Chapter 345: The Aircraft Carrier Sinks

In the face of the attack aircraft group flying over from the Magic aircraft carrier of the Ice Lion Navy, the reason why Ding Haifeng, commander of the independent fleet of the Great Qin Navy, was not concerned was because of the exceptionally excellent performance of the Bamboo Dragonfly, a carrier-based fighter, which gave Ding Haifeng great confidence.

Although the Bamboo Dragonfly carrier-based fighter comes from the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and is produced by several aircraft factories in the Tang Empire, many of the technologies of this carrier-based fighter come from the world of the Han Kingdom.

The scientific and technological level of the world on the side of the Great Han Kingdom is decades ahead of the world of the Tang Empire and the world of the Great Qin Kingdom.

When the Bamboo Dragonfly carrier-based fighter came to the world on the side of the Great Qin Kingdom, its excellent performance made the Bamboo Dragonfly carrier-based fighter immediately become the most advanced carrier-based fighter in the world, and it can even be said to be the best fighter.

Even the Xiuniao fighter equipped by the independent division of the Daqin Air Force, that is, the Messerschmitt Bf109 fighter in Germany during World War II, is also lagging behind the Bamboo Dragonfly carrier-based fighter in all aspects in terms of performance, and the Xiuniao fighter is currently one of the top fighters in all aspects of performance in the world on the side of Daqin.

The Bamboo Dragonfly carrier-based fighter did not disappoint Ding Haifeng, the commander of the Independent Fleet, and the attack aircraft group composed of three reconnaissance planes, seven fighters, and 60 bombers on the Magic aircraft carrier of the Ice Lion Navy was easily intercepted in the air several kilometers away from the Independent Fleet by dozens of Bamboo Dragonfly carrier-based fighters responsible for guarding the sky over the Independent Fleet.

Due to the lack of a sufficient number of fighter planes to protect the attack aircraft group sent by the USS Magic, the air battle that took place more than ten kilometers away from the independent fleet almost turned into an aerial slaughter, and not a single carrier-based aircraft of the Ice Lion Navy's navy could break through the interception and launch a substantial attack on the eight improvised aircraft carriers, a super dreadnought battleship, a light cruiser and a destroyer of the independent fleet.

Of the 70 carrier-based aircraft of the Ice Lion Navy, only one reconnaissance plane managed to escape, and the remaining 69 carrier-based aircraft of the Ice Lion Navy's navy were all destroyed by the Bamboo Dragonfly carrier-based fighters.

When Drava, the commander of the First Aircraft Carrier Formation of the Ice Lion Navy, received the news that the attack aircraft group of the USS Magic was almost completely wiped out, the third round of attacks on the First Aircraft Carrier Formation of the Ice Lion Navy's Second Wave of the Independent Fleet of the Great Qin Navy had just ended.

"I really didn't expect that the navy of the Great Qin Kingdom would actually come up with seven or eight modified simple aircraft carriers, and also successfully damaged the first aircraft carrier formation of our Ice Lion Country Navy, if it wasn't for my own experience, even I wouldn't believe it!" Drava said with a wry smile.

Nassiye, the captain of the Magic aircraft carrier, said gloomily: "The loss of our first aircraft carrier formation this time is really too great, although the modified and simple aircraft carriers of the Great Qin Navy are not worth mentioning, but the carrier-based fighters and carrier-based bombers owned by the Great Qin Navy have very good performance, and the carrier-based aircraft of our Navy and the fighters of our Ice Lion Air Force are really a big gap compared to the other party." ”

Under three rounds of attacks by the Navy's Independent Fleet and the Air Force's Independent Division, the Ice Lion Navy's First Aircraft Carrier Formation has sunk one super dreadnought battleship, two battle cruisers, two dreadnought battleships, three heavy cruisers, nine light cruisers, and eleven destroyers.

Almost all of the surviving aircraft carriers, three super dreadnought battleships, one battle cruiser, three dreadnought battleships, three heavy cruisers, eleven light cruisers, and nineteen destroyers of the Ice Lion Navy's first aircraft carrier formation were also wounded, and several of them were still seriously injured and had basically temporarily lost their combat effectiveness.

More than 90 fighters of the Air Force of the Ice Lion Country deployed in the port of Mangers also flew to the battlefield at sea when more than 300 Xiuniao fighters and more than 300 Goshawk dive bombers of the independent division of the Air Force launched an attack on the first aircraft carrier formation of the Ice Lion Navy.

However, these more than 90 fighters of the Air Force of the Ice Lion Country did not play a role in turning the tide, and they were quickly lost in the air battle with many Xiuniao fighters.

