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Although the FW190 carrier-based version has been improved many times before, the comprehensive performance is still slightly superior to the F4U and F6F of the United States Navy, but compared with the more advanced and more powerful P51D fighter, there is no longer any advantage at all

However, the B-29 bomber and the P51D fighter were both participating in real combat for the first time, and although they had been simulated many times in the exercise, some mistakes were inevitable. Although it was only delayed for some time and did not directly cause any serious consequences, it allowed the two German fleets that had been separated before to successfully converge, and the German air defense force was greatly strengthened. Based on the particularity of air defense operations, whether it is anti-aircraft artillery or escort fighters, the increase in the number of air defense combat results brought about by the increase in numbers is by no means a linear relationship

Moreover, after so many battles, the German anti-aircraft artillery unit has long understood that although the accuracy of horizontal bombing by US aircraft is surprisingly high (in fact, it is still very low, but compared with the bombing accuracy of Britain and Germany, it can indeed be said to be "amazingly high", and there is a gap of more than 10 times in history, especially high-altitude bombing. ), but it may also be due to the sighting system, which means that it cannot change its speed and direction for a period of time before dropping the bomb (although it is much safer than a torpedo machine without having to slow down and reduce the altitude first). ), so it is easy to calculate the lead time. And the hit rate of anti-aircraft guns was greatly increased.

But even so, seeing nearly a thousand US fighter planes coming in the dark, Wegener still couldn't help but gasp, but at this time it was useless to regret it, so he could only fight to the death, hoping to fight his way out in a desperate situation. It is worth mentioning that although the AWACS aircraft could not help the high seas fleet to get rid of the attack of the enemy group, their early warning at least allowed the German fighters and even bombers to take to the air in advance to prepare for the battle, and Wegener and his command were also urgently transferred to the more defended battleship Hindenburg

Due to the large gap in the number of fighters between the two sides, Wegener did not ask Hartmann and other German pilots to be tough. They are only required to interfere with the formation of the enemy's bombers. This greatly reduced the casualties of the carrier-based aircraft force, but made the situation of the fleet more dangerous. However, Wegener's consideration cannot be said to be completely unreasonable, although if the aircraft carrier is sunk, the carrier-based aircraft will be finished, but the survival rate of pilots who take the initiative to parachute is much higher than that of parachuting after being shot down. And these elites of the naval aviation were the hope for the revival of the German naval aviation in the future.

Because the "goblet" bomb needs to be dropped at a high altitude to be fully powerful. And drop bombs at altitudes above 5000 meters. Even if the U.S. military had the world's most accurate Norton bomber sight, it would be difficult for it to accurately hit the German warships that were maneuvering at full speed and constantly changing lines to evade. What's more, the time it takes for the bomb to fall is too long, enough for the warship to travel at least one or two times its full length, and there is no way to predict which direction the target will move when dropping the bomb, in which case the success rate of trying to get the "goblet" to fall directly on the selected target warship is almost zero.

Therefore, those B-29s loaded with "goblets" did not immediately rush into the effective range of the German ship-based anti-aircraft guns to participate in the attack, but first those B-29s with only conventional high-explosive bombs took the lead in opening the way at a relatively low altitude, and while destroying the German air defense system, they also inflicted some blows on the six German battleships by the way if they had spare strength, so as to weaken their defense and mobility as much as possible, and then the "goblet" gave them a fatal blow.

However, capital ships are more valuable than auxiliary ships, not to mention that conventional high-explosive bombs are enough to sink aircraft carriers, so the only three remaining aircraft carriers of the German army were naturally bombed by the US aircraft group. The Zeppelin, which was already heavily wounded, was first unable to support under the carpet bombing of the US military, and sank unwillingly to the bottom of the sea after being hit by dozens of high-explosive bombs, while its sister ship only lasted less than five minutes before following in the footsteps of an earth-shattering explosion.

These U.S. Army planes don't even have the patience to wait for their target to sink, and they will continue to bomb as long as most of the enemy ship's hull is still submerged, but this is in keeping with the U.S. tradition, but it inevitably wastes a lot of ammunition. This is also why Spruance can't see it here, otherwise he would have to jump up and scold these pilots of the Army Airlines, the US government is indeed not short of money, but the loss of sea lines of communication in the past few years is too great, and the logistics of the US military in this time and space can no longer guarantee the supply of coffee and cigarettes as in history, and the logistics cannot be transported, even if there is money, the ammunition must be saved as much as possible, because the US Navy has entered the war earlier and more frequently, the officers and men of the US Navy have realized this problem far earlier than the Army

The previous aircraft carrier, which had repeatedly performed in battle, lost 5/6 in less than a day, and Wegener could not help but cry. And even the old ship of the allies, the "Ark Royal", the Americans also showed no mercy. After receiving hundreds of bombs, the "Ark Royal" aircraft carrier was blown up and sank no matter how strong it was. At the time of the sinking of the "Ark Royal", the main force of the German fleet's air defense -- the Crescent-class air defense destroyers -- had already sunk a full 17 units, and at this time there were still a considerable number of bombs left behind by the US aircraft group (the losses caused by the downing of the planes were also counted), and the terrifying bomb load of more than 9 tons of the B-29 "Flying Fortress" was indeed terrifying.

After all the aircraft carriers were sunk, Wegener knew that his high seas fleet was no longer capable of competing with the US Navy in the Atlantic, and he once again lamented the Americans' deep pockets, and the cost of a super bomber with such a bomb load and endurance would definitely not be cheap.

But even then, Wegener had to bring the battleship back as much as possible, although the protagonist of the ocean has been replaced by an aircraft carrier, but in the coastal waters of Western Europe and North Africa, with the help of land-based aircraft groups, the power of the battleship is beyond doubt. Moreover, after that, the German Navy could no longer have the strength to compete head-on with the American army, and Wegener's most disgusted "presence fleet" strategy became the most common choice, which also required a few capital ships (to be continued......