"...After completing the mission, if you don't have enough fuel to return to the fleet, fly to the east of the island of Foo, and wait patiently for rescue. Remember to me that you are the most precious wealth of the Imperial Navy, and each of you is irreplaceable..."

When he entered the cabin, Liu Xiangzhen's admonition was still echoing in Zhu Huasheng's ears.

In order to boost morale, perhaps because he felt that he should say something before the first battle of the carrier-based aviation, Liu Xiangzhen used fleet radio to shout to all the pilots.

Fleet radio uses high-frequency radio stations, and the working distance is only tens of kilometers, so the fleet will not expose its whereabouts.

Zhu Huasheng was very strange because in his impression, Liu Xiangzhen was not the kind of person who talked a lot.

Everyone’s comment on him is: people are ruthless and don’t talk much.

Of course, the moment he entered the cabin, Zhu Huasheng threw these distracting thoughts out of the sky and restored his true nature to the captain.

He is the captain of the second brigade of the First Ship-Board Air Force, and the other captain is Shenpu.

Soon, Zhu Huasheng completed the preparations before takeoff, and then started the engine with the assistance of ground crew members and entered the hot-up stage.

He was flying a "Flying Fish" torpedo attack aircraft.

In fact, whether it is the Imperial Navy, the Navy and the Newland Navy, the commanders of the carrier-based aviation are almost all torpedo planes.

There is nothing strange about this.

Although the torpedo aircraft are the most bulky and slowest, the cabin has the largest space, and it is usually three seats. One crew member is responsible for navigation, bombing and reporting.

One more person can greatly reduce the burden on the commander.

In addition, torpedo aircraft generally have the farthest range among the carrier-based aircraft of the same generation.

If you are not hanging a torpedo or bomb, but a secondary fuel tank, the torpedo can fly more than 1,000 kilometers, so it is most suitable for conducting command tasks.

In previous training, the captain's landline was usually equipped with a secondary fuel tank.

But this time, the air torpedo was hung.

It’s not that Zhu Huasheng doesn’t need to command, but that you don’t need to stay and wait for the referee team to make a judgment like the exercise.

In fact, this is also a test that Zhu Huasheng faces.

Don’t forget that the aviation reconnaissance he studied was not a professional pilot, and he only started to come into contact with and learn about flying at around the age of thirty.

When it comes to flying ability, Zhu Huasheng is definitely not as good as a rising star.

Of course, he has a big picture that the rising stars don’t have, comprehensive tactical thinking, and more experience than all younger generations of pilots.

In fact, this is also a major feature of the Imperial Navy Aviation Corps.

From the brigade leader down, as long as the commanders who fly carrier-based aircraft to perform combat missions are all "old" officers over 35 years old. At the squad leader, almost all "middle-aged" officers in their thirties, and grassroots pilots in their twenties.

However, it was not the navy that caused this phenomenon, but was affected by objective factors.

Don’t forget that in the twenty years after the war, not to mention large-scale wars, there were not even a few conflicts. They were basically in a state of being put into the south mountain and swords. As a result, many talented soldiers did not get the opportunity to perform, and the difficulty of promotion was similar to that of climbing the sky.

Not to mention ordinary officers and soldiers, Bai Zhizhan and Liu Xiangzhen struggled for twenty years, and then they went from captain to colonel.

As the war reignites, the opportunity for soldiers is here!

Soon, the five-minute hot-up time passed.

Because of the catapult, the first thing that took off was the bulkiest torpedo attack aircraft, followed by the dive bomber, and finally the fighter aircraft.

The key is that fighter jets do not need to be ejected.

As long as the aircraft carrier's speed reaches thirty knots and does not sail well, the "Typhoon" fighter can fly from the deck with its own power.

The main reason is that the catapult is not reliable, and the maintenance cycle and service life are not long.

If conditions permit, try to use catapults as little as possible.

The ground crew pushed Zhu Huasheng's plane to the ejection point, hung up a traction rope, and the take-off guide then gave Zhu Huasheng a thumbs up.

This is everything ready and allows take-off sign language.

Zhu Huasheng didn't have to worry, because his wingman had just been dragged to the ejection point, and the ground crew was still fixing the drag rope for him.

After checking the instrument again, Zhu Huasheng called the takeoff guide with ready sign language.

Then, the takeoff guide squatted on his left lunge, walked around his right hand around his back, and stretched his left hand towards the head of the ship, making a shooting move.

This is the standard action of "going to you".

Of course, if it is on the right side, it is shifted left and right, that is, the guide must face the pilot and point to the bow of the ship, that is, the direction of the attack.

As the brakes were released, the "Flying Fish" was bounced out.

More than ten seconds later, the "flying fish" driven by Zhu Huasheng was still climbing, and his wingman had also taken off the air.

In the next fifteen minutes, the twelve "flying fish", fourteen "wasps" and twelve "typhoons" on the flight deck will all be launched.

A few thousand meters away, carrier-based aircraft on the Longjiang were also taking off one after another.

According to the rules of the Imperial Navy's carrier-based aviation, which is often called the principle of "who finds and attacks", the first round of attack operations is the main force of the First Round of Attack, and the captain of the Second Battalion is responsible for combat command, and the First Battalion is only responsible for assistance.

To be on the safe side, Major Simp, the captain of the First Brigade, will stay on the aircraft carrier.

Due to the limitation of troops, the second round of attacks must be the main force of the second ship-based aviation corps, and a captain is also responsible for combat command.

In this way, it is Shenpu's turn to take action only if he launches the third round of attacks.

Judging from the current situation, that is, time, there is basically no possibility of launching a third round of attacks. It would be great to be able to launch two rounds of attacks before dark.

More than ten minutes later, Zhu Huasheng led the second brigade's carrier-based aircraft to fly east first.

Soon, the first brigade's fleet caught up with it. There were still twelve fighter jets, but there were four dive bombers and two more torpedo attack aircraft.

A few minutes later, Zhu Huasheng and his team flew over the Second Air Special Mixed Fleet.

Eight fighter jets, thirty-two dive bombers and thirty-six torpedo attack aircraft deployed by the Hengjiang and Linghe, have been assembled.

The fleet did not leave a wait, but flew eastward at a slower speed to save valuable fuel.

In previous exercises, I often did this, that is, gathering with the formation during flight, and then launching attacks on the enemy fleet.

However, whether it works in actual combat is a different matter.

Because it needs to undertake fleet air defense missions, the Second Ship-Board Air Force Circle did not dispatch many fighter jets.

Judging from the number of bombers and attack aircraft, the second carrier-based aviation corps is actually the main force.

Four aircraft carriers and two carrier-based aviation corps dispatched thirty-two fighter jets, fifty-six dive bombers and sixty-two torpedo attack aircraft, a total of 150.

However, like the mobile fleet, the Special Mix Group did not immediately launch a second round of attacks.

It’s not that I don’t want to, but that I can’t do it!
Chapter completed!