Chapter 541 Forced Takeoff (Plus 2)
When the aircraft carrier is full of rudder at full speed, the hull of the warship will tilt significantly. For example, now, in order to avoid the first round of shooting of the opponent, the right rudder of the Beyen here is full, and the deck of the warship will follow suit. There was a slant.
how many? A full fifteen degrees! At the same time, because the deck at the top of the elevator was raised, in this case, the reconnaissance plane on the deck was immediately thrown into the sea with the shaking of the deck!
When they felt the tilt of the warship, the pilots of the carrier aircraft were already desperate!
He has no way to perform any operations. Even if he wants to take off quickly, it is impossible. Just after he exclaimed, the plane slid into the sea!
At this time, even if he jumped out of the cabin, he would not have any good end. He would still slide into the sea water, and even more terrible. If he knocked down some part of the deck, he would definitely be injured.
In this way, with the machine gunner behind him, along with this biplane reconnaissance plane, fell into the sea!
At this time, from the bridge, you can see the tragic end of the reconnaissance plane, and at this time, a trace of shame flashed in the eyes of Captain Gerary, the captain, and later, he became firm again. .
There was no time, they had to dodge, and the loss of a plane was, of course, more terrifying than the loss of the entire aircraft carrier.
Therefore, when General Laborde gave the order just now, he did not put forward any objections. Those who should be sacrificed must be sacrificed.
As a commander, this is a quality that must be possessed. At some point, when some people must be sacrificed, then one must make a decision and not be indecisive.
The reconnaissance plane had been abandoned, and they simply didn't have time to save the pilot who fell into the water, so they could only let him fend for himself.
Just as the aircraft carrier here completed a turn, the Earl Spey over there had completed its first test launch.
"Boom!" The shooting of the 283mm naval gun was also quite spectacular. The muzzle of the naval gun emitted brilliant fire, and hundreds of kilograms of armor-piercing projectiles flew towards the opposite side.
The quality of the German navy is quite good. Now, the shell is on the route of the Beyarn. If the Beyarn has not turned in time, it will even be hit by the first shot!
On the bridge, Captain Lansdorf, the captain, looked at the French battleship in the distance, with a cold and calm expression on his face: "Right full rudder!"
The opponent is already full on the right rudder. If you don't want to lose the target, then you can only follow the full rudder on the right.
French, still want to run away? With a sarcastic thought in his heart, the other party had just turned a corner, and the speed he had finally accumulated was reduced again. When the other party was still advancing at a snail-like speed, he was already able to catch up.
"Quick, quick, quick!" Here, the French airmen also started desperately. For them, every second of time is precious!
The top deck was fully opened, the hydraulic cylinders reached their maximum power, and the elevator lifted the double-winged Levasser PL2 carrier-based torpedo.
Mount torpedoes!
They are quickly loading torpedoes, adjusting various parameters, and the pilot is also quickly preparing for departure, flipping various switches and preparing to start the engine.
"Buzz, buzz." As a black smoke came out, the engine was started, and the pilot looked out from the cockpit, and saw that the ground crew was still busy, preparing to mount torpedoes.
Not sure how long to wait?
(France had an aircraft carrier before World War II, and the torpedo plane was also an old-fashioned biplane. In this era, the UK is still using swordfish, and France will not be more advanced than the UK. Only the D.Vatina D.520 fighter has a monoplane. The navy version, the D.790 fighter jet, this thing is a fighter jet, it cannot hang torpedoes, it can attack surface ships, and now it is also a biplane torpedo aircraft.)
"The speed is not enough to take off the carrier aircraft." Colonel Gerary said.
A turn just now made them lose five knots of speed, and after the turn, it was actually a tailwind!
How to take off?
I'm afraid it won't work just to take off a fighter jet. If you carry a torpedo, it must have just left the deck before falling into the sea!
No, it's not possible.
Laborde has a firm face: "No, take off immediately!"
We can't wait any longer. We must take off immediately. As long as our own carrier-based aircraft takes off, the Germans may be scared away. After all, torpedo aircraft are a strong threat to warships.
It's their only way, can't wait any longer!
"No. 031 takes off immediately." At this time, the pilot on the deck received an order from his headset. After getting this order, he had no choice but to push the throttle lever and turn the engine's horsepower to the maximum.
Then, the block below was removed, and under the command of the deck personnel, the carrier aircraft began to roll on the deck.
The accelerator has been pushed to the maximum, and the pilot watched the deck in front of him getting shorter and shorter, and his speed was simply not enough!
After the torpedoes were mounted, the plane was even more sluggish.
Everyone is also looking at the plane with attention, and when it slowly flew to the front of the deck, sure enough, it fell down at once!
The take-off speed, that is certain, is not transferred by people's will, no matter how firm they are, the plane still falls!
On the bridge, everyone was silent. After the launch of the carrier-based aircraft failed, they had no countermeasures. Do they want to surrender?
No, absolutely not! Remembering that the aircraft carrier still carried 197 tons of gold, he would never agree to surrender, even if it sank in the end, he would not surrender!
At this moment, suddenly, a plane appeared in front of the deck. Suddenly, everyone cheered, took off, took off!
The pilot broke into a cold sweat.
When the plane left the deck, he felt bad. The plane was like a big rock and wanted to fall, but then, suddenly, a gust of air suddenly appeared and dragged the plane abruptly. At this time, The landing gear of the plane was about to come into contact with the sea surface. Finally, it held on with difficulty, and then began to fly forward!
He succeeded!
"Continue to take off the carrier aircraft!" Laborde seemed to know everything like the back of his hand. Now, before the Germans fired, he quickly released the carrier aircraft!
Wait, why didn't the Germans fire?
What are the Germans waiting for?
The Earl Spey, which is in full swing, is about to rush up and continue to bombard the opponent with naval guns. They don't care about the take-off of the opponent's several carrier-based aircraft. They have full confidence to sink the opponent, especially Right now, the opponent's speed is only about 10 knots, which is like a fixed target.
However, with the telegram just sent from Berlin, Captain Lansdorf, the captain, was completely confused.