"By fate, we met our old enemies again, and on the rough Atlantic, we set out on a journey without fear and with the belief that we would win, and today we are destined to have many sacrifices. But at the same time, it will eventually make another group of people. This is the coexistence of war, survival and destruction, glory and decline. —Cunningham, The Apocalypse of the Atlantic

When the sun rose again, the Allied and Allied fleets were finally close enough to attack, and the two fleets were about 350 kilometers apart, and the two sides were locating each other by reconnaissance planes and submarines, and even at night, there were still enemy submarines moving next to the two large fleets. These submarines surfaced under the cover of night, carefully observing the huge fleet in the distance like a city on the sea, in the dark night, the huge fleet did not carry out light control, and the bright lights reflected the huge warship, like a floating city on the sea stretched for dozens of kilometers! Guarded by hundreds of various anti-submarine warships, no submarine dares to break into this huge array with a depth of tens of kilometers, not to mention that the cruising speed of the fleet is as high as 20 knots, and the submarine can barely catch up on the water, and it is almost impossible to ambush it.

However, even so, the two sides can still accurately grasp the direction of their opponents' movements and the distance between them, and the two huge fleets are like two ancient beasts ready to fight to the death, carefully controlling the distance between the two sides before the battle. Put your opponent in the optimal combat distance, then do everything in your power to deliver the fatal blow. Everyone stayed up all night, anxiously watching the clock on the wall and the sky outside, and seizing the last minute to perfect their plans. Fill in the gaps to be perfect!

As the dawn broke through the night, the Allied fleet of terrifying planes had finally made its final preparations. A full twenty-one fleet aircraft carriers began to enter the headwind position to release carrier-based aircraft, and the four sub-fleets of the entire Allied fleet formed a huge diamond-shaped formation. Ridder's fleet was directly ahead, with Count Luknal's fleet on the left flank, the Austro-Hungarian fleet on the right flank, and the main force of the German fleet under the direct command of Count Spee and two Spanish aircraft carriers at the rear, "The wind speed on the deck is 28 knots, and it is ready to take off!" "With the order to take off, the ground crew quickly evacuated, and the sea warhawks of the German Empire were ready to go!

The planes, neatly arranged at the rear of the deck, began to start, and the deafening sound of propellers went from small to loud. The sound of hundreds of planes starting at the same time was like thunder, even suppressing the sound of the tide, and the ground crew on the aircraft carrier began to evacuate and see off their comrades on both sides of the aircraft carrier's deck. Amid cheers, the lead pilot released the plane's brakes, and driven by the BMW 801 engine, the huge plane began to accelerate, and at a distance of a hundred meters it quickly accelerated enough to take off, and after a dozen seconds, the plane crossed the deck and sank slightly. And then flew into the sky.

It took nearly half an hour for the huge fleet to take off, and then the group began to marshall, except for the first wave of purely fighter formations. It took no less than 30 minutes for the next two attack aircraft groups to be formed! "If nothing else, taking into account the difference in cruising speed and the time it takes to form a whole group,. The FW190 fighter wing, which is responsible for disrupting the deployment of the opposing side, will make contact with the Allied fleet about an hour in advance. By the time the real attack is launched, the enemy's first batch of interceptor planes should be running out of fuel. 'Lieutenant General Bruno was very pleased with the opening. Said a little smugly.

After verifying the position of the Entente fleet, accompanied by the order of Count Spee. A huge German fleet flew towards the Allied fleet to the southeast. At the same time, the Allied fleet was also making final preparations, and the Nimitz and Halsey fleets began to retreat at high speed after releasing 550 aircraft of various types, while the remaining three aircraft carrier formations were distributed in a triangular pattern over the vast sea, with each detachment directly spaced 15 to 25 nautical miles apart, and more than 200 Spitfires took to the skies. And the remaining more than 500 aircraft are on standby on the aircraft carrier, except for the battleship that serves as a radar sentry ship, all the remaining destroyers, cruisers and even battleships are hedgehogs gathered around the aircraft carrier, and countless anti-aircraft guns and machine guns are pointed diagonally at the sky. Like a steel hedgehog, waiting for the arrival of the invading enemy!

