The war broke out unexpectedly to the British. Although Britain strengthened its defenses after learning that Germany had aircraft carriers, and even repaired most of the radar stations, the navy patrolled the Channel non-stop and split out to try to find the German fleet.

But the German fleet seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and the British did not find the German fleet for several months. The current British Navy is not insignificant, and there are glorious classes of aircraft carriers alone: HMS Glorious, HMS Valiant and HMS Fury.

At the same time, the active aircraft carriers also include: Athletic, Eagle and the Ark Royal, which is now the most advanced in the British Navy.

This is not only that, in order to prevent Germany from landing on the British Isles, they urgently rushed to build two battleships of the Excellence class aircraft carrier, one is the Excellence and the other is the Victory.

The construction of two other aircraft carriers in the Excellence class is also under construction, they are the Indomitable and the Unicorn.

In terms of battleships, the number of British ships was even greater and staggering. For example, the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, the British now have five.

The British also had five revenge-class battleships, followed by King George V-class battleships, and the British also built five. In addition to the "War Weathiness" and "Balham", which were sold to the Wehrmacht, the British had up to thirteen battleships.

Of course, they were also wounded after they were beaten by the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean and knocked out the battleship "Prince of Wales" and the battlecruiser "Counterattack".

But the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the British Empire was also a maritime power in the past. At least for now, they still have eight aircraft carriers and more than a dozen battleships to splurge.

Originally, the "Ark Royal" and the "Glorious" were supposed to be part of Convoy 2 and patrol with the slower transport ships.

However, due to the extreme lack of fuel, the USS Glorious was granted permission to patrol alone for a period of time before returning to its home fleet base in Scarpa Bay. After receiving approval, the "Glorious" broke away from the main formation of the "Ark Royal". Take a 25-degree course and return at 22 knots.

And the escort ships that served as the aircraft carrier "Glorious" were 2 destroyers of the thousand-ton class "Zeal" and "Acasta". In order to save fuel, the "Glorious" turned off 6 of the 18 boilers, and the voyage was reduced to 17 knots accordingly.

"Report! This is the mast lookout platform, and I now turn the dial, and there is smoke coming out of the azimuth about 6 degrees to starboard! The Scharnhorst's foremast, looking at the second lieutenant of Gus on the platform, shouted excitedly into the phone.

"Roger! Let's go over immediately! He soon got a reply. The huge German fleet on the sea began to turn and sail towards the small wisp of smoke.

"The starboard side is 6 degrees now an unknown target!!" Five minutes later, the Scharnhorst reported to the flagship with a light signal. Not long after, the Gneisenau itself appeared in the British formation on the starboard side.

2 minutes later, the Scharnhorst reported to the flagship: the unknown target was determined to be the British ** ship, 216 nautical miles away!

"Prepare for battle!!" The flagship's response was simple and powerful. The course of the entire fleet has been changed to 3 degrees, and the course has gradually increased to 24 knots. The commander of the gun ordered the rangefinder and radar to be turned on, and the ballistic solver in the command room buzzed into action to get the start of the shot.

The fighters on the German aircraft carrier have been raised to ......the flight deck, and one after another under the command of the ground crew soared into the sky and rushed towards the British battleship that had already been present!

At this time, the "Glorious" carried 1 "Sea Fighter" carrier-based fighter and 6 "Swordfish" torpedo aircraft, as well as 1 Royal Air Force "Hurricane" and 1 "Fighter" fighter.

And the "Glorious" has been cruising at sea for several months, but nothing has been achieved. In order to give the tired crew a good rest, the captain of the "Glorious" Ors not only did not give the order to conduct flight reconnaissance, but reduced the combat readiness level to the lowest level of combat readiness of the fourth level. It is even outrageous: the observation post on the mast of the "Glorious" turned out to be unattended!

"Beep beep beep ......" the radar chirped, and the radar observer on the battleship yawned and cursed: "Can't these damn ones turn off the radar?!" ”

Britain's own aircraft have been cruising several times lately, which has led to several false alarms from the battleship's radar. The observer yawned and glanced at the radar, and saw a formation of fighters. He shook his head helplessly.

"The bridge, the bridge. This is the radar room. We are approaching a group of aircraft in a formation. Repeat, we now have a fleet approaching. ”

Since the last time the radar station was attacked and the radar station did not report it, the British army insisted that all radar stations or battleship radar rooms must report the radar response received.

"Damn it! It's the aircraft carrier group that is running in a daze?! A moment later, there was a curse from the bridge. Not to blame the commander of the fire. During this time, the British Navy frequently patrolled and searched, resulting in frequent false alarms on radar.

From time to time, the pilots of those fighter planes and reconnaissance planes would appear on the radar in groups, making everyone nervous. But now everyone is no longer surprised.

Unless it's a particularly prominent number that attracts attention, they will think it's their own pilots who don't know where they're flying.

"Ask them which aircraft carrier it was. Report to Captain Ors, then guide them back according to the charts, and don't delay our patrol! The commander on the bridge cursed. Said to the adjutant beside him.

"Yes! Your Excellency, Captain! "The adjutant is not surprised, basically the British army will deal with such a situation now. Today, however, these approaching planes are not British......

At this time, Captain Ors on the Glorious also received information that 2 strange ships had appeared from the west and that there were aircraft. But the captain of the "Glorious" Ors still did not immediately come to his senses.

"Let the Zealous go to verify the identity of the target and raise the five Swordfish to the flight deck. Prepare for take-off reconnaissance. Captain Ors did not expect this to be the German fleet, and he yawned to his lieutenant in a bored manner.

"Yes! Your Excellency, Captain. "Not only did the Glorious not add or change course, it was not even prepared for battle. It's just stupid and continues to sail.

And the even more stupid "Enthusiastic" carried out the order very thoroughly, and they really gave the German ** ship a light identification signal.

"Buzz buzz ......" these fighters are very fast. Three or two strokes have reached the stage that is visible to the naked eye. The commander on the battleship finally sensed that something was wrong.

At this time, his adjutant rushed into the bridge with a pale face and shouted: "Captain! We can't get in touch with each other, and they're probably not ......"

"Enemy attack!! Inform the ships immediately that we have been attacked by the German Navy! Order the whole ship to meet the enemy!! Captain Orth reacted so quickly that he roared wildly before the lieutenant could finish speaking.

The shrill sirens suddenly pierced the silence of the sea. Everyone rushed to their combat posts. But by this time it was too late.

When the German fighters approached, the British realized the abnormality of these fighters. And when the British sirens remembered, the German fighters had already pulled up and then dived towards the battleship to drop bombs!

And even now, the planes on the Glory still haven't taken off a single one, and even the two "Swordfish" that have been raised to the flight deck are still stupidly hanging depth charges against submarines!

"Chirp ......" The long and huge bombs with a sharp whistling sound were fired straight at the battleship like sharp arrows, and the fighters who had dived and dropped the bombs suddenly pulled up to avoid the anti-aircraft guns fired from the battleship.

The reaction of the British was not unpleasant. It's just that it has been announced that it has entered the battle for more than ten minutes, and the entire battleship can already go directly from the state of combat readiness to the combat state. At the same time, it was possible to return fire on German fighters in the air.

"Chirp...... Rumble!! "Unfortunately, it's a bit late to react. These long bombs were the "Gong" rocket-boosted heavy bombs that Germany exchanged from the Wehrmacht!

The Germans, having got their hands on such bombs, immediately carried out a complete overhaul. After all, the industrial capacity of the Wehrmacht is still not comparable to that of Germany, so Germany can carry out a better transformation of the "mace" type.

The Germans first strengthened the armor-piercing ability of the "mace", and they used a higher grade alloy on the cone of the "mace". This ensures that the "mace" can penetrate the armor deeper.

Secondly. The Germans also made a fuss about the projectile fired by rockets. The new formula that has been improved after testing makes the "Gong" more powerful. And the internal ** has also been improved, making the power of the "mace" stronger.

"Boom!!" The mace directly penetrated the deck of the British battleship, broke directly into the interior of the battleship, and smashed on the boiler. The force of the huge explosion almost blew the entire battleship into two parts, and the exploding boiler caused the shells in the battleship to detonate!

The entire battleship exploded into a cloud of smoke and fire directly on this sea surface, and the explosion at a distance even frightened even the German pilots who observed the results of the battle! A bomb buried a battleship like that......

It's just ten minutes. The battleship had been completely destroyed in the Bomb. It was visible to the naked eye that it was slowly sinking to the bottom of the sea, and it was no longer visible to the battleship even after three or two clicks.

"Boom! Rumble!! The explosions of the ...... were repeated on the sea, and by this time a large number of German naval aviation had already entered the battle. The BF-19 covered the fighters on the perimeter, while the bomber was responsible for the bombing of the aircraft carrier, the new German bomber, the Ju-88.

It was an entire aircraft carrier group, and their mission was to patrol the straits and attack the German warships and notify the other units to come to their aid.

They did show up with the warships of the German Navy, but they seemed to have appeared a little late.

"The main gun shoots at the aircraft carrier, and the secondary gun against the 'Zealous'! Turn to 16 degrees, 26 knots! Fire!! "The Scharnhorst's gunner, Lieutenant Colonel Lowich, has completed the determination of the target!

The turrets on the two German battleships slowly turned to the port side, and the projectile pusher smoothly pushed the projectile and cartridge into the bore and closed the bolt. The artillery hits the specified elevation angle, locks, and the safety of the hitter is lifted!

After a series of data was shouted, the Scharnhorst's naval guns suddenly roared to the sky!

Just when the two bow turrets of Scharnhorst fired the first salvo at the "Glorious" 26 meters away, the impatient Gneisenaut fired a direct salvo at the "Zealous"!

"Chirp...... Rumble! Rumble!! Boom...... "Good start!" The 1 shell hit the boiler compartment No. 1 of the "Zealous", and the "Zealous" hastily hid its left rudder in its own smoke screen......

