After all the 'Osprey and torpedo attack planes had dropped their torpedoes, they immediately returned to prepare to return to the airfield in Marsala, reload and then arrive to launch a second round of attacks. Although only one battleship was sunk in this attack, six more battleships were damaged, leaving six intact. However, the fighters of the 4th Wing are about to arrive. They would attack the six uninjured battleships first, and if they could not be sunk, they would be severely damaged. In this case, the capital ships of the combined fleet of the British and French Navy will not be able to escape, and will be completely buried in the second round of attacks!

The fighters of the Chinese naval aviation swaggered away, but at this moment the commander of the combined fleet of the British and French navies, John Brown. Admiral Jericho wanted to cry without tears. In the attack just now, the Combined Fleet paid the price of one battleship being sunk and six battleships damaged! Together with the three previously sunken battlecruisers, this has already cost the Combined Fleet more than half of its combat power. Now, John. Admiral Jericho no longer doubted that these small planes had the strength to sink the capital ship, but it was obviously too late.

"Your Excellency, what shall we do now? With so many ships lost, we are already unable to defeat the Chinese. And, although these fighters are gone, they will definitely come back, can we still withstand their attacks? "Roslyn. Lieutenant General Wells said with a look of horror.

He was greatly shocked by the attack power of the Chinese naval aviation's fighter planes, which also made him no longer have any confidence in this battle, but feared that the combined fleet would be annihilated here.

"Order the fleet, return immediately! Leave the sea near Sicily. The Chinese have a limited range of planes, otherwise they would not have waited until we were only eighty kilometers from Sicily to attack! As long as we can evacuate in time, they won't have anything to do with us! "John. Admiral Jericho said through gritted teeth. It is clear that it is impossible for him to step on the body of the Chinese Navy and be promoted to the rank of marshal. Not only did this battle not bring him any glory, but it was also a disgrace. With the help of the most powerful capital ships of the British Navy and the help of three capital ships of the French Navy, they were unable to defeat the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Navy, and instead suffered heavy losses under the trap laid by the Chinese Navy. With such a result, it is God to be able to guarantee that you will not be punished, and if you want to be promoted again, it is simply wishful thinking.

"Okay, Commander, I'll order the fleet to turn at once!" Roslyn. Lieutenant General Wells said. The attack of the aviation of the Chinese Navy just now was so terrifying that he did not want to stay at all. It's just that now the combined fleet is no longer able to evacuate at full speed. Several battleships were damaged, and some were quite badly wounded, and it was impossible to evacuate at high speed. And what they didn't know was that the 120 fighters of the 120th Wing of the Chinese Naval Air Force were only 10 kilometers away from them, and it would only take a few minutes to launch another attack. The main forces of the Combined Fleet want to evacuate safely, but there is no longer any possibility.

At this moment, the deputy commander of the Combined Fleet, the French Admiral Palmiro, also cursed on the battleship Brittany, although the Chinese Navy's use of aircraft to attack the Combined Fleet greatly surprised him, and the combat effectiveness of these aircraft also shocked him. However, this undoubtedly validates his previous guess. He knew that the Chinese Navy must have laid a trap and waited for the Combined Fleet to drill into it. But John. Admiral Jericho persecuted him as commander of the Combined Fleet. Well, now the Combined Fleet suffered heavy losses, and even the French Navy's battleship Lorraine was heavily damaged, much to his annoyance.

Five minutes later, a large group of black dots appeared in the eastern sky, all of which were warplanes flying bombs and torpedoes. The 4th Wing of the Chinese Naval Aviation left a little later, so they arrived at the battlefield only after the Wing had already completed the attack. However, the excellent performance of the 1st Wing set an example for them, which also gave the pilots of the 4th Wing a great boost of confidence. After all, this is also the first time they have gone to the battlefield to launch an attack on the enemy's capital ship. I've been training for a long time, but that's not real

"Attention squads, prioritize attacking battleships that are not damaged. Sink or inflict heavy damage on them before attacking the wounded battleships. Wait until all the battleships are destroyed, and then deal with the armored cruisers! Don't let the enemy's capital ship escape! Rear Admiral Cai Shudong, Wing Commander of the 4th Wing of the Naval Aviation, ordered. These capital ships are the combined fleet, or the main force of the British Navy, and it is the destruction of these big guys that can cause heavy losses to the British Navy. The rest of the armored cruisers, light cruisers and drives! Ship-by-ship is not important at all.!

