In the vastness of the Indian Ocean, two huge fleets are advancing almost in parallel.

In the sky above the fleet, several planes were fighting, and soon two flames broke out in the sky, two rudimentary carrier-based planes were carried down, and several seaplanes were like light birds that instantly rose and flew to the other side.

These two fleets are the main forces of the British and French joint fleets and the Chinese navy, respectively, and both sides have sent planes to reconnoiter in order to clearly grasp the information of the other fleet.

In the command compartment of the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship, the flagship of the British and French combined fleet, all the British and French naval officers were gloomy when they saw this scene.

"Damn, our combat carrier-based aircraft are actually no match for the Chinese reconnaissance seaplanes with cumbersome seaplanes." Admiral Matt, the commander of the Combined Fleet, had an extremely ugly face, knowing that the seaplane carried two huge skateboard-like pads in order to ensure that the sea took off from the water, and there was no doubt that the operation was greatly hindered, but even so, the carrier-based aircraft on the British aircraft carrier "Hundred-Eyed Giant" were still far from being an opponent.

Chief of Staff Miller said: "Commander, the Chinese navy has always kept a distance from us, and obviously does not want to fight us at this time. And you also saw that the enemy ships more than thirty kilometers away are all cutting-edge warships, and the old warships of the other side have left, and at the speed of the new warships of the Chinese, they are leaving, and we will not be able to catch up. ”

Admiral Matt gritted his teeth and said, "These damn Chinese navies are really cowards. They don't dare to fight us. ”

Miller looked at the sky and said, "There will be more than an hour, it will be dark, maybe they are preparing to act in the dark." ”

Admiral Matt sneered, "Night fight? We are the strongest in any way of fighting at sea. ”

Suddenly, there was a dull "buzzing" sound in the sky, and many people changed their faces, and everyone understood that it was the sound of an airplane engine. Soon the voice grew clearer and louder

"Airplanes, there are a lot of planes coming from the east!" There were already sailors on the deck shouting.

Admiral Matt, Miller and other officers came to the command cabin window one after another to look, and sure enough, a dense group of planes flew far in the sky, which could be clearly seen with binoculars, it was a pure bomber formation, and the number actually reached more than 100.

A great uneasiness rose in everyone's hearts. If it is only a couple of aircraft, of course, it will not be taken to heart, the hit rate of horizontal bombing aircraft is extremely low, and the bomber body is larger, and the hit rate of anti-aircraft fire increases, this is obviously not a good way. But more than 100 bombers were dispatched, and even a three-year-old child would not believe it if the other party was here to play.

"Sound the battle alarm! Command the troops, anti-aircraft fire ready! "Admiral Matt did not hesitate to give the order, no matter what the opposing planes are coming to do, it is already necessary to get into combat condition and air defense.

Miller's face was ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "The opponent's plane is at an altitude of three or four thousand meters, and our anti-aircraft fire is basically unable to threaten the opponent. ”

Admiral Matt snorted coldly and said: "At an altitude of three or four thousand meters, it is difficult for them to hit the bombardment" As he was talking, a staff officer rushed over and shouted: "Report to the commander, the three Jiangsu-class pocket battleships of the Chinese Navy are quickly approaching our army." ”

This news surprised both Admiral Matt and Miller, and they immediately held up their binoculars to look, and sure enough, they saw that the three Chinese pocket battleships were running parallel to their fleet and almost ninety degrees towards their fleet, but the other warships did not change.

Matt and Miller were both a little confused, what does this mean? Does the other side want to use three pocket battleships against them: five battleships, four battlecruisers, nine armored heavy cruisers of tonnage no less than theirs? Not to mention the dozens of other warships. Could it be that you are looking for death?

Admiral Matt immediately shouted: "The main guns of the fleet are ready, kill them!" "As a naval veteran, he doesn't care whether the other party is looking for death or not, if he dares to come, then kill the other party.

Just then, someone shouted, "Be careful! The Chinese bombers dropped bombs! Britain and France were terrified.

Matt and Miller immediately held up the binoculars to look, and sure enough, they saw that the Chinese bomber group at an altitude of three or four thousand meters had opened the bomb delivery compartment, and a string of huge bombs had fallen, the number was so huge that it was simply chilling, and the bombs dropped by the other side seemed to be at least two hundred kilograms or more, and such a bomb pile would be a deadly threat to any warship. (During World War I, British planes used 100 kilograms of bombs to blow up and sink Turkish heavy cruisers of 7,000 or 8,000 tons, and heavy bombs that fell from high altitudes could easily penetrate the deck of warships.)

"Avoid! Circumvent!!! Admiral Matt shouted urgently.

In this case, where did the British and French combined fleet still have the heart to aim at the main guns, every warship panicked and evaded, and the warships evaded and turned, and the naval guns of this period could not be aimed.

For a time, the entire fleet was in chaos, and the formation was completely disrupted.

