As the final assault unfolded, the huge fleet was stretched out by the difference in speed. However, at this time, the Germans obviously didn't care about this, all the fighters began to rush forward to try to disperse the opponent's interceptor planes, the huge fleet of more than 800 planes is really difficult to control, especially when everyone is swarming of outlaws, it is good that the wing commander can contact the following captains, the fighter unit will go with them, the attack aircraft unit will try to maintain the formation, don't think about the formation at the brigade level, After breaking through the defensive line, each squadron can fight on its own, anyway, remember to aim at the opponent's heavy aircraft carrier first, and at this point, the various plans formulated by the Germans before simply can't catch up with the change in form, they can only do their best, everything depends on the ability of middle and low-level commanders

In this case, the British did not fare much better. Thanks to the advanced radar, the British finally burned through the German interference at a distance of 120 kilometers, dense light spots reappeared on the radar screen, and the constantly flashing warning lights indicated the approaching danger, and everyone felt a kind of heartfelt fear when they saw these dense light points, not only because someone suffered from dense phobia, but because each light point represented one or several attack aircraft, and the number of the other party was too many, and some planes that flew closer had only one reflection point on the radar

When the two sides finally meet, it can definitely be described as Mars hitting the earth, and more than 900 German planes, including the FW190 fighters and more than 700 Spitfires that came first, collide together. In a small airspace, a large number of fighters are concentrated in an instant, and what you have learned in aviation school and in real combat does not work here, and the pilots are desperately chasing their targets, countless planes are slashing in front of you, and you have to spot your opponent in a matter of seconds and then take it out

The Germans were bent on breaking through, while the Allies were desperately trying to hold off their opponents, and neither side had room to retreat, and in this situation where there was not enough space to play, the Spitfire, which had better hovering performance, had a certain advantage. In the roar of the Morin engine, the speed of the Spitfire 9 fighters also increased to about 550 kilometers, and they roared and flew towards the target, regardless of the fact that there were FW190 fighters above their heads, ready to dive and attack themselves, just like the ancient cavalry hedge, and the fighter units in front of the attack aircraft units also formed a spearhead. The first round of hedging between the two sides was bloody

The huge group of planes finally collided together, and in just a dozen seconds, the sound of explosions came from the huge formation, and the roar of the 20mm machine guns and the dense shells tore everything in front of them, and some pilots had just entered the battlefield less than a minute before they were smashed to pieces by shells flying from nowhere. The air is like a huge meat grinder, constantly consuming the combat power of both sides. The FW190A and Spitfire 9, the historical rivals, finally met. The two sides were almost one-on-one swaps in the beginning of the battle, the BMW801 engine brought the FW190 aircraft better damage resistance, and the firepower of 4 guns and 2 guns was a one-hit kill, while the Spitfire's good horizontal maneuverability and better vision made up for the lack of defense and firepower.

The fighters of the Germans paved the way for the attack aircraft to move forward with their own lives. In the face of the situation of fighting porridge outside, the German attack aircraft formation turned a deaf ear, they just looked for a gap from the gap of the defender and rushed out, but in the face of the British defense like an impregnable wall, it was very difficult for the Germans to find a hole, and the red-eyed British almost did not lose enough to lean towards the attack aircraft formation, even if there was only one chance to attack, the Spitfire 9 fighter's 2 20mm cannons and 2 50 machine guns could also inflict heavy damage on the opponent, The 20mm and 110mm extra-large thin-shell bullets are amazingly powerful, almost a one-hit kill, and the ferocious firepower is coupled with more ferocious pilots. The German attack aircraft formations were equally fleshy along the way

A Spitfire 9 fighter jet twisted and rushed through the dense fire net, and when he finally locked a JU90 aircraft in the middle of the gun's scope, he was the only one left in the four-plane formation, and after hitting the target into a fireball with a clean short point shot, the plane full of bullet holes in the fuselage finally could not support it, and began to lose speed and altitude, but before it crashed, it crashed into the fuselage of another JU90 torpedo, The violent explosion threw a large amount of debris hundreds of meters away, and also caused some damage to other German planes nearby

