju5b reconnaissance aircraft is installed on the current most advanced frequency adjustable radio in Germany.

In addition to the aircraft being prepared, various weapons also need to be adjusted. The calibration of machine guns and cannons is very simple, almost at the daily maintenance level. Is the bomb? However, it is equipped with two types of fuses at the same time, one is the instantaneous fuse of high-explosive bombs, and the other is the delayed fuse of semi-armor-piercing bombs. Between the current miserable speed and dive angle of the bomber, the armor-piercing bombs have temporarily left the vision of the German naval aviation.

The most important thing is torpedo, equipped with a new T3 torpedo. This torpedo has a maximum weight of 580kg, a diameter of 450mm, a maximum navigation speed of 30 knots, and a range of 2,000 meters. The warhead charge is as high as 150kg. Although it is not as good as ship-based and submarine-launched torpedoes, this is almost the largest charge of aviation torpedoes. Although the range is shorter, the speed is relatively fast. Moreover, as an aviation torpedo, it is usually only projected within 800 meters, which is useless if it is far away.

What satisfies the German Navy most at the current position is its fuse, which has very good stability and the probability of duds does not exceed 10%. Moreover, it is not easy to cause failure after being thrown from the air. However, even so, after changing the environment, the fuse and thunder body need to be maintained again.

While the Bavarian Airlines fleet was preparing the aircraft and doing adaptive training, the Americans also began to maintain the small aircraft carrier named Constellation.

The wooden camouflage building originally built on the upper floor has been removed, and there is only the right island on the entire wide deck. In order to avoid the chimney exhaust affecting the plane's landing, this chimney is similar to the chimney of the old Japanese fleet Kaga in history, and is curved downward.

The length of the entire warship is not large. This warship was improved by the Omaha light cruiser. The prototype hull length is 169.4 meters, the hull waterline width is 16.9 meters, and the draft is 4.1 meters. The Constellation almost maintains this standard. The flight deck length on it is 160 meters. Not bad, it is only 9 meters shortened. The maximum width of the deck is 20 meters. The hangar is 130 meters long and the height is more than 4.5 meters, and it is equipped with 2 elevators. Theoretically, there is no problem when loading 28 aircraft. The hangar uses an American open hangar. Open the rolling gate on the side of the hangar to warm up the hangar. At the same time, there are several aircraft produced by the United States on it.

After all, this warship is a light cruiser with a four-axis propulsion, a maximum output power of 90,000 horsepower, and a maximum speed of more than 32 knots. If you want to say that the aircraft carrier on this plane is the fastest, it must be it. You can easily maneuver with two fast battleships at high speed.
Chapter completed!