Dudley Pound, the carrier ship of the Royal Ark, was listening to the report of the damaged ship of his fleet. The result was that an officer came from the newspaper room next door before hearing the losses caused by the second wave of German plane attacks. "Sir! Something’s wrong! "
"Just heard from the destroyer Avery that the Avery radar has confirmed another batch of German planes!" The newspaper officer looked at his company with help and panic in his eyes. After all, these German planes are becoming more and more deadly, which makes him feel dangerous.
"The third batch of German aircraft? I already know. "Dudley Pound looked too alarmed. He had not thought about the worst just now, but then he realized that something was wrong because the third batch of German attack fleet was coming. This hand had known it for a long time.
"Sir! Not the third batch of Germans! Is the fourth batch of attack fleet! There are almost seven faster and more than we originally estimated! " The hand quickly told Dudley Pound that the second wave of attack fleet was only a trial attack by the German navy, and the fourth batch of attack fleet increased by more than one and a half stars in both number and take-off speed.
Dudley Pound is stunned. He has just been forced to turn his fleet to the whole fleet formation again. He has not yet adjusted it. Now Germany has raided another wave, which is simply killing him.
"Damn it! At this time, how did the Germans suddenly become firm? Give orders to the Chinese naval forces! Let them stick to it! " With this in mind, Dudley Pound quickly reached various orders, including emergency take-off fighters, to keep the fleet on its current course and continue to sail and adjust the fleet formation.
The commander-in-chief of the British navy is now overwhelmed. Originally, he planned a good battleship assault plan. Because the German ship hit the Queen Elizabeth, it was completely bankrupt. Now his fleet can’t run away or fight. He can bite his teeth and persist until the favorable opportunity comes.
"Let the evil ACTS and Nelson battleship speed up! There is no way to stay late until the final battle! " Dudley Pound gritted his teeth and ordered that two other battleships arrive, which could change the current passive beating situation.
Before a series of orders were finished, Germany’s third wave of warships had already killed the allied fleet’s defensive circle. Fighters from both sides were fighting in the sky, and from time to time, fighters exploded or dragged thick black smoke into the sea to fight, which was not a one-sided crushing but a process of mutual consumption.
Gunther Lutjens almost bit his tongue when he got the loss report of the second wave of attack aircraft. Dozens of the second wave of attack aircraft returned, leaving only two planes left, either confirmed to have been shot down or missing.
In order to cope with the stormy waves in the Atlantic Ocean, Germany, the United States and Britain were forced to adopt closed decks, which increased the waterline weight of the entire aircraft carrier and limited the number of aircraft.
In the Pacific Ocean, the same Essex-class aircraft carrier is equipped with nine aircraft in the United States. In order to adapt to the Atlantic Ocean, the aircraft carrier Franklin was reduced to seven German aircraft carriers, and it was also equipped with about seven aircraft carriers. After two rounds of attacks, almost one aircraft carrier of the German Navy was consumed.
However, there are not many ships left on the USS Franklin in the United States. To make matters worse, the third batch of German ships came straight to the three Allied aircraft carriers because they confirmed the exact position and formation of the Allied fleet. Four Stuka dive bombers were flying bombs and 35 Stuka were flying torpedoes and stormed into the Allied naval defense circle.
"Fire! Give me a quick fire! " A deck commander ordered that behind him was an anti-aircraft gun array, where multiple anti-aircraft guns were aimed at the target in the sky and poured their ammunition at the fastest speed. One shell after another was thrown out of the bomb bay and fell to the deck with a tinkling sound.
German Stuka bombers are not passively beaten. When they dive, the 2 mm caliber machine guns at the nose are aimed at the British warships and madly shoot to suppress the anti-aircraft guns of the ships. These planes sway from side to side while diving to avoid all kinds of ammunition from the ships.
Soon the distance between the two sides was pulled into a very close distance, and the Stuka bomber dropped the bomb and then pulled it up quickly. Unfortunately, when it was pulled up, it crashed into the barrage and exploded into a flame, which fell to the sea, and it dropped the bomb and accurately hit the middle chimney of the British heavy cruiser, exploding next to it, causing thick smoke.
The speed of the British cruiser immediately decreased, and not far behind it, the flank of the Royal Ark exposed the threat of the German ship, as if the egg had cracked a crack. The German ship immediately seized the crack, and a dozen planes swarmed to aim their belly torpedoes at the aircraft carrier, which was slightly turning to the Royal Ark.
"There is a problem with the anti-cover!" An officer in charge of side observation shouted to Dudley Pound with a telescope in his hand, "The Merry has been hit! It’s slowing down! The German plane has come over! "
"Give it to the defense forces!" Dudley Poundnay waved his hand. Of course, he couldn’t stop the German ships from continuing to attack the allied fleet. Now all the ships can rely on their own defense to compete with the German ships. "Let the Liverpool speed up and fill the position of the Melly!"
Behind the captain of the Royal Ark, George suggested by the captain’s ear, "Captain! I went to get ready to organize the damage management personnel to prevent one thousand. "
The captain nodded slightly and then waved his hand backwards to indicate that he agreed. George glanced at the bridge, Dudley Pound pushed the door of the bridge and went out. He went all the way along the iron stairs to the next door of his usual office, where three experienced pipe-breakers had been waiting. They all watched George enter the cabin.
"gentlemen! The situation outside is very pessimistic. I think it’s possible that we will be there soon! Get ready, gentlemen! The king is with us! " George didn’t talk nonsense, so he directly assigned all areas to be responsible for petty officers. He didn’t know where the whole warship would be shot first, and he could evenly distribute the strength and keep a huge reserve force.
Most of his men were ordered to leave the cabin, and the rest of them waited silently for the last thing to happen. The Royal Ark experienced many naval battles and most of them returned to the port unscathed. Now it is time to really test it. All the people on this ship prayed for good luck and continued to go.
I didn’t let the British wait too long, but I tried to kill you when you were ill. The German ship gave priority to sinking two torpedoes on the cruiser Melly, and the side of Melly exploded one after the other. As soon as the seawater flooded into the hull, the cruiser immediately tilted and the speed was visible to the naked eye.
The remaining German ships bypassed a dive American fighter plane and stormed towards the Royal Ark. However, in the first dive, these German planes failed to make achievements, because the fierce anti-aircraft guns of the Royal Ark disrupted the dive formation of German planes.
However, when the German plane circled around and came back again, the anti-aircraft guns on both sides of the Royal Ark aircraft carrier became chaotic. Facing the German planes coming from all directions, these anti-aircraft guns fought for their lives and had little effect.
"Boom!" A dive bomber dropped a bomb and landed in the sea near the side of the Royal Ark, causing the steel of the Royal Ark to creak, but the distance from the bomb did not cause much damage to the hull of the aircraft carrier, and all the British sailors were surprised.
"God bless!" Dudley Pound Bridge witnessed the explosion process of the huge bomb in seawater, and the huge water column was twice as high as that of his control tower, which made the British commander who witnessed the process consciously thank the emperor.
The warship shook with the waves and didn’t stop to have a lookout again. The side torpedo approached the alarm "Side! German planes torpedo! Turn right now! Turn full rudder to the right! Otherwise, you can’t come! "
Dudley Pound’s captain, the Royal Ark, quickly turned to the helmsman to avoid the torpedo command "Full rudder! Hurry up! "
Without hesitation, the sailor who was holding the steering wheel quickly used all his strength to turn the steering wheel directly to the right again and again, and then the whole bridge was silent, and everyone waited for the result …
I’m sorry that Longling came back late for something today. Secondly, I have to invite you friends to watch it early after midnight …
Chapter 1216 1217 Guess
"If not heads of state insist! I will definitely cancel this mutual consumption attack. "Gunther Lutjens looked at the second wave of attack fleet loss and complained to Marshal Rydell." Look! Look at that! Two attacks cost me almost five planes! This is just like killing me! "
Lei Deer is also a little afraid of the loss. After all, the German family is now they nest. If there is a little mistake, Lei Deer will be nailed to the German national shame forever even if he is hanged.
However, after thinking about the report on the analysis of the construction speed of US Navy warships ordered by arcado, Lei Deer was finally determined to fight to the death. He gritted his teeth and told Gunther Lutjens, "Send the fifth wave of attack force immediately. We must obey the order of the Fuehrer!"
"Emperor! I hope the Fuehrer is right this time! " Gunther Lutjens grabbed a word in front of him and reached an order at the other end. "Continue to take off and attack the fleet … and sink the British aircraft carrier Royal Ark at any cost, the two American aircraft carriers! That’s an order! Execute immediately! ….. Long live the Fuehrer! "
On the far side of the sea, the aircraft carrier Royal Ark of the Royal Navy made a beautiful turn and escaped the deadly threat of a torpedo. Dudley Pound prayed that the flagship of the British Navy would once again pass by death.
However, things are not so simple on the other side of the American carrier fleet-the temporary modification of the escort carrier was finally hit by a bomb dropped by a German ship because of the lack of adequate anti-weapons. The huge explosion on the deck that was not spacious immediately destroyed the ability of the escort carrier to take off and land because the explosion place was very close to the chimney, and even the boiler was affected.
The flame burned for more than ten meters, and the smoke covered the sky. Generally, the nearby allied escort ships couldn’t see what was happening on the deck. A nearby destroyer sent a message to the Royal Ark that an escort carrier had been hit. "The smoke was too heavy, but I couldn’t see anything else."
Dudley Pound, the Royal Ark, found that his hands were full of sweat. Because he was so nervous, he clenched his fist and almost pierced his palm with his fingernails. The attack on the Royal Ark just now narrowly escaped, but the whole fleet formation became more messy because he had to avoid these German planes.
"quick! Come on! Take off all fighters that can take off! Intercept that German damn plane! Hurry up! Immediately! " Feeling that the situation is beyond his control, what the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy can do at this moment is to go crazy and reach one battle order after another.
He didn’t know it was because of his frequent orders that the US Navy fleet, which had been neglected in training, was in a mess.
"What a joke? Let’s turn around and then take off the plane? Which command should be executed first? " An officer looked at people in distress situation and complained to his company, "It’s even more outrageous … Just now he ordered us to try our best to get close to the Germans, but now we have to escape with our tails between our legs …"
"Shut up! Keep the current course unchanged and take off the rest of the ship immediately! " The American captain might as well carry out Dudley Pound’s orders as much as possible so as to alleviate the current dangerous situation as much as possible. He knew that the remaining ship in his hand was almost the last defense for the whole fleet.
It’s hard to form a new formation. The pilots of American warships found that they had seven fighters left, and hundreds of German planes flew in the sky not far from them-these planes were the fourth attack fleet of the German Navy, and there were more than two fw19 fighters alone.
The absolute gap between the two sides finally appeared at around two o’clock in the afternoon. With seven aircraft carriers, the German high seas fleet finally overwhelmed the Allied fleet. In the sky, the engines roared melodiously and solemnly, but at this moment, the mood of both sides was really different.
Seven American fighters finally managed to bite their teeth and rushed to the German aircraft fleet after surviving the third batch of attacks, and the ace pilot Gunter in the first batch of attack aircraft in this batch group? Lal is once again in battle, but unfortunately, none of the American fighter pilots who fought with him in the afternoon have left.
The remaining American fighter planes have finished their French and the elite German fighter planes have reached a high level. They were drowned without even a chance to escape. The German fighter planes have just taken off in the ocean, and several p4 fighters have been unable to interfere. The German attack fleet can hover carefully on the edge of the battlefield to avoid being chased by German fighters.
"I told you that our number one enemy is the German navy, not those who are afraid to fight!" Put the telescope in his hand, the captain of the American aircraft carrier Franklin said to his adjutant, "These Germans are much more difficult than the Japanese in terms of combat effectiveness!"
In the Pacific battlefield, the Japanese navy and sailors are very dangerous enemies, and the US military has suffered a lot in front of these enemies. However, when facing the Germans, the sudden pressure made the American captain make a more difficult judgment on the German ship.
His voice just fell and he kept burning, burning and smoking. He was ravaged by the third wave of German attack fleet. The escort aircraft carrier finally failed to withstand the bomb dropped by the new enemy and the violent explosion continued. The modified aircraft carrier slowly sank and even the fuel of the hull leaked to the nearby sea.