In the humming cabin with the engines turning, German pilots who were participating in real battles for the first time were excitedly discussing their first battles. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"I've heard that the enemy's fleet is out of sight, and maybe we can achieve great results." The novice sitting in the navigator's seat opened curiously.

The German pilot, who was driving the plane forward, nodded, and he also communicated with his seniors before coming out to carry out the mission: "There is no anti-aircraft fire, he said that it is almost heaven there." ”

"It's the first time I've heard someone describe the battlefield." Fiddling with the self-defense machine gun in front of him, firing backwards, the navigator said with a smile.

"Yes! It's also the first time I've heard anyone say that. The driver nodded, and to hide his nervousness, smiled a little.

"Cover each other for a while! One plane dives to attack, the other follows up for cover! It's the same as when you usually train. In the headset of the radio, the front-line commander told each of his men.

"As with normal training, we enter the attack course, then slow down at the lowest point and drop the torpedo......" said a pilot as the plane jolted slightly.

The other pilot was also reviewing his homework, hoping that when he attacked for a while, he wouldn't forget something because he was nervous.

At the temporary operational meeting just held, the first batch of commanders briefly introduced the details of the battlefield.

He used a lot of words to describe it, such as the fact that the enemy's ships were slow, more than five times slower than the standards of their training.

According to him, the British transport ships had a speed of several knots, almost as little as a stationary target.

At that slow speed, the torpedo could easily hit the target, and the enemy ships didn't even have time to make any evasive moves.

In addition, the commander of the first attack batch also said that there was almost no anti-aircraft fire on the opposing transport ships, and the British destroyers covering it were on the periphery, and as long as they were careful, they would not be hit by bullets.

He said it so well that I couldn't believe my ears. It's like when a wolf pack has a meeting, they say that there is a big piece of fat in front of it, and it won't run or struggle......

No wonder the pilots cheered one by one, boasting to the nervous ones about how huge a ship they had just sunk.

If the enemy is really similar to what he says, then it is indeed very easy to sink such a target. When you think about it, they seem to be jubilant in the face of such a goal.

"Seahawk 21! I'd love to see something amazing. "One of the pilots reminded his front-line commander that his voice was a little shaky and sounded nervous.

"Watch your step! Watch your step! The enemy's fleet! With his reminder, the warning voice of the front-line commander came from the radio of the Seahawk 21.

The previous attack echelon, the code name of the first batch of naval carrier-based aircraft pilots, was a number like the Seahawk 1. And now the second batch of pilots, the number used should be preceded by a 2 to represent the second batch.

The pilots looked at their feet, and through the clouds, they saw the surface ships of the British Navy as they rushed forward.

"Oh my God, their fleet is much bigger than ours." A reluctant German pilot, looking at the British Home Fleet, sighed.

Because of the height, the size of the battleships they saw was very vague, but no matter how big or small these battleships were, the waves that tore apart on the surface of the sea and overflowed on the surface of the sea, they looked much more obvious.

At least 20 warships, large and small, were rushing towards the German fleet, which made the pilots of the carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy suddenly lose the mood to talk and laugh.

"Whistling Lair...... Call the Lair! A British fleet is between you and our targets! At least 20 ships, at least 20 ships! "On the radio, the commander of the front line alerted the fleet in the distance.

They provided early warning, and most importantly, they didn't want to have no place to return after attacking the enemy.

……

The sound of air defense sirens sounded irritably in the cabins of the British Home Fleet, and several battleships, protecting three aircraft carriers, were speeding over the sea.

Tom? S? General V. Phillips looked up and looked at the dozens of planes, slightly lonely, flying over the high clouds, over the heads of the British fleet.

He narrowed his eyes, praying in his heart that the planes would suddenly dive down and attack his fleet.

Unfortunately, at the sound of the siren, these German planes did not mean to rush down, they overtook the British home fleet and flew farther away.

"The Germans did not attack us!" An officer in charge of anti-aircraft artillery came over and stood up and saluted Tom? S? V. Phillips reported from behind.

"Yes, I saw it." Phillips was tempted to complain to his men that I was not blind - but he was not in the mood to complain or teach his men a lesson.

