The Iron Duke, once so large and mighty that the Germans had to bow their heads, was now slowly sinking towards the sea with smoke in its wake.

The afterglow of the setting sun shines on its body, and it seems to be a quiet and contemplative old man, where he silently reflects on his glorious life.

Beside it were the sailors who had once slept peacefully in its strong arms. Now one by one they jumped from the side of the giant ship into the sea, waving their arms desperately to resist, dragging them to the whirlpool below the surface of the sea as the giant ship sank.

More of the crew stood on the side of the ship, letting out apocalyptic cries.

John was almost dragged by the officers before leaving his flagship. Admiral Jericho's face was now ashen, and his gaze lingered on the Iron Duke for a long time. This type of battleship was an improved version of the Chiji V-class battleships that Britain was proud of, but it did not die in the confrontation with the enemy ships' guns.

Then, his gaze turned hatefully into the sky, in the swarm of wasp-like planes.

At this time, he was surprised to find that the air at this time was no longer the situation where those "bastards" dominated the world. More than 10 British water reconnaissance fighters appeared in the air and were attacking the robbers.

During the Battle of Jutland, the British Royal Navy, which was fond of water and air power, had already prepared two seaplane carriers. The seaplane carrier USS Campania and the USS Egadin seaplane carriers, unfortunately, these two seaplane carriers, converted from coal carriers, can only be equipped with 14 seaplane fighters.

Although earlier these motherships and aircraft had malfunctions, and even delayed aerial reconnaissance. However, they were now finally able to come in time to support the battleship formation, which seemed so vulnerable to air strikes.

The fact that the "Mosquito water attack plane" did not fire at the front of the plane, and this is also a no-brainer. In order to reduce the weight as much as possible, the previously prepared front-firing machine gun had to be removed. Now the aircraft had to rely on a 12.7mm machine gun in the back seat of the pilot, trying to resist attacks from the air.

Fortunately, the British saw a German aircraft for the first time, so the pilots attacked from the rear in the same way that most attacks were carried out. But they attacked and fell into the range of the "mosquito water attack", which was protected by the machine gun.

It is true that the maneuverability of the fighters is superior to that of the "Mosquito Water Attack Attack" with torpedoes attached, but their 7.62 mm is less powerful against such an aircraft that uses a laminated fuselage, especially when it comes to the concentrated fire of a total of 10 12.7 mm self-defense machine guns from the five aircraft of the opposing side.

In the middle of the sky, a "Mosquito seaplane" was shot down as it approached the battleship. But at the same time, desperately trying to protect the British Imperial fleet below, the British pilot's own plane was shot down by the concentrated fire of 12.7 mm machine guns.

When the British naval officers on the lifeboat saw this scene, they couldn't help but shake their heads, knowing that today's big battle was likely to end in defeat. Such planes could not stop the attack of the British Royal Navy's reconnaissance fighters in the slightest, and I really don't know how to deal with them.

When John. By the time Admiral Jericho boarded another Iron Duke-class battleship, the Emperor of India, the entire British fleet had fully "enjoyed" the first attack by 150 German "Mosquito water attack aircraft". In this attack, the Germans lost four aircraft, but the results of their four were extremely fruitful.

In addition to the aforementioned John. In addition to Admiral Jericho's flagship, the Iron Duke, the flagship of Rear Admiral Levison, commander of the second detachment of the 2nd Battleship Detachment, was the Orion. In addition, there was the flagship of Vice Admiral Jeram, the "George V", and two other battleships of the Iron Duke class, the "Marlborough" and "Benbon".

This was due to the fact that the German Flying received an order before the attack that the flagships of the detachments should be the first to attack the large ships, so only the battleships used as flagships were sunk here. As for the warships of the German Navy, on the contrary, not much was achieved.

When the British fleet was all panicking, Reinhardt. Admiral Scheer, with the lead ships of his oceanic fleet, launched an attack on the British avant-garde fleet, which had lost its unified command. At this time, the avant-garde fleet was sunk several battle cruisers such as the Tiger, the Indefatigable, and the Queen Mary.

And the German side also paid a certain price, they lost several cruisers. At the same time, Vice Admiral Speer's battle cruiser "Lütsov" was hit by two large-caliber shells and was at the moment slowly sinking into the depths of the sea.

Relatively speaking, the survivability of German warships has always been superior to that of the British fleet. Fortunately, whether the crew was surviving in the sea, whether they were rowing a boat to escape for their lives, the casualties were not very large.

Just as Vice Admiral Speer and his lieutenant were carrying a motorboat with his staff to transfer to another battleship to continue the battle behind, a very loud call was heard from the sea, and a shot was fired outside.

"Hey, gentlemen, how about I take a hitchhike if I can!"

This made the naval officers, who were accustomed to hearing the roar of the cannons, understand that the crew members who jumped into the sea to escape would not carry anything else except lifebuoys or life-saving equipment such as life jackets and flare guns, so where did these light weapons come from?

This alarmed the officers under Vice Admiral Speer, some of whom handled the ship's slurry.

"If Mr. Lieutenant General is captured by a British Marine within a nautical mile......"

Others thought differently, Vice Admiral Speer's lieutenant Felix. Feng. Captain Luknar. He sat there motionless, for he could hear clearly, and the voice was shouting a word in German.

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When the boat sailed past, everyone saw that it was two pilots. They sat comfortably in an inflatable dinghy, unhurriedly taking the spare matches from the lifeboat and lighting their sea-soaked cigars.

Seeing these guys who had made great achievements for the German Ocean Fleet, Vice Admiral Speer greeted them happily.

"I have to admit, you boys are not bad!"

"Thank you for the compliment, but if you ......!"

The one who answered said as he stretched out his foot and kicked the guy on the other side. The guy who was still wasting matches was about a pilot, and this kind of conversation with the commander should be within his purview.

"Yes sir, I am very honored to compliment you, and if you have a good cigar, then I will feel even more honored!"