With the violent scratching sound between the landing gear and the flight deck, the first wave of attack aircraft released by the German fleet landed onto the aircraft carrier one after another. [The flat and open flight deck soon became full under the continuous filling of these war eagles, while the ground crew were busy re-delivering a considerable portion of the aircraft into the hangar to make enough space for the subsequent landing aircraft. Because in addition to this wave of attack aircraft, the German fleet also released a large number of fighter jets to intercept the opponent's attacks; after a fierce air battle just now, they would return to the mothership after the attack.

In the navigation room of the Hindenburg aircraft carrier, Karls is making repeated trade-offs for the next action. At present, he has two choices, one is to send attack aircraft to continue his unfinished career and strive to eliminate the five US aircraft carriers that have appeared in this area, and the other option is to reconnaise the position of another US aircraft carrier fleet to cooperate with friendly fleets to complete a larger annihilation. Although he has not yet known the specific location of the two friendly forces because of the silence of radio between them, one thing is certain that after receiving the initial intelligence, they must have arrived at the battlefield at a maximum speed of about 32 knots. If the entire US fleet can be seen, the battlefield advantage he will gain is also extremely huge.

After a period of contemplation, Karls finally chose the relatively radical latter. From a strategic perspective, the American Atlantic Fleet with great strength was always the ruthless German ruthlessness in the advancement of the war against the United States. Under the deterrence of this force, Germany had to devote a large amount of naval and air force to prevent it from entering the North Atlantic, spending huge manpower and material resources. It also faces the danger of being overturned by the other party on its own shipping line at any time. If this threat can be resolved once and for all, then the situation in the entire Atlantic will be fundamentally ruled. All Germany's naval and air force can be used to fight against the United States, and every ship of the ally can sail in the North Atlantic without any scruples.

In contrast, although the conservative No. 1 plan is more secure, it can only guarantee a heavy blow to a US fleet at most; with the remaining strength, the US Navy still has the strength to make waves on the Atlantic, and its strategic situation has not changed any substantial changes compared to before. In addition, the current tactical situation also prompted Carls to make this decision. During the two rounds of interception of the US military fleet, the fighter jets on his aircraft carrier had almost been lifted out. If another wave of attack on the enemy fleet was launched at this time, the attacker jets would not be able to get any cover from any fighter jets. And it would be fine if there were enough attack aircraft, but now its aircraft carrier is retrieving the aircraft, and a large amount of flight deck space after the oblique deck is occupied; whether the remaining runway length or the dispersed logistics capabilities are not enough to support the re-launch of a large aircraft fleet in a short time!

According to reports sent by the first wave of attack troops, only 3 of the opponent's five aircraft carriers were shot. When the target still had certain aviation capabilities, the fighter's escort of the attack aircraft became indispensable. After all, an attack aircraft with an 800kg or even a 1.2-ton load cannot be compared with fighters in terms of flight performance. Once the formation is disbanded, a little experienced fighter pilot can sweep these clumsy guys out of sure. Considering the huge value of the pilot itself, it is obviously extremely unwise to let this attack aircraft carrying two members give away heads. Unless the situation is really forced, no aircraft carrier commander will issue such an order to let a small number of attack aircraft attack individually.

If it is just reconnaissance, then all problems will be solved. As long as there is no heavy additional load on it, attack aircraft with significantly improved flight performance can also perform reconnaissance tasks like fighters. Since the ju-87 and do-22 are both dual members, there is one more layer of insurance than the single-seat Ta-152 in confirming the target. After a short while, dozens of attack aircraft with nothing under the belly of the aircraft flew up into the air and flew towards the distant sky and sea. Lars' abacus was very clear. After the current aircraft group completed recycling, he would choose where the subsequent attack waves would be targeted based on the results of this round of reconnaissance.

For attack aircraft, the solo reconnaissance committee is not their strength at all. Once they are intercepted by the opponent's fighter jets, they have to choose to escape, and fighting with the fighter jets has no prospects. However, this wave of attack aircraft did not disappoint Carls. While most fighters were forced to retreat, three aircraft still used the cover of clouds to avoid the interception of the US fighter jets, and two of them successfully flew over another US fleet. In a faint gray shadow, the flat flight deck with almost no convex material seemed extremely easy to identify; soon, it was discovered that a fleet of four large aircraft carriers was sent to the communication room of the Hindenburg.

