Chapter 622: Both Lose
The Germans were victorious, but their combat experience was far inferior to that of the British, who were the last country in the world to have aircraft carriers, and the British accounted for at least two-thirds of all aircraft carrier-related patents.
The British carrier-based aircraft were able to hold off the German attack by virtue of their numerical superiority, and the Germans won a good start by sinking an escort aircraft carrier and damaging another cruiser.
However, the British were not far behind, and soon the British attack aircraft group also found the German fleet, and the two sides fell into a fierce battle, with planes shot down every moment, and carrier-based pilots, which can be called national treasures, died at sea, and both countries were bleeding.
Needless to say, the preciousness of the pilots, especially the Germans, who had to take on the battle in two directions, and the losses of the pilots were much greater than those of the British. In addition, Britain was able to get the support of the United States, and the accumulation of pilots was even greater, which Germany simply could not match.
The defeat of Japan began with the pilots, and so did Germany, who mastered air supremacy and was able to occupy the precious initiative in the war. The struggle for air supremacy has also become more and more fierce, and even in later generations, it has developed to the point that it is impossible to fight without an air force.
The German pilots themselves were very nervous, and it took a lot of effort to get enough of these carrier-based pilots, and it was already very difficult to make up for them, and the British gradually broke the German defenses by relying on their numerical superiority.
However, the British also made a mistake, that is, they regarded the escort aircraft carriers that served as the vanguard of the fleet as the main target, and began to drop bombs violently, and two German escort aircraft carriers were hit by bombs. These escort aircraft carriers were all converted from mail ships, and because they were not designed according to warships from the beginning, their defense capabilities were very limited.
After being bombed, it was blown open. Quickly sink to the bottom of the sea. In this round of the contest, the British seemed to have the upper hand. A large number of British aircraft retreated. Replenish ammunition and fuel.
At this moment, a group of German bombers suddenly appeared in the sky over the British fleet, originally this group of bombers made a navigation error and did not catch up with the previous wave of attack teams, and all the German pilots were still annoyed.
But when they saw the British aircraft carriers. Excited, they rushed downwards and dropped deadly bombs. British aircraft carriers have always attached great importance to defensive capabilities, and the decks have been particularly strengthened. It stands to reason that ordinary bombs could not sink British aircraft carriers, but now British aircraft carriers are in the time of loading ammunition, there is a lot of fuel and ammunition on the deck, and the aircraft carrier is at the most vulnerable moment.
Two bombs fell on the top of the Athletic God, and a violent explosion sounded immediately, and the cutting-edge aircraft carrier that had just been launched was destroyed. The bomb detonated the bombs on the deck, and one after another carrier-based planes were thrown into the sea by the violent explosion, and the fuel was also ignited, and the fire quickly engulfed the nearly 40,000-ton sea giant.
The Athletic God sank rapidly to the bottom of the sea in a violent explosion, and most of the nearly 2,000 soldiers on board died in the fire. At the same time as the Athletic God was attacked. The Dreadsome and Indomitable were also attacked.
The situation on the Terrible is similar to that of the Athletic, and the deck is also a mess. No sooner had the plane mounted its bomb than it came under attack, and the Terrible was quickly enveloped in fire and explosion, with the Royal Navy on it suffering heavy casualties. The Dreadful was a little more tenacious than the Athletic, holding on to the surface of the water, not sinking to the bottom of the sea, but it had become a volcano, braving raging flames.
Several frigates tried to save the carrier, but to no avail, they fired torpedoes and sank the Dreadful. At the same time, the Indomitable was also attacked, but fortunately, by this time more than a dozen British carrier-based aircraft had risen into the air, desperately blocking the German attack. The Indomitable ship island was hit by a bomb and did not cause too serious damage.
However, the hearts of all the British Navy are dripping blood, two large aircraft carriers were sunk, and thousands of soldiers died at the bottom of the sea, which is the essence of the British Navy, and the entire British Empire cannot collect much.
Coupled with the decline of national power and the inability to support a huge sea power, the British Empire was bound to be removed from the list of maritime powers, and from then on it really became a powerless force. This is what Prime Minister Winston Churchill instantly thought of when he received the news from the front, that the British Empire had really declined.
However, Lao Qiu has no time to worry about this, he can only pray that the navy can save the unfavorable situation, and now the British Navy still has three large aircraft carriers, which are fully capable of reversing the defeat.
In addition, Churchill is also looking forward to the Chinese fleet being able to play a role in the war, in fact, Shen Honglie has commanded the aircraft carrier to quickly approach the battlefield, but due to the heavy storm, the entire formation had to temporarily evade, and the bad weather in the North Sea is indeed a test for the aircraft carrier operation. It was only after the Chinese aircraft carrier finally got rid of the interference of the storm that carrier-based aircraft were sent to search for the German aircraft carrier.
