Just before the Italian twin-engine torpedo plane was discovered, the aircraft carrier Heilongjiang and three aircraft carriers of the Italian Navy, located 220 kilometers northwest of the Allied fleet, had already entered the headwind direction and began to release aircraft. "If nothing else, when the opponent's fleet enters a low altitude, our fleet can enter from a height of exactly 4,000 meters." Su Mo said as he looked at the planes on the deck that were taxiing and taking off. The time of take-off and formation of aircraft, as well as the time of entering the battlefield, can be calculated more accurately, after all, before entering the battlefield, the Italian sea-based aviation operated almost without interference. But when entering the battlefield, it is difficult to say the distribution of the enemy's interception forces. But it's not a big problem, after all, there are 140 planes of various types in this wave of attacks! In the face of the Allied interceptor force, which is already exhausted by the same amount of fuel and ammunition, there is a great chance to break through.

When the Italian Navy planes took off the formation and then flew to the southeast, the Allied aircraft group was happily and reassuringly fighting the formation of Italian torpedo planes that were breaking through the defense at low altitude! As pilots, they don't have as many as the higher-ups think...... As long as the captain allowed, everyone wanted to turn these extremely slow and clumsy ducks with clipped wings into their own achievements, and when the British began to withdraw from the battlefield, many Allied pilots immediately began to descend in altitude to intercept these torpedo planes. And the Italian twin-engine torpedo planes, with torpedoes hanging at low altitudes, could only rely on formations and a few self-defense machine guns to fend off the attacks of the opposing side, and at low altitudes, it was difficult for them to even evade. Definitely the best target!. …。

Allied fighter jets hovering in the air were constantly attacking each other like vultures. Bright yellow tongues of fire fluttered in the air. From time to time, the Italian twin-engine torpedo machine could only barely resist by relying on the machine gun on the back and nose, and the thin barrage could not so much play a defensive role. More so a symbol! But even so, watching the comrades around him leave one by one, the entire aircraft formation still thought about the target and moved forward, and when it approached about 30 kilometers, the entire aircraft group began to disperse. Find your goal! "They were so persistent that they rushed towards our ships until they were shot down. Although they knew that they would never be able to torpedo our battleships. A German pilot who participated in the war commented.

The entire interception process was extremely tragic, in just over ten minutes. About half of the torpedo planes were destroyed, and the remaining planes were besieged by a large number of enemy aircraft. Although they eventually began to disperse their formations, making the pursuing enemy planes more dispersed, the self-defense capability of the torpedo formations, which had lost each other's cover, further declined. It was only a matter of time before they were wiped out.

"There's still plenty of fuel, come here and help." Boington couldn't stand it anymore, even though he had come to Italy as a volunteer. At first, the purpose was nothing more than to prove his ability and a commission that was more than 3 times higher than his salary. After the order was given, only a handful of planes followed, some because they were reluctant to continue the adventure, while others because there was really not enough fuel. Eventually, including Boeington. Only 8 Foxbat fighters followed, becoming the last ......... of the Italian lightning strike force.

"Why did you all go down there?" Raeder, who looked at the fleet around him in a pot of porridge at low altitude, couldn't help but squint his eyes and said, although he is a traditional officer, but because he has always been the main force of the air cruiser, he also has some understanding of the Air Force. At least he knew that now a large number of aircraft groups were located at low altitudes, which was not good for the air defense of the fleet. What if the other party kills another wave of planes?

There is a way of blessing and misfortune, and sometimes what you worry about will happen. Just when the air defense of the Central Powers was exhausted, and a large number of aircraft were lured to low altitudes, a huge formation of 140 aircraft of various types of Italian sea-based aviation appeared in front of the eyes of the Allies! "It's amazing, the people who planned this attack are too powerful." Almost instantly, Raeder thought of the other party's purpose. The idea of not just relying on land-based aviation to consume the air defense of its own fleet is too simplistic. It is a person who can think of it, and what is really terrible is the level of use of the opponent's aviation. …。

Initially, high-altitude fighters and bombers were used to exhaust their air defenses, reduce the number of aircraft on the defensive mission over the fleet, and at the same time keep the decks of aircraft carriers running at full capacity, reduce the total number of aircraft that can be released, and let the entire fleet fly so constantly that there is no time and space to prepare more aircraft. And it's just that most of these planes were attracted to low altitudes by the torpedo planes that came after them in the air battle! At this time, the combat altitude of these fighters is only about 1000, while the opponent enters at an altitude of about 3500 to 4000 meters! Let these planes climb more than 2,500 meters to intercept their opponents? Is this a joke? …。

But fortunately, because the height of the opponent's fleet is relatively high and the scale is very large, it is found that the distance is relatively far, so the Allied fleet still has the last chance to release a batch of aircraft to block the opponent's attack, a total of 5 aircraft carriers, and the number of aircraft finally released is only about 40! It's just a fraction of the other party...... As for the Allied planes, which were happily playing gophers at low altitudes, they also abandoned their low-altitude targets and began to climb hard to intercept them! The moment to decide this war has finally come!

