In the first round of air raids, 108 German fighters met 232 US Army attack planes, shot down 23 P47 or P51, shot down 63 B25\A26\B29, and were shot down 29 themselves.

Their results resulted in only minor damage to 2 battleships and minor damage to the Resentment, but they sank 1 Rhine-class escort carrier and 1 Hedgehog-class destroyer, and the hapless destroyer was taken away by a water bullet.

However, the telegram they sent to Mitchell was much more "optimistic", sinking 2 aircraft carriers, 3 cruisers or destroyers, severely damaging at least 1 fleet carrier, and 2 battleships, while unmistakably telling the fleet that these were two armored carriers.

Mitchell's face became ugly: it was obvious that this result did not meet his psychological expectations, but when he heard that the two most valuable and cutting-edge armored aircraft carriers were the most valuable, his mind suddenly became active, and he said to Hewitt: "These two ships must be sunk, otherwise it will be very unfavorable for us to let the Germans drag them to repair them." ”

Hueyt nodded: Strictly speaking, this is the first time that these two Grudge ships have been engaged in a front-line battle, and it would undoubtedly be very exciting to destroy them in the first battle.

"On the second wave?"

"Nope! The second and third waves rushed together. Mitchell looked hideous, "Not only did the 2 armored aircraft carriers leave me, but I didn't want to let them go." ”

"The enemy's main fleet."

"There's no shadow for the time being, don't leave him alone for now, and get ready for the fourth wave." Mitchell used 104 aircraft in the second wave, 91 in the third wave, and more than 100 in the fourth wave, compared to the Atlantic Fleet, which has 750 aircraft, the first three waves account for only half of the strength!

At 8:14, the American attack group took off again, but a message they did not want to hear poured into the bridge: "German reconnaissance aircraft found!" ”

"Shoot it down immediately!"

Although Hewitt quickly gave the order, and F4U also carried out the order to take out the brave AR352, the position of the main fleet in the Atlantic was inevitably released, "the main force of the enemy fleet was discovered, roughly located 125 kilometers south of the Virgin Islands, number"

"No number report?"

"Yes, contact is lost."

"Order the other sectors to forcibly scout, keep in touch, the fleet attack wave, sortie!"

"Just about to do the collection job." The aviation staff officer exclaimed.

"Attack first, wait a minute."

"Some jet fuel may not last that long." The aviation staff officer suggested, "Isn't it two decks, one for retraction and one for take-off?" ”

Ozawa shook his head: "We must give priority to attacking, and we will wait and say that pilots who have no fuel will make a forced landing or parachute!" Two decks, full speed ahead! ”

Hearing Ozawa desperately collect the plane and not to attack, Machar's eyelids couldn't help jumping: this is the rhythm of desperate action.

Ozawa had been famous for a long time, and seeing that there was no opposition from Mashal and Crank, the whole fleet immediately carried out the order, and one plane after another took off into the air and quickly rushed towards the direction where the main force of the Atlantic Fleet was.

At 8:54, the US reconnaissance plane discovered the position of the main German fleet, and at the same time observed that a large number of planes were landing, and immediately informed Mitchell of the news.

Hearing that the main German fleet was only 400 kilometers away, Mitchell was also a little confused with his mobile phone: this distance is really a bit close!

"The first attack wave is about to meet the enemy, and it is completely too late to make temporary adjustments, so should you let the second and third attack waves attack the main German army and disrupt the opponent's position?" Hewitt suggested that the "opponent"

Mitchell shook his head slowly: "In this way, the mission of the first attack wave may not be completed"

"This"

"The fourth attack wave took off with all its strength to attack the main German fleet, and the remaining 2 and 3 attack waves went to attack the German detachment, and they must be wiped out first!"

"Sir, there are still 35 minutes to go for cross-platform support, and a total of 57 fighters and 34 JU298s have been deployed."

"How long will the fuel last when the cross-platform fighter arrives?"

"It can support about 70 minutes."

Ozawa nodded: "The attack planes and others will directly land for supplies, and the fighters will enrich the air defense cover planes and leave 15 minutes of fuel." ”

"Sir, the Air Force has received the position of the US fleet, and it is expected to send an attack group in 15 minutes!"

"Good!" Ozawa nodded slightly, "Let the Air Force give priority to attacking the enemy's escort carriers." ”

"Attacking an escort carrier?" Everyone was stunned for a moment, why is there such a tactic? Shouldn't the fleet carriers be attacked first?

"The enemy fleet aircraft carrier must be in the core position, and the first attack will definitely cause heavy losses, and it is too late to adopt the onion peeling tactic, so it can only weaken the outer wings first."

Although Ozawa's account was very simple, Cranke understood that many of the US escort fighters and air defense fighters came from escort aircraft carriers, and if these fragile escort aircraft carriers were sunk, the fighters would face a situation where they would have nowhere to go, either go to the fleet aircraft carriers to compete for positions with attack aircraft, or they could only crash with oil, and in any case, they could delay or even weaken the opponent's strength.

He agreed with Ozawa's suggestion, but cautioned: "There is still a possibility that enemy forces will land in Puerto Rico." ”

Ozawa nodded: "That's true, but I don't expect that Puerto Rico's aviation torpedo reserves will not be sufficient, today's war, as long as the warship is not sunk, we still have a chance to go, German shipbuilding is not fast, and I think the level of repair is still very smart." ”

Mashal nodded, the situation is very unfavorable today, you can only win with less loss, Ozawa's suggestion is good: as long as you keep the boat, you will have a chance.

"Keep the pilot!" He said in a hoarse voice, "The ship can still be built without it, and now there are many warships on the slipway, and it is a big trouble if the people are gone." ”

Machar's sentence is also fully demonstrated, although Germany has many aircraft carriers, but it has also sunk a lot, and the secret of winning more with less is not in the ship, but in the man, in the aircraft Führer summed up, aviation is the first combat strength in naval warfare!

Beginning at a quarter past 9 o'clock, the US military used three waves of planes to bomb the decoy fleet sent by Ozawa indiscriminately, causing it to undergo the most severe test

ps: It's late to hang today, so the update is late and less, sorry, tomorrow 3 will be more supplemented

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