"Understood, Zuo Manrudder!" The helmsman repeated the command and then beat the rudder to the left.

The Helgolan began to make a clumsy left turn under the helmsman's control, and the six torpedo planes, having lost all their anti-aircraft guns, easily approached the Helgolan and dropped six 500mm aerial torpedoes.

Johannes ran to the starboard window, staring at the six white torpedo trails that were getting closer.

Finally, six torpedoes slammed into the starboard side of the Helgoland with a muffled "thud".

"Ugh." Johannes sighed and sat back in his seat.

He understood that if he was on the battlefield, his ship would most likely be sunk in two by these six torpedoes.

"The Helgolan was hit by six aviation torpedoes, exploded violently, was sinking, and not a single aircraft of the 101st Naval Aviation Squadron was shot down. The commander, Major General Johannes, is requested to relinquish command. "The voice of the commander-in-chief of the exercise was heard over the radio.

"The Helgoland understands that it will turn off the engine and withdraw from the exercise." Johannes said, "Rear Admiral Otto Bakkenkauer, captain of the battleship Ostfrisland, to take command!" ”

As soon as Johannes's words fell, Otto's helpless voice appeared on the channel: "The transfer of command is ineffective, and the battleship Ostfrisland is sinking." ”

"Ahem!" Johannes choked.

It didn't take long for the commander-in-chief's voice to appear on the channel again: "The Ostfrisland was hit by 7 250-pound bombs, 4 500mm aerial torpedoes, the hull was ruptured, it was rapidly flooding, the damage pipe failed, the Ostfrisland was sinking." ”

"Well, then the captain of the battleship Oldenburg, Max? Captain Bastian takes command. Johannes said weakly.

"The Oldenburg understands that it will now take over as the flagship of the Blue Fleet." Bastian replied with a wry smile, because he was the only ship left in the Blue fleet.

"Follow the returning plane and find the Count Zeppelin!" Bastian hung up the radio and commanded the helmsman.

"Understand, correct course, full speed ahead!" The helmsman shouted.

"Hopefully before the second wave of attacks." Bastian prayed silently.

On the other side, Raeder and the others also received the good news from the pilot: they sank 2 battleships on the blue side, and they only lost four planes.

"Did I hear me right? The first wave took out 2 battleships on the blue side? Raeder said as he looked at Dönitz beside him with wide eyes.

"Okay, it seems to be." Dönitz also had a look of disbelief on his face.

Raeder quickly recovered from the shock, and he shouted excitedly: "I TM know that the Führer will not lie to me!" You can really win! Aircraft carrier! I love you to death! ”

"General, General." Dönitz shook Raeder, "Don't take it lightly, they still have a battleship!" ”

"Yes, yes." Reddell hurriedly adjusted, "Order the ground crew to quickly prepare ammunition and fuel supplies, and prepare to welcome our boys back!" ”

"Understood, ammunition and fuel supply preparation!" The herald repeated the order aloud.

Half an hour later, the group returned to the airspace of the Count Zeppelin and began to land in turn.

The pilots jumped off the plane after landing, took a quick break and solved their physiological problems, and then prepared to take off again.

"General! The destroyer in charge of perimeter vigilance spotted the enemy battleship! One of the officers in charge of observation reported loudly to Raeder.

"How far is it from us?" Raeder asked.

"25 km! It is expected to be in the visual range in 8 minutes! ”

"How long will it take for our carrier-based aircraft to be ready?"

"15 minutes!"

"Damn, it's too late!" Raeder said nervously, "Start the engine, let's run in circles!" ”

Since the Helgolan-class battleships had a speed of only 21 knots, while the Count Zeppelin had 28 knots, if the aircraft carrier ran hard, the blue side would not be able to catch up.

So for the sake of fairness, Leon drew a very small circle for the red side in this exercise, and the aircraft carrier could not run out of this circle, so Raeder could only order the aircraft carrier to run around the circle, but not drag the knife.

At the same time, in the command room of the battleship Oldenburg, an officer in charge of reconnaissance also spotted the destroyer that was guarding the aircraft carrier's perimeter.

"Mr. Commander, we have spotted a Red destroyer!" The officer shouted excitedly at Bastian.

"Haha, God won't kill me!" Bastian looked up to the sky and laughed, "Keep going full speed!" The Count Zeppelin is definitely nearby! ”

When a crew member in the engine room of the Oldenburg heard the news that the aircraft carrier was about to be found, they burned the boiler even harder, and the old battleship Oldenburg ran to an unprecedented speed of 22.5 knots for a while.

A few minutes later, the observers on the Oldenburg, who were playing at a high level, spotted the Count Zeppelin, which was running in circles 22 kilometers away.

"The main gun is assembled and filled, and the fire is ready! Aim for the damn Count Zeppelin! Bastian excitedly gave the order.

With Bastian's order, for the first time, the BLU warship, which had been fighting for so long, began to reload its main guns.

"General! The BLU battleship is in view! The Oldenburg was also spotted by the telescope-holding observer on the Count Zeppelin, "their main guns are turning!" They're targeting us! ”

"Don't panic!" Raeder had been serving in the battlefleet before, so he knew his ship's performance very well, and he said calmly, "As far as the main gun of the Helgoland class could hit us from 22 kilometers away, the British in the last Battle of Jutland would have died long ago!" ”

General, with all due respect, it's our battleship, is it really good for you to be so black? The observer couldn't help but sneer when he heard this.

However, as Raeder said, the first salvo of the battleship Oldenburg was judged by command to be 108,000 miles away.

"How long do we have to complete the rearmament of our carrier-based aircraft?" Raeder asked calmly.

"Seven minutes!"

"Then we're going to win." Raeder grinned, "In 7 minutes, the Oldenburg can fire up to 16 rounds of guns, and it can get close to us to a distance of 19.4 kilometers at most, which is absolutely impossible for the Oldenburg to hit us!" ”

Black again? The officer was speechless.

However, what Raeder did not expect was that when the two ships were 20 kilometers away, the single-turret test fire of the Oldenburg formed a straddle fire on the Count Zeppelin.

Raeder almost cursed when he heard the report of the Command forming a straddle.

Command, are you playing with me? When did the Oldenburg become so accurate? Raeder thought.

However, complaining is complaining, since a straddle shot has been formed, it is not far from hitting, and Raeder hurriedly ordered the aircraft carrier to cut out of the current course and get rid of the aiming of the Oldenburg.

And after the Count Zeppelin cut off course and narrowly avoided a salvo, the preparation of the carrier-based aircraft was finally completed.

"The 101st Naval Aviation Squadron requests to take off!"

"Allow take-off, blow up the Oldenburg, this son of a bitch!" Raeder burst into foul language with excitement and personally gave the order to allow takeoff.