"The Sea Eagle has found the target! It's an American fleet with at least 2 large warships! Judging by the fact that it should be a fleet aircraft carrier! Repeat, the Sea Hawk spotted two Entente aircraft carriers! Just when the first wave of aircraft sent by Levi and Cranke were inseparable, two BF110TS reconnaissance planes finally discovered the Fletcher fleet, and the huge radar easily swept out the American fleet 80 kilometers away from the aircraft, and the two huge light spots and a small circle of light around them made the Germans extremely frightened at the same time! It's really a little bit closer, if Raeder rashly launches an attack, I'm afraid it will be overshadowed by this hidden fleet!

The German planes in charge of the reconnaissance quickly sent an alarm and kept track of the fleet with radar! And when the telegram reached Raeder's flagship Moltke, the entire command was cheered! They applauded their luck and gave 32 thumbs up to Raeder's forbearance and superb conducting skills! What the? Someone asked why the battle had not yet been fought, and the Germans began to celebrate in advance without knowing the victory? The Germans have always paid close attention to the situation of the US Navy, and after some research, the German Navy top brass believes that in the future naval war, the German Navy has a great advantage in tactics, and the situation is equal, at least a tie!

The 2 aircraft carriers have entered a state of headwind, although there is still an aviation cruiser, but this is reserved for his own defense, even with Raeder's caution, he thinks that the size of the two aircraft carriers 90 is enough to kill the other party! 40 FW190A fighters. 30 FW190A attack aircraft carrying 500KG bombs and auxiliary fuel tanks and 20 JU90 attack mechanisms carrying torpedoes became Raeder's attack. Two Moltke-class aircraft carriers accelerated to more than 28 knots! When the wind deflector at the front of the aircraft carrier was lowered, the high deck wind made it difficult for the ground crew to move, accompanied by the lighting of the take-off signal. An FW190A fighter takes off from the take-off position. The long sword that the German naval aviation had spent more than ten years polishing was finally unsheathed! As soon as the long sword came out, the world shook!

What Raeder didn't expect was that just when the German Navy aircraft group had just entered the headwind position and was ready to start, the Americans also discovered the German fleet, if purely in terms of electronic technology, the Americans were still stronger! Through the tracking of German reconnaissance aircraft and the location of radio communications, the Americans also quickly discovered the location of the German fleet. There was even a TBD bomber that managed to spot each other with its eyes! Of course, the plane did not escape the radar of the Germans either! The excitement of the attack has not yet faded, and Raeder is worried about how to resist the opponent's attack! "The second wave of aircraft was all replaced with fighters. The fleet evaded in the northeast direction! After analyzing the possible position of the American fleet, Raeder decided to distance himself from the other side. At this time, the distance between the two fleets was about 300 kilometers! The American fleet flew for more than an hour to arrive, while the German fleet took less than 45 minutes!

To say what the American fleet is doing at this time! Naturally, I hurriedly packed up the plane and prepared to push the opponent to death in a wave! At a distance of 300 km, it is definitely within the attack range of American carrier-based aircraft! And for the sake of this war. The Americans filled the deck with the first wave of planes early. 2 Essex-class aircraft carriers and 1 Independence-class light aircraft carrier have 110 aircraft of various types parked on the decks, all of which are the most elite aircraft in the US Navy, 50 F6F Hellcat fighters and 60 SBD bombers (Note: SBD bombers in this plane can carry torpedoes. ）。 30 of them carried 500KG bombs, and another 30 carried torpedoes. Although Fletcher was well prepared, he found out that the other party was a little late after all. It was probably more than half an hour late, and although the Germans took a little longer to take off and form the group, on the whole the Americans suffered a small loss in time.

"Thank God we have finally found our opponents." Fletcher said, looking at the planes taking off. "The second wave is fully defensive, and we don't have time to prepare the second wave of attack aircraft." After a moment of contemplation, Fletcher gave an order that was exactly right. But can the right decisions always lead to victory? The answer, naturally, was no, the Germans attacked too quickly. Not even a chance to give Fletcher a whole wave of fighters!

