At 1:10 p.m. on March 4, 1909, at this time, the 7 provincial super dreadnought battleships, 8 famous general-class super dreadnought battleships and 6 phoenix-class dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Imperial Navy combined with the battle line of the opposite joint expeditionary fleet had been shortened to 31,000 meters.

The battle line of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet was much longer and denser than that of the three fleets of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and the battle line of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet was composed of all the remaining battleships of the British, American, German, and French navies.

After the first 2 waves of air raids by carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, the British Navy still has 5 super dreadnought battleships, 9 dreadnought battleships and 18 all-steel battleships left, the US Navy still has 3 super dreadnought battleships, 12 dreadnought battleships and 14 all-steel battleships, the German Navy has 11 dreadnought battleships and 8 all-steel battleships, and the French Navy still has 6 dreadnought battleships and 10 all-steel battleships, so that the battle line composed of the navies of the four countries has 96 battleships, and there were only 21 battleships on the battle line of the 3 main fleets of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

Although among the 21 battleships, the three main fleets of the Imperial Chinese Navy are all dreadnought battleships, especially the 15 super dreadnought battleships with extremely strong combat effectiveness, but the ants bite the elephant to death, if the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire has no other means to win this sea war, it is really very, very difficult, but now it is more than 20 kilometers behind the battle line of the three main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire. 9 Emperor-class aircraft carriers that can change the tide of the battle, making this decisive naval battle the beginning. fell into the rhythm of the battle of the Imperial Chinese Navy.

"Oh God! The fighters of the Chinese Empire appeared! Fast! Fast! Anti-aircraft fire ready to fire! ”

"May God bless us the United States of America! Damn the Chinese Empire fighter planes are here again! ”

"Alas, I thought that the fighters of the Chinese Empire would not appear again after two waves of air raids! Looks like I'm overthinking! ”

"The Imperial Chinese Navy without chivalry! If you have the ability, let's decide the outcome of this naval battle with the bombardment of battleships! The navy of your Chinese Empire. Always relying on those planes like flies, what kind of hero! ”

"May God bless us France and bless us Liberty!"

Before the battle lines of the two fleets entered the effective firing range, more than 300 carrier-based planes that took off from the nine emperor-class aircraft carriers of the Imperial Chinese Navy appeared in the distance of the battle line of the joint expeditionary fleet, which made the officers and men on the battleships of the four navies of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France could not help but be a little flustered. It is strange that the officers and men on the battleships of the navy of the four countries can be calm, and those battleships of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet that sank in the first two waves of air raids have fully demonstrated how terrifying the fighters of the Chinese Empire were.

Soon more than 300 carrier-based aircraft have arrived in the airspace above the battleline of the navy of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France, but fortunately, the warships of other types of the navy of the four countries, in order to prevent such a situation, have been following this battle line, when the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire bombed the battleships of the four countries' navy, they can provide anti-aircraft fire support to their own battleships.

However, the navies of Britain, the United States, Germany and France. Because their own battleships are about to start a confrontation with the battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and the warships of other types are only following behind the battle line, so the firepower and air defense network over each battleship must not be as tight as the first two waves of air attacks by the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Chinese Navy. The chances of carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire have also become much greater.

As soon as a Sea Hawk bomber of the Imperial Chinese Navy flew over the battle line of the four navies of Britain, the United States, Germany, and France, it did not hesitate to dive down on one of the dreadnought battleships of the US Navy. And at an altitude of 2000 meters, 3 800-kilogram aerial bombs were successfully dropped. It is a pity that the 4th 800-kilogram aerial bomb did not have a chance to be thrown again, and was hit by shells from anti-aircraft guns. In an instant, it turned into a fireball in the sky, and then quickly fell to the sea, and the crew of this Sea Hawk bomber, the moment they were hit by an anti-aircraft shell, they all died heroically.

