Although the scale of the air battle in Kyushu was not as large as that of the European air battle, it was not without that fierceness, and the operation of the Imperial Chinese Air Force against the air force was completely one-sided, just as the United States in the 21 st century went to fight Iraq.

This outcome is due to the absolute dominance of the Chinese Imperial Aviation Field in the world, which makes the air forces of other countries a whole generation lower than the air force of the Chinese Imperial Air Force.

After the air battle of Kyushu, the Chinese Imperial Air Force achieved absolute air supremacy, but in view of the lessons of the 11.31 air battle, when the Chinese Imperial Air Force dispatched bomber groups in the future, it would be equipped with enough escort fighters, which can be regarded as gaining experience from the lesson.

As far as European countries are concerned, the Air Force of the Chinese Empire is completely asymmetrical against the Air Force, and the European and American powers are concerned about the aircraft carrier battle group of the Chinese Empire and develop their own aircraft carrier forces. As in the early days of the Chinese Empire, European countries did not have any experience in developing aircraft carriers, and completely copied the aircraft carrier concept of the Chinese Empire.

In this regard, the Chinese Empire strictly blocked the information of the aircraft carrier battle group, especially the design concept and core technology of the Huangshan-class aircraft carrier, and resolutely prohibited leakage. European and American countries all know that the early Fubo-class aircraft-carrying cruisers of the Chinese Empire were obtained by converting transport ships and adding a flight deck. At that time, the Chinese Empire claimed to be a transport ship that transported aircraft, but now it has to admit that it was a combat weapon.

Britain was very interested in the aircraft carrier battle group of the Chinese Empire, and was able to destroy the entire Combined Fleet, which in the eyes of the British, the British Royal Navy could not do. However, the British Navy has been able to dominate the world's oceans for hundreds of years, and it is not in vain, and the British are very active in absorbing foreign advanced technology, especially after the Chinese Empire defeated the British, which made the British more or less put down their arrogant face and humbly learn from the Chinese Empire.

As early as when the first seaplane carrier of the Chinese Empire, the Baiyun Mountain, was completed, Britain began to refit the first aircraft carrier used to carry aircraft, the Athletic God aircraft transport carrier.

In 1913, after the Chinese Empire eliminated the Eastern Ocean Naval Fleet, the British Political Axe and the Admiralty immediately attached importance to this kind of aircraft-carrying cruiser, and also redefined it according to the term Chinese Imperial aircraft carrier, replacing the British Navy's original name of aircraft-carrying cruiser, and began to actively imitate it.

Since the Chinese Empire exported materials on a large scale to the Entente and the Central Powers at the same time, although Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and other countries did not express their dissatisfaction with the Chinese Empire, they inevitably talked about this matter when negotiating "business" with the Chinese Empire.

The political compromise between the Chinese Empire and the Entente included the transfer of design drawings for the Fubo-class feed-through aircraft carriers to the British Navy, as well as weapons platforms for anti-submarine hunting ships.

The British Navy immediately converted the cruiser Ark Royal into a seaplane carrier after obtaining the design drawings of the Fubo-class aircraft carrier of the Chinese Empire (which was actually a modification), as the first official seaplane carrier of the British Navy. It was later renamed the 'Centaur', which was 112 meters long, 15.3 meters wide, 5.3 meters draft, 7,450 tons of displacement, the main engine was a reciprocating steam engine, with an output of 3,000 horsepower, a speed of 10.6 knots, four 10-pounder guns and two machine guns, and 10 Schott-type seaplanes. But in reality, the "Centaur" can only be called the first seaplane carrier that can take off aircraft on the ship, because the planes still cannot land on the ship, and all the aircraft need to take off and land on the water, and then lift from the water to the warship. The appearance of the seaplane carrier "Ark Royal" marked the fact that the Royal Navy had recognized the great potential of aircraft in naval warfare.

Of course, this was just a test by the British themselves, and then the British Admiralty determined that the design drawings of the Fubo-class aircraft carriers given to them by the Chinese Empire were not entirely blind, so they began to officially refit Britain's own real aircraft carriers.

At the end of 1913, the British Admiralty requisitioned 3 ferries operating in the English Channel and converted them. They are: "Empress", "Engadan" and "Riviera". The three ferries basically met the operational requirements, with high speeds, large spacing between the verandah deck and the boat deck, and some places were converted into a large canvas hangar, and cranes were installed to lift four seaplanes. It's just that these ships are all ferries operating in the English Channel, and their endurance is small, which cannot meet the needs of the main fleet. Therefore, a bigger, faster ship is necessary.