"Oh God! What do I see?! "The Americans' fleet finally took off, and just 20 minutes after they left the fleet, the Swordfish squadron, which had opened the road for a kilometer, noticed a bunch of black shadows in the upper right of them! As the distance approached, Davis, who had a vision of 2.0, finally recognized the identity of the other party! It's a German fighter! A large number of German planes! The number is not much less than that of your own fleet! "Alert, we ran into a German carrier-based aircraft unit, they are about 120 kilometers away from the fleet, warning! A German fleet was spotted 120 kilometers away! "Davis first contacted the squadron leader through short-distance communication within the squadron, and then directly crossed over to contact the fleet! Although he is not the commander of the fleet, he knows how deadly it is for his own aircraft carrier if the opponent's attack group comes first! Maybe in an hour, they'll be homeless kids! Two choices were placed in front of the American pilots, whether to intercept the enemy aircraft or to carry out the original plan?

"It can't be!" When it was discovered that the telegram from the enemy group was in Fletcher's hands, Fletcher, who had always been calm and cautious, also lost his temper! His first reaction was not to believe what the other party said, and he knew very well the time when the Germans took off the plane, and the reconnaissance planes hovering around the German fleet clearly watched the German fleet rise into the air. It's only been a little over half an hour since then! The German fleet spanned a distance of about 200 kilometers? This means that the cruising speed of the opposing attack aircraft group is more than 400 kilometers! Don't forget, the route of the plane can be twisty and tortuous sometimes! This attack speed is undoubtedly a joke for the Americans, and now the cruising speed of the American fleet is only about 250 to 280 kilometers per hour, and the speed of fully loaded SBD bombers is too slow! Of course. The stout F6F's high-speed cruise performance is also not good. After all, its maximum speed on its own is like that.

After a period of panic for tens of seconds, Fletcher finally calmed down. He began to analyze and study countermeasures, and several subsequent telegrams confirmed the authenticity of the information! One can be mistaken. But if several people and a wing commander prove this, then now the Germans are really only about 100 kilometers away from their own aircraft carriers! According to the speed he had speculated before, then the other party would be able to fly above his head in about a quarter of an hour! And at this time, there is not a single air defense in the sky over his own fleet, except for a dozen direct guard aircraft! A large number of fighter jets are being parked on decks to reload ammunition and fuel. It's definitely too late to start positioning and release now!

"We're fighting the devil!" Fletche squeezed this sentence out of his teeth and immediately gave the order to fight. The first wave of aircraft immediately divided some fighters to intercept and delay the German offensive, and the remaining small number of fighters covered the bomber force to continue the attack. All aircraft carriers immediately release carrier-based aircraft, after releasing all carrier-based aircraft that can be lifted into the air. Empty the deck! The planes were either piled aside or put into storage, and the remaining bombs and fuel were thrown directly into the sea. After all this was done, the fleet was disbanded. Evacuate in multiple directions!

"Decent! Incisive! Terrible! After the war, when Xu Jie received the battle report from the United States, and after seeing the order issued by Fletcher at a critical moment, he evaluated Fletcher's command ability in six words, and even called him the best existence among the Allied aircraft carrier commanders! Because he made the right choice in the face of extreme disadvantage! Three commands are almost not a single bit wrong! Although it doesn't help! But he's done the best! It was not his fault that he failed in this battle! Although it is a loser. But it still deserves praise and praise!

Fletcher's command was the best way to deal with the situation. It is obviously impossible to expect a dozen Hellcats above his fleet to block the opponent's fleet of nearly a hundred planes! Three squadrons of bombers bombed in one fell swoop to bring destruction to their own fleet, and in this case it was necessary to provide some cover for the first wave of attacking aircraft. But at the same time, you can't use it all for defense. The two sides acted against each other at high speed, and when they met, they were in a hurry, which was very bad for the defenders, the interception time would soon pass, and even if the first wave of attacks was blocked, what about the second wave of attacks from the Germans? So Fletcher still has to let the remaining fighters and attack aircraft continue to attack! Whether it's destroying an opponent's aircraft carrier or preventing an opponent from unleashing a second wave of aircraft, as long as it can be done. Then the Fletcher fleet will have a way to live! And the dispersal of the fleet is no way! Even with the help of the first wave of aircraft, the defenses were still low. Naturally, you can't put all your eggs in one basket if you can't stop it, and Fletcher's three orders deal with almost all the problems that may arise!