The German attack planes that flew over his head were apparently still attacking the convoy. Even the most conservative calculations would have caused heavy losses to the transport fleet after this wave of attacks.

The most conservative estimate of the two waves of attacks is that the British fleet will lose about 40 transport ships, and the loss of these ships will almost make the British mainland unable to open the pot.

The worst thing is that 40 large-tonnage transport ships were sunk, and even by January next year, the losses of these ships will not be effectively compensated.

In other words, the ships were sunk, that is, sunk - there would be no more ships for the British, and not even the United States could squeeze out more aid ships to send the German navy to the head......

"Maybe Charles was wrong...... Let the flotilla be scattered, and maybe the Germans will have only a chance to sink 40 ships...... "Tom? S? V. Phillips commented gloomily.

Although the fleet was scattered, the British fleet could not be fully protected. However, depending on the region, the Germans could kill at most one or two of these fleets.

Comparatively, the losses would not have been greater if the fleet had not been concentrated than in the present situation - and as a result, the method of concentrating the fleet did not seem to have had an effect.

Of course, Phillips also knew that this was an afterthought. Before the fleet was concentrated, who could have known that the German carrier-based aircraft would be able to attack so strongly?

"At least it proved that we were attacking in the right direction......" drove other thoughts out of his head, Phillips muttered.

Seeing the appearance of the planes of the Germans illustrates that the enemy's fleet is on his course. As long as he seized the opportunity, perhaps the threat of the German fleet would be solved once and for all.

Unfortunately, this was wishful thinking, and he knew that the German fleet had a high speed, and even if he passively avoided the battle, the probability that he would be able to catch up with the opposing ships and block and sink several enemy ships was very low.

Germany, Berlin, inside the office of the head of the Chancellery.

The liaison officer of the Navy walked up to the Führer's desk: "Victory! Monarch! The news has just come that the Navy is engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy transport fleet. ”

"Oh? How's it going? Li Le put down the document and signed his name on the document.

Because he had copied Hitler's signature countless times before the crossing, and had been signing it all the time recently, his notes became more and more fluid.

Dragon Flying Phoenix Dance, a standard Adolf? Hitler's name was signed on a periodic report on agricultural production.

Next to the official seal of the Great Seal, there is also the signature of Hess, as well as a signature from the Ministry of Agriculture. This document is very important because it is a plan for next year's grain production.

"General Lütjans sent back only one telegram...... It says that the carrier-based aircraft completed the mission on their own, sinking more than 20 British transport ships. We have no losses and are continuing the offensive. ”

"Whew! Pretty! After Li Le heard the result of no loss, he exhaled a breath, and then nodded: "He did a good job!" It seems that we are one step closer to victory. ”

Hearing that the carrier-based aircraft had made another great achievement, Li Le couldn't help but think of the new German aircraft carriers that were still in the dock -- those were the real legacy left to Li Le by the Nazi Navy.

The four Hindenburg-class battleships, which began construction in 1939, had been converted into more practical aircraft carriers by order of Li Le.

For reasons of the construction period, the Hindenburg and Ludendorff are now being refitted, and the other two battleships are still being built according to the standards of battleships.

Due to the lack of basic experience in aircraft carrier design, the Hindenburg-class aircraft carrier has a displacement of more than 35,000 tons, but can only carry 80 carrier-based aircraft.

This carrying standard is at least 20 aircraft lower than the aircraft carriers of the same tonnage in the United States and Japan. And judging by the fate of the Shinano aircraft carrier, the survivability of this modified aircraft carrier is not as strong as that of the battleship.

If he had a choice, Li Le would rather still build the Hindenburg-class battleships and let the engineers design and build professional aircraft carriers.

But first, it is too late in time, and second, the German Navy really can't squeeze out steel to build more surface ships.

Just to maintain the current production, the iron ore mining in Norway is already working overtime. If you want to have more steel, you will have to wait at least 41 years.

Just kidding, wait until 41 to build a special aircraft carrier, Germany is estimated to have used aircraft carriers for 43 years, at that time, two or three aircraft carriers, in the face of the US Navy with production ships, what use can it be?