Major General Bei knew that the British would find this place soon, but he didn't expect it to be so soon, and the first batch of planes that were flying in puzzled him: they were mosquito fighters and spitfires that could only bomb horizontally. <[((<{But he was not in the mood to think about it so much. On the one hand, he commanded the fleet to form a wheeled air defense array, and on the other hand, he watched the battle situation of the B-219s. Whether he could break away from the air defense circle safely and avoid repeating the mistakes of the "Bismar" depends entirely on the skills of these fighters.

Seeing that 18 German planes were rushing towards him, and there were still 6 planes left over the shelling formation, Major Smith, led by the British bomber group, also secretly complained: He did not expect that the Germans would have so many cover fighter jets, and what was even more troublesome was that the original plan might not be useful.

Although the Spitfires who were in the escort mission were equipped with a sub-fuel tank, their range was still only 12oo kilometers, which was not enough to cover the mosquito-type fighter. In the plan formulated by the General Staff, Spitfire fighter escorted the bomber to the scene and should break in first, attracting the attention of the German escort fighter as much as possible, and then retreating while fighting and turning back as soon as possible to pull out the gap and provide cover for the bomber as soon as possible. However, there are so many German aircraft now, and this tactic is obviously wishful thinking. Even if the Germans really split 8 fighters to deal with the sea spitfire, there are still 16 aircraft that can cover the fleet and go against the mosquito one by one.

But now that things have come to this point, it is useless to worry about it, so he could only grit his teeth and let the Spitfire break through first, hoping to make the other commander misjudgment. Moreover, he had a vague expectation in his heart that Spitfire is the best fighter in the UK, and he hoped to suppress the enemy's escort fighter. But he never expected that German HNA pilots, especially fighter pilots, were all transferred from the Air Force ace, and generally had shooting down records above enemy aircraft. Some records even reached more than 70, and at least 14 results were achieved. Therefore, they would not be deceived by this simple tactic. Although the performance of Spitfire is excellent, it does not have a significant advantage compared to the B-219 in low-altitude dog fights. Whether it can exert its power depends entirely on the quality of the pilot.

The mosquito bomber is a headache-inducing opponent during night air strikes. It has a fast degree and a small radar reflection. However, when dealing with highly maneuverable surface ships, this ability is not enough. Horizontal bombers must be arranged in a tight formation to effectively improve hit rate. The b-219s with excellent maneuverability and fast degree obviously will not let the British get what they want. The formation commander Major Wagner quickly divided the aircraft into two. On the one hand, he entangled in the fire, and on the other hand, he used the advantage of the degree to impact the mosquito-type dense formation. The latter formation was quickly disbanded, and the maneuverability was not exerted. The promised tactic finally turned into a melee of flying up and down.

At 8:56, the first round of British air strikes ended. Six of 16 mosquito-type aircraft were shot down, and three of 8 sea fire were shot down. Only one b-219 was shot down. The results of the first wave of British air strikes, which paid a considerable price, were pitifully few. A total of 32 bombs were dropped. Except for one near-missile bomb to the Tilpitz, the rest of the warships were completely damaged, which made the nervous German officers and soldiers breathe a sigh of relief.

9:o7 points, before everyone could take a breath, the first round of air raids sent by Iceland came to me again. This time, 12 Blenheim medium bombers and 6 Firefly fighters came. With the first response experience, the confidence of the shelling formation increased a lot. Colonel Top teased: "Why did the British send horizontal bombers? They think they can deal with Tilpitz in this way?"

Major General Bei shrugged: "I don't know, maybe the horizontal bombers fly fast, right? Those slow attack planes are not even as fast as our seaplanes..."

"This is a really good reason!"

Colonel Top didn't expect that the reason Major General Bei was actually true. Due to the clear differences in the degrees between the various British aircraft, Fraser could not gather all the aircraft into battle at one time, and could only invest in batches and batches. His wishful thinking was that when German escort fighters were exhausted, he would definitely consume the Germans as long as he kept fighting in the high-speed trains, but he didn't know that the B-219 was the kind of young strongman who could fight for 5 hours, and this wishful thinking would soon be shattered.

The difference in aircraft degree makes the British attack aircraft and escort fighter aircraft very difficult to match aircraft models. Originally, attack aircraft with slow and poor defenses such as swordfish, barracuda, and large blue and white fish need excellent fighter escorts like Spitfire. However, the difference between the two is too big and cannot be combined. Forcibly requiring Spitfire to fly according to the swordfish's degree, either the plane will easily fall into loss or will crash due to the early exhaustion of fuel. The swordfish will attack back and forth for 5 hours even if the fire is hung with a secondary fuel tank. Therefore, Spitfire can only provide a mosquito-type escort for fast-moving mosquitoes, but horizontal bombers are difficult to deal with the fleet.

