At about 11 o'clock in the morning of March 4, 1909, in a sea area 1,500 kilometers away from the nearest land in the Arabian Sea, the continuous sound of explosions and gunfire broke the original calm of the sea, and the carrier-based aircraft group of the aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire was launching a second wave of air raids on the second joint expeditionary fleet formed by the Allied Powers, the Central Powers and the United States.

The warships of the navies of the countries of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet are all centered on battleships, supplemented by other types of warships, and gather in an air defense formation one by one, using the most fierce anti-aircraft fire to resist the bombing of the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, but in the dive bombing of the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Imperial Chinese Navy, the warships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet were sunk by aerial bombs or aerial torpedoes one after another, and the carrier-based aircraft of the aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire also suffered very heavy losses in such a crazy attack. The whole scene of the air raid was extremely tragic.

The U.S. Navy's New York-class super-dreadnought battleship USS Philadelphia was besieged by a number of Imperial Chinese Navy carrier-based aircraft during the second wave of air raids, but around the USS Philadelphia, there were 1 large fast armored cruiser, 1 fast protection cruiser, 2 destroyers and 2 torpedo boats of the US Navy, which provided it with tight anti-aircraft fire around the USS Philadelphia. In addition, the Philadelphia itself recently replaced 10 new 57-mm anti-aircraft guns and 10 new 12.9-mm anti-aircraft machine guns, forming a firepower air defense network, and several carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Chinese Navy folded their wings in front of this fire air defense network.

Seeing such intensive anti-aircraft fire over the super dreadnought battleship USS Philadelphia, a Sea Eagle dive bomber changed its tactics and did not directly dive bomb the USS Philadelphia, but dived down at a high speed against a US Navy fast protection cruiser on the right side of the USS Philadelphia, and threw one 500-kilogram aerial bomb and two 100-kilogram aerial bombs carried by the Sea Eagle dive bomber to the US Navy fast protection cruiser on the right, and then quickly climbed into the sky.

Only one of the three aerial bombs ended up landing on the USS Philadelphia's right, the US Navy Rapid Protection Cruiser. However, it was the most powerful 500 kg aerial bomb, which suddenly penetrated the deck armor of the fast protection cruiser and exploded when it landed inside the hull, and then the fast protection cruiser with not thick armor did not resist the power of the explosion of the 500 kg aerial bomb, and the waterline armor on one side was blown to pieces, and the turbulent sea water poured directly into the inside of the fast protection cruiser. So that this fast protection cruiser suddenly lost its combat effectiveness and quickly sank to the bottom of the sea.

After the fast protection cruiser on the right side of the USS Philadelphia was hit by a 500-kilogram aerial bomb, a gap immediately appeared in the fire and air defense network over the USS Philadelphia, and several carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, who were looking for opportunities in the sky, saw how could they let go of such an opportunity, so 3 Sea Hawk bombers and 1 Sea Eagle dive bomber immediately dived down from this gap in the fire and air defense network to the Super Dreadnought Battleship Philadelphia.

During the dive, 1 Sea Hawk bomber was hit by the anti-aircraft guns of the super dreadnought battleship USS Philadelphia and disintegrated directly in the air. The other three carrier-based bombers all successfully dropped aerial bombs on the USS Philadelphia Super Dreadnought at an altitude of about 2,000 meters, and finally two 800-kilogram aerial bombs and one 500-kilogram aerial bomb landed on the USS Philadelphia, a super dreadnought battleship with a displacement of 27,000 tons.

After the 500-kilogram aerial bomb penetrated the deck armor of the USS Philadelphia, it penetrated several layers of steel plates and fell into an ammunition bin, instantly detonating dozens of 356-mm main gun shells in the ammunition bin. Quickly sinking to the surface of the sea, only 6 or 7 minutes. This powerful battleship, which had five double-mounted 45 times caliber 356 mm main guns, completely disappeared from the sea, and less than 30 of the more than 800 US Navy officers and men of the entire USS Philadelphia could finally float on the surface of the sea waiting for rescue, and most of the US Navy officers and men of the USS Philadelphia sank to the bottom of the sea with the warship.

