The sun was shining, the sea breeze was blowing, and the British pilot Monte looked at the fleet in front of him with a dumbfounded gaze, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether it was real or whether he had fallen into a terrible hallucination.

Two hours ago, at 1:12 p.m., the aircraft carrier Fury, which was on his side, suddenly received a telegram in clear code: Scapa Bay was being attacked by German aircraft. This made all the officers and men on board feel greatly shocked and angry. You must know that Scarpa Bay is located in the far north of Scotland, more than 1,200 kilometers away from the German mainland, and it is impossible for Germany's shore-based aviation to have such a long combat radius. This makes all the doubts point to their carrier-based aircraft forces. Every British naval officer and sailor will be familiar with the main background of the German Navy: in addition to the two gunboats Bismarck and Germany, they also have several aircraft carriers, and they are the world's strongest maritime aviation strike force after Britain, the United States and Japan in terms of lineup!

At this moment, just two hours after Britain declared war on Germany, the German bombers were already over Scarpa Bay, and there was no doubt that the latter had deliberately and shamefully attacked him. On the orders of the ship's commander, Colonel Morey, the Fury immediately ended its anti-submarine training in the waters east of Scotland and began to turn northwest. The four Swordfish bombers, including those piloted by Monte, were quickly released into the air to reconnoiter the position of the German fleet. The officers and men of the Rage with hatred all hated the despicable deeds of the Germans, and they vowed to strike a merciless blow at the enemy with the pride of the Royal Navy for 200 years of world dominance.

After more than 90 minutes of flying, Monte, who thought he was going to find nothing, found this big one at the last moment of reconnaissance because of a slight buzz from afar. No, it's supposed to be a mackerel. What appeared before his eyes at this moment was a spectacular picture that suddenly resembled the hustle and bustle of the British Home Fleet: hundreds of planes in the sky were landing one after another around five German aircraft carriers with a high deck and a second flight deck, surrounded by 16 warships. And the most eye-catching thing is the heavy battleship with a majestic bridge and a majestic cannon. She is handsome, and she contains the momentum of great strength. It is a grandiose charm that all active British capital ships, including the Hood, cannot have!

"Bismarck!" At a height of thousands of meters, Monte had blurted out the name of the German battleship; Aside from the Germans themselves, he was the first foreign to observe the veiled battleship from such a close distance. At this time, even Monte, who was not familiar with the knowledge of battleships, could judge through his own observation that the battleship was equipped with 380 mm caliber guns, which was an out-and-out deception. In terms of proportions, those three main turrets are at least 406 mm class, and maybe even larger!

"Quick. Immediately report to the mothership what we are doing here! Awakened, Monte turned his head sharply and yelled at the telegraph operator behind him. The telegraph operator, who was in a state of stupidity, was agitated, and his hands began to pound rapidly on the keys in front of him. At the same time, Monte began to maneuver the plane to perform flank flips, just in order to escape contact with the German fleet. Less than half a minute later, however, a string of bullets suddenly swept in front of his eyes; Monte turned his head to look, only to see a German fighter plane rushing towards him with a fierce momentum, and the orange-red light on the nose and wings kept flashing again and again!

Seeing that the situation is no longer good. Monte could only turn on the engines, maneuver and count on his comrades to push back with the 7.62mm rear-firing machine gun above the fuselage. However, soon. Monte's luck was overshadowed by despair. The opponent's speed is more than twice that of his own, and his firepower is even more incomparable; Monte only had time to make two wobble maneuvers before a large cloud of flames and explosions erupted over the fragile body of the wood-skinned body, and the plane lost control as it landed.

In a flash of lightning, Monte, who was carrying a parachute bag, jumped out of the cabin with all his might, and a white umbrella flower bloomed in the air. He looked sadly. His own fighter plane had already fallen sharply towards the sea in the flames and smoke like birds with folded wings. And only one of his own parachutes appeared in the air, and the fate of his comrades can already be imagined!

"The Navy will avenge me." Looking at the endless sea below, Monte whispered in her heart.

Inside the bridge of the Bismarck, everyone's expressions were a little gloomy. The appearance of this swordfish was beyond everyone's expectations, especially Fang Yan's face was the most ugly. It is almost inconceivable that a slow British plane can successfully approach its own fleet with its own radar warning. However, the contingencies of the battlefield were always something that he, the man who made the plan, could never fully take into account. The Swordfish appeared at the same time as the returning water scout, and its slow speed was also consistent with the radar display characteristics of the seaplane. If you don't send a plane to screen the scene one by one, you will indeed be successfully mixed in by the other party.

