That night, the German fleet that finally gathered was first moved north. Convinced that the distance was enough to widen, Crank pointed his navigation direction to the southwest late at night. The entire fleet had not much fuel in stock. He had to return to Argentina as soon as possible, otherwise all warships would be paralyzed on the sea due to exhaustion of fuel.

Thanks to the persistent efforts of the sailors and the hard work of the drainage pumps, the Ise ship was discharged in a total of more than 500 tons of seawater while the two sides were basically balanced, and one of the boilers was restored after emergency repairs. Now the speed of the entire warship has barely increased to 18 knots. The Gneisenau, which was also killed by torpedoes, was newer after all, and has better anti-sinking properties. Relatively speaking, the damage is not too heavy.

Crank knew very well that he had to get rid of the opposite American fleet as soon as possible, because the other party still had the ability to kill him, and only if he had good luck could he severely hurt his opponent. However, he was anxious and anxious, he let the fleet move forward in a tortuous way to avoid being attacked by American submarines. At the same time, he asked the radar room to concentrate and avoid any ship. Each ship could inform the Americans of its own position and expose the fleet's target. Fortunately, everything was very normal, and there was no trace. He did not know that because of the existence of the German fleet, the Allied forces had notified all transport ships to stop sailing.

After a night of anxiety, the entire fleet was in good condition. Crank was determined to encourage all the officers and soldiers, so he walked to the loudspeaker with great enthusiasm and gave speeches to all the crew members.

"All ships are concerned, I am the commander of the fleet, Crank." He cleared his throat and said enthusiastically: "I want to congratulate the turbine and the loss management department. Your performance fully reflects the tradition of the navy. In addition, I want to congratulate our aviation forces. They are amazing. They have achieved impressive results in destroying three enemy aircraft carriers with only 40% of the enemy's aircraft. Our losses are much less than those of the enemy!"

To put it, the senior management was still very heartbroken. Yesterday, the battle was not small. The Savoy sank, the z2930 destroyer sank, and the Hedgehog class also reimbursed one. The dying and paralyzed on the water was eventually sunk by its destroyer with torpedo. The officers and soldiers of each ship also suffered a lot. Ise and Gneisenau also lost some of the officers and soldiers due to bombs and torpedoes. Some officers and soldiers just pulled the surviving officers and soldiers on the Savoy and Sedelitz to fill it.

The loss of aviation power is also very serious. Nearly half of the number of aircraft were lost, the pilots lost 32 people (groups), and the loss rate exceeded one quarter. Six winners of the Knight Cross Medal were lost, especially among them, two Silver Oak Leaf Knight Cross Medal winners made Crank sigh that there were less than 1,000 soldiers who received this level of medal in Germany (the Knight Cross Medal winners are currently about 6,000).

In the early morning, the visibility was greatly improved after dawn, and the situation of the Ise improved further. The emergency drainage pump running continuously in the cabin took tons of sea water away. The flooded boilers and pipes were immediately repaired immediately after the flooded boilers and pipes emerged. The remaining 1-degree inclination was corrected unconsciously. Crank estimated that there were more than 2,000 tons of sea water on both sides of the ships. It was only possible to completely clean up at the Argentine shipyard, but it was an indisputable fact that the situation improved.

"How high is the maximum speed?" Crank asked.

"I think I can walk 21 verses." Captain Aoki pondered for a while and said, "If you are optimistic, you can return to 22 verses after 9 o'clock."

"Great, hold on! The situation will get better!" Crank immediately ordered the ar-372 water reconnaissance and the only four ar-352 ship reconnaissances left.

After 9 o'clock, the maximum speed of Ise returned to 22.4 knots, and the wind on the sea seemed to be stronger than yesterday evening. If Walter's request to test another torpedo load takeoff failed, it would mean that another ju-198 was lost. Crank gritted his teeth and agreed.

Bach was the one who performed the second round of test flight. He was sad all night when he failed yesterday. He was analyzing with his comrades whether he could fly and how to make the plane have better performance in flight. He heard that he had to try again, but he snatched the life without saying a word.

It was almost the same scene as yesterday, but the difference was that today it was at the end of the deck. The big guy, full of oil and torpedo and weighing 6 tons, flew steadily under the gentle control of Bach. The officers and soldiers of the ship applauded warmly. After observing, several sergeants at the scene believed that there was at least 4-6 meters of space left...

"Yeah, it's successful! It's successful!" Walter, who was in his 40s, jumped and jumped excitedly like a child, waving his fists, "We still have more than 20 attack aircraft, which can send all the damn Americans to the bottom of the sea this time!"

