Just a few seconds ago, the pilots of the British torpedo planes were looking excitedly at the flames that were rising in front of them, commenting on the beautiful details. Well, I have to admit that everyone had a hobby of playing with fire when they were young, and it seems that arson is one of the instincts of human beings. However, they did not know at that time that they would also become the prey of others. A British pilot saw through the transparent glass compartment the last scene of his life: a plane approaching from behind, which did not seem to be his own.

When he opened his eyes and took a closer look, he was immediately dumbfounded: the German plane actually killed him! The next moment, dazzling bullet lines flashed in his retina. The shadow of death is overwhelming! "Even-bought karma! Am I dying like this? The exclamations and the roar of the cannons rang out almost simultaneously, and in an instant the entire cabin was littered with shrapnel and the crew was covered in flesh and blood.

Mechanical parts were cut, destroyed, wing beams were broken, engines exploded. Finally, tongues of fire erupted from the fuel tank, and the entire torpedo bomber, wrapped in an ever-expanding ball of fire, crashed into the city, merging with the sea of fire. Damn the Germans, where the hell did they come from! "Are we all going to die here?" The sound of bomber pilots alarming each other echoed over the radio, and dozens of pairs of frightened eyes searched every corner of the night sky. But they do not have night vision to see the enemy in the dark.

Only with each sudden shot of dense tracer bullets from somewhere, they will know, where the enemy is. One torpedo bomber after another either fell or was blown up in the air, and the pilots were asking the same question in trembling voices; Where are our "mosquitoes"? "Damn the British, go to God!" "Haha, I've killed another British's torpedo machine!"

After detonating the nearest torpedo plane, the German pilots broke away from their dead prey without hesitation and continued their frantic pursuit. In a short period of time, several more torpedo planes were blown up, and the brilliant and dazzling fire lit up the sky, which looked extremely colorful and colorful. As the saying goes, as soon as the cannon goes off, every torpedo machine is blown up in the air, which not only represents the withering of a young life, but also means that a torpedo worth tens of thousands of dollars has been lost.

It's a heart-wrenching fireworks rain of extravagance, and it's really fast for relatives and enemies! "Damn the Germans, take your life!"

In less than a minute, Song Liangqing, a fighter pilot of the Burmese Army, piloted a DH98 "Mosquito" fighter to kill back as quickly as possible, and after locking on a German BF110 night fighter, he frantically pressed the fire control switch. Da-da-da-da! Strings of caliber ammunition blasted out with endless rage. A moment later, a series of metal crashes rang out.

Immediately afterwards, the BF110 night fighter, which was chasing the torpedo plane with all its might, was directly exploded and turned into a raging fireball. The DH98 Mosquito was one of the most successfully designed aircraft of the Second World War, and was designed and manufactured by de Havilland, an all-wood light bomber, regarded as an innovation in British aviation history, and known as the "Miracle of Wood". That's right, this is an all-timber aircraft, which is very rare in the forties of aircraft.

With an all-wood structure is Duc. Havilland's most far-sighted decision foresaw a shortage of aluminium alloy in wartime Britain and a shortage of workers skilled in the manufacture of metal structures for aircraft. Wooden airplanes can be produced by any skilled carpenter, and British piano factories, cabinet factories, and furniture factories can be used to mass produce airplanes. It is precisely this decision that has made the "mosquito" aircraft have several advantages from the very beginning, such as low price, good performance, saving raw materials, and being as light as a swallow, and has become an outstanding model with quite characteristics.

Although it is an all-wood structure, it feels the same as papier-mâché, but in reality this is not the case. During the entire war, the Mosquito bombers in the RAF bomber regiment alone flew 39,795 sorties and dropped more than 100,000 bombs, of which only 254 were shot down. That is to say, only one aircraft is lost for every 2,000 sorties, setting a record for the lowest damage caused by an air raid on the enemy's ground, and the battle loss rate is only 6.3 per 1,000, less than one-third of that of ordinary bombers, creating the best record for the combat survival rate of bombers in the Royal Air Force.

In addition, it should be said that the DH98 "Mosquito" aircraft has many modifications, and has the functions of bombing, combat, reconnaissance, coaching, liaison, and anti-submarine. "Kill!" "Falk oil!" Immediately afterwards, one after another DH98 "Mosquito" fighters joined the battlefield and fired frantically at the German fighters who were frantically chasing and killing torpedo planes regardless of their heads! There is no doubt that in the face of DH98 "Mosquito" fighters, which are several times larger than themselves, only 12 bf110 night fighters exploded in a short period of time, and were all shot down and blown up by the angry Allied pilots!

