"Oh God! Bumped into it. Be ready for shocks! ”

The officers and men of the British Navy aboard the battleship "Indian" watched as the torpedo crashed into the side of the battleship. Although, the battleships made an emergency evasion, but the distance was too close, and at the same time the speed of the torpedoes was too fast for them to react at all.

"Boom!"

A medium torpedo struck the port side of the battleship 'Indian'. The waterline armor, which was only 228 mm thick, was torn apart in one fell swoop in the violent explosion like papier-mâché.

The battleships of the British Navy have always valued firepower and speed and despised defense. Not only dreadnoughts, but even the previous former dreadnoughts were built according to this design idea.

This also made the battleships of the British Navy quite poor in carrying strikes.

When the torpedo exploded, the sailors of the Royal Navy on the battleship "Indian" were shaken and staggered. If you are unlucky, you will even be shocked and fall into the sea, and you don't know whether you are alive or dead.

Although, the battleship 'Indian' seemed to have better luck and was hit only by one torpedo. But even that's enough for them to drink a pot. After the torpedo exploded, the large hole that was torn open caused the sea water to rush into it frantically, and the damage management personnel tried their best to plug the loophole. As a last resort, the watertight compartment had to be closed. However, due to the excessive inflow of seawater, the battleships were tilted to a certain extent, which affected the speed to a certain extent.

Before the captain of the battleship 'Indian' could breathe a sigh of relief, four bombers attacked them again. These four bombers, carrying aerial bombs, launched an attack at an altitude of up to thousands of meters. Because of the structure of the airframe, the angle of the dive was not large, and it almost swooped diagonally from the air towards the battleship "Indian".

At an altitude of about 500 meters above the surface, the four bombers dropped their bombs and then changed their attack course.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

Of the four bombs, only one hit the battleship 'Indian', and the other three fell into the sea. After the bomb exploded, a high column of water splashed into the sky. However, the bomb that hit the battleship "Indian" easily penetrated the deck armor of the battleship and exploded inside the battleship, blowing up several adjacent compartments, causing a raging fire and causing further damage to the battleship "Indian".

In the face of the attack of the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft forces, these former dreadnoughts and armored cruisers of the British Royal Navy desperately escaped. They rushed to the left and right, trying to avoid the blow from the air. However, this made their formation even more chaotic.

Ships were constantly being hit by bombs or torpedoes dropped by German naval carrier-based aircraft. The weak defense made these battleships of the British Navy unlucky.

Once hit by a torpedo, the waterline armor is almost impossible to resist. Once the sea water pours into the battleship, it will cause further damage to their warship.

"General, the battleship 'Indian' has been badly damaged." A staff officer reported to Lieutenant General Cavison.

Lieutenant General Cavison's face was already darkened as if it was the bottom of a pot. It had only been ten minutes since the battle began, and their ships had been heavily damaged. This shows how powerful the attack power of these German aircraft is.

"Let them decide for themselves!" Lieutenant General Cavison said. His words revealed a strong sense of unwillingness and helplessness. In the face of the attack of the carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy, they were helpless. Now there is only passive beating.

"Yes, General." The officer immediately went to send a telegram.

The battleship 'Indian' became the first British Navy dreadnought to be sunk in this battle. In addition to the first torpedo and a bomb, in the ensuing battle, two more torpedoes and a bomb were hit. This is already a fatal injury for a battleship with a displacement of more than 16,000 tons.

Although the structure of the hull was relatively intact, the battleship was flooded too much, which eventually led to a serious lack of buoyancy and sank into the sea.

'Oh God!' The Indians' was taken out by the Germans. It's hard to imagine that things like toys can be so powerful. ”

"Yes! The Germans were so powerful that they developed such a terrible weapon! ”

Originally, many officers and men of the Royal Navy scoffed at the German Navy's sinking of huge warships with aircraft. How could an airplane be so powerful in front of a huge battleship like a hill that was like a child's toy? But now that the facts are in front of them, they can't believe it! The huge battleship looked so vulnerable in front of those small planes. The German Navy used those planes, as if killing chickens and dogs, to easily take out their huge warships.

The battleship 'Montagu' was the fifth ship of the 'Duncan class' battleships. The battleship had a full load displacement of more than 14,000 tons and was armed with two twin 305-mm guns and 12 152-mm secondary guns. With such firepower, it can be regarded as an absolute capital ship in the era when dreadnoughts were rampant.

It's just that now the battleship is being chased by the carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy and fleeing in disarray.

"Quick, speed up, the Germans are catching up!" The captain of the battleship 'Montagu' ordered.

"Sir, we've ventilated the boiler under pressure. If further pressure ventilation is carried out, the boiler of the battleship will not be able to withstand it. Chief Engineer reported.

The Montague battleship was designed to have a maximum speed of only 19 knots. After more than 10 years of service, the maximum speed is only 167 knots left, which is still the reason for continuous maintenance. Otherwise, the speed of the battleship will probably drop further. Even after the battleship was ventilated under strong pressure, the speed was barely increased to 18 knots. Such a speed is undoubtedly not enough in front of an aircraft of up to two hundred kilometers per hour.

"Damn! Why didn't our battleships have anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns? Otherwise, it wouldn't have been just passively beaten! The gunner's face was unwilling.

The British battleships, lacking anti-aircraft weapons, could only be beaten passively, or pray to God that German bombs and torpedoes would not hit their ships. Other than that, it seems that there is no other way.

Despite the frantic flight of the battleship Montagu, it was still unable to escape, and was soon sent to the bottom of the sea by the carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy.