Bismarck

As their battleship, how could she not take Enterprise seriously?

Looking at the angry company in front of him, Fletcher's smile turned into a wry one:

"As for reducing losses, that's up to Sarah. Sarah, guide the air fleet to attack, let the dive bombers and missile bombers grasp the time difference, and ensure that our infrared seeker missiles can threaten their air defense circle before the dive bombers enter the range of their anti-aircraft guns... Can we do this?"

"No problem!" Saratoga took a step forward and nodded seriously.

The company on the other side thought about it, snorted slightly, took a half step back, and said no more.

After all, she knew very well that Fletcher's order was completely correct. Antiaircraft guns required very dense and fierce firepower to pose a serious threat to the attacking aircraft. However, such fierce shooting was inevitably accompanied by equally fierce muzzle smoke. For infrared missiles, the temperature and density of such muzzle smoke were not as simple as turning on a searchlight at night.

Although since the Battle of Wake Island, the Japanese Combined Fleet had been forced to attack in groups with its absolute numerical advantage of ten aircraft carriers, and the US fleet, which had only four aircraft carriers at the time and two of its ship mothers were not well trained, and the US fleet, which had been unable to switch to the wartime production system, was completely unable to counterattack. Even the entire Solomon Islands, including Guadalcanal Island, was attacked by the opposite side's Ghost King Kong, who brought the world's most elite mine warfare team, using German-imported radar and sonar, and under the cover of 356 cannons, they spread out a torpedo net that searched the mountains and picked up the sea, and directly caught the main heavy cruiser force of the US Pacific Fleet and the entire Solomon Islands! Finally, under the air superiority of the Zaku at the Guadalcanal Airport, the two aircraft carriers, Sarah and Sarah, were forced to have no choice but to shrink to the Samoa Islands, which were also protected by island bases hundreds of kilometers away. In addition to immersing themselves in training so that they could avenge their previous shame in the future, they could only look at the Solomon Islands in the northwest unwillingly and shed tears secretly.

But now, with the attention of the US top brass, and the addition of Essex, a sister who basically never speaks but has excellent air control capabilities, and a large number of anti-ship missiles, the combat effectiveness is much stronger than before! ——Although, the first enemy after the strengthening is not their mortal enemy, the Japanese Combined Fleet, but the "Evil Fleet" with great military exploits on the other side of the American continent in the Atlantic Ocean!

Although they are all ship girls like herself, she - and they - don't think of themselves as evil spirits!

If something has harmed the free world so inhumanely, what else can we call it if not evil spirit?

She had no complaints about dealing with the German "kind". The only thing she was dissatisfied with was that there were four shipgirls on the opposite side. Although her fleet was the strongest in the entire US Navy in terms of attack power, she was still a little worried about facing such an opponent.

Fortunately, the opponent's "Edelweiss Witch" had been restrained by the bald eagle raised by Essex, a good sister who dyed her hair and became ⑨, in the previous air battle! Although the GR-186 without the Edelweiss Witch was also an ace squadron with outstanding military achievements, they had Gaga's command and would not be afraid of the opponent in the fight.

Not to mention, the Cornwall base and the fleet of the British allies are now attacking the Germans. By the time our aircraft arrives at the battlefield, it will be a question of how many German planes will still be able to take to the sky to fight!

"We are really lucky. We can secure air superiority right from the start. I just don't know how efficient McCluskey, Best and Fleming are in dropping bombs. ... Hehe~ If we can destroy their aircraft carriers with one strike, no matter how powerful the remaining evil battleships are, I'm afraid they won't be able to go out to sea anymore, right?"

As early as 6 years ago, when the New Asia Anglo-American Greylanga Federation Company (State) Guards Army was in operation, the name LuckE(X) was already designated as the "lucky small company (first generation sailing ship)". The CV- Enterprise VII, which has been passed down for seven generations, has already "designated" to turn this inexplicable luck into an attacking power that never misses a shot.

Although no one can explain why this happened. Maybe it was God's blessing...?

(Enterprise B skill: LuckE (X) - read as Lucky EX, written as Critical EX)

As the lucky Enterprise VII was praying subconsciously in his heart, a huge fleet of eighty fighters and two hundred bombers, under the guidance of Saratoga, the pioneer of aviation tactics, was flying higher and higher and farther in the moonlit night sky.

However, at this moment...

"Fletcher, Fletcher, this is Halsey!... Emergency report! Sixty to seventy high-speed targets flew past me and headed towards you! The speed was 760, suspected to be their heavy anti-ship missiles! Their target signal was too small, and I found their distance too late, and electronic interference was ineffective... The missile just passed by me, and my position is only 70 kilometers away from you! It's urgent! ! ..."

Suddenly, a warning from Rear Admiral Halsey, the commander of the high-speed fleet ahead, came over the radio at the combat command center CIC, sounding as angry as a bull.

Moreover, Halsey's bull-like voice made it clear to everyone: the missile traveling at 760 kilometers per hour was only 70 kilometers (five minutes of cricket time) away from him...? !

"What are you still standing there for! Sound the air defense emergency alarm! Turn on the electronic jammer!"

Before Fletcher could react, Enterprise, whose thoughts were interrupted, jumped up anxiously.

She couldn't help but be anxious!

Halsey's electronic jamming was ineffective, which meant that either the Germans used mid-course inertial guidance/terminal active radar, or this round of German missile salvos was guided by the Ship Girl - the former was still easy to say, but as for the latter, missiles guided by the Ship Girl were not so easy to destroy!

"Tsk, those local guys are so slow in developing a new missile..."

Under Intel Price's complaints, the US aircraft carrier fleet was in a panic amid the shrill air defense alarms.

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"Those of you on the landing strip, get out of the way immediately - and also, get me another fully fueled plane right away!"

Accompanied by Zeppelin's cool female voice, a BF-109 fighter jet accurately hooked its tail hook on the arresting cable in a landing posture that was even more textbook-like than a textbook. Then, after the ground crew removed the hook, the fighter jet slowly folded its wings and slid to the taxiway area.

Behind her, more and more fighters have formed a neat square formation above the three aircraft carriers, lowering their altitudes one by one in a spiral descent. At this moment, the commander of the three aircraft carriers in the aircraft carrier formation, Rear Admiral Bangtai, is supervising his air traffic controllers in the command room, assigning the landing order of the carrier-based aircraft on the three aircraft carriers - at the same time, he is also returning the pilots who "boarded the wrong ship" in the previous chaos of the air battle to their original positions.

Three aircraft carriers sailed against the wind together, and landing could only rely on the unified air traffic control measures of the fleet - although this system had been installed as early as when Zeppelin was in service, and there were records of joint operations with other friendly air forces in previous actual combat. However, commanding the aircraft of multiple aircraft carriers to land together was the first time for Bontai and Zeppelin herself.

Although, he had seen this kind of thing before when communicating with the Kumets Fleet, with which relations had eased, and even when communicating with the Japanese Combined Fleet in Ceylon. Moreover, the extremely ambitious Zeppelin had always believed that she would not only command one aircraft carrier, and had also conducted simulated training for the air traffic controllers on his ship, so he was not completely ignorant of this.

The rounds of air strikes from the British Cornwall base and the Home Fleet had already passed. Fortunately, due to the sufficient air force - including the Egon Meyer Squadron of the JG-2 Wing that came from the homeland to reinforce, there were as many as aircraft in the cover group on our side! In addition, he and Bonte jointly commanded well, while Bismarck and Tirpitz dragged Kumetz's "area air defense" and used the main guns to disperse the aircraft group. Even if there were missiles that broke through by chance, there was still Eugen commanding the aircraft carrier frigate group to conduct electronic interference!

A battlecruiser, a heavy cruiser, two pocket battleships, and six destroyers, this scale of interference directly deceived the few remaining missiles, making them dizzy and falling into the sea in a daze.

Thirty-seven enemy aircraft were shot down, and the remaining aircraft were completely dispersed and could not pose a threat. Although the enemy also lost 27 fighters, none of the surface ships, including the destroyers, suffered serious damage! Although there were still a few that were hit, they still reported that the damage was not serious and they could continue to fight!

This is great news!

However, even so, the situation remains serious.

An aircraft carrier has to launch planes against the wind, but here, close to the entrance of the English Channel, the wind is westerly (just saying), so an aircraft carrier launching planes back and forth is equivalent to running back and forth, and basically does not move much distance.

After repelling two waves of attacks from the enemy, all the planes, including the Edelweiss, had basically used up their ammunition and fuel, and were waiting in a long line to land for supplies. Although the three aircraft carriers under Bonte's command had taken advantage of the air battle to pull up three fighter squadrons and take off to take over the air defense, these three squadrons were already the last thirty fighters of the three aircraft carriers of the entire German War Navy surface fleet!

The American aircraft carriers have not taken action yet - but with their speed being seven knots faster than their own fleet, Zeppelin, Captain Bonte, Commander Lütjens and the dead cat beside the commander, all know that they have entered the opponent's air attack range!

Although it was just a single encounter, the strength of the US aircraft carrier was very strong! Whether it was the ace pilots, tactical coordination, or air combat command, they were not inferior to her at all!

The Brest Fortress is believed to have been bombed, and even if reinforcements can be squeezed out, they will not be too many! The enemy has five aircraft carriers, and the full-deck attack has been prepared for a long time. If you calculate it casually, the single dispatch rate is at least more than 200!

And there is also an American pilot who has achieved the same state of man-machine integration as himself...!

No matter where you fall, you can’t fall at your doorstep!!!

That’s what she worried about, and that’s what she did!

Zeppelin jumped off his plane, but he did not plan to run to the bridge, but ran to the stern without hesitation. There, a BF-109 fighter loaded with oil bombs was being pushed onto the take-off line from the standby area by the ground crew.

This was something she had asked Bangtai and the ground crew to leave for her using her special privileges as the squadron commander!

Only if she goes into battle herself, will she be able to fight against the three American warships and two other aircraft carriers!

The gloves, still white, creaked as she gripped them!

This is the responsibility of being an iron-blooded aircraft carrier, and also the excitement that belongs only to the overlord of the sky!

She is not a vase! She is the Zeppelin aircraft carrier, which shot down 432 aircraft alone, and the carrier-based aircraft wing collectively shot down more than 4,000 aircraft!

In the past, she had single-handedly held up the protective umbrella in the sky for the entire fleet, but this time, it was up to her to continue spreading her iron-blooded wings to protect her sisters who were ship girls or warships!

No matter what, she, like the other ships in this fleet, is a battleship of the German Kriegsmarine!

The pure white edelweiss flapped its wings again and flew into the dark night sky. Under the waning moon, in the far southwest, a large fleet of aircraft that blocked out the sky and the sun, with hatred for the “aircraft carrier formation being attacked by missiles and suffering heavy losses”, was also accelerating towards the direction of the German fleet!

Leading the way was none other than the captain of the AG-15 carrier-based aircraft wing, and Amber's companion, David McCampbell!

Chapter 847: Make trouble, right click to make trouble

At 2:30 a.m., the crescent moon was high in the sky.

Under the cold moonlight, the black shadows of the fighter planes rose and unfolded in the cold wind of the North Atlantic.

Graf, Buckhorn, and Walter Engels, who was originally a bomber group captain and a dive bomber ace but was now forced to switch to flying FW-190 and shot down seven planes, and the three fighter squadrons and thirty planes led by the three of them - these three squadrons that were not fully staffed were the last fighter units on the three German aircraft carriers!

An early warning command fighter flew up from the Zeppelin aircraft carrier and chased after the enemy aircraft in the sky. Through Zeppelin's sweep, all the information about the enemy aircraft that was neither near nor far was displayed in front of her.

"All fighters, follow my instructions: There is an enemy aircraft group directly ahead, 180 kilometers away - about fighters, kilometers above sea level; bombers, kilometers above sea level. All of you climb, and we expect to engage in battle in minutes..."

After hearing the enemy's report and confirming the enemy's absolute numerical advantage, even the battle-hardened GR-186 Squadron couldn't remain calm.

There were as many as eighty fighter planes in the opposing U.S. fleet! Not to mention, the commander of the Zeppelin wing had personally confirmed that among the five U.S. aircraft carriers, there were actually three "people who were similar to me—not only were their command abilities not weaker than mine, but their pilots were not much worse than yours, and there was even a super ace who could compete with me!"

Zeppelin, who was chasing from behind, was somewhat unhappy about revealing his identity in public, but it was also the commander's responsibility to explain the situation clearly to his subordinates. If he did not make the serious enemy situation clear, given the numerical disadvantage and the carelessness in underestimating the enemy, there would be no need to fight this battle!

Even if he is a super ace, as long as he is separated from the command of air traffic control, he can only observe the view directly in front of him with the search radar in the night battle, which is also pitch black - in fact, whether it is Zeppelin or her subordinates, their performance in the repeated confrontations that night was far superior to theirs. The secret of Spitfire Jushiro and "Aquarius", isn't it relying on her Zeppelin's command?

However, after so many years, everyone already knew her true identity very well, and no one was making any weird comments.

For example, "Oh - you are not a human being anymore, JOJO."

However, perhaps everyone is already very nervous at this time.

After all, the opponents this time are three "people similar to me" plus one "ace against me"!

Moreover, it would be fine if the pilots’ quality and command ability could match mine.

However, the current situation is that the aircraft groups of five aircraft carriers are fighting against their own three understaffed squadrons with only 31 aircraft!

If we can't disperse them from as far away as possible...

However, the enemy has three times more fighter planes than us, so how can this be easy? ?

Even the three captain-level super aces, whose hands were holding the joysticks, were now full of sweat!

It's not okay to go to the alley in such a tense state...

Gerhard Buckhorn, a battle-hardened and tough man, rolled his eyes and uttered a cold joke:

"Instructor, if the pilot on the other side can fight you, would you like to seduce him? I think this is a good match, a talented man and a beautiful woman."

"Shut up!" Qi Bolin was stunned, and immediately shouted in a low voice in annoyance.

However, her words "shut up" triggered a good-natured laugh from the radio's public channel.

"You guys..." Hearing this burst of laughter, Qi Bolin's face turned red with anger.

"There's nothing we can do. Everyone is too nervous, so instructor, please make a sacrifice and let everyone relax."

A certain wicked Buckhorn sold out his own squadron leader without realizing it.

Zeppelin was Spartan on the spot, so if you want to relax, don't tease her.

"Still laughing! If you laugh again, I'll drag you back and make you practice more!"

Hearing the gritting of teeth from their wing commander, all the pilots smiled knowingly at the same time.

So the instructor is actually very cute and can be flirted with at any time.

After all, sometimes it feels great to see an iceberg suddenly break.

As for going back to practice more...

We would say that the reason they tease you, the squadron leader, is because they think, "At least I've teased my own squadron leader, so I'll have something to brag about even if I go on the road," right?

How many people can go back this time? I believe everyone still has some idea of ​​ac in their hearts. There is a captain-like person on the opposite side, not to mention their own aces. How did their captain beat their previous aces?

Although it's not that tense anymore, the enemy is still there.

At least you have to be happy when you set out on the journey, only then can you be considered a real man.

No?

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At the same time, the US aircraft carrier task force on the other side had just escaped from the embarrassment of the missile attack.

"Jia Jia, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. Tsk...Luckily I drained all the fuel from the gasoline pipeline just now, otherwise I would have been in danger..."

Saratoga, covering her arms, looked at the two holes on her hull from which thick smoke was emitting, and her mentality was a little exploded.

Even though this round of missile strikes was not as "precisely targeted" as the last round that almost destroyed all British aircraft carriers, even with the cover of electronic jamming, the feeling of being attacked by sixty or seventy missiles at once was not pleasant.

They were hit by two bullets, Yorktown and Hornet were hit by one bullet each, two escorting destroyers sank and one was damaged. Although Enterprise and Essex were not damaged, the work of preparing for the second wave of attack was also affected.

At the very least, the second attack wave would not be able to take off until after 4 a.m., and the original plan for the five aircraft carriers to launch a hundred-plus attack squadrons from their half-decks was reduced to only two aircraft carriers launching thirty or forty aircraft from their half-decks...

Moreover, it is really confusing that a ship girl like me was hit by two anti-ship missiles...

Saratoga looked down at her legs with some depression. She didn't know why, but she always felt that her legs would give her a fall at the critical moment.

Especially when he saw his two sisters were safe and sound but looking at him with worried eyes, his mentality exploded even more.

However, now is not the time to complain about this - although she is seriously injured now, she can still be a good command ship.

"Alright, alright, stop looking at me. We are about to fight the Germans. Enterprise, dumplings, get ready to fight!"

"Everyone listen to my command: There are 190 enemy planes, 109 kilometers away. ... Two teams of FW-4s are at an altitude of kilometers, and one team of BF-s is at an altitude of kilometers. They are still climbing. McCampbell continues to climb and seize the altitude. Thatch takes two squadrons to cover the bombers. The FUs should speed up. The bomber group should maintain the same altitude and break through!"

"understand!"

Under Saratoga's remote control command, the US warships and fighter planes also began to climb one after another. In terms of maneuverability and climbing ability, the F6F and BF-109 can be said to be evenly matched, and even have a slight advantage in high speed and maneuverability.

The only problem is that the F4U Corsair is a bit of a bummer - it has average climbs, average maneuvers, and can't even compete with the BF-109 in dives. It's OK to roll, but it's easy to stall when rolling. The only thing that's acceptable is the maximum speed of this aircraft, which is 670 kilometers per hour, which can barely threaten the FW-190 in theory.

However, no one has any confidence that they can actually threaten the other party.

After all, the cruising speed of the FW-190 is as high as 570 kilometers per hour, while the latter is only a little over kilometers per hour.

"But... this is enough! After all, I have eighty planes in my hands!!"

Saratoga would never think that her abilities were much worse than that of the "Edelweiss Witch" opposite her!

"The enemy plane is five thousand meters away, eight thousand meters high! Turn on the radar, attack with all hands!!"

"The enemy is right in front of us, at the same altitude as ours - heroes of the free world, forward!!"

In the second half of the night under the waning moon, the pilots stared at the radar projection screen, each of them fixed their eyes on their own targets. Soon, under the shouts of Zeppelin and McCampbell, the two groups of aircraft, which were completely disproportionate in number, soon collided like two cavalrymen charging at each other with their lances raised!