Although aggressive, the German Navy is not without its flaws. www.biquge.info The most embarrassing thing that Lu Teyans faced was that he had too few carrier-based aircraft.

The precious aircraft carrier Zeppelin, which the Führer had won for the Navy, is currently the only aircraft carrier in the Navy that can fight a war.

The aircraft carrier was modified to barely carry 50 carrier-based aircraft, which is the entire carrier-based aircraft force in the hands of the German Navy.

Although the FW-190T fighters equipped by the German Navy have excellent performance, it can be said that they completely crushed the Swordfish carrier-based attack aircraft equipped by the United Kingdom, but unfortunately the number is too small.

The 28 Stuka C bombers on board the Zeppelin are the only force for the German Navy's offensive at the moment, so it is impossible to pull them out to do anything else.

Therefore, the tasks of air defense and surveillance and reconnaissance all fell on the remaining 22 carrier-based fighters.

Together with the Stuka who were to escort the attack, there were even fewer aircraft left. In the face of the British Swordfish attack aircraft, the seaplanes that took off from other warships did not dare to take off and send them to death.

It was not too convenient for the entire German fleet to slow down and recover those seaplanes in a state of engagement in a high-speed voyage.

All things considered, now Lütjans can only rely on the 22 FW-190T fighters in his hand.

Even by the most conservative number of escorts, to ensure the safety of the Stuka C attack formation, at least 6 FW-190Ts must take off to escort it.

At the same time, in order to track the British fleet, ensure the distance between the two fleets, and prevent the German Navy from encountering the enemy's main home fleet in confusion, theoretically six aircraft were needed to patrol and track.

If you add to this the interceptor fighters prepared for the air defense of the fleet, Lütjans simply does not have any excess forces in his hands.

In other words, the current German fleet, reconnaissance in other directions, is almost completely absent.

The warning range in other directions is at most about 30 kilometers that the radar can guarantee.

In the face of such a situation, the only thing that Lütjans and Hines can do is to hit the troops and sink as many British transport ships as possible.

Because of this, the German fleet was not aware of the division of the British naval transport fleet into two fleets.

"The bomber units on the front line are returning home...... On the radio, we had once again sunk 26 enemy transports. Hines reported the results he had just gotten to Lütjans.

He also really needed the recognition of the Supreme Commander of the Front, the Commander of the Fleet, Lütjans. The future status of naval aviation in the navy will also be promoted by the first mate after this battle.

Like the pilots of the almost first air raid, the pilots of the second batch lied about their achievements.

This is not a bad habit of the German army, but an unspoken rule in the armies of all countries of the world. In the event of a great victory, it is a "common practice" that all armies will follow to appropriately exaggerate some of their achievements.

No one is going to hold anyone accountable for lying about their achievements at this time, and there is no way to investigate such records anyway. In short, the people above will also recognize the results and solemnly reward the front-line troops.

Naturally, Lu Teyans would not pour cold water on all carrier-based aircraft pilots on this unspoken rule, he nodded with a smile, and said to Hines: "Very good, in this way, we have achieved more than 50 ships." ”

"There are also at least 10 British Swordfish carrier-based aircraft...... This time, we finally lived up to the Führer's expectations. Hines answered with a smile and confirmed the fighter pilots' achievements.

In fact, the real record is about the same as reported - the British have sunk 42 transport ships and 10 Swordfish carrier-based aircraft.

There is a big gap in the data on the sinking of warships, and the data on the downing of enemy planes is very accurate. This was also the intention of Lütjans and Hinenes, because the first thing was the naval record, not the air force record.

Things in officialdom are sometimes very delicate. Even if you don't follow the yang and the yin, the slightest difference in the way you speak will have different results -- this is true in China, and it is the same in foreign countries.

Of course, the discrepancies in the data on these transport ships do not lead the Führer and his wise staff to misestimate the war situation in the future.

"Our route is dangerous and we are already approaching the UK mainland...... If the other side has another fleet, we will be in trouble. "Ruetjens was more worried about the safety of his fleet than his brilliant achievements.

