When an aircraft carrier launched its carrier-based aircraft, the fighters took off first. Fighters were the lightest and needed the shortest runway. They were followed by bombers and torpedo bombers.
The aircraft that took off first would not immediately fly away. Instead, they circled above the carriers and waited. Once all the carrier-based aircraft had taken off and completed their aerial formations, they would leave the airspace above the carriers and begin their attack mission.
One carrier-based aircraft after another took off from the aircraft carriers Vanguard and Victory. Dense formations of aircraft circled above the carriers, and the sight was undoubtedly breathtaking.
After the last carrier-based aircraft took off and the formation was completed, the vast air group flew southward.
"May God bless these boys!" Heinrich Marshal Prince murmured as he prayed to God. He not only hoped that these carrier-based aircraft could sink as many British warships as possible in battle, but also hoped that they could return safely.
Training a carrier-based aircraft pilot was no easy task. It could be said that every carrier-based aircraft pilot was a treasure of the German Navy. In the previous naval battle, the British fleet had possessed no anti-air weapons at all, allowing the pilots to drop their bombs leisurely without the slightest worry of being shot down. But this time was different. Having suffered bitterly last time, the British had installed quite a few anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns on their warships. For the carrier-based aircraft to launch their attacks easily and then withdraw safely would undoubtedly be extremely difficult.
Of course, where there was war, there would be death. That was unavoidable. The only thing they could do was probably win the war at the smallest possible cost. This was also what the German Navy had always been