Such a situation was definitely not unique in the First Battle of the Atlantic. The two sides did everything they could to destroy their opponents, and even a large number of Spitfires rushed into the air defense network of the fleet in order to chase the opponent or force the opponent to drop their bombs. There are not a few targets that have been shot down by their own anti-aircraft artillery. However, the desperate resistance of the British still inflicted heavy damage on the German fleet, especially the hapless torpedo planes, which were almost the best targets at low altitudes and low speeds when entering the terminal attack

Having lost its performance advantage, the breakthrough of the German main fleet was not very successful, and the number of fighters responsible for cover was only 400 in total. And they need to face up to 700 Spitfires, as well as F6F fighters that are constantly ejected. In the case of a numerical disadvantage, many FW190F attack aircraft responsible for ship attacks were forced to drop bombs to participate in air combat, but as time went by, the Allied aircraft group that occupied the number and home field advantage still began to slowly control the situation, which was still achieved in the case of the Germans harassing troops and electronic suppression, Halsey's calculation was still relatively accurate, and the three aircraft carrier battle groups released the Spitfire 9 fighter jets with full force can indeed effectively contain the opponent.

However, although the Entente regained the advantage of the battlefield, they were not without cost, when a large number of Spitfire fighters gradually suppressed the German FW190, there were still a large number of attack aircraft relying on high speed and fighter cover to break through the Allied defense system, in the second wave of the main group, at least 150 attack aircraft of various kinds passed through the Spitfire Wall, and they began to attack the nearest target

"Damn, I knew it would be us who topped the tank" Canning looked at the large number of German attack aircraft that appeared in the telescope and cursed in a low voice, the British fleet is in the middle of the defensive fleet, at the apex of the triangle, who do you not hit at this time? At least 100 bombers of various types were selected for the first time by the British fleet. The fleet of half a dozen battleships and a dozen cruisers formed the inner ring of the aircraft carrier formation, while more than 30 destroyers of various types formed the outer ring. The bombers in front had just broken through and were sifted into a sieve by the dense anti-aircraft fire, but the other German planes still did not give up. The dive bombers adjusted their altitude slightly, and they passed from an area above 3,000 meters, avoiding the densest and deadliest small-caliber anti-aircraft guns, and then burst through the weak point of fire above the aircraft carrier's head at an angle close to 70 degrees

At least one squadron of Spitfires followed, chasing attack aircraft carrying lethal munitions in a barrage. From time to time, planes were smashed to pieces by catching Spitfires, or turned into a flaming fireball by anti-aircraft guns, but in the end, some planes succeeded in breaking through, and the USS Fury and the nearby Glory became the first targets

The first group of dive bombers roared down, and at an altitude of 800 meters, five 500kg armor-piercing shells broke away from the pylons almost simultaneously and smashed into the sea with a piercing scream, even under dense anti-aircraft fire, the German air attack accuracy was still very high, and the five bombs hit three of them, one of which smashed into the middle of the deck of the Fury. The heavy armored deck blocked the blow, and the bomb was bounced off and smashed into a nearby Spitfire, causing a fire on the deck from the explosion of the bomb and the detonation of fuel. The other two bombs hit the Glorious, which can be seen as a shrunken version of the Fury-class aircraft carrier, one bomb smashed on the 114mm high-level dual-purpose gun on the survey line, and the violent explosion blew the two connected turrets into pieces, while the other bomb fell on the rear elevator, not only destroying the hundred-ton big guy, but also causing a fire to spread to the hangar

