After the "Dreadnought" battleship was launched, the "Bellerophon-class" battleship was built, and a total of three were built in the same class, which directly pushed the British Royal Navy into the dreadnought era. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It's just that, as a standard dreadnought, the 'Bellerophon-class' battleships are undoubtedly much worse in all aspects than the later super dreadnoughts. The Bellerophon-class battleships had a displacement of less than 19,000 tons and were armed with five twin 305 mm guns, but only four of them were capable of firing on the same side. In terms of armor, the thickness of the main armor belt is 254 mm, and the armor of both the turret and the conning tower is 280 mm. Such a defense, among the warships of the British Navy, was not weak. However, compared to the German Navy, it is undoubtedly much worse. The maximum speed is only 21 knots. After several years of service, it is now good to be able to have a maximum speed of eighteen or nineteen knots.

The carrier-based aircraft forces of the German Navy made the 'Bellerophon-class' battleships their first target for attack. Compared to other battleships of the British Navy, this class of battleships was undoubtedly much weaker and easier to sink. After all, the light aviation torpedoes that carrier-based aircraft are now carrying are too weak. It will undoubtedly be a little difficult to deal with those thickly armored ultra-dreadnoughts.

Four torpedo attack planes swooped down on the British Navy's battleship 'Bellerophon', which made the British sailors on the battleship look at each other, not knowing what these German planes were doing.

By the time the four torpedo attack planes flew to a distance of just over 1,000 meters from the battleship Bellerophon, their altitude had dropped to just over 100 meters above the sea.

A torpedo attack plane dropped a torpedo, which smashed heavily into the sea and sank directly. Then he floated up again and quickly rushed towards the battleship 'Bellerophon'.

The other three torpedo attack aircraft also dropped torpedoes at this distance. Four torpedoes, fanning out, rushed towards the battleship 'Bellerophon'.

"What's that?" The British sailors on board the Bellerophon saw the plane drop something on the surface, but they didn't know what it was.

Of course, when they saw the four torpedoes rushing towards them at a rapid pace, they immediately understood everything.

"Oh God! torpedoes, those planes are capable of dropping torpedoes. A British officer was frightened and yelled in horror.

"Evade it! Four torpedoes on the port side, immediately and urgently evaded! The captain also gave the order to evade as soon as possible.

The battleship 'Bellerophon' immediately began an emergency turn. It's just that it is not so easy to turn a huge warship with a displacement of nearly 19,000 tons and a length of more than 160 meters. After all, this is a battleship, not a dinghy.

Under the horrified gaze of the Royal Navy officers and sailors aboard the battleship Bellerophon, four torpedoes were getting closer and closer to them. Even if the battleship has begun to turn now, it is almost impossible to dodge it.

"Boom!" The first aviation torpedo hit the stern of the battleship 'Bellerophon', and the warhead exploded violently. The tremendous power immediately tore a big hole in the underwater armor of the battleship 'Bellerophon'.

Immediately afterwards, one of the other three torpedoes hit again, tearing a hole in the amidship of the battleship Bellerophon. The other two torpedoes missed.

Being hit by two torpedoes, even light torpedoes, was enough for the battleship 'Bellerophon' to drink a pot.

"Quick, do loss control right away, and be sure to close the loopholes." The captain shouted at the top of his voice.

In the case of two holes under the waterline of the battleship, if the loopholes are not plugged, the consequences can be imagined. When the time comes, the entire battleship will have to be sunk.

At the same time, the "Magnificent" and "Reckless", which were the same class of battleships of the 'Bellerophon class', were also besieged by carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy. The two battleships also suffered one torpedo and two torpedoes, respectively.

Moreover, this was only the first attack by the carrier-based aircraft unit of the German Navy, and 12 torpedo attack planes that had dropped their torpedoes began to return home. They need to return to the aircraft carrier to mount new torpedoes and then rejoin the attack.

The other 12 torpedo attack planes continued to attack the 'Bellerophon-class' battleships. In the previously drawn up battle plan, the task of the carrier-based aircraft force was to sink the British Navy's 'Bellerophon-class' and 'St. Vincent-class' battleships, and after eliminating a total of six battleships in these two classes, they would wait for an opportunity to attack the other battleships of the British Navy. Of course, for those battleships with relatively thick armor, it may be very difficult to sink them with light torpedoes. However, even if they can be injured, this will be very beneficial for the next main battle.

On the battleship 'Revenge', the flagship of the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet, John? Admiral Jericho and David? Lieutenant General Betty and the two were already shocked.

In the distance, the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft were besieging the three 'Bellerophon-class' battleships, but they could do nothing but watch from afar. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to them.

"Damn, the planes of the Germans were able to drop torpedoes, how did they do it, how the hell did they come up with such a tactic?" John? Admiral Jericho was going crazy.

He had never heard of such a new tactic adopted by the German Navy. The entire Royal Navy of Great Britain was not prepared for this at all. In such a situation, it is completely at the mercy of the carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy!

"It would be nice if our warships were equipped with weapons for anti-aircraft shooting." David? Lieutenant General Betty sighed.

However, it is too late to say this. They had not expected such tactics to be adopted by the German Navy before, so it was naturally impossible to prepare in advance.

In the ensuing attack, the battleship 'Bellerophon' was again torpedoed twice. This caused the battleship to start flooding constantly. Despite the efforts of the damage management staff, they were unable to close the loopholes. As a last resort, they had to close the watertight cabin. However, because of the flooding, the battleship could no longer maintain its balance, and the battleship capsized on the sea. The battleship 'Bellerophon' also became the first warship ever sunk by carrier-based aircraft.