"The plan really can't keep up with the changes. I wanted to go up and hit the belly of the fish, but I ran into a shark! Looking at the information sent by Casaldi, the corners of Tycho's eyes twitched. It has to be said that it was luck that the two cruisers were able to run back after encountering a new battleship. But luck was not enough after all, the cruiser Golicia was badly damaged, and the injury worsened on the way back to Benghazi, for some reason, one of the boiler compartments got flooded, and even if it struggled back to the port of Benghazi, and then after some repairs, its speed would not exceed 21 knots at most, and the intermediate repair time would be at least 3 days!

If nothing else, the Italians could slowly wait until the battleship was repaired and return to Sicily. Soon, however, the Entente radio listening stations discovered a surge in radio communications from the Allied navies and armies. The purpose of this is very obvious, that is, the other side wants to completely eat the fleet of the Italian Navy in North Africa. Like the Allies, the Italians had two options, one of which was to abandon the Golicia...... Get the Zara and Sicily back quickly, and the other option is to use Benghazi and the fleet there as a trap and wait for them to jump in!

The latter approach seems to be similar to the original plan. But in reality, there is a world of difference. The former is to fight quickly, taking advantage of the lack of defense in the port of Beida, to sell the other party a chance through many attacks, after all, 2 heavy cruisers can not make the entire Austro-Hungarian fleet attack, and in the plan, Sicily's good air cruisers are responding. But the requirement is not to expose itself. Let it split a part of its fleet to deal with the cruiser formation as bait, and then the Italian Navy will attack part of it with all its strength. But this time, because Sicily was good ahead, the other side already had an understanding of the strength of the Italian Navy in North Africa. If you do it again. I'm afraid it's the whole army attacking!. …。

What's more. Because the Gorisia was damaged in this naval battle, it was not easy for the fleet to get away if it wanted to, and the other side had plenty of time to mobilize forces. And not as planned, the two cruisers could break away at a speed of more than 30 knots outside the port of Bayda, which was defenseless in attack. And if the Italian Navy insists on fighting, then this war is likely to eventually evolve into a decisive battle between the two navies in the Mediterranean! Although it is not worthwhile to face the Austro-Hungarian Italians alone, but to add the German Mediterranean fleet. In the current situation where shore-based aviation has already been weakened, even with an advantage. Whether 3 Italian aircraft carriers can make a contribution with one blow is still two words, and if the other side strikes back, the full force of 4 aircraft carriers and 1 aviation cruiser is enough to make the Italians unable to eat and go around! The situation is dire!

"Even with our help, in the case of the other side being well prepared. Our first wave of air strikes may not work well either. And after the first wave of air raids, the Heilongjiang of the Huaxia Navy will be evacuated. After all, we can't give the Germans a pretext. Yang Yonglin on the side was also worried.

"If the Russians plug in one more lever, then the other side will have 5 regular aircraft carriers." Tycho thought for a moment and said. "It's unlikely, the Russian government still attaches great importance to its own fleet and has been delaying, even if they agree now, I'm afraid it won't be solved in a few days, counting the preparation time." Lin Yongsheng was not very worried, because he couldn't catch up with the ......... in time.

"But even so. It is also impossible for us to muster more forces, in fact we only have 3 and a half aircraft carriers to fight, and your country's Heilongjiang can only fight one round. So count half a ship. In addition, although the aviation of the other side is not strong enough in Crete and Beida, it can always provide some reconnaissance help, and if we fight in an honest manner, we will not be able to take advantage. There was a sense of helplessness in Tycho's words. …。

"It's really hard to do." Lin Yongsheng was almost helpless. He looked up into the distance, and outside the window, several seagulls were soaring in the air. Just as this flock of seagulls approached another flock of seabirds. The flock of seagulls suddenly swooped down and launched an attack on another flock of seabirds! "Strange, are the seagulls attacking other birds? Aren't they fish-eaters? Lin Yongsheng said curiously.

"That's a flock of warship birds, not seagulls, you're dazzled." Tycho also looked up and looked carefully at the seabirds that were attacking in the air.

"It's old, it's useless, and I should go back and rest after this war is over. I've been fighting for most of my life, so I can't end up on the battlefield. Lin Yongxiang said self-deprecatingly. Uh, huh?! "What would you do if you saw a convoy of planes flying towards your fleet?". …。

"Nonsense, of course I sent fighter jets to intercept it!" Tycho said, rolling her eyes. "And what if the plane doesn't have a bomb on it?" Lin Yongsheng asked rhetorically. "What if there is a bomb?!" Tycho wondered if Lin Yongsheng was stimulated by anything today.

