69novels Chapter 895
Chapter 895
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: 0.844s Scan: 0.209sHalsey
‘s plan did not succeed for a simple reason. The German fleet was equipped with air defense radars that could detect enemy aircraft groups dozens of kilometers away, making it almost impossible for the Eagle Sauce’s carrier-based aircraft to launch a surprise attack!
If they could not launch a surprise attack, then it would be a pipe dream for them to destroy the German aircraft carriers!
“Can’t you help it? In that case, don’t blame me for being rude!”
Nimitz waved his hand, and a large number of fighter planes that had been ready on the two German aircraft carriers immediately took off and went to the air to intercept the enemy’s aircraft.
Because the German aircraft carrier battle group adopted the battle formation of the Eagle Sauce aircraft carrier battle group in later generations, the distance between their outer warships and the aircraft carriers in the core area was about fifty kilometers, and the warships discovered the enemy fifty or sixty kilometers in advance through radar, which meant that the US carrier-based aircraft units were more than 100 kilometers away from the aircraft carriers. It has been discovered!
This gave the German side at least more than twenty minutes to prepare!
In fact, before the US military launched the attack, the German army had already been alert and released a number of fighters to patrol the nearby airspace in advance, in order to guard against sudden attacks by the enemy!
At this time, the two aircraft carriers used these more than twenty minutes to take off more than thirty fighters. Together with the fighters that took off before, a total of about fifty fighters went straight to the US air fleet!
“Oh no, there is an ambush, retreat quickly!”
When the American air fleet saw the large number of enemy aircraft coming straight from a distance, they immediately turned around and fled in fear!
What a joke, they only had more than 20 planes, most of which were bombers and torpedo planes, and the number of fighters was very small!
But the German army had more than 40 fighters rushing over!
This huge disparity means that once the two sides collide with each other, they will not have any chance of winning, and will definitely be pinned to the ground and beaten by the enemy!
A hero does not suffer a loss in front of him. In an obviously unfavorable situation, it is of course better to run away, and it is important to save your own life first!
In this regard, the Eagle Sauce people are better than The Japanese army that had fought against the German army before was much more flexible!
The Japanese army upholds the spirit of Bushido, so they are famous for not fearing death!
When they encounter the enemy, they often don’t consider how to escape, but how to kill the enemy, even if they have to fight one for one and use fighter planes to hit the enemy, they must complete the mission!
But the Eagle Sauce people don’t have the madness of the Foot Basin People. After all, there are always only a few abnormal people in this world, and most of them are normal people.
It is human nature to escape early when you see the situation is not good, and there is nothing to be embarrassed about! At least these Eagle Sauce pilots didn’t feel embarrassed at all!
“Quick, quick, drop all the bombs and fuel, and run back faster!”
The captain of the American army commanding the battle saw that the German fighter planes were getting closer and closer. On the one hand, he kept urging his soldiers, and on the other hand, he was sweating profusely!
The speed of the German army was too fast. Just now, they were more than ten kilometers away, but now the distance between the two sides is less than a few kilometers!
At this speed, I’m afraid it won’t be long before they catch up with us!
However, even so, the US military still did not have the courage to fight to the death. They just stepped on the accelerator and kept accelerating to escape!
“Don’t these guys have any other means besides running away?”
The German carrier-based aircraft unit responsible for the pursuit was very depressed, because the other side didn’t fight with them at all, but only focused on running away, which forced them to increase their speed to the maximum, so as to shorten the distance between the two sides!
However, doing so is not a good thing for them, because the enemy is running towards the location of their fleet, and the Germans have no idea how far it is. If they chase and run into the German fleet, it will not be good for them!
As a fighter unit, their weapons are mainly machine guns and cannons, and they are not equipped with anti-sea attack weapons, so they cannot threaten the enemy’s surface warships, and in order to improve their maneuverability and flight speed, they reduced their own weight as much as possible before setting off. Not only did they not carry auxiliary fuel tanks, they didn’t even fill up their own fuel!
This greatly shortened their range, and the full-speed pursuit at this time was rapidly consuming their fuel, which quickly shortened their air time!
“This looks like a trap!”
After receiving the previous telegram, Nimitz quickly made his own judgment.
The number of enemy aircraft was too small. More than 20 aircraft were obviously impossible to really destroy their aircraft carrier, not to mention that they still had two aircraft carriers!
So, this was just a cover!
“A cover? Could it be that the enemy’s target is not our aircraft carrier, but the fighter jets on our aircraft carrier?”
Hearing Nimitz’s guess, the chief of staff was startled, as if he had thought of something, and immediately looked in the direction where his own plane left in the distance, and began to worry!
“Not necessarily!”
Nimitz sneered. Based on his understanding of Halsey, Halsey had a huge appetite, and more than 40 fighters might not satisfy his appetite.
So, even if he really wanted to deal with these fighters, he must have other plans besides these fighters!
And in his own fleet, the only thing that could interest him was always these two aircraft carriers!
Therefore, the US military still came for its own aircraft carriers!
“Let the Bismarck and Tirpitz move closer to the aircraft carrier. In addition, shrink our formation and prepare anti-aircraft missiles!”
Not long after Nimitz’s order was issued, the sound of air defense alarms sounded over the fleet.
At the same time, waves of fighter planes roared from the southeast!
Unlike the previous large-scale sneak attacks by the US military fleet, this time the number of US military planes flying quietly is extremely large, and there is no end in sight. According to conservative estimates, this air formation has at least 100 aircraft!
The German radar only discovered the enemy when the enemy approached it, which means that the enemy took a way to evade radar when flying!
And this way is sea skimming!
“Halsey, it seems, has prepared a surprise for me!”
Nimitz sneered in his heart as he looked at the fleet of planes flying rapidly in the distance!
“However, I also prepared a surprise for him. I wonder if he will like it after seeing it!”