"The unfolding of any campaign revolves around three elements, our situation, the enemy's situation and the friendly army's situation! As long as we can do these three things, we are only half way to victory! Raeder muttered to himself as he looked at the large-scale charts hanging on the wall! The small blue flag representing the German fleet had been planted at the eastern entrance to the Gulf of Aden, while the small green chess piece representing the air support unit was on a land airfield less than 500 kilometers away from it.

A circle drawn with a blue dotted line indicates the combat radius of the Navy's carrier-based aircraft group, while several other huge circles drawn with a green dotted line represent the attack radius of AR234, the combat radius of TA152, the cover radius of FW190 and ME262, and so on. Several curves represent the various preset routes of the Air Force. In addition, there are some scattered dots on the map, scattered around the battlefield, these dots represent various reconnaissance aircraft of the Luftwaffe Navy and Air Force, Raeder has never relaxed his attention to reconnaissance, until now, when others have firmly believed that the opponent is in the Gulf of Aden, Raeder still dedicates a considerable part of his forces to maintain vigilance in other directions!

"Tomorrow, everything will be over! Win or lose. This confrontation, which lasted for more than two months, will end in blood and fire. Maybe that's a relief for us, right? Count Luckner said after pouring a cup of Ceylon black tea for Raeder.

"You seem to be confident in tomorrow's battle?" Raeder looked at his former rival and said to his old partner.

"I can't think of a reason to lose, they almost fought on our preset battlefield and the advantage of us! Whether it's quality or quantity, we have an advantage. The offensive force is a magic box force covered by a large number of fighter jets, while the defensive force is a defensive network consisting of FW190DT and ME262 Storm Bird fighter units. The Chinese Skua 3 fighter did not have an advantage. Plus the adversary is in such a small sea area. It is impossible for our attack to be missed. Tell me, how do we lose? Count Luknall asked rhetorically.

"That's why. I'm just uneasy! Our hole cards were already played in the battle with the Americans! We don't have any secrets in front of Huaxia, and their reconnaissance planes may already be able to distinguish every AR234 bomber! Our fleet is also under the watchful eye of the other side, don't tell me you didn't see those Huaxia fast reconnaissance planes flying from southern Iran!

So now the question arises, what kind of confidence does Huaxia have to fight us in such a passive situation? What do they rely on? What other hole cards do they have? In front of his old friend, Raeder's uneasiness and irritability were expressed, and he did not give the final order to attack because of the uneasiness in his heart! He did not believe that the commander of the Huaxia Fleet would be so stupid, so on the one hand, he stepped up reconnaissance of the surrounding battlefields, and on the other hand, he asked the Air Force to continue to test the Huaxia Fleet remaining in the Gulf of Aden. See what the hell they're doing!

What happened next seemed to confirm Raeder's fears, and there was an accident when the Luftwaffe AR234G reconnaissance aircraft was conducting its last approach reconnaissance! A new type of aircraft that has never been on the battlefield easily shot down this peep! "Their hole card is a jet fighter! Huaxia has achieved a large-scale launch of jet aircraft! I see! Raeder said thoughtfully.

Now, Raeder has finally found that the problems that plagued him have finally been answered, and Huaxia really has a backhand! They hid this hole card very well and it was not revealed until the end! Previously, even if the German AR234 bombers were cruising near the Huaxia fleet, they did not let the Huaxia carrier-based jets sortie! Until the situation reaches the point where it is irreversible! The fleets of both sides are already approaching each other's attack radius! Seeing that he was about to copy the guy and prepare to open the film, Huaxia's hole card was played! On this point, Raeder had to say that the other party was very tolerant! And admire this spirit!

Huaxia's hole cards did exceed Raeder's expectations. He didn't expect the other party to actually achieve something that the German Navy had been trying to achieve for several years without results! However, when the final hole cards were revealed, it was seen in Raeder, although the opponent's hole cards were a little tricky. But it did not exceed the limits of tolerance of the Luftwaffe! Raeder and the Red Baron drained almost all of their elite troops for this battle, even if the other side had a certain number of jets? The German Navy could likewise get cover from jets! In the case of a small gap in quality, Raeder believes. Your own numerical superiority can completely overwhelm your opponent!

