"The plan really can't keep up with the changes. I wanted to go up and hit the belly of the fish, but I ran into a shark! Looking at the information sent by Casaldi, the corners of Tycho's eyes twitched. It has to be said that it was luck that the two cruisers were able to run back after encountering a new battleship. But luck was not enough after all, the cruiser Golicia was damaged badly, and the injury worsened when returning to Benghazi, for some reason, one of the boiler compartments was flooded, even if it struggled back to the port of Benghazi, and then after some repairs, its speed would not exceed 21 knots at most, and the intermediate repair time would be at least 3 days!

If nothing else, the Italians could slowly wait until the battleship was repaired and return to Sicily. Soon, however, the Entente radio listening stations discovered a surge in radio communications from the Allied navies and armies. The purpose of this is very obvious, that is, the other side wants to completely eat the fleet of the Italian Navy in North Africa. Like the Allies, the Italians had two options, one was to abandon the Golicia and let the Zara and Sicily return quickly, and the other was to use Benghazi and the fleet there as a trap to wait for the other side to jump in!

The latter approach seems to be similar to the original plan. But in reality, there is a world of difference. The former is to fight quickly, taking advantage of the opponent's lack of defense in the port of Beida, through guò many attacks to sell the other party a chance, after all, 2 heavy cruisers can not let the entire Austro-Hungarian fleet attack, and in the plan, although the Sicilian good air cruiser is to respond, but the requirement is not to expose itself. Let it detach a part of its fleet to deal with the cruiser formations that are used as bait. Then the Italian navy attacked part of it with all its might. But this time, because Sicily was good ahead, the other side already had an understanding of the strength of the Italian Navy in North Africa. If you do it again, I'm afraid it's the whole army attacking!

What's more. Because the Gorisia was damaged in this naval battle, it was not easy for the fleet to get away if it wanted to, and the other side had plenty of time to mobilize forces. And not as planned, the two cruisers could break away at a speed of more than 30 knots outside the port of Bayda, which was defenseless in attack. And if the Italian Navy insists on fighting, then this war is likely to eventually evolve into a decisive battle between the two navies in the Mediterranean! Although it is not worthwhile to face the Austro-Hungarian Italians alone, if you add the German Mediterranean fleet, at the present time the shore-based aviation has been weakened. Even if they have the advantage, whether the three Italian aircraft carriers can make a contribution with one blow is still two words, and if the other side strikes back. The full force of 4 aircraft carriers plus 1 aviation cruiser was enough for the Italians to go around without food! The shape shì is severe!

"Even with our help, our first wave of air strikes may not be very effective, and after the first one, with the other side being well prepared. The Heilongjiang of the Huaxia Navy is about to be evacuated. After all, we can't give the Germans a pretext. Yang Yonglin on the side was also worried.

"If the Russians plug in one more lever. Then the other side has 5 regular aircraft carriers. Tycho thought for a moment and said. It is unlikely, the Russian government still attaches great importance to its own fleet and has been procrastinating, and even if they agree now, I am afraid that it will not be solved in a few days, including the preparation time. Lin Yongsheng was not very worried, because he couldn't catch up in time.

"But even then, we will not be able to put together more forces, in fact we only have 3 and a half aircraft carriers to fight. Your country's Heilongjiang can only play one round, so it is half a ship. Other than that. Although the other party's air force in Crete and Beida is not strong enough, it can always provide some reconnaissance help, and if we fight in an honest manner, we will not be able to take advantage. There was a sense of helplessness in Tycho's words.

"It's really hard to do." Lin Yongsheng was almost helpless, he looked up into the distance, and at this time, several seagulls were soaring in the air outside the window. Just as the seagulls approached another flock of seabirds, the swoops suddenly swooped down and launched an attack on the other flock of seabirds! "Strange, are the seagulls attacking other birds? Aren't they fish-eaters? Lin Yongsheng said curiously.

"That's a flock of warship birds, not seagulls, you're dazzled." Tycho also looked up and looked carefully at the seabirds that were attacking in the air.

"It's old, it's useless, and I should go back and rest after this war is over. I've been fighting for most of my life, so I can't end up on the battlefield. Lin Yongxiang said self-deprecatingly. Uh, huh?! "What would you do if you saw a convoy of planes coming towards your fleet?"

"Nonsense, of course I sent fighter jets to intercept it!" Tycho said, rolling her eyes. "And what if the plane doesn't have a bomb on it?" Lin Yongsheng asked rhetorically. "What if there is a bomb?!" Tycho wondered if Lin Yongsheng was stimulated by anything today.

