After the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire launched two waves of air raids on the Combined Expeditionary Fleet formed by the Entente, the Central Powers and the United States, the Combined Expeditionary Fleet suddenly became united on the surface, and without any further delay, it killed in the direction of the three aircraft carrier battle groups of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Imperial Navy, and the navies of various countries finally stopped turning in circles.

As the distance between the two fleets continued to close, when the two fleets were about 100 kilometers apart, the radar on the British Navy warships in the joint expeditionary fleet finally discovered the traces of the three main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, and then Bridget, the commander-in-chief of the joint expeditionary fleet, ordered the battleships of the navies of various countries to start forming and prepare to meet the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy.

However, because of the annoying warplanes of the Chinese Empire, many warships of other types have been following around the battleline formed by the joint expeditionary fleet, after all, the battleships still need these other types of warships to provide them with anti-aircraft firepower and prevent the bombardment of battleships by the Chinese Imperial Fighters, that is, in the confrontation of battleships, the warships of other types of the United Expeditionary Fleet, in order to provide anti-aircraft fire support for the battleships, also have to risk being hit by the main gun shells of the battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy. Stay on the perimeter of the battle line.

The three aircraft carrier battle groups of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, in accordance with the order of the commander-in-chief Sun Xitao, temporarily stopped the air attack, and then according to the position of the joint expeditionary fleet shown on the radar, they did not hesitate to meet the direction of the joint expeditionary fleet, and the 7 provincial super dreadnought battleships, 8 famous general-class super dreadnought battleships, 6 Feng-class super dreadnought battleships and 18 all-steel battleships of the 3 main fleets began to line up in battle lines, preparing to meet the battleships of the joint expeditionary fleet. Conduct the most exciting and tragic battleship bombardment in naval battles.

The nine emperor-class aircraft carriers of the three main fleets of the Imperial Chinese Navy took the initiative to distance themselves from the battle line in front of them and took back the carrier-based aircraft that were carrying out air strikes in the first two waves. Let the carrier-based aircraft re-replenish aerial bombs or aerial torpedoes and prepare for the third wave of air strikes against the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, and even the fourth, fifth, and sixth waves......

However, the next air raid by the carrier-based aircraft of the nine Emperor-class aircraft carriers will be launched after the three main fleets of the Imperial Chinese Navy and the Joint Expeditionary Fleet engage head-on, that is, after the battleships of the two fleets begin to bombard, so that the carrier-based aircraft and the warships on the sea will cooperate with each other. It is possible to minimize the losses of 3 aircraft carrier battle groups.

In fact, if only relying on the carrier-based aircraft of 9 Emperor-class aircraft carriers can blow up the losses of the entire Allied Powers, the Allies and the second joint expeditionary fleet of the United States, so that the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire can win this decisive battle at sea, the losses of the three aircraft carrier battle groups will be the smallest.

After all, if the two fleets are bombarded head-on, even if a destroyer is sunk, it may bring losses to dozens of naval officers and sailors to the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, not to mention the rapid protection cruisers with larger displacement, large fast armored cruisers, all-steel battleships, dreadnought battleships, and even super dreadnought battleships, sinking one may bring heavy casualties, but relying only on the carrier-based aircraft on 9 emperor-class aircraft carriers to bomb it. Perhaps the Joint Expeditionary Fleet has not yet been completely lost, the carrier-based aircraft on the nine Emperor-class aircraft carriers have already been lost in the air raids, and the new anti-aircraft weapons installed on the warships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet are definitely not decorations.

After the carrier-based aircraft group of the second wave of air raids returned to 9 Emperor-class aircraft carriers, the precise figures of carrier-based aircraft losses in the second wave of air raids also came out, and the second wave of air raids had 39 Seagull fighters, 74 Sea Hawk bombers, 16 Sea Eagle dive bombers and 9 Puffin torpedo bombers, which were shot down by anti-aircraft fire on the warships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, adding up to 138 carrier-based aircraft, which was more than the loss of carrier-based aircraft in the first wave of air raids.

