Chapter 259: Six Waves of Attack Aircraft
For the Messerschmitt Bf109 fighters and Junkers-88 dive bombers equipped by the Royal Air Force of the Tang Empire, Yingluoba, Sharad, Noomi and other countries have not seen how powerful they are, so the joint fleet of the navies of the three countries still sailed to Huifeng Port, where several main fleets of the Tang Royal Navy were gathered, after the failure of the attack on Weishan Port and Yuedao Port.
In the early morning of September 12, 3016, the joint fleet of the three navies came to the sea less than 100 kilometers away from Huifeng Port, and encountered two destroyers of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty in charge of maritime reconnaissance.
The combined fleet of the three navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi is not worried that the main forces of the Datang Royal Navy gathered in Huifeng Port will not leave the port to face the battle, otherwise the combined fleet of the three navies can block several main fleets of the Datang Royal Navy directly in Huifeng Port, even if there is the shore defense artillery of Huifeng Port to help, it must be the Datang Royal Navy that suffers in the end, after all, so many warships are blocked in the port, and they will lose their mobility and can only be beaten passively.
In order to prevent the British navies of Yingluoba, Sharad and Noomi from fighting separately in the naval battle, after the three commanders of the three navies of the three countries discussed and decided to establish a joint command, and the joint command was located on the super dreadnought battleship Princess Alice, the flagship of the Royal British Navy.
The Royal Navy Commander of Yingluoba, Petru, served as the commander-in-chief of the combined fleet of the entire three navies, and the Royal Navy Commander of Sharad, Denis, and the Royal Navy Commander Noomi Porfi, served as the deputy commanders-in-chief.
The Royal Navy Commander of Yingluopa, Petru, took a deep breath and said to the commanders of the other two countries on the bridge: "Facing a decisive battle with the Datang Navy again, although the overall strength of the combined fleet of our three navies is beyond the several main fleets of the Datang Navy gathered in Huifeng Port, I have always felt a little uneasy in my heart, and I always feel that there is something that I have not considered. ”
Commandant of the Royal Navy of Shalad Denis sighed and said: "It may be that we lost too badly last time, to be honest, I have experienced the most battles with the Datang Navy, but none of them have been able to win, and I am also up and down in my heart now, and I have been made some shadows by the Datang Navy." ”
Before the war between the Tang Empire and the Seven Nations Alliance, Denis had led the Sharad Navy to fight against Su Yi's fleet twice, and each time he returned with a disastrous defeat.
Noomi Royal Navy Commander Polfi smiled slightly, "Admiral Petro, Admiral Jennis, the overall strength of our three navies' combined fleet this time far exceeds the strength of the Datang Navy gathered in Huifeng Harbor, I think that the final winner of this naval battle must belong to our three navies' combined fleet!" ”
Petru nodded and said: "What General Porfi said is extremely true, the overall strength of the combined fleet of our three navies can definitely be called shocking, and the final winner of this decisive battle with the Datang Navy at sea must belong to us!" ”
As soon as the words of the Royal Navy Commander of Yingroba Petru fell, a piercing siren sounded on the sea, and from the direction of Huifeng Port, a large number of warplanes flew in, even as if they were going to cover the sky.
"How can there be so many fighters! Everyone in the intelligence services should be sent to the gallows! The Royal Navy Commander of Sharad, Denis, shouted with some horror.
As the commander-in-chief of the combined fleet of the three navies, Petrolu's face became very ugly at this time, but he was still relatively calm, "Immediately order all warships, deploy air defense formations, and let all armored cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers protect each capital ship at all costs!" ”
At several military airfields around Huifeng Port, the Datang Royal Air Force gathered 1,500 Messerschmitt Bf109 fighters and 1,000 Junkers-88 dive bombers, and after the two destroyers of the Datang Royal Navy discovered that the combined fleet of the three navies came to the waters near Huifeng Port, the Datang Royal Air Force sent 500 Xiuniao fighters and 400 Goshawk dive bombers in the first wave of attacks.
