At 10:20 a.m. on March 4, 1909, the carrier-based aircraft of 720 aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire launched a surprise air attack on the second joint expeditionary fleet formed by the Entente, the Central Powers and the United States that was sailing in the Arabian Sea.

The USS Cowboy, a South Carolina-class dreadnought battleship with a full load displacement of 20,190 tons in the Atlantic Fleet of the U.S. Navy, became the first dreadnought battleship sunk by the second Combined Expeditionary Fleet, but it was not the first warship sunk by the second Combined Expeditionary Fleet.

The first wave of carrier-based aircraft attacks by aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Imperial Navy, including 288 Seagull fighters, 288 Sea Eagle bombers, 72 Sea Eagle dive bombers and 72 Puffin torpedo bombers, all three types of bombers locked their bombing targets on the relatively large battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, or the relatively large fast armored cruisers, and the Seagull fighters were suspended under two 100-kilogram aerial bombs, which were relatively powerful compared to the relatively large warships, it was still too small, so the Seagull fighters put their target on the small warship near the battleship.

Shortly after the group arrived over the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, a destroyer of the French Navy was hit by a 100-kilogram aerial bomb of the Seagull fighter, which directly penetrated the deck armor of the French destroyer and exploded near an ammunition bin inside the hull, detonating hundreds of 102-millimeter shells in the ammunition compartment. It became the first warship of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet to sink, and none of the hundreds of French naval officers and sailors could escape the rapidly sinking destroyer.

After the Western Cowboy dreadnought battleship had just disappeared into the sea. The British Navy's Edward VII-class all-steel battleship HMS Rosmuel also disappeared into the sea.

The Rosmuel was hit by two 800-kilogram aerial bombs and one 500-kilogram aerial bomb in succession, in particular the 500-kilogram bomb dropped on the Rosmuel by the Sea Eagle dive bomber. Directly detonated an ammunition compartment in the front of the Rosmuel, which contained hundreds of 305 mm main gun shells that exploded instantly, and then dozens of 533 mm torpedoes in the torpedo compartment not far from the ship's body also exploded, such a violent explosion, even the super dreadnought battleship could not withstand it, not to mention the Rosmuel, which was just an all-steel battleship, did not struggle on the sea for long, the Rosmuel disappeared on the sea, and there were not many British naval officers and sailors who could escape from the Rosmul in the end. The Rosmuel sank too quickly.

The German Navy's Helgoland-class dreadnought battleship Hansted was besieged by a number of bombers of the Chinese Empire, although the anti-aircraft fire on the Hansted, coupled with the anti-aircraft fire provided by the surrounding 1 large fast armored cruiser, 1 fast protection cruiser, 2 destroyers and 2 torpedo boats, destroyed the 3 Chinese Imperial bombers besieging the Hansted, but unfortunately the Hansted was still hit by 3 800 kg aerial bombs, 2 500 kg aerial bombs and 3 100 kg aerial bombs dropped by other fighters, The Hansted leaked so badly that the means of sealing the hatch could not prevent the sea water from pouring into the interior of the Hunsted's hull, allowing the dreadnought to sink to the surface of the sea little by little. With tears in his eyes, the German captain of the Hansted had to order all the German officers and men of the Hansted to abandon the ship, and there was no other possibility of the Hansted than sinking.

This time the Entente, the Central Powers and the United States formed the second joint expeditionary fleet. In order to strengthen the anti-aircraft fire of the entire fleet, one or two new anti-aircraft machine guns with a caliber of 12.9 mm were installed on even the torpedo boats.

In a Sea Hawk bomber numbered H199 in the sky, the captain Hyun Shixun shouted loudly to the pilot Cheng Hu: "Brother Tiger." Swooped down on the big guy below, Brother Liu, Brother Zhang. Try to suppress the enemy's anti-aircraft fire with machine guns and heavy machine guns! Brother Wang, Ryoko, check the bomb dropping device and prepare to drop the bomb! ”

The crew of the Sea Hawk bomber H199. It is still the original 7 people, in the last naval battle between the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire and the first joint expeditionary fleet of the Entente and the Allied Powers, the H199 Sea Eagle bomber made great contributions, sank several battleships, and the entire crew was awarded first-class merit, and all 7 people were individual second-class merits, and their military ranks were upgraded by one level, and each of them was also given a large bonus.