On the "Jiangsu," the flagship of the three Chinese pocket battleships approaching at full speed, Li Haijun and Sa Zhenbing stared viciously at the combined British and French fleet.

"Killer preparation!"

With an order, the two vacant decks in front and behind the three Jiangsu-class pocket battleships cracked under the mechanical **, and in a burst of mechanical gears, a behemoth with a length of 15 meters and a radius of 75 centimeters was revealed.

The appearance of this behemoth was a surprise to the officers and men on the warship, because this weapon was a killer weapon, and there were special personnel on the warship to strictly manage it, and there were extremely strict secrecy regulations, except for a very small number of high-ranking officers, no one had ever seen it at all.

In the course of the "bombing" of the British and French combined fleets, the three pocket battleships approached at full speed, and it took more than 10 minutes for the other side to evade the "bombardment" in embarrassment, but the warships had already approached the range of 10 kilometers.

"Launch!"

In order to avoid the "bombardment," the British and French combined fleets were in a state of great embarrassment, and a lot of anti-aircraft fire was frantically shooting into the sky in a tense manner, intertwining a barrage in the sky. The "bomb" that fell from a high altitude fell into the water near the warship, stirring up a column of water in the sky, which was extremely thrilling.

However, there was no explosion, not even a single explosion.

Matt and Miller watched several "bombs" fall, and their hearts were full of despair at that moment, a whole three bombshells, if they hit, even if the "War Wealyth" was not sunk on the spot, it would definitely be destroyed.

"Knock knock" three loud noises came one after another, and Admiral Matt and Miller had already closed their eyes and waited for death, because one of them landed on the edge of the control tower, and at this distance, even if they had the steel protection of the bridge to prevent them from being blown up, they would be shocked to death. There were even British and French officers who broke down and howled: "I'm not reconciled! "It's not that all of them are afraid of death, but as far as the navy of this era is concerned, if they die in the battle of the naval battle, then it will be fine, but if they are killed by the air force, they are really unwilling.

However, there was no explosion.

Half-banging, Matt and Miller came back to their senses, and there was no explosion?

"Dud!" On the spot, some officers shouted, and some even laughed maniacally after escaping death, "God forbid, there is no explosion, I'm fine!! ”

Admiral Matt yelled, "Damn, what are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and get rid of that damn bomb! Do you want to be blown up? "It's not that a dud bomb won't explode, but if it does, it will detonate. Now that the battle is just around the corner, it would be a tragedy if you don't clean it up quickly, in case it is detonated in the middle of the battle.

When the "bomb" was cleared, everyone was dumbfounded, where was the bomb, it was clearly a piece of wood, which fell from a high altitude and smashed on the deck, and most of it had been smashed. It really made everyone so angry that they almost vomited blood.

Just such a piece of rotten wood almost drove the officers and men of the entire fleet crazy?

Admiral Matt only felt his blood surge, his face flushed, and then turned iron blue. No wonder it didn't explode just now, because what the other party dropped was not a bomb at all. But if you think about it, if it's as heavy as a bomb, can the other side's plane carry that much? The weight of a bomb of this size is equivalent to six or seven pieces of wood of the same size, and if the wood is dry, it is not impossible to have a dozen or so pieces.

"Fake, fake? Our British Empire fleet, the world's largest fleet, and the French fleet were forced so embarrassed by the Chinese with a piece of rotten wood? Admiral Matt's whole body trembled, and then he roared in his heart, "Unforgivable, unforgivable!! ”

Miller's face was also unusually ugly, which seemed to him to be a naked humiliation, and that feeling made him almost happen, it was better to be killed by a bomb directly. As soon as his eyes turned, he had already seen the three pocket battleships of the Chinese, and immediately shouted: "Commander, the Chinese warships are close to ten kilometers." ”

Admiral Matt looked at him viciously and shouted through gritted teeth, "Kill them!! But before he finished speaking, he saw six huge flames rising from the three pocket battleships of the Chinese side, and the six behemoths flew out of almost several hundred meters and fell into the water under the propulsion of rockets, causing a splash of water in the sky at high speed, bringing up a long line of water.

“？？？ What is this? "Anyone who saw this scene was a little confused.

"Torpedo!?" Matt and Miller both spit out these two words in disbelief, but this is obviously wrong, the torpedo should come out of the torpedo tube, and the tail cannot breathe fire, let alone shoot hundreds of meters into the water like an artillery bombardment, besides, the accidental launch of a torpedo at ten kilometers is not a little farther? That's too easy to circumvent, isn't it?

The fastest speed of torpedoes in this era is only 30 knots, and the best combat range is within one kilometer, because only at this distance can it be possible to hit a warship with a speed of twenty or thirty knots in this era (twenty or thirty knots is about forty or fifty kilometers per hour), and if it is accidentally launched at 10 kilometers, even if it is a giant ship of one or two hundred meters, it will not know where to hide for a long time, which is completely equivalent to a waste

"No, what the hell is this!!" (To be continued.) )