Chapter 442: Defeat is decided

Dozens of German planes once again flew over the heads of the British fleet, which caused panic in the British fleet. Many warships www.biquge.info the Pen, Fun, and Pavilion even ignored the formation and tried to seize the road and escaped. Obviously, they were all frightened by the performance of the previous German naval ships.

"Start attacking!" As the commanders of this group of carrier-based aircraft fired the signal flares of the attack, dozens of carrier-based aircraft, safely assigned tasks, launched an attack.

The battleships 'Magnificent' and 'Reckless', which had already suffered heavy losses, were not able to escape either. These carrier-based aircraft also know what it means to beat water dogs.

Eight torpedo attack aircraft, divided into two groups, launched an attack on the battleships "Magnificent" and "Reckless". These two battleships had been heavily damaged before, and there was too much water ingress to seriously affect the speed of the battleships. In the case of slowing down, it is undoubtedly even more impossible to withstand the attack of these torpedo attack aircraft.

The battleship 'Magnificent', again with two torpedoes. This made this torpedo, which was already heavily damaged, inextricably wounded. The end result was also that it sank into the sea because of too much water.

The battleship 'Reckless' was even more unlucky, as three of the four torpedoes fired by the four torpedo attack aircraft were hit. Even though it was only a light torpedo, it was enough to kill the battleship Reckless. This battleship sank into the sea even before the battleship 'Magnificent'.

The three British Navy's 'Bellerophon-class' battleships were all destroyed by the carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy. And that's just the beginning. There were also forty torpedo attack aircraft, which were continuing to attack the warships of the British Navy.

After all the battleships of the Bellerophon-class were sunk, the battleships of the St. Vincent class also became the target of these carrier-based aircraft. Although the St. Vincent-class battleships were an improved version of the Bellerophon-class battleships, many improvements were made in many places. However, the changes are not significant. The standard displacement of the 'St. Vincent-class' battleships has been increased to 20,000 tons, which is more than 1,000 tons more than the 'Bellerophon-class' battleships. However, defensively, the 'St. Vincent-class' battleships were identical to the 'Bellerophon-class' battleships. In this case, it is natural that the 'St. Vincent-class' battleships will not be able to withstand the attacks of these carrier-based aircraft.

"Damn, the 'Bellerophon-class' battleships have all been sunk. The target of the German aircraft was transferred to the battleships of the 'St. Vincent class'. The 'St. Vincent-class' battleships probably could not withstand the attacks of the German carrier-based aircraft. "David? Lieutenant General Betty exclaimed.

John? Admiral Jericho's face became darker and darker. In doing so, the German Navy clearly wanted to get rid of their capital ships step by step. In the end, the remaining capital ships will be handed over to their main fleet to solve. When the strength of the British Navy was weakened to the extreme, it was naturally impossible to inflict any casualties on the German Navy.

"Damn the Germans, what a vicious tactic!" John? Admiral Jericho couldn't help but scold.

Although, John? Admiral Jericho guessed the tactics of the German Navy, but there was nothing he could do to stop it. Just as the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft attacked their battleships from the sky, they could only watch the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft recklessly and knew that there was no way at all.

The battleship 'St. Vincent', the speed has been increased to the maximum. However, in the face of torpedoes, such a speed is still not enough. Under the threat of torpedoes, the battleship 'St. Vincent' rushed to the left and right, like a wild bull in a rage.

However, under the threat of the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft, no matter how the battleship "St. Vincent" resisted, it still could not escape the fate of being sunk.

Four torpedo attack planes approached the port side of the battleship 'St. Vincent' and dropped torpedoes just 800 meters from the battleship. Four light torpedoes rushed quickly towards the battleship 'St. Vincent'. Although the St. Vincent immediately made an emergency evasion, it was still useless.

Four torpedoes, two hits were made. A torpedo tore a gaping hole in the waterline. The other was even more ruthless, hitting the stern and blowing up the steering gear, making the battleship 'St. Vincent' lose its ability to turn and become a live target.

Sure enough, in the ensuing attack, four torpedoes fired by four torpedo attack planes all hit the battleship 'St. Vincent', directly destroying all the underwater armor on its port side. A large amount of seawater was frantically poured into the battleship 'St. Vincent'. In just a few minutes, the battleship 'St. Vincent' lost its balance due to too much water on one side and capsized on the sea.

The other two of the 'St. Vincent' battleships, the 'Collingwood' and the 'Avant-garde', were also besieged by the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft. The weak defense made them unable to withstand even in the face of light aviation torpedoes, which led to the fact that these two battleships also failed to survive.

Among them, the battleship "Collingwood" suffered a full seven torpedoes before sinking into the sea. The battleship 'Avantgarde' suffered five torpedoes, but also sank because of too much water.

After sinking all the 'St. Vincent-class' battleships, the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft forces also dropped all their torpedoes. Begin the evacuation. Of course, among the remaining battleships of the British Navy, the light torpedoes of the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft could only threaten the battleship Hercules at best. The battleship Hercules was the second of the Giant-class battleships, and the lead ship, the Giant, was badly damaged during the German Navy submarine attack on Scapa Bay, and was being repaired, making it impossible to participate in the battle.

The displacement of the 'Giant class' is only a few hundred tons more than that of the 'St. Vincent class'. Their defenses are all about the same. If it is attacked by the carrier-based aircraft force of the German Navy, it is still a dead end.

The German Navy's carrier-based aircraft forces attacked in two batches, and directly killed three British Navy's 'Bellerophon-class' battleships and three 'St. Vincent-class' battleships. The entire 5th Battleship Detachment of the British Navy was wiped out. Together with the heavy damage of one and the sinking of two of the 2nd battleship detachment, the capital ship force of the British Navy was left with only three battleship detachments, a total of 14 battleships. And they had to deal with 24 battleships and 12 battlecruisers of the German Navy.