Chapter 1337: The Eagle Over the Bay of Biscay 5

"This is the most violent attack I have ever seen, both in terms of scale and intensity, the two sides fought around the Reaper Bomber Wing, a total of thousands of planes fighting in a small low-altitude airspace, this is the first completely three-dimensional engagement, the two sides are fighting at high, medium and low altitudes at the same time, from a maximum of 8,000 meters to a low altitude of less than a few hundred meters above sea level! The Huaxia Air Force is definitely the top aviation force in the world, and it is the most powerful enemy of the Empire! They have a strong national power that is not inferior to the United States, and at the same time they have the most advanced fighter jets and tactical systems in the world, and their attacks are as fast and fierce as a storm! The tactics were very delicate, the attack was very well connected, and when their fighters broke up our formation, another group of fighters smoothly inserted through the gap in our interception net, and they divided my troops, and in a very short time they tore a big hole in my defensive line! Celt recalled afterwards.

As Celtic said, before the first wave of attacks ended, the Concea Falcon fighter group, which had increased its cruising speed to about 550 kilometers, successfully passed through the gap in the Luftwaffe, and the German pilots who had just dodged the first wave of attacks suddenly found that the other side had killed in front of their eyes, and they had to operate the bulky DO335 to recover energy while fighting the nimble Techa Falcon fighters. The other side is a veteran, they will not be in a hurry to put the other party to death and abuse their energy like those newcomers, they pay more attention to coordination and energy maintenance, the 4-finger formation composed of 4 planes flexibly intersperses and wanders around the battlefield, and the already very scattered enemy aircraft formation is dismantled even smaller. And at the same time suppress the height of the other side. Relying on speed and altitude superiority, gradually grasp the initiative on the battlefield.

"Damn, Celtic can't stop the attack at all. Call HQ now, we need more fighter support. It doesn't matter if it's an FW190 or a DO335, or an old BF110. In short, be quick, otherwise, the Reaper may be removed from the Luftwaffe combat sequence! "Jeshunek had a good eye, he was keenly aware of the coming crisis, but he was a little slower to react, or was he overestimating the Luftwaffe's escort capabilities? When a large number of Foxbat interceptors rushed out of the shattered defensive line, the bombers of the Reaper did not run far, and these guys, whom the Germans called twin demons, roared towards the German group!

The interceptor group attacked from two directions at once. One force followed the bomber formation, while the other flanked the attack. THE LATTER WERE THE FIRST TO ENTER THE ATTACK POSITION, AND THESE HEAVILY ARMORED GIANT KILLERS APPROACHED THE GROUP FROM THE SIDE WITH GERMAN 13MM MACHINE GUNS, AND THEN FIRED THE FIRST ROUND OF ROCKET ATTACKS FROM A DISTANCE OF LESS THAN 700 METERS! Each Foxbat fighter carries 24 rounds of 50MM rockets, and the first salvo fires nearly a thousand small rockets! This volcanic eruption of fire crashed into the German fleet in less than 5 seconds!

One after another, explosions rang out in the attacked formations! The flames of the rocket explosion and countless fragments rained down on the air, and countless shrapnel tore at everything around them under the action of high-energy explosives! A bomber on the periphery was concentrated in less than ten seconds by hundreds of pieces of shrapnel, and these hot metals ignited the aluminum skin of the aircraft, then the frame and fuel tanks! In just a few seconds, the plane turned into an oversized flare. Burning debris continued to detach from the body, and after a few breaths, the huge creature disappeared from the air with a loud bang! Tons of jet fuel and the impact of the detonation of the bomb also affected several nearby planes, including one that was close enough to destroy its engine by flying shrapnel. With the screeching sound of metal breaking and the constant billowing smoke from the engine compartment, the two engines came to a standstill and eventually caused the plane to crash from the sky, looking down from above. The flanks of the huge German bomber formations weaved through flames and explosions, and from time to time huge figures fell from the sky.

