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November 23, 10:25 in the morning, on the ocean near Belitung Island.
The heavy rain that had been raging in the western part of the Java Sea all night finally subsided.
The officers and soldiers of the Chinese Navy's First Task Force finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that the weather forecast was quite accurate, at least they no longer had to fight in the heavy rain.
At this time, a water reconnaissance 2 "" water reconnaissance aircraft that took off from the light cruiser Daijiang passed by the Huangshan at low altitude and then flew south.
On the navigation bridge of the Huangshan, Li Ang looked at the rain outside the porthole, then looked at the seaplanes hovering over the fleet, and frowned: "Can't the carrier-based aircraft of the Zidian still take off?"
The combat staff replied: "Captain Wang of the Zidian said that the water on the deck has not yet reached the requirements for take-off and landing.
The friction on the deck is too small and it is difficult to achieve the acceleration required for take-off.
If the take-off is forced, it may cause Accident."
"That's the only bad thing about this kind of escort aircraft carrier.
It doesn't even have a catapult.
It's not as useful as a seaplane at this time," Li Ang said depressedly.
The chief of staff smiled and said: "There is no way.
After all, it is just an emergency product.
If you install a catapult, the changes will be too big."
"Forget it, anyway, there are only 20 attack aircraft on the Zidian.
Even if it can take off, it is better than nothing against the five super-dreadnoughts of the Netherlands."
Li Ang could only sigh and said: "Fortunately, our cruisers all have ejections."
Weapon, if the war officially starts later, there won’t even be a school shooter.”
This Nanyang operation is very important.
In order to avoid any accidents, President Wen transferred three unmanned exploration aircraft over Europe to monitor the battlefield.
There is nothing we can do about it.
The weather in Nanyang has changed too much.
Now China's spy satellites can only conduct optical reconnaissance.
Once they encounter bad weather, they will be dumbfounded.
The products of the 23rd century must be much more reliable.
With the advantage of almost one-way transparency in intelligence, China has long been able to grasp the movements of the Dutch fleet.
However, although there is a full-map plug-in such as unmanned exploration aircraft, the navy's own reconnaissance is also indispensable.
On the one hand, it is because exploration aircraft are strictly confidential equipment.
Nowadays, there are more and more things in the sky, and we need to pay attention to confidentiality.
On the other hand, it is also to exercise one's own reconnaissance capabilities.
After all, exploration aircraft have a service life.
They have been used too frequently in the past few years, and all six aircraft have been overhauled several times.
There is no way to replenish the accessories of this thing.
It can only be maintained by inventory.
If one is used less, if it is completely damaged, it will have to be replaced.
It's something developed on this plane, so you have to use it sparingly and won't use it unless it's critical.
At this time, the light cruisers of the First Task Force all released their reconnaissance aircraft and went to the waters of the Dutch fleet to monitor and track.
Captain Wang Fenglei of the Zidian was standing on the navigation bridge, looking at the seaplane flying in the rain with a gloomy look on his face.
"Ma Dan, I told you that you must install a catapult, but they just didn't listen.
Now it's good.
We are all just spectators now.
I might as well go to the seaplane carrier."
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In fact, catapults appeared quite early.
The earliest flight-assisted catapults had already appeared when the airplane was invented.
In 1901, the British first invented the spring-loaded catapult, and the Wright brothers also created the spring-loaded catapult under the same concept.
Drop weight catapult.
The so-called falling weight type is to use the force of falling heavy objects to eject the aircraft.
The principle is similar to that of the counterweight trebuchet.
The aviation technology in this plane is developing faster, and the corresponding catapults are also developing rapidly.
Before the outbreak of the European War, there were flywheel, gunpowder, rocket-assisted, electric, hydraulic and pneumatic types, etc.
There are many kinds and all kinds of imaginative designs are available.
As the number one aviation power, China, of course, has catapults on its warships.
Because the number of seaplanes on battleships and cruisers is small, there are no requirements for the ejection cycle, so they use simple and reliable flywheel catapults, and several A hydraulic catapult is installed on a regular aircraft carrier.
The aircraft of this era are very light and can take off directly from the aircraft carrier deck under their own power.
The efficiency is much higher than using a catapult.
The use of catapults to take off will increase the operational complexity of deck operations, making the already complex lift-off operation more difficult to execute, and in turn lead to delays in lift-off.
Under normal circumstances, Chinese aircraft carriers do not use catapults.
