"Discover the main British fleet, oh my God! Too much! The cries of his companions came over the radio, the cold wind rattled around his neck, and through the goggles, Captain Yin Maiman could clearly see countless British warships on the sea at high speed, and the countless columns of smoke were the best target reference.

Half of the biplane bombers used small bombs, half of them used large bombs, and the small bombs were used against escort ships, and the main targets of the planes hanging large bombs were the opposing battleships and battle cruisers. Torpedo attack planes enter a low altitude after the bombers attract the enemy's anti-aircraft fire, and release torpedoes when they get closer. The Chinese instructor briefly repeated the tactics and assigned the attack firepower, and then Yin Maiman gave the order, and the planes flew out of the clouds in dense formations and pounced on their respective targets.

Jericho was embarrassed to death, the moment the German planes appeared, he knew that his battleship was in danger, and every damage to the capital ship would reduce the confidence of Armageddon. He didn't know if those German planes could have the same excellent sea attack capability as the Chinese military planes, and if they were, he would be miserable!

"These hateful planes, anti-aircraft fire immediately opened fire, and they cannot be allowed to cause damage to our capital ships!" Jericho didn't have many cards to deal with those planes, the fleet had not practiced air defense formations and tactics, there were no anti-aircraft weapons on the capital ships, and once the German planes broke through the anti-aircraft fire network composed of small warships on the periphery, their own capital ships would definitely be damaged.

"It's a biplane, Commander, it's a biplane, it's not fast, it shouldn't carry too many bombs!" An officer put down the binoculars and shouted excitedly to Jericho, most of the officers still blindly believe that nothing can cause damage to the capital ship except for large-caliber armor-piercing shells, and how powerful can the small bombs carried by those small planes be?

The anti-aircraft fire on destroyers and cruisers did not form a fire network at all, and each battleship had only ten machine guns or anti-aircraft guns at most, and some had only three or four, so they did not pose much threat to nimble aircraft, and the sailors did not have the slightest experience in air defense operations, and not a single plane was hit in the confusion.

"Priority attack on British capital ships!" In the blue sky, the commander of the German bomber formation ordered with a walk-in while checking the charts: "No. 7, you and No. 8 and No. 9 are responsible for attacking the capital ships, and No. 5 and No. 6 are responsible for dealing with the escort warships." ”

"Number 7 understands!" "Number 9 understands!" "Number 8 understands." In his headphones, there was a series of answers.

"Number 5 understands!" "Number 6 understands!" Soon another voice was heard.

The commander of the formation tightened his leather jacket and poked his head out of the cabin, peering through the thin clouds to see the icy waters below.

Soon, in the skies above them, another formation of German aircraft appeared, which was a formation of torpedo planes. The two formations flew together, and a torpedo attack aircraft dropped in altitude and flicked its wings above the bomber, which was a kind of hello.

"Number 1! Number 1! I found the destroyers of the British fleet! They should be right in front of us. This was the first exclamation of German planes when they spotted the British fleet.

Immediately after that, the nervous news was confirmed by the shouting in the headset, that is, there were battleships in the British fleet: "Hey! Look! British fleet! Wait, my God! The battleships next to the British aircraft carriers were battleships! It's a battleship! There were battleships in the British fleet! ”

"Number 1, request an attack! Request Attack! "This is the shout confirming the attack.

"Stay in formation! Stay in formation! We climb! Wait for the bomber formation behind to attack together! Climb! The commander's command appeared in a noisy headset.

"Captain! The opponent's anti-aircraft artillery is returning fire! The opponent's anti-aircraft artillery is returning fire! Another voice shouted.

Richthofen drove the plane on, while silently listening to the hysterical shouts of his comrades in the headphones, and before he knew it, he found that his palms were already full of sweat. Such a battle is no easier than air combat, breaking through enemy lines from a hail of bullets and dropping bombs on the deck of a battleship with precision!

The detachment commander, Richthofen, raised the corners of his mouth and loudly gave the order to attack into the intercom: "Attention all! Choose your respective target and start your dive attack! Number 2! You take the 3 to that battleship! ”

"Number 2 understands!" With the roar of the engines, one by one, the Stuka rushed down the clouds, broke into small groups, and rushed frantically towards the targets they had already assigned.

