In the second joint expeditionary fleet formed by the Entente, the Allies and the United States, the British Navy is equipped with the most advanced radar, but the longest distance that can be detected can barely reach 100 kilometers, and because of technical reasons, the detection of high-altitude targets is not very accurate, so after the joint expeditionary fleet and the three aircraft carrier battle groups of the Imperial Chinese Navy are 200 kilometers apart, a large number of carrier-based aircraft of the 9 emperor-class aircraft carriers are in the air, and they are gradually approaching the time of the joint expeditionary fleet. The officers and sailors of the Navy of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet were unaware of this, and the entire fleet still maintained a speed of 14 knots and continued to move in the direction of the Indian port of Mumbai.

The 9 Emperor-class aircraft carriers sent 720 carrier-based aircraft at one time, accounting for half of the carrier-based aircraft carried by the 9 aircraft carriers, and these 720 carrier-based aircraft will launch the first wave of air strikes against the combined expeditionary fleet of the Entente, the Allies and the United States, and the remaining 720 carrier-based aircraft of the 9 Emperor-class aircraft carriers will take off in 20 minutes to launch a second wave of air strikes on the joint expeditionary fleet.

At 10:20 a.m. on March 4, 1909, the sirens sounded on the sea, and the second joint expeditionary fleet formed by the Allied powers, the Central Powers and the United States finally discovered the dark and oppressive group of aircraft in the distant sky, and then all the thousands of warships of the joint expeditionary fleet sounded the piercing air defense alarm.

The officers and men of the combined expeditionary fleet of the entire Entente, the Central Powers and the United States were a little alarmed by the sudden appearance of the Chinese Imperial warplanes, which were in the center of the Arabian Sea, and the nearest land was more than 1,500 kilometers away. How could the warplanes of the Chinese Empire fly such a long distance? How could they be here? Is it in a dream now?

Many officers and sailors of the navy of various countries did not believe it, and pinched themselves with their hands to confirm that they were not in a dream. It really hurts.

In fact, after the naval battle between the main fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire and the joint expeditionary fleet of the first Entente and Allied powers, many countries analyzed it. The Imperial Chinese Navy may have been equipped with a warship capable of carrying warplanes, and it was only in naval battles that several waves of Imperial Chinese bombers appeared and several rounds of bombing of the first Combined Expeditionary Fleet.

However, this news did not spread widely, and the countries that analyzed the source of the bomber fleet of the Chinese Empire in the naval battle secretly began to develop their own warships that could carry fighters, like ordinary officers and soldiers of the navies of various countries, they did not know that the Chinese Empire might be equipped with warships carrying fighters, otherwise they would not have made such a fuss.

"Oh God! Aircraft of the Chinese Empire! Hurry up and get into the fight! ”

"Quick! Anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns are ready to fire and cannot let the fighters of the Chinese Empire get close to our battleships! ”

"Damn it! Where did the fighters of the Chinese Empire come from! ”

"God bless our joint expeditionary fleet. Amen! ”

In the bridge of the Orion-class super dreadnought battleship Orion, the flagship of the British Navy fleet, the captain of the Orion, Ray McCal, put down the binoculars in his hand and shouted to Bridget with a frightened expression: "Commander, how can the fighters of the Chinese Empire appear here?" My God! How many fighters are this! ”

Bridget's face was gloomy, just now he hoped that God would bless him, and there would be no more accidents in the joint expeditionary fleet this time, but 1 hour later, the accident appeared, from the telescope. Bridget can definitely see more than 500 Chinese Imperial fighters, and the Chinese Imperial fighters will definitely not be the only ones, there should be other Chinese Imperial fighters to launch a second wave of air raids.

God didn't give Bridget any face. And slapped his face with a bang.

Why is this always the case? Bridget was depressed and wanted to vomit blood, and every time the navy of the Chinese Empire always came up with something that caught her off guard. Now it depends on whether the new anti-aircraft weapons replaced on the warships of various countries are powerful, otherwise they will be under the air raid of so many Chinese imperial fighters. The new Combined Expeditionary Fleet will have a hard time holding up.

Bridget turned to Ray Maikar and smiled bitterly, but the smile on her face was uglier than crying. "Remaikar, it seems that the Chinese Empire must have the kind of warships that can carry fighters, otherwise they would not have allowed so many warplanes to appear in this position in the Arabian Sea, I did expect that the Chinese Empire might send the kind of warships carrying fighters to carry out air strikes on us, but I did not expect that the scale of the air raids would be so large, it seems that our joint expeditionary fleet is in very big trouble."