"Damn! Close to the bullet. Fast! Add 6 to the ruler, fast! "Five seconds later. The Scharnhorst's Captain Lovikh observed the close firing and roared. The Gnaisenau's record made the lieutenant colonel's eyes red, and his voice couldn't help but feel more like a curse.

But in any case, this order was quickly conveyed to the turret, and the gunner hastily adjusted the elevation angle of the gun.

"Chirp...... Boom Boom ......Boom Boom "The Scharnhorst fired a second salvo quickly, but it was a long shot. This made Captain Lowich almost mad!

Then. The 2 "Swordfish" planes on the "Glorious" have been torpedoed and are ready to take off. Both sides are aware that they must move quickly, and life and death are on the line!

But apparently, the Germans were faster than the British. Those bombers have now flown over the heads of the British, and one by one "mace" roared towards the Glory!

"Boom!!" A "mace" type directly hit the middle of the flight deck of the "Glorious"! The bomb blasted a large hole directly in the center of the flight deck, and suddenly the flames burst into the sky! And the "glorious" can no longer take off the plane.

Not only that, but after penetrating the deck, this "mace" directly hit the hangar of the aircraft carrier and also lured the front hangar to fire. Scattered shrapnel penetrated the air intakes of 2 boilers......

All the bad news came one after another, and the captain of the Glory, Ors, slumped in his chair. Now the "Glorious" has lost all its ability to resist, and only hope for the protection of 2 cruisers can get out of danger.

"Boom!!" With a third salvo, Scharnhorst finally opened up. The 1283-mm armor-piercing projectile hit the front of the flight deck of the "Glorious" at a distance of 24175 meters. The shell blew a large hole in the front of the flight deck, and even the entire ship was blown open.

Now the Glory looks more like a buffet after being beaten, and its cracked mouth looks miserable and ridiculous.

Acasta was attacked by German bombers at the outset. It was sunk on the spot. And now behind the sea, the Zealous and the Glorious are dying.

The guns of the two German battleships of the "Boom Boom Boom ......" became more and more accurate, and the "Glorious" was hit one after another, and the whole ship burst into flames and gradually tilted to the right......

The Zealous did its duty at this time, and despite the unfavorable situation, the Zealous still insisted on making four torpedo attacks on the Scharnhorst, and at the same time tried to rush to Count Zeppelin's side to attack.

But Colonel Hoffmann was too sophisticated, and the Count Zeppelin easily dodged all the torpedoes. And the Scharnhorst was unscathed.

"Boom!!" A 283-mm shell hit the bridge of the USS Glory, killing almost all of the officers on the bridge in the front, including Captain Orth. The aircraft carrier Glory was miserable and miserable with black smoke and kept shaking.

At this time, German fighters were also constantly bombarding the Glory. Under the successive hits, the Glory crumbled. The most fatal thing was to destroy a heavy bomb of the "Mace" type in the engine room of the Glory.

As a result of this "mace" hit, the Glory began to lose its degree, and slowly turned to the left uncontrollably, making it impossible to escape......

"Set sail now! Set sail now! The Glory was attacked by the German fleet!! "Terrible sirens sounded at Scarpa Bay Naval Base.

At this time, the nearby aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" had already received a distress signal from the "Glorious" and was rushing to it with all its might. But the fastest to arrive was the heavy cruiser "Devonshire", six nautical miles west of the Glory.

The heavy cruiser "Devonshire" was also the first to receive the distress message of the "Glorious", and the Admiralty had already ordered the signal message when the British Navy was patrolling.

Once out, it was a sign that the fleet had been attacked by the German navy. All ships had to rush to support and try to annihilate the German navy at sea.

On the battlefield at this time, the Zealous was still enthusiastically pestering the Scharnhorst. Despite the fact that she has lost most of her combat capability. But she dragged her crippled body into the German ship again from the port side and fired 3 torpedoes at it.

This practice of the "Tom Tom ......Tom" Zealous aroused the anger of the German army, and the Germans did not waste expensive "mace" against Zeal. They used the 15mm anti-aircraft guns and secondary guns on the Scharnhorst to fire at the Zeal.

"Boom, boom, boom......" Successive explosions sounded, and the Zealous was hit and began to smoke and fire. And her carrier sailing was lowered to 15 knots and tilted to the left.

Under the frantic counterattack of the Germans, the Zealous completed its 7th ineffective torpedo attack. I couldn't hold it anymore and started sinking......

Five minutes later, the Zealous completely capsized and sank on the surface. Her mainmast had been crushed, but her 12-mm guns resounded from the beginning of the battle until the moment they were submerged......

"Report! Our reconnaissance plane is now approaching a warship...... It has been judged to be a British ** ship! The target is a heavy cruiser! "On the German side, reports have been received from reconnaissance aircraft.

In contrast to the carelessness of the British, the rigor of the Germans saved their lives. The heavy cruiser "Devonshire" had not yet entered the battlefield before it had already been spotted by German reconnaissance aircraft.

"Order the bombers to take off immediately, and the reconnaissance aircraft to keep watch! The ships continued to shell, and after sinking these two warships, we went to deal with the main forces of the British! "To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation.