At 12:06, the German aircraft group came forward to intercept under the guidance of radar, and the air force fighter pilots who were turning around were even more terrible.

The strength of the first wave of attack groups is 260:182 on the surface, but it is very different when it comes to careful analysis.

Since the German army used Ju-198, a general attack aircraft that integrates dive attack and torpedo earlier, the proportion of fighters is higher than that of the United States. Usually, the proportion of fighters, reconnaissance aircraft and attack aircraft is 40%, 10% and 50% respectively. This time, there were two Rhine-class companions, and the proportion of fighters was more than 45%. There were 85 fighters in the 182 German attack group and 97 attack aircraft. This is also why the fighters could repeatedly entangle the US air defense fighter jets when attacking the Nimitz aircraft carrier group. Because the number of the two sides was close, it could effectively open up the gap for the attack aircraft.

The proportion of fighter jets in the US carrier-based institutions is generally around 33%. Since the US military does not set up special reconnaissance aircraft (their reconnaissance aircraft can perform attack tasks after recovery), the proportion of attack aircraft is as high as 67%. Nimitz originally brought 6 escort aircraft carriers to accompany the operation. After the above f6f was included in the calculation, the proportion of fighter jets increased to about 42%. Unfortunately, when passing through the submarine array, the 4 escort aircraft carriers and all the aircraft on it were lost in one breath. Therefore, the number of fighter jets in the attack aircraft group is 92, with a proportion of only slightly higher than 35%, while there are as many as 168 attack aircraft.

Therefore, on the surface, the US military has 43% more aircraft to attack than Germany, but the number of real attack aircraft is 73% more than Germany. In addition, it cannot be ignored that there are 144 of these 168 BTD attack aircraft newly equipped with the US military. This batch of aircraft can carry 2 torpedoes or 4 1,000-pound bombs (2 are thrown by horizontal bombing at full load, and the other two can dive bomb). Judging from the amount of ammunition carried, the US military has more than twice as many.

In order to protect more experienced pilots, Nimitz was forced to make adjustments before the war: concentrate more experienced fighter pilots on the main aircraft carriers and put pilots with poor experience on the escort aircraft carriers to cover offensively. Pilots who lost their submarine attacks last night were relatively not the most elite, which is also the fundamental reason why the German offensive aircraft group was not at high exchange ratio during attacks. The US military (including many British pilots) had good levels, and the performance gap did not exist after replacing F4u, and the 2:3 exchange ratio was appropriate.

However, this helpless guiding ideology exposed problems during the attack. The US military covers fighter pilots and is obviously not as elite as the air defense fighter pilots. The interception operation mainly based on the do-412 achieved ideal results, but seeing the American aircraft that were rushing forward and continuing, no one dared to take it lightly.

The electric 128mm anti-aircraft guns on the Richelieu, located in the Fleet Defense Center, together with other anti-aircraft guns, desperately intercepted and fired, and played a huge advantage. The blazing barrage forced the US attack formation to disperse, which created an opportunity for the next stage of the fleet's regional air defense. Those American attack aircraft pilots who were anxious to directly attack several central aircraft carriers were ruthlessly injured by dense arrays. In the initial stage, only 3 of the 11 aircraft successfully dropped bombs and hit the German ships. Even so, the US pilots still rushed into the middle like moths to the flames.

The onion peeling tactic is conducive to the maximum protection of the lives of the pilots of the attack group, but it is not conducive to the initial results. The US military is currently gambled, and the situation of strong attack and weak attack are not allowed to use this calm and steady style of play. Therefore, the tasks assigned to the pilots were very clear and given priority to attacking the enemy aircraft carriers.

It was the first time those BTD attack aircraft that rushed down with two torpedoes appeared, and everyone was quite surprised. According to the explanation of the aviation staff, Crank, Hintz and others felt that their scalp was numb and their maneuverability was worse. However, the US pilot still rushed down without hesitation. The two knew that the Americans were planning to fight their lives, and the situation must not be good today.

12:09, the King took the lead in 2 1,000-pound aviation bombs. The main deck was destroyed, but the power loss was not large, and it could still avoid it at a speed of 23 knots. Looking at the enemy aircraft carrier that ignited the smoke and the raging fire, the American pilots walked forward like crazy. The pilots of the second and third echelons rushed here desperately, and could not stop them no matter how hard they were.

In the following 4 minutes, more than 20 US aircraft dropped bombs around the King, and the ship was hit by three bombs again. After all, it was just a comprehensive aircraft carrier converted from a large cruise ship. How can it resist the concentrated fire attack? After eating the fifth bomb, the ship's power compartment was severely damaged, and the main structure suffered heavy losses and began to sink.

In order to sink the aircraft carrier, the US SBD and BTD were beaten 17 aircraft by the surrounding hedgehog class.

12:11, the desolation of the sinking fate was the Rhine-class ship No. 11. The ship first hit two 1,000-pound bombs and then another torpedo. It began to sink slowly in less than 2 minutes.