But alas, what if Fletcher was right? In the penetration stage, the German fleet, which had already shocked the Americans at its cruising speed, increased again! "German air knights! Let's finish the last stretch! All the planes in the fleet have entered the sprint stage! With the order of the wing commander, the speed of all the planes increased again! The abundant power brought by the BMW 801 engine increased the speed of all FW190 aircraft and JU90T3 torpedo planes, and the whole fleet sprinted towards the direction of the American fleet at a speed of 460 kilometers per hour! And when they met the F6F fighters, the fat cats' speed had just increased to 430 kilometers per hour!

The Germans had exhausted the fuel in the auxiliary fuel tanks when they came from afar, and the fighters rushing in front did not hesitate to discard all the plug-ins and go into the battlefield lightly. The German fleet had an altitude advantage, and when the Americans threw away the drop fuel tanks and began to climb and level the altitude, the FW190 fighters launched the first wave of attacks directly with excellent roll performance and high speed! One squadron of FW190 fighters began to dive one after another. The deadly tongues of fire from 4 MG151 machine guns roamed and strafed the US military planes!

An F6F fighter was hit by an oncoming rain of bullets while climbing, and the dense shells directly smashed the engine in the front, and the incendiary agent in the shell ignited the fuel inside the engine, and in just a few seconds, this unlucky guy turned into a big firework. More Hellcats chose to circle or dive shallowly away, under the operation of experienced pilots, most of the Hellcats dodged the fatal blow, but at the same time they also lost altitude and speed, when they stabilized the plane and tried to intercept it, the German group had already flown over their heads, many American pilots tried to continue the pursuit, but soon, they discovered a fact that made them feel extremely embarrassed!

"Damn it! I couldn't catch up with a German attack plane with a bomb! Damn rice buckets! Damn arms dealers! Davis got rid of the entanglement of the other party and started the shallow climb again, he is a veteran, a veteran bird with 1,500 flight hours, and he controls the plane very well, keeping the plane at a high rate of climb while maintaining as much momentum as possible. He was lucky enough to complete the climb and he wasn't bothered by any opponents in the process! Then, his sad experience began - the F6F fighter who pushed the throttle to the limit couldn't catch up with a FW190 bomber carrying a 500KG bomb! In the eyes of Americans, this is simply a chat! This is so unscientific! The distance between the two sides was only about 2 kilometers at the closest time, and then over time, it became 2500 meters, 3000 meters! Until Davis finally gave up the pursuit, the other party became a black spot in the field of vision!

This seemingly incomprehensible thing is actually very easy to understand, the maximum speed of the F6F Hellcat fighter is only a little more than 600 kilometers, and the FW190A is about 670 kilometers! Although the latter was loaded with bombs, the FW190F, as a bomber version, removed 2 machine guns and 2 machine guns before entering the war, and flew for such a long time at the same time, the internal fuel was also consumed, and the weight subtracted and increased weight were almost the same. And Hellcat is almost fully loaded, everyone is flying in a straight line, your speed is already a lot slower than the other party, and the height is not the most suitable height for you, so it is really normal for F6F to be humiliated!

"The German fleet was like an indestructible spear that easily tore apart our interception, they were so fast that the battle did not even last long, the opponent shook a shot and rushed at a speed that was difficult for us to catch up, and we were surprised to find that we had only one chance to intercept the German fleet! If you can't intercept the head-on attack, it's very difficult to pursue! After the war, Davis wrote in his report, and then the US Air Force began to struggle with how to intercept the breakthrough of the German fleet! But this is a later story, the current situation is that the German aircraft group has successfully broken through the defense, and Fletcher is going to be unlucky!

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