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On the morning of the 26th, it was overcast. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info╔╗

There was a humming sound in the western sky, and hundreds of planes painted with rice flags pierced through the clouds and flew straight for the German fleet in the distant sea.

A rapid anti-aircraft siren sounded from the flagship of the German fleet, Frederick the Great, and in less than half a minute, all the German battleships sounded the air defense siren.

The well-trained German soldiers, under the command of the officers, quickly moved into combat positions, adjusted their anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, aimed at the direction of the enemy aircraft and opened fire.

The 36 127 mm anti-aircraft guns and 186 25 mm guns on the ultimate battleship Frederick the Great spewed out flames. Immediately afterwards, the battleships Wilhelm II, the battlecruiser Gneisenau, the light cruisers Karlsruhe, Cologne, Nuremberg, Leipzig and other light cruisers had their anti-aircraft guns in full swing.

In an instant, a huge beam of fire radiated over the battleship, and the destroyer's main and secondary guns fired in unison, firing all the guns into the air. In the gloomy sky, all kinds of shells suddenly appeared, purple, yellow, brown and red.

At the same time that the German naval ships were firing their guns, the British naval attack aircraft group had already been deployed to form a predetermined combat attack formation. Instead of the dive bombers striking first and the torpedo planes following closely behind, they pressed the German fleet from all angles and heights, and their main targets were the ultimate battleships Frederick the Great and Wilhelm II. Sinking these two ultimate battleships was Admiral Edmund's greatest dream.

Admiral Edmund drew on the experience of naval battles in the Gulf of Finland. In order to focus on the high-value capital ships of the German fleet, he quickly adjusted the air force of British aircraft carriers. Torpedo bombers and dive bombers were strengthened, combat fighters were cut, because he knew that there were not many escort aircraft of the German Navy.

Although the British Navy did not attach much importance to aircraft carriers, the pilots on the British aircraft carriers were all well-trained, and each pilot had a record of shooting down more than five enemy planes during the long-term bombing operation of intercepting the German bomber group against the British mainland, and the combat effectiveness was greatly improved.

And the torpedoes of the British Navy are no longer old-fashioned black-headed torpedoes, but advanced MK-13 red-headed torpedoes imported from the Chinese Empire, which are being tested. ╔╗ It has a fairly high hit rate and amazing destructive power, and is listed as a weapon of naval warfare by the British Royal Navy, and is mainly deployed to torpedo bomber units.

Really. The attack of the British torpedo group was extraordinary. They took advantage of various positions, first dropping the first torpedoes around Frederick the Great and Wilhelm II. Frederick the Great's observers quickly judged the distance and angle, and reported to the captain, Rear Admiral Fleur.

Cred stood in front of the window of the Command Tower, his face blushing. He did not expect the British to really come to attack, and just now he had sent a report to the German fleet command, asking Germany to send an air force to support. But it is clear that the recent Luftwaffe fighter jets in Norway flew here for at least two hours, and during this time, he did not dare to pack the ticket and nothing would happen.

Fleur kept giving orders to keep Frederick the Great parallel course with the oncoming torpedoes. Frederick the Great maneuvered at a high angle at a high speed of 28 knots. The huge hull is a little inflexible when maneuvering.

At the same time, the high-speed evasive action caused Frederick the Great's hull to vibrate violently like a broken car towed by a startled horse, and the sound of creaking metal grinding pierced people's ears.

Shoot! Shoot! Shoot again!

The commander of the German ** ship seemed to have only this order, although it was difficult for the high-speed maneuvering British aircraft to be locked, but the anti-aircraft fire of the German ship was unusually fierce, which greatly exceeded the judgment of the British army.

It turned out that the modified German battleships not only added a large number of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns to their ships, but also imitated the radio proximity shells used by the Germans based on the 88-mm anti-aircraft guns exported to the British by the Chinese Empire. The capabilities of the Germans had to be admitted. After more than a year of research and development work, the Germans also invented the artillery shell with a radio proximity fuse.