And with the addition of the Flying Bat fighter unit attacking from behind. The situation of the German bomber formations was even more dangerous, and these interceptors did not leave after a round of rocket attacks. BUT CONTINUE TO CHASE THE BOMBERS IN FRONT, 2 30MM MACHINE GUNS AND 3 20MM MACHINE GUNS SPRAY SHELLS TO FORM AN ARC-SHAPED FIRE NETWORK, NEARLY 100 SHELLS FIRED EVERY SECOND FORM AN IRREGULAR IMPACT POINT TO COVER THE TAIL OF THE BOMBER, DENSE AS LOCUSTS AND GERMANS FIRED 13MM MACHINE GUN SHELLS ARE INTERTWINED IN THE AIR, FORMING A WEB OF DEATH, UNDER THE FIERCE FIRE, ALMOST EVERY MINUTE SEVERAL PLANES ARE DESTROYED, THEY OFTEN DO NOT EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO CRASH, It was directly smashed to pieces!

"This is my nightmare, those demons with two tails chasing and biting behind us like wolves that can't be shaken off, they usually form a two-plane formation, concentrate their fire on a bomber, and up to 10 cannons of various calibers can smash the huge tail of the HE177 to pieces in just a second! I saw the entire fuselage of a bomber next to me be consumed by shells fired from behind in a matter of seconds, and the scene was like driving a sheep into a school of piranhas, and I felt the space around me boiling! My ears were filled with explosions and shrill splinters, and my eyes were full of bright fire! I couldn't even aim, I have to say that I was a lucky one, I was the only surviving rear machine gunner in the entire bomber squadron, and when I woke up from my coma I saw the captain next to me, and he told me that the entire squadron did not survive even 2 dozen people in the end! You know, a squadron of HE177 bombers has 12 heavy bombers and 96 crew members! A German bomber crew member who was decommissioned because of his disability wrote in his diary. This shows how bad the situation on the battlefield of the Germans was at that time!

In just ten minutes, more than 40 bombers were destroyed by heavy artillery fire! This has never been seen before in the history of the Luftwaffe. (Not all HE177s, but also some DO217 medium bombers.) Such losses are somewhat unbearable for the Luftwaffe, which has deep pockets today! Just when Jeshunek was attacked. The Luftwaffe Southern Front Command in Madrid is also working hard to save the Grim Reaper in crisis! The Germans already have a plan for what they might encounter today! On the one hand, Kesselring ordered the German air forces stationed on the west coast of France to take off immediately to support, and on the other hand, he directly canceled the order for the second wave of attacks. The bomber unit quickly withdrew, while the fighter unit responsible for the cover accelerated support!

So far. This long-planned offensive of the Luftwaffe is over before it has even begun! Not a single Entente warship was hit by a bomb from the Reaper! The first concentrated operation of the Reaper United ended in this humiliating way! However, as the German bomber force got closer and closer to the coastline, and the Luftwaffe still rescued the scene in time, most of the bombers still managed to get out of danger, and then these reaper who were holding their breath threw a large number of guided munitions to the preset target, and the sudden attack of hundreds of heavy guided bombs caused an unwarranted disaster for the Allied troops on the ground! In the days that followed, the German Army found that their advance was unusually smooth, and some mid-ranking officers even asked their air liaison officers and superiors why the Luftwaffe had suddenly provided an air support level that exceeded "expectations". Of course, the Air Force will not tell the Army that this time it kicked on the steel plate, and then came back to find a soft persimmon to pinch!

Luftwaffe before evacuation. Still, when he reported the situation to the navy, Count Spee was naturally a little annoyed when he saw that his plan had failed like this. Then he planned to contact the HNA fighter unit that was carrying out the diversion mission, and the main owner was gone, so let's hurry up and leave if the cannon dragon is an MT! But alas, at this time, the German naval fighter unit was already fighting with the remaining troops over the Allied fleet! It's not so easy to withdraw! After hearing the news, Count Spee really felt a little like he was shooting himself in the foot! Or is stealing chickens not a recipe for rice?

