As the minutes passed, the Germans suddenly found that it was difficult for them to further expand their advantage by gaining the first strike, and when the morning star rose into the sky, they could not find the exact position of the other party! On the contrary, some seaplanes lost contact and should have been destroyed by the opponent's night planes or warships if nothing else! From the analysis of the information provided by the previous reconnaissance plane, the opponent seems to have realized that he has been discovered, and they are constantly changing their positions. Except for a general direction, the Germans found that their understanding of the other side was really limited! And what worried the Germans even more was the appearance of aircraft of the Entente countries in the airspace outside their own fleet!

The reaction of the opponent exceeded the Germans' expectations, and they first realized that the advantage of the opponent's general direction did not translate into victory! They can't even figure out how far apart they are now. "Our planes must have spotted the Allied fleet, but they couldn't send the information back! In terms of electronic warfare, we always have a big gap with our opponents! Raeder wrote in his diary.

The situation was similar to what Raeder said, some German reconnaissance planes did find targets, and more than one German pilot saw a large fleet sailing on the sea. But they suddenly found that their long-distance communication equipment was being interfered with. In addition to the communication frequency bands used by China and the US military. The Allied fleets carried out overlay jamming on other frequency bands. Countless clutter flooded the communication bands of the Germans.

Finding enough to turn the tide of the battle but making it difficult to send them back, the German pilots began to circle in the air, looking for directions with less electromagnetic interference. Unfortunately, the depth of the huge Allied fleet was large enough, and the jamming equipment everywhere greatly suppressed the Germans' communications.

In the same way, although the Germans' electronic jamming technology was relatively poor, it was also very effective for the Allied reconnaissance aircraft, and many TBFs or SBDs found targets, and they were also unable to send these precious and easy to send back. And with the dawn of dawn, fighter jets began to be released on the aircraft carriers of both sides to expel these annoying guys.

"Actually, we don't have to worry too much. For this kind of interference, we have a plan, we can use high-power anti-jamming communication methods and forwarding modes to obtain information. Looking at the BF110TG electronic warfare aircraft hovering over the fleet, Count Luknall comforted his teacher like this.

"But we lost the first move. Battles will eventually turn into head-to-head battles! Last time we had the upper hand, but this time, we weren't necessarily so lucky! The opponent's offensive and defensive strength has increased a lot! With the passage of time, we are already at a disadvantage! "Count Spee was clearly in a hurry. A powerful group of aircraft is the sharpest spearhead of the High Seas Fleet, but when he raises the spear in his hand. But they don't know where the enemy is! That's the most depressing thing in the world, right?

However, with the dispatch of professionals, both sides sent a large number of reconnaissance planes equipped with electronic countermeasure equipment, and the curtain composed of electromagnetic waves and garbled characters was gradually torn apart! It was only a matter of time before the exposure of the two sides was made, and in the final stage, the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carriers of both sides began to make final preparations, and from high altitudes, the middle and rear of the decks of each aircraft carrier were lined up with dense aircraft.

"General, a small fleet has appeared in our northwest! It's the escort aircraft carriers of the Americans! There are 6 escort aircraft carriers in this group! It's only 400 kilometers away! "While the Germans were waiting for the intelligence in front of them, a German reconnaissance plane sent this news that made the Germans even more restless! A small Allied fleet has been attached to the side of the German fleet! 6 escort aircraft carriers are not too much, and less is not too much, and 6 escort aircraft carriers can save up about 200 planes again! This was a problem for the German army, which was poised for a move.

"We're exposed!" Raeder was the first to realize the seriousness of the problem. The opposing fleet is only 300 kilometers away from itself, and through the fleet radio and aircraft radio, the Allied reconnaissance forces can easily transmit information. Even if it is not discovered for the time being, as long as the Luftwaffe strikes, the opponent can push back the position of the German fleet through the extension of the route!

