The German Atlantic Fleet, Pacific Fleet, and Indian Ocean Fleet began launching carrier-based aircraft one after another. In the battle to intercept the Island Nation Navy's carrier-based aircraft group, the German Navy's carrier-based fighters suffered some losses. However, the losses were not severe and did not greatly affect the fleets' strength.
In the first wave of attacks, each of the German Navy's six Sovereign-class aircraft carriers launched 12 carrier-based FW-190 fighters, 18 Dive Bombers, and 18 Torpedo Bombers. Each of the eight Constellation-class aircraft carriers launched 12 carrier-based FW-190 fighters, 18 Dive Bombers, and 12 Torpedo Bombers. The two Kaiser Wilhelm class aircraft carriers each launched 6 carrier-based FW-190 fighters, 12 Dive Bombers, and 12 Torpedo Bombers.
This gave the German Navy's first attack wave 170 carrier-based FW-190 fighters, 276 Dive Bombers, and 192 Attackers. The entire carrier-based aircraft group numbered 638 aircraft.
Clearly, although the German Navy had committed only 16 aircraft carriers to this battle, five fewer than the Island Nation Navy's Combined Fleet with its 21 aircraft carriers, the number of carrier-based aircraft it had thrown into the attack was fifty percent greater than the Island Nation Navy's.
The enormous aircraft formation flew west, heading straight for the Combined Fleet's position.
When the Island Nation Navy's Combined Fleet detected the massive German aircraft formation on its air-search Radar, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's expression changed drastically. He immediately ordered all of their air-defense fighters to take off and meet the enemy.
However, the entire Combined Fleet had only 150 air-defense fighters left, fewer than the escort fighters in the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft group. Intercepting such a massive German carrier-based aircraft group was practically impossible.
When the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft group was 120 kilometers from the Combined Fleet, the carrier-based aircraft of both sides erupted into battle.
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