Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 251 Aircraft Carrier Takeoffs and Landings
If this happens, the pilot will definitely try to land at a land airport before running out of fuel.

At this point, if the land airport is far away, such as four or five hundred kilometers away, then the fuel consumed by the previous failed takeoffs and landings will directly lead to insufficient fuel, eventually resulting in the destruction of the aircraft and loss of life.

However, if the aircraft carrier were to be sailed next to a land-based airport, such as docked on the riverbank in Nanjing, which is only a dozen kilometers away from Nanjing Airport.

In the event of a failed carrier landing, or even multiple failed attempts, the aircraft can still glide back to Nanjing Airport and land, even if it is low on fuel.

Moreover, since it was the first time practicing landing on an aircraft carrier, Wang Gensheng naturally wouldn't let the fighter jets carry live ammunition, and he wouldn't even add much fuel. There was no way around it; if the fighter jet pilot made a mistake and crashed into the stern of the aircraft carrier, the damage caused by a full tank of fuel would be completely different from that caused by a tank of fuel.

The high temperatures generated when gasoline burns are enough to easily deform the aircraft carrier's deck and some steel beams. Therefore, Wang Gensheng had to be extremely cautious about this first landing experiment on the aircraft carrier.

Therefore, in order to boost the confidence of the carrier-based aircraft pilots, Wang Gensheng decided that he, Wang Gensheng, would be the one to complete the first carrier-based aircraft landing.

However, just as Wang Gensheng was walking towards the Zero Mustang fighter with his parachute, Duan Peng said:

"Si Ling, let me go!"

Like Wang Gensheng, Duan Peng also joined the training for carrier-based aircraft pilots, so he is now a carrier-based aircraft pilot. It has to be said that having trained in martial arts and having strong physical fitness is an advantage. At least he can easily handle those high-G maneuvers and still make various judgments with a clear mind during high-G maneuvers.

Therefore, among these pilots, if we were to discuss who had the best skills, besides Wang Gensheng, it would be Duan Peng and Wei Dayong.

As for Wang Gensheng himself, his physical fitness is now six times that of an ordinary person, so his flying skills are far superior to those of Duan Peng and Wei Dayong.

At this moment, Wang Gensheng looked at Duan Peng and said:
"My skills are the best, so I should be the one to demonstrate first and boost everyone's confidence!"

After saying that, Wang Gensheng pushed Duan Peng aside and climbed onto the Zero Mustang fighter plane.

Ignition, takeoff, climb, then descend, find the right angle, control the speed, the wheels touch the deck, the tail hook successfully catches the carrier's arresting cable, and under the gravity deceleration of the arresting lock, the Zero Mustang's speed quickly drops from 200 kilometers per hour to zero.

Finally, Wang Gensheng landed the Zero Mustang fighter plane precisely and successfully on the aircraft carrier deck, giving a perfect demonstration to the carrier-based pilots who followed.

Thus, this fighter jet became the first carrier-based aircraft on the Congqing aircraft carrier.

Of course, Wang Gensheng not only landed on the aircraft carrier, but also conducted a takeoff test on the aircraft carrier, successfully taking off from the ski-jump deck and then landing back at Nanjing Airport.

Afterwards, Duan Peng and Wei Dayong also completed their training on taking off and landing on the aircraft carrier. For a period of time afterward, about a hundred carrier-based aircraft pilots trained here, from almost empty fuel training at the beginning to full fuel training later.

Wang Gensheng even completed an overload training exercise by having a Zero Mustang fighter carry a ton and a half of torpedoes.

After all, Wang Gensheng's trump card against the US fleet was to train Zero fighters armed with Kaiten torpedoes!
There is nothing that a single torpedo cannot solve; if one cannot, then two or even three will do! As time went on, by March 1950, the hundred or so carrier-based pilots trained at the flight school were already able to successfully complete various take-offs and landings from the aircraft carrier.

Of course, with future development, there will definitely be more than just the Congqing aircraft carrier. One hundred carrier-based pilots are far from enough. In the future, with the development of technology, fighter jets will inevitably be all-weather fighter jets.

While fighter jets can be on standby 24 hours a day, fighter pilots do not have that ability. Asking a drowsy carrier-based pilot to suddenly get up and fly a fighter jet into battle would be tantamount to suicide.

Therefore, a fighter jet must have at least three to four pilots ready to be on standby at any time.

However, just as Wang Gensheng was preparing to sail the Congqing aircraft carrier from the river to the sea to allow the carrier-based pilots to get used to landing on the turbulent sea, he received a message that asked for their help in the mission to recapture Taidao.

Unlike the strait between Nam Island and the island, which is only 20 kilometers wide, allowing for direct artillery bombardment, the defense of Nam Island is not a major problem.

However, the situation is different for Taidao Island, which is hundreds of kilometers away. At such a distance, it is impossible to use artillery cover, and small wooden boats are no longer feasible; warships and landing craft are required.

Moreover, when Lao Zi retreated to Tai Island, he took a lot of forces with him. However, when Wang Gensheng looked at the Tai Island defense plan, he shook his head.

There's no way around it, there are only a few months left. It's already been more than three months, and April is almost here.

Two months from now, that will be the time for North Korea to take action against South Korea. In fact, by then, South Korea might have already started sending supplies to North Korea.

Sure enough, just as they were preparing for the landing operation, the battle broke out in Korea.

Although at this time, with the support of Soviet weapons, the Koreans were advancing like a whirlwind, directly causing the Soviets to suffer heavy losses, the Chinese side chose to quickly halt the plan to retake the island.

Instead, Wang Gensheng was instructed to lead the aircraft carrier northward rapidly into the Bohai Sea. Of course, the more crucial piece of news was that the US Seventh Fleet was about to enter the strait near Taidao Island.

In fact, despite the strength of the US Seventh Fleet, with three or four hundred carrier-based aircraft, which is more than ten times the number of aircraft on the Congqing aircraft carrier, Wang Gensheng was not too afraid of it. After all, Wang Gensheng's Kaiten torpedoes were no joke.

However, sometimes it's not a matter of fear or not. The most crucial factor right now is the US's attitude towards the Korean Peninsula war. If the US helps South Korea, then South Korea's unification will inevitably threaten our borders.

As expected, fighting broke out between North Korea and the United States on June 25, and then the United States announced on June 27 that it would help the United States fight against North Korea.

Wang Gensheng, staying in the Bohai Sea, was not worried about the Mi Guo warships coming over, since the Bohai Sea was an inland sea.

Of course, more importantly, the war between Korea and the United States was not just a matter for Korea; it was also closely related to the United States. After all, the United States was the one who started the conflict. If it weren't for the weapons aid provided by the United States, how would Korea have had the confidence to launch a war?

(End of this chapter)