"Radar room, please confirm the situation repeatedly, how can there be so many enemy planes in the 307 direction?" Kars was shocked and yelled at the other end of the earpiece. This position is obviously not in the same direction as the US fleet that it has reconnoitred, and when the position of the fleet has been exposed, there is no need for the US planes to go around this large circle in an attempt to avoid their own counterreconnaissance. The only possibility is that the group of planes came from another American fleet. But that fleet had obviously been heavily damaged by itself yesterday, and a total of more than a dozen bombs hit the target, how could it still have such a complete fighter take-off and landing capability? What's more, their carrier-based aircraft were also shot down in large numbers in yesterday's battle, and now it would be nice to have half of them available!

"The radar room confirms that the situation is correct, the speed of the target group is 340km/h, and the current distance from the fleet is 155km!" After nearly a minute of silence, the voice on the other end of the phone was full of affirmation. Kars slowly put down the receiver, and a thousand thoughts came to his mind. Under normal circumstances, it would have been impossible for the US fleet to release this wave of planes, and there must have been an unexpected change on the way. Suddenly, Kars's mind flashed, could it be that this American fleet was no longer the lineup after yesterday's battle, and another aircraft carrier with complete aviation combat power had joined its three ∝?

Kars gritted his teeth and said, "Immediately send a telegram to the second wave of attack planes, so that most of their fighters will immediately turn back to the sky over the mothership to meet the enemy!" Now that he has learned about the tricks played by the Americans, the other side must have reorganized his forces during the night, but on the surface he still maintains the lineup from yesterday's battle; When you find your opponent. Misjudged the enemy's air power at the time of boarding. Now their own air cover is unprecedentedly weak. It is an impossible task to completely stop the opponent's attack aircraft.

For fighters flying at high speeds. It only took 20 minutes for the target to be visible from 150 km away, and although the German fleet began to maneuver at high speed immediately after the radar warning, the lookout spotted the swarming American planes from the sea-sky junction half an hour later. Through the many previous reconnaissance surveys, the US aircraft group had already accurately grasped the position of the German fleet, and the 25 km distance temporarily opened by the German fleet did not become a key condition hindering their attack as it did yesterday. Seeing the giant carriers speeding at high speed on the sea in the distance, the US pilots finally had an excellent stage to show their strength. In the gray-black smoke that burst into the dense explosion, they flew high and low in the fighter plane. shuttle like electricity; Although a considerable part of them were blocked by the fierce anti-aircraft fire of the German fleet and could only dodge and struggle in the stormy barrage, because the number of US attack planes in this wave exceeded 100, there were still not a few who successfully launched an attack!

"Boom!" The thunder roared and the waves swept the sky, and the huge waves stirred up by the high-explosive bomb when it exploded on the surface of the sea made everyone who witnessed it tremble. In the face of small and compact fighters, heavy aircraft carriers that are tens of thousands of times larger than them have to do their best to do wolf bèi maneuvers, whether it is a black tin canister that rapidly grows in the sky, or a silver-white gun barracuda that swims at a gallop on the sea. They are all terrifying beings that make them fear snakes and scorpions, and they can't avoid them. The bow of the aircraft carrier stirred up a large wave of water that flew and swelled, like two waterfalls hanging diagonally on the side of the side. This undoubtedly highlights that their real-time speed exceeds the 30 knots mark; When making a sharp turn, the aircraft carrier also rolled violently under the action of huge centrifugal force, so that they with a freeboard height of more than 12 meters, and they also approached the sea surface like their counterparts on battleships. If it weren't for the sailors on the deck gun positions clinging to the handrails to secure their bodies, they would even be at risk of being thrown out of the aircraft carrier. The waves were spraying, the wake was surging, and the originally well-organized fleet formation was scattered all over the sea in less than ten minutes; Cursing, shouting, and praying alike, along with the roar of guns and the roar of engines, merge into a magnificent symphony that rumbles and stirs.

"Damn the Americans, why are so many attack planes eyeing my ship?" In the armored commander tower of the aircraft carrier Richthofen, Admiral Morris, who was in a straight uniform, roared sharply, and his right hand, clenched into a fist, kept pounding the 60 mm thick shrapnel armor in front of him. Judging from the current situation of fighter planes flying around us, at least thirty or forty attack planes have been eyeing their 276-meter-long behemoth; Rao is main ship and the surrounding frigates are firing into the air as hard as they can, but they are still stretched thin in the face of the large number of opponents.

