Chapter 1000

"Your Excellency, Commander, the 4th aircraft carrier fleet was violently attacked by Japanese carrier-based aircraft groups and suffered heavy losses. So far, the aircraft carriers Reverent and Revenge have been sunk. Almost all the remaining six aircraft carriers were damaged. However, the Japanese carrier-based aircraft fleet also suffered heavy losses. More than 800 carrier-based aircraft before and after them have been shot down by our air defense fighter group. Now, many more have been destroyed by our fleet's anti-aircraft firepower."Marshal Albrecht said. Marshal

Dönitz nodded. The 4th aircraft carrier group of the Third Reich Navy has obviously become the key target of the attack by the carrier-based aircraft group of the Eastern Navy Combined Fleet. So much so that these eight Giant-class aircraft carriers, I'm afraid everything is doomed in this battle.

However, if these eight Giant-class aircraft carriers can be exchanged for the more than 20 aircraft carriers of the entire combined fleet, it will undoubtedly be a good deal. After all, these Giant-class aircraft carriers , would have been eliminated after the war and withdrawn from active service. At that time, there is a high probability that it will be sold to close allies of the Third Reich to strengthen their strength.

"What about Toyo's other carrier-based aircraft groups? It is impossible for them to only have such a fleet of carrier-based aircraft."Marshal Dönitz asked.

Although the Toyos used two batches of more than 800 carrier-based aircraft to attack the 4th aircraft carrier formation of the Third Reich Navy. But Marshal Dönitz knew very well that the Toyos' carrier-based aircraft The size of the aircraft fleet is definitely not limited to this.

This also means that several other aircraft carrier formations of the Third Reich Navy are also likely to be attacked.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the air search radar has discovered another group of Japanese attack aircraft. The target they were flying to was the 2nd aircraft carrier formation. Its scale is very large, not much weaker than the fleet attacking the 4th aircraft carrier formation. The anti-aircraft fighters of the 2nd aircraft carrier group have taken off to meet the enemy. However, there were only 42 anti-aircraft fighters."Reported by Marshal Albrecht

"The anti-aircraft fighters of the 3rd aircraft carrier group were ordered to also take off. In addition, the anti-aircraft fighters of the 1st aircraft carrier formation also took off to meet the enemy! No matter what, we must destroy the Japanese carrier-based aircraft groups as much as possible to ensure the safety of our aircraft carriers!"Marshal Dönitz ordered

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!"Marshal Albrecht replied.

The 3rd aircraft carrier group of the Third Reich Navy also has 42 carrier-based fighters, and the 1st aircraft carrier group also has 72 carrier-based aircraft. If these carrier-based aircraft also participate in the interception, It is enough to make the Japanese carrier-based aircraft fleet pay a heavy price. In this case, their threat to the aircraft carrier formation of the Third Reich Navy will be greatly reduced. Relying on the powerful anti-aircraft firepower of the aircraft carrier formation, the losses of the aircraft carrier formation can undoubtedly be reduced Reduced to the minimum.

Under the order of Marshal Dönitz, a total of 114 carrier-based fighter jets from the 3rd Aircraft Carrier Group and 1st Aircraft Carrier Group of the Third Reich Navy took off to fight against the huge carrier-based aircraft group of the Toyo Navy.

Including the 2nd Aircraft Carrier The formation's 42 carrier-based fighter jets, a total of 156 carrier-based fighter jets, started a battle 150 kilometers away from the second aircraft carrier formation, and started a battle with the carrier-based aircraft groups taking off from the first and second aircraft carrier groups of the combined fleet.

Although , this huge carrier-based fleet was escorted by 98 Zero fighters. However, facing the 156 carrier-based FW-190 fighters of the Third Reich Navy, it still had no power to fight back. A large number of Zero fighters were in the battle After being shot down, those Comet blasters and Tianshan attack aircraft were also massacred by the anti-aircraft fighters of the Third Reich Navy.

In the process, carrier-based aircraft groups taking off from several other aircraft carrier formations of the Third Reich also began to attack them one after another. The aircraft carrier group of the Combined Fleet launched the attack.

42 carrier-based FW-190 fighters took off from the 3rd aircraft carrier group of the Third Reich Navy, escorting 126 dive bombers and 84 torpedo attack aircraft to fly to the battlefield. The

3rd Combined Fleet The aircraft carrier group, the 4th Aircraft Carrier Group and the 5th Aircraft Carrier Group, originally had only 72 air defense fighters. And they had suffered heavy losses in previous battles. So much so that they faced this wave of 42 escort fighters from the Third Reich Navy. At that time, they were unable to parry and could only watch the carrier-based aircraft groups of the Third Reich Navy launch an attack on their aircraft carrier formation.

The three Great Eagle-class aircraft carriers of the 5th Aircraft Carrier Group of the Combined Fleet had already suffered heavy damage. After suffering When it came to a siege, it was no longer possible to hold on.

The Kurama aircraft carrier of the 4th Carrier Group of the Combined Fleet, the three Zuiho-class aircraft carriers and the Ryūho aircraft carrier were also besieged by the carrier-based aircraft group of the Third Reich Navy. Even though the anti-aircraft firepower of these aircraft carriers and the anti-aircraft firepower of the escorting warships opened fire fiercely, they shot down many fighters of the Third Reich Navy's carrier-based fleet.

However, these five aircraft carriers were still hit by aerial bombs and aerial torpedoes during the battle. It was severely damaged. As for whether it can persist in this naval battle and escape with a small life, it is very difficult to say.

But judging from the current situation, this is almost impossible.

Because the ships of the Third Reich Navy The aircraft groups are still arriving continuously.

After the first wave of carrier-based aircraft groups of the Third Reich Navy’s 3rd aircraft carrier group arrived, in less than ten minutes, the first wave of carrier-based aircraft groups of the Third Reich Navy’s 2nd aircraft carrier group The fleet arrived on the battlefield.

42 carrier-based FW-190 fighter jets, covering 126 dive bombers and 120 torpedo attack aircraft, participated in the attack on the aircraft carrier of the Combined Fleet.

However, they chose to attack the 3rd aircraft carrier group of the combined fleet.

The five Yunlong-class aircraft carriers of the 3rd Aircraft Carrier Group of the Combined Fleet immediately fell into crisis.

Although these Unryu-class aircraft carriers are large-scale mass-produced aircraft carriers of the Toyo Empire Navy, they have extremely powerful anti-aircraft firepower. But how could an aircraft carrier with a displacement of only 22,000 tons withstand the siege of more than 200 dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft of the Third Reich Navy?

Even if the air defense soldiers were very brave and braved the hail of bullets and fired crazily into the sky, they could not withstand the aerial bombs and torpedoes falling from the sky. Soon, the five Japanese Yunlong-class aircraft carriers were hit by bombs one after another and burst into flames.

Under the siege of a large number of carrier-based aircraft groups of the Third Reich Navy, the fate of these five Yunlong-class aircraft carriers was destined to be very tragic.