Remekar, who had sworn that this joint expeditionary fleet would definitely be able to defeat the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy, was very flustered at this time, his mind was almost blank, and he asked Bridget helplessly: "Commander, what should we do now?" Was it not an order to the entire combined expeditionary fleet to retreat immediately? ”

Although Bridget was very frustrated, after all, he was the commander-in-chief of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet who had experienced a big scene, he shook his head and said: "It is too late to retreat at this time, we have fallen into the ambush of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and now we can only rely on the anti-aircraft firepower of our Joint Expeditionary Fleet to withstand the attack of the Imperial Chinese Fleet's fighters, find the warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy that can carry the fighters as soon as possible, and destroy them, so that our Joint Expeditionary Fleet can turn defeat into victory in this ambush." ”

After a pause, Bridget continued: "Send a telegram to all the warships of our British Navy, ordering all large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats to immediately form an air defense circle around the main battleship to help the battleships resist the bombing of the Chinese Imperial fighters, and at the same time send a telegram to the fleet commanders of other countries, asking the navies of all countries to adopt the same method as we do, and the super dreadnought battleships, dreadnought battleships, and all-steel battleships in our joint expeditionary fleet, It must be the focus of the bombing of the Chinese Imperial fighters. ”

Soon, the carrier-based aircraft group of the Royal Navy of the Imperial Chinese Navy had already flown over the combined expeditionary fleet of the Allied countries, the Central Powers, and the United States, and the new anti-aircraft guns of the warships of the navies of various countries on the sea first launched the most fierce artillery bombardment on the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Chinese Navy in the air, and the fighters in the sky also dropped aerial bombs or aerial torpedoes on the warships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet.

"Boom-" sound. 1 Seagull fighter was at an altitude of about 7000 meters and was directly hit by 1 57-mm anti-aircraft shell. In the air, it turned into a fireball and fell quickly to the sea, and the pilot did not even have a chance to parachute. He was already killed in the explosion.

Britain, France, and Germany, through the integration of the technical forces of the three countries, have developed a new 57 mm caliber anti-aircraft gun, with a maximum range of 9,000 meters, while the Seagull fighter equipped by the Chinese Imperial Aircraft Carrier has a maximum ascent limit of only 7,500 meters, so the new anti-aircraft gun replaced on the naval warship of the second joint expeditionary fleet can completely shoot down the Seagull fighter in the sky.

Even the other three types of bombers equipped on the Emperor-class aircraft carrier are also in the range of the new 57 mm caliber anti-aircraft guns.

The Sea Hawk bomber, which has the highest ascent limit, can fly to an altitude of 9000 meters. The ascent limit of the Sea Eagle dive bomber and the Puffin torpedo bomber is 8,500 meters, which does not exceed the range of the new anti-aircraft guns, but the anti-aircraft guns on the warships want to aim at the fighters flying at high speed in the sky, which is almost very difficult, and the joint expeditionary fleet can only rely on the dense firepower of the anti-aircraft guns on many warships to shoot down the fighters of the Chinese Empire in the sky.

One after another, the carrier-based planes of the aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire were shot down by the anti-aircraft guns of the warships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, and some carrier-based planes were shot down by the new anti-aircraft machine guns with a range of 5,000 meters on the warships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet in the process of diving and dropping bombs.

However, in the face of the dense anti-aircraft fire of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, the pilots of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire were fearless. Dive bombs are constantly being carried out on large warships of the navies of various countries that have joined forces with expeditionary fleets on the sea surface.

One Sea Hawk bomber dived directly into the sea from an altitude of more than 8,000 meters, evading the dense anti-aircraft fire on the sea surface and being more than 1,500 meters above the sea surface. One of the dreadnoughts of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet dropped three 800-kilogram aerial bombs at once, and then quickly climbed upward, although they were hit by several bullets from anti-aircraft machine guns. But the Sea Hawk bomber managed to climb back to an altitude of nearly 8,000 meters, ready to look for its next target.

The luck of this Seahawk bomber was very good. As a non-professional dive bomber, the Seahawk bomber was not very fast throughout the dive. In particular, when the bomb was dropped and climbed back into the air, it was even easier to be targeted by the enemy's anti-aircraft weapons, so that many Seahawk bombers were hit by anti-aircraft fire after dropping the bomb and fell into the sea.

