"Damn, it's too many!" After dodging two shells flying from the rear with a roll, Boeing suddenly found himself with opponents at 7 o'clock and at 1 o'clock and 11 o'clock in front, and his wingman had long since lost his wingman. In this chaotic battle, it is difficult for even the most seasoned pilot to juggle all directions.

"Head, pay attention to the 8 o'clock direction, there's a plane going to sneak up on you!" As soon as the wingman's voice came out of the headphones, a fiery snake flew in from the direction of 8 o'clock, and then bit the left tail, and then the huge body also vibrated a little, but quickly returned to normal. And before Boeing could catch his breath, a few sparks suddenly popped out of the front of the engine on the right side. "Thank goodness I didn't remove the front armor of the engine!" Boington looked around nervously, the team of fast bombers he was in charge of had already passed the first line of defense, "Go first, if you don't go, you won't be able to go!" Then Boington began to try to get out of the battlefield.

Boington is lucky...... In the end, his plane managed to escape with more than 70 bullet holes. But at least a fifth or so of the Foxbat fighters did not survive the rain of bullets, and in order to intercept this wave of bombers, one of the aircraft carriers and an aviation cruiser of the Germans released 40 fighters! Coupled with the standby planes in the air, the flying fox's slight technical advantage simply cannot withstand the opponent's wheel warfare. From time to time, fighters were smashed into a flaming fireball by shells fired from several directions, or were directly dismembered and fell into the sea as a flood of fragments. However, their efforts were also rewarded, and three squadrons of British bombers finally broke through two lines of defense in succession, and then they began to descend in altitude to prepare for the final sprint. And when the altitude dropped to about 1500 meters, it entered the dive course and began to attack the Allied fleet..........

"Now, let's go down and kill them!" Eventually, the German squadron of land-based long-range fighters, which was responsible for the defense of the middle layer, found an opportunity. The final interception was launched before the opponent's altitude dropped, but before it could enter the ship's air-to-air fire in the inner circle of the fleet. In the face of the German long-range fighters, which had the advantage of altitude and speed, the British fast bombers were relatively slow to react at medium and low altitudes because of the bomb load, so they were caught off guard. Caught off guard by the German fighters who entered from 6 o'clock.

"Drop the bomb and dive away." The British twin-engine aircraft was originally intended to decoy the enemy. Even if they brought bombs, they had the idea of trying it, after all, a considerable number of British pilots had no experience in attacking ships, and if they did not intercept them, they might try their luck. If there is an interception, run away! Most of the British fast bombers followed the captain's orders and dropped 500kg of bombs. Several bombers that tried to drop bombs were also forced back by the dense anti-aircraft artillery fire, and the deadly funnel-shaped barrage formed by the 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns and the 20mm Erly anti-aircraft guns made the fast bombers without fire suppression walk on thin ice. In desperation, he hastily threw the bomb away. Parts bombers tried to attack with ricochets. But this attack is of little use to other warships except for destroyers that have no waterline armor, and unless they end up hitting below the waterline as a torpedo, they will either be bounced off by the armor belt, or they will only blow up a black piece and leave a crater. In this air raid, except for two destroyers were sunk, no other warships were seriously damaged.........

"It looks like we were very successful in intercepting today. If the previous battle report is correct, we will shoot down 10 fast bombers alone this time. A staff officer whispered to Holdy. He could clearly feel that Jordi was a little nervous, and his left hand behind his back kept opening and shaking. Those who know him well will know that this is a way for Holdie to relax when he is in a nervous mood. The staff officer really couldn't figure out what there was to be nervous about in this situation, most of the opponent's fleet was intercepted by fighters and army aviation on the periphery, and the occasional rush did not cause much impact. …。

"How many fighters are available on all the ships?" Jordi asked, turning around. "Well, there are about 40 fighter jets on the five aircraft carriers that are ready to take to the skies at any time." The aviation staff officer next to him replied.

"Why is it like that? Didn't we prepare about 120 fighters before the attack arrived? The number of fighters just added will not exceed 40 at most, right? Holdey asked, puzzled, anxious, hesitant, and a hint of fear almost simultaneously welling up in his heart.

"The number of fighters released by us in this wave is really small, but because of the long air battle. Some fighters ran out of fuel and they needed to land. And in order to leave enough space, some aircraft carriers must take back some of the prepared aircraft, then push the remaining aircraft to the front of the deck, and wait until the fighters have been contained to resupply and then push the fighters to the take-off position before taking off the fighters. ”。 …。

"Then you can let the plane out of part of it first...... Push the rest of the planes to the front of the deck! Why should it be included in the hangar? "Jordi was furious when he heard it! If the plane in the hangar wants to take off again, it must be re-positioned, and the delay is not a little bit.

