"To be honest, this is my 98th combat mission, but this is the first time I fight with the other party at sea. It's very fresh and uneasy." Captain Hort said to the telegrapher in the back seat on a K-4s seaplane.&1t;/p>

As a 6-life creature, people are naturally uneasy about the sea, and the vast ocean often makes people feel a little depressed. As a pilot, this feeling of uneasiness will gradually amplify! This is not only a mental problem, but also a technical and operational problem! There is no reference to flying at sea, so it is easy to lose its sense of direction. Moreover, the navigation during World War I was also very primitive. When radio communications were sometimes effective and sometimes not effective, how efficient radio navigation would be?!&1t;/p>

"When flying at sea, if the weather is better, then it will be better for you to determine the direction by observing the soot from the fleet than relying on radio." Hort always remembers the first batch of HNA birds who taught him. Now it seems that it makes sense.&1t;/p>

Another problem is the judgment of altitude. In this era, some aircraft did not have altimeters, and when the aircraft dived to the sea, it was easy to misjudgment of altitude. If you didn't have time to pull up and hit the sea, you would have to live. Of course, the biggest problem is that if you break the plane on 6 grounds, you will probably be able to survive after parachuting. If you are at sea, especially in this case, if the destroyer responsible for fishing people does not find you, then you will basically be waiting to die... The pressure generated by this life is enough to make anyone feel scared, so combat at sea is far from being as simple as changing a site!&1t;/p>

For the Germans, this is the first time to make a world-class sea and air interception, and for the British, this is even more so! You should know that more than 90% of the British bomber troops carrying bombs this time were the first time they took bombs to bomb targets at sea... That's right, you're right! It can even be said that more than half of the pilots performed the bombing mission for the first time!&1t;/p>

Maybe someone asked, since the British do not intend to use bombers to attack maritime targets, why do you use twin bombers or even four bombers?! Please, don’t use twin or four bombers. Do you plan to use single fighter jets with a range of only 4 kilometers to perform reconnaissance and patrol missions? What do you think?! A considerable number of these aircraft exist as patrol aircraft. These patrol aircraft are not only used to guide the large fleet and Thomas fleet against German surface ships, but also many aircraft are also used to guide anti-submarine ships to attack submarines.&1t;/p>

Although many of the pilots have been transferred from the 6th Army and have also conducted bombing training, many people have really been on the shelves for the first time! Maybe some people can guide anti-submarine warships to surround submarines or provide cover for the fleet, so why can't they bring some weapons to deal with submarines? The reason is very simple, but it's the issue of endurance! Anti-submarine requires aircraft to have a long time to stagnate air. You can't expect most aircraft to have too long time to stagnate air in this era, and use small bombs to attack a submarine exposed to the water in a horizontal bombing... This is really difficult--!&1t;/p>

The British understood very early that for aircraft escorting transport ships, if they are afraid to show their heads easily and can only sail underwater, then the threat of submarines will be removed more than half of the submarines! After all, the water level and endurance of submarines are tragic! The so-called anti-submarines are more about depriving the submarines of the opportunity to attack rather than destroying the submarines completely. After all, the latter is very difficult, so the core of the seaplane escorting the fleet close to the British mainland is suppression. Anyway, the submarines dare not bet whether the British aircraft on their heads carries bombs... This is a psychological game problem!&1t;/p>

From a personal technical analysis, the British were rushing the ducks to put them on the shelves this time, and it would be even more unbearable if they were analyzed from a tactical perspective! It only took half an hour from receiving a telegram from the British Admiralty to slapping the head to deciding to send a plane to bomb. The time from orders to reaching each aviation squadron to arranging the mission and preparing to take off was only 1 hour! What is this time enough? It is enough for each squadron leader to roughly explain the mission and then discuss how everyone goes over and how to come back. Even which squadron attacks which target cannot be said. After all, the British are also a shady situation on the battlefield. They only know that there are German warships in that area, but they are not very clear about the number, configuration and movement. Fly over and find them yourself, and then throw the bombs on the German warship you can see!&1t;/p>

"This battle was completely caught off guard. The navy's big guys drank too much, thinking that it was so simple to hang a bomb on the plane and fly over and throw it down, just like delivering newspapers every morning. This plan was too rash, and the Germans seemed to be on guard, so the effect of our attack was not ideal. But it was the beginning."&1t;/p>

The British Empire, such a big country, always has some more experienced in the naval aviation. Colonel Rivendale is one of them. This buddy from the British Bomber Command was on the Western Front before being transferred to the Navy. He still had his own insights on bombing.&1t;/p>

In his report, he complained about the order from the Admiralty. But he was just dissatisfied, because in this attack on the sea, the British performed not so badly, and the German interception was not successful. How could it be said that it was a large-scale rookie pecking each other!&1t;/p>

"It's an o-4oo bomber, with an altitude of about 15oo meters! There are 12 people, everyone, our guests are here!" Captain Hort said loudly to the friendly forces next to him. This twin-plane squadron, known as the Swordfish Squad, has a total of 6 k-4s seaplanes. Although the German Navy shipped out 5 seaplanes this time, each can only carry 3 k-4s. (Of course there are some single seaplanes). The captain's six k-4s seaplanes are already the largest twin-seaplane battle group in Prince Ruprecht's hands... and their mission is to be responsible for the safety of the first fleet directly under the prince. Now, the first battle is about to begin, and the opponent they face is the British O-4oo twin-bomber!&1t;/p>

"This thing is not smaller than the Russian Ilya 4 bomber. It's a big guy, please be careful." After seeing the enemy he is facing, the captain commented.&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!