"General, shall we send our warships to reinforce the French and Italian navies? If the Germans were allowed to sink their battleships, the next decisive battle would probably be very unfavorable to us! Lieutenant General David Betty suggested.

Admiral John Jericho nodded: "Okay, send some small and medium-sized warships over." However, our own air defense must be strengthened. ”

Although, the navies of the three countries formed a combined fleet. Admiral John Jellicoe, as the commander of the Combined Fleet, should naturally be even. But let's not forget that Admiral John Jericho was also British. Therefore, he will involuntarily put the interests of the Royal Navy first.

Even so, the British Navy sent a number of small and medium-sized warships to help the French Navy and the Italian Navy in air defense. However, the anti-aircraft firepower installed on these small and medium-sized warships was not much. If it is used in such a dispersed way, it will not work at all. The carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy could easily seize the loophole and launch an attack on the capital ships of the French Navy and the Italian Navy.

The battleship Paris, the third of the Lone class of battleships, became the second battleship to be sunk among the capital ships of the French Navy. Under siege by carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy, the battleship was hit with four torpedoes and two bombs.

After the battleship Paris, the battleship Provence followed in his footsteps. As a result, the loss of battleships in this battle of the French Navy rose to three.

After the Italian Navy lost the battleship Dante, the battleship Giulio Cesar was also sunk after taking 5 torpedoes. As a result, the number of warships lost by the Italian Navy in this battle rose to two.

By this time, the carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy had already dropped all the bombs and torpedoes and had to turn back.

Although, they still have some unfinished business. But without bombs and torpedoes, they can't just fly planes to hit enemy ships, right? Directly back on the carrier, refueled, reloaded with bombs and torpedoes, before being able to continue the attack.

In this wave of attacks, they have already sunk five battleships of the Combined Fleet. Such results are undoubtedly very fruitful. directly reduced the number of capital ships of the combined fleet from 36 to 31. That's three fewer than the 34 ships of the German Navy. This makes them not have any advantage in the number of capital ships at all. In the next battle, it will be even more difficult to defeat the German navy and win.

Admiral John Jellicoe looked at the German fighters in the distance, and his face was gloomy as if he could drip water.

"Your Excellency, Commander, you have suffered heavy losses! After losing five battleships, will we be able to defeat the Germans in the next duel? Lieutenant General David Betty shook his head and smiled wryly. Now he is no longer as confident as before.

"I don't know. Perhaps, we should not have fought this decisive battle with the Germans at all. Admiral John Jericho said.

There is no doubt that in this decisive battle, the possibility of the defeat of the British Navy has become very large.

"Your Excellency, even if we want to give up now, it is unlikely. The main fleet of the Germans, not far from us. If we retreat, they will definitely pursue it with all their might. When the time comes, we will have to retreat to the Irish Sea. In this way, it was possible to keep the main force of the Combined Fleet, but in fact, it lost the battle. France and Italy will not last long. Lieutenant General David Betty said.

If they fail to win this battle, the defeat of France and Italy will be inevitable. At that time, Britain would be left alone against Germany. The current Britain simply does not have that kind of strength.

"I know, so, no matter what, this battle has to go on! We had to do everything we could to defeat the Germans. In that case, our country will have a glimmer of life. Admiral John Jericho said.

The combined fleet of the Allied powers was attacked by this wave of German carrier-based aircraft and suffered heavy losses. The morale of the fleet is also about to fall to freezing point. In particular, the French and Italian navies, whose will to fight, were originally inferior to the British navy, and in the case of heavy losses, did not collapse, that is already God forbid. If the carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy had another wave of such attacks, no one would have dared to explode what would happen.

On the German navy, Admiral Reinhardscher, Vice Admiral Hipper, and Vice Admiral Spee laughed when they received the news that the carrier-based aircraft unit had sunk a total of five battleships of the Allied Combined Fleet.

"Your Excellency, Commander, now they only have 31 capital ships left, three less than us. There will be no suspense in the next decisive battle, and we will definitely be able to defeat them completely! Lieutenant General Shi Pei said confidently.

Admiral Reinhardschel nodded: "The attack of the aircraft carrier has only completed one wave. Soon, they will begin the second wave of blows. Hopefully, they will be able to sink more enemy ships in this round of attacks. In this case, our odds will be greater! ”

"I really didn't expect that the carrier-based aircraft carried by the aircraft carrier would be so powerful. It seems that it is already inevitable that aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft will replace battleships and battlecruisers as the protagonists of future naval battles. Lieutenant General Hipper lamented.

"Yes, battleships and battlecruisers can still play a role even in certain battlefield environments. But there is no doubt that the main force of naval warfare will soon become aircraft carriers. Lieutenant General Shi Pei also said.

"This is undoubtedly a good thing for the Imperial Navy. After all, we are far ahead of other countries in terms of aircraft carriers. In addition to the two Pioneer-class aircraft carriers, the next four Wilhelm the Great-class aircraft carriers will soon be commissioned. When the time comes, the strength of the Imperial Navy will be further enhanced! Admiral Reinhardschel said.

Although the strength of the German Navy is now the largest in the world, this does not mean that there is no room for improvement in their strength. On the contrary, the commissioning of more aircraft carriers will make the strength of the German Navy continue to improve. If other countries want to challenge Germany, it will undoubtedly be even more difficult.

Aircraft carriers have become the protagonists of naval warfare, and it has become an irreversible trend with the successive victories of the German Navy's aircraft carriers.