That is to say...... If the other side finds our planes, then they need to intercept them, regardless of whether these planes have the ability to attack ships or not?! In other words, if we find 100 shore-based aircraft plus 160 carrier-based aircraft, then the other side needs to intercept 260 aircraft, and regardless of whether these 100 aircraft have attack power, or whether the pilots are trained or not? Lin Yongsheng asked.

"The other side is not so stupid, if it is an attack on the sea with a bomb, then there are only two situations, the first is a large-angle dive bomber attack, and the second is a formation to carry out horizontal bombing at medium and low altitudes, and the latter will not hit very high. We have been fighting with the Allies for so long, and it is very clear what planes can dive and what planes cannot dive into each other, as for horizontal bombing? As long as the other side breaks up the formation, there is nothing to be afraid of horizontal bombing, torpedo machines? There are only a few commonly used planes that can carry torpedoes, and although theoretically all planes must be intercepted, if the other side approaches, it is still possible to judge the level of threat. As he spoke, Tycho took out another picture and pointed to Lin Yongsheng and said..........

"Our dive bombers are all single-engine aircraft. The combat radius is relatively small, which is simply not enough to support long-range bombing. I'm afraid it won't work with a drop tank, and even if you get to the front line, the combat time may only be a few minutes. Our twin-engine bombers would not have worked well if they had been bombed horizontally, and we had attacked Allied transport ships in the Adriatic with twin-engine horizontal bombers, and the results were terrible. They will classify such targets as a secondary threat. As for the torpedo machine? Don't think about single-engine torpedo planes, like single-engine bombers, they can't fly over, but twin-engine torpedo planes can. With the addition of the auxiliary fuel tank, the range is barely enough, but the weight is too heavy, and the flight speed can be described as a snail, and the speed is much slower than that of our carrier-based single-engine torpedo aircraft. It's hard to coordinate the timing of this attack, and the end result is that it becomes a refueling tactic that can't be done. Tycho smiled wryly.

"What do you think of Britain's new fast twin-engine aircraft?" Lin Yongsheng said. "You see, the Germans know a little bit about the planes we used to use. But what about the new aircraft? Especially with such a long-range and high-speed aircraft, can they be sure that they can't dive and bomb with bombs? Or can't you bring a torpedo?! ”

"It is not difficult for a twin-engine aircraft to carry torpedoes, almost all aircraft with passable low-altitude performance can carry them." Lin Yongsheng said. (This is a bit presumptuous, but a significant number of twin-engine bombers do have this potential, such as the German HE111, the JU88, the American B26, and the British Mosquito.) All have the corresponding torpedo machine model. ）。 …。

"If such an aircraft is attached to a fake torpedo, it should not be slow, and it can act with carrier-based aircraft, and then fly together to the other team's fleet, then what will they think? And I remember that such an aircraft had a relatively large angle of dive. According to the reaction of the pilots at the front, this reconnaissance aircraft repeatedly threw off the German fighters with a dive at a greater angle! That is, there is a potential as a dive bomber? Lin Yongsheng said. Well, of course, I know that these things can't be used immediately even if they have potential, but the other party doesn't know it! If we use them, it is very likely that they will be an advanced attack aircraft in the eyes of the other party! ”…。

"This method is too risky, to put it bluntly, it is a way to pretend to be the capital ship with a camouflage ship back then, so I can only try." Tycho said, "It works, but it's not enough insurance. ”

"The rest can only be left to those who specialize in aviation, how to use a limited number of aircraft to get the strongest attack power. Let's get the British high-speed twin-engine first! Lin Yongsheng said.

And what the two of them didn't expect was ...... Before the Battle of Naples, the British had secretly used this aircraft to conduct attack experiments, at least shallow dive bombing and torpedo throwing were no problem. This was brought to the attention of the Luftwaffe by the outstanding performance of this twin-engine aircraft in the Battle of Naples, and the information of the attack on a certain hapless fleet was found in a certain corner, and as such aircraft appeared more and more on the battlefield. The Germans are also paying more and more attention to it..........

When China and Italy negotiated, the British agreed more simply, expressing their willingness to cooperate with the two countries with all their might, and the reason for this was that the British had an unshirkable responsibility for today's situation in the night battle of Bayda. Another reason is that the British went to great lengths to come up with such an aircraft with outstanding performance, which was not only used as a reconnaissance aircraft. And this time the planes only used to carry fake bombs made of wood. It acts as a lure to the enemy, and does not need to be really dead. The danger is not very great.

Thanks to the book friends zhouyu1976, hukaikaka, and Dahan grass people for their tips ~~~~~~, as well as the evaluation votes of book friends 21412s ~~~~~. (To be continued).