"That is, if the other side discovers our planes, then they need to intercept them, regardless of whether these planes have the ability to attack ships or not?! In other words, if we find 100 shore-based aircraft plus 160 carrier-based aircraft, then the other side needs to intercept 260 aircraft, and regardless of whether these 100 aircraft have attack power, or whether the pilots are trained or not? Lin Yongsheng asked.

"The other side is not so stupid, if it is an attack on the sea with a bomb, then there are only two situations, the first is a large-angle dive bomber attack, and the second is a formation to carry out horizontal bombing at medium and low altitudes, and the latter will not hit very high. We have been fighting with the Allies for so long, and it is very clear what planes can dive and what planes cannot dive into each other, as for horizontal bombing? As long as the other side breaks up the formation, there is nothing to be afraid of horizontal bombing, torpedo machines? There are only a few commonly used planes that can carry torpedoes, and although theoretically all planes must be intercepted, if the other side approaches, it is still possible to judge the level of threat. As he spoke, Tycho took out another picture and pointed it to Lin Yongsheng and said.

"Our dive bombers are all single-engine aircraft, and the combat radius is relatively small, which is simply not enough to support long-range bombing. I'm afraid it won't work with a drop tank, and even if you get to the front line, the combat time may only be a few minutes. Our twin-engine bombers would not have worked well if they had been bombed horizontally, and we had attacked Allied transport ships in the Adriatic with twin-engine horizontal bombers, and the results were terrible. They will classify such targets as a secondary threat. As for the torpedo machine? Don't think about single-engine torpedo planes, like single-engine bombers, they can't fly over, but twin-engine torpedo planes can. With the addition of the auxiliary fuel tank, the range is barely enough, but the weight is too heavy, and the flight speed can be described as a snail, and the speed is much slower than that of our carrier-based single-engine torpedo aircraft. It's hard to coordinate the timing of this attack, and the end result is that it becomes a refueling tactic that can't be done. Tycho smiled wryly.

"What do you think of Britain's new fast twin-engine aircraft?" Lin Yongsheng said. "You see, the Germans know a lot about the planes we used before, but what about the new ones? Especially with such a long-range and high-speed aircraft, can they be sure that they can't dive and bomb with bombs? Or can't you bring a torpedo?! ”

"It is not difficult for a twin-engine aircraft to carry torpedoes, almost all aircraft with passable low-altitude performance can carry them." Lin Yongsheng said. (This is a bit speculative, but a significant number of twin-engine bombers do have this potential, such as the German HE111, JU88, the American B26, and the British Mosquito.) All have the corresponding torpedo machine model. ）

"If such an aircraft is attached to a fake torpedo, it should not be slow, and it can act with carrier-based aircraft, and then fly together to the other team's fleet, then what will they think? And I remember that such an aircraft had a relatively large angle of dive. According to the reaction of the pilots at the front, this reconnaissance aircraft repeatedly threw off the German fighters with a dive at a large angle! That is, there is a potential as a dive bomber? Lin Yongsheng said. Well, of course, I know that these things can't be used immediately even if they have potential, but the other party doesn't know it! If we use them, it is very likely that they will be an advanced attack aircraft in the eyes of the other party! ”

"This method is too risky, to put it bluntly, it is a way to pretend to be the capital ship with a camouflage ship back then, so I can only try." Tycho said, "It works, but it's not enough insurance. ”

"The rest can only be left to those who specialize in aviation, how to use a limited number of aircraft to get the strongest attack power. Let's get the British high-speed twin-engine first! Lin Yongsheng said.

What the two didn't expect was that before the Battle of Naples, the British had secretly used this kind of aircraft to attack ships, at least there was no problem with shallow dive bombing and throwing torpedoes. This attracted the attention of the Luftwaffe with the excellent performance of this twin-engine aircraft in the Battle of Naples, and the information of the attack on a certain unfortunate fleet was found in a certain corner, and as this aircraft appeared more and more on the battlefield, the Germans paid more and more attention to it.

When China and Italy negotiated, the British agreed more simply, expressing their willingness to cooperate with the two countries with all their might, and the reason for this was that the British had an unshirkable responsibility for today's situation in the night battle of Bayda. Another reason is that the British went to great lengths to come up with such an aircraft with outstanding performance, which was not only used as a reconnaissance aircraft. And this time, these planes only used to carry fake bombs made of wood, which served as a lure to the enemy, and did not need to really rush to death. The danger is not very great.

Thanks to the book friends zhouyu1976, hukaikaka, and Dahan grass people for their tips ~~~~~~, as well as the evaluation votes of book friends 21412s ~~~~~. (To be continued......)