Chapter 296: The Annihilation of the British Mediterranean Fleet (1)
The **-29 reconnaissance detachment in the air, only seeing the fire below, is not sure who wins and who loses, Zhang Jun's task to these reconnaissance detachments is very simple, try not to be exposed, just observe and track the British Mediterranean fleet. There are no British jet fighters in the Mediterranean, so these **-29s don't have to worry about being shot down by British jets, the two main air bases of the British army, one in the Gibraltar fortress and the other in Mandela, the combat radius of the current jet fighter is not as good as the range of the piston aircraft, and the jet is still a brand new aircraft after all.
By the end of the entire naval battle, the British commander Cunningham sent a telegram that he thought he was very knightly, **-29 of course also received, and the **-29 cruising around only needed to track the British Mediterranean fleet that retreated on a large scale after winning the battle, and did not care about the warships that fled in a hurry, and the remnants of the rout must be the warships that were not annihilated in Italy.
It is now more than 2 o'clock in the evening, Zhang Jun also received a telegram from **-29, but the SS air force to launch an attack on the British fleet, must be after dawn, there is no way to attack the moving warships at night, as long as **-29 follows these British ** ships, to five o'clock in the morning, the sky is not yet dawn, it is winter, dawn at the earliest at six o'clock, but Zhang Jun still ordered all **-29 and "six masters" to take off, this time a total of **-29 aircraft one hundred and thirty, Including bombers and tankers, as well as air warning. And the number of aircraft that can be refueled in the air modified by the "Sixth Master" is one hundred and sixty-four aircraft of an aviation regiment.
It takes about an hour to catch up with the British Mediterranean Fleet from Sicily, and it happens to be dawn at that time, and at this time it happens that all the **-29 tanker planes are refueling the "Sixth Master" two at a time, and this time takes about half an hour, and half past six is the time when the SS strategic bombing detachment launches an attack.
"Buzz...... Buzz ......"
More than 200 SS planes took off from the airport in Sicily, and SS Air Force Colonel Hansen was the commander of this operation.
After more than an hour of flight, Hansen was about 200 kilometers away from the reconnaissance detachment in front, and after Hansen first reported the situation to Zhang Jun, he ordered his strategic bomber group to slow down and start refueling in the air.
Cunningham also just got up at this time, last night's big victory, so that Cunningham was in a very good mood, suddenly in the rear of the fleet of the alert warship sent an alarm, saying that they found a large number of unknown planes in the rear, and the contact could not be contacted, indicating which planes can only be German or Italian, Cunningham hurriedly asked the herald to sound the alarm, and let his fleet form a tight air defense formation, this formation can form a very dense air defense fire, this dense air defense fire network is difficult to break through, This formation is also a common practice in this era.
If Hansen knew that the commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet was still in an old-fashioned secret formation, he would probably wake up with a smile in his dreams, and you must know that the "Sixth Master" was carrying a weapon with dense coverage of rockets, although the "Sixth Master" was still able to guarantee a certain degree of accuracy when he dives and shot at the British ** ship, but the rockets on the plane hit the warship, for the SS Air Force, it was still a big girl connected to a sedan chair -- the first time, if the effect is in the end, it is really hard to say, now the British Mediterranean Fleet actually uses a secret formation, Of course, Hansen's fears were alleviated, and the bombing effect of the SS Air Force added a few points to the tactics arranged by the British themselves.
"Woooooooooo......oo Woowoo woo ......"
The air defense siren of the British Mediterranean Fleet, even Hansen can hear it, but this makes Hansen even more excited, commanding one hundred and sixty-four "six masters" to swarm towards the British Mediterranean Fleet, Hansen also learned Zhang Jun's tricks, since he has absolute strength, then he has no reservations, the whole army is bet, and then launch a fierce attack from all directions, life and death is this hammer deal.
The British Mediterranean Fleet, apart from the British Home Fleet, was the most powerful British fleet of other foreign fleets, the British Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet, led by the prestigious Admiral Andrew ? Sir Cunningham, who had a reputation in the navy as a "calm and strong sailor", was a good judge of the situation and a shrewd command. Compared to Italy, the British fleet was inferior in terms of numbers and technical performance: 4 battleships (all participated in the Battle of Jutland, although they had 8 15-inch guns, so they had a lot of experience in actual combat), the aircraft carrier "Eagle", 7 light cruisers, 20 destroyers, 10 submarines, and 8 other ships. The headquarters is located in Alexandria, Egypt.