Inside the bridge of the USS New York, the flagship of the U.S. Navy, the super-dreadnought. Sampson, the commander of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, saw the USS Philadelphia Super Dreadnought not far away broken in two in a violent explosion, and shouted with his head in his hands and a painful face: "No-"

Captain Everderson, the captain of the USS New York, who was standing next to Sampson, saw the USS Philadelphia being blown in two, and shouted in horror: "Oh God! The Philadelphia is over. The fighters of the Chinese Empire actually sank one of our super dreadnought battleships of the US Navy. ”

Sampson put his hands down, his hands were still a little trembling, and the super dreadnought battleship of the same class as the New York was blown up and sunk right under his nose, which made Sampson a little scared.

Sampson turned his head to Everderson with a sad face and said: "The situation of the Philadelphia is no longer saved, immediately convey my order to the few remaining warships around the Philadelphia, let them immediately move closer to our New York, strengthen the anti-aircraft fire of our New York, and hope that God will bless our New York to survive this wave of bombing by the Chinese Imperial Warplanes." ”

Not only the commander of the US Navy, Sampson, was afraid, but the fleet commanders of other countries were also frightened under the frantic bombardment of the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, knowing that the naval flagships of various countries on which their commanders rode were battleships of the same class as many warships that were sunk, and other battleships could be sunk, and the flagships could also be sunk, and the commanders of their fleets could also be taken into the dark seabed by the flagships.

The commanders of the naval fleets of various countries almost unanimously increased the number of warships of other types around their own flagships in order to increase the anti-aircraft firepower around the flagships.

In the bridge of the Helgoland-class dreadnought battleship Helgoland, the commander of the German Navy's fleet, Tessim, saw the German Navy's German-class all-steel battleship Oclisso, which was not far from the Helgoland, was hit by several heavy aerial bombs in a row, and most of the hull had sunk into the seawater, sighed, turned his head to Tolebad, the captain of the Helgolan, and asked: "Has there been a telegram from the Okliso?" ”

Ptolebad sighed, "Commander, the captain of the Oclineso has just sent a telegram to our flagship that the Okliso is leaking badly. No measure could be taken to close the gap in the hull of the Oklisso, whose captain had already given the order to abandon the ship. ”

Tessim said helplessly: "It seems that we must find those warships of the Chinese Imperial Navy that can carry fighters as soon as possible, otherwise our German Navy and even the entire Joint Expeditionary Fleet will be blown up by the fighters of the Chinese Empire!" ”

Olebad nodded and said: "We really can't afford to delay here any longer, we must follow the departing Chinese Imperial fighters and find those warships carrying the fighters." If these Chinese Imperial fighters continue to bomb like this, our entire Combined Expeditionary Fleet may be wiped out. ”

Tessim looked at the Chinese Imperial fighters that were still raging in the sky, gritted his teeth and said: "After this wave of air raids passes, our German Navy will pursue the direction of the departure of the Chinese Imperial fighters first, and we can't grind with those British, Americans and French here, in that case, when the third wave of air raids by the Chinese Imperial fighters, our entire joint expeditionary fleet may still be circling here!" ”

Olebad said with a serious face: "It seems that we still have to rely on the navy of our German Empire to take the lead, and those coward-like national navies can only follow behind the ass of our German Imperial Navy." ”

Tessim continued: "The situation is critical now. There is no effort to fight with the navies of these countries, and only our German Navy can take on greater responsibility! By the way, in order to ensure the command of the entire German Navy, 1 fast protection cruiser, 2 destroyers and 3 torpedo boats around the Okliso were immediately ordered to move closer to our flagship and strengthen the anti-aircraft fire of our flagship, our Helgolan has already hit 1 heavy aerial bomb, God forbid, this heavy aerial bomb did not cause any serious injuries to our Helgolan. But next time, I don't know if I can be so lucky, I must not let heavy aerial bombs fall on top of our flagship again. ”

