The entire aircraft carrier formation began to sail at full speed towards Scapa Bend, and the speed of the aircraft carrier formation had reached thirty knots, and in order to achieve this speed, even the modified merchant aircraft carriers were towing the surfacing submarine XSTXT

Most of the destroyers were guarding around all the carriers, and a few were cruising around the perimeter, ready to catch any ships they might encounter. At this time, the air patrol plane also received a clear order to shoot down all the planes it saw, and there was no way for this plane to be merciful, and it must be shot down at the first time, and if the people in the plane could parachute out, then they could be rescued. Fortunately, this is the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, and it is not on the route of the plane, so there are relatively few planes passing by.

The Polish front line is already imminent from the outbreak of war, more than one million German troops are displayed on the Polish border, Britain and France continue to warn, that is, there is no substantive action, Germany has arranged 36 divisions outside the Maginot Line, half of the 36 divisions in history are second-line divisions, and now they are all elite divisions, Britain and France dare not step out of the Maginot Line.

At this time, the Maginot Line was only defended by hundreds of thousands of French troops, and Britain was only spitting at Germany, and did not send a single soldier to the Maginot Line at all.

No one cares about Germany's aircraft carrier formation going to sea for sea trials, and even Britain's MI6 has confirmed through its allies Norway and the Kingdom of Iceland that Germany's aircraft carrier group is indeed conducting sea trials and training. There is no longer paying attention to this huge aircraft carrier formation, the British and French intelligence systems have put all their energy on the Polish front, closely watching all the military intelligence on the German-Polish border, Chamberlain can't help but be nervous! Once Germany really attacked Poland in full force and occupied all of it, then Chamberlain's resignation was a foregone conclusion.

No one paid attention to the aircraft carrier formation led by Li Mo, which was the best, just enough to make the surprise attack achieve unexpected results. The carrier formation, which had maintained radio silence, rode the wind and waves, and quickly rushed towards Scarpa's bend.

At four o'clock in the morning on August 30, 39, Limer, Stephen, and Schmidt were in Zeppelin's operations command room to urgently arrange various tasks. Originally, Schmidt was going to personally lead the team to the air raid. As a result, Li Mo sternly refused, what a joke, Schmidt is the commander-in-chief of all carrier-based aircraft, in case there are three long and two short. That's a big problem.

The destroyer commander is on the destroyer. The submarine commander, of course, was on the submarine. Only Schmidt and Stephen remained on the Zeppelin aircraft carrier, and now they have become Limer's main staff officers.

"Stephen, how many hours are left until dawn? How far is Scarper Bend? ”

"Commander-in-chief. According to our records of the past few days, at 6:25 the sky appeared white, and at 6:37 the sun began to show the horizon, two hours and thirty-two minutes before dawn, and we were 320 nautical miles from Scapa Bend. ”

"Three hundred and twenty nautical miles, the distance is a bit far, Schmidt, can you tell me how much range our BF109 has when it is not equipped with auxiliary fuel tanks? And what is the range of the ju87? ”

All three of them leaned over the sand table, discussing a little and pointing at the sand table:

"Commander-in-chief, the range of the BF109 without carrying auxiliary fuel tanks is 810 kilometers, which is equivalent to about four hundred and eighty nautical miles, and the combat radius is about two hundred nautical miles."

One kilometer is equal to about 0.54 nautical miles, and Li Mo almost ignored this crucial issue, which is really fatal! After listening to Schmidt's words, Li Mo calculated in his heart, now three hundred and twenty nautical miles away from Scapa Bend, Li Mo must take off the BF109 fighter in one hour, this point cannot be changed in any way, and the aircraft carrier formation can only sail thirty nautical miles in one hour, at that time the entire aircraft carrier formation is still two hundred and eighty nautical miles away from Scarpa Bend, which is nearly 500 kilometers away, and the BF109 that takes off to perform the mission will absolutely not have fuel to return to the aircraft carrier:

"Schmidt, what if you add an auxiliary fuel tank under the belly of the BF109! What is the maximum size of the auxiliary fuel tank? How will other mounts be adjusted? ”

"Commander-in-chief, BF109 has three hardpoints, respectively under the wings and under the belly, if it can be disposed of under the belly, it can carry a drop fuel tank of 300 liters or 500 liters, and under his wings it can also carry two 100-kilogram aerial bombs, and its range will increase by four to six hundred kilometers."

"Can you add a 500-liter auxiliary fuel tank, you see the wind speed is level 4 tonight, we are extending the take-off distance a little, can we take off?"

"Commander-in-chief, we can try it now, after all, the plane has enough time to stay in the air to annihilate more enemies, and at the same time allow itself to return safely."

"Okay, then you can organize a few fully loaded planes to test now."

After Schmidt finished speaking, he hurriedly went to organize the test, Li Mo and Stephen also quickly came to the conning tower to watch the test presided over by Schmidt, as soon as Li Mo arrived at the conning tower, and then began to order:

"The entire fleet is sailing at high speed against the wind, ready to take off and land at night with a full load."

Li Mo just gave the order, the specific course was commanded by Stephen, and soon all the aircraft carriers were lit up with countless spotlights, the deck of the aircraft carrier was illuminated as daylight, and the ground crew was preparing quickly, in fact, the planes parked on the deck have all been mounted, but the mount under the belly of the aircraft needs to be replaced, five minutes later, a BF109 aircraft entered the flight runway, and the BF109 was loaded with two 100-kilogram aerial bombs under its wings, Under the belly of the aircraft is mounted a 500-liter disposable auxiliary fuel tank, and this level of loading is to take off on the roadbed, and it is also the ultimate take-off load. It's just that Li Mo's current BF109 is already an F model, and if it is an early BF109 model, this payload will definitely not be able to take off.

"Buzz...... Buzz ......"

The test BF109 began to start the aircraft, the roar of the aircraft is getting louder and louder, the propeller is getting faster and faster, the blocking plate in front of the aircraft tires, blocking the BF109 on the flight runway, and when the BF109 pushes the throttle down the maximum, suddenly "clang", the blocking plate is put down, the aircraft rushes out like an arrow from the string, and the speed is getting faster and faster.

The fourth-level sea breeze was blowing head-on, and with the fact that the Zeppelin aircraft carrier was running wildly at a speed of 32 knots, and at the same time had a 20-degree glide take-off angle, the BF109 rushed out with a "whoosh" after rushing onto the skiing runway.

The BF109 roared "buzzing ......" into the sky more than 30 meters, and then began to fall, seeing that all the people here were so nervous, for fear that the plane would really fall into the sea, the plane continued to roar, while flying a little at the falling height, five meters, ten meters, fifteen meters, this time the BF109 is not at the falling height, but gradually climbing in height, it seems that it has gradually gained enough lift.

"Oo......oo It worked...... It's a really good level 4 sea breeze...... God's favor only. ”

…… (To be continued......)

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