"Fighter units are ready to climb. If we get closer, the low altitude will not be able to cover us. Get ready to force your way through! "When the German air defense is facing an attack from two directions. The 2nd Allied Attack Formation finally arrived, and at first they tried to keep the altitude as low as possible below 1,000 meters. However, due to the lack of sufficient escort ships and the problem of radar performance, the density of its outer defense ring was very low, combined with electronic suppression. The second attack formation was not yet detected at a distance of 150 kilometers from the Allied fleet. Of course, if you get closer, it will definitely be exposed, in this case, don't do it endlessly! Rush it!

The first to climb is naturally the skua swarm. In the face of Skua with a sea-level climb speed of up to 4,500 feet per minute, it takes less than five minutes to reach the predetermined combat altitude of 6,000 meters. The SBD4 attack aircraft behind also began to climb, but thanks to the large amount of ammunition they carried, they climbed to a maximum altitude of 3500 meters. Although the SBD4 has more ammunition and flexibility than the Skuas, its flight performance is even worse, and if it weren't for the 1st Strike Formation, which dragged most of the German fighter forces, the survivability of these powerful bomb trucks was really worrying!

"What are the Germans doing? Did you go home and sleep? When the first wave of Skuas reached operational altitude, they scanned the sky and found that the entire German fleet appeared empty except for the FW190s that were fighting a group of F6F fighters in the distance.

"Hell! What's that?! "And at the same time, the Germans finally spotted the climbing Entente group on the radar screen! The dense dots of light that suddenly appeared on the screen really made Count Spee jump! "All fleets unleash the fleet! Put all the planes out, and the attack aircraft and twin-engine aircraft will not be left! "In this moment. Count Spee seemed to have figured something out. The opponent's initial attacks are all feints, and only this one is a real killer move! No wonder the group approaching from the east did not have any attack aircraft. They are all fighters! It's about consuming your own air defense!

But the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, even in the case of a serious overdraft of air defense. The Germans still concentrated at least six squadrons of fighters to intercept their opponents, but of course, a defensive force of this magnitude was still numerically inferior to the attackers. While all the aircraft carriers of the Germans continued to talk about the few planes in the hangar and sent them into the sky, the SBD4s of the US Navy had already broken through the air defenses of the other side and showed their sharp fangs at the German fleet!

In fact, the number of SBD4 bombers that successfully broke through was not large, only about 140, and in front of them there were a large number of frigates and FW190 fighters who braved their own anti-aircraft fire. Looking at the Allied attack aircraft group that was gradually spreading out, Count Spee breathed a sigh of relief, he thought he could still block an attack of this scale. But in the actual fight, the damage was still beyond his imagination!

The group of attack aircraft that successfully penetrated the defense was divided into two groups, one of which rushed to the Austro-Hungarian fleet under the command of Jordi, which was a weakness of the Allied fleet, whose escort fleet was smaller and more inferiorly equipped, under the assault of more than 30 attack aircraft and under the cover of more than 40 Skua fighters. The attack echelon successfully pierced the opponent's defenses, and the first wave of 8 torpedo planes appeared on the side of Lord Loudoon!

The machine guns on the aircraft carrier and the Skua fighters covering the opponent fired wildly. The two sides rained bullets on each other from a distance of several hundred meters. In just a few minutes. THIS AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND THE ESCORT BATTLESHIP NEXT TO IT SHOT DOWN AT LEAST 4 SKA FIGHTERS, AND THE DENSE 40MM SHELLS SWEPT THROUGH LIKE THE SICKLE OF DEATH, SMASHING TARGETS TO PIECES!

HOWEVER, THE FIERCE SKUAS ALSO INFLICTED HEAVY LOSSES ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND THE CONTINUOUS FIRE OF DOZENS OF 20MM MACHINE GUNS AT A DISTANCE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED METERS DESTROYED MOST OF THE ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN POSITIONS ON THE ENTIRE SIDE OF THE SIDE! THE THIN STEEL PLATE CAN'T STOP THE 20MM*110MM SHELLS AT ALL! The dense shells directly smashed the anti-aircraft gun platform on the side into a Shura field made of fragments and flesh. Subsequently, 6 torpedo planes successfully rushed to the lightning strike distance. A full 12 torpedoes were fired at this aircraft carrier!

