"Fighter units are ready to climb. If we get closer, the low altitude will not be able to cover for us. Get ready to force your way through! "When the German air defense is facing an attack from two directions. The 2nd Allied Attack Formation finally arrived, and at first they tried to keep the altitude as low as possible below 1,000 meters. However, due to the lack of sufficient escort ships and the problem of radar performance, the density of its outer defense ring was very low, combined with electronic suppression. The second attack formation was not yet detected at a distance of 150 kilometers from the Allied fleet. Of course, if you get closer, it will definitely be exposed, in this case, don't do it endlessly! Rush it!

The first to climb is naturally the skua swarm. In the face of Skua with a sea-level climb speed of up to 4,500 feet per minute, it takes less than five minutes to reach the predetermined combat altitude of 6,000 meters. The SBD4 attack aircraft behind also began to climb, but thanks to the large amount of ammunition they carried, it would be good for them to climb to an altitude of up to 3500 meters at most. Although the SBD4 has stronger ammunition carrying capacity and flexibility than the Skua, its flight performance is even worse, and if it weren't for the first strike formation dragging most of the German fighter force to death, the survival of these powerful bomb trucks is really worrying!

"What are the Germans doing? Did you go home and sleep? When the first wave of Skua fighters reached operational altitude, they scanned the sky and found that the entire German fleet appeared empty except for the FW190s that were fighting a group of F6F fighters in the distance.

"Hell! What's that?! "And at the same time, the Germans finally spotted the climbing Entente group on the radar screen! The dense dots of light that suddenly appeared on the screen really made Count Spee jump! "All fleets unleash the fleet! Put all the planes out, and the attack aircraft and twin-engine aircraft will not be left! At this moment, Count Spee seemed to have thought clearly. The opponent's initial attacks are all feints, and only this one is a real killer move! No wonder the group of planes entering from the east did not have any attack aircraft, they were all fighters! It's about consuming your own air defense!

However, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and even with a serious overdraft of air defense, the Germans still concentrated at least 6 squadrons of fighters to intercept the opponent, of course, the defense of this magnitude was still at a numerical disadvantage compared to the attackers. While all the aircraft carriers of the Germans continued to talk about the few planes in the hangar sent into the sky. The SBD4 of the US Navy has also broken through the opponent's air defense and bared their sharp fangs against the German fleet!

In fact, the number of SBD4 bombers that managed to break through was not large, only about 140, and in front of them there were a large number of frigates and FW190 fighters that braved their own anti-aircraft fire. Look at the Allied attack aircraft group that is gradually spreading out. Count Spee breathed a sigh of relief, he thought he could still block an attack of this scale, but in fact, the damage was still beyond his imagination!

The group of attack aircraft that successfully penetrated the defense was divided into two groups, one of which rushed towards the Austro-Hungarian fleet under the command of Jordi. This was a weakness of the Allied fleet, which had fewer escort fleets and was more inferiorly equipped, under the assault of more than 30 attack aircraft and under the cover of more than 40 Skua fighters. The attack echelon successfully pierced the opponent's defenses, and the first wave of 8 torpedo planes appeared on the side of Lord Loudoon!

The machine guns on the aircraft carrier and the Skua fighters covering the opposing side went crazy against the S. The two sides rained bullets on each other from a distance of several hundred meters. In just a few minutes, the aircraft carrier and the escort battleship next to it shot down at least 4 Skua fighters, and the dense 40mm shells swept through like the scythe of death, smashing one target after another!

However, the fierce skuas also inflicted heavy losses on the other side, and the continuous S strikes of dozens of 20mm machine guns at a distance of hundreds of meters destroyed most of the anti-aircraft gun positions on the entire side of the side! Thin steel plates can't stop 20mm*110mm shells at all! The dense shells directly smashed the anti-aircraft gun platform on the side into a Shura field made of fragments and blood R. Subsequently, 6 torpedo planes successfully rushed to the lightning strike distance. A full 12 torpedoes were fired at this aircraft carrier!

