Suddenly flying over the engaged Yuan Feng fleet and Betty's fleet were 49 "Haiyan Lei" heavy land attack planes of the 102nd Land-based Wing of the Third Air Fleet of the Chinese Navy, of which 17 were horizontal bombers, 32 were torpedo planes, and five "Haiyan Thunder Reconnaissance" planes without ammunition were guided in front of the evacuation fan.

The "Camel" fighter squadron covering Betty's fleet had already been routed by the "Haiyundian" warship squadron from the Chinese army's mobile unit, and the fleet lined up in artillery battle columns could hardly organize effective anti-aircraft fire to confirm the enemy and us by radio.

The "War Wey", which was at the very end of the detachment, had eaten seven 350-mm shells in a short artillery battle, and although the vital points were not damaged, a fire broke out at the rear of the superstructure, and the long black smoke ribbon dragged by the wind made it the most conspicuous target on the sea.

Eight horizontal bombers of the 657th Squadron of the 102nd Wing were the first to fly over the "War Weathiness" from an altitude of 1,000 meters, dropping a total of 64 100-kilogram bombs in turn, first hitting the middle of the port side of the "War Weathiness" and blowing up a 3-inch anti-aircraft gun, and then another hit the rear of the "War Weay" superstructure, sending a twin Vickers anti-aircraft machine gun flying into the air fifty or sixty meters into the air

Immediately afterward, the 7 torpedo planes of the 659 Squadron descended to a low altitude of more than 10 meters in a roundabout way, clinging to the sea surface and suddenly approaching the "war-weary" port side. Dropping torpedoes at the same time within 500 meters by the area firing method, the "War Wey" was unable to avoid all the seven torpedoes that were fan-fired at a large angle, although the "war-weary" sharply turned its rudder to evade the hull tilting at a large angle to the starboard side.

At 13:24, the stern of the "war-weary" ship was hit by a mine, and the tall water column dispersed. This 27,000-ton super-dreadnought warship began to involuntarily turn in a clockwise direction, and the violent underwater explosion not only caused a large amount of water in the "war-weary" tail compartment, but also caused the main rudder to jam. You can't operate the ship, you can only spin in place.

This highly entertaining circle dance attracted the attention of more Chinese aircraft, and one was followed by six torpedo planes of the squadron, which dropped all of them almost without any hindrance, and one directly hit the starboard front of the "war-weary". A large hole with a diameter of more than two meters was blown open under the waterline, and two minutes later another torpedo hit the rear of the port side of the "war weariness", causing the stern to accelerate and sink.

In just five or six minutes, the "war-weary" entered more than 3,000 tons of water, the stern deck approached the water, and the speed of the ship plummeted to 18 knots. However, the Chinese air raid team did not let it go, and in view of the fact that the "Malaya" of the same level in the Lingayan naval battle had hit four mines one after another but still managed to escape, probably with the idea of eliminating all evil, the eight torpedo planes of the 659 squadron still outflanked them from two directions, and within two minutes, eight torpedoes were staggered and dropped, and four water columns of 50 or 60 meters high were stirred up one after another on the port side and one on the starboard side. The huge breach in the middle of the port side was blown open directly caused the "war-weary" boiler compartment to be flooded, and the fire was stopped and suspended. The whole ship was blacked out, the water discharge device failed, and the huge battleship completely lost its balance and quickly tilted to the port side.

At 13:55, only half an hour after being hit by the first torpedo, the huge hull of the "war-weary" ship capsized behind the port side, and soon, the damaged bow was raised high above the sea, and it seemed to be "sucked" by some powerful force, and it was heavily "retracted" into the water surrounded by a large stream of white foam. In the blink of an eye. All that remains of the sea is a huge whirlpool of oil, debris and human bodies......

The "Barham", which was located before the "war weariness", was first covered by 9 horizontal bombers of the 658 Squadron from an altitude of less than 1,000 meters, and was hit by two bombs. The chimney was damaged, one 3-inch anti-aircraft gun was destroyed, and then it was targeted by nine torpedo planes of the 662 squadron, and these nine torpedo planes attacked in batches with three planes as a squad, and before the violent maneuvering of "Balham" evaded, none of the three torpedoes dropped by the first batch hit, and the second batch immediately corrected its course, braving the rain of bullets and approaching to a distance of two or three hundred meters to drop mines, and at the cost of the destruction of the two planes, it finally hit one mine on the port side of the bow. Balham "port aft.

When the Chinese Army's land attack team, which had lost only six planes, gathered and returned home, the "war-weary" was tilting and sinking, and the "Balham" was flooded by more than 2,000 tons, and its speed dropped to less than 20 knots.

Vice Admiral Betty on the "Lion" quickly confirmed that the air raid had caused ground damage, and then fell into a dilemma: if the fight continued, it might be eaten up by the constantly attacking enemy planes; And in accordance with Jericho's order to retreat, not to mention the fact that his own "fast" battleships dragged their feet, they could not outrun the opponent's battlecruisers at all, and most likely had to abandon the seriously wounded "Balham".

Betty, who was in embarrassment, was immediately slapped by another bad news: "The enemy battle cruiser column is turning 140 degrees in the needle direction, and there is an intention to cross our column and sail forward!" ”

Betty suddenly woke up and patted her crooked military hat in annoyance: "That guy doesn't want to fight us at all, he's completely dragging his feet!" The herald ordered the column to turn around in 135 directions, and Thomas's detachment moved closer to us and resumed the first battle formation. ”

Fall back! Must retreat! The tragedy of Lingayen is repeating itself, and it is imperative to flee this cursed sea without delay, Commander-in-Chief Jericho must have thought so!

The so-called "battle cruisers" of the other side actually dared to challenge the "Barham," which was equipped with a 15-inch cannon and the latest fire control system at the same time, at a distance of 20,000 yards, and almost did not suffer any loss, and even beat the "war-weary," which was slightly behind in the fire control system, to the point of losing its temper.

Everything was an elaborate conspiracy to lure us around the seas so that their air forces could devour our battleships one by one, and then annihilate the remaining battlecruisers in one fell swoop, yes, it must be such a strategy! A shameless conspiracy to rely on shameless flies to claim a shameless victory!

Betty's thoughts were interrupted again by a sudden burst of nefarious news from the speaker

"At 10 o'clock, the group of unknown aircraft is approaching at low altitude, the number is 20 to 30!"

"What? Coming from the north this time? Could it be ......?"