"It can't be!" Looking at the 12 torpedoes fired in a fan-shaped shape, Jordi felt a tingling on the top of his head! The density of such lightning strikes is really beyond his imagination! He did not believe before that a single-engine plane could carry 2 torpedoes! The dense lightning strikes fired at a distance of 1,200 to 800 meters made it impossible for the carrier to dodge, and after dodging eight torpedoes in a twist. Still 3 torpedoes hit the side of this aircraft carrier! One of the torpedoes hit the tail cockpit directly! Two rudders and two propellers were blown away, and the huge battleship was paralyzed on the surface of the sea in an instant!

Without waiting for the Austrians to rush to repair the battleship. Two more torpedoes concentrated the power compartment of this aircraft carrier almost simultaneously! Together, the two torpedoes and nearly 700KG of cyclone explosives tore a hole more than 30 meters long directly on the side of the hull! Accompanied by a violent explosion, countless fragments and high-temperature and high-pressure bubbles shattered the TDS defenses on the side of the battleship. Accompanied by the influx of thousands of tons of seawater. Not only did the battleship lose half of its power, but it also had an uncontrollable tilt.

In the end, the aircraft carrier could not go back. However, there was also good news for the Austrians, that is, due to the limitation of the number of penetrating aircraft groups, the remaining aircraft could no longer pose a threat to the aircraft carriers at the core of the air defense array, and the remaining dozen bombers either ran out of ammunition and left or were shot down after sinking a cruiser and a destroyer, and the attack on the Austro-Hungarian fleet was over. And the German fleet has just ushered in the most ferocious round of attack!

The remaining almost 100 attack aircraft broke into the inner circle of the German fleet defenses, and the fleet of Count Luknal and the fleet of Count Spey were attacked at the same time! Because of its relatively outward position, the Lyutsov became the target of public criticism. Two SBD-3 bombers first dropped 4 bombs on the poor carrier, one of which blew the elevator located on the central axis to pieces, while the other two bombs swept the anti-aircraft gun deck on the side of the carrier. The ferocious anti-aircraft fire of the aircraft carrier broke the wing of an attack aircraft.

But the plane ended up crashing into the hangar of the Lytsov from the side! Tons of bombs and fuel exploded and turned the entire hangar of the Lütsov into a sea of fire. And the violent explosion also led the fire to the lower deck! And then the two torpedo planes that came up to mend the knife sentenced the Lütsov to death! Two torpedoes hit the power compartment and the diesel generator compartment, after two loud bangs. The battleship lost almost all power and self-rescue capabilities and eventually sank to the bottom of the sea.

Other bomb-carrying SBD bombers also took care of the Germans' other aircraft carriers. But the 500KG class bomb is really less powerful for an aircraft carrier with an armored flight deck. Although a few small perforations were punched in the deck, some lifts were blown up as well. However, the damage to the hull structure is minimal. It's a good boat to pull back and repair.

Colonel Bryce of the U.S. Navy, who commanded the attack on Spee's fleet, as an old bird who survived the last war, was still very clear about the level of defense of the Germans' warships, and with more than 60 of his own aircraft, he focused his attack on the two 18,000-ton fleet aircraft carriers Tiger and Panther! The other 3 aircraft carriers in Spee's fleet, the Europa and the aircraft carrier Caesar, he didn't even look at it, because he knew that it would be difficult for his own firepower to destroy such a big guy. He knows very well that it is better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt his ten fingers!

How could the two aircraft carriers, the Tiger and the Panther, be called crispy defenses, withstand the siege of more than 60 bombers? Although more than a dozen German destroyers were concentrating all their firepower to cover these two battleships, and although the personnel of the battleships had turned smoke devices into a cloud of smoke to envelop most of the battleships in smoke, the bombs and torpedoes dropped by the Allies on these two poor battleships were still enough to destroy them!

The aircraft carrier Tiger was hit by 6 500KG bombs, the entire deck was almost engulfed in flames, under the scorching fire, pieces of steel plates and bracket fragments fell into the hangar, and then the fire spread inside the hull, he was the only battleship sunk by bombs in the whole battle. The Panther next to it was even worse, and the torpedo planes attacked from both sides at the same time. 2 torpedoes hit the port side, 1 hit the starboard side, and although the water balance corrected the tilt for a short time, too much water intake eventually led to the sinking of the battleship!

