"boom!"

A huge ball of flame appeared over the aircraft carrier "Zeperlin". A 7-Tiger Cat fighter was hit by debris of 128mm anti-aircraft artillery shells and turned into a fire on the spot. He hovered and fell into the sea water less than 20 meters away from the port side of the "Zeperlin". A large column of water surged onto the anti-aircraft artillery platform against the hull, covering a 4-connected 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft artillery. The four gunners were swept by sea water, as if they had taken a big shower. If they were not tied tightly to the anti-aircraft artillery platform by the seat belt, they would probably have fallen into the sea.

"Boom..."

"Sir, the bow of the USS Prussian aircraft carrier was shot!"

The little surprise brought by the 7 fighter jet being knocked down to the sea before it had passed, and bad news came about that the Prussian aircraft carrier was shot.

"Report the loss!" Lieutenant General Erich Bell asked loudly.

"The Prussian reported that a bomb was shot near the bow lifting platform, and the bomb penetrated the flight deck, drilled into the sailor's compartment and exploded, causing a fire."

"Sir, the Frankfurt light cruiser was shot, the stern was blown up, and the entire ship lost its power."

"Sir, Seidelz was shot and the flight deck was in flames!"

Then bad news came one after another! About 1230 US 7 fighter bombers were divided into four formations in the air, and then rushed to the four European Community Navy aircraft carrier brigades on the sea. Although the aircraft carrier brigade's air defense firepower was very dense, the air was filled with smoke balls fired by 128mm anti-aircraft guns and the flames of 40mm "Bofos" anti-aircraft guns.

But there were still many 7 fighter jets that achieved breakthroughs! 1,000-pound bombs fell one after another, and in just a few minutes, several strong smoke columns rose from the European fleet on the sea.

"Sir, do you want the 190 to take off urgently?" Looking at the EC warships hit one after another on the sea, Aviation Staff Hessman frowned and loudly proposed to the fleet commander to let the 190 fighter jets on standby take off for combat.

When the Americans 7 attacked, the bombs brought on the plane were collected into the hangar together to make room for the Folk 636. The bombs have been unloaded and can be dispatched at any time.

"Rudolph, can those twin-engine aircraft take off from the aircraft carrier?" Erich Bay suddenly asked a question that surprised Little Hessman.

"From the aircraft carrier?" Little Hessman frowned and thought for a while, nodding. "It's OK in theory...but most of these aircraft did not take off from the US aircraft carrier."

"Why?" asked Erich Bay.

"They are too big," Hessmann, a young man, has been observing these aircraft carefully, and has taken a lot of photos with the Leica camera he carried with him. "The total length is about 14-15 meters and the wingspan is close to 16 meters. If such an aircraft is on an aircraft carrier, it will occupy a lot of space and the hangar will be less. It is more dangerous when landing, and the blocking net may not be able to stop it. If the tail hook cannot hook the blocking cable, an accident will occur.

The French took a lot of effort to get their br.810 to board the aircraft carrier. In the end, the 20,000 tons of standard displacement of the Xiafei class was only 24 carrier-based. I think it is unlikely that the Americans would let their eight Essex class bring less than 300 aircraft onto the battlefield, right?"

"That is to say, these planes are all shore-based planes?" Erich Bey asked again.

Little Hessman nodded, "It's probably the shore base."

“Flying from Bermuda?”

"It may also be the mainland of the United States," said Hessman, a young man frowned. "This kind of twin-engine heavy aircraft can have a large range. If the shuttle flight tactic is adopted, it can take off from the mainland of the United States and land in the Bermuda Islands. However, the airport in the Bermuda Islands is not very large, and it is prone to air strikes. If you want to accept these twin-engine aircraft, then you cannot have too many fighter jets."

"That is to say, there are still 8 carrier-based aircraft sent by large US aircraft carriers that have not arrived." Erich Bay has made a decision, "190 will not move!"

The 190th failure means that the 21st Task Force can only rely on the firepower of surface ships to resist the bombing of more than 100 aircraft in the air.

But luckily, these 7s have large bomb loads, fast speed and strong fuselage, but they are not without shortcomings. Their bomb drop accuracy is very low (this is because the 7-1 is a single-seat, twin-engine fighter bomber, and the aircraft is not mature, with many small defects, and many technical actions are prohibited). It has a hit rate of about 10%.

