"By fate, we met our old enemies again, and on the rough Atlantic, we set out on a journey without fear and with the belief that we would win, and today we are destined to have many sacrifices. But at the same time, it will eventually make another group of people. This is the coexistence of war, survival and destruction, glory and decline. Cunningham, Apocalypse Atlantic

When the sun rose again, the Allied and Allied fleets were finally close enough to attack, and the two fleets were about 350 kilometers apart, and the two sides were locating each other by reconnaissance planes and submarines, and even at night, there were still enemy submarines moving next to the two large fleets. These submarines surfaced under the cover of night, carefully observing the huge fleet in the distance like a city on the sea, in the dark night, the huge fleet did not carry out light control, the bright lights reflected the huge warship, like a floating city on the sea stretched for dozens of kilometers Surrounded by hundreds of various anti-submarine warships, no submarine dared to break into this huge array with a depth of tens of kilometers, not to mention, the cruising speed of the fleet is as high as 20 knots, and the submarine can barely catch up on the water, It is almost impossible to want an ambush.

However, even so, the two sides can still accurately grasp the direction of their opponents' movements and the distance between them, and the two huge fleets are like two ancient beasts ready to fight to the death, carefully controlling the distance between the two sides before the battle. Put your opponent in the optimal combat distance, then do everything in your power to deliver the fatal blow. Everyone stayed up all night, anxiously watching the clock on the wall and the sky outside, and seizing the last moment to perfect their plans and fill in the gaps to make it perfect

When the dawn light broke through the night, the terrifying fleet of the Allied aircraft finally completed the final preparations, and the entire twenty-one fleet aircraft carriers began to enter the headwind position to release carrier-based aircraft, and the four sub-fleets of the entire Allied fleet formed a huge diamond-shaped formation, with the Raeder fleet in front, the left flank was Count Luknal's fleet, and the right flank was the Austro-Hungarian fleet. At the rear, the main force of the German fleet under the direct command of Count Spee and two Spanish aircraft carriers, "the wind speed on the deck is 28 knots, and it is ready to take off" With the take-off order issued, the ground crew quickly evacuated. The sea warhawks of the German Empire are ready to go

The planes neatly arranged behind the deck began to start, the deafening sound of propellers grew from small to large, and the sound of hundreds of planes starting at the same time was like thunder and even suppressed the sound of the tide, and the ground crew on the aircraft carrier began to evacuate, and saw off the comrades who were about to go to battle on both sides of the aircraft carrier deck. In cheers. The lead pilot released the brakes of the plane, and under the impetus of the BMW 801 engine, the huge plane began to accelerate, and at a distance of a hundred meters it quickly accelerated to the extent that it was enough to take off, and after a dozen seconds, the plane crossed the deck and sank slightly, and then flew into the sky.

It took nearly half an hour for the huge fleet to take off, and then the group began to marshall, except for the first wave of purely fighter formations. It took no less than 30 minutes for the two subsequent attack aircraft groups to be formed, "If nothing else, taking into account the difference in cruising speed and the time of the formation, the FW190 fighter wing, which is responsible for disrupting the deployment of the other side, will contact the Allied fleet about an hour in advance." By the time the real attack is launched, the enemy's first batch of interceptor planes should be running out of fuel. Lieutenant General Bruno was very pleased with the opening and said with some pride.

After verifying the position of the Allied fleet, accompanied by the order of Count Spee, the huge German fleet flew towards the Allied fleet in the southeast. At the same time, the Entente fleet was also making its final preparations, and the Nimitz and Halsey fleets began to retreat at high speed after releasing 550 aircraft of various types. The remaining three aircraft carrier formations were distributed in a triangular pattern over the vast sea, with each detachment directly spaced 15 to 25 nautical miles apart, and more than 200 Spitfires took to the skies. And the remaining more than 500 aircraft are on standby on aircraft carriers, in addition to the battleships that serve as radar sentry ships. All the remaining destroyers, cruisers, and even battleships were hedgehogs gathered around the aircraft carrier, and countless anti-aircraft guns and machine guns were pointed diagonally into the sky. Like a steel hedgehog, waiting for the arrival of the invading enemy

