When the aircraft carrier is full rudder at full speed, the hull of the warship will be tilted sharply, for example, now, in order to avoid the first round of fire from the opponent, the right rudder of the Bayarn here, and the deck of the warship, will also be tilted.

How many? It's a full fifteen degrees! At the same time, because the deck on the top of the elevator was raised, so, in this case, the reconnaissance aircraft on the deck was immediately thrown into the sea with the shaking of the deck!

When they felt the tilt of the warship, the pilots of the carrier-based aircraft were already desperate!

He couldn't do anything, even if he wanted to take off quickly, it would be impossible, and just after he exclaimed, the plane slid into the sea!

At this time, even if he jumped out of the engine room, he would not end well, he would still slide into the sea, or even more terrible, if he knocked down some part of the deck, he would definitely be injured.

And just like that, with the machine gunner behind him, along with this biplane reconnaissance plane, fell into the sea!

At this time, from the bridge, the tragic end of this reconnaissance aircraft could be seen, and at such a time, a trace of shame flashed in the eyes of the captain of the ship, Colonel Geral, and a little later, he became firm again.

There is no time, they have to dodge, and the loss of one aircraft is of course more terrible than the loss of an entire aircraft carrier.

Therefore, when General Laborde gave the order just now, he did not raise any objections, and what should be sacrificed must be sacrificed.

As a commander, this is a quality that must be possessed, and at some point, when certain people have to be sacrificed, then you have to make a decision, not be indecisive.

The reconnaissance plane had already been abandoned, and besides, they simply did not have time to save the pilot who fell into the water, so they had to leave him to fend for himself.

At the same time that the aircraft carrier on this side completed a turn, the Earl Spee over there had already completed its first test launch.

"Boom!" The firing of the 283-mm naval guns was also quite spectacular, with brilliant flames coming out of the muzzles of the naval guns, and hundreds of kilograms of armor-piercing shells flew towards the opposite side.

The quality of the German Navy is quite excellent, and now, that shell fell on the course of the Béarn, and if the Béarn did not turn in time just now, it would even be hit by the starters!

On the bridge, the captain of the ship, Admiral Landsdorf, looked at the French battleship in the distance, with a cold composure on his face: "Right full rudder!" ”

The opponent is already full of the right rudder, if you don't want to lose the target, then you can only follow the right full rudder.

The French, still want to run away? With ironic thoughts in his heart, he just turned the other party and lowered the speed that he had managed to accumulate again, and when the other party was still moving at a snail-like speed, he was already able to catch up.

"Quick, quick, quick!" Here, the French air forces also began to work hard, for them, every second of time is precious!

The top decks were all opened, the hydraulic cylinders were at maximum power, and the lifts lifted the two-winged Levasseur PL2 carrier-based torpedo planes.

Mounts torpedoes!

They are quickly loading torpedoes and adjusting various parameters, and the pilots are also quickly preparing for departure, flipping various switches and preparing to start the engine.

"Buzz, buzz." As a puff of black smoke came out, the engine was started, and the pilot looked out from the cockpit, only to see that the ground crew was still busy, preparing to load the torpedo.

Don't know how long you'll have to wait?

(France had an aircraft carrier before World War II, and the torpedo machine was also an old-fashioned biplane, in this era, Britain was still using the Swordfish, and France would not be more advanced than the British, and the monoplane was only the naval version of the D.520 fighter and the D.790 fighter, this thing was a fighter plane, and it could not be torpedoed, it could attack surface ships, and now it was this biplane torpedo plane.) ）

"The speed is not enough to take off carrier-based aircraft." Colonel Gerali said.

A turn just now made them lose five knots of speed, and, after the turn, it was actually a tailwind!

How else to take off?

I'm afraid it won't work just to take off a fighter, and if you carry a torpedo again, you must have just left the deck and have to fall into the sea!

No, it's impossible.

Laborde's face was firm: "No, take off immediately!" ”

We can't wait any longer, we must take off immediately, as long as our own carrier-based aircraft take off, the Germans may be able to be scared away, after all, torpedo planes are a strong threat to warships.

It's their only way, can't wait any longer!

"031 takes off immediately." At this time, the pilot on the deck, a command came from inside the headset, and after receiving this order, he had no choice but to push the throttle stick and turn the engine horsepower to the maximum.

Then, the lower block was removed, and under the command of the deck crew, the carrier-based aircraft began to slide on the deck.

The throttle has been pushed to the maximum, and the pilot looks at the deck in front of him getting shorter and shorter, and his own speed, is simply not enough!

With the torpedo attached, the plane became even slower.

Everyone, too, was looking at the plane with attentive eyes, and when it flew slowly to the front of the deck, sure enough, it fell down all of a sudden!

The speed of take-off, which is certain, is not subject to human will, and no matter how determined they are, the plane still falls!

On the bridge, everyone was silent, when the release of the carrier-based aircraft failed, they no longer had any countermeasures, did they want to surrender?

No, absolutely not! Remembering that the aircraft carrier also carried 197 tons of gold, he would never agree to surrender, even if he sank in the end, he would not surrender!

At this moment, suddenly, in front of the deck, a plane appeared, and suddenly, everyone cheered, took off, took off!

The pilot pinched a cold sweat.

When the plane left the deck, he felt that something was wrong, the plane was like a big rock, and wanted to fall down, but then, suddenly, a gust of air suddenly appeared, dragging the plane stiffly, at this time, the landing gear of the plane was about to come into contact with the sea, and finally, it held on with difficulty, and then, began to fly forward!

He did it!

"Go ahead and take off the carrier-based aircraft!" Laborde seemed to know everything well, and now, while the Germans had not yet opened fire, he hurried to fly the carrier-based aircraft himself!

Wait, why didn't the Germans fire yet?

What are the Germans waiting for?

The Earl Spee, who was in the middle of the battle, was preparing to rush forward at this time and continue to bombard the other party with naval guns, they would not care about the take-off of several carrier-based aircraft of the other side at all, they had full confidence to sink the other party, especially now, the speed of the other party was only about 10 knots, it was like a fixed target.

However, with the telegram just sent from Berlin, the captain of the ship, Admiral Landsdorf, was full of confusion.