"The fuel consumption of jets is relatively large, so the stay time of Huaxia jets will not be very long. Coupled with the fact that the speed of attack aircraft cannot keep up with jet aircraft, there is a high probability that their fleet will split into two groups. The first wave was used to tear through our air defense net, while the second was made up of carrier-based attack aircraft. If the opponent attacks now, the Storm Birds may be too late, but it doesn't matter, as long as they can catch up with the second wave of Huaxia's attack cluster, at that time, their fighters should have already returned, and the attack planes will be escorted by the Skua fighters, and the Storm Birds can just hunt down the most threatening guys in these fleets! Soon, a rough plan came out of Raeder's brain!

The advent of jets is truly subversive! However, in terms of tactics, there are still many problems with the direct cooperation between new aircraft and old aircraft, and the speed of jet aircraft is fast, so fast that the general propeller aircraft is directly thrown away, and the general propeller aircraft cannot keep up! In particular, it is difficult for attack aircraft carrying bombs to form formations with jet fighters, and in this way, the escort role of jet aircraft is greatly reduced, and because of the small range, it is difficult for jet aircraft to fly over the battlefield for a long time and maintain the suppression of the opponent's fighter fleet, so that the significance of jet fighters to the attacking side is limited. Of course, for the defenders, relying on strong flight performance, the improvement of defense by jet fighters is definitely a qualitative change! At this time, the German fleet was in a defensive advantage, and the "main force of the Chinese fleet" of the opposing side was to attack if it wanted. It is limited by the poor internal oil of the jet plane!

Raeder has a very good grasp of time, and there is a saying in China that if you don't see a rabbit, you don't scatter an eagle! Taking into account the combat radius of the Storm Birds and the distance from the fleet. The German naval hierarchy believed that only when the alert warships on the periphery spotted the opposing attack aircraft group. Only then can you avoid Huaxia's jet fighters to the greatest extent! The best-case scenario is that when the Huaxia jet fighters are forced to return due to fuel pressure, the Luftwaffe storm birds go up and stab their opponents fiercely!

As for the offensive forces? This is not up to Raeder, except for the fact that according to the agreement, the German Navy provided 400 FW190DT fighters to cover the Magic Box fleet, all other offensive plans were developed and implemented by the Luftwaffe, and even the escort aircraft provided by the German Navy had to be handed over to the Air Force command. To be honest, the news that the Chinese fleet had jets shook the Luftwaffe even more than the Navy, because the Luftwaffe needed to provide adequate cover without jets. Engage the opposing jet with a half-baked aircraft like the AR234! The Luftwaffe, as the attacking side, was also limited by the lack of time for jet planes to stay in the air!

Of course, it's too late to say these things now! As the so-called arrow on the string, it has to be sent! Even if the German Navy itself does not want to fight, the Chinese fleet may not let the Germans leave safely! And the ground based aircraft were able to provide the Luftwaffe with very little cover! Once the TA152 and ME262 of the land-based air force have to be evacuated because of the fuel exhaustion, the German fleet may be completely in crisis, the difference in the strength of the twin fleets is too large, Raeder estimates that if there is no air force support, then at most two attacks, the German fleet will be collapsed! So. If the German fleet wants to live! You can only use the peak moment of your strength to defeat your opponent and block your opponent's attack at the same time!

When a certain situation is close to the plan envisaged by the generals, the generals will act according to their own plans, like a sophisticated machine. Once it starts, it's a chain reaction, even if something is wrong. The generals will also ignore these problems for the time being, and a kind of inertia of thinking will guide the generals to act. Until you realize your mistake, or you can't go on! And this time Raeder is completely caught up in this inertia!

