Raeder rushed from Naples to the German High Seas Fleet base in Crete as soon as he sent the report, and he didn't have time to care about the high-level arguments now, because there was another thing to do. Raeder's first telegram only argued for the need for a large aircraft carrier from the point of view of an aircraft carrier. And then all Raeder had to do was prove to the German Navy that the money was well spent!

At the base, codenamed Eagle's Nest, the Luftwaffe is conducting a simulated take-off and landing exercise, and after completing the training in the morning, it will conduct actual combat training in the afternoon. The German Navy will simulate large-scale take-off and landing of aircraft carrier formations and attack operations from land airfields. And this time, the German Navy will also test the newly arrived guided bombs and missiles. In order to ensure the rigor of the test, Raeder even arranged for other fighters to patrol the airspace of the exercise, and they had the right to shoot down any aircraft that intruded into the area. In the waters around the target ship, the German destroyer formation also blocked the scene, and this kind of high-standard boundary measure is also the first time in the history of the German Navy!

The entire simulation site was carried out in accordance with the strict operation procedures on the aircraft carrier, and even the size of the site was delineated according to the size of the aircraft carrier. The wide apron is indicated by a white line, all aircraft entering from the side of the "simulated lift" must be strictly inside the white line, once the center of gravity of an aircraft moves beyond the white line, then the aircraft will be judged to fall into the sea, and miss the actual flight exercise below, and the relevant ground staff will also leave a bad record in the performance evaluation! And next to the tarmac, there is a low hangar, the height of which is also built exactly according to the height of the hangar of an aircraft carrier. The normal hangar that used to be 7 to 8 meters high has become only 5 meters high, which makes many ground crew feel very unaccustomed, especially when maintaining the BF110 aircraft type aircraft, this discomfort reaches its peak, "We can't even stand on the plane and can't even stand up straight, and even have to work on our stomachs, which is simply too difficult." A ground crew member once complained.

In these confined areas, German naval ground crews complete a full process of repair, refueling, bomb hanging, positioning and take-off, and landing. Nearly a hundred aircraft of all kinds are completed in two indoor hangars and one apron. Hundreds of ground crews were busy from 7 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., and of course the real take-off combat training did not take that long, and the key was that they also had to practice the installation and commissioning of spare fighters. In the "upper hangar", the participants in the exercises, with the help of lifting equipment, sent two huge wings and BF110 fighters to the area where the lifts were marked, and then began to install the wings in a low room. The other part of the ground crew simulated refueling the plane.

The ground crew, who conducted the drill on the open tarmac, was no less easy. At first, the Germans tried to push the BF110, laden with bombs and fuel, to the take-off point, but this effort was then abandoned. "Even if we were covered with people on the wings and around the plane, it would be difficult to get this behemoth to the right place. It's too heavy! Raeder commented in his diary about the work scene, but then a man with a bright mind drove out of his house a Volkswagen barrel car, a small car that could seat two people. Even on the deck of a small aircraft carrier, it is open. So this barrel car made a cameo appearance as a carrier-based aircraft tractor, and the German Navy also specially designed a tow bar. Don't say it, with a tractor, the Germans are indeed much more efficient.

"From maintenance in the hangar to rearmament of hanging bombs to deck positioning, it took us about two hours to prepare a fleet of 45 aircraft on the USS Europa. The aircraft consisted of 15 FW190 fighters, 15 FW190F dive bombers and 15 BF110 twin-engine attack aircraft. The FW190 has a maximum of five to six aircraft in a row, while the BF110 has a maximum of three aircraft in a row. Because the FW190 is smaller, we could theoretically increase it. All FW190F bombers are equipped with 500KG bombs. THE BF110 ATTACK AIRCRAFT ARE EQUIPPED WITH TORPEDOES, 5 ARE EQUIPPED WITH 2 ROUNDS OF 500KG GUIDED BOMBS, AND 5 ARE EQUIPPED WITH Pit Viper anti-ship missiles. At half-past eleven, the preparations were over, and an officer reported to Raeder.

