, December 24, 16:35.

"20 enemy aircraft were spotted at thirty degrees on the port side." The radar on the fixed distance was the first to detect the target.

At this time, there were already strong winds and waves in the Atlantic Ocean, where the sea conditions were bad, and there was even some rain drifting, and due to the cold weather, there was also a lot of ice on the radar antenna and mast.

The radar was also affected by the bad weather. But the second class dreadnought battleship still spotted the enemy aircraft immediately after the take-off of more than forty kilometers. And quickly judged their number and speed, which allowed the dreadnought to anticipate the enemy.

Bad weather affected the radar, but the ice on the deck also weakened the carrier's role.

"Hurry up and get rid of this damn ice!" Lister shouted loudly, and a layer of ice had accumulated on the deck of the Radiance aircraft carrier from the rain just now. If it was the previous wooden deck, it would have been a little worse, but now the stagnant water on the armored deck has gathered into ice. The planes that take off are prone to skidding and deflecting, and one of them has already been planted in the sea.

By this time, the British were already in a hurry.

At this time, they received information from various reconnaissance planes and other sources that the German fleet intended to break through to the north and join up with the German reinforcements coming at high speed. The first to come to the aid was the Scharnhorst, a battleship that had just taken out the aircraft carrier Glory, which made the British gnash their teeth, and it did not hide its form when it arrived in a hurry.

But at this time, the Southern Route Fleet, where the Radiance was located, had just left the Strait of Gibraltar, and it was all the team of the Mediterranean Fleet.

Cunningham was now standing aboard his flagship, the battleship Weary, accompanied by the battleship Warrior, and the battleship Barham and the aircraft carrier Radiance.

In addition, the fleet also came to rendezvous under the leadership of Somerville, and rushed to rendezvous together. First up was Somerville's flagship battlecruiser, the Prestige, accompanied by the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, which looked even greater.

And the aircraft carrier Eagle remained in the Mediterranean, deterring the Italians. Before coming out, there was a dense trail, so that the Italians did not dare to leave the port. For this operation, the pace of the British counterattack in North Africa was also slowed down, and the counterattack in East Africa was slightly delayed. On the Greek side, there was no need for special support from the British, and the Italians were driven out by the Greeks first.

The British strengthened the defenses of places such as the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal, and chose the navy to surprise six capital warships with all their might. Facing the dreadnought fleet, Cunningham originally planned to rely on luring them down, and at a critical time, he could rely on the fortress of the Strait of Gibraltar to resist it. But they still chose to go north, and even if they left the British sniper fleet and went north to Great Britain at that time, the British had to chase after them.

"They're already firing!" At this time, the information brought by the adjutant shocked Cunningham's heart.

"Where did they go?" Cunningham asked.

"Near Cabo da Roca."

"Chase quickly!" Cunningham ordered.

It was necessary to catch up with them when they got rid of the Northern Route Fleet. He always had a yīn shadow in his heart. At the beginning, he suggested that the north and south fleets should be concentrated and intercepted together. However, the Navy Command believed that they could not be easily let escape, so it adopted a north-south blockade. This makes it a bit risky to face this super warship fleet in a single way.

However, Cunningham didn't care too much, after all, this time the North Route Fleet that came to participate in the blockade was stronger than the South Route and had no problem defeating the fleet of the super warships, let alone dragging them. Besides, Cabo da Roca, the place of battle, was so short away that they could catch up quickly.

Known as the westernmost point in Eurasia, Cabo da Roca was once the end of the world in Europe and was later voted one of the 50 best places to see. But now a big battle is going on in the sea near Cabo da Roca.

The first round of attacks by the British was launched from the newly completed aircraft carrier Dreadnought, which was commissioned with service. Take-off, saucer plane. The British tasted the sweetness of the sneak attack, and they planned to launch an aerial sneak attack before the Germans found out about them. So at the beginning, 8 Swordfish torpedo attack aircraft were dispatched, another 8 Skuas fought, dive bombers and 4 Pipenose Swallow fighters followed.

But they didn't know that the second class dreadnought-class battleships were equipped with shipboard radars of the late World War II level, and their whereabouts had already been discovered.

Although the Skua fights, the dive bomber can reach a speed of 360 kilometers per hour, but the maximum speed of the swordfish torpedo attack aircraft is only 222 kilometers per hour. The distance of more than forty kilometers gave the dreadnought fleet at least a minute of contingency time.

Less than 5 minutes after they took off, the BG-1091 fleet on standby on the new Aquila aircraft carrier began to take off one after another to meet them. And the Pipenose Swallow fighter for the second bō in the rear took off 2 minutes later than the BG-1091. The British calculated that the Guanbi Yan fighter had a high speed of more than 400 kilometers per hour, and that they could quickly catch up with the group of planes flying slowly in front of them, and at the same time reach the German fleet.

Even if the Germans spotted the plane in front of them, the Skua had the function of a fighter jet, and with the addition of the Pipe Nose Swallow, it was enough to support the arrival of the Pipe Nose Swallow Brigade not far from them.

"Attack that carrier first!" John. Cronin. Tovey commanded. Before the fleet is assembled, it is responsible for directing the northern route to meet Cunningham. Little did he know that he would later command a battle of annihilation against the battleship Bismarck. At this time, he also started a war of annihilation, but this time there were too many unpredictable factors. But he knew that as long as the aircraft carrier was disabled first, the rest of the battle would undoubtedly be much easier.

However, since 8 Swordfish torpedo attack aircraft were dispatched at once, the appetite of the British was definitely not so small. In his estimates, this attack can at least severely damage one more super battleship. No matter how thick the protection is, it will not be able to block the bombardment of 730 kg of torpedoes.