This is the first time that German HNA fighter pilots have seen fireflies, but they have generally seen the pipe-nosed swallow. Seeing that this aircraft is a bit similar to the latter, they guessed whether it is an upgraded version of the pipe-nosed swallow. This is true. The fireflies fighters were developed based on the pipe-nosed swallow fighter. Due to the new wing clip, the wings can be rotated by 90 degrees and then folded to both sides of the fuselage. After increasing the strength of the wing, the wing area is also increased, making the fireflies more solid and easy to operate. At the same time, the firepower level has also been enhanced. It has 4 2m cannons. However, this improvement is only equivalent to the pipe-nosed swallow. After the German pilots fought, these aircraft were somewhat worse than the level of a fire, slightly equivalent to the level of a hurricane. Everyone finally let go and fight.

Historically, Firefly fighters did not start to be used on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier until June. Now Fraser is hungry and takes out all the aircraft that can be used. Even the Fireflies that have just obtained it are not spared. Although these fighter jets with a maximum of only 5o5 km/h have very excellent maneuverability at low altitudes, this maneuverability can only be said to be slightly inferior in front of the b-219. However, Fireflies are stronger than Fireflies, and can provide full escort for bombers.

The British air strike finally achieved substantial results. A 5oo-pound bomb exploded on the front deck of the Tilpitz, and the 5m-thick upper deck withstood the test. However, two double-mounted 1o5mm anti-aircraft gun positions were blown up, and the soldiers were killed and injured by 5. The Luzov was killed and the shrapnel sputtered in the air caused three casualties. After the fierce battle, four fireflies and five Blenheims were shot down, and German HNA also lost two B-219s. The pilot who fell into the water was soon rescued by the destroyer.

The highly maneuverable artillery formation that continued to go north and launched many times did not suffer too much delay due to air strikes. By 9:25, it had arrived 4 oo kilometers from Iceland. However, due to the continuous air strikes, the fleet position was firmly controlled by the British side. Soon, a third wave of air strikes was ushered in. The joint attack team sent by Iceland, 16 skuo dive bombers and 8 European Swallows.

Seeing the skua appearing in the air, Major General Bei felt the pressure increase sharply and his face became serious. The destructive capabilities of dive bombers and horizontal bombers are different. Although the skua's degree is less than 37o kilometers per hour, which is slightly slower than Stuka's degree, but everyone has been lingering fearing this. Although the European Swallows' ability is not as good as the B-219, after the two sides are entangled together, there is a lot of room left for the skua.

Tirpitz, the largest and most threatening one, became a thorn in the eyes of British aircraft. A total of 8 skua rushed over one after another. The Tirpitz's degree has increased to the highest level of 29 knots, and it stumbled left and right like a flexible gyro. Four skua were shot down by the b-219 before entering the dive orbit. The other 4 were successfully dropped bombs, and 3 bombs were avoided, but the one landed at the stern of the ship could not be avoided at all. Moreover, Captain Top did not dare to toss too hard to avoid the Bismarck-class tail when commanding the turbine to avoid it. The Bismarck-class tail was relatively fragile. The British army hit the propeller and servo and was finally destroyed. Therefore, Top would rather let the bomb fall on the deck of the ship than to land below.

The 5oo-pound bomb penetrated the upper deck, but was then blocked by the 8m-thick main deck and exploded violently. The armored steel plate was blown up and twisted into a strange-shaped pit, which also caused a fire and rolled thick smoke. Splashed debris fell. After listening to the loss management team members report the situation, Major General Bei and Colonel Top finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although the warship looked a little ugly, it did not cause any substantial damage.

Perhaps Tilpitz's smoking appearance created an illusion for other aircraft, and 5-6 skua rushed over without hesitation. B-219 shot down three of them, but the last one entered the dive at a tricky angle and it was too late to stop it. At the critical moment, the double-equipped 37mm near the tail turret made a contribution. A shell hit the dive head-on and blew it to pieces.

At 9:48, the skua and the European Swallows began to retreat. Both sides suffered a lot of losses in this round of attack. The British lost 9 skua and 5 European Swallows, and 4 escort fighters. Including the losses ahead, the total number of 24 escort fighters dropped to only 17 in the morning. The only good news is that only one pilot was lost, and the remaining 6 were rescued after falling into the water.

1o:o6 points, the shelling fleet is 42o kilometers away from Iceland. Just when everyone thought they could breathe a sigh of relief, the lookout post reported the most frustrating news, and several enemy planes came to the southwest... (To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!