Yes, the weather is so good, the snow has begun to melt, but the North Atlantic is still cold, and the clouds of war are still dense over the North Sea.

According to the Navy's battle plan for the offensive on the Western Front, Admiral Raeder led the aircraft carriers Bismarck and Tirpitz to the north to attract the attention of the main forces of the British Royal Navy fleet, while Lütjans was ordered to lead the aircraft carriers Zeppelin and Reich to the south to blockade the waters near the Netherlands.

The battle plan was named "Project Scissors" by the Supreme Command. Accardo was so confident in this operation that he ordered Raeder to return to the North Sea with a few days of delay, in order to continue to preserve his strength.

On the other hand, he ordered Lütjans to put on a show in the south, with the aim of attracting the nearby British Royal Navy cruiser fleet or aircraft carrier formation to engage in a naval battle, knocking out the British naval ships in the nearby waters, and creating favorable conditions for the subsequent operations.

At this moment, the Second Squadron of the German High Seas Fleet was sailing the seas, looking for the British naval target they needed to challenge. As time went on, God did not want to keep the German navy waiting, and at sunrise on the third day of the voyage, they still found the British detachment north of their fleet.

"Report! Carrier-based reconnaissance planes spotted British Royal Navy carrier-based aircraft in the north, and it is speculated that the other side has an aircraft carrier nearby. An Air Force liaison officer reported loudly.

Rütjans, who was sitting on the aircraft carrier Reich, came to the command platform, bowed his head and began to mark the location of the British fleet on the chart.

"Deputy Commander, the British Navy is likely to be searching for us all the way east here, and it is clear that they are here to seek a decisive battle with us!" a combat staff officer said, pointing to the charts, "We are in a very bad position right now, and if we go further south, we will be surrounded by the British Royal Navy and blocked in the English Channel." ”

"Once we're in there, it's all over, and we're going to be wiped out by the French and British navies. Another staff officer also said anxiously: "Now we should stop going south, speed up our return to the northeast, and withdraw to Wilhelmshaven." ”

Ruthjance frowned, and hammered the command platform covered with nautical charts with his hand, and the bridge fell silent in an instant. He looked at his flustered men, some of whom were still very young, some of whom were already old. He pinched the hat with his hand to cover the hat of the regular army, and said, "We are so shameless to miss the fighter plane again?"

"But, if it were a cruiser, we could make sure that this force would be annihilated, and now that we have discovered the carriers, our advantage will not be so obvious, in case we ......," a staff officer advised.

"There is nothing to do! The Führer's order is to annihilate the British squadron, and this is our task! Does anyone question it?" Lütjens said loudly: "Do you remember the telegram that the Führer sent us? Do you remember what was written on it? Have you all forgotten?"

Everyone did not speak, but looked at Rutyans silently, hoping that he would change his mind.

"The Führer is watching us from afar, and the Führer is there looking forward to our victory! We just ran away, fleeing back to Williamsport in a gloomy manner as we had done the previous times?" said Lutjens, frowning, as he looked around the people around him.

Everyone was silent, they looked at their captain, at their commander, and couldn't say a word.

"We are the soldiers of the Reich, we are the most powerful naval fleet in Germany! The people of the motherland have given us the most powerful warships, but we dare to survive only under the protection of the naval artillery units and those shore-based aircraft of the air force?" asked Lütjens in a loud voice.

Everyone bowed their heads, frustrated, ashamed of the idea that they had wanted to retreat back to Wilhelmshaven.

"I can't give you courage, because you never lack courage! Gentlemen! Think of the heroes of Operation Rainbow who would rather lose their beloved ships than fight to the end! Think of the heroes who fought in the Battle of Jutland on the icy waters of the North Sea to defeat the British!

"No!" the first mate, the helmsman, and the weather officer shook their heads, their voices so small that they could barely hear them clearly.

"Do we lack courage?" asked Ruetjens in a loud voice.

"No!" all replied loudly, many waving their arms and looking excited.

Once again, he asked aloud: "Then why are we so timid now? Are we not trusting the Führer? Are we not convinced that we can win with the weapons in our hands?"

"No!" all the sailors and officers on the bridge burst out with the fiercest shouts. The shout was heartbreaking, and everyone answered the captain's question with the loudest voice they could.

Holding his command platform in one hand and a telescope in the other, Lu Teyans gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Send a signal to the Zeppelin aircraft carrier! The content is as follows: I want to turn the bow of the ship! Take off the plane against the wind to meet the battle! If you are afraid of death, speed up and get out of the way for me!"

