"Damn, there are too many!" After using a roll to dodge two artillery shells flying from behind, Boeing suddenly found that his 7 o'clock direction and the 1 o'clock direction and 11 o'clock direction of the front were both there.

The opponent, and his own wingman had already disappeared. In this chaotic battle, it is difficult for even the most experienced pilots to take all directions into account.

"Head, pay attention to the 8 o'clock direction, there is a plane that is going to attack you!" As soon as the wingman's voice came from the earphones, a fire snake flew from the 8 o'clock direction, and then bit hard on the left tail of the plane.

After one sip, the huge machine body shook, but it quickly returned to normal. But Bodun didn't even have time to take a breath.

Gas, a few sparks suddenly popped out from the front of the right engine. "Thank God, I didn't remove the armor on the front of the engine!" Boeing looked around nervously. The group of fast bombers he was responsible for had already passed the first shot.

A line of defense, "Let's go first, otherwise we won't be able to leave!" Then Bodenton began to try to leave the battlefield.

Boeing was lucky. In the end, his plane successfully escaped with more than 70 bullet holes. However, at least one-fifth of the Foxbat fighters failed to survive the hail of bullets. In order to intercept these

A wave of bombers, a German aircraft carrier and an aviation cruiser released 40 fighter jets! Coupled with the aircraft on standby in the air, the Foxbat's slight technical advantage was simply unable to withstand the opponent's wheel battle. From time to time

Some fighter jets were turned into burning fireballs by shells fired from several directions, or were directly dismembered and turned into fragments all over the sky and fell into the sea. However, their efforts were rewarded. Three squadrons of British bombers finally charged in continuously.

After passing the two lines of defense, they began to descend in preparation for the final sprint, and when the altitude dropped to about 1,500 meters, they entered a dive route and began to attack the Allied fleet.

"Now, let's go down and kill them!" In the end, the German land-based long-range fighter squadron responsible for the middle-level defense found an opportunity and launched the last interception before the opponent's altitude dropped, but before entering the inner circle of the fleet with ship-to-air firepower. Facing the occupation

The German long-range fighter jets had advantages in height and speed, and the British fast bombers were relatively slow to react at mid- and low-altitudes due to their bomb loads. Therefore, they were caught off guard and were caught off guard by the German fighter jets that entered at 6 o'clock.

"Throw away the bombs and dive away." The British twin-engine aircraft were originally tasked with luring the enemy. Even if they brought bombs, they still wanted to give it a try. After all, a considerable number of British pilots had no experience in attacking ships. If there was no interception, they might try it.

Try your luck, if there is an interception

If so, run away decisively! Most of the British fast bombers followed the captain's order and dropped the 500kg bombs. Several bombers who tried to drop bombs were also forced back by intensive anti-aircraft fire. 105mm anti-aircraft guns, 40mm Bofors high

gun and 20mm Early

The deadly funnel-shaped barrage formed by the anti-aircraft guns made the fast bombers without fire suppression walk on thin ice. In desperation, they threw away the bombs hastily. The local bombers tried to use ricochet attacks. However, this attack had no waterline armor to deal with.

destroyers have some uses beyond

, it has little significance for other warships. Unless it finally hits below the waterline and is used as a torpedo, it will either be bounced off by the armored belt, or it will just be blown black and leave a dent. In this air attack, except for two ships

Apart from the destroyer being sunk, no other warships were seriously damaged.

"It seems that our interception today was very successful. If the previous battle report is correct, we shot down 10 fast bombers alone this time." A staff officer whispered to Jordi. He could clearly feel Jordi.

A little nervous. The left hand behind my back kept opening and holding it, familiar.

His people should know that this is a way for Holiday to relax when he is nervous. This staff officer really can't figure out what is worth being nervous about in this situation. Most of the opponent's fleet has been intercepted by fighter jets and army aviation.

On the periphery, the few planes that occasionally passed by did not have much impact.

"How many fighter jets are there on all the battleships?" Holiday turned around and asked. "Well, there are about 40 fighter jets on the five aircraft carriers that can take off at any time." The aviation staff officer next to him replied.

"Why is it so small? Didn't we prepare about 120 fighter jets before the opponent's attack arrives? The number of fighter jets just added will not exceed 40 at most?" Jordi asked very puzzled, anxious, hesitant and a little bit.

The feeling of fear surged into his heart almost at the same time.

"The number of fighter jets we released this time is indeed small, but due to the long-term air battle, some fighter jets ran out of fuel and they needed to land. In order to leave enough space, some aircraft carriers had to take back part of the prepared aircraft.