Machine gun bullets and shells poured into the sky like no money, and the sailors on the British ships frantically defended their beloved ships, but it was clear that the speed of these German planes was a little uncomfortable for the British navy. And the range of the anti-aircraft guns in their hands was obviously relatively short, and the steering was also heavy and difficult, which led to some inability to deal with the German aircraft.

As a flying genius, even piloting the bomber Richthofen showed unparalleled talent, and the biplane bomber he piloted broke through the perimeter fire unscathed and appeared to the right of a huge battleship.

The sky here belonged to Germany, and they enjoyed a good mood of asymmetrical combat, without a single British plane to stop it, and the anti-aircraft fire was very sparse. The British battleship fled like a roe deer in the face of a wolf, finding the right time, Richthofen shouted loudly, and suddenly pulled up the plane, the speed of the whole plane seemed to slow down all of a sudden, the fuselage trembled violently, the 400-pound bomb hanging in the center of the belly broke away from the fuselage, the bomber body suddenly relaxed, Richthofen was able to pull the plane up quickly, and the feeling of stable handling returned to him. And behind this bomber, another bomber is also pulling up and climbing. The dispel device with the bomb hanging from its belly was still dangling, and at a glance it was clear that something heavy had been thrown out.

After pulling up, Richthofen also took the time to look back, the target battleship was exploding, a ball of flames rose into the air, it should have hit the bomb thrown by himself, but the bomb dropped by the bomber behind him did not hit the target. In fact, Richthofen was the only one of the eight bombers in the first wave of attacks, and the rest of the pilots were all missed, not because of the fierce resistance of the enemy -- the British had poor air defense means -- but because the pilots lacked experience in attacking the sea, were too nervous, and the ships moved at high speed.

On the bridge of the British battleship Imperial, the commander was carefully observing the battle scene in the sky through the glass window. To be honest, as a veteran of the Navy, the captain did not believe that the German naval aviation could do any damage to his warships, and even when there were reports from the East that Chinese planes had sunk American warships in the port of Yokosuka, he thought that American warships were too bad.

He knew how strong his battleship really was, and below the deck were armor steel plates more than a decimeter thick, which were designed to ensure the safety of the battleship when conducting large-caliber artillery battles! Underneath are countless watertight cabins with steel partitions, and ammunition depots protected by reinforced armor, this battleship can be said to be a steel fortress floating on the sea - how could it be sunk by a small plane?

However, when he saw the German plane in the sky began to dive down rapidly, his heart still trembled inexplicably. He didn't understand what the German pilots were up to, but he had a sense of foreboding. Suddenly, he felt a shudder under his feet, and his ship seemed to have been hit by something, and then his ship suddenly shook to the left, as if a huge wave had hit his starboard side. He looked to his starboard side, where there was a splash of water on the glass.

"O my God! Can a carrier-based aircraft carry such a large bomb? The captain muttered a word, and as he spoke, he began to tilt towards his starboard side, and after taking two steps, the whole ship suddenly jumped up, and he felt his feet leave the floor, and the whole person lost his balance and crashed into the chart table in front of him.

Richthofen's bombers dropped bombs that hit an anti-aircraft gun emplacement, destroyed the guns there, and stumbled into the interior of the battleship. The entire battleship of the Emperor trembled, trembling very violently. Then the middle of the battleship was suddenly pushed up by something, like a balloon that had been blown up. Tens of thousands of tons of steel were twisted, stretched, and then completely torn, and the whole battlefield seemed to be quiet all of a sudden, and the roar of the aircraft engines could not be heard, the frantic shouts of teammates in the headphones could not be heard, and the explosions of anti-aircraft shells could not be heard, as if God appeared in the sky and welcomed people into his arms.

The loud explosion frightened the British, who were desperately fighting back, and they stared at everything that was happening in front of them in a daze, not even knowing what to do. A thick cloud of black smoke poured out of the chimney of the battleship Imperial. The detonation of the ammunition depot completely cut off the Emperor's way of life, and the Emperor, which had been maintaining a speed of more than 20 knots, slowed down in an instant, and the superstructure burned, and soon after a large amount of sea water poured into the ruptured compartment, and the battleship began to tilt, and sank into the sea fifteen minutes later. Richthofen's first attack was an incredible success, he sank a battleship!

(To be continued.) )