Like the British battleships, the German fleet was obviously not so lucky to get their first hit at a distance of 20,000 meters, but the Frankfurt was much better than the British impact point.

Shortly after the Frankfurt fired a round of shells, the Lorraine and Ron, 1,000 meters behind the Frankfurt, fired a salvo in succession, again to no avail.

"Plus 600! Armor-piercing shells ready! The staff officers in the Frankfurt's firing command room quickly corrected the design parameters for the first impact point and sent them to the various turrets.

After a "buzzing" sound, the four turrets on the Frankfurt were fine-tuned by electric motors, and the automatic loader reloaded the 12 203mm guns in just six seconds.

"Artillery aiming! The cannonballs are loaded! ”

"Fire!"

"Bang! Boom! Boom! After a series of loud noises, the Frankfurt fired 12 203mm armor-piercing shells again, and the distance between the two sides was also close to about 18,000 meters.

Unfortunately, these 12 shells still did not achieve anything.

The two sides continued to shoot at each other and continued to approach at high speed, until the Frankfurt was only 15,000 meters away from the George V, and a salvo from the Lorraine against the Counterattack battlecruiser was achieved.

Just when the fierce battle between the two sides was in full swing, a bunch of "dots" appeared on the Frankfurt's air warning radar.

"Captain! Anti-aircraft radar caught something! The radarman who operated the anti-aircraft warning radar stood up in a panic and reported to Becker, who was standing by the bed and observing the battle.

"Ah...... I see......" Becker didn't show much surprise, he still held up his binoculars and said without looking back, "British carrier-based aircraft fleet...... Inform Lorraine and Ron of the situation, sound the air defense siren, air defense positions are on alert, and release water reconnaissance planes...... The rest depends on God and the quality of the British pilots......"

Becker's order was quickly issued and executed, and the terrible air defense sirens soon sounded on the three ships, and the soldiers operating the small-caliber anti-aircraft guns arrived at the position one after another, pressed the chain of the small-caliber anti-aircraft guns into the gun chamber, and nervously watched the direction detected by the radar.

The turret of the large-caliber anti-aircraft gun also rotated rapidly, and the long-diameter barrel was driven by the high-power motor, and the 105mm muzzle and 128mm muzzle pointed straight into the sky like erected spikes.

A folded AR196 water reconnaissance aircraft was also pulled out of the hangar, and under the skillful operation of the ground crew, the wings and other folded parts were quickly deployed to combat status, and the condition of one side of the aircraft was finally confirmed, and it was hoisted onto the ejection track by a crane along with the pilot.

"Radio detection." The pilot tapped his headset and spoke to the officer who was in charge of liaising with him on the bridge.

"Radio is fine." The officer quickly responded.

"Engine starts, request take-off."

"Permission to take off, good luck."

After receiving the order to take off, the pilot skillfully turned on the engine, and after reaching a certain speed, he gave a thumbs-up gesture to the ground crew outside, indicating that he was ready.

"Catapult!" The ground crew glanced at the cockpit, roared loudly to remind the other personnel to avoid it, and then pulled down the catapult wrench vigorously.

The powerful steam power was released, and they propel the slider forward, which in turn connects to the aircraft, increasing the speed of the aircraft from 0 to one or two hundred km/h in a fraction of a second, and then pushing it into the sky.

After breaking out of the ejection track, the AR196 first sank slightly, and then soared into the sky driven by the 960 hp star engine produced by Daim-Benz.

All three planes quickly took off, and after a slight adjustment of the formation, the three planes began to circle in the air defense circle of the fleet.

After all, they are not carrier-based fighters, but water reconnaissance aircraft, and if they are given ten guts, they will not dare to fight with the British "Guanbi Yan" carrier-based fighters.

Although the carrier-based fighter "Guanbi Yan" has been inferior since the confrontation with the German naval aviation, it has been beaten by the ME109T and DO.38 in various fancy ways.

The aircraft carrier Tejas was not far from the gunboats that were firing passionately, so the planes taking off from it were spotted by the anti-aircraft warning radar on the Frankfurt as soon as they took off, but this also meant that there was not much time left for Germany to react.

After the British Battlefleet conducted several more rounds of test firing against the Germans, and the George 50, which was the first to fire, also successfully formed a round of straddle fire on the Frankfurt, the British carrier-based aircraft group finally appeared within the distance that the naked eye could see on both sides.

It was an attack formation of 14 dive bombers, 12 torpedo attack planes, and 2 carrier-based fighters.

A fleet of 28 aircraft in total would not even be a drizzle for the High Seas Fleet, which has six heavy fleet carriers, if it were placed in peacetime, but for these three heavy cruisers at the moment, this is already a very tricky trouble.

The attacking British aircraft group soon entered the outer air defense circle of the German fleet, and the four twin 128mm high-level dual-purpose guns rushing to the Frankfurt were the first to open fire, and under the extraordinary performance of the anti-aircraft artillery group, they desperately sprayed shells at the rapidly flying British carrier-based aircraft group with an ultra-high rate of fire of 25 rounds per minute, which broke through the limit.

Although these shells formed a huge range of anti-aircraft barrage, the area covered by shrapnel was still too small compared to the vast sky, and the British fighter pilots easily twisted the barrage net and dispersed to continue to launch a surprise attack on the German ships.

However, the 128mm anti-aircraft gun was enough to break up the group, and after entering the medium and near air defense circle, the British pilots who had lost the cover of the formation gradually began to feel the pressure, and finally, a "Swordfish" torpedo bomber carrying a 533mm aviation torpedo and a "Barracuda" bomber carrying a 1,000-pound aerial bomb were almost simultaneously shot down by the 40mm small-caliber anti-aircraft gun on the Frankfurt.

These two blows frightened some British pilots, who were already extremely nervous because of their lack of actual combat experience on the aircraft carrier, and this time the two teammates next to them were knocked down, which made the weapons operators of the two "Swordfish" torpedo planes shake their hands in fright, and directly threw two 533mm aviation torpedoes into the sea.

Their speed and altitude at this time did not meet the requirements for the correct delivery of aviation torpedoes, and the two "poor" 533mm torpedoes fell into several pieces and sank into the sea after being abandoned by their "masters".

However, the soldiers who were selected for the Royal Navy had a good mental adjustment ability, and most of them quickly regained their composure and began to make the final sprint with the fighter planes.