Chapter 662: The Roar of the Ultimate Battleship in the Decisive Battle of the Atlantic

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At about 3 p.m., about 30 German carrier-based fighters flew in from the east of the sky with bullet holes and sporadic smoke and sparks. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.infoβ•”β•—

These 30-odd German carrier-based planes have just experienced a large-scale air battle on an unprecedented scale, and more than 2,000 German fighters have been ambushed by nearly 10,000 UN Air Force fighters.

Air combat was almost one-sided. Despite the fact that both sides were propeller fighters, the UN Air Force had a huge number of fighters, almost five times as many as German fighters. In a large-scale melee, the German fighters suffered heavy losses.

In the end, more than 2,000 German fighters escaped and more than 30 escaped. For these German pilots who escaped from the hands of death, they were heroes, because it was almost impossible to do in the history of aviation.

However, due to the continuous high-power interference of the German radio frequencies by the electronic jamming ships of the Imperial Chinese Navy, the more than 30 German fighters were unable to get in touch with the mother ship for a long time.

When they flew into the airspace where the mothership battle group was located, they were immediately shocked by the tragedy in front of them. The sea is full of sinking aircraft carriers and debris and debris from the explosion of battleships. The spilled fuel burned on the surface of the sea, and the smoke billowed into the sky. The German officers and soldiers who wailed for help could not find a single rescue boat. Occasionally, there are a few lifebuoys, which suddenly become the target of everyone's scrambling, and even kill each other at the cost of robes.

When these more than 30 fighters flew by at a low altitude, the German officers and men on the sea even let out a bitter cheer, as if they thought that this was a victorious unit. β•”β•—

Only the pilots themselves know it in their hearts. Not only did they return defeated, but they also lost their mothership, and seeing that they were about to run out of fuel, they could not avoid the fate of finally falling into the sea.

In order to find out whether the Chinese Emperor had mastered the German radio communication code, a German fleet was once again cannon fodder and was sent by Bundy to the guns of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

The capital ships of the Third Detachment of the High Seas Fleet mainly include the ultimate battleships Caesar and Frederick the Great, with a displacement of 72,000 tons and four twin 45 times diameter and 20-inch guns, and the fast battleships Westfaria, Rhineland and Posen, with a displacement of 49,000 tons and four twin 17-inch guns; The heavy cruisers Bielefeld, Bonn, Mannheim, Karlsruhe and Wiesbaden, as well as the light cruisers G38, G42, etc.

Vice Admiral Franz, commander of the 3rd Squadron, was a World War I veteran. As a member of the Battle of Jutland, he was confident, he believed that his fleet was absolutely invincible. Although the theory of aircraft carrier sea supremacy from the East has become the international mainstream, as an admiral who loves battleships deeply, Franz firmly believes that battleships are invincible and cannot be sunk.

Although Franz strategically despised the Imperial Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier battle group, he did not dare to be careless tactically. β•”β•—

Due to the loss of all aircraft carriers of the aircraft carrier battle group in the high seas fleet. In the absence of air supremacy, Franz could only rely on the fleet's anti-aircraft fire to counter the attack of the Imperial Chinese naval aviation.

"Battle alert! A large number of enemy planes are coming! Target location: 020! ”

The moment the rapid air defense sirens sounded. Franz's heart almost jumped. I believe that the other German officers and men of the ships of the fleet were in the same mood. After all, the Germans had just suffered a defeat and the entire aircraft carrier battle group was destroyed, which dealt a very big blow to the morale of the German army.

"Ships ready to fight! Order the reconnaissance aircraft to immediately find the location of the enemy fleet! ”

In the face of the attack from the air, Franz was helpless, and had the feeling of exerting force against the air. Only by finding the location of the enemy fleet, and only by covering the enemy's aircraft carriers with the range of naval artillery, can the threat from the air be disarmed.

Apparently. It is extremely difficult to find an enemy carrier battle group. The High Seas Fleet sent several batches of reconnaissance planes to look for them, but none of them were shot down by the alert fighters of the Chinese Emperor.

Both sides are clear. β•”β•—In over-the-horizon combat, whoever finds the opponent's position first is the winner.

Apparently. In this respect, the German Navy was far from the Imperial Chinese Navy. The Imperial Chinese Navy was well aware of the movements of the German Navy, which, in turn, had not yet found the true location of the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

"Let's see what they're really capable of!"

Franz was a little nervous in his heart, but he still did not lose the general's demeanor of the commander.

At a quarter past three o'clock in the afternoon, the radar of the flagship battleship Caesar was dissatisfied with the flashing red dot, and the Chinese Emperor ** was rapidly attacking the large aircraft group formation, which exploded the German radar in an instant.

The German observation post was frightened: "More than 300 enemy planes are coming at me!" 010, 120, 260, 350, oh my god we're surrounded! ”

"Air defense combat readiness!" When all the personnel on board the German ship heard the news, they immediately took urgent action.

After a while, under the guidance of reconnaissance planes, the Chinese Emperor ** attack aircraft group drilled out of the clouds and directly attacked the German fleet centered on the two ultimate battleships, the Caesar and Frederick the Great.

"Fire!"

Major Gretel, the commander of the Caesar's air defense, gave an order, and more than 120 anti-aircraft rapid-fire guns opened fire in the air together. β•”β•—

As the ultimate battleship, in addition to having a powerful 20-inch cannon and 450 mm of super armor protection, the German Navy equipped this ultimate battleship with powerful anti-aircraft firepower in order to fill the lack of German naval aviation.

