Chapter 840

In the fierce air battle, fighter planes were shot down from time to time.

In fact, some fighter planes were directly hit and disintegrated in the air, and the pilots were killed before they could even parachute.

But most of the downed fighter planes were carrier-based aircraft of the Eagle Navy. The losses of the Third Reich's carrier-based fighters were relatively small.

The performance of the F4F fighters was so bad that in the Pacific battlefield, they were crushed by the Zero fighters of the Toyo Empire Navy. On the Atlantic battlefield, it was equally easily crushed by the Third Reich's carrier-based FW-190 fighter jets.

Although the Eagle Navy has been equipped with more advanced F4U fighter jets. However, due to limited production, these F4U fighters are currently only equipped with Essex-class aircraft carriers. The large number of Borg-class escort aircraft carriers are also equipped with F4F fighters with relatively poor performance.

This naturally puts the carrier-based aircraft force of the Eagle Navy at an almost complete disadvantage in air combat.

More than a hundred carrier-based FW-190 fighter jets of the Third Reich Navy achieved great results in air battles, firmly suppressing the carrier-based aircraft fleet of the Eagle Navy.

However, the number of carrier-based aircraft of the Eagle Navy was too large, and coupled with the entanglement of the Eagle Navy's carrier-based fighters, many SBD2 dive bombers and TBD torpedo attack aircraft broke through the Third Reich's carrier-based aircraft. blockade and launched an attack on the battleship formations of the Third Reich Navy

"Boom, boom, boom!"The 105mm anti-aircraft cannon on the battleship started firing, and large-caliber anti-aircraft cannon shells exploded in the sky. Radio proximity fuzes have been developed, which greatly strengthened the anti-aircraft firepower of the Third Reich Navy. An anti-aircraft cannon shell exploded in the sky.

An SBD2 dive bomber exploded next to it, and the huge power directly blew the fighter into pieces.

But more dive bombers and torpedo attack planes still bravely rushed towards the battleship of the Third Reich Navy.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The 88mm anti-aircraft cannon, 40mm anti-aircraft cannon, 20mm anti-aircraft cannon and 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun opened fire one after another. From far to near, a dense air defense firepower network was built. The carrier-based aircraft group of the Eagle Navy rushed up and collided with the anti-aircraft firepower. On the Internet, the head was bruised and bloody.

Under the interception of the Third Reich's carrier-based aircraft, the carrier-based aircraft of the Eagle Navy had suffered heavy losses. When faced with the powerful anti-aircraft firepower of the Third Reich Navy, it seemed that We were helpless.

Most of the dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft of the Eagle Navy were shot down by the powerful anti-aircraft firepower before they could break through the anti-aircraft firepower network of the main fleet of the Third Reich Navy. There were very few fighters that could actually drop bombs. Very few.

And the number of fighter planes that hit the battleships of the Third Reich Navy was even smaller. So much so that although the dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft of the Eagle Navy damaged some of the battleships of the Third Reich Navy, they did not. It can be sunk.

After all, a warship with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons is not so easy to be sunk. Unless it is continuously hit by a large number of aerial bombs and aerial torpedoes, causing irreparable damage, it will be easily sunk..

At least, the carrier-based aircraft fleet of the Eagle Navy does not yet have this capability.

The battle ended after half an hour, and all the carrier-based aircraft of the Eagle Navy were lost. And the Third Reich Navy also had several The battleship was injured.

Marshal Rolf ordered the injured battleship to withdraw from the battle and return to the mainland for repairs. He led the fleet to move closer to the aircraft carrier formation. The

Third Reich Navy had already won the battle between the battleships. However, The aircraft carrier formation of the Eagle Navy is still very strong. If it attacks rashly and is attacked by a large number of carrier-based aircraft of the Eagle Navy, even if the main fleet is strong, it will not be able to withstand it. It is not as good as the aircraft carrier formation in the engine room. After the rendezvous, more air defense fire support was provided to the aircraft carrier formation.

At the same time, the first wave of attack aircraft groups dispatched by the 3rd and 4th aircraft carrier groups of the Third Reich Navy had already found the escort aircraft carrier group of the Eagle Navy..

22 Borg-class aircraft carriers, protected by a large number of cruisers and destroyers, stretch for hundreds of kilometers on the sea

"Report, the aircraft carrier formation of the Eagle Navy was discovered. However, they are all small aircraft carriers."The Third Reich's naval carrier-based aircraft commander who was responsible for commanding this attack reported to the rear.

"Attack and kill them all!"Admiral Otto Schneewind, commander of the 3rd Aircraft Carrier Group, issued the order via radio

"Yes, General!"The commander replied

"Fighter planes cover, dive bombers and torpedo attack planes launch an attack to kill the Eagle Country's aircraft carrier!"The commander immediately issued the order.

Although these are small aircraft carriers, small aircraft carriers are also aircraft carriers!

Killing them all is also a huge military achievement!

At this moment, there are still 44 carriers left in the Eagle Navy escort aircraft carrier formation. Fighter air defense.

After the air search radar discovered the carrier-based aircraft group of the Third Reich Navy, these carrier-based aircraft immediately took off to meet the enemy.

But they faced the Third Reich Navy's 72 carrier-based fighters, 162 dive bombers and 138 torpedo attack aircraft. Moreover, the second batch of fighters is already on the way.

"Three fighter squadrons intercepted the carrier-based fighter jets of the Eagle Country. The remaining fighters cover the dive bombers and torpedo attack planes to launch the attack!"The carrier-based aircraft commander of the Third Reich ordered

"Yes, sir!"The pilots replied one after another.

36 carrier-based FW-190 fighter jets rushed towards the 44 F4F fighters of the Eagle Navy.

The remaining fighter jets covered a large number of dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft, and headed toward the Eagle Navy. Navy aircraft carrier pounced

"Da da da! Boom, boom, boom!"

A fierce air battle broke out, and the air defense fighters of the Eagle Navy were intercepted. Moreover, they were directly suppressed by the carrier-based FW-190 fighter jets of the Third Reich, causing heavy losses. It was impossible to intercept the ships of the Third Reich Navy. The mission of the aircraft carrier is so that the Eagle Navy can only rely on the anti-aircraft firepower on the warships to block the carrier-based aircraft of the Third Reich Navy.

However, the combat experience of the Eagle Navy is insufficient after all. In the use of aircraft carriers, even more It is far from comparable to the Third Reich. They do not have specialized air defense cruisers, and the layout of the aircraft carrier defense formation is also full of loopholes, unable to form a dense air defense firepower network. This naturally makes them unable to stop the Third Reich. The navy's carrier-based aircraft group attacked.

The overwhelming carrier-based aircraft group rushed towards the escort aircraft carrier of the Eagle Navy, preparing to launch aerial bombs and aerial torpedoes one by one.