After Xuan Shixun finished speaking, he put his eyes firmly on the observation glass, observing the super dreadnought battleship of the British Navy on the sea, Hyun Shixun's face was very solemn, not to mention the anti-aircraft fire of the British Navy super dreadnought battleship itself, there were 8 or 9 enemy warships of other types around it, which were also providing anti-aircraft fire for this super dreadnought battleship.

Hyun Se-hoon had already seen 2 Sea Hawk bombers hit by anti-aircraft fire while diving towards the super dreadnought battleship on the sea, and they exploded in the air without even dropping the aerial bombs.

Not only the solemn expression on the face of the captain Hyun Shixun, but also the expressions on the faces of the rest of the entire crew, after all, under such dense anti-aircraft fire, the danger of dive bombing is quite great, and the Seahawk bomber is not a professional dive bomber.

Brother Zhang, the fireman, muttered to himself: "Bless the great immortals from all walks of life!" I haven't had time to spend the bonus last time, but don't let me be glorious, the saddest thing in the world is that the people are gone, and the money hasn't been spent yet! ”

In addition to checking the two 800-kilogram aerial bombs on the bomb-dropping device, the bombardiers Wang Ge and Ryoko also looked at the three 800-kilogram aerial bombs next to the bomb port, if in the process of diving, there is time, after dropping the two aerial bombs, you can also throw as many other bombs as possible, after all, the target of the bombing is the super dreadnought battleship with huge displacement, and 1 or 2 800-kg aerial bombs may not be able to bring any fatal injuries to the super dreadnought.

While the H199 Seahawk bomber was diving to the surface, several other bombers, like the H199's chosen target, were also diving towards the British Navy's super-dreadnought battleship.

"Boom-" There was a violent explosion. One of the Sea Eagle dive bombers that attacked the Super Dreadnought Battleship with the H199 Sea Hawk bombers was hit by an anti-aircraft shell and immediately turned into a large fireball.

Immediately after that, 2 more Seahawk bombers, which also dived at the super dreadnought battleship, also exploded in volley. However, the H199 Seahawk bomber was lucky enough to successfully dive to about 2,000 meters away from the Super Dreadnought battleship with another Seahawk bomber, and then dropped the aerial bomb. The H199 Seahawk bomber dropped three 800-kilogram aerial bombs, all of which hit the British Navy's Super Dreadnought, and the other one Seahawk bomber dropped two 800-kilogram aerial bombs, one of which hit the Super Dreadnought, but the other Seahawk bomber was damaged by an anti-aircraft machine gun in the process of re-climbing to the altitude, and fell headlong into the sea.

The British Navy's super dreadnought battleship that was hit by four 800-kilogram aerial bombs was the Orion-class super-class dreadnought battleship the Radiance, and the deadliest one 800-kilogram aerial bomb pierced through the deck armor of the Radiant and several layers of steel plates. It exploded when it landed in the middle of the keel of the Radiance.

A large keel in the middle of the super dreadnought battleship did not withstand the power of the explosion of the 800-kilogram aerial bomb, and it was disconnected in a creaking sound, without the support of the keel, the middle position of the super dreadnought battleship was quickly broken from bottom to top, and the seawater poured into the hull of this super dreadnought battleship along the huge gap, and it did not last long, this super dreadnought battleship with a full load displacement of 25,000 tons, in the case of a single shot of the 343 mm main gun, It was blown up and sunk by the bombers of the aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire.

