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"Report, the USS Liberty and the USS Formidable are ready." Fleet Chief of Staff Welch's voice echoed in the combat command center on the island of the USS Liberty. Admiral Halsey adjusted his uniform and turned around. He strode to the edge of the chart platform.

"Freedom, 10 F4U fighters of 18th Flying Wing Fighter Squadron, 17 SBD dive bombers of Dive Bomber Squadron, 8 TBD torpedo bombers of Torpedo Squadron; HMS Formidable, 4th Flying Wing of the Royal Navy The 20 F17U fighters in the squadron, the [-] SBD dive bombers in the dive bomber squadron, and the [-] TBD torpedo bombers in the torpedo squadron are all ready for combat and ready to attack at any time!" Colonel Welch closed the folder in his hand , standing in front of Halsey, waiting for the final order to attack.

Seven super battleships from Germany and Italy are now bombarding the U.S. military airports and forts in Bermuda. According to reports from reconnaissance aircraft, this German battleship formation has only one aircraft carrier escort, and 20 Fw-190C carrier-based fighter jets were killed on it.The first and second task forces of the United States and the United Kingdom can eliminate 182 carrier-based aircraft at a time, of which there are 4 F36U fighters, which is enough to deal with 20 Fw-190Cs.Therefore, Admiral Ernest King, who was in command of the overall situation in Norfolk, decisively ordered two task forces lurking in the southwest waters of Bermuda to attack and bomb the German and Italian battleship forces.

"Where is the main force of the German fleet?" Halsey took a deep breath and asked, "Their aircraft carrier must be waiting to ambush us somewhere?"

"The T-6 long-range reconnaissance plane reported half an hour ago that the main force of the German and Italian fleet is still about 250 nautical miles southeast of Bermuda, 360 nautical miles away from our group, which is nearly 660 kilometers, and their reconnaissance planes should still be there. We were not found." Having said this, Welch paused, and then said: "By the way, the reconnaissance plane also reported that they found a German transport fleet 180 nautical miles southeast of Bermuda, with about five 5-ton transport ships. The transport ships, escorted by several destroyers, presumably carried the German landing force."

Halsey breathed a sigh of relief. Although the distance of 660 kilometers cannot guarantee the absolute safety of his first task force, the threat of German carrier-based aircraft is indeed not too great.Because these German planes are not Japanese kamikaze planes!They have to carry enough fuel for a voyage of more than 1400 kilometers, so they can't carry many bombs.What's more, the two US and British aircraft carrier formations have not been detected by German reconnaissance planes so far.As for the German fleet transporting the landing force, Norfolk will naturally arrange for submarines or long-range bombers to deal with it. This has nothing to do with the aircraft carrier, or wait until the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier finish bombing the German battleship before cleaning them up. Bar.

"Okay!" Halsey looked around at the officers in the combat command center, everyone's faces were filled with excitement that the battle was coming.

"Order, the [-]th Flying Wing of the U.S. Navy and the [-]th Flying Wing of the Royal Air Force attack, target, the German and Italian battleship forces near Bermuda!"

"Remove radio silence, power Norfolk base, let them send P-38 fighter jets from home to cover Task Force One."

"Tell Bermuda that our First Task Force is coming! We're coming to kill the Germans!"

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"Have you found the US aircraft carrier?" On the island of the heavy aircraft carrier Frederick the Great, Admiral Raeder repeated this question again.

Fleet B and the main fleet have sent out the seaplanes long ago, but they have not found it for a long time.Germany's radar technology is not as good as that of the United States, and the German fleet far away from the European continent does not have large shore-based reconnaissance aircraft like the T-6 long-range reconnaissance aircraft available, and even Germany does not have long-range carrier-based seaplanes like the Min-25 available.It's not that Germany lacks relevant technology, but that the German navy never thought that one day it would fight on the coast of North America. All along, their eyes were only on the British mainland fleet and on the small North Sea.

"Marshal, the target has not been found yet." Chief of Staff Major General Eric Bei shook his head: "The seaplane is searching, but there is still nothing found, maybe the US aircraft carrier did not..."

"No! I'm sure the US aircraft carrier is nearby!"

