Chapter 394: The Mission of the German Naval Aviation (Add. 1)
The wide flight deck and excellent layout make the speed at which the Count Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier can fly carrier-based aircraft quite fast!
How fast?
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And what about the current Count Zeppelin? There are two runways on the bow deck and two on the beveled deck, which allows four fighters to take off at the same time!
It takes about 10 seconds to release four planes in one takeoff, and in one minute, 24 planes can be released, and more than 70 carrier-based planes on the entire aircraft carrier can be released in three minutes!
This speed, if it spreads, will definitely be the envy of the British.
Of course, this is the theoretical speed, which is actually a bit lower.
The first to take off is a pure fighter with a low load and can quickly climb and accelerate.
Then, it was the turn of the torpedo machine.
Using the FW190 to hang torpedoes is a good solution, and when the torpedo is thrown, this fighter still has enough capabilities to conduct air combat.
The T3 torpedo, weighing 280 kg, was hung on the belly of the aircraft, which still had a certain impact on the take-off and landing performance of the aircraft.
Lieutenant Colonel Plila, the commander of the torpedo attack, sat inside his plane, looking out at the runway in front of him, and he was equally excited.
In the cockpit, the operating stick was shaking slightly, which was brought about by the vibration of the engine, and he turned into the radio and shouted loudly: "Torpedo attack squadron, request to take off." ”
"You can take off, I wish you all the best and return triumphantly."
Pushing the throttle to the end, the 1,800-horsepower star-cooled engine in front of it let out a roar, Lieutenant Colonel Plila released the brakes, and the torpedo-loaded plane slid quickly.
The speed, getting faster and faster, the deck in front of you, is getting shorter and shorter.
"Not good!" At this moment, Colonel Langsdorf, who was on the bridge, suddenly sank in his heart.
The climate in the North Sea was quite bad, and just now the warship had turned to a headwind, but, at this moment, a cross wind blew onto the deck.
The FW190 carrier-based aircraft, which was taking off, was suddenly affected by this crosswind, and in the process of taxiing, it had deviated from the white take-off line on the deck!
What to do?
In this case, if you brake suddenly, you may be able to stop, or you may fall into the sea.
Lieutenant Colonel Plila, at this time, also found out that something was wrong, the crosswind blew his plane off the way!
What to do?
Of course you can't stop!
Lieutenant Colonel Plila looked down and glanced at the airspeed counter, the speed was still rising, but it had not yet reached the take-off speed!
Come on! Lieutenant Colonel Prilla shouted in his heart.
This hapless FW190, while continuing to accelerate, leaned to the left, closer and closer to the side of the aircraft carrier, closer and closer.
Everyone stopped, looked ahead with worried eyes, and looked at their plane.
When it was about to fall off the edge of the deck on the side, the front wheel was already raised!
At this moment, Lieutenant Colonel Pulilla pulled his lever with all his might, trying to make the plane take off, he knew that he had reached the edge of the deck, and if he couldn't take off, he would fall!
The moment the wheels were just pulled up, the fuselage of the plane had already left the deck.
If you look at it from the side, you can see that when the fuselage left the deck, it even jumped down by more than a dozen centimeters, however, it continued to fly forward, maintained its altitude, and then, began to climb!
Fly!
The take-off accident that almost happened was saved in front of him, and the pilots behind were not afraid, and the second and third slid onto the runway one after another.
This is war, in war, individuals are insignificant, even if the plane in front of them falls and enters the sea, they still have to take off, this is the mission of the German naval aviation!
Inside the bridge, Colonel Langsdorf nodded, what kind of general, what kind of soldiers, his subordinates, all dare to fight.
"The Air Force called, they have already started bombing, and they asked us to provide escort immediately." At this moment, the first mate reported to Colonel Langsdorf.
The Air Force and the Navy are two branches of the armed forces, and although Goering is now in a vegetative state in the hospital, the Air Force and the Navy still have a big problem in liaison and cannot maintain a close relationship.
Now, the Air Force has begun bombing, but the planes of the Navy have just taken off, and it will take ten to twenty minutes for the fastest fighters to fly to the battlefield.
It's not that the Navy doesn't work hard, along the way, they are already racing at extreme speed, but to release carrier-based aircraft, they must wait until after dawn. After all, only 20 percent of pilots have the ability to take off at night, and as for the ability to land at night, even 5 percent of pilots have to be unable to reach it.
"Tell the Air Force that our fighters will rush to the battlefield as soon as possible to provide battlefield air supremacy." Colonel Langsdorf said.
Scapa Gulf, stationed are all old-fashioned aircraft, those bombers, relying on the advantage of flight altitude, can throw off a large number of aircraft, it can be said that as long as the latest British Spitfire does not move, the bombers are almost no threat.
And those Spitfires are deployed near London, far away, as long as the other party's communication is cut off, you can sit back and relax.
This is also the reason why the Air Force dared to dispatch only bombers.
And now, with the release of carrier-based aircraft by the Navy, this loophole will soon be closed.
One after another, FW190 fighters, loaded with torpedoes, took off from the aircraft carrier Count Zeppelin, and the rear deck of the aircraft carrier gradually became empty.
The elevators arranged on the side of the board began to lift the planes in the hangar, and when these planes were lifted, they all folded the wings, and when they reached the deck, the wings were quickly lowered.
The deck crews of the German Navy were also quite efficient, and in such battles, they burst out with great potential.
The first batch was released by the FW190 group, including combat and torpedo aircraft, and the second batch was attack aircraft.
The Stuka bomber, quite reliable, was the main carrier-based bomber of the German Navy, but now, raised to the deck, it was completely different from the Stuka.
Several crew members, who were quickly lowering the folded wings, could see that the plane was an engine, on both sides of the wings, with two engines!
The nose of the nose has a considerable downward tilt, giving the pilot in the cockpit a good overlook view, which is a layout that cannot be achieved by a fighter with a single nose release, and at this time, the nose of this aircraft is also painted like a terrible shark's teeth.
This aircraft, until now, is still a classified project, Germany's latest aircraft specially developed for ground attack, HS-129.