After a recent battle with Germany in the North Sea, there was no doubt that the British were a loser in this confrontation, but the British Imperial Navy still had a strong accumulation, and they quickly transferred the Athletic back from Gibraltar, and the Brave and Glory from the Atlantic route.

The number of aircraft carriers that can fight on Britain's homeland has been maintained at more than six, which is already Britain's last home, and if it is lost again, Britain will really have no capital to confront Germany in a short period of time.

Churchill regarded the navy as the lifeblood of Britain, and this time the soldiers of the expeditionary force had to send a fleet to support, but Lao Qiu was still very cautious, he asked the British fleet to stay away from the narrow English Channel as much as possible, to avoid being attacked by the Luftwaffe, to block German warships as much as possible under the condition of ensuring their own safety, and to ensure air and sea supremacy in the strait area.

The German aircraft carrier is also the focus of the British attention, Britain, as an old hegemon, is very concerned about intelligence work, they secretly sent a large number of military spies to Germany, these people usually carry out activities in disguise, and wait until the critical moment to play a role.

For example, after the end of the Battle of the North Sea, the British government gave these spies a most important mission, that is, to investigate the situation of the German aircraft carrier, to find out whether the German aircraft carrier can be repaired, how long it will take to repair, and when it can participate in the battle!

The British did not hesitate to use their best agents, and finally learned of the progress of the Bismarck's restoration through the workers of a shipyard, and when they heard that the Germans had restored the deck in ten days, the British immediately felt bad.

The ferocious Nazi aircraft carrier is likely to take part in the battle soon, and even threaten the generator program, and the British have kept the aircraft carrier in a relatively safe area in order to prepare for a possible air and sea battle.

When the Bismarck left the German port and headed for the English Channel. Britain has already found out. When Churchill learned that only one German aircraft carrier was in battle. He keenly saw that this could be an excellent opportunity, as long as the Bismarck could be scrapped, Britain would not be threatened by German aircraft carriers for half a year.

And this half a year is enough time for the aircraft carriers provided by the Chinese side to be transported to Europe, and the United States will also have enough time to mobilize. The two great powers mobilized and stood firmly behind Britain, and Britain had enough confidence to stand up to Germany.

Unite with the strong, and I will be the strong!

This was Churchill's consistent credo. Therefore, he ordered the Royal Navy to send the Bismarck to the bottom of the sea at all costs, and the Royal Navy also made the maximum mobilization in order to wash away the shame.

This time, Britain sent the light aircraft carrier Athletic at the front of the formation, responsible for searching for the German aircraft carrier, in fact, Britain's meaning is also very clear, that is, to use this light aircraft carrier as a decoy, consume Germany's valuable carrier-based aircraft, and create opportunities for deadly attacks on other British aircraft carriers.

In addition, the British mobilized the Brave, the Glory, and the only Honorable aircraft carrier in the Radiant class who was not injured. Three aircraft carriers form a powerful follow-up strike group.

The old enemies of Britain and Germany had to decide who was the master of the sea in the icy North Sea, and the news of the large-scale dispatch of British aircraft carriers did not deceive the German reconnaissance. First, German submarines had reported a day earlier that the British aircraft carrier had left the anchorage of Scapa Bay, and German reconnaissance planes had spotted the British fleet.

After receiving this information, Dönitz already knew that a confrontation between the aircraft carriers was inevitable, so he immediately ordered the German aircraft carriers to speed up towards the English Channel, and at the same time sent reconnaissance planes to find the exact location of the British aircraft carriers.

At this time, Dönitz also made the mistake of arrogance, the last war made the German naval aviation extremely proud, they believed that the British aircraft carriers were old, the carrier-based aircraft were backward, and the Germans had previously sunk three ships and damaged two, and they could not regain their combat effectiveness again in a short time.

Of particular importance was the fact that Britain had lost a large number of pilots in the battle, while the German carrier-based pilots had been preserved because they could fly to the coast of Norway as close as they could, and their pilots were even more valuable than aircraft carriers.

In the final analysis, aircraft carriers are just industrial products, although the production cycle is longer, but they can still be manufactured, and the pilots of various countries are often the foundation laid before the war, and no one wants to let a group of people with no foundation become ace pilots within a few years, and it is manufactured in large quantities, which is very unrealistic.

Therefore, Dönitz has reason to believe that most of the pilots on British aircraft carriers are rookies and have no combat experience, which is why he dared to use an aircraft carrier to fight the British alone.

The two fleets approached rapidly, and the German reconnaissance planes were the first to spot the British aircraft carrier Athletic in front of them, and immediately reported to Dönitz, who immediately ordered the German carrier-based planes to dispatch and attack the British aircraft carriers.