Only 2 rounds of air strikes. Of the 9 carrier-based aircraft carriers of the Emperor class, 262 aircraft have already been lost. And there are about 30 carrier-based aircraft, which were injured in the air raid, and it is not easy to fly back to the aircraft carrier and successfully land, and these more than 30 carrier-based aircraft do not want to take off again in the next wave of air raids. The number of carrier-based aircraft that can be used for combat by the 9 Emperor-class aircraft carriers will suddenly be reduced by 300, and after a few more waves of air raids, perhaps the joint expeditionary fleet has not collapsed, and the 9 Emperor-class aircraft carriers will not be able to organize large-scale air raids.

At 1 p.m. on March 4, 1909, the main forces of the First, Second and Third Fleets of the Imperial Chinese Navy. The second joint expeditionary fleet formed with the Entente, the Central Powers and the United States finally came face to face in the Arabian Sea, and the distance between the two fleets was reduced to more than 30,000 meters, and each other's fleets could be seen with telescopes.

In the bridge of the Orion-class super dreadnought battleship Orion, the flagship of the British Navy, Bridget, the commander-in-chief of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet, held a telescope in his hand, and observed the scale of the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy opposite through the observation window of the bridge. What we can see is the original 7 super dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy called the provincial level and 6 phoenix-class dreadnought battleships, as well as the 8 famous general-class super dreadnought battleships that have just been commissioned by the Chinese Imperial Navy, in addition to the 18 all-steel battleships of the Chinese Imperial Navy, adding up to 15 super dreadnought battleships, 6 dreadnought battleships and 18 all-steel battleships, the strength of the battleships of the Chinese Imperial Navy is very strong. ”

After a pause, Bridget continued: "In addition to battleships, the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy also has hundreds of warships of other types, plus those Imperial Chinese warships that have not appeared and can carry fighters, their overall strength is not much worse than our current joint expeditionary fleet. ”

The second joint expeditionary fleet formed by the Entente, the Allies and the United States this time has taken out the old foundation of its own national navy, and the scale even exceeds that of the first joint expeditionary fleet, with a total of 10 super dreadnought battleships, 58 dreadnought battleships, 76 all-steel battleships, 20 ironclad battleships, 76 large fast armored cruisers, 182 fast protection cruisers, 253 destroyers, 334 torpedo boats and 82 submarines.

However, after two waves of air strikes by the carrier-based aircraft group of the Royal Navy aircraft carriers of the Imperial Chinese Navy, this joint expeditionary fleet has sunk 2 super dreadnought battleships, 14 dreadnought battleships, 19 all-steel battleships, 1 ironclad battleship, 11 large fast armored cruisers, 28 fast protection cruisers, 32 destroyers and 3 torpedo boats, and some warships were damaged in the air raids. In particular, several battleships were seriously injured by the bombing, which seriously affected the combat effectiveness, and the joint expeditionary fleet had already lost almost a quarter of its strength before it saw the shadow of the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

Even now, the strength of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet is still stronger than the main force of the three fleets of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, Bridget as the commander-in-chief. There are still great concerns, not to mention that there are still those warships in the Imperial Chinese Navy that can carry fighters.

In terms of battleships, the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire has an advantage in the number of super dreadnought battleships, and the number of dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships is in an absolute weakness compared with the joint expeditionary fleet, that is, the combat effectiveness of the super dreadnought battleships is extremely strong, and the joint expeditionary fleet has a large number of dreadnought battleships and all-steel battleships, which also pulls back the strength of the two fleets, and exceeds it by a lot.

