Bismarck

"The Lun-type formation disrupted by Kumets is still recovering, and it will take five minutes for the formation to complete the turn - Captain, there is no time!"

"What's the situation of the remaining aircraft in the carrier-based aircraft wing?"

"Not good. We didn't shoot down many planes in the first wave of interception, and lost another five or six planes. There are less than ten planes left. We just escaped from the Americans' pursuit, but now they are reorganizing their formation and planning to continue the attack..."

Talking about the bloody battle of GR-186 in the sky, Bismarck's eyes became a little moist. Even Lütjens, who always had a blank expression, was moved and silent.

"There's no other choice, we have to charge forward! Bismarck, tell Eugen to ask Top to take good care of maintaining the Lun formation!"

"Okay! By the way, Captain, Zeppelin just went up again, bringing two squadrons of reinforcements with him."

"This is still not enough. We only have three squadrons of planes left, and they have eighty. If we couldn't defeat them before, we can't defeat them now... Bismarck, tell Zeppelin to attack the Americans from below, and ask Lindemann to use the jammer to disrupt the American radar. Also, tell Zeppelin and Bonte that the interception range will not be much different from the main gun range. After the interception charge, ask them to disengage immediately, and you and Tirpitz should fire the main guns immediately!"

Hearing that the battle situation in the sky was getting unfavorable, Lütjens briefly calculated the number of Americans and the position situation on his side. Having fought for so many years and knowing that the fighter jets' fire control aiming radars had poor vision below, Lütjens still thought of ways to help his pilots as much as possible.

Our aircraft were facing away from the interference, so they were not afraid. Although the American fire control radar could be used on a relatively calm sea, its efficiency was also compromised. In addition, after the interceptor charged,

"Got it, I'll notify them right away!"

Bismarck nodded seriously and immediately sent the captain's tactical instructions to the two sisters. Immediately, the two sides also responded - speaking of which, the American bombers were accelerating at a low angle dive at an altitude of 4,000 meters. If the interceptors wanted to directly attack the American bombers, the altitude must not be too high - at least much lower than the American fighter group.

Hearing the confirmation from his own secretary ship, Lütjens nodded: "How far away is the American plane now?"

"It's still fifty kilometers away. Their bomber group is diving at a small angle, with a speed of about 420... Wait! Captain, the American fighter planes are taking the initiative to attack!"

"What?!" Lütjens stood up in shock: "The radar of their fighter jets was not interfered with?!"

"I don't know... I guess it's their aircraft carrier girl who is in command!" Bismarck gritted his teeth and thought of a possibility.

This is also the most likely scenario! After all, there is someone who can do this in your own family!

Thinking of this, Lütjens regretted it so much that he slapped himself in the face.

Bismarck was already shouting over the WIFI: "Zeppelin! Run!"

"Run? Can you run now?!" Qiberin's voice was cold, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his clenched teeth!

Behind him was his real body, below him was the Bismarck, and in front of him were the pilots who knew they were no match for him but were still fighting hard. How could he escape?

Chapter 851: Cover

Besides, as an Edelweiss Witch, with a diamond medallion on her, when has she ever run away from an aircraft carrier? !

"I'll hold back their leader, you guys charge with all your might! - Bismarck, watch your timing and don't shoot down my pilots!"

The cold voice, the fiery passion, the words were not finished, as the fighter plane soared into the sky, the MG151 machine gun's fire line had already passed by like a sharp blade! McCampbell, who was preparing to dive down from a high position, had a premonition in his heart, and subconsciously pulled the joystick suddenly. The F6F fighter plane struggled to swing the super-wide wings that were not very good at rolling, desperately twisting its fat body, and its sideways body narrowly passed by the fire line of the 20mm ramjet high-explosive bomb - even so, it could not completely avoid this round of attack. The shell that was scraped at the chin of the nose rubbed against the fairing and exploded, and a piece of aluminum skin was torn off the chin!

Without the threat of McCampbell, the two squadrons of Ehler and Wiesenberg, which had already pushed the accelerator to the overload state, advanced fearlessly all the way. In an instant, they broke through the interception fire network of other US fighter planes and rushed straight towards the first echelon of US bombers in the rear!

"Damn it... Thatch, cover the bombers!" McCampbell, who was out of position in front of Zeppelin's gun, spat fiercely. While controlling the F6F Hellcat, which was unable to slow down in the dive, to stabilize the speed and spiral away from the battlefield, he ordered Thatch, who stayed behind to cover the bombers, to go into battle.

"Oh? That guy's called Thatch?" A cold and arrogant female voice, with a non-standard English pronunciation full of German flavor, instantly appeared on McCampbell's radio. With the help of his own three-no white-haired dumpling sauce, McCampbell knew who the female voice was without even thinking about it - not only that, he also knew that the Edelweiss Witch, who had previously pulled out a high-speed vertical climb and rushed into the sky, had now controlled the BF-109 fighter jet, which had dropped to less than kilometers, to do a few slow rolls, and was actually on the verge of stalling and steadily maintained a height of hundreds of meters above his head, and the direction of the nose was already facing him!

Fortunately, when the opponent leaped at high speed, McCampbell was very clear that the opponent's speed was decreasing rapidly, and a slow plane has a relatively smaller turning radius - if he turned with the opponent, the opponent who had the initial angle advantage and height advantage only needed to speed up again. At the same time, he was at an angle disadvantage and energy disadvantage, and his plane was damaged. There was no way he could shake off the pursuit of an evenly matched super ace!

But now my first choice is to maintain speed, increase the distance at full speed, and then use a small angle spiral climb to control my energy - although the opponent is higher than me, the opponent who just jumped vertically has no speed! And I have a certain speed advantage in the diving state, and my energy is not much lower than that of the opponent. The next step is to accelerate and increase the distance, leaving the opponent's position outside my turning radius, and there is still a possibility of confrontation or even a comeback!

"Are you the Edelweiss Witch Zeppelin? You're still a little short of defeating my master McCampbell!"

Although it was the sound of an enemy that suddenly appeared, McCampbell, who had a good idea of ​​what was going on, was not panicked, and even provoked Zeppelin with words.

Even though he knew that Zeppelin's fighter was equipped with an electronic jammer and the tail radar warning device was basically useless in the face of such an enemy, the experience and judgment of a super ace pilot still made him confident that Zeppelin's current speed at high altitude could not catch up with him. If she dived and accelerated, the altitude advantage would be completely lost!

However, Zeppelin, who was also a super ace and had much more combat experience than McCampbell, was also very patient. While continuing to maintain altitude, accelerating and climbing at a small angle, he smiled at McCampbell's stimulation and said, "Haha, McCampbell, don't you care about the bombers behind you?"

"Bomber? Thatch is still over there... Oops!"

McCampbell had just figured out the problem, and he was so angry that he broke out in a cold sweat! At this moment, the planes on both sides of the bomber group started to shout at the same time - the last two BF-186s of the GR-109 wing that had attacked the bomber camp once before were guarding the high altitude tightly, and the remaining seven FW-190s, swept by the cold winter wind in the high altitude of the North Atlantic, blew over from the right wing of the US military group like a storm!

In particular, the leaders of the BF-109 and FW-190s in the rear were Hermann Graf, who had excellent marksmanship to begin with and became even more accurate after rigorous training, and Gerhard Buckhorn, whose marksmanship was no longer the rough one of the past (history) under Zeppelin's day-to-day training!

Even if Father Sage and his squadron fought desperately, how could they resist the attack from both sides? Moreover, in order to maximize the efficiency of the attack on the ship, the US aircraft group had dispersed their formation at this moment. The consequence of the dispersed formation was that the density of defensive firepower decreased, and the assault by German fighters became easier!

"B***H! F**K! Damn German shipmen!!"

Seeing that his fighter planes had an advantage in numbers but were unable to form combat effectiveness due to their dispersion, and that the bombers that lost their fighter planes' cover were also in chaos in front of the German fighter planes, McCampbell was so angry that he lost his composure and even ignored that his fighter plane was already injured. Although the injury was not serious, the breach increased the resistance and the air intake was also bent by the explosion, so the flight performance was no longer at its peak. However, just when he was about to turn around and fight Zeppelin in a fight that was almost certain to lose, the cute, quiet but calm voice of his aircraft carrier, the Essex, appeared in his ears:

"McCampbell, she is just trying to provoke me, don't be fooled! You just need to hold Zeppelin back, and Sister Gaga and I can command our fighter jets to counterattack..."

Chapter 852: Tactics

The sound was not very loud, and it was Jiaozi's own fighter. The Americans had tested it before, and except for Jiaozi and McCampbell, if the VAN really started internal communication, even Enterprise and Gaga couldn't eavesdrop. And in actual combat, it seemed that there was no evidence that Zeppelin could hear anything - of course, we couldn't hear Zeppelin commanding "her own" carrier-based aircraft.

"Tsk...Okay, okay, I got it." McCampbell curled his lips and snorted.

"That's good to know. It's only forty kilometers away... Sister Gaga said that when Sister Enterprise orders the bombers to bomb the Germans, she wants you to hold back the Zeppelins and let Thatch regroup our fighters to shoot down their fighters... General Fletcher and Sister Gaga just said that the Germans have already lost the large oil fields they occupied in Russia. As long as GR-186 is severely damaged, it will be impossible for the Germans to put together a second all-ace wing."

"I know, dear!" Listening to his own Dumpling Sauce constantly persuading him to be happy with the good news, McCampbell's mouth corners also showed a standard six-tooth grin. After turning over to avoid another round of Zeppelin's concentrated fire, the already chatty Eagle King simply turned on the full-frequency public channel on the radio to chat, and shouted passionately into the micro-microphone on the chin of the flight cap: "Little ones, everyone listen up... We are about to enter the anti-aircraft range of the main guns of the Evil Spirit battleship. Bombers will disperse and attack, and fighters will continue to follow the command of Sara Air Traffic Control and annihilate the German fighters - come with me, let's cripple their Zeppelin and the flight team together!"

"How dare you say this when I'm chasing you?!"

Hearing McCampbell's public radio, Zeppelin was furious. But although the Eagle King's plane was injured, the F6F, which was not seriously injured, was still able to deal with Zeppelin's pursuit. He could even fight back against Zeppelin:

"Hehe, Zeppelin, right? Look at the state of your flight team now. If you have the guts, stop chasing me and go over there to rescue your subordinates!"

Zeppelin didn't need to look back to know that under the command of Saratoga - if the bastard who deserved to have a sore on his mouth in the public channel chat just now was not mistaken - another person - the ace pilot (Sage) who was very good at air combat and formation attacks was leading the American fighters that had been reorganized, relying on their absolute numerical advantage, and had gradually surrounded the airspace around the German aircraft group!

One can imagine what will follow from the air. How could Zeppelin, who had been shot down twice, not know the danger?

"You bastards! You American bastards!"

Zeppelin gritted his teeth and continued to hold on to McCampbell in front of him, who seemed to be slapping his butt and shouting, "Come and chase me!" Although he was anxious and furious, he was actually feeling helpless.

She didn't dare to relax at all!

Otherwise, the remaining GR-186 and the reinforcements of JG-5 would not be able to withstand this guy's crazy in and out!

Just when Zeppelin was getting anxious, at a distance of 40 kilometers from the three German aircraft carriers - and also 28 kilometers from Bismarck and Tirpitz - the American planes in the sky saw two bright flashes on the distant horizon.

"The Bismarck is firing! And the Tirpitz!"

There was a shout from the fleet radio, but the American fleet seemed to be prepared for this!

The doors of the American bomber, which had been loosely opened, seemed to have been explained in the combat mission briefing in advance. Almost at the same time, the missile release button was pressed, and then the joystick was pushed directly. It was a completely premeditated dive and acceleration, and then turned around and ran away!

It takes about thirty seconds for a shell to fly to an altitude of four thousand meters twenty-five kilometers away, but even for a bomber, it takes less than thirty seconds from dropping the bomb to dive and disengage! Especially since the U.S. aircraft had already deployed their formation, there was no need to worry about a mid-air collision. The attack width of the two battleships' main guns firing high-explosive bombs alone could not deal with nearly thirty aircraft that had already been fully evacuated at the same time!

Before the shells flew over and "bombed" the sky, except for thirty swaying missiles flying in the sky from all directions, seemingly loose but attacking targets very concentratedly, not a single US military aircraft group was left!

Seeing this scene, Bismarck, Tirpitz, and even Eugen behind them all changed their expressions at the same time:

"Captain (Top/Lindemann)! Their tactics are wrong!..."

"Huh?! What's going on!?" The eyes of the three captains suddenly froze and they asked at the beginning.

However, before they could finish their next words to the captains, the dive bombers of the second echelon of the US military had already formed several 1-shaped columns unique to dive bombing, and rushed over the airspace of the previous "air bombing" one after another!

"What's going on? What's going on?"

Hearing Bismarck's somewhat frightened tone, Lütjens' heart instantly tightened. This situation where the battle situation is out of control often indicates a greater crisis!

Moreover, although only a moment had passed, he, with his mortal eyes, still had no idea what had happened!

"Captain! It's the Americans. Their missile bombers dropped their missiles in advance, and then the dive bombers have already caught up! All the artillery fire just now was in vain..." Looking at the Bismarck in the sky, he hurriedly reported, "And behind the dive bombers... they have a formation of forty planes!"

"What? - Bismarck! Report the distance and speed of American bombers and missiles immediately!"

Lütjens suddenly stood up. With rich practical combat experience, he instantly understood the Americans' tactics!

"The first batch of anti-ship missiles consists of 29 aircraft, and they are 24,000 meters away from our ship, with a speed of 480 meters. It is estimated that the missiles will reach our ship in three minutes! The second batch of dive bombers consists of 25 aircraft, in a single-column formation, with a total of five routes, at a distance of 28,000 meters and a speed of 420 meters. They are expected to fly over our ship in four minutes and threaten the aircraft carrier in six and a half to seven minutes! The third batch of bombers is now 31,000 meters away, with 38 aircraft, in a horizontal formation, with a speed of 420 meters. They are expected to launch anti-ship missiles later... The missiles will attack us in about four minutes, and the aircraft carrier in about six minutes..."

Bismarck's voice was very urgent. She could clearly see the new tactics of the Americans - the three aircraft carriers were about six to ten kilometers behind the interception line formed by herself and Tizi. In another five minutes, they could be pulled to ten to fourteen kilometers. However, up to now, the wheel-shaped formation had not completed the turn.

Chapter 853: Protect the aircraft carrier at all costs

Judging from the formation and position of the US fleet, the target of the first batch of anti-ship missiles is itself - reducing the air defense firepower of the two battleships with the strongest firepower, itself and Grape, to cover the second echelon dive bombers and the third team of missile bombers to forcefully break through their own air defense circle and attack the aircraft carrier - if the anti-aircraft guns open fire to attack the dive bombers, the first batch of anti-ship missiles will inevitably be attracted by the fire of the anti-aircraft guns! However, if they are not intercepted, based on the speed and position of the second and third echelon fleets, as well as the speed of the anti-ship missiles, they can form a tactical coordinated double attack on the aircraft carrier fleet!

If twenty-nine anti-ship missiles were to attack at once, even for a battleship, the best outcome would be the loss of combat effectiveness!

If Bismarck could see it, how could Lütjens not see it? ! However, in order to protect the aircraft carrier, there was no choice at all!

"Bismarck, inform Lindemann to open fire at full force and intercept the enemy planes!" Lütjens gritted his teeth and uttered, "Tell everyone that aircraft carriers are the key to future naval battles - protect aircraft carriers at all costs!"

"Understood, everything is for the protection of the aircraft carrier!" Bismarck also shouted directly on the WIFI without hesitation. Then, Eugen, who was standing behind her as the outermost of the wheel formation and the second line of defense to protect the aircraft carrier, and Tizi, who was dressed in black and sat upright on the artillery director, gritting his teeth and checking and adjusting various parameters, also shouted out:

"Protect the aircraft carrier at all costs!" Lindemann and Top accepted this seemingly cruel order without any hesitation!

"Protect the aircraft carrier!" This was the common shout of German naval officers and soldiers on other warships!

In an instant, the entire German fleet, including Kumetz who was trembling and crouching with his head in his hands on the battleship Hindenburg, was shouting, "Everything is to protect the aircraft carrier!"

This is the determination of almost all the main forces of the Greater German War Navy, including 17 warships and 32,000 officers and soldiers!

Hearing the deafening roar of the entire fleet coming from the radio, the sailors on the four "evil spirit battleships", including Lütjens, Bismarck, Lindemann, Tirpitz, Bonte, Top, Eugen, and even the Zeppelin that was biting McCampbell tightly in the sky, could not help but feel a mixture of emotions in their hearts almost at the same time.

After all, before this, the German Navy in the Atlantic Ocean could even be said to have relied almost entirely on four shipgirls. Whether as the shipgirls themselves or as their captains, fighting alone again and again, being wounded again and again, and even being isolated and helpless again and again but having to hold on to the end, when have they ever felt directly what support and help are...

It seems...it was during the Rhine exercise, when Bismarck was almost sunk by the pursuit fleet led by Hood, and a salvo of torpedoes from the U-556 submarine directly changed the situation of the battle. Lütjens and Bismarck had only felt this kind of mood once, right?

And more often than not, they are the ones who silently support the actions of others and maintain the difficult battle situation!

No matter whether it was the Battle of Norway, the Battle of Dunkirk, the three ships independently breaking through the Gibraltar fortress, the Battle of El Alamein, or the later independent support for the Indian Ocean Garrison and Operation "Support"...all of them had to rely solely on their own strength to complete one difficult and crisis-ridden task after another - especially the great breakout battle of the Long March, which could be said to have described the heaviness of the four words "isolated and helpless" to the extreme stroke by stroke!

"For four years, relying on only four ship girls, they have inflicted heavy losses on the British and American Allied Navy." How glorious and awe-inspiring these words seem to be?

However, in reality, how many people know the price and sacrifice they paid, the scars and tears they went through, except for their own small sisterhood of ship girls who huddled together for warmth, and their captains and sailors?

But now, the 30,000 officers and soldiers of the ordinary warships on Kumets' side finally gave them a powerful and firm answer at the most arduous, difficult and dangerous moment of their joint battle!

No matter what, we are all soldiers of the German War Navy!

Soldiers have always been a fighting group composed of bravery, loyalty, and fearless perseverance!

Although the German navy was not as strong as the British and American navy, and its training was not sufficient, and sometimes it was even described as cowardly, under such circumstances, the naval officers and soldiers obviously still wanted to rely on their own strength and do what they could.

As for whether you will be sunk by the enemy's anti-ship missiles or something like that... If you are afraid of death, then why do you join the army? !

All of a sudden, the German fleet was united in hatred of the enemy! Whether it was the ship girls or ordinary warships, whether it was officers or sailors, even whether it was the "ship girls brigade" or Raeder's mainstream faction, at this moment, everyone was working for the same goal:

Repel the attack of the American bomber groups and cover the aircraft carriers to return safely!

"The enemy dive bomber is 20,000 meters away, and the missile is 15,000 meters away! The radar has locked onto the target!"

"All sailors, get to the anti-aircraft gun positions! Prepare smoke bombs, infrared jammers, and water mist and wind cannons!"

"Damage control team, all in place! Medical team, all in place! Confirm once again that all watertight doors on the ship are closed!"

"The Bismarck battleship's 406 main guns have been reloaded again. The Tirpitz reports that the 406 main guns have been reloaded. Both ships can open fire!"

In the C4ISR command room of the Bismarck battleship, the girl with flowing blond hair, who was the embodiment of the will of the evil warship that had been fighting on the front lines of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans during the war and whose scars were like a record of meritorious deeds, was reporting her status to her commander with the passion that she could finally fight side by side with her comrades as a warship. In front of her, even Admiral Lütjens, who was also experienced in many battles and was always calm and even a little bit expressionless, stood straighter than the bridge of his flagship with a serious face. With a fierce wave of his hand, he issued the order that any real soldier, who was a soldier of the Greater German Empire War Navy, would naturally issue when choosing between his own safety and the safety of his teammates, and between his own interests and the overall strategic situation:

"Very good, target the American dive bomber group, fire at full force!"

Chapter 854: Using the Body as a Bullet

"Yes! Target: American dive bomber group - all ships, attention, main guns open fire - ready, fire!"

With the will of the battleship, eight brilliant fireballs instantly illuminated the dark sea at 3:15 in the morning, making it as bright as day! On the other side, on the battleship Tirpitz, also under the command of Lindemann, the roar of the lonely queen of the north was heard!

A barrage of high-explosive shells soared into the sky, with colorful tracers at the bottom of the shells, drawing a trajectory as bright as a rainbow, rushing towards a place that was only 20 kilometers away but only took more than 20 seconds to fly!

The enemy bomber group also has the command and support of the ship girl, which has long been confirmed. But now, the wheel-shaped formation behind the two large warships on the sea has slowly begun to turn collectively! As long as the enemy's formation can be disrupted a little and "they" can turn around, the hope of the aircraft carrier and the entire fleet to escape can at least be increased by one point!

Moreover, at the same time, the German carrier-based aircraft in the sky, which had been besieged by the US carrier-based aircraft after attacking the second-echelon dive bombers, also turned their heads spontaneously and rushed towards the missile bombers of the third echelon of the US carrier-based aircraft, which were getting closer and closer to their own aircraft carriers at this moment and obviously wanted to launch missile strikes on the aircraft carriers, so they had not yet launched anti-ship missiles!

Although there were only twenty fighter planes left, the air knights flying the Black Iron Eagles showed no fear in the face of overwhelming numbers of enemies and even drew their swords one after another - Miss Bismarck, the best friend of their instructor, had said it well, as a knight, even if faced with a powerful enemy, if they did not even have the courage to draw their swords and fight to the death, they would be useless!

"GR-186, JG-5, continue the attack!!"

"Brothers, let's fight the Yankees!"

"Charge! Protect the aircraft carrier!"

"Let's fight! Killing one will cover my losses, and killing two will be a profit! Twenty years later, I will be a hero again!"

"Long live the Greater German Reich!"

Fighters painted with black iron cross emblems fell from the sky one after another, but under the muzzles of these proud war eagles, they all took away more innocent souls of North American bald eagles! The dive of the F4U Corsair and the climb and acceleration of the F6F Hellcat could not effectively stop the desperate charge of the German war eagles!

Under the offensive momentum forged over the ferocious and brutal North Atlantic, even if the U.S. aircraft fleet still had an absolute numerical advantage, even if Saratoga could still command effectively, and even if Miss Essex could still provide her VR-15 carrier-based aircraft wing with all kinds of blessings, the madly attacking BF-109s and FW-190s, even if they gave up their evasion, defense, and even survival, also brought their fierce attack power to the pinnacle!