German radio proximity shells were first deployed to the air defense forces in Berlin and the oil areas of Romania, and as a result, in several large air raids by the British Air Force, the German air defense forces used anti-aircraft guns to launch such radio proximity shells, which caused the British Air Force to suffer a great loss, and hundreds of large and medium-sized bombers were shot down.

The Germans responded to Britain with practical actions. Avenged the bloody bloodbath of the German bomber group by British anti-aircraft guns.

Again, when the German Navy realized the great threat to ships from Air Force aircraft. ╔╗ For the modified anti-aircraft artillery put forward requirements, for the anti-aircraft artillery shells equipped with radio proximity fuse, because the combat aircraft's maneuvering ability is much higher than the bomber, want to rely on the shell directly hit the aircraft probability is very small, after the use of radio proximity fuse, the shell will automatically explode when close to the fighter, through the high-speed explosion fragments to kill the pilot of the enemy aircraft, so as to be able to stop the attack of the enemy aircraft.

When the British planes swooped in, they were immediately hit hard by the anti-aircraft shells of the German ships' radio proximity fuses, and quite a number of British planes were hit by high-speed debris, causing the planes to malfunction or the pilots to be injured, and one after another fell into the sea.

Fortunately, the British aircraft group adopted a dispersed column formation, which greatly reduced the danger of being intensively wiped out.

Although the addition of anti-aircraft guns and the use of advanced radio proximity shells on German battleships also caused great losses to British aircraft, the density of such anti-aircraft guns was too poor and the rate of fire was too slow, and they were quickly broken through by British aircraft.

The fighters were at a high speed and fired machine guns at the officers and men of the German ship. The main object of its fighter attacks was no longer the command of the German ships, but specialized in strafing the anti-aircraft artillery on the German ships.

At this moment, the German ship's anti-aircraft artillery system revealed its greatest weakness. The German anti-aircraft artillery systems were all in the open air, and the German officers and men commanding the anti-aircraft guns were easily strafed by British fighters. Thus losing combat effectiveness.

Under the heavy machine-gun fire of the British fighters who broke through. The German anti-aircraft artillery suffered heavy losses, and the anti-aircraft fire was significantly reduced.

The British dive bombers took the opportunity to roar down and dropped bombs one after another. The torpedo attack planes were also able to quickly approach, dropped torpedoes from a distance of 1,000 meters, and then pulled the trigger of the machine gun to participate in the attack on the German ship's personnel, and when they reached a distance of 200 or 300 meters, they quickly pulled up, circled and then dived back.

Frederick the Great flickered left and right, skillfully dodging the approaching torpedoes, some of which almost missed them. But. Frederick the Great, the flagship, dodged the first wave of torpedoes, and the other ships behind followed the flagship, but failed to dodge.

The attack of the British aircraft group was extremely ferocious. At 9:45 a.m., Wilhelm II was hit by a red-headed torpedo in the forward section of the port side. A huge explosion rang out, and the 90,000-ton giant ship trembled violently. The explosion of the Chinese-made red-headed torpedo was extremely powerful, and the explosion of the warhead of the 325-kilogram black gold charge immediately tore through the outer mine protection wall of the Wilhelm II. ╔╗

Although the battleship Wilhelm II had extremely strong protection capabilities, even if it was attacked by a red-headed torpedo, it only lost a watertight compartment, and the water inflow did not affect the combat effectiveness of the Wilhelm II. But the huge explosion made the commander of the tower feel the pressure, and if this continues, sooner or later the British will be grinded to death, but he has no choice but to order the fleet to sail as far as possible in the direction of the coast. Look for the nearest Norwegian port to take refuge.

Then, two more 225-kilogram bombs were hit in the stern of the Wilhelm II. The huge explosion resulted in the loss of a quadruple anti-aircraft gun, and more than 30 German officers and soldiers were blown to pieces.