The sea area in which the entire Combined Expeditionary Fleet is located. The explosions continued, and the warships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet were constantly hit by aerial bombs or torpedoes, and the first wave of carrier-based aircraft attacks by the aircraft carriers of the Royal Chinese Navy ended after only 12 minutes. Because the warships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet were equipped with new anti-aircraft weapons, the carrier-based aircraft of the first wave of air raids of the Imperial Chinese Navy suffered very large losses, and more than 120 carrier-based aircraft were in the air raids. Shot down by the anti-aircraft fire of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, less than 600 carrier-based aircraft were able to return to the aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the Imperial Chinese Empire. And there are quite a few carrier-based aircraft, which are in the case of serious injuries. Barely flew back to the aircraft carrier.

In addition to the fact that the warships that were sinking and could not be saved, nearly 50 warships of the second joint expeditionary fleet were sunk in the first wave of air raids by the aircraft carriers of the Royal Chinese Navy.

The British Navy had 1 Orion-class super-class dreadnought battleship and 1 St. Vincent-class dreadnought-class battleship, 1 London-class all-steel battleship and 1 Edward VII-class all-steel battleship, 4 battleships were sunk in the first wave of air raids, and 1 large fast armored cruiser, 4 fast protection cruisers and 4 destroyers were also sunk in this wave of air raids.

The German Navy also had 1 Westphary-class dreadnought battleship and 1 Helgoland-class dreadnought, 1 Wiecchersbach all-steel battleship and 1 Deutschland-class all-steel battleship, a total of 4 battleships were sunk in the first wave of air raids, and 2 fast protection cruisers, 2 destroyers and 1 torpedo boat were also sunk.

The U.S. Navy had 1 South Carolina-class dreadnought, 1 Delaware-class dreadnought, 1 Maine-class all-steel battleship, 1 Ginia-class all-steel battleship, and 1 Connecticut-class all-steel battleship, a total of 5 battleships, as well as 2 large fast armored cruisers, 3 fast protection cruisers, and 3 destroyers, which were sunk in the first wave of air raids.

The French Navy was lucky, not a single dreadnought battleship was sunk in the first wave of air raids, only 1 Danton-class all-steel battleship, 1 ironclad battleship, 1 large fast armored cruiser, 2 fast protection cruisers, 2 destroyers and 1 torpedo boat were lost in the first wave of air raids.

The Russian Navy had 1 Russian-class dreadnought battleship, 1 Peresvet-class all-steel battleship, 1 fast-defending cruiser and 1 destroyer, which were sunk in the first wave of air strikes.

The Italian Navy suffered little losses in the first wave of air raids, as long as 1 large fast armored cruiser and 1 destroyer were sunk.

In the first wave of carrier-based aircraft raids by aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, the best luck belonged to the navies of the two countries, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, none of which were sunk in the air raids, and only two countries joined the joint expeditionary fleet, and the only dreadnought battleship was hit by a 500-kilogram aerial bomb and suffered a little minor injury, which did not affect the combat effectiveness in the slightest.

In the bridge of the Orion, the flagship of the British Navy, the Orion-class super dreadnought battleship, Commander Bridget saw that the Chinese Imperial fighters in the sky had finally finished dropping bombs and left the sky above the Joint Expeditionary Fleet.

Bridget saw the sinking super dreadnought battleship not far away, and said to Ray McCal, the captain of the Orion, with a sad face: "The Brilliant is finished, a powerful super dreadnought battleship, not long after joining our Royal Navy of the British Empire, but in the first naval battle, the main gun did not even hit a single shell, it sank like this, alas--what's worse, since the navy of the Chinese Empire has the kind of warships that can carry fighters, the air raid will not be just this wave, maybe it won't take long, The second wave of air raids by the fighters of the Chinese Empire against our Joint Expeditionary Fleet will befall our Joint Expeditionary Fleet. ”

Ray Makkall's face was even more ugly, miserable and pale, he was really frightened by the air raid of the aircraft carrier aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, you must know that although he has served in the British Navy for many years and has participated in many naval battles, but for the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, and even the Northeast Navy, the predecessor of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, Ray Makar has never fought and missed those sea battles, this time it can be said that Remekar has engaged the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire for the first time.

I've heard of the strength of the Imperial Chinese Navy before, but when Ray Macal is there, he can fully feel the meaning of being powerful. (To be continued.) )