"Equip all planes with weapons!10 minutes later take off fighter jets and deploy air defense. After the first wave of attack planes had taken off, the whole army accelerated, turned the bow of the ship again, and headed southwest. Lütjans commanded loudly.

"Turn the bow!" the first mate ordered: "Give a signal to the escorting cruiser, we need to turn around." ”

"Report! Captain, the USS Zeppelin has a call, and it reads: Long live the Führer, we are turning around and taking off the fighters, you have to hurry up, or we will hit your ass. The telegraph operator shouted loudly.

"Accelerate the turn!" the first mate shouted into the intercom, "Left full rudder!"

"Hurry up!" said one of the commands, repeating the command aloud as he began to spin the rudder in his hand.

The battleship began to shake violently, the roar of the aircraft became more obvious, and the huge aircraft carrier USS Empire began to turn, and the white waves set off by the shredded sea surface of the bow stretched to both sides, looking so charming and beautiful.

"Take off the planes! All the ships! The battle begins!" Lütjens ordered in a loud voice: "Long live the Führer! God bless Germany!"

"Radar on! Send a signal to the escort destroyers! Outer air defense and anti-submarine first-class alert! The fleet maintains a northward course!" The first mate confirmed the order in a loud voice.

"Raise the battle flag, signal the Zeppelin, take off the fighters, watch over the fleet!" another officer shouted to the herald.

On the deck of the aircraft carrier, the ground crew of the German aircraft carrier, wearing vests of various colors, were busy with their own work. Some of them were towing the FW-190 Navy fighter to the take-off position, some were fixing small bombs under the belly of the plane, and some were checking the ammunition in the wings of the aircraft.

Holding his hat in one hand and grasping the nautical charts that were blown by the wind in the other, the commander of the naval aviation force on the side was holding the charts that were blown by the wind and shouting loudly to the pilots: "There are no restrictions on this takeoff! Shoot down any enemy plane you see, and if there is an enemy ship entering your field of vision, you don't have to be polite! Just sink it!"

"You're saying I can fire freely?" the pilot said, pointing into the distance, "to secure air supremacy in the sky and attack any enemy I see, right?"

"That's right!" replied the commander loudly, nodding sharply.

The pilot nodded, and ran to his plane accompanied by the ground crew, the propeller in the nose began to turn, and the ground crew helped the pilot pull up the cockpit canopy. Then drag the small ladder for boarding and bend over away from the plane.

In the cabin, the pilot put on an oxygen mask, and his voice began to come from the hoarse radio intercom: "Flight tower, this is Seahawk 1, I am on the runway, the fuel is normal, the plane is in good condition, please take off!"

"Good luck. "In the headphones, accompanied by the hissing sound of radio electricity, the command of the tower was heard.

The plane began to accelerate against the wind on the deck, and when it was near the end of the deck, the front wheels of the plane left the deck of the aircraft carrier, and the pilot could no longer see any part of the aircraft carrier, and in front of him was a vast ocean. But he knew he was flying, as the water was getting farther and farther away from him, and he could feel himself getting closer and closer to the longing sky.

Watching the two FW-190 fighters fly out of the aircraft carrier, Lütjans finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the tense muscles of his left hand holding the telescope relaxed, no matter whether he won or lost, at least his troops were fighting now, at least his troops had the courage to fight! Only then could they strive for victory and win the victory that belonged to them.

Immediately after two more FW-190 fighters took to the air, the morale of the entire fleet became different, they are now dozens of nautical miles away from their opponents, and the battle is about to break out, and it is no longer a state where they can run if they want to.

"After taking off two more fighters, start taking off Stuka!" Lutyans thought for a moment and ordered: "Our fighters are relatively advanced, seize the time to attack first! I'll see if the British Navy is really invincible!"

"Send a signal to the Zeppelin! Fighter planes take off 6 anti-aircraft aircraft! Then take off Stuka bombers at once!" Lutjens had just finished speaking, and the first mate was on the side to confirm the order in a loud voice.

"Half of Stuka uses small bombs, half of them large bombs! Small bombs against escort ships! Planes with large bombs are mainly aimed at opposing aircraft carriers!" Lütjans commanded, staring at the charts.

Soon, one after another, Stuka dive bombers began to take off, formed a flight formation over the fleet, and then, at the command of the commander, densely entered the clouds and flew towards their target in the distance.