Chapter 1773 Fierce defeat

The German Navy's Atlantic Fleet, Pacific Fleet, and Indian Ocean Fleet began to release carrier-based aircraft one after another. In the battle to intercept the island navy's carrier-based aircraft group, the German Navy's carrier-based fighter jets lost some. But not many, and it didn't have much impact on the strength of the fleet.

In the first wave of attacks, the six "Lord-class" aircraft carriers of the German Navy each launched 12 carrier-based FW-190 fighter jets, 18 dive bombers and 18 torpedo attack aircraft. Eight "Constellation-class" aircraft carriers each launched 12 carrier-based FW-190 fighter jets, 18 dive bombers and 12 torpedo attack aircraft. The two "Wilhelm the Great-class" aircraft carriers launched 6 carrier-based FW-190 fighter jets, 12 dive bombers and 12-class torpedo attack aircraft.

In the first wave of attacks launched by the German Navy, there were 170 carrier-based FW-190 fighter jets, 276 dive bombers and 192 also tired attack aircraft. The number of the entire carrier fleet has reached 638 in total.

It can be seen that although the German Navy only invested 16 aircraft carriers in this battle, it is a full 5 fewer than the 21 aircraft carriers of the island navy's combined fleet. However, the number of carrier-based aircraft involved in the attack is 50% more than that of the island navy.

The huge fleet sailed westward, heading straight for the position of the United Fleet.

When the air search radar of the joint fleet of the island nation's navy discovered the huge fleet of the German navy, Admiral Yamamoto's face changed drastically, and he immediately ordered all his air defense fighters to take off to meet the enemy.

However, the remaining air defense fighters in the entire joint fleet are only 150 in total, and there are not as many escort fighters in the carrier-based fleet of the German Navy. It is almost impossible to intercept such a large carrier-based fleet of the German Navy.

At a place where the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft group was 120 kilometers away from the combined fleet, a battle broke out between the carrier-based aircraft of the two sides.

The Zero fighter pilots of the Japanese Navy, driving the Zero fighters, rushed towards the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft group, trying to shoot down these German Navy's carrier-based aircraft. But they were attacked by 170 carrier-based FW-190 fighter jets of the German Navy.

As soon as the two sides fought, the Zero fighter jets of the island navy suffered huge losses. The weaknesses of the Zero fighter are fully exposed. The German Navy's carrier-based aircraft fleet was flying at high altitudes, which forced the island navy's Zero fighters to fly to high altitudes. Fighting at this altitude is originally a disadvantage of the Zero fighter. This caused the Japanese Navy's Zero fighters to suffer heavy losses under the attack of the German Navy's carrier-based FW-190 fighter jets, and it was impossible to cause much damage to the German Navy's carrier-based fleet.

Twenty minutes later, the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft group spotted the combined fleet. The huge carrier-based aircraft group immediately dispersed and launched an attack on the combined fleet of the island nation's navy.

"Destroy the islanders' aircraft carriers first, and then attack their battleships. Finally, kill all their battleships!" The commander of the German Navy's carrier fleet ordered.

"Yes, sir!"

The huge fleet of the German Navy launched an attack.

"Air defense fire! Shoot down the German carrier plane!"

The joint fleet of the island nation's navy immediately launched a counterattack, and the anti-aircraft guns began to fire crazily.

127mm anti-aircraft guns, 40mm anti-aircraft guns and 25mm anti-aircraft guns were all put into battle.

However, the densely packed German navy's carrier-based aircraft in the sky are enough to make the combined fleet of the island nation's navy desperate for it.

In fact, General Yamamoto Fifty-Six knew that they had lost this battle when they found that their own air defense fighters failed to intercept and suffered heavy losses. Although every battleship in the United Fleet is equipped with powerful anti-aircraft firepower, it is almost impossible to resist the attacks of so many carrier-based aircraft of the German army.

"Boom! Boom!"

There was a violent explosion, and it was the bombs dropped by the dive bombers of the German Navy that hit the warships of the United Fleet.

One after another, the battleships burned in the explosion and sank.

The torpedo attack aircraft of the German Navy also joined in, and heavy aviation torpedoes scurry in the sea one after another. Battleships were hit one after another, and sea water poured into the battleships crazily.

"Boom boom boom!"

The anti-aircraft guns of the island navy fired wildly, trying to shoot down the carrier-based aircraft of the German navy. However, it was suppressed by the carrier-based fighter jets of the German Navy. The dive bombers and torpedo attack planes of the German Navy seized this opportunity and sent the warships of the island navy into the bottom of the sea one by one.

The 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron and the 2nd Aircraft Carrier Squadron of the United Fleet have become the main targets of the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft fleet.

With the loss of the peripheral escort warships almost the same, the carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy directly attacked the aircraft carrier at the core of the formation.

Under a large number of aerial bombs and torpedo attacks, the loss of the island navy's combined fleet began to show.

Even though the "Taifeng" aircraft carrier was an armored aircraft carrier, it sank in the sea after being hit by 18 aerial bombs and 9 aerial torpedoes.

The "Xianghe" aircraft carrier and the "Zuihe" aircraft carrier also followed suit five minutes after the "Taifeng" aircraft carrier sank.

The last "Dragon Phoenix" aircraft carrier of the 1st Aircraft Carrier Team of the United Fleet was also sunk soon.

The four "Yunlong-class" aircraft carriers of the United Fleet's 2nd aircraft carrier team also did not last long. After the escort battleships on the periphery of the fleet sank, the four 'Yunlong-class' aircraft carriers were attacked.

One after another, the aerial bombs and torpedoes hit the aircraft carrier of the Japanese navy. Soon, these aircraft carriers sank into the sea amidst raging fire.

Next, it is the 3rd aircraft carrier battle group of the United Fleet, the 4th aircraft carrier battle group, the 5th aircraft carrier battle group, the 1st battleship formation and the 2nd battleship formation.

Especially after the arrival of the second wave of carrier-based aircraft fleet of the German Navy, it dealt a devastating blow to the navy of the island country. The fierce attack of hundreds of carrier-based aircraft directly made the navy of the island country no longer able to recover.

Even the "Yamato-class" battleship with strong defense was severely damaged and then sunk under the siege of the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft.

Although, the "Yamato-class" battleship has a displacement of more than 70,000 tons and thick armor. But under the overwhelming aerial bombs and torpedo attacks, even the 'Yamato-class' battleships couldn't support it.

None of these huge battleships, which are symbols of the island nation's navy, escaped and were all sunk in this naval battle.

In this naval battle, the combined fleet of the island nation's navy suffered a crushing defeat!