"Give me a detachment, an hour, and I'll feed all those iron goods to the fish!" Count Lucknar immediately asked his teacher for his life. German naval aviation spanned this distance for a maximum of 45 minutes! The other side is all old aircraft and crispy aircraft carriers, and there is no chance to fight back in the face of the attack of the German detachment!

"You're gone, what are we going to do?" Count Spee's answer was simple! "Those are all miscellaneous fish, let's concentrate on dealing with the main fleet of the Entente first! If we weren't particularly unlucky. Within half an hour, the results should be available! ”

If you look at the big picture, Count Spee, who served as the commander of the detachment in World War 1 and commanded large-scale battles, is obviously much better than Raeder and Count Luknal in terms of the overall situation. At all times. He knows what to prioritize, and his goals never change because of some accident. I'm just aiming at your main fleet! It doesn't matter if the sky falls!

Of course, the count still carefully analyzed the situation on the scene, this escort fleet did make the Germans like a fish in the throat, to say that the scale is small, it is not too small. If you want to say big, a wave of up to 100 aircraft, it is impossible to have more, and the performance of escort aircraft carriers can be. Now to use a detachment of a fleet, nearly a quarter of the strength to exchange the opponent's attack of more than 100 aircraft, this is an obvious loss! After the detachment launched an attack, it would have absolutely no time to attack the main force of the Entente navy together with the main fleet, and the situation of this breakthrough was already very serious, and if the force was weakened, it would be unimaginable!

So Count Spee's idea is to put it on for the time being, if the other side attacks hastily, it would be better, how can more than a hundred planes put their main fleet? On average, an aircraft carrier can only have about 5 aircraft, and more than 300 FW190 fighters on the periphery can teach them to be new people in minutes. The Earl of Spee wished they were to die! After thinking about this, Count Spee waited for the information ahead like an old monk.

At the same time, as Count Spee had expected, the intrusive fleet did spot the Germans, who had fixed the approximate position of the German navy by radio lateral direction and reconnaissance, and the Germans had limited reconnaissance power, and threw most of their forces to the east and ignored the northwest direction where they had miscalculated. However, in general, the Allied fleet was large, and in addition to the main fleet, there were other sub-fleets with strong aerial reconnaissance and communication capabilities. If the aviation cruisers of the German Navy had not been lost, the situation would have changed today.

"Good news! We found out where the Germans were, and they were really going to fight us! All aviation is ready to go out! History will be rewritten today! Nimitz was extremely excited after receiving the information. At this time, the distance between the two sides was about 420 kilometers, which was a little farther for the Luftwaffe, but it was just right for the Chinese and US naval aviation! Corsair 4 has a large fuel tank and a large load to perform attack missions at this distance without any stress! In Nimitz's view, God was finally on their side this time!

"What about Rear Admiral Lane's escort aircraft carrier formation?" A staff officer asked. "Are they also involved in the attack?" The Americans also noticed that they had a pawn crossing the river on the side of the game.

"Let them wait." Reminder from the subordinates. Nimitz also remembered that something was wrong, and that the Germans had supposedly discovered the fleet, but they did not do it, and there was no doubt that the Germans were focused on themselves. But he hadn't figured out what to do with the pawn at this point. After all, Nimitz also knew that this bit of force was really useless in the open.

At this time, Su Mo was preparing for the attack that was about to begin. In addition to a full-time air defense fleet consisting of two French aircraft carriers and 2 light aircraft carriers, the entire Entente fleet had 4 battle groups! A total of 16 fleet aircraft carriers, the first wave will release nearly 900 fighters and attack aircraft. The main body of this wave of aircraft is about 600 Skua fighters, and more than 50 of the remaining more than 300 planes are twin-engine aircraft that perform electronic jamming and guidance missions, and the remaining more than 250 planes are Americans' new SBD-4 bombers. It carries more ammunition and is faster. The cruising speed is about 400 kilometers with the bomb attached! (This is not quite the same as in history, so it can be considered a weakened version of the Celestial Raider.) ）

