"Damn, it's too many!" After dodging two shells flying from the rear with a roll, Boeing suddenly found himself with opponents at 7 o'clock and at 1 o'clock and 11 o'clock in front, and his wingman had long since lost his wingman. In this chaotic battle, it is difficult for even the most seasoned pilot to juggle all directions.

"Head, pay attention to the 8 o'clock direction, there's a plane going to sneak up on you!" As soon as the wingman's voice came out of the headphones, a fiery snake flew in from the direction of 8 o'clock, and then bit the left tail, and then the huge body also vibrated a little, but it quickly returned to normal. And before Boeing could catch his breath, a few sparks suddenly popped out of the front of the engine on the right side. "Thank goodness I didn't remove the front armor of the engine!" Boington looked around nervously, the team of fast bombers he was in charge of had already passed the first line of defense, "Go first, if you don't go, you won't be able to go!" Then Boington began to try to get out of the battlefield.

Boeington was lucky, and in the end his plane managed to exit with more than 70 bullet holes. But at least a fifth or so of the Foxbat fighters did not survive the rain of bullets, and in order to intercept this wave of bombers, one of the aircraft carriers and an aviation cruiser of the Germans released 40 fighters! Coupled with the standby planes in the air, the flying fox's slight technical advantage simply cannot withstand the opponent's wheel warfare. From time to time, fighter jets were smashed into a flaming fireball by shells fired from several directions, or they were directly dismembered and turned into debris and fell into the sea, but their efforts were also rewarded. Three squadrons of British bombers finally broke through two lines of defense in succession, and then they began to descend in altitude to prepare for the final sprint, and when the altitude dropped to about 1500 meters, they entered the dive course. Begin an attack on the Allied fleet.

"Now, let's go down and kill them!" Eventually, the German squadron of land-based long-range fighters, which was responsible for the mid-level defense, found an opportunity to launch a final interception before the opponent descended in altitude, but before it could enter the ship-to-air fire of the fleet's inner circle. In the face of the German long-range fighters that had the advantage of altitude and speed, the British fast bombers were relatively slow to react at medium and low altitudes because of the bomb load, so they were caught off guard by the German fighters entering from 6 o'clock.

"Drop the bomb. Swoop out of it. "The British twin-engine aircraft were originally used to lure the enemy, and even if they brought bombs, they had the idea of trying it out, after all, a considerable number of British pilots had no experience in attacking ships. If they don't, they might try their luck, and if they do, run away! MOST OF THE BRITISH FAST BOMBERS FOLLOWED THE CAPTAIN'S ORDERS AND DROPPED 500KG BOMBS. Several bombers that tried to drop bombs were also forced back by the intense anti-aircraft fire. THE DEADLY FUNNEL-SHAPED BARRAGE OF 105MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS, 40MM BOFORS ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS, AND 20MM ERLEY ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS MADE THE FAST BOMBERS WITHOUT FIRE SUPPRESSION WALK ON THIN ICE. In desperation, he hastily threw the bomb away. Parts bombers tried to attack with ricochets. But this attack is of little use to other warships except for destroyers that have no waterline armor, and unless they end up hitting below the waterline as a torpedo, they will either be bounced off by the armor belt, or they will only blow up a black piece and leave a crater. In this air raid, except for two destroyers were sunk, no other warships were seriously damaged.

"It looks like our interception today was very successful, and if the previous battle report is correct, we will shoot down 10 fast bombers alone this time." A staff officer whispered to Holdy. He could visibly feel that Holdie was nervous. With his left hand behind his back, he kept holding it openly, and those who knew him well should know that this was a way for Joldi to relax when he was nervous. The staff officer really couldn't figure out what there was to be nervous about in this situation. Most of the opponent's fleet was intercepted by fighter jets and army aviation on the periphery, and the occasional rush did not cause much impact.

"How many fighters are available on all the ships?" Jordi asked, turning around. "Well, there are about 40 fighter jets on the five aircraft carriers that are ready to take to the skies at any time." The aviation staff officer next to him replied.

"Why is it like that? Didn't we prepare about 120 fighters before the attack arrived? The number of fighters just added will not exceed 40 at most, right? Holdey asked, puzzled, anxious, hesitant, and a hint of fear almost simultaneously welling up in his heart.

"The number of fighters we released in this wave is really small, but because of the long air battle, some fighters ran out of fuel, and they needed to land, and in order to leave enough space, some aircraft carriers had to take back part of the prepared aircraft, and then push the remaining aircraft to the front of the deck, and wait until the fighters who came back to replenish were contained, and then push the fighters to the take-off position before taking off the fighters."