Delava, commander of the first aircraft carrier formation of the Ice Lion Navy, immediately sighed and said: "Presumably, the enemy will have a fourth round of attacks, so that the remaining warships will continue to maintain the air defense formation with the Magic aircraft carrier as the core, and the Magic must be kept no matter what!" Without the Magic, our first aircraft carrier formation would be in name only! ”

Naciye, the captain of the Magic, hesitated for a moment and said, "Commander, several warships in our first aircraft carrier formation are seriously injured and may not be able to retreat north with the fleet. ”

Delavar shook his head and said: "Let the officers and soldiers on several warships that cannot retreat immediately withdraw to the top of other ships, and order the evacuated officers and soldiers to open the water intake valve at the bottom of the warship before evacuating, the warships of our first aircraft carrier formation can't be like the super dreadnought battleship of the Xingchen, which is cheap for the Daqin Navy!" ”

Before Drava's order could be conveyed, more than 400 fighters of the Independent Division of the Great Qin Air Force flew over the first aircraft carrier formation of the Ice Lion Navy, launching a fourth round of attacks on it.

The first aircraft carrier formation of the Ice Lion Navy's navy fled all the way to the north, and was also constantly attacked by the Daqin Air Force Independent Division and the Daqin Navy's independent fleet all the way, and from time to time the warships of the Ice Lion Navy's navy were sunk.

"Boom-boom-" A heavy cruiser of the Ice Lion Navy's navy was detonated in an ammunition warehouse, and the power of the explosion instantly blew up this heavy cruiser with a full load displacement of more than 10,000 tons into several pieces, and quickly disappeared into the sea.

By the time the sky was getting dark on May 29, 2539, the Independent Fleet of the Great Qin Navy dispatched a total of five waves of attack aircraft to the First Aircraft Carrier Formation of the Ice Lion Navy, and the Independent Division of the Great Qin Air Force also launched four waves of attacks on the First Aircraft Carrier Formation of the Ice Lion Navy.

In the end, the flagship aircraft carrier of the first aircraft carrier formation of the Ice Lion Navy, the Magic aircraft carrier, was still not saved, and after being hit by thirteen aerial bombs and six torpedoes, the Magic aircraft carrier overturned due to serious water ingress and slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.

The first aircraft carrier formation of the Ice Lion Navy's first aircraft carrier formation only had one super dreadnought battleship, one dreadnought battleship, one heavy cruiser, two light cruisers, four destroyers and several auxiliary ships escaped.

In this naval and air battle, the independent fleet of the Great Qin Navy lost a total of 108 carrier-based aircraft, and the independent division of the Great Qin Air Force lost 194 fighters, which means that the Yueyang Front almost completely annihilated the first aircraft carrier formation, the strongest in the Ice Lion Navy, at the cost of more than 300 aircraft.

Compared with the army of the Ice Lion Country, the Ice Lion Navy's will to fight is much worse, because the first aircraft carrier formation of the Ice Lion Navy's Navy later fled in a hurry, and the officers and men of the Ice Lion Navy, who were seriously injured on the warships, did not even have time to withdraw to other ships, and finally there was a super dreadnought battleship, a heavy cruiser, a light cruiser and two destroyers, which were forced to land by the super dreadnought battleship Xingchen of the independent fleet of the Great Qin Navy.

The super-dreadnought battleship Caiyun captured by the independent fleet had a full load displacement of 35,000 tons, a maximum speed of 21 knots, and was equipped with four twin 45-caliber 406 mm main guns, fourteen 45 times caliber 150 mm secondary guns, twelve twin 40-mm anti-aircraft guns, twelve four-pack 20-mm anti-aircraft guns, and twenty anti-aircraft machine guns.

The captured heavy cruiser Botao, with a full load displacement of 11,000 tons and a maximum speed of 32 knots, was equipped with three twin 50-caliber 234-mm main guns, eighteen 45-caliber 150-mm secondary guns, and a large number of anti-aircraft weapons.

Ding Haifeng, the commander of the independent fleet, looked at the five warships of the Ice Lion Navy, which had lost power in the distance, and said to Liu Bin, the captain of the Xingchen, with an excited face: "You can send a good report to the commander!" After repairing the Super Dreadnought Battleship Caiyun and the Heavy Cruiser Waves, you will be able to form a firepower detachment with the Star! ”

Liu Bin, the captain of the Xingchen, said with a smile: "I didn't expect that this attack on the first aircraft carrier formation of the Ice Lion Navy's fleet would go so smoothly, this is a great victory that will definitely shock the world!" ”

Ding Haifeng said with a smile on his face: "Our independent fleet has these carrier-based aircraft, even if the aircraft carriers transformed from large transport ships and large passenger ships have many defects, our independent fleet also has the strength to wrestle with several major naval powers in the world." ”

"It seems that we have to urge the Minggang Shipyard to transform more improvised aircraft carriers for our independent fleet!"

Drava, the commander of the first aircraft carrier formation of the Ice Lion Navy, and Nassiye, the captain of the USS Magic, did not sink to the bottom of the sea with the USS Magic.

After determining that the sinking of the USS Magic was inevitable, the commander of the 1st Carrier Formation, Drava, immediately gave the order to abandon the ship, and withdrew to a light cruiser with the captain of the USS Magic, Nasiyah.

And the light cruiser where Drava and Naciye are located is also on the list of surviving warships of the first aircraft carrier formation of the Ice Lion Navy.

Looking at the few warships around him, the commander of the first aircraft carrier group, Drava, said bitterly: "With the current strength of the Great Qin Navy and the Great Qin Air Force, our Ice Lion Country Navy and our Ice Lion Country Air Force are no longer opponents at all, and the next war to resist the invasion of the Great Qin State will become very difficult." ”

The captain of the Magic, Naciye, sighed and asked, "Commander, is it now time to report the specific losses of our first aircraft carrier group to the cabinet and the Admiralty?" ”

"Debrief! Our first aircraft carrier formation is considered to have been disabled, and I don't know when it will recover. ”

At about 8 o'clock in the evening of May 29, at the official residence of the Prime Minister's Mansion in Ice Lion City, Marshal Mochka of the Ice Lion Kingdom said to Prime Minister Zahar of the Cabinet in a sad voice: "Prime Minister, the commander of the first aircraft carrier group, Drava, sent a telegram that there was only one super dreadnought battleship, one dreadnought battleship, one heavy cruiser, two light cruisers and four destroyers left in the entire fleet, and more than 30,000 officers and sailors were killed or missing, which is the worst defeat of our Ice Lion Navy!" ”

Prime Minister Zahar gritted his teeth and said: "Since the navy of the Great Qin Kingdom can be converted into aircraft carriers with some large transport ships and large passenger ships, then we can also do it in the Ice Lion Country, and I will immediately let the major shipyards of our Ice Lion Country transform a batch of aircraft carriers and deliver them to the Navy!" ”

After the first aircraft carrier formation of the Ice Lion Navy's navy suffered an almost devastating blow, the overall strength of the Ice Lion Navy's navy suddenly dropped by a large cut, and the capital ships of the entire Ice Lion Navy's navy were left with only one large aircraft carrier, three medium-sized aircraft carriers, six super dreadnought battleships, five battle cruisers, eleven dreadnought battleships and nine heavy cruisers, which was equivalent to losing the ranking of the world's third navy, and even the fourth place was almost impossible to rank.

In addition to the four major powers in this world, there are several countries in the second echelon of strength, among which the Ink Wolf Country, which was also established by the wolf people, has a navy with quite good strength, and has always ranked fifth in the world's navy.

After suffering heavy losses, the strength of the Ice Lion Nation's navy is no stronger than that of the Ink Wolf Country.

Admiral Mochka said helplessly: "Prime Minister, even if several large shipyards in China can transform a batch of simple aircraft carriers, our navy does not have enough carrier-based aircraft to equip these simple aircraft carriers!" ”

Due to the fact that in the battle with the independent division of the Daqin Air Force, the Air Force of the Ice Lion Country lost too many fighters, and many aircraft factories in the Ice Lion Country rushed to work day and night, and they could not make up for the loss speed of the Air Force of the Ice Lion Country, and the carrier-based aircraft of the Ice Lion Navy's navy were also produced by these aircraft factories.

Prime Minister Zahar then said: "I will order several large aircraft factories to allocate part of their production to the Navy, and several other large aircraft factories are expanding their production capacity, and then we will speed up the production of aircraft in the Ice Lion Country a lot." ”

Admiral Mochka pondered for a moment and said: "Prime Minister, the current situation in our Ice Lion Country can be said to be very bad, if it continues like this, the area occupied by the Great Qin Yueyang Front Army in our Ice Lion Country is definitely not only the three southern states. ”

"Marshal Mochka, what good advice do you have?"

"Prime Minister, presumably other countries don't want to see the Great Qin Kingdom invade our Ice Lion Country, after all, the Great Qin Kingdom is a country formed by humans, can our Ice Lion Country contact other countries, such as the Red Tiger Country, the East Bear Country and the Blood Wolf Country, to jointly deal with the Great Qin Kingdom, a human country!"

"Alas, I've also considered this method, but if we want countries like the Red Tiger Country, the Eastern Bear Country, and the Blood Wolf Country to join this war with the Great Qin Kingdom, our Ice Lion Country must come up with benefits that satisfy these countries."