Therefore, when modifying this "Baihong-class" escort aircraft carrier, the navy simply omitted the catapults in order to rush for time and reduce costs, and also replaced the deck drainage system.
Also simplified.
Normally it wouldn't be affected, but in the current weather that was not suitable for taking off directly, Zidian had no choice but to stare blankly. 11:35, Huangshan.
"Report to the captain of the detachment, our fleet discovered a Dutch seaplane at one o'clock, and our seaplane has already gone to drive it away," the intelligence sergeant reported.
Li Ang stood up, picked up the telescope and looked at the sky.
He saw a few seaplanes exchanging fire in the sky, but because of the distance, he couldn't see too clearly here.
At this time, in the air more than ten kilometers away from the fleet, four Chinese monoplanes were closely watching the two Dutch biplanes.
The water reconnaissance aircraft currently used by the Dutch fleet is the British "Hadrian" seaplane.
This aircraft is the successor of the "Spanlow".
Its performance is much better than the previously criticized Spanlow, but It also depends on who you are comparing with.
For example, they are currently facing the Shuizhan 2 "" type water reconnaissance aircraft.
Note: "" is pronounced as "PITI".
A water bird that looks like a duck with a straight and pointed beak, also known as "water hyacinth".
This seaplane also inherits the tradition of Chinese water reconnaissance.
In addition to being a reconnaissance aircraft, it can also be used as a fighter jet when necessary.
Its performance is superior to all similar aircraft in the world. "" is a three-pontoon monoplane.
Its appearance is somewhat close to the SC "Sea Hawk" water reconnaissance aircraft used by the United States in World War II, but it was replaced with a two-seater.
Compared with the SC, its maximum speed dropped.
It has reached 450 kilometers, but the range has increased to 1,800 kilometers, with a ceiling of 9,500 meters.
The weapons are three 12mm machine guns, two in the nose and one in the rear seat.
In an emergency, it can also carry two 150-kilogram bombs to serve as anti-submarine aircraft and bombers.
However, under normal circumstances, it is equipped with two auxiliary fuel tanks, and its range can be increased to 2,500 kilometers.
The performance of this kind of aircraft is not only the best among its kind, but it can also compete with professional fighter jets.
"Hadrian", with a maximum speed of only 280 kilometers, is naturally no match, not to mention the fact that there is no advantage in numbers.
There was no suspense about the outcome of the air battle.
A few minutes later, the two "Hadrians" fell into the sea dragging black smoke.
At this time, the communications staff officer said: "Captain of the detachment, a radio signal was intercepted just now.
It was sent by the seaplane just now to the Dutch Far East Fleet.
It seems that the Dutch already know our position at this time."
"Yeah, I understand."
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Li Ang nodded, and he was already mentally prepared for this.
At this time, the aircraft carrier's carrier-based aircraft cannot take off, and relying solely on the seaplanes carried by the eight cruisers cannot form a tight air interception.
The opponent's seaplanes are likely to sneak in.
But it doesn't matter, anyway, his mission is to act as a bait, entangle the main force of the Dutch fleet, and wait for his own main fleet to come over and destroy the opponent.
What he is most worried about now is that the Dutch fleet is too timid and does not dare to fight but runs away, which will be more troublesome.
At this time, the intelligence staff reported: "Reporting to the captain of the detachment, Nujiang's No. 3 reconnaissance aircraft reported that it has discovered the Dutch fleet, coordinates xxxx, heading xxx, speed 15 knots.
It has been divided into two teams, with five Dutch ships in front.
Sovereign-class super-dreadnoughts, eight Soviet ships The Mentra-class light cruiser and six Brio-class destroyers were trailed by six coastal defense battleships, six Holland-class protected cruisers and eight Freight-class destroyers.
The intelligence of the two groups of early warning airships showed that they were about 14 kilometers away. , the other party is speeding towards us."
Hearing the news, Li Ang breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that the other party still had the courage.
So he immediately ordered: "Order the entire fleet to speed up to 25 knots and maintain the course."
Twenty minutes ago, the Dutch Far East Fleet.
"Reporting to your Excellency, Commander, our reconnaissance aircraft has discovered traces of the Chinese fleet.
The coordinates are xxx, about 50 kilometers away from us, the course is facing us, and the speed is about 20 knots," the intelligence officer reported to Cruyff.
"Well, it seems that the other side is looking for a decisive battle with us."
Cruyff nodded, then raised his head and looked at the sky outside the bridge.
