Then Angus gave an order that he regretted: "Group B, do it!" ”

Group B consisted of medium and heavy bombers, and Angus would let them into battle because he thought that light bombers would attract the attention of enemy naval guns, so that medium and heavy bombers could take advantage of the gaps.

On the other hand, the second group of planes is also about to arrive, and Angus believes that the bombing at this time is also just the right time to provide cover for the second group.

Then, Angus ordered: "Group C cover!" ”

Group C was a fighter formation, and although the British did not touch the enemy's air force at this time, the fighters could still suppress the enemy's small-caliber anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, which could provide more opportunities for medium and heavy bombers.

But what Angus didn't expect was ...... German naval guns were more than enough for British light bombers, and many warships did not even open fire.

The Germans had three battleships, and these battleships had 12 quadruple guns plus 4 twin secondary guns, plus cruisers and destroyers, and the total number of guns was only a hundred guns.

If, according to the hit rate of the US military using "proximity fuse shells", an average of 500 shells can shoot down an aircraft, then it can almost be said that the time to fire five shells in a salvo can destroy an aircraft...... The more than fifty planes led by Angus were shot out in a matter of minutes.

Angus, of course, did not know this, and as soon as he pressed his nose, he rushed towards the "Richelieu" below.

Angus had previously participated in the "Ballista Project", and it just so happened that it was his troops who had damaged the "Richelieu" last time, so he could recognize it at a glance and know the location of its anti-aircraft machine guns.

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR ANGUS TO FIND HIS TARGET, AND SEVERAL GERMAN SOLDIERS WERE FIRING FRANTICALLY INTO THE AIR WITH A 13.2MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT MACHINE GUN. SINCE THIS ANTI-AIRCRAFT MACHINE GUN WAS QUADRUPLE AND HAD A FAST RATE OF FIRE, ANGUS KNEW THAT IT WAS MORE THREATENING THAN THE 37MM GUN...... This is also the reason why Angus preferred anti-aircraft machine guns as targets.

Two strings of bullets were fired from the fighter plane piloted by Angus.

Angus was a pilot who shot down more than 30 enemy planes, and the bullets accurately covered the anti-aircraft machine gun and smashed several nearby German machine gunners into a sieve.

But just as Angus pulled up the nose of the plane to escape, his eyes suddenly went dark, and then he lost control of the flight and crashed into the "Richelieu" fiercely...... The moment the plane hit the deck, Angus realized that this battle was completely different from the "Ballista Project" he had participated in before, but he knew it too late.

Because Angus didn't have time to send out the warning, and because the fierce battle set off clouds of water vapor and smoke over the ship group to block the view of the second wave of planes, the second wave rushed to the battlefield and rushed down to join the battle group without much thought.

They had expected the battle to be easy, but when one of them was blown down to the surface by shells from nowhere, they realized that things were not as they had imagined.

The battle lasted more than twenty minutes, and the result was unbelievable to the British pilots...... Most of the British bombers were destroyed by the enemy before they could drop their bombs.

There are two reasons for this:

One is that the pilot gets this information before takeoff...... There were large dead spots in the airspace above the French warships, so in order to effectively strike the enemy warships, it was necessary to bomb them at low altitudes.

The other is that the British pilots did not expect that the Germans' large-caliber anti-aircraft guns would shoot so accurately and quickly...... Of course, they did not know that this was due to the fact that the Germans were armed with "proximity fuse shells".

In the end, only 31 bombers and 7 fighters of the two batches of 112 British planes were able to return, and tragically, five of them were wounded and did not return to Malta, that is, only 33 planes survived.

"God!" Colonel John, the commander of the second group, looked at the few planes around him and said: "We are simply committing suicide, what have they done (referring to the senior officers of the British army)?" ”

"That's what they should have thought!" One of the majors said: "French warships would have completely different combat effectiveness in the hands of the Germans, they made a mistake!" ”

"Yes!" Colonel John said, "The price is that we're almost all wiped out, fuck it...... They should be thrown into prison, it's nothing short of murder! ”

Montgomery and Eisenhower looked at each other in shock when they heard the news.

"How did they do it?" Montgomery said, "Are you sure it's the fleet of the Germans?" ”

"General!" The staff officer reminded Montgomery: "Except for the fleet of the Germans...... There was only the Italian fleet! ”

Needless to say, the Italian fleet is even less likely to have such combat effectiveness.

After a pause, Montgomery asked again, "How much of a blow did we inflict on them?" ”

"The situation is not very clear!" The staff officer replied: "Because of the low visibility and the small number of survivors, according to the report of Colonel John, we damaged the enemy battleships "Richelieu" and "Strasbourg", as well as several destroyers!" (Note: the battleship "Strasbourg" was the second ship of the battleships of the "Dunkirk" class)

"Didn't sink?" Montgomery was disappointed by the report.

"No sinking reports!" The staff officer shook his head.

"We should withdraw the fleet!" Eisenhower said: "Our attack has failed! ”

"No!" Montgomery replied: "We have already damaged two of their battleships, and we should take advantage of this time to break through their blockade of the Strait of Tunis, or wait until they have repaired their two battleships to regain their combat effectiveness...... Our sacrifice was in vain! ”

Montgomery's consideration still has some reason, but it can also be seen that he is a little panicked...... At this time, he was actually thinking, if the German fleet can now have such amazing combat effectiveness, then if Germany is more familiar with French warships in time, will the British still have a chance to break through the Tunisian Channel?

Therefore, the British Navy seems to have only this opportunity to take advantage of the damage of two battleships of the German Navy to beat the water dogs, after all, the British Mediterranean Fleet also has three battleships, and there is also an aircraft carrier, although this aircraft carrier can only carry 21 aircraft.

Eisenhower didn't have much command at this point, so he could only nod his head in agreement.

"It's up to you, General!" Eisenhower said: "But I think we need to reassess the combat strength of the German Navy before we do so!" ”