However, in just one or two minutes, the Allied torpedo group had already suffered extremely heavy casualties, and as many as 26 planes were destroyed. There were no tears on the battlefield, and the pilots of the torpedo group, who had suffered heavy losses, did not have time to pray for the silence of their dead comrades, and after being out of danger, they rushed at the enemy warships in the port of Tobruk under the cover of the fighter group.

"Aim and hit!" "Don't let these damn Brits come near us!" At this moment, the port of Tobruk was full of raging fires, so that the originally dark night was dispersed far and wide, and the torpedo planes flying in a straight line at low speed could not escape the vision of the sailors. In the face of these menacing superkillers, they all fought for their lives, completely ignoring the fighters who were still firing wildly overhead, and concentrated all their firepower on those torpedo fuselages.

Because they know deep down that those bombers and fighters can certainly do a lot of damage, although they can kill them, but the damage to the ships is negligible. On the other hand, once the torpedo machine adjusts the angle of bombing, then the warship under their feet, no matter how rough and thick the skin is, will not be able to withstand the fatal damage of a few torpedoes. If the warship is sunk and blown up, they will naturally have no eggs under the nest, and they will also sink to the bottom of the sea and become a cold corpse!

In this case, they could only choose the lesser of two powers, giving all the output firepower to the British torpedo group! As a result, these torpedo planes, which had just escaped from death, once again faced a great test of survival, and dense caliber ammunition was frantically pouring at them without money. Dense light bombs flickered wildly in the field of vision, and it seemed that everything around them was cut and cut off by these metal storms full of death!

Chirp! Chirp! Chirp! Before the torpedo group entered the harbor, the British reconnaissance plane again dropped three flares at an altitude of more than 100 meters, which illuminated the entire harbor even brighter at once. The torpedo group was more accurate in locking on to the Italian ships in the harbor, and they were divided into several teams to launch a formal attack. In World War II, torpedoes could be faster, at least much faster than warships, but at this speed aviation torpedoes only had a range of 4-5km.

Moreover, in order to improve the hit rate and reduce the reaction time and evasion distance of the warship, the torpedo machine often needs to be thrown in and out. Therefore, it is crucial to choose an appropriate angle and drop point. Generally speaking, torpedo opportunities are chosen to drop bombs at a distance of 1,000 meters, leaving a short reaction time for warships. An ideal bombing point, whether the warship is full rudder to the left or to the right, cannot avoid a torpedo hit.

Of course, it is difficult to do this in practice, so a safer way is to drop torpedoes from both sides of the torpedo group, so that the target cannot escape. However, it is also very dangerous for torpedo attack aircraft, because the torpedo attack aircraft is very slow and low in altitude before releasing the torpedo, and small and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns and large-caliber machine guns can easily hit at this distance. Therefore, the loss rate of torpedo bombers during World War II was astonishing, and those who could serve as torpedo pilots were naturally elite and daring men in the army.

In short, whether it is for the side that drops the torpedo or the side that avoids the torpedo, it is a contest of courage and determination! Stay calm and face the threat of the enemy head-on, and it is possible to fight a way to survive! Thump! Thump! The brave man wins when he meets on a narrow road, and the British torpedo pilots who are determined to die all risk their lives and rush all the way against the dense metal storm.

After once again paying the price of several torpedo planes being blown up, the remaining 22 torpedo planes finally managed to get out of their way and successfully threw a deadly torpedo into the sea. After the torpedo was dropped, the torpedo planes began to quickly raise their noses, and when they reached a certain height, they turned their noses around as quickly as possible and began to return home. At this moment, a torpedo was speeding through the sea, aiming at the enemy ships in the harbor.

"Even, damn it!" "Shet!" "Quickly turn the rudder to evade!" "It's over! It's completely over! The officers and men of the Italian Navy could only watch the waves rushing towards them, but they had nothing to do to stop what was in front of them. When a torpedo is thrown into the water, there will be a period of descent and then climbing, so the bomb should not be thrown too close. At this time, torpedoes generally sail at a depth of or a little below the waterline, and the fuse located at the head of the torpedo is triggered by a direct impact. Because of this, the torpedo's trajectory is observable to the naked eye.

Therefore, after being attacked by a torpedo, the warship can yaw in the direction of the torpedo attack with full rudder and emergency evasion, so that it may pass by the torpedo. Unfortunately, the torpedoes were very close and very fast, while the bulky ships were too slow to move. If you want to avoid these torpedoes with full rudder steering, the difficulty factor is not ordinary.

The only thing they can fantasize about is that these damn torpedoes make a mistake of missing their target, or that their fuses suddenly fail and turn into dumb mines that don't explode when they hit them. This is not the wishful thinking of these Italian naval officers and men, in fact, during World War II there were a large number of cases of torpedoes missing the target and hitting the target but not exploding. When torpedoes and torpedo machines were first invented in World War II, there was no essential difference except for a higher firing rate and a slightly longer range.