The Show Bird fighter is the Messerschmitt Bf109 fighter, and the Goshawk dive bomber is the Junkers-88 dive bomber.
500 Xiuniao fighters and 400 goshawk dive bombers soon flew over the combined fleet of the three navies and pounced on the warships of the Angloba, Sharad, and Noomi navies.
The main task of the Hidetori fighter is to attack the anti-aircraft fire on the enemy warships and provide the goshawk dive bombers with dive bombing opportunities, while the goshawk dive bombers mainly target the super dreadnought battleships, battle cruisers and dreadnought battleships of the three navies.
"Dada...... Bang bang bang ......bang "Eight anti-aircraft machine guns and four 47mm anti-aircraft guns on a Yingroba Navy's brave-class super dreadnought battleship kept firing into the air, preventing the fighters of the Tang Royal Air Force in the air from approaching.
And around this Brave-class super dreadnought battleship, there is also a light cruiser and two destroyers of the Yingluoba Navy, using anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, trying to stop the fighters of the Datang Royal Air Force and pounce on the Brave-class super dreadnought battleship they are protecting.
Six Xiuniao fighters pounced on the Brave-class super dreadnought battleship from a high altitude, using a 30-mm cannon and two 7.9-mm machine guns to continuously strafe the Brave-class super dreadnought-class battleship, as well as a light cruiser and two destroyers in the surrounding area, suppressing the anti-aircraft fire of these four battleships.
Although after the advent of military aircraft, the navies of various countries have added anti-aircraft weapons to the warships, but the navies of various countries do not believe that the aircraft will pose a real threat to the capital ships with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons, so this Brave-class super dreadnought battleship with 406 mm main guns and a full load displacement of up to 46,900 tons is only equipped with eight anti-aircraft machine guns and four 47 mm anti-aircraft guns, while a light cruiser and two destroyers around are equipped with air defense weapons. It's not even as good as this Valiant class super dreadnought.
At the cost of one downed, the six Show Bird fighters quickly dumbed down almost one-third of the anti-aircraft fire of the four battleships, at which time the three Goshawk dive bombers began to dive at the Valiant-class super dreadnought battleship on the sea, and at the same time, the two 13mm machine guns and three 7.9mm machine guns on the Goshawk dive bombers also opened heavy fire on the Valiant-class super dreadnought battleship, as well as the surrounding light cruisers and two destroyers.
The Goshawk dive bomber can carry up to 2.5 tons of bombs, and this time in order to carry out aerial bombardment against the combined fleets of the British Roba, Sharad, and Noomi navies, each Goshawk dive bomber is equipped with three 800-kilogram aerial bombs.
In the end, the three goshawk dive bombers successfully dropped three 800-kilogram aerial bombs on the Valiant-class super dreadnought battleship, and all nine aerial bombs hit, which immediately shrouded the Valiant-class super dreadnought battleship in an explosion of fire, but the Valiant-class super dreadnought battleship showed no signs of being sunk.
And just after the three goshawk dive bombers that dropped the aerial bombs pulled up, two more goshawk dive bombers pounced on the brave-class super dreadnought battleship that was still exploding......
After 500 Xiuniao fighters and 400 goshawk dive bombers attacked, the sound of explosions one after another had already masked all other sounds, and many capital ships of the Angloba, Sharad, and Noomi navies slowly sank into the sea amid the fierce explosions.
It was not until all the goshawk dive bombers had dropped aerial bombs that the Tang Royal Navy aircraft group, which launched the first wave of attacks, retreated in the direction of Huifeng Port.
There are two large armored cruisers, two light cruisers, and four destroyers around the Princess Alice, the flagship of the Royal Navy of the British Coast, and four destroyers.
