Chapter 1213

"Bang bang! Bang bang On the British battleship Queen Elizabeth, countless anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns opened fire in the sky. The soldiers sent ammunition boxes to various anti-aircraft gun positions with the most efficient speed, and the steaming shells that had been thrown out of the bomb compartment rolled everywhere.

"Fire! Stop those German planes from approaching the fleet Looking at the number of dominant US fighter planes in the sky but not winning at all, all antiaircraft gun air defense commanders are extremely anxious. Once the air supremacy is lost, the fleet here may be screened by German carrier based aircraft.

The war situation in the Pacific Ocean is very clear in the minds of the British navy and the US Navy. They know that even if they have powerful battleships and lose the protection of aircraft carriers, these dinosaur like monsters will still be torn to pieces by small mosquito like carrier based aircraft. This is true of the Japanese Navy, and the allied fleet is no exception.

The carrier based aircraft of the US Navy are entangled by the German naval air force at the periphery, and they don't use much air defense energy. The rest seems to be accomplished by the fleet's own air defense firepower. So all the soldiers in the anti-aircraft gun position were full of energy, with their weapons in their hands, regardless of firing on the German carrier aircraft.

A Stuka dive bomber drags thick black smoke over the chimneys of the Ramirez battleship, then it wobbles into the distant sea, where it explodes into a huge column of water. There was no time to cheer. The anti-aircraft Gunners of the Royal Navy began to shoot at the next target. Before the German planes disappeared in the sky, no one could guarantee that they were absolutely safe.

A cruiser in the distance suddenly exploded. It must have been torpedoed by the German Navy. The old cruiser was turning its bow. It seemed that it was trying to avoid the attack of the other side, but it failed in the end. Of course, now no one cares about the life or death of a cruiser, which is obviously the work of nearby destroyers. Everyone also takes air defense as their first task. After all, the German planes hovering overhead are not for fun.

Because the battle has just begun, the fleet formation of the Royal Navy is still very complete, and the number of inferior allied carrier based aircraft has not been exhausted, so the first wave of German air strikes did not achieve the desired results. In the end, only 34 aircraft returned, which was a huge loss for the German naval aviation.

Lutjans, who got the damage report, changed his face. He shivered and held the list of damage in his hand. He almost wanted to give an order to turn the fleet around and leave the sea area: "it seems that the Americans have mobilized many elite naval air forces, and their air defense network is at least twice as tight as expected. This naval battle is not easy to win."

"The order of the head of state is to destroy the Allied forces at sea as far as possible. If our seven aircraft carriers can't beat the enemy's three, then when the United States completes its suppression of Japan in the Pacific battlefield, the number of aircraft carriers will be more than seven." Reidel is more clear about the strategy of the head of state. He knows that akado is still afraid of the proud production capacity of the United States, so he must first give the Americans a headache in the case of military superiority.

Otherwise, the Third Empire would soon lose control of the entire Atlantic Ocean with the production speed of Essex class aircraft carriers, which is like throwing dumplings into the ocean. Even if the United States did not have the courage to land and seize Britain, it would be a huge loss for the third empire to lose the Atlantic Ocean, wouldn't it?

Lutjans heard what Redel said and thought for a few seconds with his hands behind his back. He knew that it was not easy to replenish the naval air force, but there were still reserves. Even now the German navy air force loses half of its strength, replenishes its full strength and guarantees its quality, the navy can do so. So he gritted his teeth and made the decision to continue fighting: "order! Take off the third wave attack group! I'd like to see if the American carrier based aircraft is an iron wall! Can we really be invulnerable! "

He gave the order to continue the attack, so on the carrier deck of the German navy fleet, the third wave of attack planes, which had been ready to continue, began to start their own engines and let the propellers turn in the wind. With one command after another, these Stuka bombers and more escort fighters, one by one, rushed into the sky, above the aircraft carrier, formed a neat attack formation, and flew toward the distance.