In the sky a few kilometers away from the fleet, several Chinese seaplanes were following them swaggeringly.
He said with a bitter look on his face: "The Chinese have discovered us a long time ago.
The kingdom's aviation power is too weak.
Even China's reconnaissance planes can't do anything about it."
This traditional Dutch naval admiral of the giant ship and artillery faction has now deeply felt the importance of air power.
Since this morning, Chinese seaplanes have been coming to visit us, and they have been following them in a swaggering manner, and they even handed over a flight in the middle.
The Dutch fleet also carried seaplanes.
At first, Cruyff ordered his own planes to drive them away.
But unfortunately, the performance of the Dutch aircraft was too poor.
Instead of driving away those nasty Chinese aircraft, they were beaten down by the other side like a duck.
After paying the price of eight planes, the remaining pilots said nothing and would die.
The Dutch Navy had no plans to develop aircraft carriers when expanding its navy, because their mainstream view of the navy was still based on giant ships and cannons.
Of course, they did not completely ignore air power.
They only used aircraft as the eyes and ears of the fleet, not as an attack force.
Strength, in the view of the Dutch Navy, is enough to carry a few seaplanes on warships.
They didn't react until after the Battle of Jutland, but they still weren't interested in aircraft carriers.
In their view, there were many islands in the Dutch East Indies.
As long as they built a few more sites on those islands and deployed some land-based aircraft, there was no need to spend money on building professional aircraft carriers.
However, this plan was delayed due to the European War, because they did not have the ability to manufacture aircraft themselves, and all aircraft were imported from Britain, France, and Germany.
As the European war became increasingly fierce, it was difficult for them to buy more aircraft.
Moreover, the Dutch government must give priority to ensuring the security of the homeland, and the advanced aircraft models purchased must first meet the needs of homeland defense, and can only deploy a small amount to East India.
For example, there is an airport on Belitung Island, which is closest to them, but there are only two pitiful aircraft on it.
They are still old-fashioned fighter jets like the "Newburg 11".
They were shot down by water reconnaissance as soon as they got on.
Coming down, it really made the Dutch people cry.
There are a number of decent planes in Jakarta, but the distance is too far now, so I can't count on them at this time.
Besides, Lieutenant General Cruyff seriously distrusted those things made of wood and canvas.
He did not think that those things could do well in front of China's advanced seaplanes.
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Although it is only a reconnaissance aircraft, it is still an advanced all-metal monoplane.
However, out of precaution, he still requested air reinforcements from Jakarta.
However, with the speed of those classic aircraft, the fight would probably be over by the time they arrived.
Well, in fact, the Dutch aircraft have not been in service for more than five years.
Strictly speaking, they cannot be considered too old.
It is just that the current aircraft are updated too fast.
Let alone four years, I am afraid they will be outdated in two years.
"Order all ships to speed up and prepare for battle" Cruyff gave the order.
This fleet must be destroyed before the main force of the Chinese Navy arrives.
Now that the two sides were only 50 kilometers apart, he decided to rush over with the new warships first.
As for the old ships behind, they couldn't increase their speed at all, and they were not suitable for forming a battle line.
Forcing them to bring them along would only be a burden, so it was better to let them go Then catch up as a reserve team. 11:55.
Both sides discovered the smoke column of the other side's fleet almost simultaneously.
At this time, the fleets of both sides were divided into two parts.
The main formations of both sides rushed forward.
The old Dutch ship followed more than 20 kilometers behind, while the Chinese escort aircraft carrier Zidian and four frigates also trailed about 30 kilometers behind. km location.
"The Chinese fleet appears at 11 o'clock and is 27 kilometers away," the lookout on the Dutch Monarch shouted excitedly.
The five super-dreadnoughts of the Dutch fleet have already formed a battle line, led by the flagship Dutch Sovereign, followed by Prince of Orange, Prince Maurice, Friedrich Henry, and William I.
At this time, the Dutch Monarch adjusted its course slightly and began to sprint towards the Chinese fleet.
Black smoke suddenly rose from the chimneys of the five battleships.
The engine department had already maximized the credit, increasing the speed to 22 knots.
At this time, Li Ang was also nervously watching the display screen of the battle analysis computer.
Looking at the fleets of both sides getting closer and closer, he issued a series of orders: "Keep the distance above 22 kilometers and do not fight them head-on.
The entire fleet will turn left.
Starboard to the enemy" This is the first time he has commanded a fleet in actual combat as the leader, and it would be a lie to say he is not nervous
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