Admiral in the Azure World

Chapter 231 Encounter
After Bismarck used the flagship killer to hit the "Explosive Fish", the three ship girls formed a formation and pursued forward for a certain distance. Lexington was on the way, and they were unwilling to let this mirage force leave.

However, after crossing the waters of Illustration Island, Bismarck, as the flagship, began to slow down.After all, Richelieu's radar has detected some strange signals. If there are scattered signals alone, she may think it is noise such as a flock of birds, but such useless signals are usually automatically filtered by the radar system. , not to mention that these signals are not scattered, they appear in groups.

The mirage troops in front began to slow down, and Bismarck also immediately slowed down until he stopped advancing.

Although he didn't want to give up the achievements that were easily available, and it was his first victory since he came to this world, the mirage aviation force that could appear at any time finally made Bismarck give up the idea of ​​​​a last hit.

"Lexington has crossed the waters of Iris Island, and the carrier-based aircraft is on its way." Lexington and Bismarck communicated.

"Is it a bomber?" Bismarck was delighted.

"No, it's a fighter jet," Lexington said calmly.

"Hey?"

"Our mission is to cover your retreat." Lexington continued, "The conditions in that sea area are unknown and too dangerous. Don't worry, all our fighter jets are equipped with anti-ship bombs. If there is a battle, our Fighters still have certain bombing capabilities."

Bismarck thought of the all-explosion mentality of the American aircraft carriers. During battle, they could all carry ammunition for dive bombing missions, so he nodded and agreed: "We will retreat immediately."

Twenty-ten minutes after Richelieu sensed an abnormal signal in the air, the three ship girls finally saw a flock of birds coming from the east in their field of vision.

They really look like flying birds in the sky, with white feathers all over their bodies, and no power can be seen. From a distance, they look like seagulls gliding and circling in the air, and they may fall into the sea at any time.

Richelieu's expression changed slightly, and Veneto suddenly became serious.

Bismarck immediately communicated to Lexington: "I don't think we need bombing support. We are about to encounter an air attack and hope for your support."

"Are they really coming?" Lexington's voice was a little serious.

"I'm afraid so." Bismarck looked at the densely packed fleet of aircraft on the horizon and felt his scalp numb. Even if his shield could withstand a lot of damage, if so many bombers really hit, he would probably be seriously injured even if he didn't die.

"Flying Fish" force, the legendary aircraft carrier fleet drifting in the west wind.

This is the enemy that Huang Jiang is most concerned about.

I really didn't expect to meet them here.

Bismarck looked at the fleet of planes coming toward them at a very fast speed in the distance, his eyes becoming more solemn.

The formation of the aircraft group is very neat, forming a flying goose-shaped attack formation.

They are well-trained airmen.

Bismarck was shocked, and he and Veneto took a few steps back. Richelieu replaced Bismarck as the flagship of the three-man fleet. Having returned from studying in the United States, she can be said to have the strongest air defense capability among the three ship girls. It is in place, and then there is Veneto, who will be transformed later.

Um... what about Bismarck's air defense? In short, they have the same virtues as her sister, so Huang Jiang doesn't dare to use them during major events as long as the opposite side is full of deep-sea aircraft carriers.

However, Bismarck performed slightly better than Tirpitz. After all, her damage reduction was still very effective in the aviation opening.

Although they were reluctant to bear the victory they were about to gain, facing the "Flying Fish" troops that were attacking them, the three ship girls had to retreat and join up with Lexington and Saratoga who were coming from behind.

Mirage's carrier aircraft finally caught up with them.These carrier-based aircraft fly very fast, and there is no sound of propellers at all, but their structure does not look like a jet aircraft.

They were hovering high in the sky, and Bismarck couldn't see the details above. She could only stare at the fleet closely, ready to avoid their dive bombing at any time.Richelieu and Veneto raised their anti-aircraft cannons.

At this moment, Mirage's carrier-based aircraft began to drop bombs.

"Horizontal bombing??" Veneto couldn't help shouting.

"Horizontal bombing... isn't this something that only road-based aircraft can do?" Bismarck said in disbelief.

"Only the earliest aircraft carriers used this kind of attack..." Richelieu, who had in-depth exchanges with American aircraft carriers, knew the carrier's attack methods, "Used against the fleet, the hit rate of horizontal bombing is really high. too low."

"But..." Veneto interrupted the conversation between the two, pointed at the sky, and said, "I feel like they have never considered the issue of hit rate."

Nearly two to three hundred aircraft dropped bombs directly, and these strange-looking bombs fell like raindrops in the sea area where Bismarck and others were.

How could Richelieu dare to neglect, he led the fleet at full speed to quickly escape from the attacked sea area.

The bombed sea area was like boiling water, with splashing water.

Bismarck was stunned. She had never seen such a formation before. The mirage came directly over and dropped the bomb horizontally. After throwing it, it flew away, regardless of whether it hit or not.

According to her estimation, these carrier-based aircraft are on their way back to resupply.However, according to the way ordinary aircraft carriers fight, the next wave of attacks will probably arrive soon.

At the other end, Lexington, who was rushing in the direction of Bismarck, gave Saratoga the order to release aerial bombs and advance at full speed.

"Don't we need to attack the mirage?" Saratoga said disappointedly, "Did Bismarck and the others successfully retreat?"

"What we have to deal with now is not the mirage itself." Lexington said calmly, "but the mirage's flying weapons. Bismarck reported that they were attacked by the mirage's flying fish' troops."

"They are finally here!" Saratoga said with bright eyes. As an aircraft carrier, it should fight against aircraft carriers. Over time, it will definitely get tired of dealing with these enemies who don't even understand basic air defense.

"Be alert." Lexington reminded, "We have entered the mirage sea area, and we may encounter the mirage's air power at any time."

"I saw Bismarck and the others." Saratoga then reported.

Immediately afterwards, she said: "A flock of birds appeared in front... Correction! It's the Mirage's fleet!"

"Fuck! So many!!" Saratoga said subconsciously.

The Mirage's fleet was almost approaching the sky above Bismarck and the others. Time waited for no one. Saratoga controlled four formations with a total of more than 50 fighter jets to form a two-plane formation and accelerated to the sky above Bismarck.

Lexington followed behind in three formations.

However, Mirage's plane seemed to be unresponsive and continued to fly towards the location of Bismarck and others according to the established route.

There are nearly two to three hundred Mirage carrier-based aircraft, but their specific performance is unknown.

But judging from their structure, it seems that they only have anti-ship weapons... and no anti-air structure at all.

(End of this chapter)