Guns and cannons were fired in a dense array of guns on the sea, countless metal projectiles swept across the sea like a storm, and a dozen British bombers writhed their slightly clumsy bodies and danced a waltz on the blade of a knife amid the threat of death. www.biquge.info Since most of the British planes had already dropped their bombs and climbed back, the remaining planes were subjected to heavy attacks by German anti-aircraft fire, and every penetration, dive, bomb drop, and evacuation was an unprecedented test of the courage and skill of the British pilots.

"After this battle, the heavy anti-aircraft guns equipped with the Hipper-class aircraft carriers can be replaced." Fang Yan looked at the British bombers whizzing and flying in the sky, and thought with some frustration in his heart.

After more than 10 minutes of fighting, the large-caliber antiaircraft guns of the two light aircraft carriers hardly achieved any results: the explosion time of the 128-mm howitzer was either advanced or lagged behind, and it was simply impossible to effectively threaten the enemy's air targets in close combat.

Compared with the current thin long-range suppression firepower of the four 128mm guns per side of the Hipper-class, it is more advantageous for this 13,000-ton light aircraft carrier to be replaced with eight 40mm anti-aircraft guns that can be used for melee defense.

Just as he was thinking about it, Fang Yan's ears suddenly heard the hissing of a flying object approaching at high speed, and his heart tightened for a while, and then he saw the port side of the hull suddenly rushing into the monstrous waves like an iron wall of mountains. The waves rose hundreds of meters high, and then rushed to the aircraft carrier Hippel with the momentum of a tsunami collapse. The beveled deck, which was 11 meters above the sea, was instantly submerged in the snow waves and silver waves, and several nearby anti-aircraft artillery positions collapsed and disintegrated in an instant, swallowed by white foam and never seen again.

"No. 140 and No. 141 watertight cabins broke and flooded, and the 3rd team of the damage management team will arrive within 2 minutes to carry out rescue. Hydrotight Compartment 263 has a slight water seepage and is expected to be completely treated within 5 minutes. After a while, the calm and confident voice of the officer in charge came from the microphone of the command tower. The captain, Colonel Norman, replied, with a smile of happiness and joy already on his face.

As a maritime weapon dedicated to aviation combat, the Hipper-class was designed with near-misses in mind: the ship has a 40-millimeter waterline armor that runs through the entire length of the ship's hull to resist shrapnel from a near-missable explosion. This time, in the face of the air raids of the British bombers, they, together with the younger Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers, showed their excellent survivability in this regard. Although the high-explosive bomb was dropped less than 15 meters from its hull, the violent blast did not seriously destroy their reserve buoyancy, and the entire warship continued to maintain high speed and nimbly dodge on the surface.

The bombs fell with a roar that shook the sky, and another ten minutes passed from the hands of the warring parties. During this period, three British bombers crashed into a rain of high-flying shells and were directly hit by a volley explosion, while two German light aircraft carriers also suffered four bombs. The Hipper's forward elevator was hit by a bombshell, and the vast hangars and maintenance rooms below were reduced to a purgatory of destruction and heat, and the deck cabins were shattered and blackened, and flames swept into the sky.

With the violent tremor of the ship's hull like a mountain shaking the sky, Fang Yan, who was caught off guard, immediately fell heavily on the floor of the command tower, and the earth-shattering sound that followed was like thousands of thunderbolts piercing into his ears, making him hug his head in pain amid the screams. In the painful feeling of fainting, Fang Yan's weak mind finally fully realized the danger of war, even if he used the avant-garde concept to design a warship, unreasonable high explosives would still bring a lot of equipment losses and casualties!

The situation of the aircraft carrier Seydlitz was slightly better, the two bombs that hit its deck did not hit the central core area of 152 × 16 meters, but the hangar was still affected by the violent explosion, and the hot shock wave tore large swathes of machinery and equipment into a mess of scrap metal. The damage management forces that had fought with all the strength of the Flame Demon had no time to count the casualties, but it was certain that the number must be extremely large, because countless black and mutilated corpses were lying in the raging flames, and the pungent scorching stench and sizzling grease made everyone's faces pale and disgusting!

"The British should stop there, right?" When the dizziness and buzzing in his brain subsided slightly, Fang Yan struggled to stand up, gritted his teeth and whispered. In the past 10 minutes of fighting, British planes launched more than a dozen attacks on their own side, and in addition to the more than 30 sorties that had been bombed in the first air battle, this round of air raids also came to an end where it should have ended.

At this moment, all four German aircraft carriers have been pioneered, among which the Ekman and Hippert are particularly seriously injured. Regarding this wave of attacks deliberately launched by the British, Fang Yan couldn't help but feel a trace of admiration in his heart while hating and repenting. Britain also has talents in the field of naval and air warfare, and in the end, it really suffered a big loss. If the hardware level of the British can also reach the level of Germany, then it is very likely that the four German aircraft carriers will not be able to retreat as they are now.

Fang Yan listened intently with his ears, and sure enough, he found that the whistling sound of the low-altitude fighter plane had become weaker. It seems that the British bombers have basically finished dropping their bombs, and at most there are two or three donkeys left that are unwilling to give up, struggling to find the last slim opportunity in their own anti-aircraft fire network. Fang Yan, who was relaxed, did not concentrate on observing the battle situation again, but closed his eyes and rested quietly on the 25-millimeter-thick steel plate. The bombshell that exploded 60 meters away just now greatly destroyed Fang Yan's spirit, and Fang Yan had already decided to wait for half a day of rest after the battle was over.

"What, are there any British planes ready to attack?" Hearing the whistling sound outside the command tower once again became high-pitched and sharp, Fang Yan's brows furrowed slightly. After seven or eight years of dealing with aircraft carriers, Fang Yan could clearly tell by his voice whether the planes in the sky were moving away or approaching him. Concentrating on it, Fang Yan felt that the other party was coming towards his flagship, and the sound of small-caliber anti-aircraft guns on the deck that was banging incessantly suddenly intensified, and it had already entered the all-out outbreak period of intercepting enemy planes at close range.

"Oh God!" A scream of fear suddenly resounded through the Command Tower. Fang Yan, who heard this voice, couldn't stay calm anymore, gritted his teeth and opened his eyes. After a while, Fang Yan's pupils widened suddenly, and he saw a British bomber dragging black smoke and flying rapidly towards the Hipper, and its end landing point happened to be the bridge of the aircraft carrier!

"There's a bomb under its belly! The British are crazy! Norman watched in horror at the comet-like British bomber that was coming towards him, and his mind was completely blank. Commander Tanedon was in turmoil. Fang Yan, who had a headache, was suddenly pressed to the floor by two humanoid meat pads, followed by a loud earth-shattering sound like the sky and the earth cracking. Fang Yan's brain roared, and his consciousness was torn into thousands of flying flakes in an instant, drifting away with the wind......