Chapter 23: The Impossible Mission (7)
In the middle of the night, the two fleets that coincidentally had the same intention of rushing to attack ** advanced in the same sea area, Mitchell's speed order was that the fleet aircraft carrier was at 26 knots, and the escort aircraft carrier was advanced at 18 knots, although the fleet would be separated into two echelons in the short term, but it was still within the controllable range, because it was expected that the fleet would begin to turn back after 8 o'clock in the morning, and the distance between 8 hours would only be more than 60 knots, that is, less than 100 kilometers, This is only a few minutes for a fighter taking off from an escort carrier, and it is not a big problem.
According to the changes in the experience of many operations, aircraft carrier operations have now generally become a routine of escort aircraft carriers with pure fighters and aircraft carriers with attack aircraft; As for the cross-platform tactics and oblique aircraft carrier designs used by Japan and Germany, American experts have also completely figured it out, and have conducted on-site verification during the training and run-in of the Atlantic Fleet, and Nimitz, Spruance, Mitchell and others have personally watched the aircraft use modified ships to conduct experiments, and they can't help but nod their heads in praise of the results, thinking that they are genius and extremely creative ideas.
The ultimate reason why the Anglo-American combined fleet lost in the last "accidental" naval battle has also been clarified: it was not the Germans who went crazy to engage in a one-time attack, but they used new tactics!
In terms of absorbing advanced tactical experience and equipment, the United States is not conservative, and even follows up and learns quickly, and all good things that can be collected can quickly be launched into knockoffs, such as the captured German Iron Fist rockets, such as the STG43 that fell into the hands of the US military in the first Bermuda campaign, and there are imitations in a short time, and the quality can be discussed, but the level of solving the problem is that the United States is unique in the world, and its strong industrial capacity gives it an extremely perverted mass production capacity.
For example, the United States got the physical objects and drawings of the IS1 \2 tank from Stalin, and got the relatively intact wreckage of the Tiger tank, although the exact same thing cannot be cloned, but now the M26/SP grafted with the Soviet-style chassis has fully formed a mass production scale, and the "Red Army Workers' Group" that came to help the work was stunned, in view of the more powerful Tiger 2 and Leopard tanks launched by Germany, the United States strengthened the armor and improved the artillery on the basis of the M26, forming the M26/E4, Increasing the tonnage from more than 41 tons to 45 tons, with thicker armor and a new 90mm gun of the T15E1 with a higher muzzle velocity, ordnance experts vowed that the new armor-piercing shells could penetrate the Tiger armor at a distance of 2,000 meters, and at a range of 1,500 meters, the Tiger 2 would be mutually destroyed.
Because Germany also came up with a 128mm caliber Tiger 3, the deeply stimulated U.S. military launched the M46 on the basis of Super Pershing, weighing more than 50 tons, using a 105mm tank gun that is exactly the same as the T28/95 experimental super-heavy tank, in order to commemorate George Patton who died in the South American campaign, and is ready to name this tank Patton.
In addition to the deepening of attainments in the field of medium and heavy tanks, the United States did not know where to hear the performance data of Germany's follow-up super-heavy tanks Lion and Mouse, and knew from the Russian population that the other party had put 122mm or even 152mm guns on the tank, and was greatly stimulated, relying on the data of T95 and other test tanks, and finally built all the prototypes such as T29 and T30: T29 weighs nearly 70 tons, using 105mm tank guns, which is still barely acceptable, but the weight of T30 is close to 90 tons, with oblique armor thicker than 240mm, armed with a 155mm gun used on a cruiser, known as a land cruiser.
In the American vision, the T30 is intended to compete with the rat, and the T29 is intended to compete with the lion.
In order to solve the 90-ton weight of the T30, the U.S. military also ingeniously adopted 4 tracks, and in the plan of the Ministry of Armament, by September 1945, the T29 must complete 300 vehicles, and the T30 must complete 100 vehicles. However, the last bit of self-knowledge of American experts is still there, knowing that the weight and speed of the T30 is absolutely not suitable for tank warfare, and it is okay to use it as an anti-tank gun for destroying fortifications and concealment.
