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The Atlantic Ocean at dusk in summer is so calm and peaceful that you don't feel the slightest sense of war.

Four Fokker 636 fighters suddenly streaked across the sunset, and the roar of the motors shattered the tranquility. The four pilots in the cabin all stared wide-eyed, scrutinizing the sky below their right.

Suddenly.

Countless tiny, almost invisible black dots appeared between the sea and the sky, and they moved at extremely fast speed, from far to near, from small to large, from small black dots to fighters of different sizes in just a few minutes!

"Captain, at 3 o'clock! Enemy aircraft spotted at 3 o'clock! Quantity...... There are hundreds! ”

Captain of the 2nd Fighter Squadron on the USS Prussia. Prince Lip Wissenfeld's headphones heard the voice of wingman Sergeant Hoffman. In fact, he didn't need to remind him, Prince Lip Wissenfield had already discovered the overwhelming array of American bombers.

In fact, the four-plane formation led by Prince Lip Wissenfield was not the first to detect the attack of enemy aircraft, and the first to detect the arrival of enemy aircraft was a Bv138D seaplane that was performing a radar alert mission in the air. The plane, equipped with an S-band radar, had spotted a large group of incoming aircraft 10 minutes earlier, and then reported the discovery to the aircraft carrier USS Zeppelin, which was responsible for commanding all EC fighters in the air.

The flight command station of the aircraft carrier "Zeppelin" immediately dispatched four Fokker 636s to reconnoiter in close proximity.

"No twin-engine planes have been found," Prince Lip Wiesenfeld glanced over the air with a very sharp gaze, "have you seen both planes?" ”

"I didn't see it."

"Didn't find it."

"It's all single-shot, mostly F4U and F6F, and there's no threat."

It turned out that the team led by Prince Lip Wissenfield had come to find the F7F, and in this battle of the Bermuda Islands, the most surprising thing for the Germans was this kind of double-engine bombardment with amazing speed and bomb load.

Therefore, on the night of 5 September, Hasman Jr., an aviation staff officer of the 21st Task Force, drew up a combat plan for using the flight console of the "Zeppelin" to uniformly deploy air combat forces and block the US double-fire bombardment layer by layer.

In this scenario, four Bv138Ds would circle around the German Grand Fleet, provide airborne radar warnings, and dispatch four Fokker 636s to reconnoiter the enemy fleet after spotting it.

After it was determined that the attacking enemy plane was a "double-engine bombardment," the flight console of the "Zeppelin" would immediately mobilize seven Fw190 squadrons to carry out a multi-level interception operation -- the Fw190 was chosen to carry out the interception mission, considering that the F7F's maneuverability as a twin-engine heavy battle was not good, and there was no need for the Fokker 636, which had ultra-high mobility, to let the Fw190 hang up the aviation rocket and then use the tactics of high dive to deal with it.

"Rudolph, it's not F7F that's coming." On board the Zeppelin, Flight Commander D. Wolf. Feng. Major De Lane said to Hersman Jr., who was on the flight console with him, "but there are quite a few of them, maybe hundreds, so let's give up the Sedeliz and Seckert......

Little Hersmann thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "It's not enough, now we can only protect the Zeppelin, Hindenburg, Gneisenau, Wilhelm II, Bismarck and Tirpitz." ”

"Two Prussian-class ships don't need to be protected?" Major Delane was stunned.

Little Hersman shook his head and said, "There are not enough troops, only 8 squadrons of Fauc 636." It is safer to use 6 guards Zeppelin, Hindenburg, Gneisenau and Wilhelm II...... These 6 boats can't get out of trouble. He paused, "As for the 2 Prussian-class, let it be left to fate, anyway, without them we can still win the war, and if it's a big deal, let's use the Kesselring-class." ”

Major Delane nodded, he also knew that many cheap "Kesselrings" were now being outfitted - this type of ship between a fleet carrier and an escort carrier could be considered an affordable aircraft carrier.

The maximum speed of 26 knots is enough to meet the needs of the decisive battle of the fleet, and the number of 48 carrier-based aircraft is not too small, although the armor is insufficient and there is no bulletproof armored flight deck, but the hull structure is quite strong, as long as it does not take too many bombs and loses its profits, it is not so easy to sink.

Moreover, this kind of aircraft carrier with diesel engines and wooden decks is very easy to produce, and can be produced in large quantities to compete with the Essex class of the Americans, and it is not distressing to sink a little.

Seeing that Major Delane did not raise any more objections, Hersman Jr. said: "As for the remaining two squadrons, they can make a surprise attack and then disperse the guerrilla, so that they can shoot down some more enemy planes." ”

"Alright," Major Delane nodded, "just report this battle plan to Lieutenant General Bay." ”

……

"Admiral, the battle in the air has begun!"