"Break up the opponent's formation!" Major Buckman, who was in charge of interception, ordered decisively. Since it is impossible to stop all the opponent's planes, then the best way to destroy the opponent's air attack is to destroy the opponent's formation, especially the torpedo plane, if the formation is destroyed, and the fan-shaped lightning net cannot be played, then the hit rate will drop significantly, and for these warships, the lethality of 250kg bombs is still relatively limited, and the final word is torpedoes! So no matter what, the most correct way is to break up the formation first, and then concentrate fire on the torpedo machine! While the air force was struggling to intercept it, the German fleet on the sea was also changing, and one aircraft carrier after another began to disperse, and each aircraft carrier was surrounded by several escort warships. The perimeter escort warships formed a wheel-shaped air defense ring that provided cover ......... for the aircraft carriers in the center.

"Don't get entangled with the opposing fighters. Attack their torpedo machines! "Under normal circumstances, there will be some fighters to entangle the opponent's fighters, and then pave the way for the defense forces behind to attack the opponent's attack aircraft, but this time, there are not many fighters that can be used to intercept, and there are only more than 20 aircraft that can reach the combat altitude in advance, and the remaining planes are either climbing or preparing to climb. Although the torpedo planes had to be lowered in altitude before they could release the torpedoes, it was already very close to the fleet, and according to the principle of the Allied Navy, this distance had to be intercepted by naval guns, and their own planes could only be out of the circle.

The Allied fighters, which had just arrived in place, were entangled by the fighters escorting the surrounding before they could even launch an attack, and more than 50 fighters formed a thick shield around the more than 80 attack planes. Small-scale attacks simply can't break up the opponent's formation. Even if you are lucky, the defense has not yet had time to hit a point shot at the target. Behind you, two fighters will appear dangling behind their butts.

When the small-scale assault of carrier-based aircraft could not make a contribution, the twin-engine fighters that had just arrived on the battlefield became the last straw for the Allied fleet. The height of this unit is moderate, and its firepower is fierce, and its skin is thick and thick-skinned, making it very suitable as a pig fighter fighter. They stabbed straight at the attack aircraft group like a sharp sword against the fierce artillery fire of the Italian fighters, in the era when the power of a single engine was not enough, the twin-engine aircraft had an advantage in terms of speed, because to protect the attack aircraft behind them, the fighters could not give full play to their flexible maneuverability, and were forced to collide with the attack aircraft group, and you want to go around to the other side at 6 o'clock and kick his ass fiercely? Of course, you can, but only if you're fast enough to catch up with each other after hovering! More often than not, Italian fighters had to choose to fire head-on, a situation that was not suitable for a single-engine aircraft. The only good thing though, is that the Italians have enough fighters! And they don't have to delay for too long, the other party's fleet is right in front of them! …………。

Countless tongues of fire intertwined in the air, and the Italian pilots tried their best to avoid the four deadly 20mm machine guns in front of the opponent, and chose to rush towards the target from a slightly higher side, where only a 13mm machine gun with a limited firing range could be defended, but the other side still explained too much, it was difficult to completely destroy a twin-engine fighter in one engagement by relying solely on a 20mm cannon and 2 machine guns of an ordinary fighter...... Unless you hit the cockpit (and avoid the armor near the cockpit!) Or destroy an engine, or the twin-engine planes with bullet holes will always rush through, and even more annoyingly, the German fighter units, which had been fighting whackles at low altitudes, gradually climbed to interception altitude to come to the rescue.

Almost every minute, several planes were smashed to pieces by a flurry of shells in the air. Both sides were fighting, the Italians moved forward bravely, the escort fighters used their thin bodies to block the huge twin-engine fighters and more and more carrier-based aircraft, while the allies were not afraid of the fire net spewed by the other side, relying on the cooperation and strong body to break through the opponent's blockade and kill in, and the two courtesy of a twin-engine aircraft were destroyed almost at the same time. The flames spread from the wings in an instant, and in just a few seconds, the entire plane completely disintegrated, and its teammates were lucky enough to rush to the blockade line, and then a burst of fire turned a torpedo plane into a burning fireball, but he only had one chance to attack, because the figure of the Italian fighter appeared behind him.........

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