Although Summer did a lot to get the Germans as hooked as possible. But there are still many loopholes, for example, there are no Chinese reconnaissance planes around the German fleet, and there is not much radio communication for intelligence exchange, of course, the biggest loophole is that the Chinese fleet has not sent a large-scale attack group until now! This was unthinkable before!

If Raeder can calm down, he will find the problem, the battlefield of the two sides has actually been decided, the German Grand Fleet will not be able to avoid the detection of China in the direction of the Gulf of Aden, even if the Germans are lucky and find the opponent before China, but the Chinese fleet can definitely find the German fleet quickly, after all, the German fleet has a small combat radius of carrier-based aircraft, and the scale of the main force of the Chinese fleet is too large, and the number of reconnaissance aircraft is hundreds! If the Germans were facing the main fleet, then such a high-density reconnaissance would soon have discovered the German fleet, followed by a ferocious attack! But until now, the blow of the Huaxia fleet has not come, an hour has passed, and the German perimeter guard fleet has not even discovered the incoming aircraft group, doesn't it still tell the story?

But alas, Raeder subconsciously ignored all this! When he was highly concentrated, information stimulated him! He couldn't wait to play all his hole cards! Raeder quickly informed the Air Force of the approximate location of the Huaxia fleet, and the AR234 bomber group, which was already on standby in the air, immediately flew to the target under the cover of the escort aircraft group dominated by TA152 fighters and DO335 fighters! With the dispatch of a large number of propeller aircraft, the ME262 of the Germans is also on the battlefield again!

A small part accompanied the AR234 group to launch an attack on the Huaxia fleet, while the other part flew to the German fleet, ready to provide cover for the German fleet, and in just a few tens of minutes, the powerful sea and air forces that the Germans had been preparing for months were quickly activated! Even after more than 2 years of bloody battles, the Luftwaffe still has a strong force and can still play a wave of sharp counterattacks on the local battlefield! The formidable AR234 bomber swarm roared towards their target, surrounded by hundreds of various propeller fighters!

With the addition of electronic warfare aircraft and reconnaissance aircraft, the huge formation of nearly a thousand aircraft of various types can indeed make any fleet frightened! Even with the strength of the Huaxia Fleet, if you don't die, you have to lose your skin! After all, in the days when there were no anti-aircraft missiles, the only effective interceptor weapon in the face of bombers carrying guided bombs was an airplane, and the flight speed of the AR234 was enough to drive almost all propeller aircraft crazy!

Just when the Air Force was concentrating on the strongest wave of attacks, the German Navy's aircraft carrier formation was also releasing its own aircraft group, but unlike when the nearly two dozen aircraft carriers released hundreds of carrier-based aircraft in one round, this time only the fleets directly under the command of Count Luknall and Raeder were releasing fighters! The spectacular spectacle of 500 FW190DT fighters roaring off from the deck and hundreds of aircraft circling over the aircraft carrier is indeed terrifying, but for these German naval high-ranking officers who have witnessed the pinnacle of the German High Seas Fleet, such a scene can be described as insulting at all!

Even judging from the size of the German fleet now, 500 FW190DT fighters are far from reaching the upper limit of the fleet's engine capacity, and the hundreds of planes of the Germans in those years were launched together with a large number of aircraft, including attack aircraft and twin-engine bombers! After the release of this wave of cover aircraft, a large number of fighters remained on the decks of the aircraft carriers of the German fleet! And the fleet that will be released in an hour will reach more than 400 planes! About 900 aircraft (mainly fighters) in a period of time are the ultimate engine capacity of the Germans!

But alas, this wave of attacks is for defense! If you include the ME262 fighter group that flew from land to support the German fleet, this defense force is probably the strongest defense group in the history of the German Navy! And when the radar of the German Navy saw the fast group of planes flying from the direction of the mainland, Raeder's heart finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if there would be no problems with his fleet. But even so, such a force seems to be a little insufficient in the face of the upcoming attack!

At this point, the Germans have played all their hole cards, and all Raeder can do is wait slowly, waiting for victory or defeat to come!

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