"It can't be!" Looking at the 12-round torpedoes that fanned out, Holdie felt a tingling on the top of his head! The density of such lightning strikes is really beyond his imagination! He did not believe before that a single-engine plane could carry 2 torpedoes! The dense lightning strike that launched the S at a distance of 1200 to 800 meters made it impossible for the aircraft carrier to dodge at all, and after dodging 8 torpedoes in a twisted way, 3 torpedoes still hit the side of the aircraft carrier! One of the torpedoes hit the tail cockpit directly! Two rudders and two propellers were blown away, and the huge battleship was paralyzed on the surface of the sea in an instant!

Without waiting for the Austrians to rush to repair the battleship, the other two torpedoes were concentrated in the power compartment of the aircraft carrier almost at the same time! Together, the two torpedoes and nearly 700kg of whirlwind explosives tore a hole more than 30 meters long directly on the side of the hull! Accompanied by a violent explosion, numerous fragments and high-temperature and high-pressure bubbles shattered the TDS defenses on the sides of the battleship, accompanied by an influx of thousands of tons of seawater. Not only did the battleship lose half of its power, but it also had an uncontrollable tilt.

In the end, the aircraft carrier could not go back. But there is good news for the Austrians. That is, due to the limitation of the number of penetrating aircraft groups, the remaining aircraft can no longer pose a threat to the aircraft carrier at the core of the air defense array, and the remaining dozen bombers either run out of ammunition or are shot down after sinking a cruiser and a destroyer, and the attack on the Austro-Hungarian fleet has ended. And the German fleet has just ushered in the most ferocious round of attack!

The remaining almost 100 attack aircraft broke into the inner ring of the German fleet defense. The fleet of the Count of Luknall and the fleet of the Count of Spee were attacked at the same time! Because of its relatively outward position, the Lyutsov became the target of public criticism. Two SBD-3 bombers first dropped 4 bombs on the poor aircraft carrier, one of which blew the elevator located on the central axis to pieces, while the other two bombs swept the anti-aircraft gun deck on the side of the carrier. The ferocious anti-aircraft fire of the aircraft carrier broke the wing of an attack aircraft.

But the plane ended up crashing into the hangar of the Lytsov from the side! The explosion of tons of bombs and fuel turned the entire hangar of the Lütsov into a sea of fire, and the violent explosion led the fire to the lower deck! And then the two torpedo planes that came up to mend the knife sentenced the Lütsov to death! Two torpedoes hit the power compartment and the diesel generator compartment, after two loud bangs. The battleship lost almost all power and self-rescue capabilities and eventually sank to the bottom of the sea.

Other bomb-carrying SBD bombers also took care of the Germans' other aircraft carriers, but the 500kg bomb was less powerful than an aircraft carrier with an armored flight deck. Although a few small perforations were punched in the deck, some lifts were blown up as well. However, the damage to the hull structure is minimal. It's a good boat to pull back and repair.

Colonel Bryce of the U.S. Navy, who commanded the attack on Spee's fleet, as an old bird who survived the last war. He was still very clear about the level of defense of the Germans' warships, and with more than 60 of his own aircraft, he focused his attack on the two 18,000-ton fleet aircraft carriers Tiger and Panther! The other 3 aircraft carriers in Spee's fleet, the Europa and the aircraft carrier Caesar, he didn't even look at them. Because he knew that it would be difficult for his firepower to destroy such a big guy, he knew very well that it was better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt his ten fingers!

How could the two aircraft carriers, the Tiger and the Panther, be called crispy defenses, withstand the siege of more than 60 bombers? Although more than a dozen German destroyers were concentrating all their firepower to cover these two battleships, and although the personnel of the battleships had turned smoke devices into a cloud of smoke to envelop most of the battleships in smoke, the bombs and torpedoes dropped by the Allies on these two poor battleships were still enough to destroy them!

The aircraft carrier Tiger was hit by 6 rounds of 500kg bombs. The entire deck was almost engulfed in flames, and under the scorching heat, fragments of steel plates and brackets fell into the hangar, and the fire spread inside the hull, and he was the only battleship to be sunk by a bomb in the entire battle. And the Black Panther next to it was even worse, the torpedo machine attacked from both sides at the same time, 2 torpedoes hit the port side, 1 hit the starboard side, although the water balance corrected the tilt in a short time, but too much water eventually led to the sinking of the battleship!

