Fang Yan's heart shook suddenly. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info he reconfirmed it with the microphone, and received a nervous but unusually positive reply from the communications officer. Fang Yan took a deep breath, and his expression became solemn and solemn, the important enemy he was looking for was discovered by the artillery fleet first, and at this time, the two fleets that encountered each other were estimated to have already set up a position at sea, and with the roar of heavy artillery, they opened the prelude to the first confrontation between the British and German capital ships in this war!

"General, let's prepare the bombers!" The captain, Colonel Norman, spoke with some urgency. According to the telegram sent back by Bismarck, the British fleet was already several times larger, and even if the 10 ships under Karls's command were all new ships built after 1935, they were far from being able to compete head-on with their opponents. What's more, this sudden appearance of the British home fleet was originally the target of the German air fleet's prey: the original Scarpa Bay air raid failed to overcome the success due to the daily rotation of the British Navy, and now it is the opportunity for the German carrier-based air force to eliminate all the evils and destroy the last elite of the British Navy through a wave of attacks!

Although the Hipper-class is only a 13,000-ton light aircraft carrier mainly carrying fighters, thanks to Fang Yan's excellent integration of various systems of the ship and the excellent folding wing ability of the Gotha carrier-based aircraft, the hangars of the two Hipper-class aircraft carriers at this time also have two squadrons and a total of 24 GO-388 torpedo bombers. Judging from the 220-meter-by-26-meter flight deck of the Hipper-class class, a single wave can also release almost all of these attack aircraft, and the bombs and torpedoes carried by a total of 48 fighters are enough for the British fleet to drink a good pot.

Fang Yan pondered for a moment, but then gave a categorical order to the adjutant beside him: "The fighters on the decks of the two ships will take off immediately and go to the south in the direction of Bergen to protect the battlefleet until the time in the air is exhausted before returning. At the same time, the two ships continued to make every effort to prepare fighters: the first two squads (8 planes) continued to the south to reinforce the battle fleet, the second batch of three squads to guard around their own fleet, and finally prepared three more squads to reconnoiter in the direction of southwest to northwest. In addition, the pilots who went south to support the battlefleet were told that if they could not return to the mothership, they could land or parachute directly in Bergen, which had been captured by our army and would definitely guarantee freedom and safety. ”

Seeing that the adjutant answered the order and disappeared into the bridge of the navigation ship in a blink of an eye, Norman's face was full of astonishment and incomprehension, and there was even a feeling of shame and resentment in anxiety. Now that the shelling fleet has encountered a strong enemy, it is precisely the bombers that need to carry out heavenly justice against the British, but Fang Yan inexplicably sent a fighter jet out!

It's okay to release the fighters, and hanging a 250kg bomb on them can also effectively threaten the light ships of the British, but Fang Yan just let the fighters on the deck take off, without any weapons against the ship at all! If it was just to empty the deck, it would be fine, but the planes prepared by the aircraft carrier next turned out to be fighters, and they still didn't carry bombs! What do you mean by meowing, is it because you want to show off the unique superiority and nobility of you, a 31-year-old brigadier general, and deliberately go against my opinion? This is a national war related to the fate of the two countries!

"Mr. Colonel, if you do not understand my intentions, then you will never be able to master the use of carrier-based aircraft and become a qualified commander of the air fleet." In the face of Norman's rapidly changing face, Fang Yan did not say anything to explain in an extremely rare manner, but made a statement in a stern tone.

Today, carrier-based aviation has been developing in the German Navy for 10 years, but just like the tank, a new equipment of the army, only a few people such as Guderian can play with it, the vast majority of veteran naval officers still have not understood the essence of the use of carrier-based aircraft, but simply go straight, and even its battlefield positioning is still in the confused stage.

In the future, the German Navy will inevitably have many more aircraft carriers than it does today, and the commander of the detachment will by no means be more than Fang Yan. In the face of the threat of the United States, the ultimate imaginary enemy, Fang Yan really hoped that the German Navy could emerge with several reliable air fleet commanders, so that they would not fall behind due to software defects in future wars against the United States.

Norman's body trembled, and his originally excited emotions instantly subsided as if he had been poured a basin of cold water. The young man in front of him was no longer the immature lieutenant who had come to report to him seven years ago, and he already had two genuine gold-rimmed oak leaves on the brim of his military hat. At this time, he is his own superior, and has been deeply trusted by Raeder, no matter from which point of view, he should have a correct attitude, and there should be no abnormal thoughts!

Just as Norman pondered Fang Yan's intentions for doing so, the whistling of the aircraft engines on the deck had already resounded across the bridge of the aircraft carrier. The group of GO-152 fighters with their wings outstretched jumped from the bow of the aircraft carrier at an average speed of one in half a minute, and more than a dozen of them soon appeared in this sea area.