"The plane has already sent out the telegram." Hanging up the telephone receiver in his hand, Bo Mei said worriedly. Just now, the telegraph room intercepted a coded message, and its source was the sea and air where it was located. There is no doubt that the position of one's own fleet has been revealed. Since there are still many warships belonging to the British Home Fleet, the current situation of the German fleet is undoubtedly extremely worrying: Regardless of the possible air retaliation from the British aircraft carriers and Scottish land, will the two British battlecruisers Hood and Prestige already rush towards themselves with a large number of cruisers and destroyers?

"The most important thing we need to do now is to prepare the forces for air defense." In a heavy, even somewhat frightened atmosphere, Fang Yan said resolutely in a firm tone. His eyes flashed, and there was no sign of hesitation or panic in his expression: "Our fleet can run at a high speed of 30 knots, and it has radar and aircraft as early warning; Even the British High Speed Patrol team wanted to catch us and leave us behind, which was an almost impossible task. On the contrary, British planes were able to catch up with us with ease, and this is the most threatening target we need to guard against with all our might. As long as we hold on for another 4 hours, it will get dark, and then we with the radar will have reliable security. ”

"But now our aircraft carriers are recovering planes, and we can't park new fighter jets on the deck that can be lifted into the air at any time......," a captain's staff officer, who was about the same age as Fang Yan, expressed the doubts of everyone present. Fang Yan glared at him with some anger and said, "Captain, we don't have more than one aircraft carrier!" Wouldn't it be nice to have the carrier-based aircraft of one or two of these aircraft carriers transfer to the other carriers and land, and then free up the deck to prepare the fighters? ”

Seeing that everyone was still confused, Fang Yan had to explain further: "Our Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier has a super large flight deck of 270 meters × 36 meters, and it also has space on the beveled deck that can be used. If the inherent deck length of 170 meters is required for the plane to land, then about 60 planes with folded wings can be parked on her deck. This is enough for them to be able to accommodate a large number of warhawks belonging to the Hipper-class aircraft carriers. The only thing we need to know now is how many more aircraft of our army are in the sky. After all, we had to provide enough landing platforms to ensure that they all got back to the mothership safely and in time before it gets dark or before they run out of fuel. ”

Lindemann didn't seem to understand, but Commander Bomay's eyes suddenly lit up with understanding. He had no idea that such an impromptu change would be possible: in this way, his fleet would be able to carry out additional fighter rearmament even while the planes were being recovered. Bo Mei sorted out his thoughts, and then issued relevant orders according to Fang Yan's intentions. Seeing Fang Yan's calm and calm expression, the infected Bo Mei also became calm.

At 3:21, the light aircraft carriers Seydlitz and Blucher sent a signal into the air to stop landing. At this moment, the carrier-based aircraft of these two aircraft carriers, which have not yet been recovered, will be fully transferred to the other three aircraft carriers, and they have begun to fully rebuild their fighters for air combat. Today's weather and sea conditions have always been good, which means that the aircraft carrier-based aircraft will be the absolute main force of the German fleet and will fight all the battles of today's day. On the two light aircraft carriers, the ground crew did not take a break, and immediately threw themselves from recovering the fighters to preparing the fighters; The fighter pilots who had already completed the sortie mission and landed back on the mothership also began to seize the time to recuperate and wait for the next wave of sortie orders to come.

To Bermay's comfort, at least for now, the news from Scapa Bay has been an uplifting triumph and victory. From 3:10 a.m., the second wave of German aircraft carried out a thunderous and lightning-like attack and sweep of Scarpa Bay; The British officers and men were shocked to find that only about 60 minutes after the attack, a large number of black and oppressive German planes flew violently over them!

Compared to the panic of the surprise attack two hours earlier, the British resistance has been significantly strengthened by the sudden awakening of the opponent. In addition to the heavy fire from the anti-aircraft artillery on the ground, more than 30 fighters and Hurricane fighters belonging to the British Royal Air Force also arrived from the airfields in North Scotland to reinforce them. Their base was already quite close to Scapa Bay, and their combat mission was to cooperate with the home fleet in the wartime blockade of the North Sea; When the first wave of German aircraft launched an attack, they failed to rush to Scapa Bay to support, and they resolutely launched a sortie after Scapa Bay gave another warning. (To be continued.) )

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