"I was thinking that after returning to China, we would have to carry heavier armor-piercing bombs or semi-piercing bombs for dive bombing." Simon added, "The 400kg aviation bomb seems to be unable to sink against the Essex level. It seemed difficult to use 500kg bombs in the past, and it had to be increased a little more dose."

"Let me think about it..." Walter fell into deep thought. His perspective on the problem was different from that of Simon. "I think I can bring that kind of dexterous anti-ship bomb."

"You mean, hs-393? It's totally fine in terms of weight, but does not use this thing require absolute air superiority?"

"There are always differences between theory and practice. When I took over the battle yesterday, I found that the US military's 6 was as stupid as a piece of wood." Walter described the situation of yesterday's battle. "The 6, especially the new 6-5, is a good aircraft at medium and low altitudes, which is stronger than the B-219 and a little stronger than the Do-412, but it is completely a waste in medium and high altitudes, especially high altitudes. It is so stupid that even bombers are not as good as those of bombers. If we approach at high altitudes and high speeds and then launch HS-393, it would be very ideal. Besides, this tactic has begun to be tried on land-based and is ready to forcibly attack the ship?"

The so-called land-based use does not refer to the ju-188 of the Air Force, but to refer to the BM901 engine version of the ju-298 used by the Navy. After dismantling the ship-based device, increasing the wing area and pressurizing the cockpit, the practical ceiling is more than 12,500 meters, code-named ju-298s. It is a perfect match for high-altitude Ta-152. After improvement, it can also be used in this airspace, but the ammunition load has dropped to less than 1 ton (the series originally carried 3 tons of ammunition). This is on the same level as the ju-298, and its range is not as good as the opponent, so we can only give up the idea of ​​being longer and short in this field.

In fact, by the beginning of 1944, the mid-sized bombers and attack aircraft of the Navy and Air Force were almost monopolized by the Junckers family, and a total of four main models were launched: ju-188288; the first ju-198298 used the BM801 aircraft, and the second 2 used the 901 engine. Although the maximum power of the 801 and 901 series engines are both 2,400 horsepower, the performance of the same power on the aircraft is obviously better than the 801. The latter has only 14 cylinders, and its weight and volume are superior to the 901 series that imitate the American r-2800 engine.

But on the other hand, the 14-cylinder air-cooled engine is the limit to 2400 horsepower. Now the performance of 2400 horsepower 801 (actual maximum power of 2350 horsepower) is very unstable. On average, 2 units are broken for every 3 units. The military department does not dare to use it normally on the aircraft. It is only used for testing and is sloppy. The 901 series performs slightly better than the 801, with a yield rate of about two-thirds. It is still full of hidden dangers for combat. The military department still refuses to let go, but its tone is not that tough. However, the 901 series is much more reliable than the 18-cylinder engine 802 series that was also the 18-cylinder engine 802 series that was originally launched by BMW. The latter is heavier and has a lower completion degree. In order to release new products as soon as possible, BMW itself gave up and simply combined the 802 and 901 designs and worked together to solve the 901 series.

The current situation is very obvious. The 2400-horsepower 901 series and 801 are not dared to use it. The main actress who used the most on the main aircraft is still the 2000-horsepower BM801s, which is actually maximum power of 2045 horsepower, which is basically on the same level as the p474u and 6, the main fighter jets of the British and American who use the r-2800. However, because the 801 engine has a small windward area and light weight, the German army has a certain advantage.

Of course, the German army also knew very well that the Americans had 2400 horsepower or even 2800 horsepower R-2800 fully qualified for service because they had found 2400 horsepower R-2800 engines (used to the latest P-47 fighter) in the materials seized in Newfoundland. So Hoffman couldn't wait to push the new jet bomber out for the German test flight and believed that the P-47 intercepting ordinary medium bombers was very powerful and had a threat that exceeded the Spitfire or P-51. The German army itself did not have a heavy 4-engine bomber formation. Assuming that it was purely used to launch air strikes by Ju-188, it might repeat the mistakes of the first British Aircraft War.

Hoffman's strategy was successful. Due to fearing the fact that the jet tactics could not defend, the Americans delayed the production and pilot training of p-474u and other aircraft, and devoted all their energy to the meteor jets, which successfully led to bad (although only short-term damage) the enemy's rhythm.

Until 12 noon, all reconnaissance planes reported that no discovery was found within 1,000 kilometers.

"It seems that the enemy has returned to South Africa?"

"Okay..." Crank thought for a while, "We will go back to Argentina, and then return to the Mediterranean after emergency repairs and replenishment. This time we will change the road, and we will go to the Atlantic Ocean."

"Atlantic?" Simon was stunned and asked back with some concern, "Can it be?"

"It's okay, the head of state is fighting Britain, the Americans are in a state of great anxiety, and they don't care about us for the time being..." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!