Raeder said affirmatively: "The Americans are reluctant to give up the Bermuda Islands. Once the islands fall into our hands, the entire east coast of the United States will be under the threat of German bombers. Therefore, even if Ernest King does not If he is willing to fight, Roosevelt will force him to defend the Bermuda Islands with all his strength. What's more, we also took out seven battleships and an aircraft carrier as bait."

"This bait is indeed big enough." Welch's eyebrows twitched suddenly, "By the way, Fleet Z reported that their whereabouts have been discovered by American reconnaissance planes. Do you want to cancel their combat operations? Can they There are nearly 800 expensive missiles and 785 highly trained missile pilots."

"No, it cannot be cancelled. The Americans should not give up targets such as battleships and aircraft carriers to embarrass a few transport ships." Raeder sneered, "Besides, the lives of these Japanese have already been sold to the German Empire. If you don't let them take risks, who else can you let them take risks?"

"Sir," the communications staff handed a telegram to the fleet chief of staff Rear Admiral Eric Bay. The major general scanned it and said to Raeder: "It's Admiral Lütjens's telegram. There is a fleet of more than 150 aircraft, flying from the northwest and southwest directions, but I don’t know if it is a carrier-based aircraft.”

"It must be!" Raeder clapped his hands and said with a sneer: "Great, the Yankee's aircraft carrier has finally been hooked up. Tell Lütjens to stop bombarding Bermuda and prepare for air defense operations. Then send seaplanes to carefully Search the waters northwest and southwest of Bermuda, and don't miss any suspicious targets."

"Order the aircraft carriers Friedrich the Great, Wilhelm the Great, Charlemagne, and Otto the Great to immediately dispatch Fw-190 fighter jets to cover Fleet B."

"Order the Z Fleet to speed up to the west, and tell Japan's Lieutenant Commander Ganfu Kengoro that his kamikaze special attack brigade must be ready to launch a missile attack at any time."

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"Sir." Lieutenant Yasuda Toshiyama, who had just applied to fly a P-35 missile to die two days ago because of a feverish head, suddenly rushed into the officer's lounge of the Kiev, and pointed at Hannah Reich who was playing chess. Fu Kengoro stammered and shouted loudly: "Ray... Raeder, Commander Raeder's order has come down, and he wants us... to be ready to attack at any time!"

"What's the matter?" Gan Fuqian Goro glanced at Yasuda whose face was covered with beads of sweat, and said with a smile, "Afraid of death? It's too late to regret it now."

"No... not afraid!" Yasuda shook his head vigorously, and stood at attention, "I feel extremely honored to dedicate myself to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire." He then nodded emphatically to Gan Fu. "Humble job also wishes Chief Ganfu to become a god soon! Hope to meet Chief in Kuduanzaka as soon as possible!"

"..." Hearing such a wish, Ganfu Kengoro's fat face darkened immediately, he finally resisted the urge to flatter others, gritted his teeth and squeezed out a somewhat gratified smile, nodded and said : "Yaoxi! Then please Yasuda-kun go ahead and take a good seat for me in the Yasukuni Shrine."

"Hay!" Yasuda Toshizo nodded excitedly, "The humble official is waiting for you at the Yasukuni Shrine!" After speaking, he turned and walked out.But Gan Fu looked at his back and cursed in an inaudible voice: "Baga!"

"What's the matter? Mr. Yasuda said something that made you angry?" Hannah Reich, who was sitting face to face with Kanfuken Goro, couldn't understand Japanese, but she could also see some clues from Ganfuken Goro's livid face. .

"He wished me an early death!"

"It seems that you hate to die." A look of contempt slipped across Hannah Reich's face.

"Yes, Miss Letcher, I'm afraid of death, very much!"

Ganfu Kengoro's face had already calmed down, and he slowly put away a set of chess spread out on the table.Then he smiled at Hannah: "See who I am now? I am a person who can send thousands of my own people to hell without feeling ashamed. I won't be like that idiot just now I will die because of shame! I want to live well until the end of this century. I can see with my own eyes that my motherland is growing stronger day by day, becoming the most powerful country in the Eastern world, and seeing that my compatriots can eat rice. Drink the broth."

"Oh, it turns out that you Japanese like to eat rice and drink broth..." Hannah Reich muttered, wondering if she wanted to say hello to the kitchen of the Kiev and take the last kamikaze The blaring battle sirens are already ringing as lunch switches from marinated pork knuckle and fish rice balls to rice broth!Then, blunt Japanese sounded from the broadcast in the officer's room: "Attention all kamikaze commandos, first-level combat alert! First-level combat alert! All kamikaze members, please gather on the deck of the Kiev within 10 minutes!"