After the Germans sank two British aircraft carriers, their morale was greatly boosted, and they had to make persistent efforts to achieve a more brilliant victory, and the Germans had made great progress in the use of aircraft carriers, in fact, there was a reason for this progress, that is, the Japanese problem.
In the original historical time and space, although Germany and Japan also carried out certain technical exchanges, the two countries were not closely connected, and each had its own evil intentions. However, in this time and space, Japan had already pinned its hopes of victory on the Germans to a large extent, so the two countries also took the initiative to communicate.
Japan may lag behind Germany in other technologies, but in the navy, the Japanese can serve as Germany's teacher, Japan has rich experience in the use of aircraft carriers, and it is also the world's top in carrier-based aircraft technology.
China naturally kept a hand when teaching Germany, and the Germans were well aware of the situation, so they exchanged it with Japan. Germany came up with tank technology and bomber technology, and the Japanese took out the experience of using aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft technology, and sent them to Germany through ocean-going submarines, and at the same time, the Japanese also sent a team of ten experts to assist Germany.
With Japan's technical support, the carrier-based aircraft technology of German aircraft carriers has made great progress and has become a force that can compete with Britain. However, the Germans were not always lucky, just when they managed to sink two British aircraft carriers. Chinese carrier-based aircraft have also been dispatched.
The first wave of attack aircraft consisting of eighty aircraft quickly approached the German fleet, and at this time the Germans exposed one of their most fatal problems, that is, the shortage of escort ships.
Since the First World War, Germany's naval development has been severely restricted, and there is a serious shortage of German surface ships. Don't look at the cruisers, the destroyers are not too big, but it takes time to build, and the Germans just lacked time.
After the start of the war, Britain sank a lot of ships, so that the German escort force was extremely lacking, this defect was revealed at this time, when the Chinese aircraft group pounced, the German attack aircraft group had not been recovered, and the frigates were seriously insufficient, so the Chinese naval aviation easily broke through the defense line.
The Germans were also at this time in a desperate situation, and their intelligence made a serious mistake, thinking that only the British fleet was involved in the war, and did not know that the Chinese aircraft carriers were also involved. This is a trick played by the Chinese and British, who used two cruise ships to disguise themselves as aircraft carriers and docked in port. The Germans then provided the wrong information to the Germans through double agents, so the Germans also believed that the Chinese aircraft carriers would have to go through a period of adaptive training before they could fight.
It was precisely in this way that the Germans chose what they thought was the best time to attack. The miscarriage of intelligence had unimaginable consequences, and Chinese fighters suddenly appeared over the heads of the Germans, who were simply not adequately prepared.
The first to be attacked was the Tirpitz, an aircraft carrier built by Germany on the Chinese Yuanzi ship, with significant Chinese origin, and a squadron of torpedo planes focused their attacks on the Tirpitz, three of which successfully broke through the anti-aircraft fire and dropped deadly torpedoes.
The Tirpitz was hit hard again, and at the same time the German was also attacked by bombers, all of which were on fire, and the Germans still had a unique ship-building technique, although they were attacked, they did not sink immediately, but they also completely lost their combat effectiveness.
At this time, the group of planes attacking the British also returned, and they had to urgently land on the Nazi, and several other planes ran out of fuel and fell into the sea.
The Germans saw that the two large aircraft carriers were badly damaged, and they also knew that they could not fight any longer, and China and Britain could easily consume the German fleet by virtue of their superiority in strength, so the Germans immediately ordered a retreat.
At this time, the Chinese side also passed the news to the British fleet, and no one would let go of the opportunity to beat the water dogs, and the British aircraft carriers immediately dispatched a large number of carrier-based aircraft to pursue the German aircraft carriers, and the Royal Navy threw off some injured ships and chased after the Germans as quickly as possible.
The Tirpitz and the Deutschland, because of their serious injuries, became slower and slower, and fell at the back of the entire formation, and were easily overtaken by the British carrier-based aircraft, and the two German aircraft carriers were sent to the bottom of the sea, and all the members of the ships were buried at the bottom of the sea.
The last two modified German escort aircraft carriers were sunk by British carrier-based aircraft, and the British concentrated all their forces on the Nazis, which was the last large German aircraft carrier, and as long as the German aircraft carrier was sunk, Britain would have complete peace of mind.
However, the British commander also ignored a problem, that is, they had entered the radius of the German shore-based air force attack, a group of shore-based bombers were rapidly approaching, and the danger of the British was not only this, the Royal Navy happened to crash into a wolf hunting ground, and the underwater sea wolves were already eyeing the British. (To be continued.) )