Moreover, after the torpedo is thrown into the sea, it will sail at a deep depth for a certain distance, and there is a process of slowly climbing, and sometimes the torpedo will not be able to hit because it is too close to drop the bomb. However, at this time, the torpedo bombers appeared with a simple sighting device, which could help the bombers to easily aim at the target in relative motion. This makes it possible to greatly increase the hit rate of aviation torpedoes, reduce the difficulty of operation, and no longer rely only on the experience of pilots.

In addition, there are two main types of torpedo fuzes in World War II: collision fuzes and magnetic fuzes, but both fuses are currently unstable and have a certain chance of failure. Unlike today's torpedoes, which generally use a mixture of trigger fuze and magnetic fuze, which can not only ensure the explosion when hitting the target, but also explode according to the most effective killing range of the target. The pilots of the Italian navy desperately turned the rudder to evade, while the rest of the navy could only pray to the heavens, hoping for a miracle.

It's just that a miracle is a miracle after all, and it is not a normal situation, and the scenes in the minds of the officers and men of the Italian Navy are not so easy to appear, after all, those are just small probability events. In just a few tens of seconds, it quickly passed, and one after another torpedoes collided with one Italian warship after another with great ferocity. Boom, boom, a series of earth-shattering explosions rang out one after another.

1，2，3，4，5，…… 16，17，18！ Eighteen rings! Well, eighteen arhats on the bar are infinite, good luck numbers. In this wave of fast and ruthless torpedo projection, 18 of the 22 torpedoes were successful, 4 torpedoes did not explode, and the final hit rate was fixed at 82%. With an 82% hit rate, that's already a pretty remarkable statistic. If you add the previous 6 torpedoes that were successfully detonated by the frogman troops, the Italian naval fleet alone has eaten as many as 24 torpedoes.

If it weren't for the destruction of more than half of the previous torpedo planes, I am afraid that the Italian ships anchored in the port of Tobruk would really be wiped out. But even then, the Italian naval fleet docked in the port of Tobruk was extremely badly damaged. The final result was that 2 battleships, 2 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers, 4 destroyers were sunk, and 1 battleship, 2 heavy cruisers, and more than a dozen other ships were heavily damaged!

Although the Italian Navy still has 3 battleships, 12 light and heavy cruisers, and hundreds of other ships, it still occupies an advantageous position compared to the 3 battleships, 2 aircraft carriers, 22 destroyers and 12 submarines of the British Mediterranean Fleet. However, it is clear that this battle has greatly damaged the Italian fleet, and to a large extent reversed the balance of naval forces between the enemy and us in the Mediterranean, at least not as absolutely as before.

At the same time, the Allied pilots also attacked a large number of ground military targets, such as antiaircraft guns, radar stations, and oil depots, and achieved very good bombing results. "Yes!" Ness! "Well done!" Seeing the burning enemy ships and the flames on the shore farther away, the Allied pilots all shouted with excitement. "Hurry, hurry! All of them will return quickly! "Dog! Dog! Dog! "After the successful completion of the bombing mission, the Allied combat aircraft group did not dare to stay too long in the harbor, because no one knew whether the German combat aircraft group would return diagonally and intercept it on the sea.

At this time, you must return to the fleet as soon as possible, and ensuring your own safety is the most important thing! Without the drag of bombs and heavy torpedoes, the return of the fleet was naturally much faster than before it came. At this time, the group of bombers returning home first was already dozens of kilometers away.

Zhenyuan aircraft carrier. "Tick tock!" "Report to the military seat, the Allied forces have won a great victory, sinking and destroying more than 20 enemy ships, and blowing up an oil depot in an Axis port!" "The fleet is returning at full speed, and the first bombers are expected to arrive in the fleet in 20 minutes!" The news of the successful air raid on the port of Tobruk was transmitted back to the fleet at the first time. "Well done!" At this time, Huzi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and finally waited for the good news after nearly 1 hour of long waiting.

"Ness!" "Great!" "Haha, we won!" "You Chinese soldiers are good!" "The soldiers of the British Empire are also very good!" "Unity is strength!" "Long live the Anti-Fascist League!" At the same time, a room full of people also became excited, at this moment there is no distinction between nationalities, there is no distinction between you and me, and the soldiers of the two countries are all raising their arms and shouting and hugging each other. The Allied theater of operations in North Africa was in desperate need of a decent victory to boost morale.

The previous battles for the defense of the Horse Islands and the defense of the Matrou Fortress, although the Allies were not defeated, even played an unprecedented victory to the outside world. But for everyone, in fact, at most, it is a few defensive battles that kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800, which is not a dazzling record. Today, however, was a real counterattack, and it was a very beautiful victory. Although the Italian fleet anchored in the Libyan port of Tobruk was only a small part of the capital ships of its Italian navy. However, the elimination of them changed the balance of naval power in the Mediterranean in favor of the Allies, and the control of the Mediterranean was tied in one fell swoop.

