Chapter 1472: Tragic Battle 1

Unleash the first wave of attack aircraft, then the fleet retreats, while releasing the direct guard group in full force. The battle has been fought so far, the two sides have completely formed a fixed pattern, both sides are very jealous of each other's strength, after playing a wave with all their might, there is no mind and confidence to fight another wave, because everyone knows that if you release the second wave of aircraft, not to mention whether you can clean up the other party, you yourself will definitely not be able to block the opponent's first wave of attacks! This is completely different from the historical situation where both sides attacked with death!

As soon as the attack groups left, all the aircraft carriers on both sides immediately began to rebuild their defensive groups. Fighter jets were sent from the hangar to the deck. The ground crew, who had just finished the release, immediately threw themselves into the second wave of take-off missions before they had time to rest, and although some of the planes had already completed loading and refueling in the hangar, it still took nearly half an hour to locate and queue up. The wide deck of the aircraft carrier was re-filled with aircraft, and about 45 minutes after the departure of the attack group, the Huaxia and American aircraft carriers once again emptied their decks.

With the roar of the launch, hundreds of planes flew into the sky, and they formed a barrel-shaped anti-aircraft formation over the fleet, and waited for them under the guidance of radar sentry planes and the fleet's air defense command system. After these two rounds of flights, the main aircraft carriers of the Huaxia and US navies have almost emptied all carrier-based aircraft, and while they redeploy the few remaining aircraft on the deck, they began to evacuate in the direction away from each other.

"Let the fleet of escort fleets take off 1 hour after we attack. Let's hope they can join forces with our fleet! After arranging everything, Nimitz remembered that the American fleet had an ambush next to the German fleet and immediately asked the staff officer to prepare a telegram.

"Let them wait, I have ordered the group to split into two when the attack is launched, and one group will attack together with the attack group of the escort fleet, there are too many aircraft in our attack. If you attack from one direction, you won't be able to do it effectively! Su Mo said.

Commanding more than 850 planes to launch an attack was definitely a very troublesome matter, and in previous exercises, although the Huaxia Naval Air Force had already deployed its formation before entering the target area, the attack surface was still not wide enough. A large number of planes were crammed together. Due to the limitations of communication and command and coordination capabilities, the aircraft groups cannot be too far apart, and as long as the defender finds the right direction of attack, then the attack will become a hard-fought battle. Therefore, in actual engagements, the Huaxia Navy generally likes to divide into two groups when directing aircraft carriers to conduct large-scale operations, forming a pincer attack posture. In this way, the opponent needs to consider the division of troops, and the defense side will be more difficult to command, and it will be easier to break through.

The Germans used a similar approach, but they didn't think about it that much. It is just that the twin-engine planes carrying guided bombs and torpedoes fly relatively fast and will naturally form a formation with the escort fighters, while the single-engine torpedo planes will naturally form another formation if they are relatively slow, and there will be a time lag when they are put into battle. Comparatively, the attack of the Huaxia group sought to attack in two directions at the same time, while the German fleet entered the field in one direction at different times.

If you look at the speed of the formation flight, the Germans were still a little faster. Less than 10 minutes after the Huaxia and U.S. navies released their air defense fighters into the air. The destroyers on the periphery had already discovered traces of the German fleet! The dense dots of light on the radar display screen make people tremble. They are as bloodthirsty as swarming piranhas. "The distance is 220 km! The attack is expected in 30 minutes! "Aviation staff officers are generally constantly marking the position and direction of the opponent on the drawing board, while arranging the sequence of fighter defensive operations. Rushing forward is the least efficient tactic. Blocking layers of attacks and retaining sufficient mobile forces is the only way to fight in air defense operations!

A defensive line of more than 700 fighters of various types spread out in the air, and the huge Skua fighters roared towards each other in large groups! Before engaging the enemy, the speed of the entire fleet had been increased to 600 kilometers per hour! Even after the first wave of attacks is over, you can still use your speed advantage to turn around and bite the target again! And at this time, even at the sprint speed, the maximum cruising speed of the German attack aircraft group was only 500 kilometers per hour!

The German fleet rushed towards the target like a torrent, and in front of them was a breakwater made of the most advanced sea-based carrier-based structures of the era! "After a wave, leave. Climb up again and attack again! Don't be in love! "Before the attack, the captains of the various brigades once again reminded their pilots. All the planes entered the battlefield from a height of about 1000 meters above the German attack aircraft group, and then the first wave of about 200 Skuas fighters charged, accompanied by an order to throw away the auxiliary fuel tanks!

Take advantage of the speed advantage of the dive and excellent defense. The Skua fighter successfully tore through the FW190 fighters intercepted in the first wave, and the performance gap between the two sides was further widened in the case of altitude disadvantage. The German fleet did not have time to climb. It can even be intercepted only in the situation of attacking from the back. They didn't dare to let go of these hunters and then chase after them.

Because with just one negligence, the powerful firepower of the Skua fighter can easily shred those relatively slow attack aircraft, and use the speed advantage to throw off the pursuers behind. In an extremely unfavorable situation, the first German fighter brigade to rush forward was instantly beaten with blood! Several squadrons of Skua fighters formed a tight but wide front, slashing straight down like a machete. A network of hundreds of machine guns and machine guns directly tore apart the first wave of intercepted German planes, and then the entire group began to rush into the attacking aircraft group behind it in small groups.

By this time, the first round of relatively fair engagements between the two sides had just begun, and all the attack planes began to close to each other, gathering like a herd of frightened wildebeests to fend off the ferocious predators. One by one, the squadron of attack aircraft moved forward like a fire hedgehog, and the FW190 fighter next to it finally took advantage of the opportunity of the opponent's dive to end and the speed began to recover! The Germans used their numerical superiority to divide each other, and then destroyed the Huaxia fighters trapped in it in relay dogfights!

A Huaxia pilot easily destroyed a JU90 attack plane on the edge of the formation with a burst fire at the end of the dive. Not far from the destroyed target, there is also a seemingly damaged plane that is gradually being thrown away by its teammates, and facing the low-hanging fruit. The pilot hesitated, he gave up the opportunity to break away and directly began to circle, trying to bite the opponent. The Skua drew an arc in the air, and in pursuit of the maximum circling angle, the fighter itself was rapidly losing speed. Even with the strong power of the R2800 engine. Still can't support an airplane in a hovering without losing speed!

With a constant rate of decline. The pilot could feel the plane's sluggish operation. It was like a lion staggering a little after turning around violently. When he used the aperture of the scope to rigidly fit the target on the target, an FW190 cut into his attack path from above, and decisively pulled the trigger! Four tongues of fire swept across like the scythe of death, shattering half of the tail into pieces.

However, the vast majority of Skua fighters managed to penetrate the German formation. They used their cannons and nimble tactical maneuvers to make several gaps in the huge German fleet, and about 40 attack planes were destroyed in this raid, although the losses were not very large, but they caused confusion in the formation. Many German squadrons were dismantled, and the lone attack aircraft will inevitably be more and less lucky after the next attack!

"Make every effort to cover the fast bomber group to break out of the encirclement!" At a critical moment, Rear Admiral Wirtz of the German Naval Aviation, who was in charge of commanding the group, decisively gave the order. As the most experienced front-line commander in the German Navy. He had already realized the other party's plan, and he could feel that if the fast fleet could not evacuate before the other party launched a general attack at this time, I was afraid that the penetration of the entire fleet would fail! At this last moment, he decisively assigned half of his fighters to the twin-engine bomber group and the FW190TF attack aircraft carrying 500KG bombs, which were faster and had a higher probability of survival! As for the remaining fighters and torpedo machines, I'm afraid they can only be cannon fodder for delaying!

And with the order, the huge German fleet was divided into two groups in a very short time. Nearly 180 FW190 fighters took the initiative to charge the Huaxia defense group. They rushed at their opponents like angry boars. And then, after cracks appeared in Huaxia's defensive formation. Almost all twin-engine bombers and FW190 dive bombers hit outwards at maximum speed. They withstood the rain of bullets from the fighter units that swooped down from above and withdrew towards the only gap, and in the continuous formation, German planes were shot down from time to time, and even many planes were directly hit into a fireball by the dense armor-piercing and incendiary bombs. Every violent explosion in the sky is a catastrophe for the plane next to it! Eventually, however, after losing nearly a quarter of the group, the small wave of German bombers escaped from the preset positions of the Chinese Air Force.

