Chapter 190: Taiwan Sea and Air Battle (continued)
At 11:42 a.m. on 29 August, the 2,382-ton Fellers-class unprotected cruiser of the Anglo-French Combined Fleet 'Fellers' (France) was blown apart by the No. 9 airship of the Dahan Kingdom Air Force's bombing airship formation, becoming the first "dead" warship of the British and French Combined Fleet in the sea and air battle in Taiwan. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
At 11:43 a.m., the 2,380-ton cruiser 'Curacoa' (British) was blown apart by a "two fat" from the No. 12 airship, and then the 3,479-ton cruiser Dujutuin (France) was blown up in the middle by the No. 23 airship and turned into two halves.
At 11:44, the tail of the 3,828-ton Alma-class ironclad ship Atarante (France) was hit by a "two fat" of the No. 20 airship, its tail was shattered, and the turbulent sea water poured into the hold, and it was only a matter of time before it sank, and the Atarante became the first ironclad ship to lose its combat effectiveness.
Subsequently, the 2,750-ton cruiser "Constance" (British) and the 2,363-ton La Perlouz-class cruiser "Destan lost their combat effectiveness" one after another.
At 11:45 a.m., the 4,585-ton 'La Calizonia' ironclad ship was heavily damaged by the No. 16 airship and was slowly sinking.
A few seconds ago, a "second fat" exploded more than 10 meters on the right side of the "Baya" ironclad ship, and the impact of the explosion of the aerial bomb made the hull of the "Baya" ironclad ship tilt sharply, but there was no danger of capsizing.
"Damn, that's not fair!" Rear Admiral Lisby cursed, the battleship is just going to fight the battleship, why is there such an unfair situation now.
"Now I want to know more about who the enemy in the sky really is, and I hope it is not Chinese." Maj. Gen. Hamilton said.
Major General Lisby: "Chinese? How can it be? Chinese can't build such a big airship, and I believe that this airship was made by aliens. ”
"No!" Rear Admiral Hamilton roared angrily, for he could not do anything about the fact that he could not do anything about the old cruiser on the left side of the Baya.
"What do we do now? Is it just like that? We're going to be wiped out. "In the face of the enemy from the air, Rear Admiral Lisby was a little helpless, there was no way to resist, he could only be beaten passively, and in the end the combined British and French fleet would only be completely destroyed, and Rear Admiral Lisby was already thinking about whether to surrender.
"No, the great soldiers of the British Empire cannot surrender to the enemy, we must be brave to fight." Major General Hamilton guessed that Major General Lisby had the idea of surrendering, but Major General Hamilton didn't want to, and Major General Hamilton yelled at Major General Lisby before pulling out his revolver, right... The airship in the sky shoots.
However, Major General Hamilton saw a black dot falling from the sky in his eyes, the speed was getting faster and faster, the distance was getting closer and closer, and the "black dot" was getting bigger and bigger, it was an aerial bomb!
Rumble!
As soon as Rear Admiral Hamilton opened his mouth to say something, the next moment Rear Admiral Hamilton and Rear Admiral Lisby were engulfed in the flames from the explosion of the aerial bomb, and the deck under the two of them was also blown apart, and the ironclad ship "Baya", the flagship of the British and French combined fleet, was rapidly breaking apart.
At 11:53 a.m., the ironclad ship Baya, the flagship of the British and French combined fleet, broke in two from the middle and was sinking.
At this time, twelve cruisers and ironclad ships of the Anglo-French combined fleet had been sunk or incapacitated by the bombing airship formation of the Air Force of the Han Kingdom.
"What's that up front?" The fastest cruiser in the combined Anglo-French fleet, which had turned to the rear and fled, found something unusual ahead.
After taking a closer look, there was actually a huge fleet in front of it heading towards this side, and the only fleet that could come over at this time was probably the enemy, which was the Beiyang Fleet of the Great Han Kingdom following behind the British and French combined fleet.
Similarly, on the other side, the figure of the Nanyang Fleet of the Han Kingdom also appeared, the Nanyang Fleet and the Beiyang Fleet blocked the Anglo-French Combined Fleet in the tens of kilometers of the Taiwan Strait, of course, for the Anglo-French Combined Fleet, whose flagship is now destroyed, the real enemy is the airship in the sky, every minute there are ships that are sunk by the airship, but the ships of the Anglo-French Combined Fleet are powerless against the airship in the sky.
"Full speed ahead! Sail at full speed! A certain captain of the Anglo-French Combined Fleet shouted loudly, fearing that his own warship would also be destroyed, but his battleship was only a gunboat of more than 700 tons, and it was impossible for the airship in the sky to pursue a small target like him before killing the ironclad and cruiser of the Anglo-French Combined Fleet.
Rumble!
Two aerial bombs did not hit in a row, the 4,585-ton "Triumph" ironclad ship (France), the "Triumph" ironclad ship was lucky and unlucky, two aerial bombs exploded in the place where the "Triumph" ironclad ship was relatively close, the side armor of the battleship had been shattered, the turbulent sea water poured into its hold, and the "Triumph" ironclad ship was slowly sinking.
"Abandon the ship! Abandon the ship! Run away, boys. "The captain of the Triumph ironclad is directing the French soldiers to leave in lifeboats, but he is indifferent, he wants to live and die with the Triumph ironclad.
The cruiser "Forfit" (France) was fleeing in confusion, and sometimes it was an "urgent" turn, and this "urgent" turn would make the cruiser "Forfit" turn against him if he was not careful, but in the face of the airship that was about to catch up with him, Gérard, the captain of the cruiser "Forfit", could only make such a choice.
Rumble!
An aerial bomb exploded in front of the cruiser 'Forfit' on the right, and the impact of the explosion shook the cruiser 'Fofit'.
This aerial bomb didn't hit, what if the next one, the next one? Gérard did not believe that he had the luck to keep the cruiser 'Forfit' unhit.
At 12:04 p.m., the cruiser "Forfitt" hoisted the white flag, becoming the first battleship to surrender to the combined British and French fleets in the sea and air battle at Taiwan Bend.
The surrender of the cruiser "Forfit" was seen by some warships of the Anglo-French combined fleet nearby, and surrender may be a good choice, at least better than death, not so everyone wants to live and die with the battleship.
At 12:03, the last ironclad ship of the British and French combined fleet, the Baya-class ironclad ship of 5,915 tons, the "White Watt", raised the white flag after being hit by a "little fat", and the "White Watt" ironclad ship was the only ironclad ship in the British and French combined fleet that was not sunk by an airship, and it was also the only ironclad ship that surrendered. (To be continued.) )