One of the main purposes of this naval and air force alliance is to enable the German troops near Basra to withdraw peacefully to Europe. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info>_Yawen 8w=w-w=.· This is directly related to the situation of both sides in the next one year, if this force can escape and ascend to heaven, then it is not impossible for Germany to rebuild the defense line in Turkey with the help of the terrain, and even the Eastern European theater can get some troops.

"Give me two weeks, I'll take all the aircraft carriers to the Indian Ocean, and it will take time for the transport ships to assemble, and it will be a large-scale operation, and the total number of ships involved in the operation will be more than all previous operations. Before the main fleet goes out, I will send some warships to the Persian Gulf to provide fire cover for the 6th Army. In the end, Raeder relented.

"So can the Air Force increase its air power over the theater of operations? The heavy artillery of China can already attack the port, and we need to pull out this nail. Kruger asked, looking back. The Navy has already made assurances, so now it's up to the Air Force, their support will be faster, and more direct and effective!

"I'm afraid this is difficult, we are about to cooperate with the Navy to carry out this plan, we will fight against the most powerful fleet in the world. The Navy's air force is limited, and it is already difficult for us to maintain the current level of support, and it is unlikely that we will increase it. The red baron shook his head and said helplessly.

The tone of the meeting was set, then it was going to be implemented, originally according to Raeder's original plan, he planned to cooperate with the Air Force and the Huaxia Fleet in 2 months, when the time comes, 3 armored aircraft carriers and 3 medium light protection aircraft carriers will be put into service, these aircraft carriers can provide at least 6oo carrier-based aircraft, if the time is tight, 1 month later, it can also start, although there are only 2 armored aircraft carriers and 2 medium light protection aircraft carriers, at least the carrier-based aircraft can be matched. However, the current situation is that the battle will start in 2 weeks, and it would be good if 4 aircraft carriers could be equipped with 3oo aircraft! Compared to the German Navy when it participated in the Battle of Gibraltar, its strength was at most equal. And the strength of the Huaxia fleet should have increased again, the German Navy was at its strongest, and the current situation even if there is 6 base aviation forces to help. Raeder still has no bottom in his heart. The Huaxia Navy put too much pressure on the Germans!

"In this campaign, we will thoroughly become an auxiliary force of the Air Force, our aircraft will provide cover for the magic box of the Air Force, and our fleet will become a magnet for attracting Chinese bombs. Yavin 8_>_w-w-w'.· y·a-w'e-n·8-.'c=om No matter how many Chinese warships the air force can sink. Some of the fleets involved in this operation are destined to not return, and it is difficult for us and the planes of the 6th Voyage to hold up an air defense umbrella for the fleet while ensuring the supply of forces. Before he came out, Raeder had said this to Count Luckner more than once.

It stands to reason that a fleet backed by 6 base aviation should be able to receive support. But the current situation was that Germany did not have much air force left in the whole of the Middle East, after a long period of attrition with China and the transfer of part of its air force to Eastern Europe. The Luftwaffe was only one-third of its heyday, and a considerable part of that third was used against the Chinese Air Force. Although the Luftwaffe had been planning for a long time, the only aircraft that could be drawn out in the entire German Middle East theater were 2 magic box wings and 5 fighter wings, and these fighter wings were still scattered and deployed, and it was difficult to concentrate on one battlefield.

When the Red Baron told Raeder the news, the latter was surprised and even planned to abort the plan. What does the strength of 5 wings mean? This means that even with all its might, the Luftwaffe will be able to concentrate a maximum of 4 wings for engagement, excluding two wings for escorting the Magic Box group, and only 2 wings of additional air defense that can be provided to the German fleet! And the advantage of the Huaxia fleet is simply too great. Even with the addition of the German Navy's direct guard fighter unit, this strength is not enough in front of the aviation of the Chinese fleet.

In a word. After some deliberation, Raeder decided that the victory in this war would be a pyrrhic victory at best. The Luftwaffe, with a bit of luck, could inflict heavy losses on its opponents, but the German fleet would certainly pay a heavy price. "Both sides are like two eggs with hammers, neither side can defend against the other's attack." Privately, Raeder had complained about this more than once.

