The distance of more than two hundred nautical miles is a little farther for a battleship, but for an airplane, it can already be easily crossed.

The time has pointed to the middle stage of World War II, and the performance of fighters has been greatly improved under the stimulation of war.

The speed has already exceeded 500 kilometers per hour, and many of the voyages have exceeded 1,000 kilometers. ，

The F4F-3 and F4F-4 field carrier-based fighters installed by the Americans at this time all have such superior performance.

Judging from the maximum range of more than 1,200 kilometers of the little wildcats, it is no problem for them to fly to their destination and engage in a fierce battle. They don't have to fly back, and the nearby British airport can provide them with better supplies.

This time, the Americans brought a lot of trade to the British, among which the P-40 was the mainstay.

The P-35 and P-36 were too backward, and the P-39 was a bit of a chicken rib, which only the Soviet Russians liked.

And the P-40, a cheap, reasonably performative, and fast production aircraft, is more suitable for supplementing a large amount of consumption and quickly forming combat effectiveness.

Although the thunderbolt is good, because there are too many copycat companies behind the Republic company that produces thunderbolts, it was unexpectedly defeated in the bidding of the American ** team.

The Chinese Vanguard Army became the only large-scale user of the Thunderbolt fighter.

The P-38 was not put into use until the beginning of the year under the delay of the shadow company, and the production volume has not yet risen, although there is also a deal this time, but there are only 50 aircraft.

Although some of the fighters are still on cargo ships, they still carry some trading fighters through the aircraft carrier, and they also carry a large number of American pilots. Although the take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft is very complicated, if you just take off and land at a land airport, it will be difficult for some excellent pilots.

At the request of the British, the Americans quickly towed some of the army fighters and prepared to take off ahead of schedule with some carrier-based aircraft.

The Germans were accompanied by only three aircraft carriers this time, with the exception of the Count Zeppelin. There are also two Ark Royal-class aircraft carriers, whichever one they carry are not many fighters.

Count Zeppelin can only carry a dozen fighters at most, while the Ark Royal-class aircraft carrier can carry no more than twenty fighters at most. The two Essex-class carriers will be able to deal with the little wildcats, and even pack up the torpedo planes and bombers.

The British had long known about the aircraft carrier intelligence of the Germans, and they also knew about the disagreement between Ge Fatzi and the navy, and they did not use the German aircraft carriers as a threat at all. And in the reinforcement fleet, there are four Essex-class aircraft carriers. There are also two British aircraft carriers. If bombers, attack planes, and torpedo planes can still pose a threat to warships, fighters that are obviously in a surplus state are somewhat idle.

After a little probing, Mountbatten, who heard that Portsmouth was in danger at noon, sent two fighter squadrons of 70 Wildcats to support early.

This number may not be very much for the total number of more than 1,000 aircraft invested by both sides. But for Great Britain, which was in a bitter battle on the 22nd, it meant the hope of reinforcements.

As dusk approached, Mountbatten finally made up his mind and once again sent a flight formation of 100 mixed with most of the Army fighters.

"We've always lacked a pair of eagle wings!" Dönitz on the German, who was far away, had also observed the take-off of the British fighters, but he could not do anything about it.

The Germans are famous for their submarines and super-battleships, but aircraft carriers have always been a weak underbelly, not even as good as the Japanese, not to mention the British and the United States.

During the day. If it weren't for the aircraft carrier of the Anglo-American combined fleet, I'm afraid the German fleet would have been able to eat this reinforcement fleet directly.

When it comes to artillery battles, the reinforcement fleet is no match for super warships.

However, the constant bombardment in the air and the harassment of torpedo planes made it impossible for the German battleships to reach out and pick them up one step away from victory.

The bombers on the American aircraft carriers are okay against the aircraft carriers, but they are not much of a threat to the super-battleships in thick armor. The decks of the superships that can withstand the shells of large naval guns are enough to ignore those small air-dropped bombs, and there are no super bombs that resemble tall cabinets, although the other heavy bombs can pierce several large holes in the horizontal deck. But for the overall structure of the battleship was not much damage.

These fur injuries are at most a kind of harassment.

The most threatening are torpedo machines.

Even the super battleships were cautious about torpedoes, but the air defense strength on several super battleships had been strengthened, and with the assistance of three German aircraft carriers, those British Swordfish classic machines could not be relied on at all.

The Americans' Destroyer torpedo planes were similarly slow, and when the torpedoes were released, dogmatic tactics did not allow them to exceed 185 kilometers per hour, and it required a long time to aim in a straight line. As a result, under the German hedgehog-like anti-aircraft guns, it was extremely vulnerable. In half a day, more than 20 aircraft were lost.