But they still did not expect that there were 24 BG-1091 carrier-based fighters in front of them, waiting for them in formation.

At 16:46, the fighters of both sides encountered, it should be said that the BG-1091 fighter group and the British first bō attack aircraft group met first, while the 12 Guanbi Swallow fighter groups in the rear were still 4 kilometers away from them.

The two sides discovered each other almost simultaneously, and the PsBG-109T fleet was prepared one step earlier because of the guidance of the fleet. When they rushed down from the clouds, "the British had just heard the warning from the rear communication to be careful of enemy aircraft, and before they could react, they were enveloped in heavy fire."

"Oh God! They ambushed us! "Bruce just piloted his ska to dodge two chains of fire" On the other side, two more chains were flailed. Everywhere, red bullets are flying, and the air that the bullets are flying at high speed and rubbing against them is about to burn.

The British radar also detected the German plane, but the prompt was a step too late, and the British group formation was quickly dispersed, and the two slow-swallowing swordfish were planted in black smoke.

"Sit tight!" Bruce instructed Davy behind him, and immediately a bunch of "dived down, at this time, there were 7.92mm machine gun bullets flying overhead, and they couldn't pull up at all, and a skua, which wanted to jump up and was broken by the wing, swept in front of Bruce's eyes, and the black smoke dragged behind him obscured his vision.

And Bruce took this opportunity to dive down to shake off the opponents who were chasing behind him.

"You can't run!" Heinz snorted coldly, "Then he swooped down as well.

The fighter plunged rapidly from an altitude of more than 2,000 meters, which made Bruce a little dizzy, but the BG-109T that was close to him behind him made him cheer up and did not dare to relax in the slightest.

Four tongues of fire grazed the fuselage, almost twisting into his wings" Although he dodged this time, the plane never had a chance to pull up, and was blocked by machine gun bullets, and rushed until it was almost to sea level.

The tongue of fire was still by his side from time to time, and Lucky had been following him, but behind him David screamed and then exclaimed, "I was shot!" ”

"Hold on!" Bruce didn't have time to look back, so he could only comfort. He hadn't had time to put on his goggles, and the sweat on his forehead rolled to his eyelashes, but he still held on to the steering stick, dodging two more lashes from the fiery snake.

Sweat stuck to his eyelashes" made his vision blur for a while, and just as he was crying out in his heart, a swordfish fell down not far ahead. Although the Swordfish torpedo aircraft had a great record in World War II, a biplane like it could only be slaughtered if it came to a fighter. There are already two umbrellas floating in the air, and for the swordfish with 3 crew members, there is already a crew member who is unlucky.

The umbrella huā slowly drifted towards the icy sea, and the black smoke from the swordfish blew with the sea breeze.

"Good chance!" Bruce's eyes lit up, and with the help of the smoke, he could quickly pull up and avoid the chase of the plane behind him.

But with a sneer from Heinz Bar behind him, two of the four tongues of fire struck the nose he pulled up. The thief roared and drew a circle in the air before plunging headlong into the icy waters.

From time to time, planes dragged black smoke through the air, and among the black smoke diluted by the sea breeze, there were a few more umbrellas. But the icy waters below are also the natural enemies that kill them, and without timely rescue, death awaits them.

The Tubenose Swallow fighters in the rear arrived, but already three Swordfish and two Ska were shot down, and two more planes were injured, pulling black smoke in the air. And the BG-109T of the Germans returned with only one in tow of black smoke. "Damn, the fighting capabilities of the skua that James said should not be believed. They ran into the planes of the Germans and would only be beaten into the sea! Richard, the squadron leader of the Pipenose Swallow fighter, said angrily. If they hadn't been one step late, they wouldn't have lost so much. This can only be blamed on the fact that the upper authorities believed too much in the fighting ability of the Skua and ignored the reaction speed of the Germans.

As soon as the group of Guanbi Yan fighters arrived, with the rice machine guns on each Guanbi Yan fighter, a storm of 7.7,mm machine guns immediately swirled, and in an instant, the Germans' 7.92 mm machine guns seemed to be suppressed. But the Germans were not afraid of the British attack and immediately gathered against them.

In the smoke and sea breeze, in the roar of the aircraft engines, in the setting sun and the fire of the plane's burning explosion, the two machine gun bullets roared and intertwined more deaths in the air When the fighters of the two sides were fighting, the radars on the Anyuan and Zhenyuan were already thirty kilometers away, locking on the British Northern Fleet.

At 16:58, Ryugo looked at the time and rushed to Ogst next to him. Major General Thaler nodded.

"Volley!" Ogst. Major General Thaler gave the order to attack.

With an earth-shattering roar, the 420-millimeter naval guns on the Zhenyuan and Dingyuan spewed out large balls of flames at the same time, causing the surrounding sea water to boil with it.

"It's about 13 nautical miles now?" Squadron Leader Herman, who was on the aircraft carrier Aquila in the distance, let go of his ears, glanced at it with palpitations, and asked with a little hesitation. He knew the distance of the British at this time, under normal circumstances, the distance of artillery under radar command was generally no more than 12,000 meters, but this B nautical mile had already gone out of the kilometer.

"As far as I know, the British's War Weathiness, not long ago, at a distance of 26,000 yards, that is, miles, was the first to hit the Italian battleship Kaiti. And the Prestige, also British, also hit the Scharnhorst and Gneisenaut at a distance of more than 22,000 yards. They relied on their Type 279 radar, and our naval guns and radars can do the same. Chen Guan said with a little pride.

In the tests, they have already tried them, and the farthest of them was 25 kilometers from a hit. @。 Good novels are all here, tell your friends

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