69novels Chapter 874
Chapter 874
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: 0.152s Scan: 0.030sHe can’t make up for the battle experience, and the performance gap of the fighter planes is even more unsolvable!
Nanyun Chuichi is not a fool, on the contrary, he knows the air force very well.
The maneuverability of the Japanese Type 97 carrier-based aircraft is indeed excellent, but this excellence is achieved at the cost of sacrificing safety performance!
If the opponent they encounter is a relatively weak enemy, then relying on the advantage in maneuverability, they are likely to use this as a breakthrough and achieve good results.
This has also been confirmed in history. At the beginning of World War II, the Foot Basin Navy, which had just been equipped with Zero fighters, was invincible in the Pacific battlefield. In the battle to eliminate the Far East Fleet and the Z Fleet, the Foot Basin’s Zero fighters completely suppressed the British fighters and carrier-based aircraft, leaving the British Air Force and Naval Aviation Forces with only the ability to passively take a beating, with no room for fighting back!
The means by which the Zero fighter planes gained an advantage were very simple, highlighting one word: fast!
Compared to the slower and bulkier fighters of various countries in the early days of World War II, the Zero fighters are faster and more maneuverable, which makes it easy for them to occupy attack positions in air combat and have more opportunities to open fire.
And once the enemy is bitten to death by them, due to the disadvantage in speed, it is difficult for the enemy to get rid of their pursuit, which leads to the enemies bitten by the Zero fighters being basically shot down by the Zero fighters in the end!
The Type 97 is a carrier-based aircraft and originally has such an advantage. Of course, this is an advantage only when facing fighters from other countries. If their enemy is the German army, then such an advantage will disappear!
After all, in terms of speed, BF-109 is really not afraid of anyone!
After losing the advantage in speed, the Type 97 carrier-based aircraft is a bit lackluster.
If they were not fighting at home this time and had an absolute advantage in manpower, they might not even be able to shoot down two enemy planes!
Just as Chuichi Nanyun was reflecting on himself, Isoroku Yamamoto was also full of worries.
“I have always heard people talk about how powerful the German Air Force is, and how it swept across countries in Europe without any rivals.
I never believed it before, but after seeing it with my own eyes today, I have to believe it!”
Yamamoto Isoroku’s tone was very heavy. Obviously, after witnessing the second wave of German air raids, he felt a little lack of confidence in defeating the Germans!
If their poor performance in the first wave of air raids was because the enemy suddenly attacked and caught them off guard, then in the second wave of air raids, after they discovered the enemy’s intentions early, they still failed to achieve the results they wanted. There is no excuse for this!
Even if he can use all kinds of reasons to deceive his subordinates, he cannot use such reasons to deceive himself, nor can he deceive the generals around him. After all, everyone doesn’t…
Yamaguchi Tamon forced a smile on his face, but his smile was still ugly.
“General, don’t be pessimistic. I don’t think we have really lost!”
Although the two air raids caused him heavy losses, and the enemy was more fierce each time, in the second wave of offensive, the number of German planes was much larger than the first time, and the interval between the two was about one and a half hours.
The enemy was able to organize two attacks in such a short time, and the scale was larger each time, which shows that the enemy’s combat strength is very strong and experienced, otherwise it would be difficult to complete two attacks in such a short time.
The operation of an aircraft carrier is a very complicated process. Before the carrier-based aircraft takes off, it is necessary to refuel the aircraft, mount weapons and ammunition, inspect the aircraft status, and maintain the aircraft status.
All of these take time!
Moreover, it takes a lot of time for the aircraft to take off and land, fly over the target to fight, and then return.
If all these times are taken into account, the enemy can launch the second wave of offensive within an hour and a half, which is enough to prove that the enemy has been very skilled in this process and has formed a very terrible combat effectiveness!
Of course, according to this At one point, they can also speculate that if the enemy attacks again next time, the time should be delayed by one and a half hours on this basis!
With this accurate intelligence, their ability to resist the first wave of enemy attacks has been strengthened. At least before the enemy really arrives, they can make corresponding combat preparations so as not to be caught off guard and suffer heavy losses!
Moreover, based on the intervals between enemy air raids, Yamaguchi Tamon can roughly determine the specific location of the enemy with his excellent experience!
He had already speculated on the enemy’s position before, and now he can reverse the enemy’s distance from them based on the time difference. The principle of this reasoning is also very simple, that is, deduct the time required for preparations before takeoff, and then multiply the remaining time by the German flight speed and divide it by two to get a rough range.
Based on this distance range, they can roughly find the location of the enemy aircraft carrier!
It is precisely because he can do this that Yamaguchi Tamon dares to say this at this time.
“Oh? Have you come up with any good ideas?”
Isoroku Yamamoto had already thought of retreating. Since he couldn’t win, he thought it would be better to retreat at this time to avoid suffering greater losses.
However, after hearing what Yamaguchi Tamon said, he changed his mind.
If Yamaguchi Tamon really had a way to resolve the crisis or even deal with the enemy, then he would naturally not choose to retreat. If he could solve the huge threat of the enemy’s aircraft carrier at one time, then there would be no reason for Yamamoto Isoroku to give up such an opportunity!
After all, if they can’t destroy the enemy’s aircraft carrier this time, then they will still encounter this aircraft carrier in future battles, and at that time they may have more warships buried under the attack of the enemy’s aircraft carrier!
In order to minimize losses as much as possible, the best way is to Kill the enemy’s aircraft carrier, destroy the enemy’s air superiority, and then use their own air superiority to counterattack the enemy’s surface fleet.
Once they do this, this failure will turn into a great victory in the blink of an eye. Without the air umbrella held up by the aircraft carrier, the German surface fleet will become the prey of their carrier-based aircraft. As long as they bite the enemy tightly, they may be able to kill this German fleet, even if they cannot annihilate it completely!
At least they can kill most of the warships!
Considering that the German army has maintained its undefeated myth from the beginning of the war to now, once they win this battle, they will become a legend that breaks the German army’s undefeated myth!