"Let's get started!" With the take-off order issued, the four huge aircraft carrier formations of the Huaxia and US navies lined up on the sea, and the roar of the double-row high-power engines even overwhelmed the sound of the waves, and the roar of hundreds of engines was like the oath of giants before the battle. Just a few months ago, the Atlantic witnessed a naval battle on an unprecedented scale, and now, an even more intense and magnificent battle is about to break out! The ground crew checked the preparations for takeoff one last time, and then made a gesture that they were ready to take off. Under the tremendous pull force, the heavy Skua fighter lowered its folded wings and took off from the deck with a roar.

The planes released by the 16 aircraft carriers soon filled the sky over the fleet. After a short formation procession, hundreds of planes flew towards their target. And just before the Chinese and American fleets released their carrier-based aircraft, the German reconnaissance planes finally burned through the electronic interference of the Entente and sent a vital telegram. The Germans almost simultaneously began to release carrier-based aircraft. But just before all carrier-based aircraft take off. The Allies are still a little hesitant about the composition and size of the formation!

"I'm afraid that the original plan is not suitable for the current situation, and the combat effectiveness of the fighters of the Entente countries is quite high. And there is an outlier next to it. If we unleash the attack aircraft group with all our might, it could lead to the collapse of the fleet's defenses! Haldy repeatedly stated this issue in the telegram. It was even hoped that one of the three German fleets would remain for specialized anti-aircraft operations. And if this is really done, the Germans will reduce the attack aircraft fleet by about 200 aircraft in this wave! The probability of penetration will naturally be much smaller.

The Germans were not reckless, and in the last engagement, the Allied fleet, although it did its best to free up its aircraft, was also able to defend itself. The root cause is the gap in fleet performance between the two sides. The German FW190T carrier-based aircraft were significantly superior to the American F6F fighters, and the attack aircraft group of the opposing side was very slow, after the release of the attack aircraft group. The Germans had ample time to release the air defense fighters. But this time it's different.

The opposing fighters surpassed the German naval aviation, and the FW190 could not rely on numbers when the technological superiority was no longer there. Unfortunately, there is also a small fleet staring at him next to him. And although I don't know much about the situation of the opponent's attack aircraft, according to the experience of the Germans themselves, the speed will not be slow after putting bombs on fighters!

This means that there will not be much time for their own preparations, and whether the number of aircraft can be guaranteed is also a good question, and in this case, the Allied navies, which are relatively more sensitive to war damage, are naturally also worried about their own safety. Holdie, in particular, knew very well that his fleet was almost disposable, because Austria-Hungary was no longer capable of replenishing large warships! Others can bear it, but he must jump out to remind the Germans!

"I went! Are you still struggling with this problem at this time? "Count Spee's heart is called a depression, it's like the other party has already taken a knife and is about to cut his head, and he is still struggling with the question of whether to use a kitchen knife or a watermelon knife! Truth be told, though, Count Spee is also torn between killing enemies and defending. In the case of a certain amount, attack and defense are inversely proportional. As time passed, seeing that the team and the Luckner detachment were releasing the planes one by one, Count Spee was in a hurry!

"Let the fighter units of the Raeder fleet leave half in charge of defense. The plan of action for the rest of the fleet remained unchanged, and all fleets retreated 30 nautical miles to the southwest after releasing their aircraft! "In the end, Count Spee adopted a compromise approach, and he was now like a stingy customer, weighing the money in his hands very carefully, and even a squadron had to see what was best to be done!

In terms of speed, the Germans were slower because they had some twin-engine aircraft in their fleet, which was more difficult to take off, but the advantage in overall cruise speed allowed the Germans to catch up with the time difference. The two sides launched an attack almost in a relatively fair environment, the first wave of about 750 aircraft of the Allies vs about 800 planes of the Entente, although the former is less numerous, but relying on the advantage of twin-engine aircraft, their attack power is stronger!

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