Other battleships, such as the battlecruiser Gneisenau, Karlsruhe, Cologne, Nuremberg, Leipzig, etc., were also heavily attacked, and all ships were scarred. Fortunately, the British's focus was on the two ultimate battleships, which prevented them from being attacked in the first place. If the torpedoes and bombs attacking Frederick the Great and Wilhelm II had been transferred to these ships, they would have been sunk.

The first wave of British planes dropped all the bombs and torpedoes, and then flew away in a puff of smoke.

Cred didn't say a word, silently staring at the back of the enemy plane that was gradually disappearing in the distance, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He was looking forward to the next wave of British planes. His fleet was able to hide, or the Luftwaffe was able to rush to support.

To the sorrow of Cred, within half an hour, before the corpses on the German battleship were cleaned up, there was a rumbling sound in the air. Rolling like thunder. Under the dark clouds, a second wave of British planes was coming straight at an alarming speed.

In the blink of an eye. The anti-aircraft artillery of the German fleet was fully fired, and countless streamers shot into the sky, followed by shells exploding, and a cloud appeared in the sky.

But this time the British were obviously much smarter, the first wave of British fighter groups rushing down did not open radio contact, they agreed to contain the German ship-based anti-aircraft fire, and then send a telegram to the bomber group and torpedo attack group behind.

In the blink of an eye, the dense machine-gun bullets of the British planes swept on the steel plates of the German ship, clanging, like hail hitting the platform, and it was as tight as a burst.

The British planes were again strafing the anti-aircraft artillery of the German ship, which soon led to a significant drop in the firepower of the German anti-aircraft guns, and then the British dive bomber group and torpedo attack planes quickly approached. ╔╗

The German artillery intercepted ineffectively, and the British aircraft attacked again and again. I saw a strong light and loud noise burst out from the German ships, and the steel fragments that were blown up flew wildly in the sky.

Most of the British planes in the second wave were torpedo planes, and the main targets were Frederick the Great and Wilhelm II, which shows that General Edmund's mind remained unchanged.

At 10:05, 3 torpedoes hit the left chord of the battleship Frederick the Great. Even though the Frederick the Great had a strong lightning protection wall, it was filled with more than 3,000 tons of seawater, forcing the Frederick the Great to fill the starboard side with water to balance the ship, causing the Frederick the Great's speed to drop to 24 knots.

At the same time, the already damaged Wilhelm II was again dealt a heavy blow. Four torpedoes, named port side, tore a two-metre-long hole and two half-metre-square holes, into which a large amount of seawater poured in, tilting the hull. At the same time, the starboard waterline strip was also hit by two torpedoes, creating a large gap. The watertight compartment on the starboard side was not seriously damaged, but the watertight compartment on the port side was lost by more than two-thirds, and the entire battleship was in danger.

The battlecruiser Gneisenau was also hit by two torpedoes. The hull was heavily flooded. The light cruisers Karlsruhe and Cologne were hit by four torpedoes and 14 aerial bombs, respectively. The light cruiser Cologne sank after breaking into two parts, and the Karlsruhe also waved the flag "This ship is out of battle sequence" because of the fire on the ship, and turned around and lost directly to the coast, ready to run aground for repairs.

The other two ships, the Nuremberg and Leipzig, continued to fight, but soon after the British planes dropped their torpedoes, some of them turned sideways, dodged the gunfire, turned to the second ship, and machine-gunned the German bridge. The British planes attacked at a distinct pace, aiming to destroy the anti-aircraft fire command center of the second ship, so that they would lose one from the other with the capital ship. There is no respite.

Occasionally, one or two British planes were hit by German naval shells and dragged smoke into the sea. Occasionally, one or two wounded British planes hit the German ship directly. The British pilots were calm, resolute, and showed great ability to attack ships.

At about 10:40 a.m., the anti-aircraft guns and machine guns on the Frederick the Great and the Wilhelm II were blown up one after another, and the anti-aircraft fire was greatly reduced. Only two rounds. The German fleet was defeated, and there was little power to fight back.

Cred's heart was bleeding, but he couldn't do anything unless his ship could fly up and kill the damn flies, but apparently that wasn't possible.

At 11:20 a.m., the third wave of British attack aircraft arrived. ╔╗

After the first two attacks, the anti-aircraft fire of the German fleet had been greatly weakened, and the British planes flew directly to the German fleet at the cost of only three fighters being shot down, and calmly dropped aerial bombs and torpedoes.

The port side of the bow of the battleship Wilhelm II was again torn open. The sea water poured into it, and this time the only remaining watertight compartment system on the port side of the battleship Wilhelm II was destroyed, and the crazy influx of sea water could not be stopped.

In desperation, Captain Wilhelm II ordered the starboard side to be filled with water to balance the battleship, and at the same time broke away from the fleet at a speed of only 15 knots and headed straight for the shoreline, where he had to prepare to run aground. After all, a Hindenburg-class ultimate battleship is expensive, and it is better to run aground than to sink.

The British attack aircraft group seemed to see the end of the Wilhelm II, and the bomber group that followed showed no signs of weakness, and they roared down. As a result, more than 20 aerial bombs were hit in the amidships and stern of the USS Wilhelm II. After polishing the bombs, the British planes quickly attacked with cannons, and the bullets fired from the swarm were so crazy that they killed most of the German officers and men on the Wilhelm II who were exposed on the bridge on the spot.

Then. Two light cruisers, the Nuremberg and the Leipzig, arrived to support, and they still had some anti-aircraft guns on board to fight. Several British planes were shot down at once.

The second ship came to reinforce and immediately angered the British, who immediately left the dying Wilhelm II and turned back to attack the Nuremberg and Leipzig. The Leipzig light cruiser was the worst, in order to protect the Wilhelm II, stopped a torpedo fired at Wilhelm II, and after a violent explosion, the Leipzig light cruiser quickly capsized and sank.

At this time, the battleship Frederick the Great also turned around and fought alongside Wilhelm II, and in fact Cred was about to run aground nearby.

The waves surged like hills, and Frederick the Great and Wilhelm II staggered through the waves, and beside them, only the light cruiser Nuremberg was left to protect them.

And the more than twenty submarines of the German Navy could not help in any way, as soon as they showed up, they would be immediately sunk by British aircraft, there is no doubt about it.

As it rained in the sky, the German reinforcements immediately turned around and returned home, while the British planes returned to the aircraft carrier.

There were no enemy aircraft in the sky, it was a long break in battle.

Cred breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he could escape, and immediately organized manpower to fight the fire and rescue, and at the same time hurried to repair the battleship.

Emerging from the conning tower, Cred looked around and could scarcely find any crew alive on the main deck, except for the gaping, upside-down steel plates. The upper deck was more damaged and riddled with bullet holes. Due to the increase in the roll of the hull, the large-caliber artillery could not be operated at all, and only a few machine guns were left that could fight in the air.

There were corpses of German officers and soldiers everywhere, and only stumps and severed arms remained, and it was difficult to identify the casualties.

Admiral Edmund, who had recovered the carrier-based aircraft, was very satisfied, despite the loss of more than three hundred fighters of all types. But already heavily damaged the German fleet. In particular, he learned that the two ultimate battleships of the German fleet had been heavily damaged. Among them, when the Wilhelm II was on the verge of sinking, it was even more triumphant.

At the suggestion of his subordinates, Admiral Edmund decided to deliver the final blow to the German fleet and commanded the British fleet to pursue the German fleet closely.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Wilhelm II ran aground off the coast of Norway, avoiding the fate of sinking. The Frederick the Great, which was originally going to run aground, was repaired, regained some combat effectiveness, and docked nearby to rest. And the light cruiser Nuremberg was on guard on the perimeter.

Not resigned to his defeat, Cred ordered more than twenty submarines to search for traces of the nearby British fleet, asking them to sink the British aircraft carriers.

