"Beck calls Babylon, it's normal, you can leave." After entering the Gulf of Aden, after making sure that there were no large surface ships, the battleship Suleiman I, who was in charge of escorting the ship, was finally lost to the east with the accompanying fleet, and the Allies did exactly that, and every wave of ships sailing out of the Persian Gulf was almost under the escort of land-based aviation and a large Turkish fleet. However, due to the scarcity of large warships at their disposal, it was impossible for the Suleiman I to accompany the G18 convoy through the entire journey, and after entering the Gulf of Aden, an area they thought was safe, the fleet would have to go back to meet the next wave, and if the Turks knew what was going to happen in the future, would they think they were lucky to have escaped or would they regret missing a battle?

"Why are the flies so annoying today?" Major Baker glanced at the biplane behind his fleet, and there was some indescribable irritation in his heart. During this time, the air seemed to be a little uncalm, and some planes of unknown nationality could be seen swaying in this sea area as a whole, and Baker could be sure that this was definitely an Italian plane, but it seemed that it should be a reconnaissance plane or a civilian aircraft, which did not carry weapons on it, and the speed of the flight was not fast enough, at first he thought that there might be a submarine here, and intercepted this slow fleet under the guidance of the aircraft, so he added 4 more hunting submarines to it. But a few days have passed, and it seems that there is no record of the ship being ambushed by a submarine here. "Looks like I'm overthinking?" Baker shook his head and said.

"Brothers, the target is a fish belly, 3 destroyers and 4 anti-submarines. THE 3 DESTROYERS ARE A BIT OF A STICK, JUDGING FROM THE MODEL IT SHOULD BE A UNIVERSAL DESTROYER FOR THE GERMANS, WITH 6 105MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND SOME 20MM GUNS. It is impossible to judge the specific model of the 4 anti-submarine ships. However, it is certain that there is a machine gun. While Baker was thinking, the annoying fly was already calling for friends, but this time it wasn't buzzing flies, but a swarm of deadly wasps!

"The Sword squad attacked the two destroyers, the anti-submarine mind was left alone, and the Noah squadron and the Sellers squadron entered from the left and right flanks respectively, paying attention to the distribution of targets. Don't let the other person run away. "The huge fleet has come into view, the opponent's defense is vulnerable, and now it is a feast for the whole fleet. Whether the East African Sword can become famous depends on this battle!

"Damn, it's a plane! Lots of planes! When did the Italians deploy such a large fleet here? "Baker looked at the group of planes that were coming from the northwest, and the whole person was messy!" The formations were disbanded, each of them returned on its own, and the frigates covered the tankers Crown Prince and Warsaw. There are more than 30,000 tons of heavy oil on it! This is for the supply of the Mediterranean fleet! "After a brief period of confusion. Petain immediately decided to disband the formation on the one hand to reduce losses, and on the other hand, to keep the two most important oil tankers in the entire fleet! However, at this time, for this fleet with a maximum speed of no more than 10 knots, it was obvious that the aircraft with a maximum flight speed of more than 200 knots could not be avoided, and a few minutes later, the first wave of attacks from the Italians fell on their heads!

The Italians sent 30 twin-engine planes alone this time, attacking a transport ship in groups of two, and if the first attack failed. It was handed over to the second plane to replenish the gun. "Steady, slowly slide down. We can't have too big an angle, pay attention to the speed. "A bombardier was lying on the ground, keeping his eyes close to the scope and trying to lock onto the civilian ship that was swaying from side to side in his field of vision. But it was the first time for a pilot to bomb at such a low altitude with a bomb, so it was inevitable that he would have some hands, but what really made him nervous was the situation next to him!

"I see, there's a ship next to him, and a plane dropping bombs, and we're a little close!" The pilot cursed in a low voice as he cursed a friendly plane next to him that had entered the dive course first! The two steamers were too close together, but the two ships were assigned to two attack formations. "Let's pull it up first, they can't run anyway, let Billy's bastard come first!" The pilot cursed and began to change out.

"I knew Billy couldn't do it, this guy's kung fu on his lips was much worse than his kung fu on his hands, looking at the location where he threw the bomb, it was at least a few dozen meters away from the target! What a shame for the Italian Navy! The pilot looked at the bomb dropped by the other party in advance and gloated, but what happened next caught him by surprise, because the angle was too small, the bomb did not sink to the bottom after hitting the water, but was bounced on the surface of the water and flew up, jumping towards the panicked civilian boat like a splash.

"That's too much fasting, isn't it?!" In the end, this bouncing bomb successfully hit the side chord of this 7,000-ton civilian ship, and the explosion of hundreds of kilograms of explosives directly tore the poor guy's side chord open hundreds of square meters. The underwater capsule was too sparse and not very well sealed, and a 250KG bomb was lethal enough, and in just a few minutes, the ship quickly tilted and sank to the bottom of the sea with thick smoke and flames.

If it comes to dropping bombs, it is obvious that the dive bomber is more efficient, a dive bomber rushes straight down at a speed of 250 knots at an angle of 45 degrees, and the 500KG bomb is pushed out of the pylon and then flies at a faster speed towards the merchant ship that is evading. There was a loud bang, and even the bomber, which pulled up and climbed after dropping the bomb, felt a shaking. THE POWER OF THIS BOMB WAS SO GREAT THAT THE CHARGE OF ALMOST 300KG WAS DETONATED AFTER THE BOMB PENETRATED THE UPPER DECK! The blast and flames from the explosion slammed into the hull unhindered. The energy that spread downward and on both sides was mixed with shrapnel and even blew the entire ship in two, but by the time the attacker climbed and leveled, the merchant ship below had already broken in two, and it was less than 1 minute before it hit!

