"We in Huaxia are also willing to give it a try. The new battleships of various countries have increased their horizontal protection, and the opponent's bombs are generally used to deal with high-explosive bombs on land targets, and the weight of the bombs is not very large, and the threat to the capital ships is not great, and more importantly, the other side does not bring torpedoes, and it is still very difficult to destroy a capital ship with high-explosive bombs, and we can drag it back no matter how bad it is. The US and French armies have done their best, and we should not abandon them at such times. After thinking for a moment, Yang Yonglin expressed support for Darlang's suggestion.

Since it was said that it was to cover the retreat of the US-French coalition forces, the Americans naturally could not keep sinking. In the same way, in order to get more Italians to withdraw, the Italian navy also expressed its willingness to support this plan, so this seemingly unreasonable plan was adopted. And then the performance of the Luftwaffe really made Summer a little proud!

"Are the Italians starting to set fire to the city now?" Grim's head grew as he watched the port area and other key places be enveloped in smoke from smoke canisters. The opponent's air defense force is indeed quite tragic, except for its sworn enemy Haidongqing Brigade, it seems that there is no large-scale opponent, and even if there is, it will be dispersed by the long-range fighters brought by itself, and the threat in the air is the smallest. Well, at least a little less threatening than the anti-aircraft artillery below!

Grim noticed something was wrong when he entered the battlefield! Why is the opponent's anti-aircraft artillery so accurate?! The bombing point of the Americans' 90mm anti-aircraft guns and the British's three-inch anti-aircraft guns was too close to their own planes, and in order to obtain higher bombing accuracy, this time Grim set the horizontal bombing altitude at about 3,000 meters. But this time. The battle situation has turned Grim's perception upside down!

Bombing points appeared around the group, and the impact and shelmacte from the explosion of the shells did not hit the huge bomber, but made small holes in the fuselage. The whole fleet was flying on a boiling cauldron. The violent explosion constantly stimulated the nerves of the German pilots, which were already tense. Until one of the shells landed accurately on the nose of a heavy bomber. Directly blow up the cab to smithereens, as tragic as decapitation! The uncontrolled bomber quickly plunged headlong with flames. And that's just the beginning. Bomber formations flying at a fixed speed and course were the favorite targets of ground-based radar-guided anti-aircraft artillery! As the target got closer and closer, the anti-aircraft fire on the ground became more intensive, more and more anti-aircraft artillery positions were set on fire, and the dense rain of bullets was intertwined, forming a deadly fire net.

Despite the smoke screen and strong anti-aircraft firepower, it was obviously unrealistic to rely solely on these things to block the huge German bomber group, which bombed all fixed surface targets, although the smoke severely obscured the view. But a carpet bomb can still cause incalculable damage to the port. But alas, the group of medium bombers attacking Naples with Grim spotted the fleet in the distance, and they considered these ships to be more valuable targets than buildings and ports on the ground!

Although they were bombed together, Grim's heavy bomber unit was not directly affiliated with the other medium bomber formations. When attacking Florence, Grim still had command over all the bombers, but in actual combat, it was found that the altitude and method suitable for the attack of strategic bombers were not suitable for medium bombers, the former could make up for the lack of accuracy with a huge amount of bombs, while the latter could improve the bombing accuracy by diving forward, and make up for the difference in bomb load with accuracy. So in the later battles, the Luftwaffe said that the medium bomber force could attack according to its own attack, which left Grim's command in name only. And more importantly, because of the haste of this transfer, the medium bomber unit that came with Grim belongs to another air force, and is not subordinate to Grim's lancer unit, if it is a teammate of the air force, the other party may sell him some face, but now that the other party sees the target that he thinks is more valuable, he naturally will not take Grim's thoughts into account. …

After politely informing Grim, the other party broke away from the formation with the group of medium bombers. Rushing towards the fleet cruising offshore. These bombers were new to the Luftwaffe and could carry out shallow dive bombing at an angle of 30 degrees. At the same time, low-altitude maneuverability was good, but the Luftwaffe commander, who often bombed ground targets, underestimated the level of anti-aircraft firepower and protection of the battleship. The number of anti-aircraft guns on a large battleship is hundreds! Far higher than the ground anti-aircraft artillery firepower compensated. Especially when facing low- and medium-altitude targets. And more importantly, the group of aircraft flying from the aircraft carrier in the distance is also getting closer and closer, leaving little time for the Germans to attack!

