Chapter 612: Attack (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
The first target of the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft was not the battleship on the sea, but the British seaplane. After discovering the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft, the seaplanes, which were originally used for reconnaissance missions, took the lead in heroically rushing towards the German aircraft group.
Although, the number of these seaplanes was not very large, less than twenty units. At the same time, the performance in all aspects is even more different from that of the German fighters. But what is worth admiring is still their courage.
"Whew!" A yellow flare lifts into the air. Meaning that fighters disperse enemy fighters and create conditions for the attack of bombers and torpedo machines.
The 24 fighters escorting the escort immediately pounced on the British seaplanes from a high altitude.
"Da Da Da!"
Aviation machine guns began to strafe, and bullets hit the fuselage of the British seaplane. The skin is pierced, and the wooden body is directly dismantled. One British seaplane after another was shot down. In front of the German fighters, the British seaplanes looked so heavy and fragile.
This air battle is completely one-sided. As soon as the battle began, the British seaplanes paid a heavy price, half of them were shot down. In the ensuing dogfight, the British seaplanes were even less of an opponent.
John? Admiral Jericho and David? Lieutenant General Betty, looking at this scene, turned pale.
"Brave lads! It is a pity that we do not have aircraft with performance comparable to those of the Germans. Otherwise, they wouldn't have lost so badly! "John? Admiral Jericho said.
"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander. The Germans are far ahead of us in the aviation industry. "David? Lieutenant General Betty sighed.
There is no doubt that they are mourning the death of those heroic pilots. These pilots were brave men who rushed to fight the Germans to the death, knowing that they were invincible. If it weren't for the performance of the planes that slowed them down, perhaps the battle would have been a different result.
But in this world, there are not so many erections and ifs. Germany has taken the lead in investing a lot of money and manpower in the aviation industry, which has made them a world leader in this field. It is precisely because of this that the German planes were able to fly the whole world in the war.
The curtain in the air soon ended, and all the British seaplanes were shot down, and none survived. The entire air battle, which lasted no more than ten minutes. It can be said that in front of the German fighters, the British seaplanes were like toddlers.
Subsequently, three flares were launched, which represented an attack on the warships on the sea.
The fighters who shot down the British seaplanes were the first to attack, and they used aviation machine guns to strafe the decks and anti-aircraft positions of the battleships, clearing the way for subsequent bomber and torpedo attacks.
"Shoot! Shoot! ”
On the battleship Revenge, the flagship of the British Navy, the commander of the air defense was roaring loudly. Anti-aircraft guns modified with 1-pounder and 2-pounder guns, began to fire frantically.
Anti-aircraft machine guns also began to fire fiercely, forming a dense net of fire in the sky.
In order to avoid encountering German fighters, they will not be powerless to fight back. In the past two months, these capital ships have also been equipped with anti-aircraft fire while they are being repaired.
It's just that because there is no actual combat experience. Therefore, the arrangement of their anti-aircraft fire is still rather messy, basically where there is room for anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns. As a result, although they arranged a lot of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, they were not able to form a perfect anti-aircraft fire network.
"Da Da Da!" A fighter jet skimmed over the battleship 'Revenge'. The aviation machine guns fired wildly, and the dense bullets hit the battleship, bursting out one spark after another.
"Poof!" The bullet enters the human body and makes a terrifying sound. The screams were even louder.
Aviation machine guns are inherently powerful, and once they hit the human body, there is often only one result, and that is to be torn to pieces.
When the German fighters passed by, the anti-aircraft fire on the battleship was almost chasing the German fighters. It's just that their speed is still too slow, and they can't hit it at all. On the contrary, there are huge holes in their air defense network.
The four bombers attacked from a high altitude, and they swooped diagonally down towards the battleship 'Revenge', dropping bombs when they were only more than 600 meters above the sea. Four aerial bombs weighing 250 kilograms smashed into the battleship 'Revenge' in a parabolic line.
"Bomb, dodge!"
"Boom! Rumble! "The explosion sounded, and three of the four bombs fell into the sea, and after the explosion, a column of water was splashed into the sky. But one of the bombs hit the battleship 'Revenge'. The weak deck armor could not withstand the aerial bombs under the blessing of kinetic energy at all, and it was easily penetrated.
The bomb exploded inside the battleship, causing a raging fire.
Unfortunately, it was not possible to hit the vital position. Otherwise, it would be enough to make the battleship 'Revenge' pay a lot of money.
At the time of the bomber's attack, the torpedo planes were not idle. Taking advantage of the fact that the battleship "Revenge" was already attracted by bombers, four torpedo attack planes rushed to a place only 500 meters from the side of the battleship "Revenge" before dropping torpedoes.
Four torpedoes, smashed into the sea, sank directly. Then it surfaced. And only then, according to the fixed depth, rushed to the battleship 'Revenge'.
"Torpedoes, four torpedoes were found on the port side! Urgent evasion! A terrible roar rang out.
The battleship 'Revenge' immediately began to make an emergency evasion, trying to use its bow to aim in the direction of the torpedo attack and reduce the area of bombing.
Perhaps the battleship 'Revenge' was lucky, two of the four torpedoes missed. The other one, because of a problem with the fixed depth, went straight under the belly of the 'Revenge'. The last one, though rammed into the waterline armor of the battleship 'Revenge'. But I didn't know what was wrong, and there was no explosion. This allowed the battleship 'Revenge' to escape.
"Your Excellency, Commander, we have taken cover. One torpedo passed through our battleship, another hit, but it didn't explode! "David? Lieutenant General Betty looked delighted.
"God forbid!" John? Admiral Jericho said. However, the gloom in his eyes did not diminish at all.
German planes are still on the offensive. Although the British battleships began to return fire. However, there was not much effect.
"It seems that aircraft carriers are the protagonists of future naval warfare!" John? Admiral Jericho couldn't help but sigh like this.
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