"Phew!"
Almost every few seconds, a carrier-based FW-190 fighter jet takes off from an aircraft carrier. Especially those 'Sovereign-class' aircraft carriers all adopt bevel designs. If necessary, these fighters can even take off from two runways.
German Atlantic Fleet has eight aircraft carriers, namely four 'Sovereign-class' aircraft carriers and four 'Constellation-class' aircraft carriers. The 'Sovereign-class' aircraft carrier, plus spare aircraft, carries a total of 120 Carrier-based aircraft, fighter jets, Dive Bomber and Torpedo Bomber, forty each. The 'Constellation-class' aircraft carrier, including spare aircraft, carries a total of 103 Carrier-based aircraft, including 39 fighter jets, 38 Dive Bomber and 26 Torpedo Bomber.
After German Marine Corps captured Bermuda Islands, German Navy was preparing for the bombing of American Navy. Therefore, the deck of every aircraft carrier is filled with carrier-based fighter jets ready to take off.
After discovering the incoming United States fighter jet, these aircraft carriers responded immediately. One after another, carrier-based fighter jets took off, preparing to intercept the US military fleet.
"General, Americans is attacking in a big way this time! According to reports, the number of fighter planes dispatched by Americans is probably close to a thousand. A large part of them are heavy-duty Bomber, and the rest are fighter planes." George Lieutenant General Fredberg looked serious.
Although, Germany has long regarded United States as Germany's biggest opponent. Germany's generals also think so. However, now Americans dispatches nearly a thousand combat aircraft in any one operation. Apart from Germany, only United States can display such strength easily.
Admiral Rolf Kars nodded. "Those naval aircraft of Americans cannot directly pose a threat to Bermuda Islands due to their range. Therefore, these aircraft taking off should all be of US Army Air Corps. According to the intelligence we have obtained, the combat aircraft equipped by US Army Air Corps should be Among them, only P-51 fighter jets and B-17 heavy-duty Bomber can attack Bermuda Islands. Although they can bomb Bermuda Islands, they will not pose much of a threat to our ships. At most, we will have to fight with them. I would like to see how many aircraft and pilots they have to consume under our interception!
Indeed, if German Navy strengthens its defense against Bermuda Islands, this battle will evolve into a war of attrition. Those Bomber and long-range fighters of US Army Air Corps will suffer heavy losses under the interception of German Navy's Carrier-based Aircraft Unit. Even once the airport expansion on Germany on Bermuda Islands is completed and put into use. German Navy and the Air Force can deploy more fighters here, causing US Army Air Corps to pay greater losses.
In order to intercept US Army Air Corps's attack, German Atlantic Fleet and Mediterranean Fleet also went all out. Eight aircraft carriers took off almost all their fighter jets. Because they knew that the main forces of American Navy and British Navy were in the north, which was far away from United States's homeland, they didn't have to worry about being attacked by Dive Bomber and Torpedo Bomber from American Navy.
A total of 316 carrier-based FW-190 fighter jets were launched from eight aircraft carriers to attack US Army Air Corps.
At the same time, Mediterranean Fleet and five aircraft carriers were also taking off fighter jets. Mediterranean Fleet originally only had four 'Deutschland-class' aircraft carriers, but now one 'Sovereign-class' aircraft carrier has been added, which greatly increases the strength of Mediterranean Fleet.
The 'Deutschland-class' aircraft carrier carries 24 carrier-based fighter jets. There are forty carrier-based fighter jets on the aircraft carrier 'Sovereign-class'. Throughout Mediterranean Fleet, a total of 136 carrier-based fighter jets took off.
However, even so, German Atlantic Fleet and Mediterranean Fleet combined, there are only 452 carrier-based fighter jets taking off. In terms of number, it is even less than the five hundred P-51 fighter jets escorted by US Army Air Corps.
Not to mention, US Army Air Corps also has larger fighters, which can continuously take off more fighters to participate in the attack. Once German Navy and Carrier-based aircraft are lost, it is not so easy to replenish them.
Of course, the performance of German Navy's carrier-based FW-190 fighter is better than that of the P-51 fighter equipped by US Army Air Corps. Even more powerful in terms of firepower. The P-51 fighter jet is equipped with four 12.7mm aviation machine guns and four 7.62mm aviation machine guns. This certainly allows the P-51 fighter jet to have sustained firepower in air combat. However, the firepower of the P-51 fighter is not enough to deal with the enemy's heavy Bomber.
On the other hand, the German military FW-190 fighter and the carrier-based FW-190 fighter are equipped with two MG131 Heavy Machine Gun on the upper part of the nose engine, with a caliber of 13 mm. At the wing roots of the wings, each is equipped with an MG151 cannon with a caliber of 20 mm. In the wings, each is equipped with a MK108 cannon with a caliber of 30 mm. Such firepower is undoubtedly very fierce. It can not only cause a devastating blow to the enemy's fighter jets, but also pose a fatal threat to the enemy's Bomber. Even the heavy-duty Bomber cannot withstand the attack of a large-caliber cannon.
In addition, the Carrier-based aircraft pilots of German Navy are all elite pilots selected from among the outstanding pilots, and they are not comparable to the rookies of US Army Air Corps. Therefore, even if they are at a disadvantage in terms of the number of fighters, it is almost impossible for US Army Air Corps to gain an advantage in air combat.
German Navy These carrier-based FW-190 fighter jets began to increase their speed after taking off. They need to intercept the US Army Air Corps aircraft fleet as far away as possible from Bermuda Islands, so as to have enough time to shoot down the US Army Air Corps aircraft fleet and not give them the chance to fly over Bermuda Islands and drop bombs. Otherwise, the current anti-aircraft firepower on Bermuda Islands alone would not be able to stop the huge fleet of US Army Air Corps.
German Navy's carrier-based FW-190 fighter can reach a maximum speed of 760 kilometers per hour. Apart from the TA-152 fighter that is being mass-produced by German Air Force, it is definitely the fastest fighter in the world.
Half an hour later, German carrier-based aircraft group intercepted the fleet of US Army Air Corps over the sea area 250 kilometers away from Bermuda Islands. A large-scale air battle broke out.