However, this Seahawk bomber did not die in vain, two of the three 800-kilogram aerial bombs it dropped fell on the US Navy's Delaware-class dreadnought battleship Delaware, one of which 800 kilograms of aerial bombs penetrated the deck armor of the Delaware, and then penetrated several layers of steel plates before exploding, suddenly blowing out a large hole several meters square in the underwater armor on the right side of the Delaware, allowing the sea water to continue to pour into the interior of the Delaware's hull along the gap.

The fatal thing is another 800 kg aerial bomb, which directly penetrated the deck armor of the Delaware, and also penetrated several layers of steel plates before exploding, but the location of the explosion of this aerial bomb was near an ammunition bin of the Delaware, in front of the power of the explosion of the 800 kg aerial bomb, the steel bulkhead of the ammunition compartment was like paper paste, and then dozens of 305 mm main gun shells in the ammunition compartment were detonated by the explosion of the aerial bomb, after a series of violent explosions, The Dreadnought battleship Delaware, with a full load displacement of 22,352 tons, let the power of dozens of main gun shells explode the hull of the ship from the middle position into two, and quickly sank to the sea, and finally the Delaware completely disappeared into the sea in less than 6 minutes, and there were only a dozen US Navy officers and sailors who could escape from the Delaware.

At the same time as a series of explosions occurred on the Delaware, the Maine-class all-steel battleship Cocaron, not far from the Delaware, also exploded extremely violently, which was an 800-kilogram aerial bomb dropped by another Seahawk bomber, which fell on top of the Cocaron, penetrated the deck armor, and detonated hundreds of 305-millimeter shells in an ammunition compartment of the Cocalon, and the all-steel battleship Cocaron, with a full load displacement of 13,500 tons, was also blown in two at once, and quickly sank to the sea. Less than 4 minutes. The all-steel battleship Cocaron disappeared into the sea, and none of the U.S. Navy officers and sailors on the Cocaron could escape the sunken warship. Even the whirlpool created by the sinking of the warship was also created by the US Navy officers and sailors who successfully jumped into the sea to escape. Sucked into the cold water.

The French Navy's Provence-class dreadnought battleship Gilly Bird was bombed by four Sea Hawk bombers at the same time, although the anti-aircraft fire of the Gilly Bird and the anti-aircraft fire of several other French Navy warships following the Gilly Bird blew up the two Sea Hawk bombers in the air, but the other two Sea Hawk bombers successfully dropped a total of four 800-kilogram aerial bombs on the top of the Gilly Bird dreadnought battleship.

The explosion of 4 800-kilogram aerial bombs made several large holes in the underwater armor of the Dreadnought battleship Geely Bird, and the method of closing the hatch could not block the turbulent sea water, and several power compartments of the Geely Bird were quickly flooded by the seawater, making the Geely Bird lose power. Stopped on the sea, the French captain of the Gili Bird had to give the order to abandon the ship, and then several carrier-based aircraft in the sky made up a few swords to the Dreadnought battleship of the Gili Bird, so that the Gili Bird quickly disappeared into the sea, the only thing to be thankful for was that most of the French naval officers and sailors on the Dreadnought battleship of the Gili Bird escaped.

More than 300 carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire brought great losses to the battleships of the navies of the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, and France of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet, but the losses of more than 300 carrier-based aircraft were also very large, and from time to time carrier-based aircraft were shot down by anti-aircraft fire. In the end, less than 240 of the more than 300 carrier-based planes were able to return to the aircraft carrier, and about 80 carrier-based planes were destroyed in the third wave of air raids.

However, this wave of carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy air raid of the Chinese Empire. In the skies above the battle lines of the navies of the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, and France, nearly 200 carrier-based planes of the Royal Navy of the Imperial Chinese Navy continued to bomb the warships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet. These carrier-based aircraft were the carrier-based aircraft released by nine Emperor-class aircraft carriers after the departure of the carrier-based aircraft group of the third wave of air raids. In accordance with the order of Sun Xitao, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire, in this naval battle, after these carrier-based aircraft rose into the air. There is no need to wait for other carrier-based aircraft, and they fly directly over the Joint Expeditionary Fleet to bomb the warships of the Joint Expeditionary Fleet.