Edmund's fleet was supposed to intercept three of Cred's ships at two o'clock in the afternoon. Prevent the Wilhelm II from running aground, but halfway through the British fleet was ambushed by German submarines.

The British Navy, anxious to sink the German fleet, was somewhat careless and was ambushed by German submarine forces. The Ultimate battleship Northern Ireland was nearly sunk after being hit by torpedoes fired by two German submarines. But he was seriously injured. Had to return under the escort of several cruisers and destroyers. Also hit were the battleship Warrior and the aircraft carrier Victory, both of which did not have the strong anti-sinking ability of the battleship Northern Ireland and sank on the spot.

Admiral Edmund was greatly shocked and immediately organized forces for anti-submarine operations. After more than an hour of anti-submarine fighting, six German submarines were sunk, while others scattered and fled.

Due to the delay, by the time the Edmund fleet found the Cred fleet, the other party was already in the shallow waters.

Without hesitation, Edmund ordered the British fleet to form a battle formation, and the battlefleet lined up, with the main guns aimed at the battleship Frederick the Great and the light cruiser Nuremberg.

"Knock knock!"

The ultimate battleship England was the first to fire. 20-inch shells were fired at the German ship with a vengeful whistling. Immediately afterwards, other British ships also opened fire one after another, and countless shells rained down on the German ships.

The Nuremberg was the first to be unable to bear it, and after being shot, the hull burst into flames, and the captain immediately ordered to sail to the beach and run aground.

Cred commanded the battleship Frederick the Great to return fire, and although the Germans' 20-inch cannons were more powerful than the British, the British fleet was outnumbered and in a favorable T-shaped position. For every time Frederick the Great hit an English ship, it itself received five or six shells. Soon the battleship Frederick the Great could not stand it, and Cred had no choice but to sail to the beach and run aground, uniting with Wilhelm II to continue the resistance.

After running aground, the Frederick the Great and Wilhelm II could not be sunk, but they lost their ability to maneuver. Turned into a coastal fortress cannon. And the British fleet could maneuver at sea, so that. The Cred became a fixed target and was hit hard by the British fleet.

By half-past six in the afternoon, Frederick the Great and Wilhelm II had been beaten into a hornet's nest, all guns had lost their combat effectiveness, and the Nuremberg light cruiser had been blown up to the ground with only a few flaming keels.

With less than 600 men, Cred hid far away, watching his ship ravaged by British gunfire but unable to do anything.

The British fleet did not retreat until it was dark and out of sight.

After this battle, the British Navy was able to wash away the humiliation since the Battle of Jutland and won the Second Battle of Jutland.

After this battle, for the British and German navies, both benefited a lot, the British used actual combat to test the leading role of aircraft carriers in naval warfare, Admiral Edmund immediately after returning to Britain, made a detailed report to the British government, proving the great merit of the aircraft carrier battle group in this naval battle. He pointed out that no matter what the purpose of the Chinese Empire in advocating the battleship victory theory is, perhaps the Chinese Empire's air defense capability is sufficient to block the attack of aircraft carrier-based aircraft, but for the British Navy, the British Navy should vigorously build an aircraft carrier battle group, because the German Navy's air defense capability is very weak, and as long as the British Navy has enough aircraft carrier battle groups, defeating the German Navy will no longer be a problem.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill agreed to Admiral Edmund's proposal, and then allocated a huge amount of money to the British Admiralty, requiring the British Navy to quickly form an aircraft carrier battle group in the true sense, and the status of aircraft carriers in the British Navy is equivalent to the status of battleships, and determined that the fleet needs a mixed fleet composed of battleships and aircraft carriers in the future, and the battleship formation is prohibited from performing combat missions alone.

For the German Navy, this was a painful lesson. Hitler ordered the German Navy not to go into battle without authorization, and to retreat in the harbor base until the German aircraft carrier battle group was formed. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )