Chapter 775: The Fall of Genius
Roosevelt's wartime economic policy made the American economy incredibly prosperous under the huge consumption of the war, but this is more like the socialist economic policy of the Soviet Union, so those oligarchs who really hold the authority of the United States have always been suspicious of Roosevelt.
And after all, the United States is still a capitalist country, even if the wartime policy is not all money, the way to pay for military spending is to put it bluntly is nothing more than the two tricks of over-issuing currency and issuing a large number of bonds, which will damage the interests of the largest financial capitalists in the United States in the short term, if the war situation goes well, then the situation is fine, because these financial oligarchs can get greater compensation in the post-war spoils, but after the United States entered the war, it was defeated again and again, and it was difficult for these mercenary guys to endure being sheared by Roosevelt all the time.
If the war continues to deteriorate, they will either find a way to remove Roosevelt from power or force him out of the war; Either Roosevelt will be forced to compensate them in advance, and under the unfavorable conditions of the war, this compensation can only be obtained from the country, and the American industrial capitalists and industrial workers who previously benefited from Roosevelt's war economic policy will bear the brunt, and when the time comes, not only will their enthusiasm be greatly damaged, which will directly affect the US military production and the morale of the army, but will also intensify domestic contradictions and trigger a political crisis.
In either case, it will be difficult for the U.S. government to continue the war, and not only will the hope of the United States be dashed for hegemony, but it will also be difficult for the Soviet Union and Britain to hold on after the United States withdraws from the war. Germany, on the other hand, has a good chance of succeeding in the integration of Europe.
It was undoubtedly a nightmare for the United States, tearing up the treaty with a mustache was as casual as eating, and the United States might face a greater crisis after withdrawing from the war, because the United States at that time had no allies to help it, and needed to face the siege of the entire Axis camp alone, which was simply an impossible task, in fact, Germany alone and Japan, which was estimated to have digested the entire western Pacific at that time, were enough to pose a mortal threat to the United States
Now that the U.S. election is just around the corner, it's no surprise that Spruance is hungry for victory. As one of Shijie's finest carrier-based aviation tacticians, Spruance knew that the key to victory in this battle was the destruction of the enemy's aircraft carriers. Therefore, even if it is known that the first attack wave wants to withdraw under the entanglement of the enemy's fighter group, it will inevitably suffer a lot of losses. However, he still resolutely ordered him to immediately abandon the battleship formation attacking the enemy, and at the same time ordered the second wave of planes that had just been sent out to immediately adjust the direction and attack the German aircraft carrier formation at the far end.
Spruance was able to make such a decision quickly, also because he had read the information provided by the British about the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, and knew that although the aircraft carrier was not very good in terms of aircraft capacity and delivery capacity. But the defense is unusually strong. And the kind of anti-aircraft formation that Germany arranged was like a hedgehog. A direct attack on the aircraft carrier would result in almost all German anti-aircraft fire, and a great deal of time would be wasted if the battleships on the periphery were to break the defensive ring first. And this also means huge losses, no way, battleships are battleships after all, and it will only be more difficult to blow up and sink than to sink the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, especially the anti-sinking resistance of German warships is generally extremely good, in comparison, the three Japanese aircraft carriers in the German guard fleet are much easier to deal with
Marseilleu and other German pilots drove the planes to pursue for more than ten kilometers and then withdrew, on the one hand, their own fleet still needed to protect themselves, and on the other hand, because of the long fighting, the ammunition carried by these planes was almost exhausted.
Although he deeply regretted that about 200 enemy planes were released, and more than 30 German fighters were shot down (15 pilots were lost), the brilliant victory of almost everyone still made everyone's faces full of smiles, especially the "Star of Hainan Airlines" Marseilleu shot down 9 enemy planes, setting a new record in a single air battle in the history of the German army and even Shijie air combat, and almost every firing was extremely efficient, which made his comrades who were also talented all admired.
But at this time, a puff of black smoke suddenly came out of Marseilleu's landline, and he said on the radio a little breathlessly, "Elbe No. 1 caught fire, and the cockpit was full of smoke, and I couldn't see anything!" ”
Marseilleu, whose eyes were so smoked that he could barely open them, could not continue to fly the plane, so he had to choose to parachute, anyway, at this time he was not far from his own warship, and it should not be difficult to search and rescue, but when Marseilleu threw off the cockpit canopy and jumped out, the parachute could not be opened! Marseilleu fell straight like a stone, and although the plane had been reduced to a few hundred meters by the time of the parachute jump, the tremendous kinetic energy of the fall was still enough to make the sea as hard as concrete, and Marseilleu had already fallen to pieces before he could even scream
In a modest number of battles (relative to the attendance of Luftwaffe pilots) that achieved 207 crashes at the level of a super-ace pilot, and was a carrier-based aircraft pilot with a much higher mortality rate than the Air Force, Marseilleu was undoubtedly a genius among geniuses, however, this super-genius who was ranked first in the history of air combat once again illustrated the frequency of flight accidents during World War II with his own life. Even in a highly industrialized country like Germany, the number of pilots who have died as a result is uncountable, and this is especially true of the more dangerous take-off and landing of Hainan Airlines
In fact, before Marseilleu, there have been 3 German super aces in history who died in accidents, and one of them has not yet shot down the enemy's plane, and has already "died before he can get out of the army", no wonder Hartmann later wrote his autobiography that the most important thing for a pilot to become a super ace is not talent, but fate
Marseilleu's early death was a great pity for later generations of military fans, but for this naval battle, it was not enough to have a significant impact, and the strength of the fleets of both sides and the decisions of the two commanders really determined the direction of this great war.
Just when the second wave of US attack planes turned to the rearguard fleet where the five German aircraft carriers were located, 180 carrier-based planes that took off from the five German aircraft carriers also pounced on the enemy's aircraft carrier formation under the guidance of their own early warning aircraft. And the reason why Wegener dared to send such a small number of planes to take the initiative to attack the US aircraft carriers, which far exceeded his expectations, was not entirely because he advocated attack, but also because German scientists provided him with a new secret weapon (to be continued......