Chapter 1040: Lessons Learned
"We are not unjustly losing this time, whether it is in the combination of the fleet's carrier-based aircraft, as well as the fleet grouping, and even down to the fleet's reconnaissance and deck use, we have too many problems. I can't say that there are no better commanders in the Royal Navy, but at least there is a considerable gap between us and the Huaxia naval officer named Ye Ming. In the evening's tactical summary meeting, Cunningham's opening remarks acknowledged the gap between the two sides, without the slightest concealment or prevarication.
"The tactics used by the other side to concentrate the aircraft carriers are obviously a notch higher than ours. They can concentrate on the most powerful wave of attacks. And we scattered our forces. They also have a very distinctive feature in the utilization rate of aircraft carriers, and they use large aircraft carriers to collect and release attack aircraft, while medium aircraft carriers are used to collect and release fighters, which can be said to make the best use of things. And before that, we were obviously a little behind in the way we asked large and medium aircraft carriers to deploy their crews in the same proportion. Portale illustrates the gap between the two sides from the perspective of aviation technology.
"We also have problems in reconnaissance, my reconnaissance aircraft are still too few, we can find each other, but we can't keep continuous tracking in the first time, and finally when the two aircraft carriers enter each other's attack distance, we and the other side will lock each other almost at the same time, that is to say, the beginning of the discovery is not of much significance, keep tracking and guide the group to attack is the most important!" Cunningham added. The British, however, knew about the existence of the Chinese Navy in advance, but this perception could not be translated into actual combat effects.
"If the tonnage allows, I think the survivability and combat effectiveness of armored aircraft carriers will still be a notch stronger than ordinary non-armored aircraft carriers." In fact. Cunningham's reputation in later generations is enough to prove that he was not a mediocre man. In this exercise, he also made remedial efforts, and when he discovered the Huaxia twin aircraft carrier formation, he already realized that the other side was about to launch a thunderbolt attack, and he immediately stopped the work of hanging bombs and torpedoes on the attack planes. All attack planes were dispatched half-fueled, without any sea-to-sea attack weapons, and according to his new plan, the second wave of attack planes on the Fury was ready to be used to intercept the Huaxia fleet!
Although the air combat capability of the attack aircraft is extremely poor, if the fighter can entangle the opponent's fighter, then the attack aircraft without a mount still has a slight advantage in attacking the opponent's attack aircraft with a load, but in fact. Before he could release all the attack aircraft, the deck of the aircraft carrier had already been shot. And in a few strokes, this unprotected aircraft carrier completely lost the ability to take off and land aircraft, so that the British attack aircraft that was about to make a cameo appearance as a fighter aircraft finally failed to take off. "If our aircraft carrier is an armored aircraft carrier. At the same time, if there are enough fighters, then this wave may be able to resist, at least the aircraft carrier has a chance to retreat. Cunning thought more than once in his mind.
"If we can have a device that can detect enemy aircraft and enemy ships at a long distance, this will give our aircraft carrier a huge advantage. It is said that the Admiralty is working on such equipment? "After the meeting. Cunningham asked in a whisper.
"There's this, but it's still being worked on. Very unsuccessful. Thomas hesitated. But we'll get it done. ā
"This kind of thing will lead to a new revolution along with aircraft carriers." Cunning said firmly.
Just when the British were miserable and summing up their lessons, Ye Ming, as the victor, was also pulled into a room by Ye Zusi. "How do you feel about today's table?" Ye Zusi looked at his distant relative and asked. "It's not bad, it's a classic, if the British don't run, then today's deduction can be called a perfect ending." Although he is very humble and respectful on the surface, as a young man, he is not proud of doing such a face-revealing thing, but a little unreasonable. And how could his little caution escape Ye Zusi's eyes?
"Your level is just a second knife, and it's okay to control the small fleet. The big fleet was immediately messed up. Being a noble person is self-aware, and there are only two people in China who can really play the Grand Fleet well, one is Minister Yang, and the other is your Uncle Lin (Lin Yongsheng). Your Uncle Deng and I are also a little bit off. Just won once and cocked your tail into the sky? Do you know how high the sky is? Ye Zusi scolded with a smile.
"It depends on your definition of the sky, do you mean the troposphere, the stratosphere, or the ionosphere?" Ye Ming's parents are engaged in airplanes, so he naturally knows some about the atmosphere. When there are no outsiders, is it okay for two people to make a little joke, after all, this is not an official occasion.
