Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

At the headquarters in Sevastopol, Deputy Commander Sergei Georgievich Gorshkov was in a dilemma.

It was originally planned to lead the German fleet into an ambush by the aviation force, but the fleet was attacked by a German submarine. The Paris Commune was sunk, the Voroshilov sank, and the life or death of Commander Oktyabryski was unknown; Should this mission continue?

He couldn't be the master, so he could only ask Kuznetsov for instructions.

Kuznetsov did not expect this to happen. After being silent for a long time, he slowly but firmly spoke. "The Kremlin needs news of victory. Comrade Stalin said that even sinking a German warship would be a great achievement!"

"..." Having said that, Gorshkov could only bite the bullet and continue to perform the task.

Early the next morning, as soon as it got dark, Gorshkov sent a large number of reconnaissance planes to search for the German fleet.

Although the Black Sea is also a sea, its area is far smaller than that of the four oceans. The Black Sea is 1,150 kilometers long from east to west, 611 kilometers wide from north to south, and 263 kilometers narrowest in the middle, covering an area of ​​20,000 square kilometers. Two hours later, one of the reconnaissance planes found the German fleet.

The observers on the reconnaissance plane immediately reported to Sevastopol. "Report, the German fleet was discovered in Sea Area No. 12, repeat, the German fleet was discovered in Sea Area No. 12!"

Upon receiving the report, Gorshkov immediately ordered all aviation forces to attack.

"Take off! Take off quickly!" At a field airport, the ground crew was waving a small flag in their hands and commanding an SB-2 twin-engine bomber to take off.

The SB-2 was the Soviet Union's first all-metal aircraft, with the fuselage and skin forming an integral load-bearing structure. The initial model was equipped with two M-100 engines driving two pairs of metal fixed-pitch propellers. The engine radiator is arranged at the front end of the engine, so several vertically arranged thermostat louver blades can be seen from the appearance. The aircraft flew faster than most fighters of its generation and was an advanced bomber in the mid-1930s.

In the early days of the Great Patriotic War, old aircraft accounted for a large proportion of the Soviet Air Force. SB series bombers participated in the battle against the invasion of the German army, but their performance had obviously fallen behind, and they were gradually replaced by new aircraft as the war consumed them. In addition to bombers, the SB series also has torpedo aircraft.

The fighter jets participating in this battle range from the old I-15 to the most advanced Yak-1 and MiG-3, which can be said to be diverse.

When the first wave of more than 50 Soviet aircraft arrived in Sea Area 12, the German fleet had already set up an air defense formation and was ready. The outer destroyers and cruisers immediately tilted their fire towards the sky. Tracer bullets roared across the sky, and the dense artillery shells formed a huge fire net in the sky.

Ivan, the leading Soviet pilot, couldn't help but tremble in his heart. The enemy's anti-aircraft firepower was too dense.

Before he had time to think about how to break through this terrible fire net, a loud "Boom!" exploded directly in front of him. Ivan had no time to react. The plane crashed into the explosion area of ​​the shell, and there were several shell fragments. It hit the plane and opened several holes in the fuselage.

"..." Looking at a big hole appearing on the dashboard, Ivan lowered his head with difficulty and saw a bloody mess on his chest. He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he spit out a mouthful of blood and fell weakly on the dashboard. The entire plane rolled down and fell.

This was just the beginning. The heroic Soviet pilots rushed towards the large battleships in the center of the German fleet one after another, but were shot down one by one without exception. They could not even break through the first line of fire defense.

The Soviets didn't know that Yannik sent this fleet into the Black Sea purely to train them, the Soviet aviation forces.

There is a saying that "A hundred exercises are not as good as one actual combat". It is perfect to use the Soviet Union's slightly backward fighter planes to practice. It will also gain experience when fighting against the U.S. Navy in the future.

For this reason, the warships in this fleet are all anti-aircraft.

The outer destroyer is based on the "Fletcher class", the king of US Navy air defense destroyers in World War II. It consists of five 127 mm (replaced with the German Flak 40 128 mm heavy anti-aircraft gun) high-level dual-purpose naval gun and its fire control device Composed, it is responsible for the dual mission of attacking surface ships and long-distance air targets. A naval gun with a maximum elevation angle of 85° that can simultaneously undertake sea strike and air defense missions. In addition, there are four twin-mounted 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns and six twin-mounted 20mm cannons.

The light cruiser is based on the Atlanta-class light cruisers of the U.S. Navy during World War II. The "Atlanta" class light cruiser can be said to be an outstanding representative of full-time air defense ships, among which the fourth ship "San Juan" performed the most eye-catchingly in the naval battle. She took advantage of her dense firepower in many battles, shot down a large number of Japanese suicide planes, held up the last "protective umbrella" of the fleet, and successfully protected the aircraft carrier from attacks by suicide planes. She won a total of thirteen victories throughout World War II. A battle star.

Its weapons and equipment are 12 127mm high-level and flat dual-purpose naval guns (also replaced by the German Flak 40 128mm heavy anti-aircraft gun), 36 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns, and 16 20mm anti-aircraft cannons.

The most exaggerated thing is that there are two anti-aircraft battleships modified from battleships in the fleet.

It was not Yannick's idea to convert the battleship into an air defense model. During World War II in the original time and space, the United States converted the "Wyoming" battleship designed and built before World War I into an air defense training ship.

The reason why the Americans converted it into an air defense training ship was firstly because the battleship was old and unsuitable for participating in large-scale naval battles; secondly, at that time, battleships were no longer the protagonists of naval battles, and even the "Iowa"-class battleships were To serve as the "flower protector" of the aircraft carrier, a large number of surface ships have been equipped with many anti-aircraft guns, so corresponding combatants need to be supplemented.

The most powerful artillery of the modified battleship "Wyoming" is a large number of 127 mm naval guns; as well as a large number of Bofors and Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns. This is very rare in the history of battleship development. The "Wyoming" became the first battleship without large-caliber naval guns.

Yannick ordered people to modify the battleships Malaya and Warrior received from the United Kingdom. All the main and secondary guns on the battleships were removed, and 11 twin 128mm anti-aircraft guns and 12 single 128mm anti-aircraft guns were installed. Anti-aircraft guns; 24 twin-mounted 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns; 50 20mm anti-aircraft guns, with countless muzzles standing like hedgehogs.

Moreover, this 128mm anti-aircraft gun shell is equipped with a radio proximity fuze, which further improves the hit rate.