"Then you can let some of the planes out first, and then push the rest of the planes to the front of the deck! Why should it be included in the hangar? "Jordi was furious when he heard it! If the plane in the hangar wants to take off again, it must be re-positioned, and the delay is not a little bit.

"Sorry, our warm-up work is carried out on the deck, and a considerable number of planes have just been raised to the deck to complete the positioning when they are told that there is a plane that needs to land, and the plane cannot take off without warming up." The aviation staff officer patiently explained. "In all our exercises and exercises, we have never encountered such an intensity of release, and in this battle, our release efficiency was about 20% higher than the best level in our exercise. The brothers have done their best. ”

"Yes, but the opponent's sea-based aviation has not yet been dispatched, and just the long-range attack of land-based aviation makes us scramble." Anyone can see that the opponent's attack force is not high, God knows how the Italians and the Entente put together this force, if the Allied fleet is compared to a strong bull, then the group that has just been repelled is equivalent to a matador, their role is to constantly tease the angry bull until it is exhausted, and then the knight who is finally responsible for killing the bull will deliver the final blow!

"In fact, the number of our aircraft is sufficient, even a little excessive, but the performance of the aircraft is really." A staff officer said helplessly. Just when the Austro-Hungarian navy was studying how many planes could be called up and how many planes Crete could support, the Italian twin-engine torpedo aircraft formation finally came to the battlefield, and these camouflage-colored twin-engine bombers entered the battlefield at a low altitude of less than 500 meters above sea level, and under the cover of the sea background, these guys who were not flying fast actually sneaked up to 70KM before they were discovered!

At this time, the Luftwaffe planes were either fighting with the flying foxes at high altitudes, intercepting and pursuing fast bombers, or wandering close to the circle of fire of the fleet's anti-aircraft artillery. Now it is definitely too late to take off the plane, although the other side is slow, but the distance of 70KM can fly over in less than 20 minutes, and in desperation, the Allies can only quickly order the last reserve team on standby in the air to intercept these dozens of torpedo planes! At the same time, again a new batch of aircraft to replenish the air

At this point in the battle, almost all the Allied planes were either at high altitude or descending to low altitude, the last reserve had been exhausted, and it was almost impossible to release large fleets for the rest of the day, for the simple reason that the first batch of aircraft to be recovered was being restocked with ammunition and fuel on the deck, and the aircraft carriers that did not recover the aircraft were almost empty. And the twin-engine fighters from the direction of Crete will take another 1 hour to arrive, and the fuel consumption rate has exceeded expectations! The cover of land-based aviation is also bound to be broken, and although the defense line has not yet been breached, a discerning person can see that the opponent's defense line is saturated.

"Marshal, General Raeder will evacuate the fleet to the southeast, so that we can get more effective protection from land-based aviation." Just as Holdie looked at the empty deck, an officer sent a telegram to him. "It seems that even the Germans are aware of the approaching crisis." Haldy glanced at the telegram and put it aside. The crisis will soon come. But the group of planes that were released to attack Benghazi is about to return, and if the fleet is withdrawn at this time, how can the planes be recovered? All fell into the sea and let the lifeboat salvage the pilot? What about watching jokes? Landing on the surface is a very dangerous job, and pilots are too expensive. As a result, it was not wiped out by the opponent's firepower, because there was no place to land and sacrifice a batch, it would be too sad!

"Let's see how effective this wave of interception is, if it really doesn't work, we will evacuate, and tell the group of planes to attack the port of Benghazi, let them fly along the coastline, if it really can't work, it is better to land directly in our controlled area or neutral zone, than to feed the sharks in the sea." Although Holdie is aware of the gravity of the situation, there is one sentence? Don't hit the south wall, don't look back, don't shed tears if you don't see the coffin! People always have a fluke mentality. And judging from the current situation, the rapid bombers of the British have begun to withdraw from the battlefield one after another, although there are more torpedo planes in this wave, but the speed is very slow, and the number of planes over the Allied fleet is more than a hundred! (Including long-range fighters from Crete.) As long as this wave of attacks can be resisted and some time is gained, then the air defense network of the Allied fleet can be restored again. But will the truth really be what the Germans think?

Thanks to the book friend Black Eyes 1973 and the book friend zhouyu1976 for the tip~~~. (To be continued......)