At this time, the Battle of Midway had not yet been experienced, and the Americans did not pay enough attention to it.

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Although the Avenger torpedo machine has begun mass production, it is not equipped much this time. There are successful examples of the British Swordfish in the past, and the Destroyer is still the mainstream.

But in front of the German battleships, which had already strengthened their anti-aircraft fire. They have achieved little other than destroying their own pilots. Only one cruiser was damaged.

It was the only Avenger torpedo squadron carrying 18 f

D, but with excellent performance to make a feat, two torpedoes hit a Yamato-class battleship, if it weren't for the fact that the MK13 torpedo set depth problem is very weak, I'm afraid that the Yamato would have been sunk directly.

If it weren't for the fact that a destroyer struggled to save the Lord, the Germain, the flagship of the German fleet, would have been almost damaged in the Avengers' attack, but that destroyer had become the Avengers' battle exploits, and it had only lost three of its own aircraft in the interception of anti-aircraft guns and German fighters.

This also slowed down the German offensive considerably.

"We don't have wings in the air, but we still have fangs in the sea!" Guenzel-Lütjans, next to Dönitz, said proudly.

As one of Germany's few admirals, he had come to assist the Imperial Red Dönitz. He possessed a wealth of experience in commanding battleships that Dönitz lacked slightly.

Dönitz smiled when he heard this, nodded and said, "Those boys should also make a move!" ”

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At night wolves begin to appear, not just against lambs, even if they are as effective against tigers.

"Be careful! Torpedo! Almost out-of-tune shouts pierced the night sky, and dozens of white lines cut through the swarthy sea, weaving into a large net to wrap around the returning fleet that was still rapidly evacuating.

"How could the submarines of the Germans be here?" The warships of both sides fought in a state of strange confrontation and chase during the day, and Mountbatten had just breathed a sigh of relief, and when he heard the news of the submarine attack, his head couldn't help but dizzy and muttered to himself.

The high speed of the battleship is enough to throw off all the submarines in the Atlantic, and I am afraid that no submarines can appear here except for an ambush in advance.

When the reinforcement fleet left, small and medium-sized warships did not follow much, and they were mainly used in the cargo fleet. Mountbatten considered that the stranded German submarines would attack the convoy of cargo ships, but did not think much about the ambush of the submarines on the way.

The continuous speed and combat made it impossible for sonar to detect submarines in advance, and even the reconnaissance aircraft on those aircraft carriers made it difficult to detect periscopes on the surface of the sea at night.

With the support of Meng Xiang, the British still underestimated the number of German submarines.

Knowing that the British wanted to come back, some of the surrounding submarines opened an ambush circle and gathered them with the unique connection of sea wolves.

More than thirty submarines, enough to change the outcome of a naval battle.

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Under the sudden attack, the German torpedoes continued to interweave the net of fire as if they did not want money, and just broke through one, and another came in front.

After the flames of the explosion flashed on the surface of the sea, the raging fire continued to burn and illuminate the starry night sky.

The sudden attack of the sea wolf, a fatal blow, in just ten minutes, Mountbatten has received the news that a Yamato-class battleship, a North Carolina has been damaged, and the Howe has not escaped the torpedo attack, looking at the flames that have risen into the sky, he knows that the King George V-class battleship that has become a torch is finished.

Another destroyer sank, and a cruiser was heavily damaged.

But the remaining small and medium-sized warships quickly expanded their search range and launched a barrage on German submarines.

But the German submarines, after two or three rounds of rapid attack, immediately withdrew. In the end, only two German submarines were damaged and one sank.

Concerned about the safety of the submarine just now, after receiving the news of the submarine's evacuation, the German battleships once again poured artillery fire.

"High-speed assault!" Mountbatten yelled.

It is necessary to deal with the pressure of the German super-warships and to guard against the re-arrival of the German submarines, and at this time the air superiority of the returning fleet is reduced, and the distance from the island of Great Britain is already close to a hundred nautical miles, at this time it is wise to use speed to get rid of it. If you get close to the shore, you can get picked up quickly.

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But the convoy of cargo ships, hundreds of miles away, was not so lucky, and the flames of the sky also shone in the sky over the cargo ships.

In the darkness of night, it is difficult to pose an effective threat to those sea wolves. The darkness of the night gave the sea wolves the best disguise. Even those destroyers could not cope with such a large fleet of slow cargo ships.

As terror spread through the fleet, the German wolves once again went on a hunting feast.

To be continued =