Tallerbad simply raised his hands in agreement with Tessim's order. Around the dreadnought battleship Helgoran, there were originally 2 large fast armored cruisers, 3 fast protection cruisers, 4 destroyers and 5 torpedo boats of the German Navy, forming a fire and air defense network for the super dreadnought battleship Helgoland, but one fast protection cruiser was sunk by aerial bombs dropped by Chinese imperial fighters, so that a Sea Eagle dive bomber seized the opportunity to dive down through this gap in the fire air defense network. A 500-kilogram aerial bomb was thrown on top of the dreadnought battleship Helgolan, but unfortunately only one 150-mm secondary gun and one new 57-mm anti-aircraft gun were blown up, which did not cause much damage to the Helgolan, and then one of the destroyers next to it immediately filled the gap in the fire and air defense network.

The anti-aircraft fire of 1 fast protection cruiser, 2 destroyers, and 3 torpedo boats around the sinking all-steel battleship Okliso can now be added to the fire defense network that protects the dreadnought battleship Helgolan. It was certain that the flagship Helgoland would be safer in the air raids, so Tolebad, the captain of the Helgoland, immediately sent the command of the commander Tessim to the German warships by radio.

The second wave of carrier-based aircraft raids by aircraft carriers of the Royal Chinese Navy lasted only 14 minutes, but for the officers and men of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, it seemed to have passed 14 hours.

In these 14 minutes, the entire Combined Expeditionary Fleet suffered another heavy loss, and the losses were no less than the first wave of air raids by the Chinese Imperial fighters.

In the second wave of air raids by the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, the British Navy had another Neptune-class dreadnought battleship, a giant-class dreadnought-class battleship, a dreadnought-class all-steel battleship, and a London-class all-steel battleship, a total of 4 battleships were sunk, the same number of battleships sunk in the first wave of air raids, and 2 large fast armored cruisers, 3 fast protection cruisers, 3 destroyers and 1 torpedo boat of the British Navy were also sunk in the second wave of air raids.

The German Navy had 1 Caesar-class dreadnought, 1 Braunschweig-class all-steel battleship and 1 German-class all-steel battleship, a total of 3 battleships were sunk in the second wave of air raids, but one less than the battleships sunk in the first wave of air raids, in addition to 1 large fast armored cruiser, 2 fast protection cruisers and 3 destroyers in the German Navy were also sunk in this wave of air raids.

The U.S. Navy's losses in the second wave of air raids were the largest among the navies of the entire Joint Expeditionary Fleet, in addition to the sinking of the New York-class super dreadnought battleship USS Philadelphia, the U.S. Navy also had 1 Florida-class dreadnought, 1 Wyoming-class dreadnought, 1 Maine-class all-steel battleship, 1 Ginia-class all-steel battleship, 1 Connecticut-class all-steel battleship, as well as 2 large fast armored cruisers, 4 fast protection cruisers and 5 destroyers. It was sunk by carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Chinese Navy during the second wave of air raids.

The luck of the French Navy during the last wave of air raids did not continue, in the second wave of air raids by the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, the French Navy's 1 Guba-class dreadnought battleship, 1 Provence-class dreadnought battleship and 1 Republic-class all-steel battleship, a total of 3 battleships were sunk, 2 of which were dreadnought battleships, in addition to the French Navy's 3 fast protection cruisers and 3 destroyers, which were also sunk in the second wave of air raids.

As a result, in the second wave of air raids by carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, another Valdo-class dreadnought battleship of the Russian Navy was sunk, and one large fast armored cruiser, one fast protection cruiser and two destroyers were also sunk.

The Italian Navy also sank two Queen Margaret-class all-steel battleships, as well as two fast-defending cruisers and one destroyer during the second wave of air raids by the Royal Chinese Navy's carrier-based aircraft.

Even the Austro-Crarian Navy and the Ottoman Turkish Navy were not spared in the second wave of air raids by carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, 1 fast protection cruiser and 1 destroyer of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, 1 destroyer of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, were sunk.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the flagships of the navies of 8 countries are not on the list of sunken. (To be continued.) )