Chapter 1685： Attack begins (1/2)

Chapter 1685

In the last two hours before dawn, the aircraft carrier Constellation was also busy. Major General Rodhart and Kimmel were in the hangar together at this time, supervising and inspecting the preparations of the carrier aircraft.

The second-war American aircraft carrier's housekeeping design-the open hangar is still not lost. The so-called open hangar means that the hangar deck bears part of the longitudinal tensile force of the hull, not the flight deck. Put some shelves on the hangar deck, on top of which is covered with a flight deck, and there are shutter doors that can be opened and closed on the side. This hangar is all alive. The advantage is that it can be warmed up directly in the hangar, and when the bomb hits the hangar, it explodes The shock wave can directly break through the fragile side walls and be directly released outside the hull. Maintenance and construction are also very easy.

And now, in the hangar of the Constellation, 24 various fighters and torpedo aircraft are under preparation. Among them, 4 reconnaissance aircraft have been upgraded to the deck, not to mention the aircraft carrier of more than 7,000 tons, but the hangar is really It’s not big because part of the hangar area was used to store torpedoes and bombs. Looking at the ammunition storehouse just in front of the hangar with a rolling gate, Major General Rodhart felt a little painful...

Tons of bombs and torpedoes are stacked directly in front, without any protection, but fortunately, Americans who are rich and powerful also know how to throw things. According to the Americans’ explanation, if an aircraft carrier is attacked, a large amount of ammunition and torpedoes can be used. Throw directly into the sea through the rolling gates on both sides...

As a result, the first carrier-based aircraft attack in history kicked off. The rolling shutters on both sides of the aircraft carrier’s hangar were opened, and a large amount of sea-smelling air poured in. All personnel began to check the carrier-based aircraft one last time. Some of the aircraft started to warm up, while the other part of the aircraft began to mount ammunition. After everything was ready, one aircraft was sent to the deck through two elevators.

On the whole, the whole maintenance process is still very fast, after all, the ammunition depot is nearby... And a total of 24 planes are equipped with two elevators, which is definitely a luxury. The only problem is that the power of the lift is somewhat slower than the coffee table.

At the same time, the flight deck was also busy. Crowds of ground crews pushed an aircraft sent from the elevator to a designated position. Fortunately, the current aircraft weighs less and is only 2 tons full of ammunition. .

”Raise the windshield at the front of the aircraft carrier, the sea breeze is a bit strong!” said an officer looking at the swaying plane that was blown by the sea breeze. This is also the design of the aircraft carrier of World War II. The weight of this aircraft, even in World War II, is actually not enough to see the mighty power of nature...

Imagine that even if there is no wind on the sea, the aircraft carrier has to sail against the wind, and then try to make the wind on the deck reach 25 knots or higher. If calculated at 30 knots, the wind speed on the deck is as high as 55 kilometers per hour. ...... Then, let’s not say that the total take-off weight of the first battle is less than 2 tons. Even the attack aircraft and carrier-based aircraft with a take-off weight of more than 6 tons in the second war may be blown away by the strong wind. Therefore, perform deck positioning operations on the aircraft. Before queuing, the windshield on the front of the aircraft carrier was erected and lowered before flying.

The preparations for the hangar and the deck were much faster than previously expected. After all, the people who came were the elites of the German naval aviation and the U.S. Navy. Although they had not participated in actual combat, it was not the same to dump these things on the aircraft carrier and shore all day long. Twice, so this speed is still very fast.