"Just go and fight! It doesn't matter what British or German it is, or what diplomatic disputes it is, as long as it threatens the lives of our soldiers, self-defense is your first right. I'll take care of the rest! Meng Xiang's strong words gave Chen Guan a reassurance, and only then did he call up four Hellcat P6P-5N.

When escorting the Dingyuan at that time, Meng Xiang was worried about something unexpected and made some detailed preparations. He had long calculated that the BG-109T aircraft did not have the function of night combat, and for the safety of the fleet, 12 P6P-5N were specially transferred. The British equipped it with the AN / ASP-6 Stone radar, which was already an excellent night fighter.

However, because of the advanced Xìng of the Hellcat, these planes will not be sold to the Germans for the time being. After escorting the fleet to Europe, it is planned to temporarily place it in the sub-base, and it will be used at any time in the future. In the daytime air battle, they also did not appear, after all, the hellcat used by the vanguard army has fallen in the eyes of some people, plus the participation of a group of Chinese volunteers in the battle, it will inevitably cause a diplomatic uproar.

It was based on this consideration that Chen Guan never gave the order to let them attack. And Meng Xiang did not want to look for trouble when the Germans were dominant during the day.

But at this time, at night, the British torpedo planes and bombers attacked, in order to give the vanguard officers and soldiers on the fleet more vitality, Meng Xiang ordered Chen Guan to attack and meet the battle.

"The British will protest against us!" , Chen Guan still reminded him euphemistically. After all, although the British at this time were somewhat defeated in the battle with the Germans, after all, the emaciated ostrich was bigger than the horse. The strength of the British navy took root in the mind of every naval man. This former colony of the Empire on which the sun never sets is still all over the world, and its strength is difficult for Huaxia to match, so Chen Guan couldn't help but remind him.

Previously, even if the soldiers of the Vanguard Army volunteered to join the German Navy temporarily, they were more in the positions of engines, radars, etc., and the combat and bomber pilots on the aircraft carriers were almost all Germans and Italians. Their participation in these auxiliary xìng work can also be explained, but their direct participation in the war, after all, caused protests in the aftermath of the British.

"Such a big war is naturally easy to leak afterwards. Moreover, the Germans have always wanted to draw us into the German-Italian alliance, and if there is such an opportunity, they will certainly not keep it secret, and maybe they will deliberately leak it. Meng Xiang knew very well in his heart, but this time the battle must also be participated. But as long as there is a layer of window paper, the British will not be stupid to pierce it.

"Protest is useless, the British Empire has long been no longer fighting, and China is not the China that is bullied by others in a certain time and space, and the British themselves are difficult to protect. If we don't provoke him at this time, it doesn't mean that we are afraid of him, but the time is not right. When they come to their senses and want to trouble us, we can kick them over with one kick, and we are afraid of a bird? Meng Xiang smiled at Rat Er and said, "There's nothing to be afraid of, just one word for this kind of water dog!" I'll talk about the rest of the stuff after the fight! ”，

So Chen Guan was ordered to move, and when he observed several planes coming, four Hellcats immediately met them.

As soon as Wilson finished shouting, Xue Ceping had already locked onto his wingman in front of him. Two 20mm cannons and knife millimeter machine guns opened fire together, and the fiery snake pierced the night sky and instantly wrapped itself around the wingman.

"Anthony, be careful!" Wilson's reminder is over. Rao was the wingman who reacted quickly to dodge the vital point, but half of his Skua flying wings had been knocked off and hovered down. Under the flares, the two umbrellas floated open. And the wreckage of the fallen thief splashed a little white sè on the sea, and then disappeared into the dark sea in an instant.

"Damn it! Open fire and beat these Germans to death! Wilson roared angrily, but he didn't know at this time that on the four Hellcats opposite were four Eastern knights from Huaxia. It was only the swastika on the fuselage that led him to believe that it was the Germans, and along with the hatred of his hometown of Coventry, which was blown up, he attached himself to the knife-millimeter machine gun bullet and sprayed it at the Hellcat in front of him.