"Sorry, our warm-up work is carried out on the deck, and a considerable number of planes have just been raised to the deck to complete the positioning when they are told that there is a plane that needs to land, and the plane cannot take off without warming up." The aviation staff officer patiently explained. "In all our exercises and exercises, we have never encountered such an intensity of release, and in this battle, our release efficiency was about 20% higher than the best level in our exercise. The brothers have done their best. ”

"Yes, but the opponent's sea-based aviation has not yet been dispatched, and just the long-range attack of land-based aviation makes us scramble." Anyone can see that the quality of the opposing attack force is not high, and God knows how the Italians and the Entente came up with this force. If the Confederate fleet is compared to a strong bull, then the group that has just been repelled is the equivalent of a matador, whose role is to keep teasing the angry bull until it is exhausted, and then the knight who will be responsible for killing the bull will deliver the final blow! …。

"In fact, the number of our aircraft is sufficient, even a little excessive, but the performance of the aircraft is really." A staff officer said helplessly. Just when the Austro-Hungarian navy was studying how many planes could be called up and how many planes Crete could support, the Italian twin-engine torpedo formation finally came to the battlefield, these camouflage-colored twin-engine bombers entered the battlefield at a low altitude of less than 500 meters above sea level, and under the cover of the sea background, these guys who were not flying fast actually sneaked close to 70km before being discovered!

At this time, Luftwaffe planes were either fighting the flying foxes at high altitudes, or intercepting and pursuing fast bombers. Either it is hovering close to the circle of fire of the fleet's anti-aircraft artillery, and in the face of this secret arrow that sneaks in, the Allied air force is completely defenseless! Now it is definitely too late to take off the plane, although the other side is slow, but the distance of 70km can fly over in less than 20 minutes, and in desperation, the Allies can only quickly order the last reserve team on standby in the air to intercept these dozens of torpedo planes! At the same time, again a new batch of aircraft to replenish the air

The battle had reached such an extent that almost all the Allied planes were either at high altitude or descended to low altitude, the last reserves had been exhausted, and it was almost impossible to release large groups of aircraft for the rest of the day, for the simple reason that the batch of aircraft that had begun to be recovered was being restocked with ammunition and fuel on the deck, and the aircraft carriers that had not recovered the aircraft had almost emptied their decks. And the twin-engine fighters from the direction of Crete will take another 1 hour to arrive, and the fuel consumption rate has exceeded expectations! The cover of land-based aviation is also bound to be broken, and although the defense line has not yet been breached, a discerning person can see that the opponent's defense line is saturated. …………。

"Marshal, Admiral Raeder advises the fleet to withdraw to the southeast, so that we can get more protection from land-based aviation." Just as Holdie looked at the empty deck, an officer sent a telegram to him. "It seems that even the Germans are aware of the approaching crisis." Haldy glanced at the telegram and put it aside. The crisis will soon come. But the group of planes that had been released to attack Benghazi was about to return...... If the fleet is evacuated at this time, how will the aircraft be recovered? All fell into the sea and let the lifeboat salvage the pilot? What about watching jokes? Landing on the surface is a very dangerous job, and pilots are too expensive. As a result, it was not wiped out by the opponent's firepower, because there was no place to land and sacrifice a batch, it would be too sad!

"Let's see how effective this wave of interceptions is, and if it really doesn't work, we'll evacuate. In addition, tell the group attacking the port of Benghazi to let them fly along the coastline, and if it really doesn't work, they will land directly in our controlled area or neutral zone, which is better than falling out of the sea to feed the sharks. Although Holdie is aware of the gravity of the situation, there is one sentence? Don't hit the south wall, don't look back, don't shed tears if you don't see the coffin! People always have a fluke mentality. And judging by the current situation. The fast bombers of the British had already begun to withdraw from the battlefield one after another, although this wave of penetrating torpedo planes was more numerous, but the speed was very slow, and the number of planes over the Allied fleet was more than a hundred! (Including long-range fighters from Crete.) As long as this wave of attacks can be resisted and some time is gained, then the air defense network of the Allied fleet can be restored. But will the truth really be what the Germans think? . …。

Thanks to the book friend Black Eyes 1973 and the book friend zhouyu1976 for the tip~~~. (To be continued).