What made Morris even more troublesome was that those US fighters that did not carry any explosives were not idle in the air, but risked being shot down at any moment, and constantly used their aircraft to suppress their own small-caliber anti-aircraft fire. The German gunners obviously could not ignore these annoying flies: with the exception of a small number of twin 128-mm high-level guns, the small-caliber guns that supported the main force of the anti-aircraft were open-air gun emplacements, with only a 15-mm steel plate in front of the shield to resist direct cannon fire. In order to save weight, the navies of various countries have adopted a low-end configuration on this small-caliber anti-aircraft gun, and there are many cases of completely naked ones. For this reason, the German gunners had to devote a portion of their fire to the dive strafing of the opposing fighters, otherwise they risked being wiped out in one fell swoop, which further dispersed their anti-aircraft fire.

"Torpedo! Torpedo found 2000 yards away on the starboard side! A hoarse voice suddenly rang out on the deck. Looking in the direction of the sailors' fingers, he saw that four white tracks were swooping towards the forward channel of his aircraft carrier at a speed of more than 40 knots. The German gunners did not have time to retaliate with the most intense revenge fire on the vicious American torpedo planes, so they were forced to target these torpedoes, which looked like wild dogs, and a large number of bullets began to pour down on these swimming scales in order to detonate them in advance during the voyage. At the same time, the aircraft carrier itself has begun a new round of sharp turns, and since the center of gravity of the armored aircraft carrier has been greatly increased compared to ordinary air carriers, the tilt caused by its violent turn has made some pessimists worry about whether it will capsize.

With the unremitting efforts of the German gunners, a torpedo was finally detonated in the sea more than 400 meters away from the aircraft carrier, and the deafening explosion sound penetrated the ears like thunder, and the terrifying energy of the explosion of 190kg of high explosives made the German sailors hundreds of meters away feel the obvious shock. The threat to the Richthofen was reduced by a quarter, but the remaining three torpedoes were still speeding towards it. With the superb skills of the first mate, the aircraft carrier avoided two other torpedoes, but the other torpedo was too tricky at an angle, and the Richthofen had to inevitably collide head-on with it!

"Boom!" There was a huge thunderstorm, the waves rushed to the sky, and a rolling wave that was far above the top of the aircraft carrier suddenly rose, and more than a dozen sailors who had not had time to escape were swept away by the waves. The violent explosion tore a large hole of more than 20 square meters in the underwater hull of the aircraft carrier, and the sea water rushed into the cabin when it landed. But fortunately, this torpedo hit the anti-torpedo depth of the aircraft carrier, 60 mm WW high-elastic homogeneous steel with a depth of 6 meters, assisted by the 6-meter depth of 5 layers of air and liquid, perfectly withstood this wave of attacks, but the non-core troops were flooded by hundreds of tons. However, before Morris could feel his luck again, another mixed formation of bombers and torpedo planes rushed towards his own aircraft carrier!

"Boom! Rumble! "Bombs and torpedoes burst into contact on the Richthofen, the hull of the ship trembled, the fire surged, and large swaths of tough hull steel armor shattered and flew like scraps of wood under the strong impact of the explosion, and the twisted scorched black and flames entering the water became the main theme of the aircraft carrier's current situation. However, the Richthofen is indeed worthy of the status of the same class ship of the Hindenburg class, and the reasonable armor setting and perfect cabin layout have helped it withstand the bombardment of a large number of explosives again and again. After being hit by 4 torpedoes and 7 bombs, the entire aircraft carrier was still able to maneuver on the surface of the sea at a speed of more than 24 knots; More than 100 anti-aircraft guns shot desperately into the air under the control of sailors, and the tongues of fire shone brightly, like a wounded and crazy beast. U.S. fighter planes were constantly dragging long plumes of smoke and falling from high altitudes - in the face of the powerful anti-aircraft fire of the German battleships, every successful attack was also accompanied by serious combat attrition.

As the battle continued, the initial excitement of the American pilots was gradually replaced by uneasiness and anxiety. The opponent's anti-aircraft firepower has long exceeded the level of their own fleet, and those air defense cruisers full of anti-aircraft guns are like death-threatening beings in their eyes. According to the estimates of American pilots, the number of anti-aircraft guns it possessed was already comparable to that of battleships. If it was just like that, it would be a big deal that I would give this life here today, but even those German aircraft carriers seemed to be unshakable Rocky Mountains; Under the double blow of bombs and torpedoes, they can still stand proudly on the cusp of the battlefield!

After nearly half an hour of fighting, the US attack aircraft scored an unprecedented brilliant hit. In addition to the Richthofen, the Hoffmann was hit with four torpedoes and five bombs, and the Mackensen ate six torpedoes in a row, but they were still sailing under their own power and showed no signs of sinking. The US military aircraft group, which also suffered heavy losses, could only return with great loss and unwillingness, and they had already done what they should have done, but the disparity in strength between the two sides was too strong! (To be continued......)

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