"That's good. It's very conscious! When the Germans' deployment reacted to the drawing board in front of Su Mo, Su Mo couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the other party's reaction and actions! In addition to disrupting the opponent's formation, the first round of attacks of the Huaxia Air Force was also aimed at better attacking. If you attack purely from the front, the huge Huaxia fleet will also not be able to deploy. The two sides can only huddle together and fight the beast in the narrow airspace. Therefore, the air combat mode used by Huaxia is to break up the opponent's formation through the impact and cutting of some aircraft. Even if the cut cannot be completed, the group that has completed the plunder can attack from the rear, thus increasing the attack surface by one. And the German escort group had to cover both the front and rear directions at the same time.

"Fast and reserve fleets are ready to intercept the breakout groups of the Germans. The rest of the fleet joined forces to besiege the remnants of the enemy. However, for the tactics of the Germans, Su Mo and others also took precautions. The biggest feature of the German fleet is its speed. Therefore, the Huaxia and U.S. air forces specially left a fast fleet to meet the opponent, although the aircraft is also a Skua fighter, but they have unloaded some of the load. Even the fuel tank was not filled, and even more so the paint was hung up and the surface was polished, and this was only to save tens of kilograms of weight and have a better aerodynamic profile. The aluminum skins of these aircraft shimmer silver in the sunlight. Nicknamed the Silverwings by his colleagues on the aircraft carrier! Our last protector!

Major General Wirtz, commander-in-chief of the German front-line air force, was right, and when the Huaxia Air Force completed the first intersperse, the remaining German fleet soon fell into a predicament! After the completion of the interspersed Skua fighters, they quickly turned their heads and rushed to the rear of the German group, and the speed of nearly 600 kilometers per hour allowed them to quickly bite the advancing German group, and many German guard groups did not have time to remember the situation of the opponent, and countless shells swept over like raindrops. In the most favorable situation, the Chinese naval aviation launched a general offensive!

"Guards 4 squadrons ready to meet the enemy! Other planes accelerate the breakthrough! "Wirtz immediately used the vast majority of the squadron of the rear guard to intercept the enemy in the rear. But at this moment, the number of his escort aircraft group is already very small, and the result of redeployment is to prove that the defense in the face of the Huaxia Air Force has reached an almost powerless level! When the remaining more than 100 FW190 fighters rushed to the opponent in vain, and after being besieged by nearly 200 Skuas and Spitfires of the opponent, the only thing that awaited the formation of JU90 bombers carrying torpedoes and bombs was the end of the world! Hundreds of fighters of all kinds joined this crazy slaughter! Skuas fighters weaved up and down the German fleet, and the wrecked planes continued to unfold in the air, raining down debris and wreckage. In less than 1 hour, German naval aviation lost no less than 140 fighters and more than 200 attack aircraft!

"They're coming! Those demons! An American liaison officer said with a shudder after looking at the German twin-engine bombers that appeared over the fleet. As a participant in the last battle of the Atlantic, he has a vivid memory of these guys who carried more than 1 ton of bombs! In the face of these bombs, the armor of all aircraft carriers is not so effective! They are agile, precise and deadly! It's simply synonymous with death!

It is not difficult for the Huaxia and US Air Forces to knock out the slow aircraft group behind, the biggest threat has just arrived, and the pressure brought by less than 200 twin-engine aircraft is greater than that of other attack aircraft combined! But it doesn't matter, Huaxia has already prepared measures. The fleet of aircraft drawn from the front line and the group of aircraft that had just taken off at half fuel already occupied an advantageous position, and hundreds of warships of various kinds formed a huge concentric circle of defense around the aircraft carrier in the middle. Thousands of anti-aircraft guns were aimed in the air, and hundreds of radars were constantly scanning the airspace. These radars easily burned through the jamming of the Germans!

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