Then push the remaining aircraft to the front of the deck, wait until the fighter jets returning for supplies are accommodated, and then push the fighter jets to the take-off position before taking off the fighter jets."

"Then you can release part of the plane first, and then push the rest to the front of the deck! Why should it be put in the hangar?" Jordi became angry when he heard this! The plane put in the hangar wants to take off again

It is necessary to re-improve the positioning, which is not a waste of time.

"Sorry, our warm-up work is all carried out on the deck. A considerable number of aircraft were informed that an aircraft needs to land as soon as they are lifted to the deck to complete their positioning. The aircraft cannot take off without being warmed up," the aviation staff explained patiently.

"In our previous deductions and exercises, we have never encountered such an intense release situation. Our release efficiency in this battle was about 20% higher than the best level in our exercises. Brothers."

I’ve tried my best.”

"Yes, but the opponent's sea-based aviation force has not been dispatched yet. Just the long-distance attack by the land-based aviation force has us in a hurry." Anyone can see that the quality of the opponent's ship attack force is not high, God only knows.

How did the Italians and the Allies come up with this unit?

If the Allied fleet is compared to a strong bull, then the fleet that has just been repelled is equivalent to a matador. Their role is to constantly tease the angry bull until it is exhausted, and then there will be the final knight responsible for killing the bull.

Strike the final blow!

"Actually, we have enough aircraft, even too many, but the performance of the aircraft is really..." a staff officer said helplessly. Just as the senior naval officials of the Austro-Hungarian Empire were studying how many more aircraft there were

You can call how many aircraft Crete can support,

The Italian twin-engine torpedo aircraft formation finally arrived on the battlefield. These camouflaged twin-engine bombers entered the battlefield at a low altitude of less than 500 meters above the sea level. Under the cover of the sea background, these slow-flying guys actually flew

I got close sneakily to 70km before being discovered!

At this time, the German Air Force's aircraft were either fighting the flying foxes at high altitudes, intercepting and chasing fast bombers, or hovering close to the fleet's anti-aircraft gun fire circle. Faced with this hidden arrow that sneaked in, the Allied Air Force had no choice but to

Be prepared! It is definitely too late to take off the plane now. Although the opponent is slow, it can fly over in less than 20 minutes from a distance of 70km. In desperation, the Allies can only quickly order the last reserve team on standby in the air to intercept this

Dozens of torpedo planes! At the same time, a batch of new aircraft will be added to the air

When the battle has progressed to this point, almost all the aircraft of the Allied Powers are either at high altitude or descending to low altitude. The last reserve force has been used up, and it is almost impossible to release large groups of aircraft in the remaining time. The reason is very simple.

A group of aircraft that have begun to be recovered are adding ammunition and fuel to the deck, but there are no aircraft being recovered.

The aircraft carrier has almost cleared its deck. The twin-engine fighter jets coming from the direction of Crete to change defenses will still take an hour to arrive, and the fuel consumption rate exceeds expectations! The cover of the land-based aviation forces will inevitably be interrupted, and the defense line will be interrupted.

Although it has not yet been breached, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the opponent's defense line has been saturated.

"Marshal, General Raeder suggested that the fleet evacuate to the southeast, so that we can get more powerful protection from land-based aviation." Just as Holiday looked at the empty deck, an officer sent a telegram.

arrived in front of him. "It seems that even the Germans are aware of the approaching crisis." Jordi glanced at the telegram and put it aside. The crisis was very serious.

It will come soon. But the fleet sent out to attack Benghazi is about to come back. If the fleet evacuates at this time, how will the aircraft be recovered? Will they all fall into the sea and let the lifeboats recover the pilots? Are you kidding? Landing on the water is very dangerous.

Live, pilots are too expensive. In the end, they were not wiped out by the opponent's firepower. It would be too tragic if a group of them were sacrificed because there was no place to land!

"Let's first see how effective this wave of interception is. If it doesn't work, we will evacuate. In addition, we will tell the fleet attacking Benghazi Port to fly along the coastline. If it doesn't work, we will land directly in our controlled area or neutral zone.

"It's better than falling into the sea and feeding the sharks." Although Jordi also realized the seriousness of the situation, there is a saying: Don't look back until you hit the wall, and don't cry until you see the coffin! People always have a lucky mentality.

of

.And judging from the current situation, the British fast bombers have begun to withdraw from the battlefield one after another. Although this wave of penetrating torpedo planes is larger in number, their speed is very slow, and there are more than a hundred planes in the sky above the Allied fleet!

(Including long-range fighter jets from Crete.) As long as it can withstand this wave of attacks and gain some time, the air defense network of the Allied fleet can be restored. But will the reality really be what the Germans think?
Chapter completed!