936 Battle of Jutland (11)
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As in the case of the Germans, the HNA generally does not act alone, and even if it is a carrier-based aircraft unit, it is not far from the land-based air base in Datang, and the bombers of the Air Force can only fly over within an hour or two. It is also two complete bombing aviation regiments, the main force of the H-6 God of War.
Following the start of the war, the H-6 has completely become the most reliable long-range firepower delivery weapon of the Datang Air Force. The bomb load of 12 tons, the maximum range of 8,000 kilometers, the relatively economical flight cost, the use of various attack weapons including guided bombs, cruise missiles, and anti-ship missiles, as well as the huge manufacturing volume, all make the role of the H-6 prominent.
All the technical bombers of the World War II have been retired, and the Datang Air Force has no idea of reactivating it for the sake of war, both from the perspective of combat performance and economy. The other two Datang active bombers, the copycat Tu-95's H-7, although the range can reach 15,000 kilometers, but the bomb load is only 15 tons, which is not much stronger than the H-6, and the design is not particularly successful, and the flight performance is not as good as the Datang H-6, which greatly optimizes the flight performance on the basis of the original version of the H-6 in another plane. The H-8 of the Shanzhai B-52 is similar to the H-7 in terms of range, but the bomb load is more than 30 tons, although the cost is slightly higher, but it is an important strategic strike weapon of the Datang Air Force. The H-7 and H-8 overlap a little bit in positioning, so the H-7 was discontinued after only 62 units were produced, and the Datang Air Force even simply used the H-7 as a weapon that could carry out strategic deterrence.
After the start of the war, the H-6 has continued to be manufactured at full capacity, and its production is likely to exceed 1,000 in the end.
This H-6 sortie did not carry all the YJ-6 anti-ship missiles, expensive heavy supersonic anti-ship missiles hit too much at a time, and there was also some distress, the H-6 probably carried half of the YJ-6 and half of the YJ-8, and the heavy missiles were naturally left to heavy targets.
The British Royal Navy suffered a solid rain of missiles, and the Tang Army's missile attack was larger than that of the Germans, and like the Germans, the British could only sit back and watch their warships sunk by missiles.
Two YJ-6 missiles were fired at a distance of 60 nautical miles from the British Navy, and their supersonic flight allowed them to approach their target - the battleship Lion, the flagship of the Royal Navy, in a very short time.
The legendary Admiral Nelson was in the bridge and saw with his own eyes the appearance of one of the anti-ship missiles flying in, pulling a flash of fire, as if flying through the times, full of passion and heat, but also with a full sense of destruction, and then in the next moment, the bridge and superstructure of the battleship Lion exploded violently. The anti-ship missile destroyed the bridge of the battleship Lion, and nearly 100 of the British Navy's officers and men, including Admiral Nelson himself, were killed.
On the other side, Nelson was shot in the arm by a French sniper at the Battle of Trafalgar and died of infection after a severed limb, leaving at least a corpse, while in this plane, Nelson did not even have a hair. Of course, the more tragic thing may be that at Trafalgar he died, but the British won a big victory. And in Skagerrak, he would die with his Royal Navy.
Before he had time to raise the Z-flag, to say the phrase "England expects everyone to do their duty", Nelson's ambition was too far from being realized. Even as he and many of his colleagues in the Royal Navy continued to break with tradition and work to win a war and create a better situation for Britain, the reality was always cruel.
For his opponent, the Tang Navy, this battle was no more difficult than a garden fair, the British warships were many and there were many fighters, but they were not an effective threat to the Tang Army.
The battleship Lion was hit in the head with a single blow, and the command of the Royal Navy was completely destroyed. No one was trained in how to fight when the enemy was out of sight, and the more pessimistic captain ordered his soldiers to jump into the lifeboats even before the ship was attacked.
"This is a meaningless war, and even if we have great courage, we are only stupidly sent to death. But the stupider ones should be the London bunch because they started this stupid war! ”
Hundreds of military planes of the Datang Air Force and the Navy continued to drop anti-ship missiles and guided bombs on the heads of these British ships, and the sound of explosions was incessant, and the flames and smoke gradually enveloped the sea area. Many of the ships were scattered, ready to flee for their lives. They released a smoke screen, hoping that this would block the enemy's line of sight. It's just that the missile's hit does not depend on human eyes, but on radar reflections, so the smoke screen cannot prevent anti-ship missiles from finding their targets.
The one-sided hunt lasted 11 hours, during which several British ships voluntarily raised the white flag and ceased their operations, but this did not keep them alive. Because anti-ship missiles that actively look for targets do not recognize the white flag. This also became a reason for some surviving British sailors after the war to criticize the Tang Dynasty for violating the war conventions.
The two Datang aircraft carriers pulled a net to carry out targeted killings of British ships in this not very vast sea area, and all the battleships and aircraft carriers of the British were buried in the North Sea. The cruisers and frigates that chose to surrender were sunk by the Datang cruisers and destroyers with naval artillery immediately after the personnel were withdrawn, just like the Germans.
Only one British submarine managed to escape from the battle, and in fact this British submarine did not strictly belong to Nelson's main fleet. Because the British did not yet have the habit of integrating submarines into the fleet, the main task of these submarines was to act alone and sneak attack the surface ships of Datang.
Indeed, during the battle, two submarines tried to attack the frigates on the periphery of the Datang aircraft carrier battle group, but this was basically equivalent to sending themselves to the muzzle, and they were quickly eliminated by anti-submarine weapons. The Datang Navy is also more focused on destroying the large ships of the British Navy, and it doesn't mind this small fish too much. (To be continued.) )