The U.S.-British escort fleet code-named z-0720 hurriedly retreated to Floris Island. After counting, the attack lost 8 ships, and 5 ships including the Wyoming were injured. Half of the 520 people were wounded by the U.S. and the U.S. and the U.S. and the U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. have suffered more than 1,000 casualties since the opening of the Azore Campaign. Three of them were killed and killed in the U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. and U.S. have lost three times in one battle. In terms of losses, the z-0720 attack will not cause chaos in the U.S. and U.S. camps, but its strategic impact cannot be underestimated. At this time, the Battle of Azore is at the moment.

During the stalemate stage, both sides are competing for wisdom, courage and courage, and comprehensive national strength and logistics supply. On the Atlantic Front, there are 300,000 US and British troops, hundreds of combat ships, and more than 2,000 military aircraft. Even if there is no new military operation, the daily consumption is an astonishing astronomical figure. Moreover, the Alliance * team has recently greatly enhanced the strength of the land aviation force, which has increased the pressure on the US and British air defense. The Allied fleets have given a devastating heavy blow to the US and British naval aviation forces in the combat operations in the eastern waters of Azores. Whether it is proactively attacking or cautiously defending, US and British ships and aircraft must be deployed frequently.

With the strong strength of the United States and the rich resources of the Commonwealth countries, there is no problem in the production and supply of combat materials. The key is to cross half of the Atlantic Ocean to arrive at the Azores Islands. In order to capture this extremely important sea pedal with extremely important strategic significance, the US-British Allied Forces made great preparations, including a strict and complete maritime escort system. However, the encounter of the z-0720 fleet showed that conventional escort forces could not fight against an attack fleet composed of several quasi-main battleships. After receiving the war report, the US-British Joint Operations Command quickly ordered all ships traveling from North America to Azore and returning to North America from Azores to the departing port. If this situation lasts for half a month, the frontline troops will face the dilemma of shortage of combat materials. If it lasts for five or six weeks, this shortage will greatly affect the morale of the army and even cause irreparable consequences.

On the night the z-0720 fleet was attacked, the US-British Joint Operations Command made a logical tactical dispatch: the North Carolina-class battleship "Georgia" and the Admiral-class battlecruiser "Ansen" were drawn from the main fleet assembled and deployed in the waters of Texel Island, and together with two heavy cruisers and three light cruisers, formed the 4th special fleet to rush to Floris Island at full speed.

In order to conceal the important adjustments of the two main warships, the Georgia and Ansen, to withdraw from the front line, the US and British navies made a trick. They used wooden boards to change the outlines of the two cruisers and let them stay alone in a new anchorage, intending to mislead the allies' aerial reconnaissance, and prepare to let a British destroyer sail and cruise at night using the radio call sign of the "Ansen". However, this kind of trick was used by the Allied Navy more than ten years ago, and in the previous stage, it was reviewed and learned new. The US and British Allied Forces were not so effective. Moreover, their current opponent is no longer the competent Admiral Bainke who is more than capable and has little wisdom, but a skilled craftsman in the field of military strategy, and a genius commander with no one's vision.

Just the morning after the 4th Special Fleet left the dock in Texel Island, a Doniel do-32 land-based long-range reconnaissance aircraft passed through the sea area and took multiple sets of photos with high-precision aerial camera. The accompanying technicians directly washed some of the film in the cabin and found clues from the enlarged photos. On the way back, they sent a password telegram to the command center.

After receiving the report, the Allied Azores Command quickly ordered the 54th Bomber Wing of the Luftwaffe stationed on San Miguel to send 6 do-32 long-range reconnaissance aircraft and 8 he-77 long-range reconnaissance/torpedo bombers to conduct fan-shaped reconnaissance in the waters west of Texel. The 1st Texas-mixed formation of the Allied, ambushing south of Texel, also dispatched 4 he-25 carrier-based combat/reconnaissance aircraft and 6 he-60 water reconnaissance aircraft to conduct reconnaissance on the scheduled sea areas between Texel and Floris at the same time.

Such a strict reconnaissance network "captured" its prey in just two hours. A Do-32 discovered the 4th Special Fleet of the US and British Allied Forces in the northwest of Texel Island. The reconnaissance photos taken from a height of 6,000 meters for technicians to accurately judge the composition of this special fleet. The reconnaissance report with extraordinary value was transmitted to the theater command via encrypted radio codes, and then quickly transferred to the 1st special mixed formation of the Allied Powers with the German aircraft carrier "Swabian", "Joachim I" and the battleship "Baden".

Although the target fleet was within the effective combat radius of land-based fighters in Texel and Floris, the first special mixed formation commanded by Lieutenant General Max Bastian immediately took an offensive. 8 He-25, 4 Me-50t, 18 Ju-17t, and 6 Ar-33 formed the first attack echelon. After about 50 minutes of flight, they found the US and British fleet that were sailing westward and not protected by fighter jets. Such a god-given opportunity should not be missed. The Allied carrier-based aircraft group immediately launched an attack, and the air strike mode was as usual: fighter cover, dive bombers attacked head-on, and torpedo bombers waited for an opportunity to attack.