After dropping aerial bombs or aerial torpedoes, the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Chinese Navy would fly back to the aircraft carrier to replenish ammunition, and then fly back to the skies of the Combined Expeditionary Fleet to continue bombing.

A violent explosion sounded on the Orion, the flagship of the British Navy, and Bridget, the commander of the British Navy in the bridge, was almost knocked to the ground by the explosion.

Remecal asked with some trepidation, "Command...... Commander, are you alright? ”

Bridget pushed Ray McCal's hand away, and immediately turned back to several British naval officers on the bridge and shouted: "Find out the damage to the Orion at once!" ”

After a while, Bridget was relieved to hear that the Orion Super Dreadnought had just been hit by a 500-kilogram aerial bomb, although the aerial bomb penetrated the deck armor of the Orion Super Dreadnought and exploded inside the Orion's hull, but it did not cause any fatal injuries to the Orion, but only blew up some crew cabins, causing a lot of fire, but the fire was quickly contained.

Bridget said to Ray McCal in a hurry: "Order our 1 large fast armored cruiser, 2 fast protection cruisers, 2 destroyers and 4 torpedo boats behind the Orion to immediately pass through the battle line and go to the front of our Orion to form an anti-aircraft fire, the fighters of the Chinese Empire will always bomb our heads depending on the situation, and we must strengthen the anti-aircraft fire of our Orion super dreadnought battleship and re-form a tight fire and air defense network." ”

Ray McCal was very much in favor of Bridget's order, and when the Orion Super Dreadnought was hit by an aerial bomb just now, he was so scared that he could re-establish a tight fire and air defense network on the Orion, and Ray McCal raised his hands in agreement.

After Remekar had the order just conveyed, Bridget continued: "Let the warships of other types of countries behind the battle line also divide a part of them through the battle line and go to the front of the battle line, otherwise the battleships of our four countries, Britain, the United States, Germany, and France, do not have to fight against the battleships of the Chinese Imperial Navy, and the Chinese Imperial Navy only needs to rely on these endless fighters to sink all the battleships of our four countries." ”

Remekar hesitated for a moment and said: "Commander, the battle line formed by the battleships of our four navies is about to enter the effective range with the battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and the warships of other types are in front of the battle line, and it is very likely that they will be accidentally injured by the main gun shells of the battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy in the battleship confrontation. ”

Bridget sighed and said: "Now I can't care about anything else, our battle line is about to be closer to the battle line of the Chinese Imperial Navy to within 30,000 meters, at this distance, the entire joint expeditionary fleet only has the remaining 5 Orion-class super dreadnought battleships of our British Navy and the remaining 3 New York-class super dreadnought battleships of the US Navy, which can hit the shells so far, most of the effective range of the dreadnought battleships of various countries is within 20,000 meters, and the effective range of the all-steel battleships of various countries is even closer, Most of them need to be pulled closer to about 10,000 meters by the fleets of both sides, so that although there are not many battleships on the battleline of the Imperial Chinese Navy on the opposite side, if the fighters of the Chinese Empire are allowed to bomb like this, perhaps before the battleships of our four countries of Britain, the United States, Germany and France defeat the battleline of the Chinese Imperial Navy, the battleline of our four countries of Britain, the United States, Germany and France will collapse. ”

In fact, without Bridget's order, Sampson, commander of the US Navy's Atlantic Fleet, François, commander of the French Navy's fleet, and Tessim, commander of the German Navy's fleet, saw the seemingly endless Chinese Imperial fighters in the sky, and ordered the warships of other types of their own country that followed behind the battle line to cross the battle line and go to the front of each battleship to form a relatively complete firepower and air defense network. (To be continued.) )