At this time, the aircraft fleet had already flown above the sea. The other Flying Tigers pilots were puzzled when Cochran called and asked to turn, but Cochran did not explain to them. Time is running out. If you continue to fly forward, the little devil's planes will be circling in the airspace in front of them waiting to land. Wouldn't they just fall into a trap when they passed by like this? Anyway, this formation came out with this c-47 air gunboat as the core. The other aircraft followed this air gunboat. So Cochrane just notified them, and started turning. Although the other pilots were puzzled, they had to follow suit. If they were separated from the main force, let alone how to bomb the little devil's aircraft carrier, how to return would be a big problem. They have come all the way, taking unfamiliar routes, and by the time they return, it is already dark. It is not that simple to find another aviation base in Shanxi.
After all, Cochrane has carried out many missions and is familiar with these routes. And she also has a lot of experience with how to find and land on the base. After all, she has been flying at night, and he is very familiar with the navigation equipment in the base. So other people can only fly forward with Cochrane.
Although at first they didn't know why they did this, but after flying a certain distance, Steve looked far above the devil's navy aircraft carrier and saw patches of reflections, and he understood it in his heart. It will take a certain amount of time for the Devils Navy carrier-based aircraft to land. If such a large area of ??aircraft landed on an aircraft carrier, it would take even longer.
So they also need to go in a circle now, only in this way can they prolong the time. Moreover, it circled like this, and when it passed by, it happened to be flying in the direction of the devil's home country. Devils Navy will never have any doubts.
The aircraft fleet in the rear left the route where the Devil's aircraft carrier was located and began to circle around, while the carrier-based aircraft of the Devil's Navy in front had already begun to land.
The deck of an aircraft carrier is very small, and even these aircraft carrier decks specially prepared for carrier-based aircraft to land are only more than two hundred meters long. The ground runway is often five or six hundred meters, or even thousands of meters, so it is easy to land on the ground, but it is not easy to land on an aircraft carrier. On the other hand, the aircraft carrier is floating in the sea, and it is constantly swaying back and forth. Although the shaking range of an aircraft carrier with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons is smaller, there is still a big gap compared to the stability on the ground.
At this time, the Falcon Eagle was sailing on the vast sea. Puffs of black smoke came out of its chimney, indicating that the aircraft carrier was constantly accelerating. At the same time, the direction it is sailing is also the direction against the wind. This is also the routine operation of the Navy's aircraft carrier. When taking off and landing, they must turn to the headwind and advance at the maximum speed, which can help the carrier-based aircraft obtain a relative airflow speed.
This also means that the carrier-based aircraft will be safer when landing. Even if it can only provide a speed of 50 kilometers per hour, it can reduce the speed of the carrier-based aircraft relative to the aircraft carrier by so much. Make their landing safer.
The first plane, the second plane, the third plane all landed smoothly. Soon, a large number of planes were parked on the deck of the Falcon Eagle.
The aircraft carrier formation is still sailing against the wind. At this time, a large number of aircraft have been parked on the deck, and the operation of recovering the aircraft can only be temporarily stopped. They need to transport these recovered aircraft to the hangar below. On the deck of the Falcon Eagle, three large openings were opened from front to back, which meant that there were three elevators. And the front lift area is larger. It can accommodate two aircraft at the same time. This allows the lift to operate more efficiently. In this way, they quickly cleared the flight deck, and the subsequent aircraft continued to descend.
A plane wobbled and landed towards the aircraft carrier. When the plane approached the aircraft carrier, the propeller suddenly stopped. On the deck of the aircraft carrier, everyone looked at the plane with surprised eyes, and watched the plane's downward flight path, and they all broke into sweat.
During the long flight, the plane has burned all the fuel. Since the engine has stopped working, he has only one chance to land. As long as he deviates slightly, the pilot has no other possibility except falling into the sea with the plane or crashing to death. I saw that the plane continued to fall, and the angle of the plane was slightly adjusted. Then the tires of the landing gear hit the deck. With a bang, the left tire exploded and the plane began to veer left as it taxied forward on the deck. Everyone let out an exclamation. However, when the plane slid to the edge of the deck, it still stopped steadily. So the exclamation on the deck turned into joy.
In the early days of the Pacific War, the carrier-based aircraft pilots of the Little Devils Navy had undergone long-term training. heTheir skills are quite exquisite, and their experience is also very rich. Similar to this kind of landing accident, to them, it is nothing at all. After the plane was towed away, the subsequent planes landed almost in a similar situation. By the time it falls, almost all the fuel will be burned.
Most of the pilots who fell down in front were novices. The latter group are veterans. Before the war, the Devils Navy had a large number of first-class pilots, so they could gain an advantage in the Pearl Harbor naval battle, and they won the Pacific battlefield in one fell swoop, showing the best combat skills. However, in the midway naval battle not long ago, the little devils lost a large number of excellent pilots, which caused their carrier-based pilots' technical skills to decline rapidly. Although a large number of people have been recruited, they cannot make up for the loss of veterans. Now these veterans, they can persist until the end before landing.
Jiang Cao Longfan was the last to fall. When he fell, his landing gear just touched the deck, and the engine stopped. Longfan Jiangcao was a little annoyed. If they knew the location of the target and returned after the bombing without wasting time, the fuel would have been enough, but they were wasting a lot of time and money searching for possible airport locations. Fuel, which made it almost impossible for them to come back.
His plane began to be dragged aside by those on deck. He sat on the plane and looked at the sky. At this time, the setting sun had already burned the sky red.
Wait until their plane lands before the Zero fighter will have its turn. This kind of aircraft has begun to show its disadvantages on the battlefield in the Pacific Ocean, and it is just barely supporting it. However, the advantage of large range can still be fully displayed. The Type 99 bombers have burned out their fuel, but the Zero fighters still have enough fuel to return. Just under the brilliance of the setting sun, the Zero fighter jets began to land. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com