Therefore, less than 20 minutes after Cunningham's main aircraft carrier fleet and the two German aircraft carrier fleets suddenly started a battle, the first wave of fleets sent by the British and American aircraft carrier fleets to attack was sunk one after another, and the supreme commander and crew did not even have a chance to jump into the sea to escape, and they were also sunk three battleships, three destroyers, and two cruisers at one time. , and more than 20 carrier-based aircraft.

Not only was Cunningham stunned, but even all the officers and men of the British and American fleets were shocked and incredulous, and stood motionless on the spot as if they were stupid.

"! Muma! When was the German Navy so powerful, they could win more with less, and the attack power of battleships and carrier-based aircraft was so powerful that they could sink a battleship in one shot at once, are we all dazzled? ”

"Not counting the ferocity of their air raids! If it weren't for the fact that there were more planes and more ships on my side, I am afraid that the probability of casualties would have doubled! ”

Many officers and men of the British and American fleets thought in shock.

As for Cunningham, he was also stunned for a while, speechless.

Moreover, the pilots of the British and American fighter groups, who were still fighting desperately in the air with the new carrier-based aircraft group of the German army, were also blinded.

"Holy! What bad luck we have for today! That's bad luck! We shot down a German bomber, but they had to shoot down 2 or 3 fighters, and bombers! ”

"If we continue to fight like this, will we still be able to have a good time?"

This is the truest thought of these British and American pilots at this moment, and they cry out in horror in their hearts.

Especially those novice pilots, they were even more frightened, but fortunately, there were many veteran pilots with rich combat experience, but they reacted like a dream, and engaged in more fierce dogfights with the German carrier-based fighter groups, including those with inferior combat effectiveness Do 217, and He-177 heavy bombers.

"Everyone, hurry up, don't be suppressed by their momentum! If the performance of our fighters is bad luck with them, we use numbers against them! ”

At the same time, the captains of the British and American pilots were hurriedly radio, giving new combat orders and encouraging orders.

As soon as the order was issued, many British and American pilots immediately responded, piloting their planes with all their might, and engaged in a fierce air battle with the new German aircraft group.

"Don't be afraid of their attacks! We have more of them than they are! Fight back quickly, you can't continue to be wreaked havoc by them! ”

At this time, Cunningham also came to his senses, his eyes were sharp, and his mind was calm, commanding his fleet, and the German Navy aircraft carrier fleet, which was three times less than them, engaged in the largest naval battle in the history of the Mediterranean in October 1943.

In general, Britain is an island country, famous for its fleet, if the navy of such a country can defeat them and blockade them, then when Britain loses the right to control the sea, it will fall into an unprecedented crisis of destruction.

Even if you don't starve to death by the enemy army or blockade it, the British Empire will accelerate its decline and become a small island nation.

Cunningham knew this, so he would never let such a thing happen, and he would not let his aircraft carrier fleet be buried here by the Germans.

So even if he kills out all the aircraft carrier fleets today, he will have to pull one more German Navy ship into the sea to feed the fish.

Because he didn't believe that Germany could endlessly produce so many aircraft carrier fleets, he wouldn't believe it if he was killed.

In particular, it takes a lot of time to build a powerful fleet, for example, it takes a long time to build these aircraft carriers from production to launch, rather than just a few months.

Moreover, even if the production and manufacturing are completed, there is no way to use it immediately, and a large number of naval personnel with sailing experience are required to be able to control the sea operations.

And it takes a long time to train these naval units, not that you can have them right away.

Moreover, for Germany after the defeat in World War I, not only did they lack aircraft carriers, but they also did not have much experience in commanding aircraft carrier fleets, and it was not easy to train commanders of aircraft carrier fleets, which could not be done in a short period of time, at least in Cunningham's cognition, this was the fact he knew.

It's just that what he will never know is that the aircraft carrier fleet that Chen Yanlong is now exchanging for is not manufactured by the German Admiralty, and many of these naval officers and men dispatched this time were recruited from areas conquered by the Germans, and seconded from German client states.

If Cunningham had known, I am afraid he would not have fought so aggressively and desperately with the German Navy.