"General, can our F4U fighter planes handle the German fighters?" Rear Admiral Corville asked.
Although Rear Admiral Corville could be considered a high-ranking American Navy officer, as the chief of staff of the Capital Ships formation, he had not had much contact with Carrier-based aircraft. Though he knew that the F4U fighter plane was the American Navy's most advanced fighter, he had no confidence in whether it could stand against the German Navy's advanced fighters. After all, the Germans were far too far ahead in aviation. Since the start of this World War, the German Navy had been crushing the aircraft of every other country in the world.
"I don't know either! I have to admit, the F4U fighter plane's specifications on paper are quite impressive. But whether it can contend with German aircraft will have to be proven in battle," Admiral Husband Kimmel said.
"May God bless us!" Rear Admiral Corville said.
Although the German Navy's land-based aircraft were somewhat closer to the American Capital Ships formation, the American Navy's Carrier-based aircraft could reach speeds of six hundred kilometers per hour. The German aircraft group, meanwhile, had to accommodate the Dive Bombers and Torpedo Bombers, and its maximum speed was less than four hundred kilometers per hour. Thus, before the German aircraft group arrived, the American Navy's Carrier-based aircraft intercepted them.
The German Navy's fighters had adopted an escort formation, with the fighters flying high above while the Bombers and Torpedo bombers remained below. This way, once they spotted the enemy, the fighters could immediately dive down to attack. However, the American Navy's F4U fighter planes were also flying at an altitude of over ten thousand meters. As a result, both sides' fighters spotted each other almost simultaneously.
"American aircraft spotted! Fighters, attack! Cover the Bombers and Torpedoes!" the