"The B-308 bomber spotted a Swordfish aircraft with its own azimuth 294 and 310 kilometers from the mothership!"

In the command room of the USS Zeppelin, everyone's hearts were suddenly shocked: since the Swordfish torpedo bomber, which is a carrier-based aircraft, has appeared, the British aircraft carrier will inevitably be located around this sea area. And taking a step back, even if the German pilots recognize the wrong model, judging by the deep sea area where the German fleet is currently far away from the combat radius of the British shore-based aviation, the existence of the British aircraft carrier is beyond doubt!

Fang Yan smiled and said, "I really didn't expect that less than half a day after the wind and waves on the sea turned smaller, our reconnaissance plane came with surprising news. If the British aircraft carrier is within the attack range of our fighters, then it must not allow her to return smoothly. In the end, Fang Yan couldn't help but feel a trace of anticipation in his heart. Due to the accidental damage of the Blucher, the German fleet, which was originally going to kill on the North Atlantic route, had to choose to escort the wounded ships back to their homeland, and this retreat undoubtedly greatly relieved the pressure of war on Britain and gave them a precious respite from the already stormy sea power. If the German fleet were able to find and sink the British aircraft carriers now, it would be able to recover the losses caused by the withdrawal from the Atlantic to a considerable extent: after all, Britain's sea power could not exist without the fleet, and the aircraft carrier was the core weapon of the British Navy that could most threaten Germany.

"Order, the Zeppelin will send two more squadrons of fighters to the northwest to carry out a search." Bo Mei spoke unhurriedly, as if there were no waves in the ancient well, but his eyes clearly showed excitement and expectation. After the battle on 3 September, Bomme had a clear idea of what British HNA was like: not only did they have a very low number of aircraft, but they were also a whole generation behind him. At present, even if the injured Blucher is abandoned, the aviation combat power of the German fleet is enough to cross the Atlantic, and when it encounters an eyeless scum British aircraft carrier, it can be wiped out in this sea area with a raised hand!

Fang Yan waited patiently for a while, but he never waited for Bo Mei to give further instructions. He couldn't help frowning, and said directly: "General, should we also send reconnaissance planes in other directions?" It is entirely possible that the British aircraft carrier is not in the northwest position, and it is very likely that the eight planes of these two squadrons will only entangle with the British fighters, and will not be able to detect the British aircraft carrier. ”

Seeing the look of doubt on Bo Mei's face, Fang Yan sighed secretly in his heart. The German Navy has never been in contact with this tactic involving aircraft carriers over-the-horizon attack, and if it were not for its own presence on the front line, I am afraid that the German fleet would have to end up regrettably today.

Fang Yan sorted out some sentences in his mind, and then briefly analyzed: "For an aircraft carrier with dozens of carrier-based aircraft, her reconnaissance method is essentially different from that of an ordinary warship carrying seaplanes. Due to the relatively abundant aircraft carrier, the aircraft carrier will release a considerable number of aircraft at a time, and search for a sector or even all directions with itself as the center. At the same time, in order to avoid blind spots in the reconnaissance area, some planes will turn at an angle of 90 degrees in the middle of the process, so as to completely deviate from their original flight direction in a short period of time. In this case, it is difficult to have a necessary connection between the position of the aircraft and its mothership, so we can only draw one information from the report of the B-308 bomber, that is, the British aircraft carrier is within the combat radius of the Swordfish torpedo bomber with the B-308 bomber as the center. ”

Fang Yan walked to the front of the command platform, borrowed a compass and a ruler from the staff officer next to him, and his slender ten fingers fluttered, and he quickly drew the corresponding figures. He looked at the fleet commander in front of him and said, "In addition to the northwest, it is entirely possible that the British aircraft carrier will appear in two completely different directions, due west and north, and even southwest and northeast. Taking into account the existing track of our fleet, there will be no British aircraft carriers in the sector area at an angle of 150 degrees to the east and south. In addition, although the Swordfish is an old biplane and its combat radius does not exceed 300 km, it is likely that its radius of activity will reach 500 km, since the Swordfish on reconnaissance missions does not carry heavy torpedoes. Therefore, we need to dispatch at least 2 squadrons of aircraft in order to find the traces of the British aircraft carrier with relative certainty. ”

Bo Mei's mouth grew slightly, he didn't expect that there would be so many twists and turns behind the current seemingly simple situation. However, after careful consideration, he found that Fang Yan's argument was so meticulous and rigorous, and what he had considered before was too simple. Looking at the handsome young man in front of him, Bo Mei's heart suddenly flashed with a bit of bitter complicated feelings: although the other party is only a worthy age, in the field of use of the aircraft carrier fleet, he is more qualified than himself for the position of lieutenant commander and commander!

