"God, I'm not mistaken, am I?"

Another 1,000-kilogram bomb fell on the hapless fast tanker, which exploded violently in the belly of the tanker, breaking the keel of the tanker, and the giant ship of more than 30,000 tons was actually broken in two from the middle!

"Oh my God, that's not a 500-kilogram bomb, that's a 1,000-kilogram bomb! The Germans turned out to be with 1000 kg of bombs! Vice Admiral Phillips, who was standing on the battlecruiser "Prestige", wailed loudly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The 250-kilogram bomb "Prestige" was not too afraid, and the 500-kilogram bomb could well blow the "Prestige" into heavy damage, and 1000 kilograms...... Not to mention the "prestige" as a battle cruiser, even the thick-skinned and armored battleship "Nelson" can't stand it either, if it hits the vital point, it will definitely kill you with one shot!

These German Nazis were also murderous, right?

Before Vice Admiral Phillips' words fell, the JU88 that had been circling around the "aircraft carrier" in the sky roared towards the battlecruiser "Prestige......

Lieutenant General Phillips bowed his head in pain, knowing that his flagship, the Prestige, would not be spared. The British Empire will soon lose a valuable battlecruiser!

……

James. Vice Admiral Somerville's flag flew high aboard the Ark Royal. Probably in order to highlight the status of aircraft carriers as the core of the fleet, this time Somerville did not choose the "King George V" class as his flagship, but chose the "Ark Royal" aircraft carrier, which has made great achievements in the Mediterranean.

However, standing on the bridge of the "Ark Royal" and looking at the "Sea Spitfire" carrier-based fighter on the deck, which was shattered and shattered, he felt powerless.

"Vice Admiral, the landing speed of the 'Sea Spitfire' is too fast, and if it is not a veteran with very good technology, it is easy to have an accident." Admiral Scott, the captain of the aircraft carrier, stood behind Somerville and whispered. "The loss of experienced veteran pilots is too serious, and only half of the Sea Spitfire pilots on the Ark Royal have more than 500 hours of flight time......"

"There is a shortage of good pilots everywhere and the Royal Navy has to overcome this." Somerville shook his head slightly, and there was nothing he could do about it.

In fact, the skills of the pilots of the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" are quite good at the moment. There are still more than a dozen veterans who joined the Royal Naval Air Force before 1939. And what really gave Somerville a headache were the carrier-based aircraft pilots and sailors on the three new aircraft carriers, the "Dreadsome", the "Victory" and the "Indomitable". These three new aircraft carriers were only completed from the end of 1940 to the first half of 1941, and they were hastily commissioned before they even completed sea trials. Most of the ship's sailors, pilots and ground crews are novices. The captains of those three aircraft carriers were worried every day, and the few "Sea Spitfires" that were thrown were all small, for fear that some major accident would blow up the aircraft carrier, and this would be sorry for the people and the king.

"Lieutenant General, the most troublesome thing now is not the Sea Spitfire, but the dreadnought dive bombers that the Americans gave us!"

"Dreadnought? That's a good plane! Somerville asked, puzzled. I haven't heard of a dreadnought-style ......."

The Dreadnought is slow, easy to maneuver when landing, and certainly doesn't crash the deck. But Colonel Scott still looked like he was about to cry, and he told Somerville: "The pilots of the carrier-based dive bombers have suffered so much in previous battles that they have been completely wiped out several times, and now the pilots of the dreadnought dive bombers on the Ark Royal, the Dreadnought, the Victory, and the Indomitable are almost all rookies, and they do not dive and drop bombs at all." ”

The British Royal Air Force has a very large fighter force, so it is relatively easy to replenish carrier-based fighter pilots, and it is difficult to find old birds for 500 or 1,000 hours, but the "old rookies" who have flown 200 or 300 hours are still enough, and they can barely fly planes to take off and land on aircraft carriers after training for a month or two.

But the RAF itself did not have dive bombers, and naturally there was no way to send pilots of shore-based dive bombers to the Royal Navy. The losses of the pilots of the Royal Navy's carrier-based dive bombers were particularly serious, and several operations were completely annihilated.

"In the beginning we had good pilots, but no good planes." Colonel Scott sighed and complained, "But now we have good planes, but we don't have good pilots." Now those rookies who drive dreadnoughts don't even have a 20% bomb hit rate in training. I really doubt that they went to war and couldn't even hit a bomb! ”

In training, there is not even a 20% hit rate, and in actual combat, in the face of anti-aircraft artillery and enemy aircraft firepower, maybe nothing can really be blown up!

