"Attention, the target is the German Navy, ten nautical miles behind my port side, quick, take off the torpedo plane immediately!"

As the other party continued to get closer, finally, the silhouette of the other party could be clearly seen, this alarm was not found by the lookout post, but General Laborade, when the sea breeze blew away the smoke that enveloped the other party's warship, he immediately recognized the opponent's warship, it was Germany's Deutschland-class!

Although I don't know which one it is, the three triple 283 mm naval guns on it are absolutely infallible, it is really a terrible thing, the German warship is actually close to the distance of ten nautical miles on its own!

General Laborde was extremely nervous, and at the same time, this order was also issued by him.

Take off the torpedo machine!

Originally, the reconnaissance plane on the deck would have been able to take off immediately, but now there is no need for anything. Our own reconnaissance planes are quite backward, and it is enough to undertake a reconnaissance mission, and they simply do not have the ability to launch an attack on the other side.

At such times, only torpedoes can pose a threat to the opposing side, and they must race against time!

Although the Béarn still has eight 155 mm naval guns, but it is useless at all, this kind of naval gun, just bullying an ordinary frigate, the Germans German class battleships, has stepped into the ranks of battleships, 155 mm naval guns, even if they hit, do not have any lethality.

You have to take off the fighter plane, and every second counts!

The engine of the reconnaissance plane stopped turning, and then the pilot was horrified to find that the deck below his plane was actually bulging, and he was still on it!

"Damn! Quickly remove the brake baffle. He shouted loudly.

Here, is the take-off position of his reconnaissance aircraft, and at the same time, the location of the elevator of the hangar below!

At this time, in the central hangar, with the sharp alarm sounding, the maintenance personnel in the hangar immediately became busy.

Go through the elevator and get the fighter up quickly!

At the same time, a maintenance crew below opened the hydraulic cylinder of the support rod at the top, and with the action of the hydraulic oil in the hydraulic cylinder, the deck at the top began to slowly turn to both sides, making enough space for the lift.

At sea, the salt content is very large, which will have a corrosive effect on the fighters, even if the current fighters are still relatively old and not delicate, they will strike because of the salt, so in peacetime, the fighters are placed in the hangar of the aircraft carrier, and when needed, they will be raised.

Moreover, the maintenance and maintenance of the aircraft are also done in the hangar.

The basic structure of an aircraft carrier, the lower level is the hangar, the upper level is the deck, and if you want to transport the aircraft over, you must have an elevator.

In this era, all aircraft carrier lifts were arranged on the centerline of the flight deck, called "inboard lifts". This is also the most conventional way of thinking, after all, it is from the inside of the cabin, of course, from the center.

This type of lift is not affected by wind and waves; But it affects both the strength of the flight deck and the take-off and landing of aircraft, resulting in a slow progress of flight operations on the deck.

Historically, the United States first adopted the "broadside lift" on the finished "Essex" in 1942, which shifted the lift to one side, which eliminated the above shortcomings. However, there are also shortcomings in susceptibility to wind and waves.

But now, it has been preempted by Germany, and Germany's Count Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers use broadside lifts.

The British, who are good at pondering, will surely soon discover the benefits of such a lift, but the British have no time, including the beveled flight deck, and before the British can figure it out, Britain will not have it.

In short, the efficiency of the deck is now slow, and at the same time, there are accidents.

The hydraulic lever below has pushed up the top deck, but on the deck, there is another plane! As long as it turns up more than ten degrees, this reconnaissance plane will have to follow it!

The pilot above was shocked, he was still on top! If he flipped over, he would definitely be miserable.

The shouting finally woke up the people below, and they quickly stopped the movement of the hydraulic rod, and the people above hurriedly said that the double-wing reconnaissance plane should be removed.

At this time, the people below were still busy, several of them, pushing a two-wing Levasseur PL2 carrier-based torpedo plane, pushed to the bottom plate of the elevator, several people, pushing a trolley, there was a torpedo on the car, at this time, they had not completed the task of loading the torpedo.

On the French aircraft carrier, there was a panic, France is a romantic country, if you talk about it more carefully, it is prodigal and casual, women are prodigal, and men are casual.

Training in peacetime is a mess, and the country doesn't want to fight anyway, and now, as soon as war really comes, they immediately panic.

While they were scrambling to make all kinds of preparations, and in the process of making mistakes, the German battleships were catching up quickly!

The Bjarn was running at full power and emitting black smoke, but it was not trying to escape, but to provide speed for the carrier-based aircraft to take off.

The take-off of the carrier-based aircraft needs to reach a certain speed, so that before take-off, if the aircraft has an initial velocity relative to the air, it can greatly reduce the take-off pressure of the carrier-based aircraft.

Therefore, almost all aircraft carriers, before taking off, need to run full horsepower and carry out carrier-based aircraft take-off and landing operations against the wind, even in the current era of propeller aircraft.

But now, the Bayarn's movements are too slow.

Even if it wants to escape, it can't escape! At this time, it had not yet accelerated to the top speed of 20 knots, and the German warships had already sprinted to 28 knots!

Relying on the high speed, the Deutsche quickly pursued up, and the aircraft carrier was getting closer and closer!

General Laborde in the bridge, holding a telescope, looked at the three triple guns of the Germans, slowly turned around, and aimed at the aircraft carrier here.

"Quick, right full rudder!" He continued to shout.

Since he can't get rid of it, he can only maneuver, and many years of experience at sea let Laborde know that the opponent is going to sail to his own port position and use the full firepower of the opponent's naval guns.

In this case, with one right full rudder, he will be able to invalidate all the shooting elements that the Germans have calculated in advance! Delay the opponent's attack and prepare for the take-off of your own carrier-based aircraft.

It was so urgent at this point that he directly bypassed the captain of the ship, Colonel Geral, and gave the order to the warship.

It's a pity that he is not an aircraft carrier commander after all.

Following his command, the helmsman quickly operated the steering gear, killing the rudder, and then, in the midst of acceleration, the huge hull tilted over.

"No!" On the deck, the reconnaissance aircraft pilot shouted in despair.