On the flagship of the independent division fleet "Canglang", the radar officer passed the guò radar screen, saw the Indian army fleet, was changing the formation at sea, picked up the intercom, "Report to the commander, the British and Indian fleet, began to change the formation, from a one-line formation, to a two-way column." ”

Qiu Quan smiled coldly and said: "I only think about changing formations now, it's too late, order the aircraft carrier carrier-based bombers to take off, and the first wave of targets will be the cruisers and battleships of the British fleet, and the fleet will be divided into two ways, outflanking from the flanks, and gradually pressing the British ships to the waters near the island of Sri Lanka!" ”

Lieutenant Colonel Tang Yunfei, who had already served as the head of the aircraft carrier's carrier-based fighter flight regiment, stood on the broad deck of the aircraft carrier, watched one bomber after another rush out of the runway and into the blue sky, and said to several captains behind him: "See, I usually let everyone practice a few more hands, that is, when necessary, we fighter pilots can also fly bombers, so as to save our eyes from glaviousness, but today we are out of play!" ”

For a fleet without aircraft carriers, bombers are the nemesis, and the British fleet in India, in the Indian Ocean, without opponents, has passed for too long, the air defense of the fleet is almost useless, and the British did not expect that one day, bombs would fall on their own warships.

Major General Jeffrey Hill, from the telescope, saw in the sky, the black pressure on a group of bombers, in the field of vision quickly became larger, under the belly of the fish bomber, the hanging torpedo, in the afternoon sun, reflected the cold light of metal, beads of sweat on the brain, "boom" came out, lay on the intercom, shouted: "Air defense!" Pay attention to air defense! The Chinese bombers are coming! ”

As soon as the words fell, from due east, another large group of planes flew over, outnumbering the bombers already overhead, several times more, and all the British ships, the air defense sirens sounded fiercely. Major General Jeffrey Hill could only watch as no less than hundreds of Chinese bombers were like a dark cloud. From the sky overhead, swoop down.

Le Yiqin's bomber group and the fleet carrier-based bomber group converged and, by order of the fleet commander, Vice Admiral Tang Qiuquan, specifically looked for such big guys as cruisers and battleships of the British.

Rear Admiral Jeffrey Hill's flagship, the Fernandez, became a key target because of the clearly marked command flag of the fleet commander. If you count it in terms of the tonnage of the warship, his flagship can only be regarded as medium size, but it is the command flag, revealing his identity.

For the bomber pilots of the independent division, there was almost no anti-aircraft fire, no bombing under the threat of fighter planes, it was just a real training, and more than a dozen bombers unanimously chose the "Fernandez". as a target for their own bombing.

"Boom! Bang! Several thick columns of water suddenly rose on the surface of the sea, and the "Fernandez" turned to the clumsy hull. It was probably the explosion of His Excellency the Fleet Commander's character today, and he miraculously dodged a few whistling bombs, and only a few meters away, the warship, which was more than 6,000 tons, shook violently.

On the deck, the British sailors in various operation posts were not so lucky, and the water column dozens of meters high slammed into the deck of the warship, like a huge broomstick. More than a dozen British sailors fell into the sea dancing hand in hand.

Rear Admiral Jeffrey Hill wiped the sweat from his head, and secretly exclaimed in his heart that if these bombs were hit, the warship would have to be stopped and blown up, and he had not had time to breathe a sigh of relief. The communications officer reported in a panic: "Commander, I received a report from the ships on the left and right wings, the Chinese warships, began to surprise our fleet, our warships, four have already caught fire and two have sunk!" ”…,

Rear Admiral Jeffrey Hill angrily ordered: "All warships, immediately divide into two ways to meet the enemy, take advantage of our numerical superiority, surround the Chinese warships, mix with the Chinese warships, and get rid of the threat of bombers!" ”

Suddenly, Major General Jeffrey Hill was silent, his eyes looked straight at the sea on the left, several Chinese torpedo bombers, over the foredeck of the flagship, whistling past, on the sea, six white waves, a string of waves and bubbles, like a cheerfully jumping dolphin, swimming towards the flagship.

"Quick, full left rudder, dodge torpedoes!" Major General Jeffrey Hill shouted hoarsely, late, "Boom! Rumble! Boom......" A huge explosion sounded, and the huge hull of the "Fernandez" jumped violently on the surface of the sea as if it had been struck by a pair of giant hands, and then fell back to the surface of the sea, breaking into several pieces in the thick smoke and flames.

Rear Admiral Jeffrey Hill disappeared into the turquoise waters along with his flagship Fernandez and hundreds of British sailors.

In terms of explosive power, the "Fernandez," which is more than 6,000 tons, will sink to the bottom of the sea if it hits two of them, not to mention that it will be blown into several pieces if it is hit by as many as six torpedoes.

In addition to the incessant dive bombing of hundreds of bombers of independent divisions in the sky, the British ships did not have the slightest advantage in the artillery battles of warships against warships, and the destroyers of the independent fleet were equipped with newly developed triple rapid-fire naval guns of 280 mm caliber, although the caliber of naval guns was nearly one-third smaller than that of naval guns of more than 400 mm.

However, this kind of triple naval gun is better than the speed of firing, using an automatic ammunition feeding system, the gunners on the gun position, hidden in a fully enclosed turret, through the guò radar and periscope, to observe the situation of the enemy ship, lock the target of attack, safety is self-evident, the gunner only needs to step on the trigger, within a minute, can fire 12 shells.

There were seven such turrets on the front and rear main decks of the destroyers of the independent division's fleet, and within a minute, nearly a hundred shells whistled out, which is best described as a flying locust.

In order to make up for the shortcomings of the insufficient caliber of naval guns, the experts of the Military Industry Bureau have worked the explosive power and range of the shells, which are no less powerful than the naval guns of a caliber of more than 400 millimeters.

With a few huge explosions, the British ship sank to the bottom of the sea, and hundreds of bombers rained bombs in the sky, and on the sea, there was a rain of bullets on the Chinese ships, and more than 60 warships of the special task force stationed in India lost more than a dozen of them and wounded more than 20 of them in more than 30 minutes, and the combat effectiveness of the fleet dropped by more than half in an instant!

The progress of the naval battle and the combat effectiveness of the special task force of the Indian army have greatly exceeded Tang Qiuquan's expectations, and if the battle continues at this speed, it will take less than three hours, and more than 60 British ships will inevitably become piles of scrap metal at the bottom of the sea, which makes people feel distressed to watch.

Suddenly, in Qiu Quan's mind, an idea came to mind, and it firmly attracted him, "Order, the army bomber group and the carrier-based bomber group, return immediately, the fleet is divided into three routes, the remaining British ships, rush to the direction of Sri Lanka Island, armed transport ships and six destroyers, intercept head-on, we will capture the remaining British warships!" ”

Qiuquan's bold idea made the bomber pilots so depressed that they almost vomited blood, how did Commander Tang do it? In less than two hours, the British warships could no longer be seen on the sea, except for the corpses and oil stains of the British, but the military orders were like a mountain, and the bomber pilots had no choice but to return unhappily. …,

Having lost all the battleships and cruisers, the flagship, together with the commander, sank to the bottom of the sea at the first time, and the British ships, which had lost their command, were fiercely pursued by the fleet of the Independent Division, and fled at full speed in the direction of the island of Sri Lanka.

The battlefield quickly shifted, and when the British ships saw the coastline of Sri Lanka Island, they also saw the huge fleet approaching, which was the six destroyers of the fleet as fire support for the landing force, and more than 100 armed transport ships, which together formed a huge formation.

Armed transport ships do not have the ferocious firepower of regular warships, but naval combat-type "Thunder" rocket launchers, hundreds of salvos, "hissing" and strange rockets flying all over the sky, like a meteor shower, head-on at the British ships without the slightest psychological preparation.

The area covered by the rocket artillery is so large that there is no omission, and on the surface of the sea, a wall of water composed of thick water columns tens of meters high has been raised, and the waves are tumbling and foam is flying, just like a boiling pot of boiling water, but the dumplings boiled are more than 30 warships of the special task force of the Indian army.

More than a dozen rockets, of course, could not sink the remaining warships of the task force stationed in India, but the strange shells that dragged the long tail flame and screamed flew really made the captains of the British warships tremble, my God, how many warships did the Chinese come?

Overhead, although there were no bombers, the tall shadows of the two aircraft carriers appeared on the sea in the distance, seeing this situation, the captains of the British ships, their faces turned pale, the Chinese actually dispatched aircraft carriers, but laughed at themselves and thought that they were just Chinese land-based bombers, which could not stay in the skies over the warring sea area for too long.

As long as you survive the initial attack of the Chinese ship, there is still hope for running away, but now, there is no hope at all, the Chinese bombers, can fly at any time over their own warships, the tragic end of the flagship, the next one may fall on their heads.

There are pursuers in the back, interception in front, outflanks on both flanks, and bombers that can drop bombs at any time, in the vast sea, where is the way out? The task force of the Indian army was surrounded by the fleet of the independent division.

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