Almost at the same time the ship sank, it covered the Jean-Bar aircraft carrier, and two torpedoes in the light cruiser of the USS De Glass, which was also built by France, sank rapidly; looking at the American torpedoes passing by the stern of the Jean-Bar, Hinz's back sweated coldly.

Although the success rate and hit level of btd bombs are not high, they can't stand it, but they can't help but bring two torpedoes. Xinz never thought that the attacking aircraft with two torpedoes would look like. Just as he just tugged his forehead to rejoice, the staff members suddenly exclaimed: "Ise is in the thunder!"

A torpedo penetrated the cover of German outer ships and hit the port side of the Ise ship without bias. The ship hit a torpedo last time. Due to the fierce battle situation, it only carried out emergency repairs in Argentina and Italy. It did not have time to completely repair it. Unexpectedly, it was hit by a torpedo again today. However, the origin of the Ise battleship saved him. After more than 3,000 tons of water inlet, it was successfully blocked, but the hull had 7 degrees of roll.

"No!"

Just as the Ise was busy damaging the pipe, seven more SBDs carrying aviation bombs fell from the sky, smashing the 1,000-pound aviation bombs on the deck of the ship. One bomb hit the front lift and quickly stuck it. The other bomb fell at the junction of the two decks, completely paralyzing the take-off and landing function of the beveled aircraft carrier.

This is not the whole of the Ise disaster. Taking advantage of the continuous hits and the speed of the ship was greatly reduced, another team of 8 BTDs rushed down to release torpedoes. Although five of the Hedgehog-class destroyers were covered at close range, three successfully released the torpedoes, and six torpedoes headed towards the starboard side of the Ise. At this time, the Ise, with a speed of only 11 knots, used all its strength to avoid 3, and all the other 3 hits.

No matter how strong the hull is, it cannot withstand this attack intensity. Captain Aoki, who tried his best, could only order to abandon the ship. This was the third aircraft carrier he lost since he joined the war in Germany. If it had been regarded as an ominous person in Japan, but Crank encouraged him: "Don't worry about sinking the ship. The head of state will continue to give us a new aircraft carrier. Live bravely. The enemy will not surrender for a day, and we cannot stop fighting for a day..."

After giving the instructions to abandon the ship, he calmly put on his life jacket and jumped into the sea, striving to swim towards the nearest hedgehog class and their skills are now very skilled in fishing dragonflies.

13:08, the huge US attack group eventually retreated, leaving the sea full of devastation.

"Sir, our army's attack group's preliminary battle report has also been sent back. Do you want to listen?" Seeing that Turner's face was better than the first telegram, General Jin breathed a sigh of relief and handed the telegram to the adjutant, "You can read it for me, read the results of the battle first, then read the battle loss..."

"Our army launched an attack with 260 attack aircraft, sinking 2 German fleet aircraft carriers, 1 light aircraft carrier and 2 light cruisers;

It severely damaged one battleship (Scharnhorst ate a torpedo, but it was not fatal, it was actually a mid-science), and it was suspected to severely damaged one fleet aircraft carrier (Jean-Bar ate a torpedo, but the situation was not serious and would not affect normal combat);

Zhongchuang had two battleships (Richelieu had 1 torpedo and 2 bombs, which was a little higher than Zhongchuang; Gneisenau had 1 bomb, which could only be considered a light battle), and Zhongchuang cruiser (Shipel had 1 bomb, which had little impact);

Its light aircraft carrier was lit up and killed 2 light aircraft carriers (the Rhine-class 12 lost 2 bullets in the near future, and several anti-aircraft guns were lost, and the rest were no different);

There are 6 other uncertain results (actually only two destroyers were sunk by bombs, and all German destroyers before Z40 have been lost so far).

General Jin asked in a trembling voice: "So you have killed at least three aircraft carriers, two large and one small, and three aircraft carriers in the enemy?"

"This is the battle report, and I may need to verify it again."

He nodded: "Read the report on the war damage."

"...The USS Hancock aircraft carrier sank after being torpedoed; the USS Wisconsin battleship suffered extremely serious losses after two consecutive battles, with more than 12,000 tons of water inflows, all power lost, the front deck was in the water, and it was currently in a abandoned state and was temporarily floating on the sea;

The Bennington aircraft carrier hit two bombs, both located in the non-core area, with the rear elevator damaged and the take-off and landing function partially damaged;

The last two Casablanca-class ships sank, the last one Cleveland-class cruiser sank, two air defense cruisers lost; three destroyers lost."

"We're losing less than the enemy?"

"It is indeed true during the day, but the losses in submarine warfare are not small." Turner saw that General Jin was still in good spirits and analyzed, "Now the fleet has only two aircraft carriers, two air defense cruisers and a bunch of destroyers. The defense is extremely weak and almost impossible. I knew I would leave the New Jersey."

Admiral Kim nodded, but who knew that this would happen? He asked Turner: "What should I do next?"

"I will choose to retreat, but Nimitz refused to give up. He planned to recycle the plane and launch a second attack and the Germans fought to the death. If he could not win bravely, he would sink gloriously!"

General Jin stood up excitedly, trembling and trying to say something, but he couldn't stand firmly and fell down...
Chapter completed!