"Sir, the anti-aircraft firepower of the Germany people is too fierce. It is very difficult to hit their Capital Ships! Our Carrier-based aircraft have suffered too much loss." said a US military squadron leader.
"Yes, each of their warships has dense air defense firepower. If we want to attack their Capital Ships, we need to break through their dense air defense firepower network. This makes our Carrier-based aircraft very easy to be shot down." Another squadron leader also said.
"We must first sink the warships outside their Capital Ships, tear apart their anti-aircraft firepower network, and then launch an attack." A squadron leader suggested.
US and British Navy's Carrier-based aircraft Commander adopted this suggestion. "Attention, all aircraft, first kill the escort warships on the periphery of Germany's Capital Ships, and then concentrate firepower to attack the core Capital Ships!"
However, it is too late to adopt this tactic now.
Although, the total number of Carrier-based aircrafts in the first wave of US and British Navys taking off reached 648. However, they suffered heavy losses under the interception of German Navy's carrier-based fighter jets. More than three hundred Carrier-based aircrafts were shot down by German Navy carrier-based fighters. Moreover, the Carrier-based aircraft lost are mainly Dive Bomber and Torpedo Bomber. This severely weakens the sea strike capability of US and British Navy and Carrier-based aircraft.
During the attack on the Capital Ships formation of German Home Fleet, a large number of Carrier-based aircraft were shot down by the fleet's anti-aircraft firepower. This further weakened their strength. Even if the correct tactics are adopted now, it will be very difficult to be effective.
When US and British Navy's Carrier-based aircraft group violently Encirclement Offensive German Home Fleet's Capital Ships formation, German Navy's carrier-based fighters had already begun to intercept their second wave of aircraft groups.
In the previous battle to intercept the first wave of aircraft groups, dozens of German Navy's carrier-based fighter jets were lost. The total number dropped to about two hundred and seventy. Facing the 612 Carrier-based aircraft in the second wave of US and British Navy, they are undoubtedly at a complete disadvantage in terms of quantity. However, except for the 231 F4U fighter plane in the second wave of US and British Navy, all the rest are SBD2 dive bomber and TBD torpedo bomber. These Bomber and Torpedo bomber will only be slaughtered in front of the German military carrier-based fighter jets.
A fierce air battle ensued, with fighter planes from both sides engaging in a brutal life-and-death struggle. Fighters were constantly being hit and falling towards the sea. But in general, Carrier-based aircraft of US and British Navy still accounted for the majority of those shot down, while German Navy's carrier-based fighters were shot down much less.
but. German Navy's carrier-based fighters had already engaged in a fierce fight before, which caused them to consume a lot of ammunition and fuel. This caused them to withdraw from the battle in advance during the second battle because many carrier-based fighters were about to run out of ammunition and fuel.
But even so, their interception still caused great losses to the Carrier-based aircraft group of US and British Navy. A large number of Carrier-based aircraft were shot down, which greatly reduced their attack strength, and the threat posed to German Navy's fleet was also greatly weakened.
"Boom! Boom!"
A destroyer of German Navy was attacked by Encirclement Offensive of the Carrier-based aircraft group of US and British Navy. Although the anti-aircraft firepower on the destroyer was firing crazily, other warships around it were also doing their best to support it. However, this German Navy destroyer still failed to persist among Encirclement Offensive.
Two heavy-duty aircraft Armor-piercing Shell weighing one thousand pounds hit him one after another. The violent explosion caused the destroyer to be enveloped in flames and thick smoke. The hull structure was severely damaged in the explosion, and seawater poured into the hull crazily. Soon, the destroyer was sunk.
The sinking of a destroyer may be nothing to German Navy. However, one link of the air defense network was knocked out. US and British Navy's Carrier-based aircraft group can launch an attack on the cruisers in the inner layer of the fleet from here.
Although, American and British fleets's Carrier-based aircraft group was continuously shot down by intensive air defense firepower during the attack. But after paying a heavy price, they still sank several German Navy destroyers and cruisers. As a result, many loopholes appeared in the originally perfect air defense firepower. Carrier-based aircraft of US and British Navy took advantage of these vulnerabilities to launch an attack on Capital Ships at the core.
"Torpedo, found Torpedo on the starboard side, lamented the avoidance!"
The sailors on the starboard side of the "Weisenberg" Battlecruiser found several Torpedo rushing towards them quickly and immediately raised the alarm.
The huge Battlecruiser immediately started an emergency turn. However, it was still a step too late.
Among the several Torpedo, most of them were avoided. But two Torpedo hit the middle and stern of the Battlecruiser respectively.
The warhead of Heavy Torpedo exploded violently, and the huge power tore apart the waterline armor of Battlecruiser. Sea water poured into Battlecruiser like crazy.
Damage control personnel immediately carried out damage control in order to plug the loophole. However, it later turned out that this was all in vain. As a last resort, the damage control personnel had no choice but to close Watertight Compartment to prevent the seawater pouring into the ship from further spreading to other compartments.
But even so, because too much water entered the battleship, the hull tilted slightly, and the performance of the battleship was greatly affected.
"Well done, if we work harder, we can sink Germany's Capital Ships in one fell swoop!"
However, despite the fierce attack of US and British Navy's Carrier-based aircraft group, the German Home Fleet Capital Ships formation suffered heavy losses. Some Capital Ships destroyers and cruisers were sunk, and even Capital Ships was injured. However, their first fleet also suffered heavy losses. Almost all the Carrier-based aircrafts have used up their bombs and Torpedos, and there is no way to cause more damage to the Capital Ships formations of German Home Fleets.
"Asshole, return immediately, refill fuel and ammunition, and then attack again. Next time, we must sink all the warships of the Germany people!" Carrier-based aircraft Commander of US and British Navy ordered.
However, they didn't seem to realize that there were not many Carrier-based aircraft left in their first wave of fleets. There were originally a huge fleet of 648 Carrier-based aircrafts, but now there are only more than 150 aircraft left. The rest of Carrier-based aircraft have been shot down in the fierce battle. Such losses were undoubtedly huge compared to the results they had achieved.