"Jonas, do as you say." Bo Mei was silent for a moment, and then said again the words that were familiar to him. Unconsciously, the Zeppelin's navigation command room was already faintly dominated by the young people in front of Bo Mei, and although Hoffman and the others felt this change, they silently accepted it, and consciously pinned their reassuring emotions on Fang Yan many times!

Under Fang Yan's proposition, more than 30 fighters took off from four German aircraft carriers one after another. Most of them are fighters, whose intention is to shoot down the opponent cleanly when they encounter a British carrier-based aircraft during the reconnaissance process. Before you know it, the brilliant sun in the clear sky has risen to its peak. Suddenly, the communications soldier who had been waiting in front of the telegraph heard a familiar sound coming from the headset. Shocked in his heart, he hurriedly entered these signals into the Enig cipher machine in front of him, and the relevant information was also printed on the white telegraph sheet by the inkjet typewriter as the three rotors rotated one after another.

"1 British Fury-class aircraft carrier and 4 D-type destroyers were found, at a bearing of 247 and at a distance of 450 km; The enemy is heading due north and east, at a speed of 19 knots! A staff officer excitedly rushed into the bridge of the nautical ship and reported loudly to the personnel inside. Fang Yan exhaled a long breath, his expression full of joy and relief. For Fang Yan, this news was undoubtedly an extremely favorable ending: it not only established and proved Fang Yan's correctness politically, but also provided Fang Yan with considerable opportunities to destroy enemy ships militarily!

Under Fang Yan's actual coordination, a series of orders were quickly transmitted from the Zeppelin to the entire fleet. Front-line fighter groups kept track of the British aircraft carriers, reporting to the mothership every 15 minutes on the location and movement of targets. Two bomb-free bombers weave between the two fleets, relying on radio signals from communicators in the rear bridge to provide positioning and guidance for attack groups. At the same time, 4 intact aircraft carriers began to prepare for the attack wave in full force; Due to the distance of the target, the slightly lighter 500kg aerial bomb became the main attack weapon of the German carrier-based bomber this time.

Less than 10 minutes later, the first wave of attack planes, consisting of 16 bombers, roared into the sky one after another. They were not escorted by any fighter jets, and their posture was more like a military exercise. The reason why Fang Yan dared to adopt such an unrestrained attack method was entirely due to the fact that the opponent's air power was too weak. After discovering the British fleet, the German fighters, who were reconnoitring nearby, quickly rushed to the target area upon hearing the news; The German fighters, who had formed a numerical superiority, easily swept away their British counterparts who had taken to the air to meet the enemy, and firmly controlled air supremacy. In this case, the bombers that carry out the attack on the ship no longer need air cover, and the attack intensity of 16 bombers is enough to inflict fatal damage on a single aircraft carrier. In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Fang Yan decisively ordered an attack at the initial stage when each aircraft carrier only prepared 1 squad of bombers.

Faced with the inevitable victory, Fang Yan still maintained full calm. He was soberly aware that the smooth sailing of his actions today was entirely based on the overwhelming superiority of his own air forces: among other things, the British aircraft carriers alone possessed a powerful fighter force could completely disrupt his current deployment and lead to a sharp increase in the difficulty of the entire process of the German fleet, from target locking and aircraft group rearmament to air combat competition and attacking ships. Although it is not surprising that in the future, the British naval aviation will no longer pose any threat to the German aircraft carrier group that is rushing ahead of time, Germany's enemy is also the United States, and their naval aviation lineup and hardware indicators are very different from that of Britain, which is in the waning world. What awaits Fang Yan in the future is still a long and dangerous road, and today's victory is far from the end of the war.

After an hour and a half of flight, the bomb-laden German bomber finally spotted a few unusual dots in the almost eternal dark blue under the guidance of the navigator. Perhaps sensing the perilous fate they were about to face, the British aircraft carriers and destroyers were fleeing westward at a speed of 30 knots. However, the speed of warships is too far behind that of airplanes. The incoming German bombers quickly caught up with the outlaw British battleship and quickly reduced their altitude from a high altitude with less flight resistance. Then, the bombers bared their bloodthirsty fangs without hesitation, and despite the best efforts of the British anti-aircraft gunners, they were powerless to change the tragedy of Scapa Flow, and the Fury reappeared on the Fury! (To be continued.) )