At the same time, the signalman of the aircraft carrier Hippel was also using flags to report to the neighboring Zeppelin about the goals of this batch of aircraft lifted into the air for the Second Air Battle, as well as the preparation plan for the follow-up aircraft. After all, Bo Mei is still Fang Yan's direct superior, even if Fang Yan, who is the commander of the detachment, already has considerable subjective initiative, he still has to communicate with the former enough, at least let the flagship have an accurate judgment on the specific situation of the warships under his command.

"It's Jonas who thinks it through." In the navigation command room of the Zeppelin, Bomay, who received the signal corps' report, sighed and said with emotion. Colonel Hoffmann, the captain of the ship standing next to him, looked puzzled and asked, "Your Excellency Bomay, about ...... What kind of considerations did General Brom have? ”

Bo Mei stared at the torpedo bomber in the bow of the ship in front of him, which was slowly raised to the deck with the elevator, and said angrily: "I also figured it out through reverse analysis after receiving this report. First of all, Bismarck called for air support in Bergen with good weather overseas, which meant that not only our carrier-based aircraft could fly into battle, but also the British planes. ”

"At the moment the shelling fleet has not found any trace of the British aircraft carrier. It is highly likely that the latter was hiding in an area of the North Sea on the border with the Norwegian Sea, and sent attack aircraft to attack our battleships. In this case, the first thing our air fleet needs to do is to provide air cover for the shelling fleet. Otherwise, if the British torpedo planes were allowed to attack unhindered, causing irreparable disaster, they might also cooperate with the British surface fleet and use torpedoes to force our fleet to make a turning maneuver that would be extremely unfavorable to the situation of the war. What if the shelling fleet could have gotten off the charge lightning strikes of British light ships, but was forced to change direction because of the threat of aviation torpedoes? And as long as there is air cover, the shelling fleet will no longer have this worry. ”

Berme paused, and then said, "Secondly, Jonas sent this group of fighters to guard against not only the British carrier-based aviation, but also their shore-based air force. British shore-based bombers from Shetland can reach Bergen in just 360 kilometres, and even from the main base in Aberdeen, Scotland, it is only 560 kilometres from the front line; However, the fighters taking off from the German mainland had to cross 700 kilometers to support the artillery fleet, which far exceeded the combat radius of the main fighter of the army aviation BF-109, not to mention the long-term air alert. With only two days to go before the full launch of Exercise Weser, it is impossible to tell whether the Army has built a field airfield in Stavanger, near Bergen, with a sufficient number of aircraft. Therefore, we must rely on our own strength to support the air umbrella for the shelling fleet. ”

"In the end, Jonas's second air battle was originally tasked with reconnaissance and air supremacy, and only after these two points were done well, our entire air fleet could grasp the overall situation and have the confidence to launch an attack. Instead of preparing bombers to attack the enemy fleet without thinking, it is better to provide air cover for the shelling fleet and try to find the few aircraft carriers that have not yet appeared. This is the choice made by a sober-minded commander who has a deep understanding of the battle situation and always remembers his mission. Bomei said calmly.

Hoffman looked stunned, his mouth opened unconsciously wide, he didn't expect that there would be so much consideration in this, it turned out that aircraft carrier operations were not the kind of existence that found the enemy and then concentrated all his forces in a wave and finished the matter. He couldn't turn his mind for a while, and asked blankly, "What about us?" Is it also necessary to send fighters to protect the shelling fleet and search the sea? ”

Bo Mei glared and said, "Haven't these things been done in the second air battle of Jonas?" Now that Admiral Karls has discovered the main forces of the British fleet off Bergen, our task in a naval battle is to concentrate our forces and destroy them! The huge flight deck of the Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier of 270 meters x 36 meters is inherently an ideal take-off platform for heavy attack aircraft, and simply releasing reconnaissance aircraft is the biggest crime against this weapon! ”

Bo Mei's voice suddenly raised an octave, and he said loudly to the adjutant beside him: "Order, the ground crew of the first air battle is fully prepared to attack the aircraft group, and the fighters and bombers are in a ratio of three or seven, of which the bombers carrying bombs and torpedoes are mounted in the number of three seven. At the same time, three squadrons of fighters are prepared on the beveled decks of the two ships to deal with unexpected situations. ”

It is worth mentioning that because this fleet has experienced too much bad weather before, the bottomless Bomei did not issue a thorough aircraft rearmament order last night. At this time, it will probably take more than half an hour for the first air battle to prepare all the planes needed for the first wave of attacks. Counting the time for the planes to take off, form up, and arrive at the battlefield, it will take at least 2 hours to successfully engage the enemy.

"During this time, General Kars must be able to hold on." Bo Mei whispered in his heart. (To be continued.) )