And the dreadnought battleship that was bombed just now was the South Carolina-class dreadnought battleship of the US Navy's Atlantic Fleet, the USS Cowboy West, 3 800-kilogram aerial bombs were dodged by the Cowboy West, and the remaining 800-kilogram aerial bomb fell on the deck of the Cowboy West, penetrated the deck armor, and then exploded inside the Cowboy West.

The captain of the South Carolina-class dreadnought battleship USS Cowboy West felt a violent tremor under his feet, and then the captain did not stand still and fell to the ground in shock, but the captain quickly got up and shouted to the first mate next to him, who had also just stood up: "Quick! Immediately count the loss, so that the damage management personnel immediately start repairs. ”

The first mate of the Dreadnought Battleship Cowboy West didn't say any nonsense, and immediately picked up the phone next to him and asked about the loss of the warship, but fortunately the telephone line on the warship was not destroyed in the explosion, and soon he knew about the loss of the Cowboy West.

"Captain, the situation is not too bad, there is no important part of the location of the aerial bomb explosion, but a large fire has been ignited, and now the damage management personnel are rushing to the location of the explosion to control the spread of the fire and extinguish the fire as soon as possible." The first mate put down the phone and reported to the captain of the Cowboy West.

"What about the loss of personnel?"

"The exact loss of personnel is not yet known, but the location of the explosion is close to the restaurant, and the chefs on our western cowboy should have all died in the explosion, and we may not be able to eat lunch!"

As soon as the captain and first mate of the Western Cowboy finished speaking, they felt another violent vibration under their feet, and the captain and first mate were directly shocked to the ground on the bridge, and the captain's head was broken, and blood flowed down his cheeks.

"What's going on? Could it be that another aerial bomb has hit us? The captain stood up, covered the wound on his head with his hand, and asked with a blank expression.

The first mate also stood up and felt very dazed, just now he and the captain did not see the Chinese Imperial fighter planes dive and bomb the Western Cowboy, and the other US Navy officers and men in the bridge who were shocked and fell to the ground did not find that any aerial bombs fell on the Western Cowboy, and what hit the Western Cowboy?

At this time, the phone ringing next to the two people suddenly rang, and the first mate immediately picked up the phone, and then the first mate shouted to the captain with a frightened expression on his face: "Oh no! Oh no! Captain, we were hit by a torpedo dropped by an Imperial Chinese fighter! ”

The captain of the Dreadnought Battleship Cowboy West suddenly shouted in shock: "Quick! Ask about the loss? ”

The first mate said with a painful face: "The torpedo not only blew a large hole several meters long in the right waterline armor of our Western Cowboy, but also affected a power compartment, causing the power compartment to have a fire, and now it is ......."

Before the first mate could finish speaking, there was a more violent vibration under their feet, and it shook several times in a row, and then the American Navy officers and men in the bridge found that the entire Western Cowboy Fearless battleship had begun to tilt, and the angle of inclination was increasing rapidly.

Needless to ask, the captain of the Dreadnought battleship USS Western Cowboy also guessed that the fire must have detonated the boiler in the power compartment for such a continuous explosion.

The captain of the Dreadnought Battleship Cowboy West stood up with a table fixed in the bridge, and ordered loudly without hesitation: "Pass my order, all the officers and men of the Cowboy West, abandon the ship immediately!" ”

The first mate of the Western Cowboy Fearless Battleship turned pale at this time, he clearly knew that the Western Cowboy tilted so fast, and it would soon roll over and sink, and they, the US Navy officers and men on the Western Cowboy Fearless Battleship, would have a very difficult time to escape by jumping into the sea, even if they successfully jumped into the sea, they could also be brought to the bottom of the sea by the whirlpool generated when the Western Cowboy sank.

The first mate of the Western Cowboy Fearless Battleship predicted very accurately, after a continuous explosion of 4 boilers in a power compartment of the Western Cowboy, the underwater armor in the middle of the right side of the Western Cowboy was blown to pieces, so that the sea water was almost poured into the hull of the Western Cowboy, so that the Western Cowboy quickly tilted more than 30 degrees, and then a side turned over and smashed on the sea, quickly sinking to the sea, and finally the Western Cowboy was able to successfully escape less than 50 US Navy officers and men, Neither the captain nor the first mate survived. (To be continued.) )