In the triangle waters of Panama and Colombia, mobile fleets are straining to replenish landing fleets. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Sir, we have shot down a total of 17 fighters, and 2 are seriously injured and cannot be used, the actual loss of 19 aircraft, and there are still 6 fighters in reserve, all of which have been assembled and replenished......"

"And 117 fighters? What about pilots? ”

"It has been reported that 7 have been rescued from the front, and there may be 3-4 survivors, and I have sent a water scout to pick up ......"

"This time the water detective has made a big effort, and I lost so much to bring it in the first place." In response to this offensive, the Axis Fleet also brought out the two seaplane carriers, the Chitose and the Chiyoda, and in addition to the naval reconnaissance carried by the battleships and heavy cruisers themselves, the two ships could also carry up to 48 additional seaplanes, and undertook many support functions such as reconnaissance, search, rescue, and transportation, and the effect was extraordinary. Not only did they carry seaplanes that far exceeded the fleet's conventions, but they also carried a large amount of aviation fuel and ammunition, and even more rarely, they had a high speed of 29 knots, which could completely keep up with the pace of the fleet.

A moment later, Tsukahara issued an order: "Execute the No. 1 replenishment order, the water battle formation is disbanded, the personnel are integrated into the ship battle, and the extraordinary supply is activated." ”

In addition to a large number of naval reconnaissance, there are also six water combat planes in the Japanese fleet, and although these pilots are not as elite as the elite of naval warfare, they have no problem at all in carrying out combat missions -- in fact, as long as they master the take-off and landing of aircraft carriers, it is relatively easy to become a naval combat pilot, and their technical level is certainly stronger than that of the rookies of the US military. Although the total number of personnel, including the reserve pilots, was now sufficient, the knowledge that the Japanese fleet had learned from the German HNA was rotation -- similar to the rescue of the overboard pilots, who might soon be called into battle again in Japan, the German HNA was absolutely rescued, then urgently examined, confirmed that they were in good condition, and finally arranged for rest to recuperate, rather than rushing to fight again. Originally, Germany used pilots to death, but Hoffmann corrected this practice and emphasized many times that now the Air Force and the Navy now attach great importance to the rest and rotation of pilots.

Although the aircraft carrier Commander Tasker, which Germany acquired from France, could not carry out the new aircraft take-off and landing missions, this did not prevent the ship from continuing to play its role - the hangar and deck were still available, and it was filled with 32 reserve aircraft, and the German Navy named it the "Supplementary Mothership", which was in contrast to the integrated carrier of the Europa. There is another type of supply mothership in the German Navy, which is known as the large submarine of the cow, which is designed to provide all-round support for combat submarines.

I saw the Commander Duster slowly approaching the Shohe, and the crane hoisted one after another BF-219 onto the deck, and at the same time, the valuable aviation fuel was also drawn from the Commander Duster to replenish the Shozuru. Two hours later, the fleet's fighter formations were once again revived at full strength - the total strength was restored to 128 aircraft, and the aviation fuel depots and aviation ammunition of the ships were replenished again. Even the He-218 could have been replenished if Tsukahara had wanted to, but due to the heavy losses in the night raids, he could not find so many good crews capable of flying dive bombers - the slightly inferior pilots were still "training" at the Socotra Aviation School.

The Japanese and German officers and soldiers who witnessed the whole process of supply burst into cheers! Isn't it just a troop increase, and so will we!

All the top officials of the mobile fleet nodded in approval: although the German Navy has not been established for a long time, there are endless ideas in an endless stream, and the rigid and rigid Japan Navy has really learned a lot of tricks. The Chitose, Chiyoda, and Commander Duster are now oversized reinforcement ships. The German Navy's ability to replenish personnel is even more enviable to the Japanese Navy: the naval pilots have a steady stream of air force ace transfers, and the Luftwaffe's long-term and persistent experience in equipping and using Stuka makes its dive bombing level unique in the world, and only the ship-attack pilots who throw torpedoes have a slightly smaller reserve and a slightly lower degree of elite. In contrast, the Japanese Navy had no luxury of getting pilot reinforcements from the Army, and even if the Army did, they would not be able to conjure up dive bomber crews.

At 11:30, Major General Cohen sent a second attack wave to continue the attack, at first he thought that the newly arrived pilots would be afraid of the difficulties of rushing to fight again after only 2-3 hours of rest, so he delayed the attack as much as possible, but all the pilots were impatient to avenge their comrades. Add to this Washington's demand for an offensive at noon and, if possible, another strike in the evening, and time cannot be delayed any longer.

On the basis of summing up the lessons learned from the previous two times, the formation was commanded by the newly arrived Colonel Brooke, and this time it was decided not to play the trick of bifurcation between left and right and layering between high and low, and planned to honestly push over with a large group of planes and fight a head-to-head war with the Japanese and Germans.

Out of the sensitivity of the naval officer, he demanded that the enemy aircraft carrier attack must be found first -- only in this way can he avoid being intercepted by a steady stream of enemy planes, but Rear Admiral Cohen told him with a look of embarrassment: "The number of reconnaissance planes at the base is limited, and today I have used B-25s to make a cameo reconnaissance, but we still have found nothing." ”

"What is the current search distance?"

"It has been expanded to 800 kilometers." Captain Collins, who was in charge of the investigation, gave a detailed account of what had happened.

Brooke thought for a while and said: "There are some misunderstandings in the reconnaissance idea, we can't use Nicaragua as the center of the circle to search, we should use the canal zone as the center of the circle to search about 400 kilometers." ”

"I know, but planes can only take off from Nicaragua, and there are serious shortages of them - for every more plane to reconnoitre, one less aircraft will be put into combat, 800 kilometers is our largest combat radius, beyond which only the B-25 can reach, and the B-25 anti-ship has proven to be useless, and the Japanese planes are not even bothered to hit us!" "The B-25s are also very ineffective against the beachhead with large bombs, and I've asked the country to step up the delivery of incendiary bombs or bomblets, and they promise to deliver them before dark," Cohen explained with distress. ”

"Since the reconnaissance force is insufficient, then continue to increase investment, anyway, the B-25 combat effect is average, so simply use all of it directly for reconnaissance. In addition, I received news before I came that the Puerto Rican airport can basically be repaired today, and part of the fleet will be stationed, and they will be able to assist us in the operation tomorrow, perhaps the long range for us is just right for Puerto Rico, and the fleet is also heading south, and they urgently need to know the exact location of the enemy's aircraft carrier formation. ”

"I agree with you, let's go on the offensive first, as Washington demands...... Take care! ”

"I'll come back alive." Brooke responded with a confident smile. (To be continued.) )