Obviously, this time Raeder was in the same predicament as the Earl of Spee, and he was forced to take his fleet into a treacherous battle. If there is a difference, it is that Germany had other options in the original strategic form, but it was just a mistake at the top. And this time, Raeder had no other choice! Even if you know that the kilometer is the Longtan Tiger's Den, you must take the lead and jump inside!

After hasty preparations. Raeder set out again with his fleet, this time replenishing the fleet with two new 30,000-ton armored aircraft carriers, the USS Mackensen and the USS York. and two medium light protection fleet carriers, the USS Bear and the USS Wasp. These ships were incorporated into the fleet of the Count of Luckner. Yawen 8w-w'w-.=y-a-w-e·n=8'. The Spanish and Austro-Hungarian fleets could not take part in the operation!

At this point in the war, both Spain and Austria-Hungary were left with only one fleet aircraft carrier, and Admiral Holden became a veritable commander of the bare-bones. The two countries refused to attack on the pretext that they could not complete the rearmament ahead of time, and now the German fleet was ready to solve the problem, even if it could be resolved diplomatically. There's no way Raeder could delay the whole plan for the sake of two ships!

And this accident caused Raeder to lose two more aircraft carriers and about 2oo carrier-based aircraft! For the first time, the German fleet could only be organized into three aircraft carrier battle groups, namely the First Aircraft Carrier Battle Group under the command of Raeder himself, and had five Caesar-class aircraft carriers, namely Caesar, Frederick the Great, Catherine, King Albert, and Regent Louitpold. There are two 35,000-ton aircraft carriers, namely the Hamburg and the Bremen. Because this time the Luftwaffe provided the main output, this time the seven fleet carriers were mostly equipped with fighter planes, and the hangar originally intended for twin bombers would be too rich if it were equipped with fighters, so that each aircraft carrier was equipped with about 135 aircraft (including spare aircraft). There are 7o carrier-based aircraft on these 93 aircraft carriers alone! Among them, the number of FT-type fighters, and the number of twin carrier-based attack aircraft, which was originally used as a mass killer, was reduced to 12O! Not even half of the original!

Although the Second Fleet commanded by Count Luknal, who had been strongly watched in the two naval battles, was replenished, its combat effectiveness was still not as good as before the outbreak of the Ceylon naval battle. The Earl's fleet still has four 30,000-ton armored aircraft carriers, namely the battle-hardened Septitz and Hindenburg, as well as the newly commissioned Mackensen and York. The four aircraft carriers carried a total of 42o carrier-based aircraft of various types, of which about half were fighters, in addition to a number of twin reconnaissance aircraft and electronic warfare aircraft carrying radars. The main purpose of this fleet was to provide cover for Raeder's main fleet. When necessary, use yourself as a target to attract the opponent's attack.

As for the last fleet? By the standards of the Germans, it was not a regular decisive battle fleet at all. This fleet is almost a patchwork of a group of non-capital ships! There was only one armored aircraft carrier in this fleet, and that was the only remaining Serim Sultan of the Turks! The other three aircraft carriers are medium light protection aircraft carriers! The Von der Tann, the Bear and the Wasp! A total of 38o carrier-based aircraft were equipped!

The German fleet, which was once able to easily make up 2 dozen aircraft carriers, now has only 15 fleet aircraft carriers. And although these 15 fleet aircraft carriers also carried nearly 18oo aircraft, the attack power is much worse than before, according to the words of Count Luknal. This fleet is a purely defensive fleet, and its attack power is not even as good as the German fleet during the First Battle of the Atlantic, when the Germans were able to make up about 3oo double attack aircraft, and this time, the number of double attack aircraft of the Germans was not even half! I have to say. The German High Seas Fleet had reached a waning point. If it weren't for the fact that the American and British fleets had just been severely damaged, I'm afraid that the German Navy would have collapsed long ago!

