"We in China are also willing to give it a try.￡◆Ding￡◆Point￡◆Xiao￡◆ said that the new battleships of various countries have increased horizontal protection, and the other side's bombs are generally high-explosive bombs used to deal with land targets, and the bombs

It is not very heavy and does not pose much of a threat to capital ships. More importantly,

The opponent does not bring torpedoes, so it is still very difficult to destroy a capital ship simply with high-explosive bombs. If not, we can drag it back. The U.S. and French armies have done their best, and we should not abandon them at this time."

After thinking for a moment, Yang Yonglin expressed his support for Darlan's suggestion.

Since it was mentioned that it was to cover the retreat of the US-French coalition forces, the Americans naturally could not keep sinking. In the same way, in order to allow more Italians to withdraw, the Italian Navy also expressed its willingness to support this plan, so it seems that this

The seemingly unreasonable plan was approved. And the subsequent performance of the Luftwaffe did make Sumer a little proud!

"Are the Italians starting to set fire to the city now?" Seeing the port area and other key places being shrouded in smoke from the smoke cans, Grim was a little confused. The opponent's air defense force was indeed quite tragic.

Except for his mortal enemy Haedongqing Brigade, there seems to be no large-scale opponent, and even if there is, it will be driven away by the long-range fighter jets he brought. The threat in the air is the smallest. Well, at least it is higher than the following

The gun threat is smaller!

Grimm noticed something was wrong when he entered the battlefield! How could the opponent's anti-aircraft guns be so accurate?! The explosion points of the American 90mm anti-aircraft guns and the British three-inch anti-aircraft guns were too close to his aircraft.

In order to obtain higher bombing accuracy, this

Grimm set the horizontal bombing altitude at about 3,000 meters. According to past experience, even if this altitude is already within the effective range of medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns, the actual hit rate will still be very low. But this time, the battle situation was overturned.

Grimm's cognition!

Explosive points appeared one after another around the fleet. The impact and shrapnel generated by the explosion of the shells did not hit the huge bomber, but made small holes in the fuselage. The entire fleet was like flying on a boiling cauldron. It was violent.

The explosions continued to stimulate the tense nerves of the German pilots. Until one of the shells accurately hit the nose of a heavy bomber, directly blowing the cab to pieces, such as

It was as tragic as beheading! The out-of-control bomber quickly fell down with flames all over its body. And this was just the beginning. The bomber formation flying at a fixed speed and course was the favorite target of ground radar-guided anti-aircraft artillery!

As the distance to the target gets closer and closer, the ground anti-aircraft firepower becomes more intensive. More and more anti-aircraft artillery positions are concentrated, and the dense rain of bullets interweaves together to form a deadly fire network.

Although there are smoke screens and powerful anti-aircraft firepower, it is obviously unrealistic to rely solely on these things to block the huge group of German bombers. The Germans bombed fixed targets. Although the smoke severely obscured the field of vision, it was a carpet bombing.

It will still cause immeasurable damage to the port. But unfortunately, the medium bomber group that attacked Naples with Grim discovered the fleet in the distance. They believed that these battleships were more valuable targets than the buildings and ports on the ground!

Although they were bombing together, Grim's heavy bomber unit had no direct affiliation with other medium bomber formations. When attacking Florence, Grim still had command authority over all bombers, but in actual combat

It was found that the height and method suitable for strategic bomber attacks are not suitable for medium bombers. The former can use a huge amount of bombs to make up for the lack of accuracy, while the latter can improve bombing accuracy through forward dive and use accuracy to make up for the difference in bomb load.

So in the subsequent battle

During the battle, the Luftwaffe stated that the medium bomber force could carry out attacks according to its own attack methods, which made Grimm's command exist in name only. And more importantly, because this transfer was very hasty. Those who came with Grimm

medium bomber force

He is in another aviation force and is not affiliated with Grim's Lancers. If he is a teammate of an aviation force, the other party may still sell him some face, but now that the other party has seen a target that it thinks is more valuable, it will naturally

Grimm's thoughts will not be taken into account.

After politely informing Grim, the other party broke away from the formation with a group of medium bombers and rushed towards the fleet cruising offshore. These bombers are new products of the Luftwaffe and can conduct shallow dive bombing at an angle of 30 degrees.

At the same time, low-altitude maneuverability is also good, but the German air force commander who often bombs ground targets

I still underestimated the anti-air firepower and protection level of the battleship. The number of anti-aircraft artillery on a large battleship is hundreds! It is far more than the firepower of ground anti-aircraft artillery, especially when facing medium and low-altitude targets. And more importantly,

The fleet of aircraft flying from the aircraft carrier in the distance is getting closer and closer, leaving little time for the Germans to attack!