The East African Sword Air Force wantonly slaughtered the panicked fleet without cover, and in less than ten minutes, all other ships in the fleet were slaughtered, leaving only 2 tankers under the protection of 7 frigates! Under Baker's command, the two destroyers dodged each other's attacks while striking a sparse barrage of barrages to cover the two huge oil tankers, while the remaining four submarine hunters also threw away all unused loads such as depth charges and erected a machine gun to defend the aircraft.

At this time, the advantages of the destroyer's thin body and ultra-high speed made the Italians a little crazy, and the twin-engine bomber itself was relatively bulky, the dive bomber was better, and the torpedo plane could only dive shallow to drop bombs or directly use ricochet attacks, but for the destroyer with a speed of more than 35 knots and a displacement of only 1700 tons, it was indeed a little difficult to shoot it. Under Petain's command, the D21 destroyer dodged as many as 6 250KG bombs one after another, and huge water columns rose into the sky one after another, but they just didn't hit. WHEN THE ITALIANS WANTED TO ATTACK THE TANKERS, PETAIN'S 105MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND 20MM MACHINE GUNS COULD FORCE THE OPPONENT TO BREAK AWAY FROM THE ATTACK ROUTE. A series of explosions sounded on the surface of the sea, and a twin-engine torpedo plane began to gradually lose altitude, preparing to give the other side a blow from the tail in the form of a sliding bombardment. But suddenly the chains of bullets shot from the side and back slashed off the entire tail rudder with a fierce bite on the tail, and then the runaway plane plunged headlong into the sea.

"Use the 20MM cannon to get close to me, and let the fighter with the bomblet take care of these annoying guys!" Noah looked at the friend who quickly sank to the bottom of the sea, and said with a blue face. THERE IS A TURRET IN THE FRONT OF HIS PLANE, AND THERE ARE TWO 20MM MACHINE GUNS IN IT, AND IF THE BOMB SHOOTS OR NOT, THE HIGH RATE OF FIRE MACHINE GUN CAN ALWAYS SUPPRESS IT! Immediately, six torpedo planes and several fighters that had dropped bombs and auxiliary fuel tanks began to fly at low altitudes in turn, suppressing the anti-aircraft fire on the destroyer D21.

The dense fire of the 20MM cannon and the 12.7MM machine gun instantly enveloped the poor destroyer, and the locust-like shells kept jumping armor on the destroyer's meeting, making small holes in the entire bridge, and the newly installed 20MM machine gun did not have enough protection at all, and the Italians' machine guns and machine guns began to shoot from 1,500 meters away, and only pulled up again after hitting more than 300 meters. A FIGHTER PLANE HAS ONE 20MM CANNON AND TWO 12.7MM MACHINE GUNS, AND IN A FEW TENS OF SECONDS, HUNDREDS OF ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION WERE POURED INTO A SMALL AREA, AND A GERMAN NAVAL OFFICER AND SOLDIER WERE WOUNDED BY FLYING SHRAPNEL OR BLOWN IN TWO BY A DIRECT HIT SHELL, AND THE DEFENSIVE FIRE OF THE D21 DESTROYER WAS FINALLY SUPPRESSED UNDER THE FIERCE ATTACK OF THE ITALIANS WHO WERE NOT AFRAID OF DEATH.

IN ADDITION TO THE 105MM GAOPING DUAL-PURPOSE GUNS PROTECTED BY THE GUN COVER, THE ENTIRE BATTLESHIP'S SIDE-CHORD ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN POSITION WAS IN A MESS, BUT THE 105MM GAOPING DID NOT LAST LONG, WHILE SWEEPING THE SIDE-CHORD 20MM GUN POSITION, SEVERAL ITALIAN FIGHTERS ALSO DROPPED THE 60KG SMALL BOMBS MOUNTED UNDER THE WING ON THE HULL, TWO OF WHICH HIT THE TWO TWIN 105MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AT THE HEAD AND TAIL, ACCOMPANIED BY TWO MUFFLED SOUNDS, NONE OF THE TWO GUN CREWS COULD ESCAPE.

In the end, two 250KG bombs put an end to the poor destroyer, one of which exploded in the hull after penetrating directly through the upper deck, and the whole destroyer quickly tilted to the side with a shock, while the other bomb killed the dog and hit the battleship's ammunition depot, and after a loud bang, the entire destroyer was blown to pieces like fireworks. It disappeared from the sea in just a dozen seconds.

And before the sinking of the D21 destroyer, two other German destroyers, one evacuated and one sunk. In the end, only two helpless tankers were left to face the remaining dozen or so aircraft. "Send them to the bottom of the sea, we should go too." Noah let out a long breath and said, then, after two loud bangs, two oil tankers loaded with more than 30,000 tons of crude oil were hit by 4 250KG bombs, and the high explosives finally ignited the crude oil that was not easy to burn, and the two oil tankers burned on the sea like torches. More than an hour after they left, the Turkish rescue fleet finally arrived, and at this time there were only some debris and people waiting to be rescued. "This is our worst defeat since the start of the war!" Richthofen said after receiving the information.

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