As it happens, the Campania, the old mail ship of the Chunard Company, had just been sold as scrap and was unowned, ready to be dismantled. The ship had enough coal to cross the Atlantic at a speed of 22 knots, allowing it to move with the battleships of the main fleet. The upper deck equipment of this old mail ship was completely dismantled, and a runway was built from the front chimney to the bow, but after testing it was found to be too short (Britain did not want to buy the aircraft of the Chinese Empire, so it was not designed according to the flight deck of the Fubo-class aircraft carrier), so the forward chimney was also removed. The chimney was replaced with two thinner pipes, spaced as far apart as possible. For the first time, such a large-scale modification of a ship was carried out in accordance with the needs of the take-off of the aircraft. However, other parts of the pioneer were modified more drastically, making it unrecognizable. Despite the aging of the main engine, the Campania met the basic requirements of keeping up with the fleet, and as such, it qualified to be called the first fleet aircraft carrier of the British Navy.

The Entente did not have much energy to take care of aircraft carriers, mainly because France and Germany were in a stalemate in the war on land, and Italy's offensive against Austria-Hungary was not going well, not to mention Russia, which had not recovered since it was repaired by the Chinese Empire, and there was no real progress on the Eastern Front, and it was also in a stalemate.

Similarly, for the Allies, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Bulgaria and other countries were also interested in the aircraft carrier battle group of the Chinese Empire, and also obtained the design drawings of the Fubo-class aircraft carriers of the Chinese Empire through "negotiations" and other means, but Austria-Hungary, the Turkish Empire and Bulgaria did not have the money or energy to get aircraft carriers, and Germany was even more troubled by the stalemate in the land war and hoped to break the deadlock on land, and the aircraft carrier drawings were not really put into use.

Of course, the most important thing is that all countries think that it takes too long to rebuild aircraft carriers or build aircraft carriers, and they all have a fluke mentality, believing that if they have the effort and funds to build aircraft carriers, it is better to put them on land, and maybe they can break the deadlock and end the war as soon as possible. As a result, countries are in this state of mind, which leads to the delay of the aircraft carrier program again and again, and finally it is shelved and forgotten.

For both sides of the war, they hope for a quick victory, the victorious side can get the spoils of war as soon as possible, and the losing side can also prepare for the next war to save face in the next war. In short, neither side wants to be in a stalemate, because that would drag both sides into the quagmire of war, from which it is not in their own interests in the end.

It was now the case that the Entente and the Central Powers were at an impasse that could not be broken at will, so much so that the war entered a war of attrition. All countries imported a large amount of materials from the Chinese Empire, which virtually helped the Chinese Empire improve its strength in industry, agriculture, science and technology, and became an undiscounted consumer market for the Chinese Empire. Politicians from all over the world are not fools and want to end this situation as soon as possible.

The world war has been fought for almost a year, neither the Entente nor the Allies have imagined that the war will become such a war of attrition, the strategic material reserves of various countries before the war are insufficient, and they are all exhausted after half a year, and now most of the military and civilian materials have to be imported from the Chinese Empire, the gold reserves of the national treasury of various countries have been greatly reduced, and it has flowed to the treasury of the Chinese Empire, and the world financial center has also begun to shift from London to Yanjing, Tianjin and Shanghai of the Chinese Empire, and the world economic center has also begun to rapidly shift from the West to the East.

Seeing that the gold was left to the Chinese Empire, all European countries were naturally unwilling, and they were trying to break this deadlock by all means, and they made various efforts.

The German Admiralty had always wanted to break the naval blockade of Germany by the British Navy, and for this reason, Germany imported advanced submarines from the Chinese Empire on a large scale, and built its own submarines, and after the start of the war in November, the number of German submarines increased to 450, and German submarines were active almost everywhere in the Atlantic.

However, in order to deal with German submarines, Britain also imported advanced anti-submarine hunting ships, anti-submarine weapon systems and anti-submarine warfare technology from the Chinese Empire, so that Britain and Germany temporarily fought a tie in the maritime war in the Atlantic.

The German Navy has always been afraid of the hegemony of the British Navy for a hundred years, and did not dare to easily engage the main force of the British Navy. As a result, the German navy kept itself on alert by taking hit-and-run irregular raids on the coasts of Scotland and England. Their targets were often civilians, not the well-defended British port. In December 1913, the German Navy shelled two Yorkshire ports at near-flat range, destroying more than a dozen British merchant ships and causing more than 2,000 casualties.

The successful attack of the German navy confirmed that the British navy was no longer as strong as it used to be (it had not yet taken a breath after being beaten by the Chinese Empire), so it became emboldened.

In retaliation, however, British Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty organized an attack on German warships patrolling near Hörkoran, a heavily fortified island defending the German naval base about forty miles east. Betty's fleet, consisting of one battle cruiser, several light cruisers and destroyers, pounced out of the fog and sank three German light cruisers and one destroyer. Before the German ships at Wilhelmshaven set sail for reinforcements, the British naval fleet had withdrawn. This sortie greatly boosted the morale of the British Navy.