Compared to the DO335 group, which was badly beaten today, the situation of the German Navy's fighter units was much better, on the one hand, because they were all fighters. There is no task to protect attack aircraft. Secondly, although the total strength of the defender is large, the density of troops is relatively limited, and there are many fighters with poor performance such as the F6F. The third point is that the FW190 fighter's comprehensive ability to fight against air is indeed stronger than that of DO335. In addition to speed. FW190 is stronger than the latter in all aspects, and it can even compete with Huaxia's Shicha Falcon 3 aircraft at medium and low altitudes.

"The high-altitude performance of the fighters of the Huaxia and the Entente countries is relatively good, or the performance at all altitudes is relatively balanced. Because our fighter engines are mostly one-stage supercharged, they will perform better at low altitudes. At high altitude, the engine output is insufficient because the boosting efficiency decreases and the intake pressure is small. So in the future, we should engage the opponent below 5000 meters, in this way, the performance advantage of the FW190 fighter and the new Huaxia Shicha Falcon fighter will be as small as possible, below 4000 meters, there is no advantage of two-stage supercharging, and at an altitude of 4000 to 5000 meters, it should be the height of the two-stage supercharger shift of the Shicha Falcon fighter, so the efficiency of the opponent is not very high.

And if you fight at a higher place, the gap between the FW190 fighter and the opponent will quickly widen. The speed and maneuverability of the opposing side at high altitudes can simply be described as terrifying, and even the FW190 is difficult to match it. "I have to say that the Germans in this plane still have a very keen sense of smell, and after a few few encounters, and the wreckage of the Shicha Falcon plane found, the Germans can judge the advantages and disadvantages of this new type of aircraft in Huaxia. And developed targeted tactics, of course, whether this set of tactics works or not has to be tested on the battlefield, after all, it's not that you want to come to a low altitude, people will come with you!

However, even so, the German naval aviation also threw down about 150 various aircraft before finally breaking away, not all of these aircraft were lost in the battle, of which 110 were destroyed on the spot, 20 were damaged, and the other 30 were lost due to fuel or landing problems, such losses were also quite painful for the German High Seas Fleet, and in the Battle of the Atlantic, the German High Seas Fleet was already broken. And then after gritting their teeth and pressing the coffin, Austria-Hungary and Spain said that they would not play, and this time almost 9% of the losses were from the German Navy, which means that in the future, the quality of the German naval aviation will decline somewhat. This is good news for the Huaxia Navy, which is about to enter the war. Watching the last plane land on the deck, Count Spee was finally relieved, and at this point, the entire battle of the Atlantic was completely over, the Allied fleet had inflicted heavy losses on the opponent, but it could not completely annihilate it, and it was difficult for both sides to organize such a large-scale engagement for a considerable period of time. It seemed that there was going to be a calm at sea for a while, at least the Germans hoped that this would be the case, and they would have to hurry up and regain their strength before the Chinese navy entered the war!

"We're finally safe." When Nimitz repeatedly confirmed that the German bomber formation was leaving, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he sat down in his chair, exhausted by the days of continuous fighting and intense work. The Allied fleet was ultimately defeated, but fortunately they still had a chance to turn the tables around. However, it is expected that this turnaround process will definitely not be smooth. Because just after the Entente fleet arrives at the safe zone, the world's largest fleet will face a split, and the French will be stationed in French ports with their fleet, waiting for the government's orders, and the British will also take back their fleet. If nothing else, the American fleet will return home. The battle on the European continent is coming to an end, although the strong support of the Chinese Air Force has saved a trace of decline, but in any case, the fall of France has become a foregone conclusion, and the top level of the French government has begun to consider the issue of surrender.

"Admiral Darlang has signaled to us that he is leaving with the fleet, and he wishes us a good journey!" A staff officer said to Nimitz, who was recuperating with his eyes closed.

"Got it, tell them we'll always be friends! A friend for one day and a friend for life! Nimitz thought for a moment and sent out this telegram with profound meaning. Wait a minute, were General de Gaulle's troops stationed near Nantes? This is good news for us to come to the book. ”

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