"Attack the right flank!"

"Attack that beveled aircraft carrier!"

Faced with the enemy fleet on the sea, the American and German aviation commanders invariably gave orders.

At present, the US military still has three aircraft carriers that can take off normally, the German forces still have two aircraft carriers that can be used normally, and the escort aircraft carriers of both sides, 10 Casablanca-class aircraft carriers of the United States, and six German Rhine-class aircraft carriers have all been sunk in the previous rounds of fighting, and the terrifying aviation combat power of the fleets of the two sides has been seriously weakened.

It was like two scarred beasts, even though they were covered in blood, they still refused to give up their faith in putting their opponents to death.

Of course, they can't retreat, because the distance between the two sides is only less than 270 kilometers from each other, as long as the opponent refuses to give up, even if they turn to escape, it is useless, rather than actively retreat and be beaten by the beating, it is better to grit their teeth and insist on fighting until the last minute.

Countless planes roared and filled the air, the once calm Caribbean Sea tumbled like a pot of boiling water, and the sound of "boom" was incessant, and shrapnel and severed limbs were flying everywhere.

Due to the time difference, although Hoffman knew that the navy had a major operation, he only received specific news of the Caribbean battle in the evening, and news of war damage was reported one after another.

"Because of the strength of the enemy and the strong support of land-based aviation, we are at a disadvantage in terms of the total number of aircraft, and Commander Ozawa hopes to be reinforced by the Bermuda sub-fleet."

Hoffman nodded: Bermuda had been taken a few hours ago, and the Germans, except for the loss of a few planes and part of the landing force, had their fleet intact and could indeed free up their hands to support the main fleet. He knew very well that without the battle between the main fleet and the main fleet of the United States, the Battle of Bermuda would not have gone so smoothly.

"How many troops does he need? All? ”

"He mainly wants to be supported by two fleet carriers, and he doesn't have planes with him."

"Without a plane?" Hoffman paused, "What combat effectiveness does the aircraft carrier formation have?" ”

Dönitz explained: "It's not that it doesn't take it, he suggested that the aircraft carrier formation go south at full speed, before the sun sets, the original carrier-based aircraft can take off Bermuda, waiting to receive the main fleet carrier-based aircraft At present, the main fleet aircraft carrier has suffered more losses, and the aircraft over the battlefield far exceed the maximum size that the aircraft carrier can accommodate, although the Guadeloupe base can accommodate a part, but after all, it is too crowded, and the materials and ordnance are not enough. ”

Hoffman was originally a little worried about Bermuda's defense, after all, there were still several missile carriers to take care of, but if the planes were placed on Bermuda, the air supremacy in the surrounding waters could be maintained, and whether the two empty Yunlong would change to the south or not was not the key.

"Agree to the request, if it's not enough, even that giant-class can go with you."

Keitel was a little uneasy: "Is the Navy going to fight the Americans again?" Today's battle losses feel a bit big. ”

Dönitz said: "The front-line commanders all believe that they must persevere to the end, and they have also prepared for a night battle, if they can destroy the US Atlantic Fleet in one fell swoop, it will be conducive to the successful completion of our army's offensive in the Americas." ”

Now the situation between China and the United States has reached a very delicate point: the German army has a large advantage, but it has not yet established a victory, and at the same time it is facing a counterattack by the American army, if it can fight the opponent's main naval force, the German army will have enough time to consolidate the existing advantageous situation.

Hoffman gritted his teeth: "Hold on to the end and see who can withstand the last 5 minutes!" It doesn't matter if the ship is shipped, Minister Speer will continue to build it, isn't the Beihai about to enter service? ”

The distance between the Bermuda Flotilla and the main fleet was more than 2,000 kilometers, and after receiving an order from Berlin at 2 p.m. to move south at full speed, the distance had been reduced to about 1,800 kilometers by the evening, and it was less than 1,400 kilometers away from Guadeloupe.

This set of tactics is vividly called "anti-cross-platform", since cross-platform can carry out aircraft dispatch and concentration, it can also carry out reverse crossing evacuation, and this is completely based on the high quality of pilots.

Ozawa's determination to eat his opponent is very strong, and night battles are a killer feature, and anti-cross-platform is the second killer feature.

"The fleet is regrouped! Get ready for a night fight! ”

At 17:17 on March 15, the battlecruiser Gneisenau raised the Marshal flag of Machar, five minutes before Ozawa and Cranke took up the aircraft carrier Genbarr and raised the flagship logo.