The Entente fleet before leaving. Didn't forget to make some trouble for the German escort battleships, and after sinking 6 destroyers with the remaining rockets and bombs, the remaining planes flew away. Accompanied by the command to end the attack in the airwaves. The remaining Entente aircraft groups began to withdraw, in almost two and a half hours of fighting. The Germans sank 2 armored aircraft carriers and 2 medium aircraft carriers. The loss of carrier-based aircraft was about 550 (including those sunk with the ship. Together with the aircraft lost in the offensive, the entire Allied fleet lost half of its carrier-based aircraft!

Of course. The Entente fleet also suffered heavy losses, 1 armored aircraft carrier and 2 light aircraft carriers were sunk. The number of aircraft lost is probably around 700 units. However, judging from the comparison, it is clear that this time the Entente is superior. Thanks to advanced carrier-based aircraft and more rational strategies and tactics. For the first time, the Entente fleet overwhelmed its opponent in a massive aircraft carrier engagement. Not only did it save the convoy, but it also broke a few teeth of the Allied fleet.

After a bloody battle, both sides can be described as suffering heavy losses. A large number of carrier-based aircraft losses and damaged fleets need to be repaired. And the Contente convoys will continue to go to the British mainland. The German naval blockade had no other reliance than the use of submarines. The Count of Spee was to return with the rest of the fleet to France and the Mediterranean for rest and replenishment.

"The fleet is back!" When the German aircraft carrier recovered the last carrier-based aircraft. Count Spee, who tasted defeat in the Great War for the first time, gritted his teeth and gave the order for the fleet to retreat! Looking at the few planes on the deck of the fleet, and thinking about the spectacular scene of the planes taking off a few hours ago, Count Spee felt his heart bleed! The loss of the fleet was admittedly painful for him, but the loss of half of the crew that had just been replenished made him even more worried about the future of the war.

"The Allied fleet also suffered heavy losses, and if we left a detachment and at the same time transferred the carrier-based aircraft of other aircraft carriers, we could also launch an attack on the Allied transport fleet. We can't just go away! Before giving the order, Raeder also had some unyielding advice.

"After replenishing the planes of your detachment, I will have just over 500 planes! Some of them are Austrians! There are only more than 500 aircraft on a dozen aircraft carriers! Do you know what happens if you are attacked by an enemy? And with just over 400 planes, what can you do? The Entente fleet only needs one wave of attacks to beat your fleet to the ground! In this case, the Entente fleet, perhaps, would have continued to sail to Britain. But we can't. We've lost, we're vulnerable, and that last bit of strength is the bottom line on which we can protect ourselves. There was a hint of anger in Earl Spee's words. This is not the time to be impressed! He must keep the capital for Germany to continue fighting!

As Count Spee had predicted, the main fleets of the United States and China continued to advance with a large convoy of transports, and when the Battle of the North Atlantic ended, it also represented a decisive defeat for the Luftwaffe against Britain. The German navy and air force were powerless to prevent the Allies from sending tens of millions of tons of supplies to Britain. Among these supplies were aircraft, ammunition, accessories, radars and anti-aircraft artillery for the continuation of the British anti-aircraft operations! There are even canned boxes of frozen food that are enough to add one extra dish to every Brits table.

When the Chinese navy joined, the naval power of the Entente finally overwhelmed its old rival. The naval strength and replenishment capabilities of two super-first-class powers and a naval power are definitely not comparable to Germany and Austria-Hungary, which can only be regarded as second-rate countries!

After the defeat, Count Spee immediately sent a telegram to the Kaiser and the military leaders in Berlin, stating the course and results of the battle. After receiving the telegram, the Kaiser was quite angry in the hall. scolded the Navy and Count Spee for his incompetence, and even threatened to remove the commander of the Navy. Of course, of course, this latter statement cannot be true, because in a short period of time, there is really no one in the German Navy who can calm the scene. Richthofen, who was sitting on the right-hand side, breathed a sigh of relief that for him, the tragic air offensive and defensive battle that broke out on British soil could finally come to an end. He could now finally find an opportunity to suggest to the Kaiser that the British Raiders be terminated! Now the question arises, where will Germany go without fighting Britain? How will this war end?

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