"Stinky boy! You still dropped my book bag? Ye Zusi was a little crying and laughing. Boy, don't be arrogant, maybe you just bragged today, and tomorrow you will be slapped in the face. Let me remind you first, in general, the general direction of your command of the two aircraft carriers is correct, but it is not detailed enough. For example, when the planes were finally recovered, there were only more than 40 planes, and most of them were planes on the aircraft carrier Liaoning, and the planes on the Jiangsu suffered heavy losses because they fought hard with the other side, and there was still a British aircraft carrier that did not show up at that time. At this time, your best choice is to let the Liaoning contain the remaining attack aircraft and fighters, and then vacate the deck of the Jiangsu to prepare to take off and land fighters at any time, so that your direct defense ability will be more sufficient. Do you understand? ā
"Sss According to the establishment of the Huaxia Navy, carrier-based aircraft are directly under the aircraft carrier, so he did not think about the situation of one aircraft carrier receiving another aircraft carrier's carrier-based aircraft, but obviously, he can also understand the advantages of the other party's doing this, and one more deck can put an additional batch of fighters, which is naturally of great significance for direct guard operations. But the only problem is, Ye Zusi shouldn't have this ability, right? He rarely had any dealings with aircraft carriers and aeronautics, and anyone who could come up with this had definitely studied it well.
"Okay, don't think about it, this is a solution that an aircraft carrier instructor within our Navy came up with. Your uncle, I don't have the ability to do this. He gave you a maximum rating of 70 points, and this is still in command of two aircraft carriers, and he also said that your estimate of the situation on the battlefield is still insufficient. There is such a thing as an aircraft carrier, the attack power is far greater than the defense power, and it is not obvious when the number is small, but if the number is large, it is very likely that the formation of 2 aircraft carriers will find the opportunity to severely damage the formation of 4 aircraft carriers in one wave. Your hard fighting technique is not bad, but it lacks change and is not flexible enough. Ye Zusi said seriously.
"Sounds amazing." Ye Ming touched his chin and said seriously. "I just don't know what the actual ability is? Why don't you have a chance to try two tricks? Then Ye Ming said half-jokingly and half-seriously. First of all, Ye Ming admitted that the other party thought more than himself at this point, but at the same time, he was quite confident in his overall situation. And what Ye Zusi said is indeed right, his style of play is more blunt and crisp.
Long before the exercise, Ye Ming also thought about the situation that both sides were twin aircraft carrier battle groups, and in the face of this situation in the battle plan, Ye Ming had only one approach, that is, continuous attacks, after the first wave of attack was issued, followed by the second wave, and then the rest was to fully prepare the fighters and then carry out air defense operations. In his opinion, the biggest advantage of this is that it is at least a lose-lose outcome, and a head-on outcome for an aircraft carrier fleet of the same size and performance is a lose-lose situation (such as the historical Battle of the Coral Sea). Even if there is a discrepancy, it is not too bad. Although Ye Ming used the advantage of tactical thinking in this operation to win the battle. But his own thinking is still not open enough.
"You kid just aren't convinced. Want to keep playing? Okay, give you a week to prepare, anyway, I guess the British don't want to see your face in the shipyard. Call your friends to think about how to fight this battle, and if you win, I will introduce you to be the commander of the aircraft carrier fleet. Ye Zusi said with a smile.
"Uncle, don't you have this power? Uncle Yang doesn't have this qualification, right? Ye Ming said with a hint of a smile, his uncle is becoming more and more improper, he dares to say this kind of thing, but this is all in private, no one will take it seriously, but Ye Ming will also seize the opportunity to joke with him.
"Because I know you can't win! Even if the premise of this war is in some ways simpler than the one played with the British. But you really can't! Ye Zusi changed his relaxation just now and said seriously. The front is all foreshadowing, and everyone is joking, but now it's time to get down to business.
"The sea area of the exercise is smaller, an area of 400 by 400 kilometers, the starting position of the two sides is fixed, basically as soon as you go out, you can meet, the core of the fleet is 4 aircraft carriers, 2 large and 2, a total of 320 carrier-based aircraft. The take-off and landing capacity is the same as previously set. It's a close head-to-head match, how about it? Simple enough, right? Whatever tricks you can play, play well. I really want you to win, uncle. I will give you the specific mission rules later, you study it yourself, don't underestimate the enemy, the Huaxia Navy is such a large scale, capable people have. Ye Zusi said earnestly, and then waved his hand to signal that Ye Ming could leave.
"Su Mo, be serious, if you lose, where will your brother-in-law and my face go." Just when Ye Zusi was educating his nephew, Xu Jie was doing something similar. As a traverser, he is not the kind of soul wearer, and he has no relatives on his side, and after getting married, he found out that one of his wife's younger brothers served in the navy in another gathering of his wife's family, and he also happened to participate in the work of the first real YĆ n aircraft carrier of the Huaxia Navy. And this guy graduated from Beihang University. So Xu Jie had the idea of trying it out and discussed with him some ideas for future aircraft carrier operations. The results are not bad. As a result, Su Mo became the "registered disciple" of the traverser Xu Jie in aircraft carrier tactics. And Su Mo is really competitive and stands out in many internal selections. And no one in the Navy knows that this usually taciturn and talkative person has such a hard background. And by mistake, it was just in time for Ye Zusi to find someone to let his nephew "collect his temperament". As a result, Su Mo and Ye Ming directly fought for the first time.
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