Hit the current position, the German fleet is almost exhausted, especially unfavorable is the lack of ammunition, 2 oblique aircraft carriers on the torpedo, 400 kg of bombs, 750 kg of bombs are all exhausted Originally, these arms reserves can support carrier-based aircraft to attack the whole army 4 times, but due to a large number of aircraft to replenish, ammunition, fuel is rapidly consumed, to the last round of attack, most of the German aircraft can only carry 250 kg of bombs, and in order to control the consumption to cope with the next day's possible war, Each aircraft carried only two 250-kilogram bombs, with an additional 100-kilogram bomb mounted outside the wings to assist the attack.

In the end, the distance between the two sides was very close, and all the planes did not need auxiliary fuel tanks, which supported the huge consumption.

In the last minute attack of both sides, both sides still achieved their own results:

The Dunkirk was hit with two bombs, one torpedo, the beveled deck was partially blown up, and the main deck was barely usable; Let the Barr be hit by a torpedo, not a big problem; The battleship Reich was hit with 3 1000-pound bombs and 2 torpedoes, and suffered heavy damage; The battleship Roma was hit by 3 bombs, which is considered a medium creation; In addition to this, the German side lost 1 cruiser and 2 destroyers.

The losses of the U.S. military were greater: the decks of 2 Essex-class aircraft carriers were blown up and lost their ability to take off and land, and there was still 1 Essex-class aircraft that could barely take off and land; The only Iowa-class battleship, the USS New Jersey, was hit by 9 bombs and 2 torpedoes, and the overall damage was heavy, and the speed was reduced to less than 15 knots. The three Cleveland Knight-class cruisers, the Little Rock, the Gauls, and the Yag, were torpedoed and sunk, all of which were lost to keep the aircraft carrier gunned. Without the heroic blocking of the guns of these cruisers, it would have been impossible for there to be so many US ** ships that can float on the surface of the sea now.

In terms of aircraft, both sides suffered equally heavy losses:

The German Navy lost a total of 147 planes in the attack on Puerto Rico and the U.S. fleet and defensive operations, plus 74 planes lost by land-based aviation, bringing the battle damage to 221 planes, and the loss rate has seriously exceeded the 25 percent warning line.

The U.S. military lost nearly 500 of its 804 carrier-based aircraft, Arnold's air force lost more than 400, plus the part lost in Puerto Rico and the part that could not land and could only parachute, the overall battle loss exceeded 1,000 aircraft.

Here is a very interesting figure, although the total number of US aircraft is more than double that of the German army, the US land-based aviation is basically only dispatched once, while the German land-based aviation is generally dispatched twice; Except for the first three waves of carrier-based planes that flew two missions, the rest of the planes basically flew only once, while German pilots generally made two sorties, and there were not a few who made three sorties.

Relying on the high frequency of sorties and the rotation system, the total number of sorties flown by the German army reached more than 90% of that of the US military.

However, because the German army initially launched a round of attacks on Puerto Rico, and the target of the US attack was only the German fleet, there was a big difference in the number of sorties of the two sides' attack on ships, and the German opponent's sortie frequency of about 50 percent achieved more and greater results.

From the perspective of today's overall tactics, the tactics adopted by the commanders of the two sides are also very different, Mitchell adopted the strategy of "cutting off one finger" and desperately trying to sink the opponent, and Ozawa adopted the strategy of "wounding his ten fingers" to quickly level the difference in fleet size by paralyzing the opponent's combat capability.

On the surface, the number of sunk by the US military is considerable, including 2 battleships, 3 fleet aircraft carriers, 6 escort aircraft carriers, 2 cruisers and 6 destroyers, all of which have become the results of the US military, but the combat effectiveness of the rest of the German warships is quite considerable, especially the two ships of the Scharnhorst class suffered very little trauma, almost negligible; Considering that behind these results was the loss of more than 700 flight crews, it is shocking.

The number of German casualties was considerable, 1 of the 7 US fleet aircraft carriers was sunk, and the remaining 6 were all wounded; 1 of the 4 battleships was sunk, and the remaining 3 were all more than successful; All 10 escort aircraft carriers were sunk; 8 light cruisers were sunk by the Germans, 4 were damaged, and the other 4 were damaged to varying degrees; The only thing that is intact is probably the destroyer. The Germans attacked only half as many as their opponents, destroying an enemy of almost the same tonnage, while losing less than 140 pilot crews.

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