The German Navy had always hoped to send his battlecruiser detachments to the Atlantic, but was always blocked by the British Navy, so that only German submarines fought in the Atlantic. The German Navy believed that if there were German battle cruisers in the Atlantic, then in conjunction with submarines, the British anti-submarine destroyers would fail, and it would only take half a year to force Britain to submit like the Chinese Empire.

The German Admiralty had been planning how to break through the blockade of the British Navy, but it had never been successful, for which the enraged Germans decided not to let the British have a good time.

On November 22, 1913, the German Navy planned to attack the Dogger Sandbank.

Before this operation, the German light cruiser "Magdeburg" ran aground and sank in the dense fog of the Baltic Sea. The ciphers, ciphers, and signal books on the ship were recovered by the Russians and transferred to the British Navy, where they deciphered them.

Incredibly, the German Navy did not notice this, and they did not change the contact codes and ciphers on the ships for several months. The Germans, who had suffered a loss, did not rest on their laurels. They set their eyes on the Dogle sandbar with their eyes set on revenge. The Dogle Sandbar is a confluence of cold and warm currents, and is one of the most famous fishing grounds in the North Atlantic during the annual flood season, when herring and cod are very dense. The German Navy decided to start with the British fishing boats on the fishing grounds.

Foggy in the North Sea, a fleet led by German Vice Admiral Hipper quietly left Wilhelmshaven and sailed straight for the Dogel Sandbank. The fleet, consisting of 3 battlecruisers, 1 armored cruiser, 4 light cruisers, and 19 destroyers, disappeared in the fog and disappeared in a short time in the gloomy sky of the North Sea.

At this time, Hipper, who was sitting on the flagship "Seydlitz", was calculating how to teach the British trawlers a lesson and knock out the light fishing warships. This time, the German naval code, deciphered by the British, came into play in time. On the afternoon of 23 November, Betty received a report from the intelligence services that a German fleet was heading for the Dogle Sandbank. In accordance with the orders of the Admiralty, Betty immediately led the battle cruisers "Lion", "Tiger", "Princess Royal", "New Zealand", "Indomitable", accompanied by Godinave's light cruisers, into the North Sea.

At 7:3o on the 24th, Betty rendezvoused with Tierit, which was operating in the northeastern waters of the Dogel Sandbank, and the assembled Betty fleet had 5 battle cruisers, 7 light cruisers, and 33 destroyers. Soon, the German naval fleet was discovered by British naval reconnaissance ships. At the same time, Hipper discovered a British fleet far more powerful than his own. Seeing that the situation was not good, the German fleet saw that there was no hope of a sneak attack, and quickly turned around and sailed back towards the Helgoland Bay, in an attempt to get rid of the British fleet. Betty was not willing to let the fat slip away from her mouth, and ordered the fleet to pursue at full speed.

Early the next morning, about one hundred and ninety miles west of Helgoland, five battle cruisers and four light cruisers from Roseth in the Bay of Forth joined up with three other light cruisers and thirty destroyers from the forces stationed at Harwich. Under Betty's command, the squadron sailed out to meet the German assault ships. Admiral John, commander of the British Main Fleet? Sir Jericho, who had come from Scapaflocchi to join Betty, arrived too late to make it in time for the battle.

As Hipper's lead reconnaissance ship, the German light cruiser "Kolberg" sailed from the southeast and, shortly after 7 a.m., saw the British light cruiser "Aresusa". The shelling of each other attracted the attention of Betty and Hipper, who met for the first time. Hipper, taken aback at the sight of such an unexpected force, immediately reversed course and returned at full speed to the safety of Wilhelmshaven. Over the course of the next five hours of continuous fighting, the slightly faster British ships gradually shortened the distance. Betty's flagship Lion, which was ahead at 28 knots, shortened the range of Hipper's slowest battlecruiser, the Blucher, and fired the first salvo at 8:12 a.m. Soon, most of the hostile ships were fighting with all their might. The British, feeling that this was a sure catch, aimed their guns at the "Blucher". For more than an hour, the ship shook violently due to an internal explosion, but refused to sink.

However, because the "Blucher" was slow and exposed at the end of the German column, it was hit by more shells than it "needed", and soon caught fire and fell behind.

The "Lion" took the lead and pursued it relentlessly. The German fleet, on the other hand, rushed to the southeast, and the "Blucher" was at the end of the Hipper's column.

At 8:30, the two sides were about 20,000 meters apart. The cunning Betty was well aware of the superiority of the British warships in caliber and range, so she ordered the fire to be opened in an attempt to inflict heavy damage on the German ships beyond range.

The dense shells fired by the "Lion" immediately surrounded the German ship, stirring up a tall column of water like a white forest. The German ship "Blucher" in the rear of the palace was the first to be shot, and the blown up deck was littered with dead bodies.