However, the three commanders of the entire combined fleet in the bridge of the Princess Alice had extremely ugly faces, and the commander of the Royal Navy of Yingroba, Petru, gritted his teeth and turned his head to an adjutant behind him: "Immediately count the losses figures, I want to know the losses of the three navies as soon as possible!" ”
At this time, the commander of the Royal Navy of Sharad, Denis, said bitterly: "The fighters and bombers equipped by the Datang Air Force are too powerful, if it were not for the fact that there are enough warships in the combined fleet of our three navies, which has enhanced the air defense firepower, the navies of our three countries have no good way to take these fighters and bombers of the Datang Air Force, and in the face of these fighters and bombers with exceptionally excellent performance, the air defense weapons on the warships of our three navies are too few." ”
Noomi Royal Navy Commander Porfi looked at a Noomi Navy battle cruiser that was sinking in the distance, and said with a painful face: "The losses are really too great, just this wave of air raids, at least twenty or thirty capital ships of our three navies combined fleet have been sunk, if the Datang Air Force has a few more waves of air raids, our three navies combined fleet will not have to fight a decisive battle with several main fleets of the Datang Navy." ”
As if to confirm Porfi's words, soon another huge group of aircraft appeared in the distant sky, and the second wave of attack planes composed of 500 Xiuniao fighters and 300 Goshawk dive bombers also came, and some of the Xiuniao fighters also carried a 250-kilogram aerial bomb on the pylons on the center line of the belly.
Noomi Royal Navy Commander Pol Fei suddenly said with some trepidation: "I think it's better to retreat first!" The Datang Air Force still doesn't know how many planes are deployed here in Huifeng Port! ”
When the time came to 12 o'clock at noon on 12 September, the sixth wave of attack planes, consisting of more than 400 Xiuniao fighters and more than 200 goshawk dive bombers, also completed its mission and began to return to the airfields around Huifeng Port.
After completing the first air raid on the combined fleet of the navy of the three countries, the Xiuniao fighters and goshawk dive bombers that flew back to the airfield quickly replenished ammunition and aerial bombs and launched another wave of air raids.
The Princess Alice, the flagship of the Royal Navy of Yingluopa, was only hit by an 800-kilogram aerial bomb in six waves of air raids, and this aerial bomb hit not an important part, and the fire caused by it was also controlled by the damage management personnel of the Princess Alice, except for the destruction of two 155-mm secondary guns, three anti-aircraft machine guns and two 47-mm anti-aircraft guns, the Princess Alice almost did not affect its combat effectiveness.
In the flagship of the Princess Alice, the commanders of the three navies each held a piece of paper in their hands, and the expressions on their faces were a little dull.
Petru, the commander of the Royal British Navy, gently put the paper in his hand on the table in front of him, and then said with a wry smile: "In the six waves of air raids of our Royal Navy of Yingluopa, fourteen super dreadnought battleships, nineteen battle cruisers and four dreadnought battleships were sunk, and other types of warships also lost more than thirty ships, and the remaining capital ships were almost all injured. ”
The commander of the Salad Royal Navy, Denis, rubbed the paper in his hand vigorously, gritted his teeth and said: "The losses of our Salad Royal Navy are also very large, there are eleven super dreadnought battleships, fifteen battle cruisers and three dreadnought battleships were sunk by the bombers of the Datang Air Force, and the other capital ships are also injured one by one, and even several have lost their combat effectiveness. ”
Noomi Royal Navy Commander Porfi said with a wry smile: "Our Noomi Royal Navy also has twelve super dreadnought battleships, fourteen battle cruisers and two dreadnought battleships that have been sunk, and now our three navies can only withdraw as soon as possible, the farther away from Huifeng Port, the better, don't think about a decisive battle with the Tang Navy." ”
In the course of the air raid by the Royal Air Force of the three navies on the joint fleet of the three navies, the combined fleet of the three navies retreated to the northwest far away from Huifeng Port while dealing with the attack aircraft group overhead, and the combined fleet of the three navies has now withdrawn to the sea area about 200 kilometers away from Huifeng Port.