"You said there was a German plane coming for us?" Major General Burnett showed an incredible look.

"Yes, Colonel Sherbrook sent an emergency telegram, and his destroyer formation was sunk two, and it is now changed to retreat to the southwest..."

"What a pity..." Before he could say the next half of the sentence, the alarm in the commander's tower suddenly sounded, "Enemy planes, air strike..."

Schroeder's caution and good vision brought good luck to the North Point Cape Air Force. Eight minutes later, he saw the British cruiser formation floating on the sea. All the pilots were excited. The commander had just stopped the offensive momentum on the radio. Many people were confused and had not figured out what was going on. They only reacted when they saw the big guys below.

Looking at the dark enemy planes in the air, Major General Burnett scolded angrily: "Damn it, why did you attract these flies?"

Now is the best time for sunshine in the day, which is very conducive to aircraft identifying targets. Schroeder did not rush to attack, but reported the situation he observed first: "I found a treaty heavy cruiser, suspected to be Kent-class; two light cruisers, suspected to be Fiji-class or Southampton-class; two destroyers."

When this news was forwarded by the Hippel and rushed into the Navy Command in Berlin, everyone was stunned. If the plane had not been dispatched today and Hippel rushed over foolishly, there would be a tragedy under the siege of three British cruisers and seven destroyers.

Hoffman, who had been unhappy and unhappy, said at this time: "Look, I just say that the British are not just this little force."

Frick wiped away the cold sweat from his forehead. He couldn't help but feel frightened when he thought about the fact that the enemy had almost assigned Hippel to the Barents Sea because of the unknown situation. Now he could only shout God to bless Germany.

"Where is Tirpitz?"

Redell looked at his watch: "It's 13:17 pm now, and Tilpitz will probably not arrive around 4:30."

Hoffman nodded: "Look at the results of the air force, I hope Lieutenant General Kumetz can still share some leftovers... Oh, no, I can't say that the leftovers are cold. It should be said that there are more than ten British transport ships behind the grand meal." After saying this, he couldn't help laughing.

A group of senior naval executives laughed with each other, apparently they had imagined the scene of Tirpitz rushing into the transport fleet and killing the crowd.

The Burnett formation, which had three cruisers assisted and had already set up a circular air defense formation, was obviously more difficult to deal with than the destroyer formation. Schroeder carefully observed the sea surface and did not take action easily. He knew that he had only one opportunity to attack today, and he had to grasp the weather forecast, indicating that the weather conditions in the waters near Tianxiong Island would be worse again, so that the air team could not be dispatched.

He first asked the escorted b-219 to "clean" the deck. The b-219 could have been equipped with small bombs, but because it had to raid from a long distance, it was equipped with a sub-fuel tank. Therefore, only the cannons are available now. They penetrated the smoke released by the British ships. In the violent strafing of the mg151/20mm aircraft cannon, each ship was shot one after another, and blood flowed on the deck, especially the flagship Cumberland was "careful" by German aircraft for up to 3 minutes later, seeing that the deck firepower was weakened, Schroeder immediately let the two formations dive at the same time. Instead of choosing the Cumberland, the center, he targeted the Jamaica on the outer periphery of the left wing and rushed down from the front and rear decks.

Although the Jamaica was a new warship that was completed and put into service only at the end of June 1942, equipped with two eight-unit two-pound (40mm) "pop cannons" and four 20mm machine guns, this anti-aircraft firepower could not stop the extremely fast He-218. Under the attack of six aircraft, the ship was still hit by two 500-kilogram bombs on the main deck, one in front and one behind. After all, it was a treaty light cruiser built in accordance with the London Navy Treaty. Its significant disadvantage was its weak defense. Under the patronage of two bombs, the 8,500-ton cruiser was dying and slumped on the water. After a moment, it began to overturn due to excessive water inlets and then quickly sank.

After solving the Jamaica, half of the 24 He-218 aircraft were left without bombings. Schroeder correctly assessed the current situation and did not rashly attack another cruiser. Instead, he made a three-aircraft formation target the periphery destroyer attack.

Unfortunately this time, the Bulldog encountered the Bulldog. The poor destroyer dodged left and right and tried his best to avoid it. Although he did not let a bomb fall on its deck, the dive attack ability of the he-218 was not covered, and all the elites of the Norwegian air force were used to control the plane. The three bombs dropped formed a near-lost bomb on the port side. The fragile underwater part of the destroyer could not withstand such continuous explosions. A gap was torn by the impact force, and the sea water was only poured into it. The captain was finally forced to abandon the ship.

At this time, the North Cape Air Force still had 9 aircraft that did not drop bombs. Since the He-218 was a hidden bullet bay, it would be impossible to tell whether it was completed without carefully checking before the bomb was dropped. Therefore, other aircraft groups hovering in the air were under great pressure to restrain the sea-surface ships. The remaining British ships fired desperately, but their sparse air defense firepower was ridiculously poor in Schroder's eyes.