At 8:44, the "Blucher" began to return fire with its tail guns. The "Lion", which had just been launched for two years, was in a hurry to make contributions in the naval battle at this time. Shortly after the battle began, Betty ordered the "Lion" to accelerate to a maximum speed of 29 knots and rush towards the enemy position.

At 9:43, the "Lion", which was the first to rush into the enemy line, fired 343-mm shells at the German battle cruiser "Seydelitz". The rear turret of the "Seydeliz" was hit, and the powerful shell ignited the gunpowder in the heavy gun loader, and the violent explosion killed 159 people, and the two rear turret mounts failed, and burst into the sky with smoke and fire up to several hundred meters high. However, the courageous actions of the 1 sergeant major of the "Sedelitz" saved the flagship. The roulette that drove the relief valve burned red, but he still held on to it and turned it, even though the flesh on his hands was burned and painful. The sergeant major unscrewed the valve and poured seawater into the ammunition depot, avoiding a fatal explosion on the ship.

The D-Flinger fired a number of twelve-inch armor-piercing shells at Betty's flagship, forcing the Lion to fall behind at fifteen knots per hour while the other British ships pursued the fleeing enemy. Hipper, no longer hampered by the Blucher, took advantage of the opportunity to expedite his return.

Betty could not pursue the "Lion", which was weakened in combat effectiveness, and appointed Admiral Moore, who commanded the "New Zealand", to lead the pursuit, and to "attack the enemy's rear" under the banner. Moore, who was cautious to the point of timidity, misread Betty's orders and concentrated his shelling of the "Blucher", which had been wounded to the point of no resistance.

Betty immediately raised the flag "Move closer to the enemy," and Moore moved his squadron closer to the unlucky "Blucher." The Blucher, which was now on fire from bow to stern and several small cannons firing irregularly, capsized at 12:15 p.m.

When Hipper's ship disappeared on the southeastern horizon, Betty moved his command flag to the fast destroyer "Attack" to catch up with his squadron, and then moved his command flag to the battle cruiser "Princess Royal".

At 12:30 p.m., a telegram from the Admiralty warned him that the entire German High Seas Fleet had sailed to escort Hipper's group into Yed's Bay. When Betty returned to England, the main fleet drove to the scene to assist in towing the damaged "Lion" back to Roses for repairs.

The Battle of Dogle Sandbank was the first meeting of Anglo-German battlecruisers. Naval warfare has always been dominated by large-caliber long-range artillery, and small-caliber guns and destroyers have never been useful. For the first time, large-caliber naval guns attacked at a range of more than 16500 meters. In this naval battle, the German Navy battlecruiser "Blucher" was sunk, and the battlecruiser "Sedlitz" was seriously damaged, with 1,034 casualties. In the British Navy, only the "Lion" suffered heavy damage, killing 15 people and wounding 80 others.

The battle showed that the German Navy was right in its design philosophy of emphasizing armor protection. Even the sunken "Blucher" was stronger than the "Lion". After suffering more than 100 large-caliber shells and 7 torpedoes, the former still attracted the firepower of the British ships for two hours before sinking.

After the Battle of Dogle, the Germans learned from the heavy damage of the "Sedelitz": preventing the turret from catching fire and exploding is the key to ensuring the survival of the naval battle. They immediately took corresponding measures, separating the shells from the propellants, and placing them in two steel cylinders to strictly protect them to control the fire.

Instead of recognizing the flaws in the design of the battlecruiser's turrets, the complacent British Navy came to the conclusion that "large-caliber guns were the key to victory," and the sailors continued to pile up shells and propellants and take fire control lightly.

The Battle of Dogle Shoal failed to end in a more decisive British victory, and he was immediately removed from his post, largely due to the incompetent Admiral Moore. The losses of the German Navy were one battle cruiser, the other two were damaged, and nine hundred and fifty-four crew members were killed. British casualties included two ships damaged and fifteen killed. The most uneasy thing about the German Admiralty was that the British knew in advance about its naval operations.

In the years that followed, the German High Seas Fleet docked and focused on submarine activities.

As a result, the German navy was almost bankrupt in its attempt to break the stalemate on the battlefield, and Britain failed to seize the decisive opportunity to win after cracking the German radio secret for the first time, so that Britain also failed to destroy the German battle cruiser detachment and failed to break the deadlock.

Britain and Germany, as the main belligerents, were in a stalemate between the navies of the two sides, and the land war was also in a stalemate, which led to a stalemate in the entire European theater of World War I.

At the beginning of 1914, the Imperial Congress of China approved the export of the oldest M07 chariot to the European belligerents, as well as anti-chariot weapons against the M07 chariot, to be exported to the Entente and the Central Powers respectively.

(To be continued)