Chapter 539: I can only listen to God’s arrangements

"Just go and fight! No matter what British or German he is, no matter what diplomatic disputes he is, as long as it threatens the lives of our soldiers, self-defense is your first power. Leave the remaining issues to me!" Meng Xiang gave Chen Guan a reassurance, and then he called out four Hellcats p6p-5n.

When escorting Dingyuan, Meng Xiang was worried about something unexpected and made some detailed preparations. He had long calculated that the BF-109t aircraft did not have night combat function, and for the sake of the safety of the fleet, he specially selected 12 p6p-5n. The British equipped it with an/asp-6 radar, which was already an excellent night fighter.

However, because of the advanced nature of Hellcats, these aircraft will not be sold to the Germans for the time being. After escorting the fleet to Europe, they plan to temporarily place them in the sub-base and be activated at any time. They did not appear in the air battle during the day. After all, the Hellcats used by the Pioneer Army have fallen into the eyes of some people, and the participation of a group of Chinese volunteers will inevitably cause diplomatic uproar.

It was based on this consideration that Chen Guan never issued an order to attack. Meng Xiang did not want to cause trouble when the Germans were dominant during the day.

But at night, British torpedo planes and bombers attacked. In order to give the vanguard officers and soldiers on the fleet greater vitality, Meng Xiang ordered Chen Guan and others to attack.

"The British will protest against us!" Chen Guan still reminded him tactfully. After all, although the British were somewhat defeated in the battle with the Germans at this time, the lean camel was larger than a horse. The strength of the British navy took root in the minds of every navy. This colony of the former Empire of Sun-Downset was still spread all over the world, and its strength was hard to match China, so Chen Guan could not help but remind him.

Previously, even if the soldiers of the Pioneer Army volunteered to join the German Navy temporarily, they were in more places such as turbines and radars, and the combat and bomber pilots on the aircraft carrier were almost Germans and Italians. Their participation in these auxiliary work can be explained, but they directly participated in the war, which caused subsequent protests by the British.

"A such a war will naturally be easily leaked afterwards. Moreover, the Germans have always wanted to bring us into the German-Italy alliance. If there is such an opportunity at this time, they will definitely not keep it secret, and they may even deliberately leak it." Meng Xiang knew very well, but this battle must be participated in. However, as long as there is a layer of window paper, the British will not foolishly expose it.

"It's useless to protest. The British Empire is no longer the past. China is not the one that can be bullied by others in a certain time and space. The British cannot protect themselves. If we don't provoke him at this time, it doesn't mean we are afraid of him, it's just not time. When they recover and want to cause trouble for us, we can kick them over with one kick, and are we still afraid of a bird?" Meng Xiang smiled at Shi Er and said, "There is nothing to be afraid of. When facing this kind of dog in the water, just hit it! Let's talk about other things after you beat it!"

So Chen Guan moved on the order and observed several planes coming, and four hellcats immediately met.

Wilson had just finished calling, and Xue Ceping had already locked the wingman in front of him. Two 20mm cannons and four 12.7mm machine guns opened fire together. The fire snake cut through the night sky and instantly wrapped it towards the wingman.

"Anthony, be careful!" Wilson's reminder was over. Even though the wingman was almost dodging the vital points, half of his skua's wings had been knocked off and he fell down. Under the flare, two umbrella flowers floated away. After the fallen skua's wreckage splashed a little white wave on the sea, it instantly disappeared on the dark black sea.

"Damn it! Open fire and beat these German guys to death!" Wilson roared, but he didn't know at this time that there were four Eastern Knights from China on the four Hellcats opposite. However, the Nazi logo on the fuselage made him determine that it was done by the Germans, and together with the hatred of the blown-up of his hometown Coventry, he was attached to the 7.7mm machine gun bullet and sprayed it on the Hellcat in front.

But the Hellcat in front of him just dodged a little, and turned to his chains and did not stop. This method of dying together made Wilson stunned, but then he understood. On the plane opposite, the bullets that could not dodge were only exchanged for some jingling sounds, but did not affect its normal flight. A 20mm cannon shell had destroyed the engine of Wilson's plane, and the flames rushed towards him with the thick smoke rising.

"God, my plane is finished!" The cry of another skua pilot, Tom, was heard in his ears. He was a little surprised to Wilson, but he didn't have time to think too much. After the test plane had lost its power, he told his assistant Bill, backwards, "Prepare to jump!"

Three umbrella flowers in the sky spread out in the flames of Wilson's explosion. The wreckage of the plane fell on Bill's umbrella with whistling flames, instantly igniting his parachute. Another torch burned in the sky and fell rapidly, and finally landed on the sea surface, extinguished by the rising waves. The other umbrella flowers didn't know whether it was little Tom or his assistant, they only escaped one person.

Fortunately, the other party did not fire at their parachutes, but Wilson looked up at the flames that kept spewing out of his head, the two skua and the clumsy swordfish that had retreated, his heart was filled with bitterness.

Three skua were shot down after just one encounter. This mission was considered a failure.

"Those damn bureaucrats, I have long reported that the 0.303-inch machine gun bullets are almost harmless to the Germans, but no one believes that. The report is still unknown at this time, and the traces of coffee soaked in the garbage dump! They are all those damn bureaucrats..." Wilson cursed all the way until he fell into the water.

But the massacre in the sky continued, the slow swordfish first exploded in the air, with a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour, which was a complete abuse of Hellcat. Even if the swordfish pilot is experienced and even the swordfish is very flexible, they are not even as good as the Zero Style of the *** human, let alone the Zero Nemesis Hellcat.

