The second German missile attack also achieved good results, sinking 4 American destroyers and 1 American light cruiser, but at this time, the Americans who reacted had already sent a group of fighters that had already risen into the air to viciously overtake them. The German commander, who had been prepared for this, immediately ordered the escort fighters to stop the enemy plane, while the missile attack continued

The pilots of the German escort fighters are generally veterans of a hundred battles, and they are much stronger than most of the American pilots who have not been tested in actual combat, at least naval battles, and their experience advantage is enough to make up for the large gap in the number of fighters on both sides that is nearly doubled, and in the case that the US fighters took the initiative to give up the protection of anti-aircraft artillery fire, the German fighter pilots are full of confidence, even if the task of protecting the bombers limits their play, but they still play a close to 1:2 exchange ratio in the battle, It made U.S. Army coach Spruance frown.

Although the enemy is very strong, but the US fighter pilots still fought bravely, in order to kill the German bombers that had not yet launched an attack, but were considered by Spruance to be the greatest threat, they even completely ignored the entanglement of German fighters and went straight to their own targets, many people were shot down by German planes, but some people successfully killed some German bombers, but at this time the German missile attack had completely torn the outer air defense circle of the US fleet, The 15 capital ships that were previously protected in the middle were completely exposed

Spruance was not wrong in his judgment, the German carrier-based bombers were larger than the fighters because of their bomb loads. Therefore, it carried a large killer that was different from the HS293 anti-ship missile - the X-1 radio-controlled bomb. Unlike the HS293 anti-ship missile with a powered boost, the X-1 radio-controlled bomb is an unpowered guided bomb with a short X-shaped wing in the middle and 4 radio-controlled rudder surfaces in the tail to correct the range of falling impact points.

The total weight of the X-1 radio-controlled bomb reached 1570 kg, of which the warhead was 320 kg, which was an armor-piercing warhead, and the maximum speed could reach 1018.6 kilometers per hour when it fell from an altitude of 4000~8000 meters. The kinetic energy obtained from this made it possible to penetrate the horizontal armor of any kind of battleship in the world. And not to mention aircraft carriers. Moreover, the X-1 radio-controlled bomb in this time and space has strengthened its anti-jamming ability, so it can also be attacked by multiple aircraft at the same time, so its practicability has been greatly enhanced.

The three largest and most conspicuous-looking Midway-class aircraft carriers bore the brunt of the attack, even as U.S. close-in fire fired desperately. But with small-caliber anti-aircraft guns of the times of World War II. It's too difficult to shoot down gliding bombs that are flying at speeds close to the speed of sound. As a result, the first batch of more than a dozen remote-controlled bombs dropped caused smoke to billowing out of the three Midway-class aircraft carriers, and the next six or seven of the second batch hit their targets, and the three US Midway giant aircraft carriers were all filled with fireworks. Even Spruance evacuated the flagship under the persuasion of his subordinates, just in case.

Listening to the continuous cheers on the radio, Rudel, the ace of super bombers who flew the plane to participate in the third batch of attacks, suddenly felt uneasy after seeing his target, because he found that the three giant aircraft carriers newly built by the US military were not fundamentally damaged, and even the aircraft carrier that had been hit by as many as 5 bombs did not appear to be significantly tilted, and it was obvious that although it was seriously injured, it was still very early before it sank, and the German army only sent 5 squadrons over in order to ensure that it had the ability to intercept the US escort fighters, that is to say, three batches of attacks can be launched, and I am afraid that even if they are all smashed on these three giant aircraft carriers, they may not be able to sink them all. And even if all three giant aircraft carriers can be sunk, this naval battle may not be won.

Because the Americans still have 6 heavy aircraft carriers and 2 light aircraft carriers, and although the loss of aircraft is large, with the ultra-long range of American fighters, there is no difficulty in making an emergency transfer from Iceland, Greenland, or even the east coast to the aircraft carrier, which is enough to launch a deadly attack on the German fleet again, and as long as the American aircraft carrier is still there, such an attack will not stop, and now that the Americans have early warning aircraft, it will be difficult for the German fleet to get rid of the enemy's pursuit within a day or two, even if the German fleet takes the initiative to avoid battle. And such a long time is enough for the Americans to replenish carrier-based aircraft several times. The fate of the High Seas Fleet is worrying when it has sunk three aircraft carriers, and one aircraft carrier is so badly injured that it can no longer take off and land aircraft and lose its combat effectiveness.

Unaware that the Americans also had secret weapons that they had not yet had time to put into battle, even the danger he thought of was enough for Rudel to convince his commander to change his attack plan. Rudel's persuasion was not only a lip service, but he also personally ventured into the dangerous airspace that could be shot down by enemy anti-aircraft artillery, approached an Iowa-class battleship, and launched an attack on an Essex-class behind it, under Rudel's control, an X-1 radio-controlled bomb accurately hit the Essex-class aircraft carrier and drilled into the oil depot to explode and cause a fire. Eventually, the ammunition depot was detonated and sunk into the Atlantic

It is not only such an aircraft carrier that was sunk by German remote-controlled bombs, the defense of the Essex-class aircraft carrier is far less than the Midway-class, which is almost twice as large as the tonnage, often 1-2 X-1 remote-controlled bombs can make it incapacitated, 3-5 are enough to completely sink it, even if the Germans realized the danger of the situation and gave up the plan to sink the US aircraft carrier as much as possible, and gave priority to abolishing the aircraft take-off and landing capabilities of the US aircraft carrier, there were still 2 Essex-class aircraft carriers sunk in this battle, And the two Saiban light aircraft carriers, which were even more unbeatable, all sank into the sea.

The six surviving aircraft carriers were all injured to varying degrees, and even the least injured ones were unable to let the US fighters land because of the big holes blown out of the flight deck, so that the surviving US pilots had to abandon their planes and parachute to wait for rescue after the fuel was exhausted, and Spruance's original plan to replenish the loss of aircraft and pilots through transfer had to be abandoned, but he did not order a retreat, because not only Germany had a secret weapon, but the United States also had (to be continued......