Ray Macal has a telescope in his hand. With a worried face, he said to Bridget: "Commander, the warships of the Chinese Empire that can carry fighters have not appeared, and when our battleships bombard their battleships, those fighters of the Chinese Empire will appear and bomb the battleships of our joint expeditionary fleet, in that case, we will face a very disadvantageous situation in the battleship bombardment." ”

Bridget shared that concern. In the last naval battle between the first joint expeditionary fleet he led and the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy, the two fleets were engaged in battleship bombardment. With the mutual cooperation of the battleships and fighters of the Imperial Chinese Navy, the first joint expeditionary fleet had already suffered great losses in the previous air raids, which made matters worse, resulting in the last remnants of the first joint expeditionary fleet having to retreat on its own initiative. Completely defeated in the last decisive battle at sea.

This time, the second joint expeditionary fleet is likely to encounter the same trouble as last time, and Bridget said to Remekar with a more solemn expression on his face: "It seems that a part of the fleet must be sent to attack the warships of the Chinese Empire that can carry fighters, Remacular, where is the radar showing those warships of the Chinese Empire that can carry fighters?" ”

Ray McCal said: "According to the radar on our Super Dreadnought battleship Orion. The warships of the Chinese Empire that could carry fighter planes were not far behind these battleships of the Chinese Empire, about 50,000 meters away from us, even if there were no battleships of the Chinese Empire in front of them, as well as large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats, and we could not see them with binoculars. ”

Because the earth is a sphere, at sea level, even with a telescope, you can only see ships about 23 kilometers away, and if you are farther away, it will be covered, but standing on the watchtower of the battleship, you can see ships more than 30,000 meters away, which is also the reason why the main guns of the super dreadnought battleships can only bombard enemy warships at a distance of about 30,000 meters, and the range of the main guns of some super dreadnought battleships can be reached, but you can't see what it can do, and now the technology of various countries, including the Chinese Empire, The main guns of the Super Dreadnought were not yet allowed to be aimed with radar.

Bridget said to himself: "The outcome of this decisive battle at sea depends on whether our joint expeditionary fleet can successfully destroy the warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy that can carry fighters!" They must be destroyed! ”

At the same time, in the bridge of the super dreadnought battleship of the Fengtian Province of the Imperial Chinese Navy opposite the second joint expeditionary fleet, Sun Xitao, the commander of the first fleet, put down his binoculars and said to Yin Jian, who also put down the binoculars beside him: "It seems that our carrier-based aircraft have achieved good results in the air raids on this joint expeditionary fleet. ”

Yin Jian nodded and said: "The radar on our Fengtian shows that there are no other warships within 150 kilometers, and it seems that the remaining warships of this joint expeditionary fleet have been concentrated here." We can only see 8 super dreadnought battleships, 44 dreadnought battleships, 57 all-steel battleships, and more than 30 battleships are missing at once, but we just have 15 super dreadnought battleships, and in the upcoming bombardment of battleships, our 3 fleets are still in a weak position, after all, the rest of our battleships only have 6 phoenix-class dreadnought battleships and 18 all-steel battleships. ”

After the joint expeditionary fleet was attacked by the second wave of air raids, the entire fleet pursued in the direction of the departure of the Chinese imperial fighters, leaving some fast protection cruisers and destroyers to rescue the sailors and sailors of the various countries who escaped from the sunken warships floating on the sea.

Sun Xitao said with a calm expression on his face: "It doesn't matter if the strength of our battleships is not as good as the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, we mainly rely on the 9 Emperor-class aircraft carriers in the back, and now we can let the carrier-based aircraft on the 9 Emperor-class aircraft carriers rise into the air and prepare to launch an air attack on the battleships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet!" ”

Yin Jian nodded and said, "I will immediately send a telegram to the commanders of the three aircraft carrier formations, conveying your order, hoping to end this decisive battle at sea before dark." ”

At present, the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Chinese Navy, including the fighters of the Royal Air Force of the Imperial Chinese Empire, do not have the technology to fight at night, so after dark, the main fleet of the three Royal Navys of the Imperial Chinese Navy will lose their huge air superiority. (To be continued.) )