Thinking of this possibility, Lieutenant General Somerville shuddered. The battle was won or lost by four fleet carriers, and the main striking force of these four aircraft carriers was 51 plus SBD dreadnought dreadnought dive bombers (24 on Ark Royal, 9 each on Dreadnought, Victory, and Indomitable) and 39 TBD Destroyer torpedo bombers (12 on Ark Royal, 9 each on Dreadnought, Victory, and Indomitable). The TBD Destroyer torpedo bomber must be able to exert enough power if the SBD dreadnought dive bomber hits the opponent hard.

If SBD Dreadnought's attack doesn't work, then TBD Destroyer's attack won't do anything!

This means that the four aircraft carriers, which are expected to be high, do not have much attack power......

"20% is enough!" Somerville took a breath, he knew the British Empire had no choice. If this time the fleet is not dispatched, let the Germans capture Gibraltar and Shetland. A few weeks later, the combined fleet of Germany, Italy, and France came to the English Channel.

And the battle of the English Channel, the Royal Navy cannot escape under any circumstances!

Somerville gritted his teeth and said: "We have 51 SBD Dreadnoughts, as long as they have a 20% hit rate, no, as long as they have a 10% hit rate, they can have 5 1000-pound bombs hit the target, which is enough to hit the German high seas fleet hard!" ”

The SBD Dreadnought dive bomber can carry 1,000 pounds of bombs, and if the three battleships and two aircraft carriers of the German High Seas Fleet are each on board, I am afraid that they will not want to go to war again without two or three months of maintenance. Moreover, Somerville still has 39 TBD destroyer torpedo bombers in his hands, and there are thousands of shore-based aircraft on airfields in northern Scotland and the Onik Islands and the Faroe Islands......

"Sir, telegram from the Prestige!" At this time, the communications officer of the Ark Royal suddenly reported in a trembling voice, "The Prestige has just been attacked by 150 German planes from Germany, and has hit 3 1000-kilogram bombs and 3 torpedoes!" Vice Admiral Phillips has already given the order to abandon the ship......"

"What?" Lieutenant General Somerville gasped, "We've lost our prestige?" ”

"Didn't the P-51 and P-40 be sent to cover? How could it be ......" Captain Scott, the captain of the Ark Royal, frowned more and more.

This does not bode well! No sooner had the engagement begun, and Britain had lost a 33,700-ton battlecruiser, and that was covered by the P-51 and P-40......

……

On the evening of 8 June, off the coast of Bergen, Norway, two German aircraft carriers, with many planes parked on their decks, were slowly sailing north along the Norwegian coastline under the protection of two heavy cruisers, four light cruisers, and 12 destroyers.

Helmut. Heyer's proposal for a "one-off plane" was approved by Raeder and Jeshunek. Four squadrons of 12 Fokker 99s took off from Bergen and Stavanger at noon on June 8 and landed on the "Seydlitz" and "Seckert".

Now there are a total of 112 regular aircraft on these two aircraft carriers, and there are 8 aircraft in reserve.

Because of these 48 newly added Fokker 99s, the 2 aircraft carriers now have a certain attack power and can leave the battleship to act alone.

"Lieutenant General, the report of the Navy Headquarters, 1 hour ago, our shore-based aircraft sank another British aircraft carrier! The location is in the sea west of Ireland, this is a large aircraft carrier of about 30,000 tons, and it has been confirmed! ”

Of course, this is another oil tanker with wooden planks pretending to be an aircraft carrier -- in the field of "ship makeup", the level of the British Royal Navy is still very high. Not to mention that the pilots in the chaotic battlefield may admit mistakes, even the staff officers in the rear holding blurry photos did not see that there was a fake.

The chief of staff of the fleet and the captain of the "Seydlitz" Fritz. Colonel Hinze, holding a copy of the telegram he had just received, told Vice Admiral Hayer, "This is also a large aircraft carrier, and today the British have lost 2 aircraft carriers and 1 battle cruiser, and at least 150 planes have been shot down." Lieutenant General, it seems that British aircraft carriers no longer pose a threat to us. ”

According to the intelligence available to Germany, Britain has 7-8 aircraft carriers on the mainland and in the Atlantic direction, including 3-4 large aircraft carriers. Now 2 large aircraft carriers (in fact, tankers) have been sunk, and the rest are 1-2 aircraft carriers.

"It cannot be said that it does not pose a threat," Helmut. Heyer shook his head, "They should also have 1-2 fleet carriers, one of which is the Ark Royal, this aircraft carrier can carry 60-70 carriers, which is still very dangerous!" ”

At this moment, the communications officer on board the "Seydlitz" suddenly shouted: "Sir, our submarine has discovered the 'Hood', which is in the waters between the Faroe Islands and Iceland!" (To be continued.) )