"Nice to take off on time at 1pm. High-speed lads, hopefully they'll be done by 3 o'clock! Raeder nodded with satisfaction, looking at the dense planes parked on the airport he had a sense of pride, the longsword that the German naval aviation had dreamed of was finally forged in his hand, and now, it was time to test his sharpness, I hope the afternoon test will not disappoint him!

The runway at the airfield was also set according to the standards of the aircraft carrier, because the wind speed on land was too low, so after careful consideration, Raeder decided to extend the runway appropriately in order to compensate for the effect of the 25 deck winds on the aircraft carrier. One after another, the planes began to warm up, and the author's exact pre-event activities, the powerful BMW 801 engine began to run, and the double row of 14 cylinders accelerated the reciprocating motion. The propellers began to rotate at high speed, and with the help of the guides, the FW190 fighters began to enter the taxiing position and take off.

The 30 planes in front of them rose into the sky smoothly, and what really made people sweat was the BF110 aircraft in the back, which basically took off with heavy loads. Although they cut the internal fuel in order to reduce the weight, in order to be able to use the guided bombs, some additional equipment was added to the aircraft, so the weight reduction was very limited. Fifteen planes entered the middle of the flight and began to fly, and this time it seemed to be good luck that only one plane had not left the ground when it reached the take-off boundary line, and according to the regulations, he would lose the opportunity to fly in formation and participate in live target shooting. You can only go around once, drop the bomb at the designated place and come back.

"They're so fast!" A BF109 fighter pilot patrolling the warning area said as he looked at the formation in the distance from afar. Forty-four aircraft flew in a group at a speed of more than 450 kilometers per hour towards the target area. BF109 can also reach such cruising speed, but if there is a load, the fuel consumption of high-speed cruise is not something that its small fuel tank can bear, although the internal oil situation of FW190 is still not much, but 500KG of internal oil plus 300L of external oil is enough to cope with most situations. According to the information provided by JU88, which accompanied the flight, Raeder and others could clearly mark the direction and location of the air force group on the sand table.

"Fast fleet formation is really possible, and the speed advantage of the new aircraft has allowed us to reduce our strike time considerably. In particular, the addition of twin-engine aircraft made it possible for us to cruise at high speeds over long distances in advance of heavy-duty attack aircraft. The thinking of the Americans and the British is limited, and on this we have an advantage. An officer said with satisfaction as he looked at the group of planes on the hill that were gradually approaching the target.

"Don't forget, there is also the Huaxia, they are a more formidable existence than the American and British navies, and the Huaxia navy seems to have an intuition that they can always grasp the pulse of military development. Almost every battle is one step ahead of the others! Raeder's words changed the mood in the entire command. Well, let's take a look at the effect of the attack first, and I hope that the attack aircraft formation can play a satisfactory result for us. ”

"The attack aircraft formation has entered the sky above the target and has seen all the target ships, and the single-shot attack aircraft formation has attacked the No. 1 and No. 2 target ships. A BOMBER CARRYING A 500KG GUIDED BOMB ATTACKED THE NO. 3 TARGET SHIP. AIRCRAFT CARRYING 1000KG OF GUIDED BOMBS ATTACKED TARGET SHIP NO. 4. Torpedo planes attack target ship No. 5. Fighters carried rockets to attack target ship No. 6. "When the six target ships moored in turn on the sea surface appeared in everyone's field of vision, the whole exercise entered the first stage, and the 44 planes will be divided into six attack groups to attack, and the surveillance aircraft located in the air will record the attack results of each crew one by one.

"Cheer up, boys, those guys who fly twin-engine planes are going to watch our good show, and let us prove that we are not weak with actual results." This was stated by the commander of the squadron of single-engine bombers in the channel. In fact, the German Navy sent them to attack in order to see how accurate the dive attack of the single-engine bomber and the horizontal bombing of the twin-engine bomber were. The latter, of course, uses guided bombs. The FW190 bombers split into two groups and dived towards the surface. They first began to glide and fly, and when the altitude dropped to 1,500 meters, they began to enter a high-angle dive channel, and 15 bombers were divided into two groups at an angle of 65 to 80 degrees to bomb.

"Height 500 meters! Bombing! "As the bomb fell off the pylon, the whole plane was so light that even the nose of the plane was slightly raised. The skilled pilot quickly controls the plane and slowly pulls up from the dive attack. The entire attack lasted more than ten minutes. Faced with a target the size of a 5000-ton 1 war light cruiser, these 15 bombers hit 6 rounds! In addition, there are 2 near-misses! Overall, this hit accuracy is not bad for a squadron that has just been equipped with FW190F bombers.

Because it was a test, the bomb was not filled with explosives, otherwise the light cruiser would have been destroyed with a single bomb. The group of single-engine bombers that had completed the attack did not withdraw but continued to hover around the exercise field, eager to see what was going on with their teammates who had been given new toys. Five BF110 planes flew to the target from an altitude of 5,000 meters, and the bombardiers in the back seat first checked the radio guidance equipment and bomb delivery devices, and then locked the target warship with optical lenses.

"The target is 4,500 meters horizontally, we get close to 3,500 meters, and then we drop the altitude to 4,000 meters." The bombardier observed for a moment and then said to the pilot in the front row. "No problem, wait half a minute!" Said the pilot in the front row. THESE BOMBERS WILL ATTACK ONE AFTER ANOTHER, BECAUSE THEY ARE TWO 500KG GUIDED BOMBS, SO THEY HAVE TWO CHANCES TO ATTACK. The pylons loosened slightly, and a 500KG bomb fell from the carrier aircraft, because the BF110 aircraft itself has a large dead weight, and after throwing away the bomb, the flight state of the aircraft did not change much. The smoke then exited from the smoke pipe at the rear of the bomb, allowing the bombardier to capture the bomb's tracks.

"Get on autopilot, and the rest is up to you." The pilot in the front row makes the plane fly at a constant speed in a straight line. The controller then began to adjust the bomb's flight attitude slightly. With the help of a single wing in the upper part of the bomb, the bomb flew quickly to the target like a glider. The tail smoke pipe left a zigzag trail in the air. Two minutes later, the bomb fell 10 meters from the port side of the battleship. A water column more than ten meters high was built!

"Damn, it's a near miss! We need to lower the height a little more, the target is too small. The bombardier in the back row rubbed his sour eyes and said. If it had been a large warship, the bomb might have hit. In the eyepiece, the bomb was almost attached to the battleship and entered the water. If it is on the battlefield, this close miss is enough for the opponent. The bombardier radioed his experience to his comrades behind him, and his colleagues, after learning the lesson, directly lowered the attack altitude to 3,000 meters, and still maintained 3,500 meters. And the magnification of the scope is properly magnified!

A few minutes later, the No. 3 target ship was directly hit by four bombs, and one was close missed. By this time, 4 aircraft had already attacked. The results are not bad even now, and the last plane that tried to attack was unsuccessful, for the simple reason that the light cruiser, hit by high-altitude horizontal bombing, had already been sunk! Although it was 500KG of iron, but then the strong gravitational potential energy and the sturdy projectile body, two bombs directly penetrated the bottom of the ship! And the resulting flooding caused the battleship to sink quickly.

And just when this last crew was regretting that they had missed an opportunity, the situation of another group of carriers of pit viper anti-ship missiles was even worse than him! Because the Pit Viper missile fired by the first attacking BF110 bomber destroyed the target! The Pit Viper missile looks a bit like a small aircraft in appearance, with two large monowings on the bomb, and a rocket engine on the upper part of the bomb that can work for more than ten seconds, because of the huge shape, so this specially improved BF110 aircraft is equipped with a semi-buried magazine in order to accommodate the missile weighing 900KG, but even so, it is not easy for this aircraft to take off, and the only BF110 aircraft in the group that failed to take off even if it carries a Pit Viper missile! Considering that everyone is an elite crew, and they have been training for several months, this loss rate is still elite.

However, the striking effect of this weapon is really good, the speed of this missile when it finally approached the target reached a speed of nearly 900 kilometers per hour, and the huge kinetic energy combined with its own weight made it full of destructive power! "This bomb hit the target directly from the starboard superstructure of the battleship, and then diagonally through the entire hull and drilled out under the port side waterline! Almost like a giant sword, the target ship was cut in two! The poor battleship sank into the sea in 2 minutes! Afterwards, a German seaplane pilot who observed the effects of the bombing at low altitude said so!

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