The appearance of the 4th Wing of the Chinese Naval Aviation on the battlefield greatly shocked the Combined Fleet, which was turning and preparing to flee the battlefield. When the black group flew over them, many people exclaimed.

"Oh God! So many planes, hundreds of them! If it's all torpedo-carrying planes, then we're done! "Roslyn. Lieutenant General Wells exclaimed, pale.

John. Admiral Jericho's face was also very ugly, and there was also deep horror in his eyes. Previously, with only a few dozen aircraft, one battleship of the Combined Fleet was sunk and several battleships were heavily damaged. With so many planes coming this time, the lead ships of the combined fleet will definitely suffer heavy losses. If you don't do it, all the capital ships will be sunk, and once all the capital ships are lost, the British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet, as well as the combined fleet of the British and French Navy, will exist in name only. The British Navy will also suffer heavy losses as a result. And his bright future will inevitably be interrupted because of this. Such an end made John. Admiral Jericho was horrified. When I looked at the large group of planes in the sky, I felt a deep despair.

"Take the squad and attack! Priority is given to those intact battleships, don't let one go! Major General Cai Shudong shouted and ordered. Those huge battleships like small mountains have completely become their prey at this moment!

After encountering the previous attack of the Chinese Naval Air Wing, everyone in the combined fleet no longer dared to underestimate these fighters, and when these fighters flew to the battlefield, all the warships began to accelerate, and at the same time kept turning, in order to be able to get rid of the attack of Chinese fighters.

Four 'Fish Eagle', dive bombers flew towards the battleship 'Daring, which was the third of the 'King George V class', with a displacement of up to 25,000 tons. He was not attacked by the Chinese Navy Wing before, so he is still intact. However, now these intact fighters have become the priority targets of the 4th Wing of the Chinese Naval Aviation.

'Bold, the British officers and sailors of the battleship, stared blankly at the plane in the sky, which had entered the dive channel and began to dive downward, making a loud screeching sound. Previously, the main force of the Combined Fleet was attacked by C'Osprey, torpedo attack aircraft, so the attack method of 'Osprey' and dive bombers shocked them greatly. Some people even wonder if these planes of the Chinese have something wrong and are about to crash. It's just that then they will find out that the attack power of these dive bombers is no worse than that of torpedo attack aircraft.

Four 'Fish Eagles, dive bombers made dives at an angle of sixty degrees, all the way to the distance

'Daring, the battleship's deck was only 400 meters before dropping bombs in turn, and then pulling up the nose, and eventually, these dive bombers almost grazed 'Daring', and the battleship's high mast flew back into the sky. And these four 'Fish Eagles, 500 kilograms of aerial bombs dropped by dive bombers, were smashed into the deck of the battleship 'Daring' under the action of inertia.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Two dazzling fires flashed on the foredeck of the battleship Daring, and heavy aerial bombs smashed directly through the foredeck of the battleship Daring, exploding inside the battleship. The tremendous force directly destroyed the bow of the 'Daring,'. The entire bow of the ship was in shambles, and the two two-seat twin 343-mm guns installed on the foredeck were also directly lifted off. Fortunately, there were no shells or propellants in the turret at the moment, otherwise, the battleship would have suffered more wounds.

The other two aerial bombs fell into the sea, splashing two columns of water that soared into the sky

'Bold, the battleships are drenched.

Forty 'Osprey, torpedo attack aircraft and 40 'Fish Eagle, dive bombers) of the 4th Wing of the Chinese Naval Aviation, launched a fierce attack on the lead ship of the combined fleet. Sometimes the two planes even worked together to make it impossible for the capital ships to dodge the bombs falling from the sky when dodging torpedoes. Such tactics allowed the combined fleet of the British and French navies to dive at a heavy price.

'Conqueror, the battleship suffered heavy damage after being hit by three 500-kilogram heavy aerial bombs, and then hit by two 533-mm heavy torpedoes, after such heavy damage, the battleship with a displacement of 25,000 tons finally could not hold out and sank into the Mediterranean, and only a very few of the more than 700 officers and men on the battleship survived!