The Entente fleet before leaving. Didn't forget to make some trouble for the German escort battleships, and after sinking 6 destroyers with the remaining rockets and bombs, the remaining planes flew away. With the order to end the attack on the airwaves, the remaining Entente aircraft group began to withdraw, in the midst of almost two and a half hours of fighting. The Germans sank 2 armored aircraft carriers and 2 medium aircraft carriers, and lost about 550 carrier-based aircraft (including those sunk with the ships. Together with the aircraft lost in the offensive, the entire Allied fleet lost half of its carrier-based aircraft!

Of course, the Entente fleet also suffered heavy losses, 1 armored aircraft carrier and 2 light aircraft carriers were sunk. The number of aircraft lost is probably around 700 units. However, judging from the comparison, it is clear that this time the Entente is superior. Thanks to advanced carrier-based aircraft and more rational strategies and tactics. For the first time, the Entente fleet overwhelmed its opponent in a massive aircraft carrier engagement. Not only did it preserve the transport fleet. And the Allied fleet also broke a few teeth.

After a bloody battle, both sides can be described as suffering heavy losses. A large number of carrier-based aircraft losses and damaged fleets need to be repaired. And the Contente convoys will continue to go to the British mainland. The German naval blockade had no other reliance than the use of submarines. The Count of Spee was to return with the rest of the fleet to France and the Mediterranean for rest and replenishment.

"The fleet is back!" When the German aircraft carrier recovered the last carrier-based aircraft. Count Spee, who tasted defeat in the Great War for the first time, gritted his teeth and gave the order for the fleet to retreat! Looking at the few planes on the deck of the fleet, and thinking about the spectacular scene of the planes taking off a few hours ago, Count Spee felt his heart bleed! The loss of the fleet admittedly made his heart ache. However, the crew that had just been replenished had been knocked out by half, which made him even more worried about the future of the war.

"The Allied fleet also suffered heavy losses, and if we left a detachment and at the same time transferred the carrier-based aircraft of other aircraft carriers, we could also launch an attack on the Allied transport fleet. We can't just go away! Before giving the order, Raeder also had some unyielding advice.

"After you have made up the planes of your detachment. I only have more than 500 planes! Some of them are Austrians! There are only more than 500 aircraft on a dozen aircraft carriers! Do you know what happens if you are attacked by an enemy? And with just over 400 planes, what can you do? The Entente fleet only needs one wave of attacks to beat your fleet to the ground! In this case, the Entente fleet, perhaps, would have continued to sail to Britain. But we can't. We've lost, we're vulnerable, and that last bit of strength is the bottom line on which we can protect ourselves. There was a hint of anger in Earl Spee's words. This is not the time to be impressed! He must keep the capital for Germany to continue fighting!

As Count Spee had predicted, the main fleets of the United States and China continued to advance with a large convoy of transports, and when the Battle of the North Atlantic ended, it also represented a decisive defeat for the Luftwaffe against Britain. The German navy and air force were powerless to prevent the Allies from sending tens of millions of tons of supplies to Britain. Among these supplies were aircraft, ammunition, accessories, radars and anti-aircraft artillery for the continuation of the British anti-aircraft operations! There are even canned boxes of frozen food that are enough to add one extra dish to every Brits table.

When the Chinese navy joined, the naval power of the Entente finally overwhelmed its old rival. The naval strength and replenishment capabilities of two super-first-class powers and a naval power are definitely not comparable to Germany and Austria-Hungary, which can only be regarded as second-rate countries!

After the defeat, Count Spee immediately sent a telegram to the Kaiser and the military leaders in Berlin, stating the course and results of the battle. After receiving the telegram, the Kaiser was quite angry in the hall. scolded the Navy and Count Spee for his incompetence, and even threatened to remove the commander of the Navy. Of course, of course, this latter statement cannot be true, because in a short period of time, there is really no one in the German Navy who can calm the scene. Richthofen, who was sitting on the right-hand side, breathed a sigh of relief that for him, the tragic air offensive and defensive battle that broke out on British soil could finally come to an end. He could now finally find an opportunity to suggest to the Kaiser that the British Raiders be terminated! Now the question arises, where will Germany go without fighting Britain? How will this war end?

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