HMS Eagle was the only aircraft carrier in the British Royal Navy converted from a battleship, and it was also the aircraft carrier that participated in many battles in the early days of World War II. The Admiral La Torre, originally built for the Chilean Navy, was purchased by the Royal Navy on February 28, 1918 due to the interruption of the project in a major war, and the Eagle was not completed in April 1920 for carrier-based aircraft use tests, and in November it was sent to the shipyard to continue construction, and on June 26, 1924, it was completed as an aircraft carrier. Further modifications were received twice, in 1931 and 1935. The standard displacement is 22,600 tons, and the maximum speed is 24 knots. It can carry 21 aircraft, and was in service in the Indian Ocean at the outbreak of the Great War. In 1940, it was incorporated into the British Mediterranean Fleet
This time Cunningham hurriedly ordered his carrier-based aircraft to take off, but unfortunately there are twenty-one of these aircraft, including twelve torpedo planes, which are prepared to deal with the Italian fleet, and the fighters are just a squadron, these carrier-based aircraft are not British jets, but the carrier-based aircraft of the British teacher, not even the "Sea Hurricane", these old-fashioned carrier-based aircraft can deal with warships, and they are used to fight against the "six masters", which is simply a food delivery, but these eleven British carrier-based aircraft still take off urgently without fear of death, rushed up at the German plane:
"Dada...... Click......"
The "Sixth Master" not only has a numerical advantage, but also a performance advantage, and it is really not a level of opponent, and these 11 British carrier-based planes have not even been able to stop the German planes from advancing, so they returned to the bosom of the sea.
"Bang bang bang...... Bumper ...... Click......"
The SS planes had not yet flown over the British Mediterranean Fleet, the British shells began to be fired, at a distance of at least five kilometers, and the SS planes were flying one kilometer before launching rockets, and at this time all the "six masters" received an order from Colonel Hansen, who ordered his "six masters" bomber group to climb to an altitude of 10,000 meters, and then dive bombing, and this dive distance was carried out by the pilots.
Hansen just wants to use his fighter as a JU87 dive bomber, Hansen's "six masters" are only half of the modified rocket planes, and the rest are all carried two 500 kg bombs, which is also arranged by Hansen himself, Zhang Jun will not interfere with the decision of the front-line commander, although Zhang Jun suggested that the six masters be loaded with rockets to bomb the superstructure of the British ** ship, but Hansen, as a veteran pilot, felt that this kind of bomb of more than 30 kilograms was difficult to cause substantial damage to the British battleship, so Hansen's plane, there are generally with aerial bombs.
But this fighter with aerial bombs to bomb moving targets at sea is indeed ineffective, this is why Hansen ordered them to fly over the British Mediterranean Fleet to fly in the air to bomb, of course, so that some of the "six masters" may be hit by the anti-aircraft artillery of the British ** ship, but Han Sen still decided to do this, sinking these British ** ships is Hansen's primary goal, if the commander-in-chief wants to punish himself, just punish it, Hansen thinks so.
The British shot indiscriminately, and actually let the Germans begin to climb to an altitude of 10,000 meters, which has exceeded the firing height of the British ** ship, and the German planes avoided the battle, so that the British immediately cheered, cursing these damn "cowards" fiercely, not daring to try the taste of British shells, cheer, wait to know what the tragedy is.
"Report to Colonel Hansen, we have flown over the British Mediterranean Fleet."
"The rocket planes attacked first, one squadron at a time, with thirty seconds apart."
"Understood, the rocket machine began to attack."
"Woooooooooo......oo Woowoo woo ......"
The twelve "Sixth Masters" broke away from the formation and swooped down against the sailing British fleet as soon as they were planted.
As soon as the British fired ahead of the intentions of the German planes, they hurriedly adjusted the muzzle of the guns and thought about these dive "six masters" shooting, but it is a pity that any cannon has a shooting elevation, eighty degrees is the limit, it is impossible to raise it to a vertical state, so these British ** ships can only watch the German "six masters" swooping down, and the outer circle of the British fleet can shoot these dive "six masters", but this greatly reduces the British anti-aircraft firepower, and the dive speed of such a high-speed "six masters", It can be said that it is a sparse anti-aircraft fire network, full of loopholes.
Thirty seconds later, the second group of "Six Masters" began to break away from the formation again and dived towards the British ** ship below, and at this time the first wave of "Six Masters" had begun to be launched.
"Boom...... 簌簌......"
The speed of the rocket itself is added to the speed of more than 1,000 kilometers per hour of the "six masters" dive, so that the speed of the rockets is more rapid, and the high speed makes the trajectory of the rockets more stable, and it is basically not affected by the sea breeze.
"Boom...... Boom ......" (To be continued.) )