The German flying team that attacked the British and American escort ships this time was the 10th Rapid Bomber Wing, the 77th Fighter Wing, the JG1 Wing and the 3rd Air Force, which were drawn from the 2nd Air Force; 122nd Brigade. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"Bomb bomb, bomb! Hurry up! ”

Commander Helien, who had just finished dropping a bombshell, commanded loudly over the radio.

Under his shouting, the 3rd Group under his command was constantly flying JU88 bombers one after another; As if it were raining stones, 500 kilograms of bombshells were constantly dropped from the sky and bombed.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble ......"

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Boom ......"

While the German bomber group was desperately dropping bombs, the British and American fleets also had many anti-aircraft guns counterattacking.

So the explosion of German bombs hitting ships, and the bombardment of anti-aircraft guns of British and American fleets; They were intertwined with each other, and they rang deafeningly.

At the same time that the bombers began to attack, the German fighter unit also confronted the British and American P-40 fighter fleet.

Although there were only about 100 P-40 fighters escorted this time, which was not as many as the German planes, they still fought desperately.

As soon as the battle began, 10 P-40 fighters were not afraid of death, biting 5 Fω-190A-6/R1 fighters.

They also use two 20 mm cannons and four machine guns to strafe them.

It's just that the biggest weakness of the P-40 is its poor high-altitude performance, as soon as it crosses 6,000 meters, its speed and handling drop sharply, making it incompetent for the role of high-altitude escort fighters.

So they are simply inferior to the Fω-190A-6/R1 fighters, which can climb to an altitude of tens of thousands of meters and have superior maneuverability.

So the two sides haven't fought for long, and these 5 P-40 fighters have been air-to-air rockets by Fω-190A-6/R1 fighters; Shoot down the ocean, or blast in mid-air, transforming into a large fireball and shattering bones.

As for the dozens of U.S. B-17 bombers that assisted in the attack, they were also destroyed in an instant by the Fw190 that launched the WGr21 large air-to-air rocket for the first time.

This sneak air battle, led by Fw190A-6/R1 fighters, caused the Allied bombers to lose as much as 20% of the battle.

Moreover, the British and American fleets on the sea were also sent to the bottom of the sea one after another by the dense bombs dropped by the German bombers.

Of course, more than 20 of them were sunk by torpedoes fired by U-boats lurking under their bottom of the sea or on the sea nearby.

Seeing that the British and American air forces, which were increasingly powerless to resist by their own air forces, and the fleet, the German flying team did not withdraw immediately; Instead, they fell into the ground, intensified their attacks, and attacked even more frantically.

The battle continued until the arrival of a large number of Anglo-American Allied air reinforcements, and then gradually ended.

As soon as they saw the arrival of British and American air force reinforcements, the German army no longer loved the war, and immediately followed the 16-character formula of the air force's version of guerrilla tactics explained by Chen Yanlong: "The enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and we disturb, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I pursue" and immediately withdrew......

Although the number of air firepower and aircraft of the German army is no worse than that of the British and American reinforcements, their main goal this time; It was just to distract the British and American enemy forces as much as possible, so that they would not notice Chen Yanlong's secret dispatch of troops to the island of Pantelleria and Sicily.

And in Sicily at this moment, Herman? The Göring division (i.e. Hermann?) Goering Paratrooper Panzer Division) and the 15th Panzergrenadier Division; and the 16th Panzer Division are also picking up speed and packing up their weapons and equipment; and military supplies, awaiting instructions from their commanders, were prepared for transfer to the island of Pantelleria.

At this time, the division was organized as a complete armored division, with a tank regiment (including two tank battalions and one assault gun battalion); Two armored infantry regiments, an armored artillery regiment, an armored engineer battalion, a reconnaissance battalion and support units.

"Hey! Why were we suddenly sent to that island of Pantelleria where birds don't? ”

"Hey! Who knows! Anyway, I heard that this is the order of the Führer, do you want to disobey the order? ”

"Tsk! That's why you're so lonely! The reason why the Führer wanted to send us there was not because the British and American troops were going to conduct a landing operation there! ”

"Oh! Even so, aren't there still 10,000 Italian troops on the island? Why send us there? Could it be that those Italian troops could not win even a little British and American troops? With such a small island, how many troops can the Anglo-American allies send to attack! ”

"God knows! If only Commander Goering were still here, I am sure he would never have sent us to such a remote place! Seriously, even if it was really occupied by the British and American allies, I don't think it would have much effect! As long as we protect Sicily, won't we? ”

"I think so too! Sicily is a million times better than the desolate island of Pantelleria! ”

"Hey! You want to die! And here we are talking about this, and about Commander Goering! Have you forgotten that he has been ordered to hunt him down by the Führer? ”

"That's right! Thank you for reminding us! I really forgot! It's good that there is no SS in Heemm here! ”

In the moment of waiting, Herman? There were quite a few soldiers of the Goering Paratrooper Division, and they were talking boredly and curiously.

And under their influence, the 15th Panzergrenadier Division; The soldiers of the 16th Panzer Division were also bored and began to chat.

At this time, the 200 warships and transports jointly dispatched by Dönitz and Kesselring were also gradually approaching Sicily, preparing to transport these German troops, those weapons and equipment, and military supplies to Pantelleria Island at night.

Of course, the tank had to be transported by a tank landing craft, and it was on the way to transport; German night fighters and bombers were also needed to escort the ship.

Of course, in addition to using warships and transport ships to carry out the transportation, Chen Yanlong also issued an order to Dönitz to send submarines to carry out secret transportation in batches.

Whatever method was used, the British and American forces would not be able to find out how many troops they had transported to the island of Pantelleria.

And when the Sicilian German army was about to be transferred from Sicily to the island of Pantelleria, in Rome, Italy; Prime Minister Mussolini was pacing anxiously to and fro in his room at his residence.