Watching these planes take off again, lutjans nervously took out his pocket watch and looked at the time above at 1:00 p.m. The results of the second wave of attacks on the fleet have not yet been reported. What lutjans is most afraid of now is to let the British delay the decisive battle of the naval battle to the night when the German Navy is weakest.

"Marshal redAll! Let the battleship troops and the heavy cruiser troops prepare for battle. If the fleet can't win in the daytime, then the enemy will certainly kill them at night and try to divide the victory and defeat by gun battle. " Lutjans put the pocket watch in his pocket and suggested to Admiral Ryder.

Randall nodded. Of course, he knew what the other side was insisting on at this time. First, if the allied fleet retreated northward, the slower transport fleet would be exposed to the attack of the German Navy; The second reason is that the other side still wants to turn the war around and is ready to bite back on the German Navy.

At the same time, on the bridge of the Royal ark, Dudley pound, with his hands on his back, looked through the porthole at the wreckage of the cruiser that had begun to sink, and gave the order to approach the German Fleet: "turn! Due east, approach the German fleet As lutjans had guessed, the old general of the Royal Navy was now planning to bring down the German fleet on the high seas. Even more ideal, he thought, was to use the German fleet to consume the American fleet, and then when night came, the Royal Navy battleships would defeat the German fleet. In this way, Britain will be able to end the war with more dignity, and even seek the possibility of seizing its own land when the Atlantic Ocean is under British control. Dudley pound doesn't care a little bit about the loss, because compared with the upstart Germany, the Royal Navy has battleships, and it's worth the loss! In addition, there is a hidden arrow, which is shooting behind the German high seas fleet. Dudley pound was secretly excited about his plan: he quietly ordered the Royal Navy's battleship "villain" on the west side of Iceland, and the battleship "Nelson" to move southeast from their original position, so that they could arrive at the battlefield at night and encircle the German fleet. Taking these two battleships into account, the British Navy's four battleships have an advantage in numbers. As long as the German fleet is sunk by half, the sea power in the Atlantic will be in the hands of the Royal Navy again“ Signal the American carrier Franklin! Let them take off all combat fighters and make sure the safety of the fleet before night Dudley pound watched as the bow of the sunken cruiser finally sank into the sea. He added an order: "let's start taking off the carrier aircraft of the Ark Royal! It's better to beat the Germans to hesitation, then we'll be sure to win! " Just a few minutes ago, as Dudley pound had expected, lutjans did waver. He hesitated to take off more carrier based aircraft and fight with the other side here. But Dudley pound missed a man's determination of the German head of state for the naval battle! No one knows more about the construction speed advantage of the US Navy than akkado. He missed the decisive battle. When we meet again, it is possible that the number of American aircraft carriers will be equal to that of the German. This is obviously not the situation that akado wants to see, so he decided to eat the Royal Navy before the Americans mobilize more strength. As for the American aircraft carrier Franklin, it's just a free meal“ Take off wave four, attack the fleet Lutjans, who owned seven aircraft carriers before and after, finally had a big money addiction. When he was determined to wipe out the Allied Atlantic Fleet, the German carrier fleet finally showed its own advantages. Before the third wave of fighter planes of the allied fleet took off to intercept the German aircraft, Germany had already taken off the fourth wave of attack planes and rushed to the allied fleet. At this time, the second wave of attack aircraft appeared over the allied fleet, and the loss of US Navy fighter pilots immediately rose to a new height: at the beginning, the German army did not arrange so many fighter escorts; As many as 28 German fighters were escorted by the second wave of attack aircraft, and only 16 American fighters were suppressed in an instant. As one friendly fighter plane after another was shot down in the sky, the allied fleet began to worry about whether it could support itself until night came. After all, this is a decisive naval battle, and Dudley pound finally clenched his fist and gave the order to let the carrier based aircraft on the Royal ark take off ahead of time“ In a short period of time, they made up their mind to fight to the end. There is no need for the Germans to fight behind their backs. Does the commander of the other side have a heart as strong as Nelson? " Unconsciously, Dudley pound, whose forehead was covered with sweat, whispered《 For those who want to read the latest chapters of this book, check it out, or visit it on your mobile phone