Looking at the somewhat sparse fleet, the German fleet under the leadership of Count Spee rushed to the Bay of Bengal and was beaten back by the other party. Raeder's heart was called nervous! Although the Air Force's magic box performed well in the Battle of Gibraltar, this time it was the Chinese fleet! There seems to be a kind of magic in this fleet, since his predecessor, the Beiyang Fleet, he has always been able to defeat his opponents when the other side thinks they must win! This is how the Japanese lost, the Russians lost like this, is it the turn of Germany this time?

"God knows, if the Huaxia Navy is dispatched this time, they will be equipped with something new." Raeder muttered to himself rather wistfully. The Chinese Navy has never fought a war of indeterminacy. If it is said that the first combat opponent of the Luftwaffe's magic box with the German Navy was Huaxia. Raeder was sixty percent sure of defeating his opponent, but this tactic had already been used once, and while defeating the Americans, it also prepared the Chinese fleet.

If the Huaxia fleet dares to come out, then it will definitely rely on it. After all, the Germans must rescue the lone army trapped in the Middle East, and Huaxia can also rely on the Air Force and the 6 base to solve the Middle East problem, and the navy is not a necessary factor, if it can. Raeder hopes not to fight the Huaxia fleet this time! And if you dodge this battle, I'm afraid that except for Huaxia to be able to enter the Mediterranean, otherwise. The German fleet will no longer fight the Chinese fleet!

Raeder's preparations are still in place, and he has even transferred back more than 5o ships from the war situation that is breaking diplomatic relations in the North Atlantic! Together with the submarine forces originally deployed in the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean, the Germans concentrated a total of nearly 23o submarines of various types! These submarines are mainly deployed in the following areas, the first of which is the Gulf of Aden region. This is the retreat of the German Navy and the only way for the German transport fleet to go home! It is not necessary that these submarines can block the Huaxia fleet that may appear here, but at least they must be able to warn and hold off the opponent.

The second area is the coast of India, where the Germans have deployed about 1oo submarines! A network of submarine boundaries was formed to cooperate with the Air Force to detect the movements of the Huaxia fleet. The third area is near the Bay of Bengal, where the submarines deployed are mainly used to harass the convoy of transports carrying supplies for the Chinese fleet. The Chinese fleet was too large, and if they wanted to fight in the Indian Ocean for a long time, they would have to need constant supplies from transport ships in the rear.

And just as the German Navy left the Eastern Mediterranean. As the Luftwaffe crossed the Suez Canal to prepare for the Middle East, the Luftwaffe began to fulfill its promise, and the Magic Box fleet, which had made a name for itself in the Battle of the Strait of Western Gibraltar, began to transfer to Luftwaffe bases on the coast of the Arabian Peninsula through airfields in Egypt, Sudan and Somalia. Along with these terrorist killers, there are also several of Germany's most elite fighter units, the Luftwaffe originally planned to use the fighters of the Middle East theater to carry out the cover mission, but the situation on the battlefield was too deteriorating, out of the Red Baron's expectations, the vast majority of the fighter units were either beaten miserably or were entrusted to the battlefield and could not be withdrawn, the 6th Army said that it could not tolerate the reduction of the air force again, so in desperation, the Red Baron could only draw a few wings from the already stretched aviation force to participate in this campaign!

I have to say that this time the Luftwaffe also made a bloody investment, the combat effectiveness of these wings is much stronger than that of the Middle East troops, and even surpasses the vast majority of air force units on the home and Eastern Front in terms of intact rate and attendance, and what is even more commendable is that these wings are not temporarily cobbled together, but almost complete wings, they are part of the only few elite units left after the last wave of reorganization, and from the perspective of equipment level, it is almost the highest level of the Luftwaffe! While other front-line wings were proud to have a complete TA152 group, this time the number of TA152 fighters in 4 of the 5 aviation wings accompanying the magic box exceeded half of the total! One of them, the largest number of TA152s of the Mozu United, reached 65%!

The remaining wing is even more terrifying! Known as the Black Lightning, the Combat Wing is one of the few all-jet fighter wings in the Luftwaffe! The main wing has a total of 262 fighters! When the German bomber forces and navy heard that Black Lightning had joined, the morale of the entire army was shaken, and even Raeder's call back to the air force was full of words of appreciation and gratitude. This can be said to be the most friendly telegram between the two sides since the resignation of Count Spee!

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