"The Hunter Wing has reached the designated airspace, we have spotted F6F fighters hovering around the perimeter, and we expect to see the enemy fleet in ten minutes." The first wave of fighter units, codenamed Hunters, crossed a 350-kilometer straight-line distance between the two sides in less than 1 hour, flying at an altitude of 6,000 meters, in a neat formation in squadrons. They did not carry electronic warfare planes or bombs, and their task was to constantly attack and test the opponent's defense system and force the opponent to invest valuable interception forces as soon as possible

"Keep going, Hunters Wing, I need you to disrupt your opponent's deployment." With the order issued, some FW190 fighters began to abandon fuel tanks, and then increased the speed of the engine to 2200 rpm, and the cruising speed of the aircraft soon increased to 500 kilometers per hour before the battle, when the FW190 fighter unit as the vanguard passed through a cloud, they finally saw the situation in front of them, on the vast and boundless sea, three aircraft carrier battle groups formed a horn array, and over these aircraft carriers, hundreds of aircraft carriers flew into a barrel air defense circle, More than a hundred other planes had climbed to the appointed heights, and they were waiting for the Germans to crash into them.

"Disperse the assault, our task is not to shoot down how many American planes, but to disrupt their formation and deployment, and contact the headquarters, the number of aircraft carriers of the Americans seems to be a little less, there are only three detachments here, and the other two are missing." After completing the contact, Herman led his brigade to the opposite wall of fire.

The British did not expect that the two world's most powerful naval aviation would fight each other in such a situation, the envisaged situation of Mars hitting the earth did not happen, in the face of the incoming German aircraft group, the British reacted very numbly, decisively threw away the auxiliary fuel tank under the wing and went into battle lightly, while the other party seemed to be very entangled or afraid? The attack of the German aircraft group can be described as a shallow stop, most of the German squadrons just flipped a shot and left in the opposite direction, the air combat ability of the Spitfire 9 fighters is similar to that of the opponent, but if it goes in the opposite direction, the speed is about the same. The Spitfire 9 could not catch up with the opponent with a cruising speed of up to 500 kilometers, and the German aircraft group was constantly dangling in front of the British like a red bull, except for a few German fighters who threw away the auxiliary fuel tanks would choose to sneak attack, there were not too many collisions between the two sides. The Germans suffered very little losses. The losses of the British were not large, if it is accurate, it was probably hundreds of auxiliary fuel tanks

"Damn, they didn't even plan to fight us, they often start to break away when they are still about 4 kilometres away. I could even see that the FW190 had not thrown away the auxiliary fuel tank under the belly of the aircraft" A British squadron leader finally realized that something was wrong, the Germans had a small number of planes, and they had no intention of fighting with their real guns. The Spitfire-9 fighter unit responsible for the interception, under the influence of habitual thinking, threw away all the auxiliary fuel tanks as soon as possible, and the remaining fuel in the plane was obviously not enough to continue patrolling and fighting. Although the FW190 fighter does not have much internal oil, but relying on the BMW801's fuel direct injection technology and automatic adjustment, the German engine is generally more fuel-efficient, so in the P47 and Stone Tea Falcon and other aircraft with a longer range seem to be short-legged FW190 aircraft, actually in front of the opponent a rare show of endurance, I am really not afraid of the worst, only afraid of the worse

The Germans' aircraft swarmed like a pack of intractable wolves that constantly harassed the Allied air defenses. Although the other side did not bring bombs, the constant attacks still annoyed the Entente powers. The British wanted to compress their defensive ring to increase the density of defenses. But at the same time, we have to consider the reduction in the depth of defense brought about by shrinking the defense, and the penetration ability of the Germans' high-speed fleet is too terrifying, and it is impossible to block all attacks with one interception. The only thing the Entente could do was to increase the distance and as many interceptions as possible