"Are these battleships designed specifically for air defense?" Looking at the huge monster in the distance that was constantly spraying hot bullets like a volcanic eruption, many German pilots secretly pulled up the operating lever and slightly increased the height of the attack.

Facing the approaching German bombers, the huge battleship began to accelerate to evade, while the surrounding destroyers maneuvered with the battleship and used

The anti-aircraft firepower on the ship shares the pressure of the battleship. The German bomber force has never experienced attacking high-speed moving targets under such strong anti-aircraft firepower. Although a battleship with a width of more than 30 meters and a length of more than 200 meters is said to be very large, but from a few thousand

Viewed from a height of 10 feet, it is only the size of a box. To hit such a target, luck seems to be more important than skill!

Although it is more difficult for seemingly ferocious anti-aircraft firepower to hit bombers, it is equally unreliable for bombing that is not even ferocious to hit large warships that are moving at a speed of more than 25 knots and are constantly changing directions.

A round bomb hangs from the

In addition, it fell off, and then most of it fell into the sea, exploding huge water columns. When the first wave of horizontal bombing ended, except for two 250kg near-misses, some craters were added to the central armor belt of a certain battleship.

Other than that, there is no achievement at all.

"The failure of our attack was caused by many reasons. The problem of aircraft performance cannot be solved in a short time. Let's not mention it for now. In addition, the biggest problem is the selection of bombs. The ground bombs we used

The delay is too short, and they are all high-explosive bombs, which are not effective against battleships with good armor protection. Moreover, the fuze is located on the head, making it easy to

Damage occurred during impact. In addition to being effective against unarmored aircraft carriers and lightly protected destroyers, these highly sensitive bombs are almost useless against heavy cruisers and battleships. At the same time, the weight of the bombs is too low. We believe that in the future, bombs

The weight must be above 500kg to cause greater damage to the battleship." The Germans concluded afterwards.

After seeing the poor performance of the first wave of German horizontal bombers, the navies of various countries finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, soon, those shallow dive bombers with 500kg bombs caused a loss for the Allied navies. This batch was equipped with 500kg bomb bottoms.

The fuzed semi-armor-piercing projectiles were originally used to accurately attack certain reinforced bunkers. Although they were not specifically used to bomb warships, their power should not be underestimated.

Boom! With a loud noise, a twin-engine light bomber successfully passed through Nelson's anti-aircraft fire network, and then dropped a heavy bomb on the rear deck of the opponent. The powerful semi-armor-piercing bomb directly tore open

The upper deck then exploded above the main armor, hundreds of kilograms of high explosive

The huge energy released by the explosives rushed through the interior of the hull. Although it failed to destroy the main horizontal armor, it tore several temporarily installed anti-aircraft guns next to it into pieces. Amidst the fierce fire, the rear deck was a mess. This hit

Obviously, the attacking German aircraft saw hope, and then

The latter planes attacked the behemoths on the sea more vigorously. Although the accuracy of shallow dive bombing was not high, with the support of huge numbers, at least 4 battleships of the Allied Powers were hit, and the unlucky Nelson was at least hit.

4 bombs of various types were hit and 2 near-misses were hit

.Although the core cabin is still intact, two near-misses tore a large hole in the light armor belt of the bow, causing the entire battleship to tilt 5 degrees. And another bomb destroyed the steering wheel of a main turret. This battleship needs

I went back to repair it. Anyway, one less battleship is not a big problem.

Even though there was a battleship formation to share the hatred for Naples, the attacks from hundreds of bombers of various types still caused huge losses to the city and surrounding ports. The huge air waves generated by the explosions swept across the ground, destroying the people accumulated here.

All kinds of supplies and vehicles were blown to pieces, and some bombers even boldly lowered their altitude to attack those who tried to

The merchant ships escaping from the port are different from the warships in that these merchant ships have no protection except a layer of hull plates. Even a 250kg near-missile missile may sink a 10,000-ton ship. And there happened to be one

The unlucky ship was hit in the waterway out of the port. The several-thousand-ton hull was broken into two pieces, blocking less than half of the originally narrow waterway!

But in general, although they were intercepted by the opponent's small-scale air force, intensive anti-aircraft fire attacks, and some people mistakenly attacked warships offshore, tactically speaking, the Germans'

The attack was still very successful, at least he

They destroyed thousands of tons of various materials and equipment, caused thousands of casualties, and reduced the Allied Forces' retreat efficiency by at least 40% in the next week. Of course, they also destroyed hundreds of civilian buildings along the way.

Building. And my losses are not much. I can definitely make profit!
Chapter completed!