Schroeder stared at the Cumberland with the flagship logo. He personally led 6 planes to rush down together and wanted to sink the enemy ship. As a result, three bombs were hit in a row in the area near the bridge of the ship, and the entire bridge was completely blown away. Although the British also shot down a he-218, the fate of the Cumberland was irreversible. All members of the command, including Major General Burnett, died on the spot in a violent explosion. The warship broke into two pieces and began to sink quickly.

In the end, there were three bombers left. Schroeder thought about it and asked them to throw the bombs on the head of the remaining cruiser. He knew that it might not be able to sink, but as long as it could severely damage the enemy ship, the Hippel would definitely send them to the bottom of the sea after it arrived. His strategy was successful. The 500-kilogram bomb successfully opened a big hole in the front deck of Sheffield. The two turrets in front were blown away, and the entire warship was flooded with 2,500 tons, and the speed was reduced to only 13 knots. Fortunately, the loss-controlled tube was strong and still floated tenaciously on the water.

"Major Schroeder reported that the North Cape Air Force ended the Japanese air strike, lost two he-218 aircraft, sunk two British cruisers, three destroyers, and one British cruiser. Now the entire fleet returns..."

As soon as the words to inform the enemy were finished, thunderous applause burst out from the Navy Command.

"Major Schroeder did a good job and deserves a reward..." Hoffman glanced around and said with a smile, "Next, we are going to hear good news from Hippel and Tilpitz?"

Just as Schroeder led the North Cape Cape air force to launch a fierce attack, Hippel fired with three British destroyers. Fortunately for the British, the long-term anchorage greatly reduced the shooting technology that Hippel is proud of. Every time the British destroyers hid in the water curtain, the German gunners wasted a lot of ammunition. Hartmann, who was eager to succeed, also had a mistake in tactical arrangement. When only two main guns on the bow could fire, he also distributed a turret to deal with the Zhongshun, and later decided to concentrate firepower on the British flagship Onslow.

After a long bombardment, the German sailors finally made great progress. One shell hit the Onslow, which fell between the bridge and the chimney, tore the chimney in half. The nearby radar control room was completely destroyed, the boiler was abnormal, and the power suddenly dropped below 20 knots. Two minutes later, the Z16 destroyer, who was fighting on the side, hit the Onslow with the shell. One shot hit the A turret, all the gunners inside were killed, and the other shot hit the deck between the B turret and the bridge. Most of the nearby sailors were killed. A fire broke out in the non-commissioned compartment cabin below the bridge. The casualties of the ship exceeded 60, but Onslow was still fighting back.

Colonel Sherbrook's left face was severely damaged by shrapnel, and his left eye was covered with blood and his left eye was out of his socket, but he calmly ordered a slowdown to 15 knot to reduce the fire, and then retreated to the west under the cover of smoke screen, and at the same time transferred the command of the fleet to Lieutenant Colonel Jin Locke, the captain of Zhongshun. The sergeant Cook was blown off and his life was in danger. In the aisle, he crawled with his injured leg while complaining that the infirmary only gave him "Damn aspirin, I would rather exchange these for daily rum rations..." A few minutes later, he fainted due to excessive bleeding.

Facing the Onslow who fled the battlefield, Hippel did not chase him, but only replaced the next fire-raising target with Zhongshun. Hartman had learned from the telegram the record of the North Point Cape Air Force, and also knew that the air force had left him a severely damaged cruiser. He was eager to sink his opponent in front of him to deal with the British cruiser.

Faced with the unfavorable situation, the British destroyer was forced to play a cat and mouse game with the Germans. While casting smoke screens, they acted to fire torpedoes. Hippel was unmoved and continued to concentrate fire on the Zhongshun destroyer. The Zhongshun was finally sunk under the concentration of the naval guns, but the Orville, who was hiding behind the smoke, seized the opportunity to launch four torpedoes. Hippel was not affected by the torpedo, but the Z16 destroyer, which was the first to be put into battle, was no longer lucky this time and was actually hit by the torpedo. Captain Alfred Shemel had no choice but to order the abandonment of the ship.

The annoyed Hartman was furious and burst into thunder. He poured all his firepower onto the Orville. He sank his opponent in less than 5 minutes. Then he could not help but rescue the z16 sailors now bubbled in the ice sea for more than 20 minutes and could not be saved.

At 14:47 pm, Hoffman received the latest announcement: The Hippel severely damaged one destroyer and sank two destroyers. Then his own Z16 destroyer was hit by a torpedo and sank again. Only the bare commander of the Hippel remained on the sea. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!