stonecrandall Chapter 593
Chapter 593
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: 0.043s Scan: 0.025sLütjens did not take any risks, but immediately sent a telegram to inform Nimitz behind him, asking him for help!
After receiving the telegram, Nimitz immediately sent a telegram to Spruance, asking him to lead the Tirpitz and the other four Scharnhorst-class battleships to approach the two aircraft carriers, acting as escorts for the aircraft carrier fleet and protecting their safety!
The location of Spruance’s fleet was about 200 kilometers behind Lütjens, not far from Nimitz’s aircraft carrier formation. After receiving the telegram, he immediately approached Nimitz, so at about ten o’clock in the morning, the aircraft carrier fleet and Spruance’s battleship division successfully approached.
At this time, the Battle of the North Sea had already begun.
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Da da da!
The oncoming fierce machine gun fire caught the British fighter plane that had just emerged from the clouds off guard. It was immediately hit by the machine gun flames and sparks flew everywhere. It plunged headfirst into the sea with two black smoke!
This was the second enemy plane that the two German seaplanes shot down with the cover of clouds and fog.
The two British fighters did not find the second German reconnaissance plane at the beginning. In order to prevent the first seaplane from escaping, they took a split approach and planned to chase and intercept the Germans from two different directions, leaving them nowhere to hide.
This tactic cost them a heavy price!
When the two German pilots used the radio to contact each other and determined the battle plan, the British pilots had no idea that a huge danger was hidden in the low-altitude clouds.
So when the first seaplane led them towards the clouds, they thought the other side was going to repeat the old trick and rush into the clouds to avoid their pursuit. So, not only did they not have any defense, they even took the initiative to speed up and rushed over.
So, the second seaplane hidden in the clouds easily put a British carrier-based fighter in the crosshairs, and a fierce strafing immediately destroyed the plane!
At this time, another fatal flaw of the British army was exposed.
The two German seaplanes were equipped with radio communication equipment at this time. The pilots could directly shout to each other, formulate tactics, assign tasks and cooperate with each other.
Without this artifact, it would be impossible for the two German seaplanes to cooperate with each other in such a short time and formulate an ambush using clouds and fog, so as to have the strength to fight against British fighters.
On the other side of them, the British Air Force, as their opponent, was not equipped with radio at this time.
In fact, the equipment of aerial radio communication equipment in various countries had to wait until after 1936. In the Banya Civil War, the German army took the lead in equipping the B-109 fighter with this advanced communication equipment, which made the German fighter’s performance in the air significantly better than that of other countries. Therefore, Western European countries with conditions followed suit and soon equipped their troops with these things.
However, countries with relatively backward technology, such as Jiaoben, did not gradually equip their troops with aerial radio communication devices until after 1942.
When Jiaoben launched a surprise attack on the Eagle Sauce in December 194, there was no such communication equipment between fighter planes, so the combat command had to rely on backward flares to complete. This resulted in the Japanese army completing the attack on the Eagle Sauce’s main battleship in Pearl Harbor, but failed to attack the oil storage tanks in the port, so Pearl Harbor did not lose its ability to serve as a military port.
It was only 1928, and it would take some time for countries to have large-scale radios, so the British did not have such a thing. When the first plane was attacked, it was unable to pass on the information of the attack to its friendly forces, causing the second British fighter plane to be defenseless and fall into the trap of the Germans, ending up with the same fate as the lead plane.
The German pilots were very excited to kill two enemy planes in the same way.
“These John guys always say that we are dull and don’t know how to adapt, but I didn’t expect that they are even duller than us.
A stone tripped them twice.
Hahahaha, I will brag about it when I go back.
I am also an ace pilot who shot down two fighter planes!
” The pilot of the seaplane in charge of the ambush was very excited.
They usually did dirty work such as reconnaissance and patrol.
Unexpectedly, one day they even played a cameo role as a fighter and completed a double kill.
How could he not be excited and excited?
“Come on, I heard that the standard for an ace pilot is to shoot down five fighter planes. You only shot down two, you are still far from it!”
“Tsk, what does it matter? There are only three of them. According to the performance of the British army, I think the three are not far away. Besides, the two fighter planes are also the best among seaplanes, right? Among hundreds of seaplane pilots, who can shoot down more fighter planes than me?”
That’s true. Other seaplanes can only get beaten when they see fighter planes. It is impossible to achieve the result of shooting down enemy planes. Therefore, the two planes are at least the aces among seaplane pilots!
“Let’s go back quickly, the fleet should be transferred soon!”
With the appearance of the British aircraft carrier, Lütjens’ fleet must stay away from the British fleet to prevent being attacked by torpedo planes and bombers on the aircraft carrier.
“Well, okay, but before that, let’s take down those two tankers first!”
The weight that a seaplane can carry under its wings is not large, but it is no problem to carry a 10-kilogram bomb.
Coupled with the thousands of machine gun bullets stored on the plane, even if the enemy cannot be sunk, they can still be riddled with holes.
So, the two planes joined forces and rushed towards the tanker not far away! There were no weapons on the tanker at all, so their position was at the rear of the fleet, which was originally very safe. It was difficult for the enemy to threaten them from the sea.
But unfortunately, what they encountered was not an attack from the sea, but a bombing from the air!
So, after the two seaplanes appeared, the people on the tanker immediately panicked, running and jumping on the deck like headless flies, and some people even abandoned the ship and jumped into the sea in despair!
Da da da!
The two seaplanes first fired a burst of shots, beating the crew on the deck into a mess, with corpses everywhere, and then aimed at the oil tanks on the tanker and dropped bombs under their wings.
Boom boom
With two loud bangs, the oil tank exploded immediately. The scorching heat hit the oil in the tank, and immediately produced an even more earth-shattering bang – Boom!
The huge fireball that soared into the sky and the huge shock wave generated by the explosion of thousands of tons of fuel affected the British warships within a few kilometers.
Countless soldiers watched this scene in fear, looking at the huge sparks and billowing smoke in the distance!
“The enemy must have an aircraft carrier nearby, and we must destroy them!”
Rearing the air raid alert, Major General Holland looked very unhappy. From just now to now, a lot of unexpected situations have occurred one after another, which made him feel that something was not good!
“Leave one battleship to protect the aircraft carrier, and the other battleships will follow me at full speed to sink the enemy’s aircraft carrier and prevent them from continuing to bomb me!”
PS: I will resume updating today. I owe four chapters in total. Ten chapters will be updated today! _