"The Hunter Wing has reached the designated airspace, and we have spotted F6F fighters hovering around the perimeter, and it is expected to see the enemy fleet in ten minutes." The first wave of fighter units, codenamed Hunters, only took less than 1 hour to cross the 350-kilometer straight-line distance between the two sides, they flew at an altitude of 6,000 meters, and arranged in a neat formation in squadrons, in such a huge size of the aircraft group at such a height could not avoid the radar of the Americans at all, they did not carry electronic warfare aircraft, nor did they carry bombs, their task was to constantly attack and test the opponent's defense system, forcing the opponent to invest valuable interception forces as soon as possible!

"Keep going, Hunters Wing, I need you to disrupt your opponent's deployment." With the order issued, some FW190 fighters began to abandon fuel tanks, and then increased the speed of the engine to 2200 rpm, the cruising speed of the aircraft soon increased to 500 kilometers per hour before the battle, when the FW190 fighter unit as the vanguard passed through a cloud, they finally saw the situation in front of them, in the vast and boundless sea, three aircraft carrier battle groups formed a horn array, and over these aircraft carriers, hundreds of aircraft carriers flew into a barrel air defense circle, More than a hundred other planes had climbed to the appointed heights, and they were waiting for the Germans to crash into them.

"Disperse the assault, our task is not to shoot down how many American planes, but to disrupt their formation and deployment, and contact the headquarters, the number of aircraft carriers of the Americans seems to be a little less, there are only three detachments here, and the other two are missing." After completing the contact, Herman led his brigade to the opposite wall of fire.

The British did not expect that the two most powerful naval aviation forces in the world would fight each other in such a situation, and the envisaged situation of Mars hitting the Earth did not happen, in the face of the incoming German aircraft group. The British's reaction was very numb, and they decisively threw away the auxiliary fuel tanks under the wings and went into battle lightly. And the other party seems to be very entangled or afraid? The attack of the German aircraft group can be described as a superficial stop, and most of the German squadrons left in the opposite direction with a single false shot. The air combat ability of the Spitfire 9 fighter is about the same as that of the opponent, but if you go in the opposite direction, the speed is about the same, the Spitfire 9 can not catch up with the opponent with a cruising speed of up to 500 kilometers, and the German aircraft group is like a red that teases the bull and constantly dangles in front of the British, except for a few German fighters who throw away the auxiliary fuel tank will choose to sneak attack to fight, there are not too many collisions between the two sides. The Germans lost little, and the British did not lose much, if it is accurate. Maybe it's hundreds of auxiliary fuel tanks!

"Damn, they didn't intend to fight us at all, they often started to break away when they were still about 4 kilometers away, and I could see that the FW190 didn't even throw away the drop fuel tank under the belly!" A British squadron leader finally realized that something was wrong, the Germans had a small number of planes, and they had no intention of fighting with their own real guns. The Spitfire-9 fighter unit responsible for the interception, under the influence of habitual thinking, threw away all the auxiliary fuel tanks as soon as possible, and the remaining fuel in the plane was obviously not enough to continue patrolling and fighting. Although the FW190 fighter does not have much internal oil, it relies on the direct fuel injection technology of the BMW 801 and automatic adjustment. German engines are generally more fuel-efficient, so the long-range aircraft such as the P47 and the Shicha Falcon seem to be short-legged FW190 aircraft, and it actually shows off a rare endurance in front of opponents! I'm really not afraid of the worst, I'm afraid of the worst!

The Germans' aircraft swarmed like a pack of intractable wolves that constantly harassed the Allied air defenses. Although the other side did not bring bombs, the constant attacks still annoyed the Entente powers. The British wanted to compress their defensive ring to increase the density of defenses. But at the same time, it is necessary to consider the reduction in the depth of defense brought about by the contraction of defense, and the penetration ability of the Germans' high-speed fleet is too terrifying. It's impossible to block all attacks with one interception. The only thing the Entente could do was to increase the interception distance and increase the number of interceptions as much as possible!