"The distance is 430 kilometers, and the opponent is heading southeast to the east. It is difficult to organize a powerful attack in this situation." Karls put down the ruler and pencil in his hand, and his words were filled with some worries. With bombs and torpedoes, the range of his attack aircraft was only slightly more than 1,000 kilometers. Even if the aircraft had thrown away the load on its return journey, the distance was somewhat beyond the normal strike radius of its air force. You must know that the combat radius of the aircraft is definitely not as impressive as the range divided by 2.

It should be left with enough combat time; the consumption of fuel in full speed during combat and normal cruise flight is obviously very different, which is the same as the range changes of warships at different speeds. In addition, since the target fleet is in a state of motion at all times, the time spent on maneuver on attacks is greater than that when attacking ground. If there is not enough stagnation redundancy, even if the fighter with huge oil consumption flies above the target, it can only return directly after hastily dropping the bomb.

According to the experience of the German Navy, the strike distance of aircraft carrier-based aircraft should not exceed 400 kilometers, which is the ideal situation to continuously track the target position. At present, whether it is distance or intelligence, Karls' fleet obviously has none of them. Although Karls really wants to severely damage this US aircraft carrier force through a assault, and then wait for friendly forces to catch up and launch a decisive attack on the stalled enemy ship, reason still prompted him to give up this action and choose to carry out further attacks on the previous US fleet. Judging from the previous combat distance between the two sides and the sailing conditions of their own fleets in these few hours, the opponent should still be within his ideal strike radius. Now it is nearly 4 hours before dark, which can fully make the pilots happy again.

Under Karls' order, the German aircraft carrier formation sounded a new round of offensive horn. The fighter jets roared through the air and used their excellent speed and air combat capabilities to perform reconnaissance missions; one aircraft filled with fuel and loaded with ammunition were docked neatly on the aircraft carrier deck with a folded wing. After discovering the reconnaissance report of the enemy ship came, they rushed to start the engine and took off one after another from each aircraft carrier at an average speed of 30 seconds. What surprised the German pilots was that none of the three US aircraft carriers that had been attacked had sunk. Including the large aircraft carrier with two torpedoes, the entire US fleet was still sailing at a speed of more than 26 knots.

In fact, American warships also have outstanding lightning protection and strong damage pipes, and have left many world-famous cases in another plane. The North Carolina battleship was hit by a 405kg charge submarine and shot torpedo directly into less than 1,000 tons of water. The Pittsburgh heavy patrol, which still sailed normally after the bow was completely blown off by a typhoon, and the light patrol with an inflow of more than 10,000 tons but still survived, are all the best manifestations. The Essex-class aircraft carrier itself adopts an ideal underwater lightning protection layout with empty capsules and liquid tanks. The total thickness of the 5th floor next door is close to 66 mm, and the total depth is also

It is more than 5 meters, which is no less than the lightning protection of the Hindenburg-class aircraft carrier designed by Qingying based on later experience. The two Essex-class aircraft that sank in the Bermuda naval battle half a year ago was also due to one of the aircraft ammunition depots being exploded by a heavy armor-piercing bomb, and the other was attacked by more than 10 bombs and torpedoes in total. The most effective way to deal with this American aircraft carrier is to use armor-piercing bombs to enter the soul directly. Even if the aviation torpedo hits it, it is quite ideal, but due to its small power, it takes multiple torpedoes to sink this type of aircraft carrier.

After some attack, the German pilots once again achieved 6 bombs and 2 torpedoes against the US aircraft carrier. This time the opponent's retreat was even more decisive than the battle a few hours ago. Not only the aircraft carrier itself, but also the destroyers escorted were added to the lineup that set up smoke screens for it; the German pilots had to search for targets in the extremely low visibility of brown and red haze, which greatly reduced their attack efficiency. Of course, the fish ships next to them without special protection

The boat, like last time, became a punching bag for German pilots to vent their anger. Three cruisers and five destroyers overturned and sunk in the surging flames. Although they still failed to sink the US aircraft carrier, it suffered even more serious damage. According to the report sent by the German pilot, the flight decks of the three large aircraft carriers of the other party were hit by bombs many times, and it is almost impossible to release the fighter jets. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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