As a result, the Allied Mediterranean naval fleet would regain the initiative and would have more room to maneuver and pose a substantial threat to the Axis Alliance's supply lines in the Mediterranean.

After everyone was excited, Huzi immediately ordered in a deep voice: "Pass the order, all aircraft carriers make preparations for recovering the aircraft, and frigates and destroyers will strengthen their vigilance and closely monitor the surrounding waters!" Now is the most critical time, and we must also guard against the German submarine forces and air force coming to retaliate. "Although it is said that in the vast sea, the enemy reconnaissance planes cannot detect the opposing fleet that implements light control. Even if the reconnaissance plane is lucky enough to find the opposing fleet, in the era when there is no GPS, it is difficult for the incoming attack aircraft fleet to find the exact point, which is basically equivalent to having to search again.

But be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, and be careful when you should be careful. In fact, night flights of fighter planes in the 21st century will be a high-tech blind spot for the air forces of most countries, and there are not many all-weather pilots in the world, let alone the current one. Throughout the history of World War II, it was not until the end of World War II that US aircraft carriers had the ability to fight at night, and because they were forced by the Japanese night bombing situation in the early and middle periods, the US military gradually began to experiment with carrier-based aircraft for night operations.

Skilled pilots, such as the Japanese Navy, can barely take off from an aircraft carrier in low visibility conditions such as morning light. The U.S. fleet once kept moving in a straight line when receiving fighter planes from an aircraft carrier, and the bright lights were like a giant Christmas tree, attracting the surrounding Japanese submarines. However, this was not a night battle, but because the departure was too late in the afternoon and the attack distance was too long, it was just dark when the US plane returned.

That's it, and the whole World War II is just one example. In the rest of the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway, the Battle of the Solomon Islands, and the Battle of Santa Cruz, the generals of both sides honestly waited for dawn before releasing reconnaissance planes, refueling and reloading, and continuing to tear apart. Therefore, in the same way, the current British naval fleet is not capable of fighting at night, whether it is to detect the enemy fleet, or to launch an attack on the enemy fleet, or to recover the combat aircraft is a great challenge, and if you don't do it, you will shoot yourself in the foot.

Jiang Qiang naturally understands the truth, but he is reluctant to let the child trap the wolf, and if he doesn't take a risk, how can he change the unfavorable passive situation with a small profit? Really adventurous today! Luckily, this adventure has gone well so far. It's just that when you stay in the recovery of the plane, you will inevitably turn on the lights to illuminate the flight deck of the aircraft carrier, which is a bit dangerous. But you can't do it, because in the dark of night, it would be a fantasy to land the fleet safely on the leafy deck.

In fact, there is no need for Liu Qiang to specifically ask for this matter, and the destroyers, frigates, and naval officers and men of the submarine force scattered around naturally understand this truth. From beginning to end, there are special people waiting in front of all kinds of instruments, listening to everything around them with their eyes open, as long as there is any movement, it will definitely not escape their eyes. More than ten minutes later, when the first wave of dive bombers was about to arrive in the sea area where the fleet was located, the aircraft carriers responsible for recovering them turned on all the lights and guided the group to land safely.

Buzzing, the first wave of dive bombers was not recovered, and the subsequent torpedo planes, fighters, and reconnaissance planes flew back over the fleet one after another. As a result, the fleet appeared even more busy and chaotic, with a large number of aircraft having to circle high in the air and wait for the opportunity to land. In fact, there is another way to recover the aircraft, which is to fly directly back to the army airfield near Alexandria Harbor.

Because according to the endurance of these fleets, they can fly from the port of Tobruk back to the port of Alexandria, which is 600 kilometers away. It's just that there is a big problem here, that is, you have to pass through the Axis radar stations along the way, and you can't be dumplings by the German night fighter group that has returned home.

Therefore, after all things considered, it is better to fly back to the fleet directly to recover, although it is a bit risky, but the probability of taking the risk is much lower than flying back to Alexandria Port directly! After nearly two hours of busy work, the combat aircraft group was finally safely recovered without any danger. After the recovery operation, the fleet was finally able to reintroduce the lights and launch the galleon in the direction of Alexandria.

The whole process of "exposure" lasted nearly two hours, but it was calm, not that the German army did not want to do something, but under the cover of night, it was really too difficult for the German reconnaissance plane to discover the Allied fleet on the vast sea. As for those German submarines, although they are always wandering around the Mediterranean Sea when they are idle and have nothing to do, after all, the Mediterranean Sea is really not small. These slow-moving submarines want to try their luck to find the Allied fleet in a short period of time, which is also ideal and realistic.