The entire Caesar was lined with guns, scattered all over the place, and looked like a regiment of hedgehogs in a defensive state.

"Bang bang bang!"

The Bang Bang cannon, which is representative of the 40s, exerted its powerful firepower at this moment, and in an instant, countless shells shot into the air, and suddenly a cloud of smoke and fire rained.

Perhaps the German officers and soldiers knew that there was no hope of escape, but the pessimistic ones at this moment aroused the courage of the last fight.

This kind of desperate struggle was also very terrifying, and the gunners on the Caesar skillfully weaved several tight nets of fire with tracer bullets. The Chinese Emperor's attack aircraft group was effectively separated from the German ships, so as not to injure their own people by mistake.

For a time, the Chinese Emperor ** attack aircraft was unable to break through this rare dense artillery fire. β•”β•—

"Bastard! What about your courage? ”

Colonel Xue Pingwu, commander of the Falcon Air Wing, who was the commander of the attack group, was furious when he saw that his attack planes did not dare to break into the German anti-aircraft fire network.

"Didn't anyone go? Then Lao Tzu goes! ”

"Captain! I'll go! ”

"Captain! I'll go! ”

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Xue Pingwu was agitated, and suddenly the captains and squadron leaders were bold.

Lieutenant Colonel Chen Jun, the leader of the first brigade, took the lead and quickly dived down with his wingman and a small team. Immediately afterwards, a large group of other attack planes also followed the group leader one after another to launch a fierce attack on the German ship.

Accompanied by a scream. Lieutenant Commander Chen Jun successfully completed a number of difficult maneuvers, successfully avoiding the blow of the German ship's anti-aircraft fire, and approaching the starboard side of the Caesar 1,000 meters.

A red-headed self-guided torpedo quickly fell and fired at the Caesar at high speed over the sea.

Before the German artillery hit, Chen Jun pulled the control stick violently and quickly pulled the fighter up. With a few somersault cloud flipping jumps, Chen Jun successfully avoided the German artillery fire. Pull the fighter to a safe height.

Immediately afterwards, a large group of more than a dozen torpedo attack planes also successfully dropped torpedoes on the waters near the battleship Caesar from different angles. At the time of climbing, though. Two Osprey fighters were unfortunately shot down by German artillery fire.

"Torpedo is coming!"

The Germans quickly mobilized a large number of artillery fire to attack the incoming torpedoes. In this way, the firepower of anti-air combat was greatly weakened, and on the contrary, it gave the Chinese emperor more opportunities to get close to the attack of German ships.

"A squadron feints! The second squadron attacked the port side! Three squadrons attack the starboard side! ”

Chen Jun quickly gave tactical instructions to his team. In accordance with the experience of peacetime training, the squadrons engaged in diversion, feints, and main attacks, which exhausted the Caesar's air defense.

The German fleet was not good at air defense operations and had little experience. The German ships were not too far apart, and in the past when fighting with the British naval aviation, their spacing was suitable. Because the carrier-based aircraft of the British naval aviation were propeller-type. The speed was relatively slow, and the German air defense was able to react to avoid hitting the shells on their own ships.

But at this time the German air defense was faced with experienced naval aviation of the Imperial Chinese Army. The speed of jet fighters is not well understood. The Chinese Emperor ** attack aircraft specially found a gap between German ships to fly, because the speed was too fast. The German anti-aircraft artillery did not predict enough in advance, so that many German artillery did not hit the enemy planes, but instead fired shells at their own warships nearby.

The destroyer F329 was a nod to the back, and the ship was struggling to intercept the torpedoes attacking the battleship Caesar, even going so far as to crash into the torpedo itself to avoid being wounded by the Caesar. However, six 120-mm rapid-fire guns on the starboard side of the Caesar were led in the direction of the F329 destroyer by three Osprey fighters, and more than a dozen shells did not hit the aircraft, but all of them hit their own destroyer F329.

Originally, the F329 destroyer was intercepting two torpedoes fired at the Caesar, but suddenly came under heavy fire from the Caesar's guns. The fragile destroyer was instantly beaten into a hornet's nest, and a ball of fire rose into the air, instantly losing its combat effectiveness.

Accidentally injured their own warship, the German officers and men were stunned. Just as they were stunned, two self-guided torpedoes hit the starboard side of the Caesar.

"Boom! Boom! ”

Two loud bangs were heard in succession, and the hull of the Caesar trembled violently, like an earthquake, and the German officers and men on the deck were shaken to the ground in an instant. The 450 mm thick armor belt was torn open with two and a half metre squares, and sea water poured into it violently as fire and smoke gushed out of the gap.

The battleship Caesar had a strong ability to resist sinking, which was inseparable from the conservative naval development ideas of the German army. Two torpedoes hit the Caesar at the same time, but could not inflict fatal damage on her. The Germans quickly closed the adjacent watertight compartments, relying on the remaining buoyancy to keep the hull balanced and unsinkable.

However, the offensive of the Chinese Emperor's ** attack aircraft group was too fierce. Torpedoes came from all directions, and the Germans were too busy. The firepower was soon used to deal with torpedoes, and the anti-air attack force was weakened, allowing the bombers of the Chinese Emperor to drop aerial bombs on German ships.

Aerial bombs kept falling from the sky overhead, torpedoes on the sea in front of them were roaring and approaching, and the air suddenly became tense to the extreme, and the officers and men of the German ships even felt that it was difficult to breathe. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )