69novels Chapter 872
Chapter 872
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: 0.083s Scan: 0.039sWhile the Japanese were still busy determining the German position, the second wave of offensives followed!
The air fleet rushing from the east aroused the vigilance of the Japanese army at the periphery. Because of the Japanese army’s carelessness last time, two of their own aircraft carriers were injured, so this time they were extremely focused. Almost all the other warships of the Combined Fleet were scattered, and a warning and fire interception network was set up at the periphery.
After discovering the enemy attacking from the air, some of the outermost cruisers and battleships immediately sent this information to the headquarters of the Combined Fleet via radio. After receiving this telegram, the Japanese used the fighters on the remaining three aircraft carriers to form three batches, and took off and landed a batch of fighters to intercept the incoming enemy planes!
The German army had already made psychological preparations before the attack. They knew very well that it was not so easy to sneak attack the enemy’s aircraft carrier this time, so they did not go straight to the aircraft carrier. After discovering the enemy’s fighters taking off, the German army immediately changed its strategy.
In their team, more than a dozen fighters left the air formation and began to actively fight against the enemy fighter group that came to intercept, covering their own attack aircraft to complete the attack on the enemy’s surface ships.
At this time, the torpedo planes and dive bombers also selected some high-value targets within their sight and launched attacks.
As a result, the outer defense line of the Foot Basin Navy was attacked fiercely. For a time, the sound of gunfire and explosions came one after another, and the battle between the two sides was extremely fierce!
Most of the Japanese warships that were on guard in the periphery were faster and more flexible cruisers.
This kind of warship is not a main battleship, but a battleship accompanying support warships.
Let these warships serve as guard patrols in the periphery. They can expand the range of warning with their own speed, so as to better protect the entire fleet.
Moreover, even if they are attacked by the enemy, even if these warships are sunk, the losses are not particularly heavy. Compared with the losses of the main battleships being sunk, the losses of non-main battleships such as cruisers are still acceptable.
However, compared with the real cannon fodder destroyers and frigates in the navies of various countries, the cruisers’ own survivability is still good.
They have relatively excellent armor protection capabilities, good firepower and extremely fast speed, which makes it difficult for them to catch them as long as they don’t fight the enemy’s main battleships head-on. After all, their speed is here. It is still very difficult to catch the cruiser at sea!
However, this situation is only for surface warships. For attacks from enemies in the air, the speed of cruisers is not enough, because the speed of enemies in the air is much faster than them.
So, at this time, their weaknesses are exposed!
Their armor is not as thick as that of battleships, so their protection performance is not as good as that of battleships. Once they are hit by the enemy, they will be seriously injured or sunk!
And their firepower is not as strong as that of battleships, and their air capability is not as good as that of battleships. When facing the attack of enemy fighters, their anti-aircraft firepower is not enough to shoot down all enemy aircraft and eliminate the threat from the air!
Therefore, when faced with attacks from the air, the cruiser in the basin could only flee in panic!
“”Enemy attack, enemy attack, enter the air defense combat array immediately and cover each other!”
At sea, a single warship is very powerless when facing attacks from groups of enemy aircraft.
No matter how powerful the anti-aircraft firepower on a warship is, it is impossible to withstand attacks from all directions.
Therefore, when encountering air attacks, they either conduct tactical evasion or form a formation to confront, using the overall powerful air defense firepower of the fleet to build an insurmountable air defense firepower network to protect their own safety!
The German army has seen this tactic before. When they were annihilating the Mediterranean Fleet, they had seen the Mediterranean Fleet use this tactic!
Although the formation of warships into an air defense formation will provide excellent targets for fighters in the air, once they use torpedoes to launch intensive attacks, the enemy’s warships are very likely to be hit and sunk..
However, it is undeniable that a large number of warships with anti-aircraft firepower gathered together, and then divided the work and cooperated with each other to fight against the aircraft attacking from different directions. Their overall air defense capability can indeed be improved to a higher level!
Moreover, at this time, the navy of the foot basin did not rely entirely on its own strength to fight against the German carrier-based aircraft. They also had aircraft in their own fleet.
So all they have to do is delay time, wait for their own fighters to enter the battlefield, and drive away and hunt these enemy aircraft. Once they delay until their own carrier-based aircraft arrive, their safety can basically be guaranteed!
Therefore, the purpose of the foot basin people at this time is very clear, that is to delay time as much as possible and hold on for help! The foot basin people have a good plan, but the German army obviously will not be fooled!
“If they want to run, don’t disperse and chase them. Let’s concentrate our forces and destroy these warships first!”
The commander of the German attack formation immediately determined the enemy’s intentions, and then decisively commanded his torpedo planes to besiege several of the targets he thought had greater strategic value!
After receiving the order, the German army, which had been fighting on its own, immediately selected several targets and then concentrated on besieging these targets.
Seeing the German fighter planes rushing towards their companions and abandoning themselves, many soldiers on the foot basin battleships breathed a sigh of relief.
It is better to die than to die with a friend. Although they are very worried about the attack on their friendly forces at this time, what is more worthy of celebration than to be out of danger themselves?
If the enemy planes come again next time, I hope they will attack other warships first, and it would be best if they never target themselves!
This is of course a dream!
The reason why some Japanese warships were spared this time was that It was purely because of their small tonnage and low value that they were selectively let go.
However, once these high-value targets are killed this time, then the next time the Germans come, these warships with relatively small value this time will automatically become high-value targets, so what awaits them is still the thunder and fury from the sky!
As for those selected foot basin warships, seeing a large number of enemy planes rushing towards them from all directions, they were immediately scared to death, and they drove at full speed, running around in the sea, trying to escape from the tiger’s mouth!
However, although their speed is very fast, it is still too slow compared to airplanes, so it didn’t take long for them to be caught up!
Boom boom boom!