"Even if you can't get it, it's just a waste of fuel and aerial bombs, and even if you don't attack, these supplies are useless in the battle to defend the island, and you have to blow them up before the US troops land to avoid falling into the hands of the enemy. Anyway, with the speed of the warship, we would have had time to launch at least three rounds of attacks if we were quick enough to get to the Icelandic airfield before the Americans' naval guns could reach the airfield," muttered the Luftwaffe commander who was eyeing the bullet.

When the pilots boarded the plane, the young commander further perfected his thinking, for example, the bomb altitude does not necessarily have to be maintained in a safe position of more than 10,000 meters, but it can also suddenly dive and drop the bomb and then pull it up, with the turning speed of large-caliber anti-aircraft guns and the reaction speed of the artillery sighting radar, as long as the pilots are experienced, they can completely return to a safe altitude before the enemy's anti-aircraft shells hit them, which can not only waste the anti-aircraft shells of the Americans but also hit their morale. The accuracy of the bomb is also much higher than that of the bomb dropped when flying horizontally, even if it is Meng, it is always better if the accuracy is higher, at least the probability of being caught will be a little higher

Due to the lack of ceiling of the Stuka dive bomber, the heavy task of ultra-high-altitude bombing can only be completed by FW190B fighters, except for 36 to be overhauled or left behind to protect the airport, the remaining 180 FW190B fighters at the Icelandic airport poured out, although everyone knows that under the disparity in strength between the two warring sides, no matter how hard they try, it is difficult to keep Iceland, but they can give the Yankees a little color before retreating. Everyone is still looking forward to it

"The height of the enemy aircraft is about 11000 meters? Even the 127 mm caliber high-level dual-purpose guns can't reach it, let alone anti-aircraft guns of other calibers", the commander of the US fleet couldn't help frowning after listening to the radar unit's report, but he quickly snorted coldly and said, "No matter them, at such a high position, even if the bombs are dropped, there is no hit rate at all, as long as our battleships are approaching Iceland, there will be no suspense about the outcome of this battle." However, the fleet's anti-aircraft artillery and gun-sighting radars still need to be combat-ready. In case the enemy suddenly swoops down and attacks. ”

The US commander's voice just fell. The ship's air defense radar on the flagship detected that some enemy planes had begun to rapidly reduce their altitude, and immediately informed the whole fleet that "the enemy planes have begun to dive, and all the gunnery radars of all ships have been turned on (Note 1)!" The anti-aircraft guns of the ships are ready to fire! ”

It didn't take long for numerous large-caliber anti-aircraft guns of the American fleet to begin heavy shelling. Hundreds of 127mm shells roared into the air with a roar that resounded for dozens of miles. And exploded one after another dozens of seconds later. A large barrage was formed in the sky, but the experienced American commander had a solemn face, because he had judged that this round of shelling was completely futile. The reason is simple. The explosion of these anti-aircraft shells in the air was several seconds later than expected, indicating that the proximity fuse in the shell did not take effect, but the timed fuse in the process of falling after the air was shot (this was installed to prevent the shell from falling and accidentally damaging the ship) took effect and detonated the shell

"Could it be that these Germans are just feigning to drop bombs in order to waste the life of our anti-aircraft shells and barrels?" , The commander of the US army said depressedly, but as soon as he said this, he saw a column of water rushing to the sky suddenly surging on the sea

"Damn, it's actually a bomb, don't they know that there is no guarantee of accuracy at all? Fuel and bombs are all money, when will the German army be more wasteful than our American army? Seeing this, the commander of the US army couldn't help but curse in his heart, and subconsciously complained about the style of his own army, obviously his mentality was still quite relaxed, and he did not take the attack of the German aircraft group purely to heart, but at this moment, a Cleveland-class light cruiser with a full load displacement of more than 14,000 tons (larger than many heavy cruisers) suddenly heard a deafening loud noise, and then it was shrouded in thick smoke rising into the sky

An 800-kilogram semi-armor-piercing aerial bomb that fell from a height of more than 8,000 meters fell from the sky and smashed on the deck of this light cruiser by coincidence, and the great kinetic energy given to it by the ultra-high-altitude bomb made this semi-armor-piercing aerial bomb have an incredible terrifying penetrating ability, it continuously penetrated the horizontal deck and multi-layer compartments of this light cruiser in one breath, zuihou exploded violently at the bottom of the warship, and immediately blew up the keel of this warship, causing the light cruiser with leading performance to break into two immediately, In just 10 seconds, it sank completely to the bottom of the sea, and only 31 of the 1,258 people on board were rescued, and the rest were killed

In addition, an American destroyer was also hit by a bomb dropped by a German aircraft, although in fact it only scraped the surface of the hull of the side chord, but the bomb kinetic energy was too great to be bounced off, but like a giant axe, a long large hole was cut on the side of the destroyer, and then exploded underwater, so the destructive power surged, and the destroyer's defense was too weak, and the result was inevitably following in the footsteps of the Cleveland-class light cruiser. By this time, the German aircraft group, which had dropped all the bombs, had returned unscathed

"Bastard!" The commander of the US military was so angry that he threw away the cigarette in his mouth, and immediately ordered more reconnaissance planes to be sent to expand the patrol area, and the carrier-based fighters on the three aircraft carriers were all quickly prepared for battle in accordance with his requirements, and if the enemy planes came again, they would take the initiative to take the air to intercept them, and they would not let the enemy planes on his head so unscrupulously, although the loss of the two light warships was only a drop in the bucket for this largest fleet in history, but they could not make a counterattack just by being beaten, and the blow to morale was great. And most of the current US Navy officers and sailors have not experienced the baptism of war, so they may not be able to withstand such devastation!

"You say the Germans will come? But we are rapidly approaching Iceland, aren't they afraid that they will not have time to evacuate? ", the adjutant asked, puzzled.

"The speed of the planes is much faster than that of the warships, as long as they move fast enough, the time is still very long, and it is completely possible to attack us like this two or even three more times before evacuating, don't underestimate the Germans!" , the commander of the US forces replied in an almost roaring tone.

Note 1: Even if it is a wealthy old United States, the artillery sighting radar cannot be turned on all the time, after all, there is no nuclear power in this era, and the power on the warship is still relatively tight, and if it is abused, it will waste a lot of fuel and affect the endurance of the warship, and the working life of the radar at this time is far from being compared with later generations, and it is not possible to save some use. (To be continued......)