The other two skua did not escape the fate of being shot down. The last skua was chased over the head of the Hood and was still beaten by Xue Ceping. The Hellcat ignored the roar of the ping-pong cannon on the Hood. Although he did not carry a bomb, he still shook his wings from the head of the Hood before returning. When his plane landed, the German officers and soldiers surrounding him could see at least fifty scars and bullet holes on it.

"This kind of hellcat is full of holes, and it can be opened back!" Although Zhang Leshui next to him did not participate in the battle, he still boasted to Walter proudly in the welcome crowd.

But Walter walked to Xue Ceping, gave a thumbs up and praised: "Xue, you are the best!"

Xue Ce smiled calmly and said nothing, but was excited. He killed three planes in a row. In addition to the two that killed the Japanese in the past, he used his courage to cooperate with the powerful Hellcat to offset his previous technical weakness and finally became an elite pilot.

"I still need to continue working hard to become ace as soon as possible!" Xue Ceping also realized his technical shortcomings and secretly decided. At this time, the highest record among HNA was Feng Qi's 9 aircraft, and HNA still has no ace. Although their battles are less than that of the Air Force, it is still much worse than the record of 21 aircraft by Liu Cuigang of the Air Force. This makes ace not only a shame for HNA pilots, but also their target.

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After discovering the German night fighter jets, the remaining three swordfishes who were looking for opportunities around Dingyuan and Zhenyuan were reluctant to accept the order and retreated. It was not until the British attacked the Skyhawk aircraft carrier were shot down that they were glad that they retreated in time, otherwise they would have been the same target at this time.

The British took stock of the aircraft on their aircraft carrier, and Swordfish lost 7 aircraft, 2 of the remaining 5 aircraft were disabled and could not take off in a short period of time; Skua lost a total of 9 aircraft, 2 of the remaining 5 aircraft were injured, and the most remaining were the Pipes. There were originally 20 aircraft, but only 2 aircraft were lost at this time.

When we first drew 43 capable aircraft, we reached this point and there were no more attacks on ships. We could not use fighter jets to deal with battleships, right?

The British were not as crazy as the ***, so they had to rely on the battleships to hit the battleships.

Unfortunately, they were led by Zhenyuan and Dingyuan, but they could not catch up with them. Most battleships could not be fast, while the Hood was fast, but he would definitely be beaten into the sea if he rushed up alone.

The British had long realized the strategy of the second-class dauntless battleship, but they had no choice. The strategy of encirclement was used, but they were hit by another random bombardment by the Zhenyuan, injured the bow of the battleship Rodney, and flew a main turret. From this gap, they broke out from the encirclement. Fortunately, they did not cause the mortal explosion of ammunition and escaped, but it also made John Cronin Tovey feel cold sweat.

Nearly half of the 10 main gunboats that were besieged by the North Road this time have been lost.

The Prince of Wilson, who was first hit, was hit on the bridge, but Captain Ritchie was injured, but was not seriously injured and recovered from command. However, after being destroyed, only a four-unit turret and a two-unit turret were left. The radar guidance was lost, which weakened the firepower of these 6 355mm main guns a lot.

The Nagato-level Conqueror had already sunk at this time. As the first giant prey to be killed by the Fearless Class, more than 500 officers and soldiers remained with it forever at the bottom of the sea near Cape Roca.

The cruiser of the counterattack battleship was no longer able to counterattack at this time. It was not so lucky that its bridge was bombed. The captain and the staff members were all killed. It was still saving itself after losing its command.

During the pursuit, the Dorset County, which was in the Norfolk-class heavy patrol, which had ended the Bismarck battleship in history, was torn apart by the Dingyuan, and dragged its already tilted body and landed behind.

At this time, the Rodney was injured again, which made General Tovey unable to calm down. Even the bosses of the Navy Command who were waiting for news in the rear could not sit down.

"Damn it!" Charles Forbes just became the Marshal of the Arctic in the first half of the year. This time he originally planned to pursue him personally, but he reluctantly gave up in order to give more honors to those behind him. But in his eyes, this honor, which was almost certain to be won, seemed to be a cooked duck was about to fly away.

"There was only one ship injured, while the other was intact?" Pang De breathed secretly, killing one and three injuries only resulted in the injury of one super warship.

A turret on the Zhenyuan was damaged, but there were still 9 52 times the 406mm naval guns that were still exerted. With the help of the gun-aising radar, Dingyuan was still a huge threat to the British fleet. The big scar on his side armor did not affect his running at all. Although it was not the maximum speed, it still exceeded the usual cruise speed and left the British warship far behind. If they had not been restrained, they would have been thrown away and flew away long ago.

Meng Xiang had long instructed not to be afraid of loss or war damage. When he came back, he would naturally have all the bases to repair them. With a base shipbuilding factory, the Pioneer Army was not afraid of daily maintenance at all. As long as you spend money, you can keep the ship in the best condition.

But the British could not afford it. They organized the hunt, but their only record at this time was that a German destroyer was sunk and a K-class light patrol was injured. They also had two destroyers sunk and a London-class heavy patrolk light patrol. Just repairing the damage would take most of their existing shipyards for half a day.

"It seems that we were still a little optimistic before. If we continue like this, we may have to fill in half of the main navy force. But there are three Germans there, no, four super warships waiting for us." Marshal Boyle also said in a deep voice. This situation is frustrating, but we must face the reality.

"I think our lion-class battleship should be suspended. He is already a little out of date. He needs stronger firepower and thicker armor. We need new super battleships to withstand the German attacks." Pound said.

"What about now?" Forbes asked.

"How long does Cunningham have to pass?" asked Ponder.

"It will take about one o'clock in the morning!" A lieutenant colonel staff officer next to him immediately replied.

"But the Schanehorst may arrive before midnight!" Forbes frowned.

"I can only listen to God's arrangement!" Pang De said helplessly.
Chapter completed!