Therefore, among the more than 120 aircraft that broke through the blockade of Folk 636, although nearly 100 successfully dropped bombs, only 13 bombs hit the target in the end. Three of them hit the light cruisers and destroyers escorting the aircraft carriers, causing a m41 type air defense light cruiser with a capacity of more than 6,000 tons and a 1938b destroyer to sink. The other 10 hit four aircraft carriers, including Prussia, Bohemia, Seedlez and Seckett.

The flagship Zeppelin was lucky enough to avoid all the bombs dropped on it and shot down 3 7. The two armored aircraft carriers Prussia and Bohemia were only slightly injured and did not affect the take-off and landing of the aircraft at all. However, Seidelz and Seckett were seriously injured. The flight deck of the rear of the ship was penetrated by a 1,000-pound bomb, making a huge hole, losing the function of the take-off and landing aircraft, and a huge fire was ignited, and the speed dropped to less than 10 knots. A large rupture was also made in the middle of the flight deck of the latter, and the hangar was also blown up, so it could no longer take-off and landing fighter jets.

...

The 31st US Special Mixed Fleet flagship, the battleship Iowa.

The radio stations in the intelligence center were ticking endlessly. From time to time, there were consultants running out excitedly with telegram copyings, reporting the good news he had just received to Admiral Halsey in the commander tower.

The news is exciting! More than 220 7 fighter bombers taken off from Norfolk Airport achieved exciting results. Just one wave of air strikes severely damaged four German aircraft carriers, two of which were Prussian-class large fleet aircraft carriers! There were also two German light ships that were penetrated!

Although these 7 fighter jets have paid a considerable price, there are currently more than 80 fighter jets that have not returned to the airport in the Bermuda Islands.

However, with more than 80 fighter jets, they severely damaged four aircraft carriers and sunk 2 light cruisers or destroyers. This exchange ratio still gives people hope for victory.

No, it is not the hope of victory, but the victory has been won!

Before the 700 carrier-based aircraft on the 9 aircraft carriers of the 30th Special Mixed Fleet were deployed, four of the German aircraft carriers suffered heavy damage!

Do you still have to ask about victory?

"Sir, the long-range reconnaissance aircraft of the Bermuda Goddess reported that the German fleet had turned to the east and was currently retreating to the Azores at a speed of about 10 knots."

Good news came again.

Admiral Halsey said to Major General Callahan with a smile: "The German guy wants to run!"

"Admiral, they can't run, they only have a speed of 10 knots... It seems that the two Prussian ships have been severely damaged and cannot run fast." Major General Callahan said with a smile.

In his opinion, the two Seedlez-class aircraft carriers were not worth much, and the Germans would not let the entire fleet evacuate at a speed of 10 knots for them.

"Has the 30th Special Mixed Fleet sent a carrier-based aircraft?" Halsey asked.

"It is being sent out!" Major General Callahan said, "The first attack wave consists of more than 300 fighter jets. It will start taking off 20 minutes ago, and the marshalling will be almost completed in 10 minutes."

"That's great." Halsey clapped his face, "Let's start, go and meet with the 30th Special Mix Fleet first, and then head towards the Azores together.

In addition, inform the joint Atlantic-Pacific Fleet Command of the newly achieved war results."

...

"The Marshal of the Imperial Empire, Seedlitz and Seckett were severely damaged. The two aircraft carriers completely lost the ability of takeoff and landing aircraft, and the speed of the Seedlitz was reduced to about 10 knots."

The atmosphere in the joint intelligence center of Toxson, Germany, seemed a bit solemn. Although everyone had been mentally prepared, it was still surprising that Task Force 21st suffered such losses in the first wave of American air raids.

Hessman's brows were also slightly frowning. He had not seen a photo of the new American fighter jet yet, but if you think about it, you can guess that it was 7.

The "tiger cat" that has not shined much light in history has now become a life-saving straw for Americans. One engine aircraft cannot play with Europe, so it switches to two engine aircraft... This idea of ​​the Americans is understandable.

In fact, Germany also has similar fighter bombers, and it is even more brutal, which is the me410 that can launch HS-293 and Fritz-series remote-controlled missile bombs (not TV remote-controlled).

If the American fleet encounters me410 near the Azores, as well as ju288 and me264, shore-based aircraft with strong anti-ship capabilities, it is possible that they will be completely destroyed by various missiles.

Although the remote-controlled missiles are still very immature and far from being compared with the various missiles in later generations, they are still enough to determine the outcome of the Atlantic Naval Battle. Now I don’t know if the 21st Task Force, which was damaged and turned, can attract the American main fleet?
Chapter completed!