All this was just the beginning, and more and more planes broke through the air defense network and dropped bombs one after another. The huge aircraft carrier maneuvered at high speed on the sea, and the hull made a curved track, but there were too many attacking planes, and they attacked from all directions. No matter where the aircraft carrier dodges, it will be fatally attacked, "I dodged another bomb God bless the Royal Navy" After another violent turn, two bombs fell into the sea against the side of the Fury, and then two huge columns of water rose from the side of the ship up to a height of 100 meters, and when the cheers of the helmsman had not fallen, the sudden explosion from the northeast made the hearts of all the British people sink

A huge fireball soared into the air. Under the action of the huge explosion, countless wrecks and thick smoke formed a column of smoke that soared into the sky, and under the cover of the smoke column, you could see the hull that had been broken in two below, the bow of the ship was raised high, and the position of the ship was sinking. From the time the Germans dropped the first bomb, it was only ten minutes before the British fleet left its first drop of blood

"It's the Poseidon Son, he's been destroyed," Canning saw as quickly as he identified the fallen in battle. This light aircraft carrier was not the target of the Germans' attack, but its defense was too poor, and its luck was also a little bad, two 500kg armor-piercing shells hit a very small area almost simultaneously, one bomb exploded in the upper part of the reservoir after penetrating the weak horizontal armor, causing a small oil and gas leak, while the other bomb ignited these diffused gasoline vapors, accompanied by a chain reaction, the warehouse containing hundreds of tons of aviation gasoline was detonated, Then it spread to the nearby ammunition depot, and in less than two minutes, the light aircraft carrier sank into the sea with thousands of crew members and more than 20 planes that did not have time to be dispatched. The tragic explosion was chilling.

However, at this time, Cunningham did not have time to grieve, the Germans' attack on the Furious and the Glory was close to its peak, dense bombs fell from the sky, and there were traces of torpedo planes on both sides, a team of FW190 fighters who threw bombs suppressed the dense melee fire of the battleship with 4 20mm guns, clearing the way for the torpedo planes behind, and from time to time there were planes destroyed in the frantic fire, and there was a river of blood in the anti-aircraft artillery position on the opposite side, Battered twisted steel plates and destroyed anti-aircraft guns, as well as a mass of flesh and blood, lined the entire anti-aircraft gun deck. The road paved with the blood of the Germans finally temporarily suppressed the self-defense firepower of the aircraft carriers, and the final decisive battle was about to begin, and dozens of aircraft concentrated on the two aircraft carriers to launch an attack

In less than a minute, three waves of bombers dropped more than 20 bombs, of which the half-skinned Fury alone took on five bombs, in addition to three bombs blocked by heavy armor plates, another hit the elevator in the front of the hull, and one bomb destroyed half of the chimney. None of this is a big deal for the Fury. The sturdy armor and massive hull give him unrivaled resistance to strikes. The Glory next to it was quite unbearable, two armor-piercing shells dropped from a high altitude pierced through the armor deck of the Glory and the horizontal armor located at the waterline, and fell directly into the power compartment, a bomb destroyed a running turbine, and the collision of high-speed rotating gears and bombs turned both sides into countless fragments, and carried out a wave of indiscriminate sweeping of the entire sub-warehouse, some of which were large fragments, and even penetrated the next door, destroying the lines and equipment in the next compartment. Another bomb blew up two boilers, and high-temperature and high-pressure steam with a temperature of up to several hundred degrees gushed out of the breach, killing all the operators next to it in a very short time. Just two bombs left the aircraft carrier almost paralyzed on the water

In addition to the unfortunate Fury and Glory, there was also a group of German planes secretly attacked another aircraft carrier not far away, known as the British version of the Essex aircraft carrier Brilliant with the help of the frigate extremely sloppy dodged almost all the bombs, but before the captain could breathe a sigh of relief, a torpedo dragged the wake and crashed into the middle and rear of the aircraft carrier, but fortunately, in addition to entering thousands of tons of water, the problem was not big, the tilt was quickly corrected, and the speed could reach more than 25 knots.

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