Unlike Britain, which had deep pockets, the German fleet was the Führer's only home at sea. It seems that it is more important to preserve yourself than to attack the results.

"If we hurry, we may be able to launch an attack...... Obviously, Hines, a naval upstart, is more aggressive than the cautious Ruetjens.

Frowning, Lu Teyans was weighing in his heart whether it was necessary to continue to dwell on this. Or in other words, if the attack continues here, there will be no impact on the security of the fleet.

"If we continue to attack, we will be fighting in the vicinity for more than four hours......" he said, calculating the various countermeasures of the British Navy.

Then, he told Hines what he was worried about: "Don't forget, the British also have submarines in their hands......"

If they continued to pester, in case there were British submarines nearby, they found an opportunity to attack the German fleet - just as the German submarines did to the British fleet.

When the time comes, there is no need to ensure sinking, as long as one or two German battleships are seriously damaged, the British fleet, which is suffering from insufficient speed in the distance, will immediately rush up and force the German fleet to make a trade-off.

The most optimistic estimate is that Lütjans will abandon the wounded battleship and leave with the rest of the fleet. He had only 6 ships in his fleet, and no matter which battleship it was, it was a valuable combat force for the German Navy......

"50 battleships...... Is it enough for this time? Suddenly, Ruetjens opened his mouth and asked Hines this question.

Obviously, at this moment, he is guilty of partisan syndrome again. Taking advantage of him, what he was thinking about was to slip away quickly, rather than continue to expand the results.

In the same way, his concerns affected Hines. Now the German fleet has obtained such a proud result almost without any loss, and if there is an accident, then this result will become worthless.

Just imagine, exchanging a valuable warship for 70 transports is obviously more satisfying than sinking 50 transports without damage.

So, when considering the non-existent British Second Fleet behind him, and the threat of the invisible submarines of the British, Hines also wavered.

Then, the two commanders, who had already shaken their resolve to fight, made their choice. Hines looked at Lütjans and said tentatively in an inquiring tone, "So? Cancel the third attack, retreat? ”

"When the carrier-based aircraft lands, immediately turn around and sail due west!" Nodding his head and answering in the affirmative, Lütjens looked at the sea in the distance.

Giving up such an opportunity to expand his results is not easy for him, even for the cautious man.

The British transports, which he could not see, but which he had thought about countless times, were like delicious food behind the window, tempting to drool.

Next time, the British authorities, no matter how stupid, will temporarily equip these transports with anti-aircraft weapons - machine guns and the like are very well installed, and anti-aircraft guns are not new......

In other words, the next time the German Navy will not have such a good chance. The opponent will be equipped with more machine guns and anti-aircraft guns to meet the German naval attack.

"What if...... Reducing the participation of two carrier-based aircraft in the attack, which is used for full-time navigation, and the distance between us after turning is enough to launch another attack. At this time, Hines gave a suggestion that made Ruetjens excited.

The distance between the two sides is only more than 100 kilometers, and for carrier-based aircraft, this distance is far from the limit of their attack.

After a brief trade-off, Lütjens decided to attack again and cause as much trouble as possible.

But what he didn't expect was that his third attack was not as smooth as he imagined. There was an accident in the middle of the attack, which greatly reduced the success of this attack.

In less than an hour of German aircraft round-trip, the British fleet picked up speed and diverted a group of transports.

This caused German carrier-based aircraft to misjudge the position of the British transport fleet, and the 10 Stuka Cs in charge of the search were eventually forced to return early.

Only the remaining 16 planes attacked, and in the end only 9 transport ships were so so-so.

Unbeknownst to Charles, his fleet of transports had finally come to an end to their nightmare because of Lütjans's oversse, and most of them had escaped.

And Phillips did not know at this time that the German fleet was far away, and he was still continuing to divert his fleet and try to minimize the losses.

It was not until the expected fourth attack did not arrive that Phillips, who realized it later, finally confirmed that the German fleet had left by this time......

"51 ships were sunk...... This time, our losses were really fatal. Rubbing his eyebrows, Phillips, the commander of the British Navy's home fleet, said depressedly: "After I go back, I really don't know how many doubts the home fleet will face......