"They are depleting our air defense capabilities, and we can't send all the planes out until we find a large group of attack planes on the other side, and if we wait until we find the target before we act, it may be too late, and the other side will really have the time to handle it." Admiral Potter, who was in charge of the air defense of the fleet, was in a dilemma. "Contact the destroyer fleets on the periphery immediately and have them report every 5 minutes" Now Potelle regretted it a little. Originally, the Navy wanted to equip the aircraft carrier with a mosquito reconnaissance aircraft, which had a large radar under the belly. It is possible to search for targets at sea and in the air at the same time. But it was later rejected because of budget and aircraft carrier operation problems. At one point, some in the navy ridiculed the Germans for using twin-engine aircraft on aircraft carriers, placing a cheetah in a birdcage. And assert that sooner or later the Germans will give up because they can't work. But now, Portall really wants to equip his fleet with such large aircraft, even if there is only one squadron. The perception of the battlefield will also be improved a lot

The situation on the battlefield became more and more chaotic, and the fighters who arrived in the early stage of the Germans finally began to get serious, they no longer blindly dodged, but threw away the auxiliary fuel tanks and entered the combat state, hundreds of planes rolled in the air and entangled tongues of fire flying in the clouds. From time to time, fighters were shot down, and this situation attracted the attention of the British. A small number of aircraft carriers began to release fighters to replenish the losses, and at this time, a sudden telegram came from the destroyers located on the periphery. "Your own radar is jammed"

On the destroyer, which was 70 kilometers away from the defense fleet, the radar operator found that the radar screen was covered with a layer of white snowflakes, and the settings and even communications were jammed and suppressed. The operator quickly adjusted the frequency, and after activating the backup band, the interference was somewhat reduced, but the target was still not detected, and it appeared that the other party was using both the jammer and the jamming rope. Suppressing the opponent's anti-aircraft reconnaissance was a prelude to the attack, and the destroyer, numbered DD135, fulfilled its duty and reported this to the fleet in advance

"All aircraft carriers release fighters, quickly, the Germans are coming" Cunningham immediately ordered, until this moment, the Allied aircraft carrier formation responsible for defense began to release fighters with all its might, and even some aircraft carriers have not completely turned into the direction of the headwind, or have not reached the specified deck wind speed began to release aircraft, the Germans know the speed of attack, for fear that the action will be slow, and even the planes will not be released

A Spitfire 9 fighter with a heavy auxiliary fuel tank from the deck, thanks to a good aerodynamic layout and the huge horsepower of the Morin engine, the Spitfire's take-off ability is still very good, even if the conditions are poor, but it can still start normally, more than a dozen aircraft carriers at the same time release carrier-based aircraft The situation is really spectacular, from a distance a series of planes flew into the sky, in just less than ten minutes, the Entente countries released nearly 200 Spitfire fighters plus a group of aircraft on standby in the air, The total number of aircraft responsible for defense over the fleet has reached nearly 400, and with just another 10 minutes, these newly released aircraft will be able to reach the established operational altitude and complete the formation. In half an hour at most, all the Allied aircraft carriers can empty their decks and throw out almost all 700 Spitfires, and under the efficient operation of the fleet aviation command, the British have formed a large defensive net of all interceptors across high and low altitudes, no matter how the other side attacks, they can ensure that there are aircraft to intercept them

The British guessed correctly, at this time the two huge aircraft groups of the Germans were already less than 150 kilometers away from the Allied fleet, they interfered with the other side's radar, according to the Germans' predictions, the Entente radar burned through the interference distance at the farthest 100 kilometers, and the distance of deployment interception will not exceed 60 kilometers, which has greatly compressed the early warning time and defense depth of the Entente fleet, what is the concept of 60 kilometers? Fast bombers can fly over in 8 minutes and drop bombs on the opponent's head

"The whole army began to penetrate the defense at high speed" was accompanied by the issuance of the order, whether it was the FW190F attack aircraft carrying 500kg bombs, the JU90 bombers carrying torpedoes, or the twin-engine attack aircraft formation that was attacking at high speed from the other direction, the dive bomber formation that broke through from an altitude of 5,000 meters directly increased the speed to more than 480 kilometers, and the twin-engine bombers carrying heavy guided bombs maintained a speed of 450 kilometers per hour. The slowest are those torpedo machines, because the engine power itself is limited, and the weight and volume of the torpedo are quite large, so the speed is the slowest, and the speed is only 420 kilometers per hour when penetrating the defense, but even so, it can definitely be called a galloping wind

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