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The two sides found their opponents almost at the same time, and when Betty dispatched his first wave of aircraft, Earl Spey was also using the last time to adjust the defense. Now the two sides are getting closer. Therefore, the earl decisively ordered the fleet to change direction and maneuver to the north, gradually increasing the distance. At the same time, the first batch of aircraft released by the aircraft carrier Independence has hovered over the fleet. Together with the seaplanes of the Allied fleet, they formed an air defense system. The second wave of aircraft is being prepared on the deck of the aircraft carrier!
"Let the Independence come in. We will do our best to ensure their safety, even if we lose a battleship." Earl Spey gave the order. After careful consideration, the earl thinks it is safer to let Independence enter its air defense circle. After all, there are 16 destroyers and 8 battleships around the fleet. There are still many anti-aircraft artillery and machine guns on it, and it is the best in the fleet. An important air defense and reconnaissance force, the value of Independence is indeed much more important than a fast battleship!
So, in the next ten minutes or so, Earl Spey put out the world's first anti-aircraft wheel formation in accordance with Ruprecht's theoretical guidance! And this air defense wheel array is still two-tier! Eighteen destroyers form the outermost defense of this air defense array. In the middle are eight fast battleships. At the core is the American aircraft carrier Independence. Looking at the Allied fleet, Sims The vanity of others was greatly satisfied.
In the air, an air defense network composed of dozens of fighter jets and seaplanes has also been deployed. The Americans drew out 40 aircraft for high- and medium-altitude interception, while the seaplanes of the Allied fleet and a small number of American fighters were responsible for medium and low-altitude interception. A torpedo machine designed to deal with the British. And in the end, there is a squadron fighter in charge of the final leak. And if the British attack aircraft group is lucky enough to pass through the fighter interception net, the fighters will no longer intercept, and the interception task will be handed over to the fleet's antiaircraft artillery. This is also to avoid accidental injury. After all, it was a headache for the anti-aircraft artillery operators of the 2nd World War to identify the enemy and ourselves, let alone now...
As for whether this prevention and control system that combines the historical experience and lessons of the 2nd war is easy to use? Even if Ruprecht is allowed to evaluate this, it is impossible to say, after all, there is something called the limitation of history. The technology tree of radio communication and anti-aircraft artillery technology has not been opened yet. This system can only plug the logic loopholes as much as possible. As for the actual combat effect, it depends on the situation.
But fortunately, the opposite is not as good as the Germans! The Germans at least know that the best fleet air defense formation is the wheel formation. When they know that air defenses, both hollow bombers and low-altitude torpedoes must be considered. Knowing that after entering the range of the anti-aircraft artillery, the fighter's forcible interception is to add chaos. But what do the British know?
To tell the truth, in this era when the engine is still rubbish, the ability of single-engine aircraft to attack the sea is very weak. This is the case for the Germans and the British. So Ruprecht just used the aircraft carrier as a means of mending the knife, and the British originally thought that way, but in actual combat, if you don't pay attention, it becomes the main attack method!
How much is used strategically, but tactically? Attacks on fixed targets on the ground require the close cooperation of the crew, not to mention that you are fighting a battleship with high speed and high protection? Attacks on the sea have always been more difficult than attacks on the ground, both in modern times and in the future. The British aircraft carrier fleet was established in time and training conditions later than Germany. The tactical level is still on the basis of everyone swarming. Cooperation is very limited. As for the sequential suppression of fighter jets, the bombers followed up, and then the torpedo planes crossed and struck by lightning. This thing is too complicated, let's spare Betty... After all, the only large-scale attack by the British Air Force against the sea was the attack by Marshal Trenchad on the German fleet in ports such as Constantinople. The Germans apparently attacked Russian ships in the Baltic Sea more frequently and were more experienced.
So at 5:30 in the afternoon, the British attack fleet finally met the German fleet! "It's a German destroyer." The two leading Cuckoo T1 torpedo planes first met with the alert destroyer outside the German fleet, but they did not attack these little guys. They wanted to throw limited ammunition on the battleship. At this time, these alert destroyers were about 12 kilometers away from the main German fleet. Their early warning gave the fleet over the German fleet about 20 minutes to prepare.
"We saw the German fleet. They formed a strange formation, like two concentric circles. All the capital ships of the Spey fleet are here, and they are sailing north!"
"God, we ran into the German fleet, there are too many of them! Damn, they won't use all the planes for air defense, right?" The British planes used for guidance have entered the battlefield ahead of time. the edge of.
"The German fleet is like a huge Hamburg. They are constantly hovering over the fleet Never leave the area 15 kilometers away from the fleet. There are planes at medium and high altitudes, and planes at low altitudes, just like two A huge piece of bread is added to the fleet, and their fleet is like a beef patties in the middle of Hamburg. The number of German aircraft exceeds our imagination, and is not even less than our attacking fleet." A pilot named George recalled that time. Scene.
Facing the tight air defense system deployed by the Germans, the British decisively went down! No way, I can't help but A, the remaining fuel is not enough, there is no time for the British to hesitate.
Fighters from a squadron of the British rushed decisively, and were entangled by as many fighters as their own. The heroic behavior of the former covered the subsequent attack fleet to penetrate the German air defense circle for about 2 kilometers, and then there were more than 50 bombers and torpedoes remaining. The plane collided with more than 30 fighters!
"Stay in formation! Cover each other!" The squadron captain of the First Bomber Squadron exclaimed, looking at the German fighters approaching quickly in the distance. (Although the U.S. Navy entered the war, it did not declare war after all, so in order to avoid trouble, they still used the German Navy paint.) In fact, in the first battle, more than 90% of the ground output was double and double. The above-mentioned bombers were launched, and the twin-engine aircraft generally used box formations to cover each other to ensure their own safety. Then, the British decisively applied this tactic to the single-engine aircraft. As for the specific results? The next battle will tell everyone the answer!
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