Chapter 2199 The 1st Aircraft Carrier Attack 1

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Both sides discovered their opponents almost at the same time, and when Betty sent out his first wave of aircraft, Count Spey was also using the last time to adjust the defense. Now the two sides were getting closer. Therefore, the earl decisively ordered the fleet to change direction and maneuver to the north, gradually widening the distance. At the same time, the first batch of aircraft released by the USS Independence aircraft carrier were already hovering over the fleet. Together with the seaplanes of the Allied fleet, they formed an anti-air defense system. The second wave of aircraft is being prepared on the deck of the aircraft carrier!

"Let the Independence come in. We will do our best to ensure their safety, even if we lose a battleship." Count Spey gave the order. After much deliberation, the earl believed that it would be safer to let the Independence enter its own air defense cover. After all, there are 16 destroyers and 8 battleships around the fleet. There are still a lot of anti-aircraft artillery and machine guns on it, and as the largest ship in the fleet, An important air defense and reconnaissance force, the value of the Independence is indeed much more important than a fast battleship!

So, in the next ten minutes or so, Count Spee set up the world's first anti-aircraft wheel formation according to Ruprecht's theoretical guidance! And this anti-aircraft wheel formation has two layers! 18 destroyers constitute the outermost defense of this air defense array, with 8 fast battleships in the middle, and the American aircraft carrier Independence at the core. Looking at the Allied fleet, Sims The vanity of others has been greatly satisfied.

In the air, an air defense network composed of dozens of fighter jets and seaplanes has also been deployed. The Americans have deployed 40 aircraft for high-altitude and medium-altitude interception, while the seaplanes of the Allied fleet and a small number of American fighter jets are responsible for medium- and low-altitude interception. Torpedo planes designed to deal with the British. In the end, there was a squadron of fighters responsible for picking up the final leaks. And if the British attack fleet is lucky enough to pass through the fighter interception network, the fighter jets will no longer intercept, and the interception task will be handed over to the fleet's anti-aircraft guns. This is also to avoid accidental damage. After all, in World War II, anti-aircraft artillery operators had a headache with identification of friend or foe, let alone now...

As for whether this prevention and control system that combines the historical experience and lessons from World War II is easy to use? Even if Ruprecht were to evaluate this, it would be impossible to say for sure. After all, there is something called the limitation of history. The technology trees of radio communication and anti-aircraft artillery technology have not been opened yet. This system can only plug the logical loopholes as much as possible. As for the actual combat effect, it depends on the situation.

But fortunately, the opposite side is not as good as the Germans! The Germans at least know that the best fleet air defense formation is the wheel formation. They know that when it comes to air defense, both medium-altitude bombers and low-altitude torpedo aircraft must be taken into account. After knowing that it has entered the range of anti-aircraft artillery, the fighter jets forcibly intercepting it are just adding chaos. But what do the British know?

To be honest, in this era when engines are still pretty rubbish, the sea attack capability of single-engine aircraft is very weak. This is the case for the Germans and the same for the British. So Ruprecht only used the aircraft carrier as a means of last-ditch damage, and the British originally thought so too, but in actual combat, if they were not careful, they would use it as the main means of attack!

There are some problems with how much to use strategically, but what about tactically? Attacking fixed targets on the ground requires close cooperation from the crew, not to mention that you are attacking a high-speed, high-protection battleship? Attacking the sea has always been more difficult than attacking the ground, whether in modern times or in the future. The establishment and training conditions of the British aircraft carrier fleet were later than those of Germany. But at the tactical level, it still remains on the basis of everyone swarming together. The fit is very limited. As for sequential fighter suppression, bomber follow-up, and then torpedo planes striking left and right with lightning strikes or something like that? This thing is too complicated,

Let’s spare Betty…. After all, the only large-scale sea attack by the British Air Force was the attack launched by Marshal Trenchard against the German fleet in Constantinople and other ports. The Germans apparently had more attacks on Russian ships in the Baltic Sea and were more experienced.

So at 5:30 in the afternoon, the British attack aircraft group finally met the German fleet! "It's a German destroyer." The two leading Dujuan T1 torpedo planes first encountered the warning destroyers on the periphery of the German fleet. However, they did not attack these little guys. They wanted to throw limited ammunition onto the battleships. At this time, these destroyers on guard were about 12 kilometers away from the German main fleet. Their advance warning gave the fleet over the German fleet about 20 minutes to prepare.

"We saw the German fleet. They formed a strange formation, like two concentric circles. All the battleships of the Spey fleet are here and are sailing north!"

"Oh God, we encountered a German fleet. There are too many of them! Damn it, they won't use all the aircraft for air defense, right?" At this time, the British aircraft used for guidance had already entered the battlefield in advance. the edge of.

"The German fleet is like a giant hamburger. They are constantly circling over the fleet and never leave the area 15 kilometers away from the fleet. There are planes at mid- and high-altitudes, and there are also planes at low-altitudes. They are like two huge slices of bread. The fleet, and their fleet is like a beef patty in the middle of Hamburg. The number of German aircraft exceeded our imagination, and was not even much less than the fleet we attacked." A pilot named George recalled the scene at that time.

Faced with the strict air defense system deployed by the Germans, the British decisively attacked! There is no way, we have to do A, there is not enough fuel left, there is no time for the British to hesitate.

A squadron of British fighter jets rushed forward decisively, and then were entangled by fighter jets that were no less numerous than their own. The heroic behavior of the former covered the follow-up attack group and broke into the German air defense circle for about 2 kilometers. Then, more than 50 bombers and torpedoes remained. The plane collided with more than 30 fighter jets!

"Keep formation! Cover each other!" the captain of the 1st Bomber Squadron said loudly, looking at the rapidly approaching German fighter jets in the distance. (Although the U.S. Navy participated in the war, it did not declare war after all, so in order to avoid trouble, they still used the German Navy paint.) In fact, in World War 1, more than 90% of the ground output was double-engine and double-engine. The above bombers fought, and twin-engine aircraft usually used box formation to cover each other to ensure their own safety. Then, the British decisively applied this tactic to single-engine aircraft. As for what the specific results will be? The battle later will tell everyone the answer!

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