But the Hellcat in front of him dodged only slightly, and the chain that turned to him did not stop.

Wilson was stunned for a moment, but then he understood. On the opposite plane, the bullets that could not be avoided were only exchanged for a few clanging sounds, but it did not affect its normal flight, and a 20mm cannon shell had broken the engine of Wilson's plane, and the flames were rushed in with the rising smoke.

"Oh my God, my plane is over!" The voice of Tom the Young, the pilot of another Skua gull, sounded in his ears, and Wilson was a little surprised, but he didn't have time to think about it, and after trying the plane and losing power, he told his assistant Bill, "Prepare to parachute!" ”，

The three umbrellas in the sky unfurled in the light of Wilson's exploding plane, and the wreckage of the plane fell on Bill's umbrella with whistling flames, instantly igniting his parachute, and a torch burned in the sky, and it fell rapidly, and finally fell on the surface of the sea, being doused by the rising waves. The other umbrella, Huā, didn't know if it was Tom or his assistant, and only one of them escaped.

Thankfully, they didn't fire at their parachutes again, but Wilson looked up at the tongues of fire that kept spewing out overhead, and the two skas and the clumsy swordfish that had retreated, and his heart was filled with bitterness.

With just one face, three Skuas were shot down, and the mission was already a failure.

"Damn the bureaucrats, I reported that the 0.303-inch machine gun bullet was almost harmless to the Germans, but no one believed it. The report didn't know that the garbage heap was full of traces of coffee! It's all the damned, bitch-raised bureaucrats ......," Wilson cursed all the way to the overboard.

But the slaughter in the sky continued, and the slow swordfish first exploded in the air, and the speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour was more than 600 kilometers per hour, which was simply a complete abuse against the maximum speed of the hellcat. Even if the pilots of the Swordfish are experienced, and even the Swordfish are very flexible, they are not even as good as the Zero of the Zero of the Zero Style, let alone the Hellcat, the nemesis of the Zero Style.

The other two skas did not escape the fate of being shot down, and the last thief was chased to the top of the Hood, and was still beaten down by Xue Ceping. Ignoring the roar of the ping-pong cannons on the Hood, the Hellcat flapped its wings over the Hood's head without carrying a bomb before passing back. When his plane landed, the German officers and soldiers who had gathered around could see at least 50 wounds and bullet holes on it.

"This hellcat has holes all over its body, and it can be opened back!

Although Zhang Leshui next to him did not participate in the battle, he still boasted proudly to Walter in the welcoming crowd.

But Walter walked up to Xue Ceping, gave a thumbs up and praised: "Xue, you are the best!" ”

Xue Ceping smiled calmly and didn't say anything, but his heart was moving, he killed three planes in a row, "plus the 2 that killed the little devil before." He used his bravery and the powerful Hellcat to offset his previous technical weaknesses, and finally became an elite pilot.

"I still need to continue to work hard and strive to become an ace as soon as possible!" Xue Ceping also recognized his technical shortcomings and secretly made up his mind. At this time, the highest record in Hainan Airlines is Feng Qi's mouth frame, and so far Hainan Airlines has not had a trump card, although their battles are less than those of the Air Force, "but compared to the Air Force Liu Cuigang's 21 ace record, it is still a lot worse." This makes the ace not only a shame for HNA pilots, but also their goal.

After discovering the German night fighters, the remaining three Swordfish, which were looking for opportunities around the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, were very unwilling to obey the order and withdraw. It wasn't until the planes that the British attacked the Aquila were shot down that they were glad they had withdrawn in time, otherwise they would have been on target.

The British took stock of the planes on their aircraft carrier, the Swordfish lost 7 at this time, 2 of the remaining 5 were disabled and could not take off in a short time: the Skua lost a total of 9 aircraft, and 2 of the remaining 5 were wounded" The most remaining is the Tubenose Swallow, which originally had 20 aircraft, but only 2 were lost at this time.

At the beginning, 43 capable aircraft were dispatched, "At this point, there are not many ways to attack the ship." You can't use fighters against battleships, right?

