Both sides discovered opponents almost at the same time. When Betty sent his first wave of aircraft, Earl Spee was also using the last time to adjust the defense. Now both sides are getting closer. So the Earl decisively ordered the fleet to change direction and maneuver northward, gradually increasing the distance. At the same time, the first batch of aircraft released by the USS Independent aircraft carrier had already hovered over the fleet, and they formed an air defense system with the seaplanes of the Allied fleet. The aircraft carrier was preparing a second wave of aircraft on the deck!

"Let the Independence come in. We will do our best to ensure their safety. Even if we want to lose a battleship, we will do whatever we can." Earl Spee issued an order. After careful consideration, the Earl believed that it would be safer to let the Independence enter its air defense cover circle. After all, there are 16 destroyers and 8 battleships around the fleet now, and there are still many anti-aircraft guns and machine guns on it. Moreover, as the most important air defense and reconnaissance force in the fleet, the value of the Independence is indeed much more important than a fast battleship!

So, in the next ten minutes, Earl Spee arranged the world's first air defense wheel array according to Ruprecht's theoretical guidance! Moreover, this air defense wheel array is still two layers! 18 destroyers form the outermost defense of this air defense array, with 8 fast battleships in the middle, and at the core position is the American Independence aircraft carrier. Looking at the Allied fleet that was as heart-willing as everyone else, Sims and others were greatly satisfied.

In the air, dozens of fighter jets and seaplanes have also been deployed. The Americans have drawn 40 aircraft to be responsible for high-altitude and air interception, while the seaplanes of the Allied Fleet and a small number of American fighters are responsible for medium-low-altitude interception, specifically dealing with the British torpedo aircraft. Finally, there is a squadron of fighters responsible for the final pick-up. If the British attack aircraft group luckily passes through the fighter interception network, the fighter will no longer intercept, and the interception mission will be handed over to the fleet's anti-aircraft guns, which is also to avoid accidental injury. After all, the anti-aircraft gun operators in the second World War were very troubled by the identification of the enemy and us, let alone now...

As for whether this prevention and control system that combines the historical experiences and lessons of the Second World War is easy to use? Even if Ruprecht evaluates this, it is hard to say. After all, there is a limitation of history. The technology tree of radio communication and anti-aircraft artifacts has not been opened. This system can only plug logical loopholes as much as possible. As for the actual combat effect, it depends on the situation.

But fortunately, the opponent is not as good as the Germans! The Germans at least know that the best air defense formation of the fleet is the wheel formation. When they know that when they are defending against air, they must take into account both the hollow bomber and the low-altitude torpedo aircraft. They know that after entering the range of anti-aircraft guns, the fighter's forcibly intercepting will cause trouble. But what do the British know?

To be honest, in this era when the engines were quite garbage, the single-engine aircraft had very weak ability to attack seas, the Germans were like this, and the British were like this. So Ruprecht just used the aircraft carrier as a means of final attack, and the British originally thought so, but in actual combat, if they were not careful, they would treat it as the main offensive method!

There are some problems with how much you use it strategically, and what about tactics? Attacking fixed targets on the ground requires the strict cooperation of the crew, not to mention whether you are attacking high-speed and high-protection main ships? The difficulty of attacking seas has always been higher than that of ground attacks, both in modern and in the future. The British aircraft carrier fleet was established later than that of Germany. The tactical level was still on the basis of everyone's swarm. The cooperation was very limited. As for the orderly suppression of fighter jets, bombers followed up, and torpedoes crossed lightning strikes from left to right? This thing is too complicated, so let's spare Betty... After all, the only large-scale attack on seas by Marshal Trenchad was the attack on German fleets in ports such as Constantinople. The Germans obviously attacked Russian ships in the Baltic Sea more and more experienced.

So at 5:30 pm, the British attack aircraft group finally met the German fleet! "It's the German destroyer." The two piloted Cuckoo T1 torpedo aircraft first met the alert destroyer outside the German fleet, but they did not attack these little guys. They wanted to throw limited ammunition on the main battleship. At this time, the destroyers responsible for the alert were about 12 kilometers away from the German main fleet. Their early warning gave the aircraft group over the German fleet about 20 minutes of preparation time.

"We saw the German fleet, they were in a strange formation, like two concentric circles, all the main battleships of the Spey fleet were here and were sailing north!"

"Oh God, we encountered a German fleet, they were too many! Damn, they wouldn't use all of the aircraft for air defense, right?" At this time, the British aircraft used for guidance had already entered the edge of the battlefield in advance.

"The Germans' fleet is like a huge hamburger. They keep hovering over the fleet and never leave the fleet 15 kilometers away. There are aircraft at mid- and high altitudes and aircraft at low altitudes, just like two huge slices of bread adding a fleet, and their fleet is like beef patties in the middle of the hamburger. The number of German aircraft is beyond our imagination, and it is not even much smaller than the fleet we attacked." A pilot named George recalled the scene at that time.

Faced with the Germans' strict air defense system, the British decisively continued to A! There was no way, I had to A. There was not enough oil left, so I had no time to hesitate.

A British squadron of fighters rushed forward decisively, and was entangled by fighters that were no less than their own. The former bravely acted to cover the subsequent attack aircraft group and broke into the German air defense circle about 2 kilometers. Then, more than 50 bombers and torpedoes collided with more than 30 fighters!

"Keep formation! Cover each other!" The squadron leader of the First Bomber Squadron looked at the German fighter jets that were approaching quickly in the distance and said loudly. (Although the US Navy participated in the war, there was no declaration of war after all, so in order to avoid trouble, they still used German naval paint.) In fact, in the first battle, more than 90% of the ground output was fired by double-engine and double-engine bombers, and twin-engine aircraft generally used box formations to protect each other to ensure their own safety. Then, the British decisively applied this tactic to single-engine aircraft. As for what specific results will be? The battle will tell everyone the answer later!

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