As early as when the long-range reconnaissance aircraft of the Allies appeared, the 4th special fleet temporarily formed sounded the air defense alarm and sent a message to the US-British Joint Operations Command in Texel for help. However, the enemy's carrier-based aircraft group came too fast, so they had to fight alone. The eight ships imitated the air defense formation of the Allies' support fleet to resist the strong attacks of the US-British fighter jets. The main battleships were in the middle, and the light cruisers were arranged on the flanks, and the heavy cruisers were one after another. The ships supported each other and coordinated maneuvers. On these US-British ships, most of the crews already had rich practical experience, and the military and psychological qualities of the officers were also quite strong, and they lacked practical near-blasting fuze technology, which led to a qualitative difference in the air defense efficiency of the two sides.

The "Georgia", which is under the focus of the fighter jets of the Allied Power, is undoubtedly the most powerful and technically most complete among the US Navy's active battleships, namely firepower, protection and power, all of which are very dazzling. Based on the simulation and deduction of the US Navy, the North Carolina class has a slight advantage against the German German class and the British British class, and the North Carolina class has an overwhelming advantage against any active battleship of any country, which makes the United States

The result was very proud. During the Battle of Azore, the Georgia and the ship North Carolina of the same class fought east and west. They performed well in both fleet artillery battles, opposite shore bombardment and raiding. To be honest, the air defense operations were not very good. In the early stage of the Battle of San Miguel, the Georgia was injured by carrier-based aircraft of the Allies, and during the Battle of Floris, the North Carolina suffered the same pain.

Facing the siege of Allied Fighters again, all the combatants of the "Georgia" put all their strength into it, nearly a hundred anti-aircraft guns kept spitting out their flames, and the smoke of flames spread across the sky. The fierce anti-aircraft fire quickly achieved results. A ju-17t folded its wings during the dive, and a He-25 was shot down when it flew past starboard, but this failed to scare away the strong-willed attackers. German dive bombers followed one after another, black.

The aviation bombs seemed to have eyes and smashed them hard on this American battleship. In the two minutes when the attacks were most intense, the "Georgia" was hit by four flicks and one heavy bomb in succession. Although the 250-kilogram aviation armor-piercing bomb did not pose a fatal threat to it, it cut off the main power supply lines on the ship, causing a considerable number of ship-based weapons to become a traditional artificial drive mode halfway after the air strike, and the combat efficiency was greatly affected.

The "Georgia" firepower was slightly reduced. The last few ju-17ts fell down one after another, pouring all the bombs onto the head of this eye-catching American battleship. A 50 kilogram light aviation bomb could not penetrate its horizontal deck, but it killed a large number of crew members on the air defense combat positions, and blew up the originally neat and majestic superstructure. The heavy aviation bombs landed on the fore deck and starboard side caused substantial damage to the hull...

In previous sea and air wars, torpedo aircraft on both sides always played the role of dangerous assassins, which also made the combatants of surface ships on both sides be particularly wary of low-altitude targets at all times. Under the tight guard of the two American and British main battleships and their affiliated ships, six Ar-33 torpedo bombers failed to perform a miracle, and all torpedoes were avoided.

As the air strike was approaching, the land-based fighter jets that were urgently taken off from Floris Island finally arrived. The battlefield situation suddenly turned upside down: once the carrier-based fighter jets of the Allies could not stop the "Hawk Falcon" and "Mountain Eagle" that were twice as fast as theirs, the slower speed and weaker self-defense capabilities of Ju-17t and Ar-33 may not escape a massacre.

In the crisis, the fighter pilots of the Allied Powers resolutely faced the opponent. The he-25 and me-50t they flew successfully withstood the actual combat test, with excellent handling, stability and safety. They cooperated with the pilot's technical performance and reasonable tactical deployment, and even at a relatively disadvantage, they could deal with the American "Hawk" and the British "Mountain Eagle". At this time, a team of He-77s that took off from San Miguel Island arrived in the battlefield airspace. Their arrival distracted the attention of American and British fighters, and half of the "Hawk" turned to new targets, thereby reducing the pressure on the fighter pilots of the Allied Powers.

As a long-range reconnaissance/torpedo bomber with a dual-engine structure, the advantage of the he-77 over the carrier-based bomber is its strong self-defense firepower and high flight limit. It found that the time for it was really bad, so they decisively threw down the aerial torpedo under the belly of the aircraft, gathered the formation and climbed upwards, and defended it with the 13mm machine gun at the head and tail of the aircraft and the 7.92mm twin machine gun in the rotating turret when the US fighter approached. Faced with the fierce attack of the "Hawk", the he-77 formation lost one bomber and three were injured to varying degrees.
Chapter completed!