Although Germany failed to lead the Americans crooked in the field of jet heavy bombers, it finally led the Americans in the field of heavy tanks in an all-round way.
The army is desperately learning the tricks of the German army, and the navy is no exception, and the shuttle bombing proposed by Mitchell this time is also a tactic after in-depth study, which has been well received by the Joint Staff Committee, and has also broken the views of many generals on Mitchell's "cowardice", "fear of war", and "avoidance of war".
At present, the two fleets are closing the distance at a speed of more than 40 kilometers per hour, and because Ozawa commanded the fleet to set off at 8 o'clock in the evening, running four hours longer than Mitchell, the distance between the two sides at 12 o'clock is not 1,000 kilometers estimated by the US military, but only less than 900 kilometers, and coupled with the continuous closing after nightfall, by 4 o'clock in the morning, the distance between the two sides has narrowed to only a little more than 700 kilometers.
Under the cover of night, the fleets of the United States and Germany, unaware of each other's full dispatch, were still wholeheartedly preparing for a surprise blow to the opponent.
Since the German deployment was to attack early in the morning, and the American deployment was to attack early in the morning, the Germans were dispatched first. At about 3 o'clock, when the U.S. fleet was preparing for the war, the huge Axis Fleet had already released the first attack wave, intending to attack Puerto Rico.
At 4:45 a.m. on March 15, on the Puerto Rico airport, the US military aircraft group preparing to attack was in full swing to prepare, and the ground crew was busy pushing the planes out of the hangar, and then one by one they filled up the fuel, loaded bombs or auxiliary fuel tanks, and at 4 o'clock before that, the 12 B29s that served as reconnaissance missions had taken off first, and they would go to the Borlamar front line to search It is expected that 6:15, that is, the approximate sunrise time of the day, they could just arrive at the search area, according to Mitchell's tactical deployment, 5:30, the Puerto Rican attack aircraft group takes off at 6:00 a.m., the aircraft carrier battle group attack aircraft group takes off, and at 6:30 a.m., the aircraft carrier formation turns around, and all attack aircraft groups will rely on the direction guided by the reconnaissance aircraft to correct the course and launch an attack.
In order to eliminate the main force of the German army in one fell swoop, Mitchell made a big bet, the aircraft carrier formation had a total of 750 aircraft, and he divided it into two echelons, with a total of 400 aircraft; Puerto Rico had a total of 500 aircraft, and the remaining 350 planes had to be dispatched except for those that could not fight long distances, and he was ready to flood the Axis fleet with a sea of 750 aircraft
His idea is very logical: even if he can't completely destroy his opponent, he can at least keep the seven hard-won fleet aircraft carriers in his hands, and in two months, the strength of the Atlantic Fleet will increase to nine.
At 4:47, the Puerto Rican radar station suddenly issued an urgent report: "32 unknown targets at a speed of 750 km / h!" , at a distance of 175 km and at a height of 8000 meters! ”
"Hell, this is a German jet?" Major General Josenna, who was in command in Puerto Rico, cursed, "How did they touch it?" ”
"Sir, we must let the fleet take off urgently, and at the same time let the fighters find a way to intercept it."
"Emergency take-off!"
"All planes that have completed the task of replenishing fuel bombs take off urgently!"
Although it was not clear what the origin of the 32 planes was, Josenner gave the order to fight.
5 minutes later, the radar station reported more data in alarm: "A large group of aircraft is approaching, no less than 200 aircraft, at a speed of 500 kilometers per hour, at a distance of 160 kilometers and at an altitude of 6500 meters." ”
Looking at the large sparkling dots of light on the screen, Josenna only felt that his throat was dry and his lips were bitter, afraid of something.
"Full speed ahead, full speed," he shouted, waving his arms, "send a telegram to the Navy informing us of an impending attack." ”
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