The Germans took off a total of forty-eight carrier-based planes, cutting towards the British aircraft carrier from two directions like huge pincers, and at this time the Athletic had not yet discovered the possible danger, and was still loyally acting as a lure to the enemy.

At this time, a peripheral alert ship suddenly spotted the German aircraft group and quickly reported the Athletic, which also knew its dangerous situation and immediately let all the carrier-based aircraft take off to deal with the impending attack.

However, their speed was still half a beat slower, and the German planes had already appeared not far away, and at this time there were less than twenty planes on the Athletic, and these Royal Navy soldiers did not have any fear, and still rushed desperately towards the Germans.

The two sides soon engaged in a fierce confrontation, a large number of British planes were shot down, young lives were buried in the sea, they did not fear, did not retreat, still resisted to the death, Germany also suffered a lot of losses.

At this time, another German carrier-based aircraft formation also arrived in the sky above the Athletic God, launched a fierce attack on the aircraft carrier, the British anti-aircraft firepower was fully fired, like a hedgehog, doing everything possible to stop the German aircraft, but they were still a hundred secrets, a German dive bomber broke through the fire net, and a bombshell was gently and skillfully dropped.

The Athletic was one of the first aircraft carriers built in the UK, and by now it was old and extremely poorly defended, and a single bomb was enough to have fatal consequences, as it penetrated the foredeck and destroyed the power plant, causing a fire that quickly enveloped the front half of the carrier.

The German pilots were excited to see the sinking of one of the aircraft carriers, and they did not find any other British carriers, so they immediately attacked the rest of the British warships, but they did not know that this was just a decoy thrown by the British.

The British carrier-based aircraft had already killed the Bismarck at this time, and it was not easy to find a warship in the middle of the sea, even a huge aircraft carrier.

The effort paid off, and the British pilots finally discovered the German aircraft carrier formation, and the huge and majestic Bismarck was surrounded by German warships, like a king.

The British planes quickly rushed towards the Germans, and the Germans were also panicked at this time, they only saw that there were nearly 100 British planes all over the place, and the scale was huge, and the German planes in charge of guarding immediately came to meet them, and all the frigates also opened fire and tried to stop them.

However, most of the planes on the Bismarck went to attack the Athletic, resulting in a serious lack of defense, and the British were really desperate, they desperately broke through the German barrier and rushed towards the Bismarck.

The British knew very well that the Bismarck had a strong survivability, so they took the lead in attacking with torpedo planes, and the British torpedo formation, after paying two-thirds of the sacrifices, finally approached the German aircraft carriers, and when the distance was only twenty meters, the British dropped two torpedoes.

This distance was beyond the range of dodge, and the Germans could only watch as two torpedoes hit the huge body of the aircraft carrier.

Fortunately, one torpedo did not explode, but unfortunately another torpedo hit the tail of the Bismarck, the steering gear was damaged, the speed of the aircraft carrier was severely reduced, and the direction was difficult to control, so the situation became very bad, and the Bismarck, having lost its speed, became a target for the British carrier-based aircraft.

The British planes soon saw this good opportunity, and they broke through the barriers and quickly dropped bombs on the head of the Bismarck, while Dönitz was still commanding the Bismarck, but his face had become very ugly, and he finally realized that he had miscalculated the strength of the British.

Especially the British pilots, who were more elite and more numerous than expected, and it was the biggest mistake to let the Bismarck fight alone, and now he was desperately looking forward to the Air Force being able to quickly send planes to support the Bismarck.

In fact, the German air force was already on land, but they could not quench their thirst, and a British plane dropped a deadly bomb on the heads of the Germans, and a huge hole appeared in the deck of the Bismarck.

Coincidentally, at this time, another British plane also dropped a bomb into the hole, and the bomb exploded in the cabin in an instant, and the power produced can be imagined, the Bismarck suffered serious damage inside, the fuel leaked, and soon turned into a raging fire.

British pilots began to indiscriminately drop bombs on the Nazi warship, and the Bismarck suffered five more bombs, destroying the entire deck, most of the superstructure disappeared, and countless German naval elites died in the fire.

And at this time, the Luftwaffe was late, Germany has been slamming all the way since the beginning of the war, and has never suffered this kind of loss, even if the Munich sank, they were not too depressed, after all, it was an old warship, the loss was normal, this time the Bismarck touched the soul of Germany, they desperately drove the British carrier-based aircraft, trying to save the sea hegemon, but it was too late, the main ammunition compartment in the middle of the Bismarck suddenly exploded, and the entire aircraft carrier quickly sank underwater! (To be continued.) )