Hearing the staff officer's report, Admiral Hoffman, commander of the missile battleship Gneisenau, only turned his head to glance at the scene of hundreds of warplanes strangling together in the distant dusk. Then, as if this air battle did not exist, he continued to study the decisive battle of the fleet that was about to begin with the staff of Task Force 20.

Like Little Hersman's thoughts, Admiral Leifman doesn't care about losing a few aircraft carriers and sinking a few battleships now, as long as there are no problems with the 2 missile ships, the decisive battle will be foolproof.

In Hoffman's opinion, the 80 TV-guided remote-controlled missiles carried by the Gneisenau and Wilhelm II were enough to reimburse all 9 American super battleships!

In fact, the era of battleships dominating the seas with the advent of missile ships is over. What Hindenburg-class, what Iowa-class, and the legendary Montana class, as well as the Japanese Yamato, Yamato-gai, in front of the anti-ship missiles of the Reaper series, are all targets. And it's a target the size of a hill, so it's too easy to hit.

The problem before Hoffman now is how to get his battleship (including missile carriers) in formation to within 35,000 meters of the Americans' battleship formation.

"Sir, Hawkeye 8 reports that an unidentified group of aircraft has been spotted northwest 130 nautical miles away from the Gneisenor, with more than 100 numbers and 4,000 altitudes."

It was at this moment that the fleet staff once again reported information about the approach of the American attack aircraft group.

This time it should be a new twin-engine fighter-bomber!

"Oh? There's still 30 minutes to go," Hoffman smiled, "and the timing is pretty good......

Boom Boom!

A fierce cannon fire interrupted Hoffman's words, and it turned out that it was 4 American F4U that broke through the barrier of the Fokker 636 and rushed into the anti-aircraft fire network of the Gneisenau, which immediately attracted a bombardment of 128mm shells and 40mm shells. Two of them were blown up on the spot, and the other two dropped 500-pound aerial bombs, but these two bombs were not accurate, and both fell into the sea water and exploded two water columns tens of meters high.

Admiral Hoffman looked up at the two F4Us, which had fled under the attack of anti-aircraft artillery fire, and had just retracted his mind to the naval battle that was about to begin, when the staff officer's report rang out again.

"Sir, Hawkeye 10 reports that the U.S. Grand Fleet has split its forces."

"What's the distance?" Hoffman asked.

"Less than 90 nautical miles, about 2 hours later, you can engage in battle."

Hoffman raised his wrist and looked at the time, it was 4:20 p.m., and the battleship engagement was about 6:30 p.m.

Thundered......

A loud bang suddenly came, and Admiral Leifman hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see blue-black smoke rising from the battleship "Hindenburg" sailing in front of the right side of the Gneisenau.

……

"Good news, sir, a Hindenburg-class has been hit by a bomb!"

The commander tower of the "Iowa"-class battleship was immediately cheered.

The "Hindenburg" class was the most powerful battleship of the German Navy and the backbone of the German fleet that was going to engage itself, and there was only one!

Now that the decisive battle of the surface fleet has not yet begun, the only Hindenburg-class ship has been hit by a bomb, even if it is only slightly damaged, and it has added some weight to the victory of the United States.

However, Admiral Halsey did not show much joy, but asked: "Did you find the German Wilhelm II?" ”

"Nope."

"No?" Halsey's answer from the Fleet Aviation Staff Officer surprised Halsey, "How so?" ”

"And what's the German?"

"There were seven battleships, including one Hindenburg-class, one Bismarck-class, three Veneto-class, one Provence-class, and one unknown battleship."

"Unknown battleship?" Halsey suddenly became nervous, "Bigger than the Hindenburg class?" ”

U.S. intelligence agencies have known for a long time that there are H41 type battleships, and it is time for battleships of this class to enter service......

"Not that big, about 30000 tons of displacement, only 4 main guns." The staff officer replied, "And there were also dozens of torpedo tubes installed on the two side decks of this battleship." ”

"What? Dozens of torpedo tubes? Halsey was a little confused at this point, "This is a heavy thunder battleship?" ”

"Possibly!" Major General Callahan said, "Maybe it's ......"

"What is it?" Halsey saw a panicked expression on his chief of staff's face, and hurriedly asked.

"Maybe it's a remote-controlled missile?"

"Dozens of missiles?" Halsey rolled his eyelids, this thing is also murderous, right?

"Admiral, are we still going to fight?" Major General Callahan was somewhat hesitant.

"Hit!" Halsey thought for a long time and slapped the table, "As long as the distance is controlled, there is nothing to fear, and now it is almost dark, unless the Germans have radar-guided missiles, victory must belong to the United States!" ”