"They are depleting our air defense. We can't send all the planes out until we find a massive attack group of the opposing side. And if you wait until you find the target before you act, it may be too late, and the other party is really in the right place. "Admiral Portal, who was in charge of the air defense of the fleet, was in a dilemma." Contact the destroyer fleets on the periphery immediately and have them report every 5 minutes! "Now Potelle regrets it a little, the Navy originally wanted to equip the aircraft carrier with a mosquito reconnaissance aircraft, which has a large radar under the belly. It is possible to search for targets at sea and in the air at the same time. But it was later rejected because of budget and aircraft carrier operation problems. At one point, some in the navy ridiculed the Germans for using twin-engine aircraft on aircraft carriers, placing a cheetah in a birdcage. And assert that sooner or later the Germans will give up because they can't work. But now, Portall really wants to equip his fleet with such large aircraft, even if there is only one squadron, the perception of the battlefield will be improved a lot!

The situation on the battlefield became more and more chaotic, and the fighters who arrived in the early stage of the Germans finally began to get serious, they no longer blindly dodged, but threw away the auxiliary fuel tanks and entered the combat state, hundreds of planes rolled in the air and entangled tongues of fire flying in the clouds. From time to time, fighters were shot down, and this situation attracted the attention of the British, and a small number of aircraft carriers began to release fighters to replenish the losses, and at this time, a sudden telegram came from the destroyers located on the periphery. "Your radar is jammed!"

On the destroyer, which was 70 kilometers away from the defense fleet, the radar operator found that the radar screen was covered with a layer of white snowflakes, and the settings and even communications were jammed and suppressed. The operator quickly adjusted the frequency, and after activating the backup band, the interference was somewhat reduced, but the target was still not detected, and it appeared that the other party was using both the jammer and the jamming rope. Suppressing the opponent's anti-aircraft reconnaissance was a prelude to the attack, and the destroyer, numbered DD135, fulfilled its duty and reported the situation to the fleet in advance!

"All aircraft carriers release fighters, hurry, the Germans are coming!" Cunningham immediately ordered, until this moment, the Allied aircraft carrier formation responsible for defense began to release fighters with all their might, and even some aircraft carriers did not completely turn into the direction of the headwind, or did not reach the specified deck wind speed began to release aircraft, the Germans knew the speed of attack, for fear that the movement would be slow, and even the planes would not be released!

A Spitfire 9 fighter with a heavy drop tank from the deck, thanks to a better aerodynamic layout and the huge horsepower of the Morin engine, the Spitfire's take-off ability is still very good, even if the conditions are poor, but it can still start normally, more than a dozen aircraft carriers at the same time release carrier-based aircraft The situation is really spectacular, from a distance, a series of planes flew into the sky, in less than ten minutes, the Entente released nearly 200 Spitfires! Combined with the fleet of aircraft on standby in the air, the total number of aircraft responsible for defense over the fleet has reached nearly 400! With just another 10 minutes, the newly released aircraft will be able to reach the set operational altitude and complete the formation. And in half an hour at most, all the Allied aircraft carriers can empty their decks and throw almost all 700 Spitfires out! With the efficient operation of the Fleet Aviation Command, the British formed a large network of defenses across high, medium and low altitudes with all the interceptors! No matter how the opponent attacks, there is a guarantee that there will be an aircraft to intercept it!

The British guessed correctly, at this time the two huge groups of the Germans were already less than 150 kilometers away from the Entente fleet! They jammed each other's radars, and according to the Germans' forecasts, the Entente radars burned through the jamming at a distance of up to 100 kilometers, and deployed interceptors at a distance of no more than 60 kilometers! This has greatly reduced the early warning time and defense depth of the Allied fleet, what is the concept of 60 kilometers? Fast bombers can fly over in 8 minutes and drop bombs on the opponent's head!

"The whole army began to penetrate the defense at high speed!" With the issuance of the order, whether it is the FW190F attack aircraft carrying 500KG bombs, the JU90 bombers carrying torpedoes or the twin-engine attack aircraft formation that is attacking at high speed from another direction, the dive bomber formation that broke through from an altitude of 5000 meters directly increased the speed to more than 480 kilometers, and the twin-engine bombers carrying heavy guided bombs have maintained a speed of 450 kilometers per hour, and the slowest are those torpedo planes, Because the engine power itself is limited, and the weight and volume of the torpedo are quite large, the speed is the slowest, and the speed is only 420 kilometers per hour when penetrating the defense, but even so, it can definitely be called a galloping wind!

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