"Are these battleships specifically for the air plane?" Looking at the behemoth in the distance, which was constantly spraying like a volcanic eruption in the scorching rain of bullets, many German pilots secretly pulled the operating stick up, slightly increasing the height of the attack. In the face of the oncoming German bombers, the massive battleship began to accelerate evasion, while the surrounding destroyers accompanied the battleship maneuver and shared the pressure of the capital ship with the ship's anti-aircraft fire. The German bomber force had never had the experience of attacking a high-speed moving target under such strong anti-aircraft fire, and although a battleship with a width of more than 30 meters and a length of more than 200 meters was said to be large, it was only the size of a box when viewed from a height of several thousand feet. To hit such a target, luck seems to be more important than skill!

Although it is more difficult for seemingly ferocious anti-aircraft fire to hit bombers, it is also more unreliable for bombing that is not even ferocious to hit large warships with a speed of more than 25 knots and constantly changing direction. When the first wave of horizontal bombardment was over, there was no record of success, except for two 250kg misses that added craters in the middle armor belt of a certain battleship.

"The failure of our attack is caused by many reasons, the problem of aircraft performance cannot be solved in a short period of time, not to mention for the time being, in addition, the biggest problem is the choice of bombs, the ground bombs we use have a short delay, and they are all high-explosive shells, which are not very effective for battleships with good armor protection, and the fuse is located in the head, which is easy to be damaged on impact. These highly sensitive bombs were almost useless against heavy cruisers and battleships, except for aircraft carriers without armor decks, as well as lightly protected destroyers. At the same time, the weight of the bomb is too low, and we believe that in the future, the weight of the bomb must be more than 500kg in order to cause greater damage to the battleship. The Germans concluded afterwards.

The navies of various countries were relieved to see the poor performance of the first wave of German horizontal bombers, but soon, the Allied navy suffered a loss by those shallow dive bombers with 500kg of bombs, and these semi-armor-piercing shells equipped with 500kg of bottom fuses were originally used to accurately attack certain reinforced bunkers, although they were not specifically used to bomb warships, but their power should not be underestimated.

Rumble! With a loud bang, a twin-engine light bomber successfully passed through the Nelson's anti-aircraft fire network, and then dropped a bombshell on the rear deck of the opponent, the powerful semi-armor-piercing bomb directly tore through the upper deck, and then exploded above the main armor, hundreds of kilograms of high explosives released huge energy rampaging inside the hull, although it failed to destroy the main horizontal armor, but tore several temporary anti-aircraft guns next to it into pieces, raging fire, the rear deck was a mess. This hit obviously gave hope to the attacking German planes, and then one after another attacked the behemoths on the sea with more vigor, although the accuracy of shallow dive bombing was not high, but with the support of a huge number, at least 4 battleships on the Allies side were hit, and the hapless Nelson was hit at least 4 bombs of various types and 2 close misses. Although the core compartment remained intact, two near-misses tore a gaphole in the bow light armor belt. Tilt the entire ship 5 degrees. Another bomb destroyed the steering wheel of one of the main turrets. This battleship needs to go back and repair it, anyway, one less battleship is not a big problem. …

Even if there was a formation of battleships to share the hatred for Naples, the attack of hundreds of bombers of all kinds still caused huge losses to the city and the surrounding ports, and the huge waves of air generated by the explosions swept across the ground, blowing up all kinds of material vehicles piled up here to pieces, and some bombers also had the audacity to further reduce the altitude to attack those merchant ships trying to escape from the port, unlike the battleships, these merchant ships had no protection except for a layer of hull plates, Even a 250kg near-miss bomb could sink a 10,000-ton ship. And there happened to be an unlucky ship that was hit in the waterway of the port, and the hull of thousands of tons was broken in two, blocking a small half of the already not wide waterway!

However, on the whole, although it was intercepted by the opponent's small-scale air force, as well as intensive anti-aircraft fire attacks, plus a series of problems such as some people mistakenly attacking warships in the open sea, but from a tactical point of view, the Germans' attack was still very successful, at least they destroyed thousands of tons of various materials and equipment, caused thousands of casualties, and reduced the retreat efficiency of the Allies by at least 4% in the next week. And, of course, hundreds of civilian buildings were destroyed along the way. And their own losses are not much. Earn for sure!

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