It seems that the American aircraft carrier formation has been discovered!

On the front and rear decks of the Kiev missile cruiser, the sound of assembly whistles, dense and chaotic footsteps, shouts in German or Japanese, and the sound of battle sirens were mixed together, making it extremely chaotic.The Japanese kamikaze players of the two teams, who were obviously a little excited, had already lined up in front of the two steam catapults on the front and rear decks of the Kiev. Gan Fu and another Japanese major were giving lectures to the two teams of Japanese kamikaze players respectively.

The German air crew used an elevator to lift the P-35 manned missiles with a small cockpit to the deck, and then pushed them to the side of the two steam catapults with a cart.Under the joint operation of several Germans, two P-35 missiles were quickly loaded on the catapults.

"...According to the plan, the entire Z Fleet will launch 150 P-35 missiles in the first wave of offensive. After a while, all kamikaze players who are named will become gods admired by everyone! The German seaplane will Use radio signals to guide you to attack, and I hope that each of you can sink an American warship! To repay His Majesty's kindness, and to live up to the expectations of all the people!

Great Empire of Japan, onboard!Your Majesty, onboard!onboard!onboard! "

Seeing that the Germans were ready to launch, Kanfu Kengoro and the other major also ended their inflammatory speeches at the same time, issued orders hastily, and chanted counter-revolutionary slogans, pushing the atmosphere of the scene to the highest level.In the end, the two took out a list from their pockets, and each counted a name.The Japanese kamikaze player whose name was called had tears in his eyes, shouted slogans, and walked towards the P-35 missile that had been mounted on the steam catapult with slightly trembling steps.

And Lieutenant Toshizo Yasuda, who had just sent "best wishes" to Gan Fukengoro, was very honored to be one of the first two "lucky guys" to climb into the cockpit of the missile.It's not that Gan Fugong avenged his personal revenge, but that he was one of the commanders-in-chief of the first wave of manned missiles.The reason why it is one of them is because the technology of this kind of manned missile is immature, and the failure rate of the launch is as high as 25%. Therefore, Kanfu Kengoro prepared three commanders for each wave of offensive, but Yasuda Rizo did not Is the "first commander in chief".

"Can such a thing really launch a missile?" An Tian sat inside the missile, fastened his seat belt, and muttered to himself.During the previous training, the Fw-200 bombers carried practice missiles and dropped them in the air.It's the first time to use a catapult to launch into the sky, and you don't know if it's safe or not?

Just when Yasuda was thinking about the safety of his own life, a huge explosion suddenly sounded in his ears. He only felt dizzy for a while, and closed his eyes in despair, thinking: "Sure enough, it failed, and it will be too late." I don’t know if the Yasukuni Shrine will accept him if he dies like this?” But what awaited him was not the fate of falling into the sea, and only a few seconds later, the huge roar of the pulse jet engine rang out.When Yasuda opened his eyes, this small missile was already flying in the sky about 3 meters above the sea.

And another missile launched at the same time was also successfully lifted into the air, and cheers erupted on the deck of the Kiev!The launches of several other missile cruisers were also mostly successful. Only two P-35 missiles were ejected and failed to ignite the engine smoothly, and they fell into the Atlantic Ocean.However, these two launch accidents did not affect the subsequent launches. One manned missile after another was pushed onto the catapult, and then ejected into the sky by a huge thrust.During the period, some missiles had accidents due to various reasons, either falling into the sea or exploding!Of course, none of the kamikaze team members who sat on it survived, so they went to the Yasukuni Shrine to grab seats in advance.

Yasuda Toshizo sat in the cockpit of the P-35 missile and watched the entire missile ejection process through the glass. When he saw that all 150 missiles had been launched, there were less than 120 of them in the sky carrying a pulse When the slender missile with the Japanese engine was hovering, he took a deep breath, and shouted at the airborne radio station with all his dantian energy: "Follow me, all kamikazes! Target US aircraft carrier, move forward! Move forward!"

Chapter 0936 opened the door to the United States (five) God!we encountered a ufo

5 o'clock in the morning.

German Imperial Navy B fleet, the flagship Bismarck battleship. The air defense siren sounded suddenly.Inside the bridge, Admiral Gunther Lütjens, Commander of Fleet B, stood calmly by the railing, gazing at the blue sky with his binoculars.

Due to the increasing development of radar technology, the fleet has more time to deploy air defense operations calmly. Fleet B is now in formation for air defense operations.Seven "Bismarck" class (also known as "Zhenyuan" class in China), "Richelieu" class (in order to show the Franco-German friendship, neither Richelieu nor Jean Bart was renamed) and Veneto Vito The Leo-class battleship and the Zeppelin aircraft carrier, as well as a 20000-ton fast cruise ship lined up in two formations, at the center of the entire formation; two "Polish Legion"-class armored ships and two "Admiral Hipper" "class heavy cruiser, two "Saffron" class heavy cruisers (formerly part of the French Navy), five "Konigsberg" class light cruisers, three "Guedi Truin" class light cruisers, and more than ten The two destroyers formed an oval protective circle around the periphery.All the sailors are already in their respective positions, and more than 1000 anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns have aimed their muzzles and muzzles at their respective positions, forming a tight protection net for the entire fleet's anti-aircraft firepower.

In the sky, 19 Fw-190C fighter jets are circling non-stop, and several seaplanes with thick buoys are in charge of guarding in the outer air.

"Sir, look over there, the American plane is coming!" A lieutenant commander standing behind Lütjens with sharp eyes had already spotted the American plane more than ten kilometers away through the binoculars.Lütjens looked in the direction his arm was pointing, and saw about 170 to 80 small black dots flying towards him in the air.

"This should be the confluence of two US carrier-based planes flying from the southwest and northwest. The reconnaissance plane has just discovered the south-southwest direction, about 130 nautical miles away from us, and the northwest direction, about 125 kilometers away from us. There is an American fleet on the sea. Judging from the number of these aircraft, there should be a total of four aircraft carriers about the size of the Zeppelin in the two fleets." The staff officer continued to explain.

At this time, 19 Fw-190C fighter jets circling over Fleet B had received an order to pounce on the approaching American planes, and soon F4Us twice as large as them came to meet them.Two possibly the best fighter jets of this era mingled together in an instant, streams of fire streaked across the air, and from time to time, planes dragged long black smoke and fell towards the sea!

As far as the performance of these two aircrafts is concerned, they each have their own advantages and disadvantages. The American F4U is larger and stronger. As long as it is not hit by the other side, there is almost no danger of crashing, and its speed is almost the same as that of the Fw-190. Up and down, only slightly less flexible, but the dive performance is slightly better than the opponent.The German Fw-190 is slightly smaller and its defense is not as good as its opponents, but its firepower is very powerful, with four 4mm cannons and two 20mm machine guns.At the same time, the melee combat performance of this aircraft is stronger than that of the F2U, but the dive performance is slightly worse.

In theory, the outcome of such a battle between two aircraft with similar performance depends entirely on the skills and experience of the pilots on both sides.However, in today's actual combat, the experienced German pilots do not seem to have any upper hand.The Americans seem to know the performance of the Fw-190 very well, so they adopted the simplest and most effective tactic, avoiding fighting, using the tactic of diving-pulling up-and then diving, relying entirely on the performance of the aircraft to compete with the Fw-190 , the exchange ratio between the two parties is always around 1:1.The small number of Fw-190s will soon be at a disadvantage!

Just as the American F4U successfully entangled the German Fw-190, the remaining about 140 dive bombers and torpedo bombers also began to attack the German aircraft carrier Zeppelin!The dive bombers and torpedo planes were divided into two teams, and the bombers circled at high altitude to form three or three formations, braving the intensive anti-aircraft firepower of the German fleet to launch wave after wave of dive attacks.At the same time, the remaining nearly 70 TBD torpedo bombers circled to low altitudes, formed a five-five formation, and began to drop torpedoes on the Zeppelin.

"boom!"

A huge mass of flames suddenly rose from the starboard side of the Zeppelin. The aircraft carrier of more than 20000 tons seemed to jump on the water, and a large puff of black smoke rose high.

"Admiral, a bomb hit the Zeppelin near the starboard side!"

"Find out the damage, hurry up!"