The British were not as crazy as the Japanese themselves, and they had to hope for a confrontation with the battleships.

It's a pity that they were led by the nose by Zhenyuan and Dingyuan, but they couldn't catch up with them. Most battleships couldn't be fast, but the Hood was, but if he rushed up single-handedly, he would definitely be beaten into the sea.

The British had long been aware of the strategy of dreadnought battleships of the second rank, but they had no choice. The strategy of outflanking was also used, but the Zhenyuan damaged the bow of the battleship Rodney by another random bombardment, and lifted a main turret. From this gap, the battle was made. Fortunately, it did not cause the explosion of ammunition and escaped, but it also allowed John.

Cronin. Tovey broke out in a cold sweat.

The 10 main gunboats besieged by the north road this time have been nearly half broken.

Although the Prince Wilson, which was hit first, was hit on the bridge, Captain Richie, although wounded, was not seriously injured and resumed command, but after destroying a main turret, only a quadruple turret and a two-mounted turret remained, and the loss of radar guidance made this 6

The fire of the 355-mm main gun was much weaker.

The Nagato-class Conqueror had sunk at this time, and as the first giant prey to be killed by the Dreadnought, more than 500 officers and soldiers remained with it on the bottom of the sea near Cape Roca.

The battleship cruiser Counterattack was no longer able to counterattack at this time, its bridge was not so lucky, the captain and those staff officers were all killed, and it was still saving itself after losing its command.

During the pursuit, the Norfolk-class heavy cruiser, the heavy cruiser that had ended the Bismarck battleship in history, was torn off the starboard side armor by a near-miss bullet from the Dingyuan, dragging its already somewhat tilted body behind.

At this time, the Rodney was wounded again, and General Tovey could not calm down. Even the bigwigs of the Navy Command, who were waiting for news in the rear, could not sit still.

"Hell yes!" Charles. Forbes had just become a marshal of the Navy in the first half of the year, and he originally planned to pursue it himself this time, but in order to give more honor to those behind, he reluctantly gave up. But this honor, which was a sure honor in his eyes, was like a boiled duck about to fly away.

"Only one was injured and the other was intact?" Pound also inhaled secretly, one dead and three wounded, but only one super battleship was injured.

One of the turrets on the Zhenyuan was damaged, but there were still nine 406-mm naval guns that were 52 times as powerful.

Together with the 12 guns of the Dingyuan, with the help of gunsight radar, it was still a huge threat to the British fleet. The large scar on his side didn't stop him from running in the slightest. Although it was not the maximum speed, it still exceeded the usual cruising speed, leaving the British warships far behind, and if it had not been for the containment of them, they would have been thrown away long ago.

Meng Xiang had already instructed not to be afraid of loss or war damage. When you come back, you will naturally have the base to repair it. There is a base shipyard, and the vanguard army is not afraid of usual maintenance at all, as long as they spend money, they can keep the ship in the best condition.

But the British could not afford it, and they organized the hunt, but their only record at this time was that a German destroyer was sunk and a K-class light cruiser was damaged. And they also had two destroyers sunk, and a London-class heavy cruiser with minor injuries. Just repairing the damage cost them most of the day's work for the few shipyards they still have.

"It seems that our previous estimate is still a little optimistic, and if we want to keep them like this, I'm afraid we will have to fill in half of the main force of the navy. But the Germans still have three, no, four super warships waiting for us. Marshal Boyle also said in a deep voice that such a situation is frustrating, but it must be faced.

"I think our Lion-class battleship should be shut down, he's a bit outdated, he needs more firepower, he needs thicker armor. We need new super-battleships to withstand the attacks of the Germans. Pound said.

"And now?" Forbes asked.

"How long will Cunningham have to pass?" Pound asked.

"It's probably about one o'clock in the morning!" A lieutenant colonel staff officer standing next to him immediately replied.

"But the Scharnhorst may be there before midnight!" Forbes frowned.

"I can only listen to God's arrangement!" Pound said helplessly. @。