Early in the morning, a thin fog enveloped the Atlantic side of the Strait of Gibraltar.

The roar of machinery in the sky drowned out the waves, and the officers and men of the Navy looked up in sight.

British Navy Commander George. Clooney held up his binoculars and stared unblinkingly at the huge Kunpeng plane in the sky.

In the telescope, the two huge pentagram stars under the wings could be seen clearly.

The roar of the propellers echoed across the sea, and soon the British warships below began to fire their guns.

The British Royal Navy fleet, having learned its lesson, had not yet come up with planes, but they were armed with a considerable number of anti-aircraft guns.

There are large, medium and small calibers, so that the fleet will not let the enemy aircraft be completely abused, and there is no power to fight back.

For this, the fleet also sacrificed some of the broadside guns that should have been equipped. Weakened the ability of warships to strike at the ground to the sea!

In the sky, black clouds exploded.

The Daming plane began to climb rapidly, and then accelerated in an S shape to escape.

Sure enough, the British fleet was lonely.

However, the Daming plane did not seem to mean to stay away, it was hovering more than ten kilometers away.

It was both within visual distance of the fleet, and it was far away, so that the anti-aircraft guns could not hit it.

It seems that the anti-aircraft guns of the fleet still have a certain deterrent ability against aircraft.

"Get the Kearney and the Denver over and get that damn thing away." George. Clooney pointed to the plane in the sky.

It was a terrible feeling to be watched, and he didn't want to be watched like that.

"Commander, there is no point in doing this. You know, a warship can't be faster than an airplane, even if it's going at full speed.

Our warships pass and they fly to the other side. They will go around in circles with our warships, and we will not be able to catch up. ”

Deputy Commander Franz. Conan Doyle pouted helplessly, he also hated airplanes. However, there is no way to do it.

"When are we going to have planes? This thing is a naval nightmare! "This is the fifth time in three days that there are aircraft monitoring over the fleet.

This big big flying machine has a very long airtime of time, sometimes up to three hours or more.

"The PhDs in Oxford don't know what they're up to, they always say they're making progress, but so far they haven't even made a prototype."

"There's a chance, Franz!" George. Clooney reluctantly put down the telescope, the plane had already flown away, and the telescope did not have much effect.

"When the prototype comes out, the battle array is almost over.

The French had already surrendered, in a very humiliating way to the Germans.

Now that the Germans have occupied all of France, God knows if they will come to attack the British mainland.

The Army guys are nervous these days.

I have heard that the Admiralty is interested in making us withdraw in order to deal with a possible German landing. ”

"Franz, you always believe in the gossip. Even if France was weak, the German army paid heavy casualties.

Some divisions were almost completely wiped out.

In the face of such losses, it was impossible for the Germans to attack us without resting. They don't have that much strength!

The problem now is to hold Gibraltar and not let the Ming Navy rush out. Once the Ming Navy enters the Atlantic, there will be nothing left to stop them.

If the Ming navy enters the Atlantic, go north along Spain.

Their gunboats could reach the mouth of the Thames, and London would be shelled. If they advance along the coast of England!

Nottingham, York, and Edinburgh will all be within range of their cannons.

480 mm naval guns, one shell weighs a ton.

How much damage that would cause, how many people would die.

Gibraltar is at stake for the fate of our British Empire. ”

"Your Excellency, I know. It's just that I think those people in Oxford are too unreliable.

I wonder if you're sending a telegram to the people on the Scientific Committee to urge the people in Cambridge and Oxford.

Let them speed up the process!

Gibraltar was already surrounded on land, and as soon as the fortress was taken, they began to clear the waterways of mines.

It's just a few hundred mines, and it won't last long. ”

"I know, I know!" George. Clooney looked helplessly at the sky.

At this time, the morning sun had risen, and the golden sunlight pierced the mist like a sharp sword.

The sunrise over the sea is always beautiful, especially with the tall Gibraltar as the backdrop.

At half past seven in the morning, the soldiers who had eaten breakfast came out of the cabins and gathered on the deck. They have twenty minutes to relax, during which time they can smoke freely on deck, chat, and look at the scenery of the sea.

After twenty minutes, they had to return to the dark, damp, stuffy cabin. If you want to go up to the deck and get some fresh air, you'll have to wait until after sunset in the evening.

Everyone came up, except for those on duty.

Suddenly, they heard a "buzz" and "buzz" sound, as if a large swarm of bees was flying towards them.

In the clouds, a group of black dots suddenly appeared.

Those black spots are only a matter of a minute from small to large: "Enemy planes!" Ming army planes! ”

The sailors shouted at the bridge, and the officers frantically beckoned the soldiers to rush to their positions in the cabin, ready for battle.

The torpedo bomber swooped so fast that it chirped like a stuka.

At a distance of only 100 meters from the sea, the torpedo bomber crossed a graceful arc and changed to level flight.

The altitude of the aircraft gradually decreased, and finally it was only thirty or forty meters high. The pilot felt like the waves could crash against the windshield!

"Aim at the target, put!" A torpedo weighing eight hundred kilograms was dropped into the water.

A white line of water went straight to the bow of the Senseless cruiser on the sea.

"Full rudder, full rudder! Left full rudder! The captain of the Intrepid roared wildly.

Unfortunately, the chief engineer was still on deck at this time and did not run into the cabin. The bulky cruiser, although turning the rudder, did not have enough power to turn quickly.

"Boom!" The torpedo was in the middle of the dreadnought's side side.

The torpedo's warhead, weighing 500 kilograms, tore a huge hole directly in the side of the dreadnought, and the sea water rushed into it frantically.

"Pipe loss, pipe loss, report loss, seal the watertight cabin!" There was a huge tremor inside the warship, causing everyone in the command room to fall to the floor.

The first thing Captain Smith did when he got up was to shout at the radio.

But before the damage could be reported, another torpedo arrived.

This torpedo hit the stern of the Dreadnought directly.

The explosion was so loud that it almost lifted the stern of the ship.

The explosion that soared into the sky blew the sea water up to a height of 100 meters.

The servos were completely out of function, and the Dreadnought lost its steering function.

The explosion point of the third torpedo was not far from the first, and the explosion of the two torpedoes connected the two large holes in the hull.

The sea rushed in faster, and the bottom compartment quickly overflowed his chest.

"Report to the captain, boilers No. 1 and No. 2 stopped working. The steering gear was blown up, and our ship has lost 50 percent of its power. Moreover, it cannot be steered. ”

The report of the pipe damage is finally out!

But the captain already felt that the hull was gradually tilting.

"Fill the starboard compartment with water ballast! Fast! "The most important thing now is to ensure the balance of the battleship, once the battleship rolls over, all the people here are dead.

It had only been a minute since the water was filled when the battleship shuddered violently again. Still on the left chord, this time the torpedo went straight into the big hole of the previous two explosions and exploded.

The explosion almost tore the battleship in half.

This time, there is no need for ballast.

"Abandon the ship! Abandon the ship! Abandon the ship! Captain Smith shouted frantically.

By this time, the Dreadnought was in a mess!

It's not just the Dreadnought that's chaotic, it's the seas full of chaos.

There seemed to be countless Daming torpedo planes in the sky, and these torpedo planes flew close to the surface of the sea. Drop the torpedo and run away!

The unprepared British fleet, when the first wave of strikes came, did not react at all.

Only sporadic anti-aircraft guns fired into the air, but did not cause the slightest damage.

George. Aboard the flagship Queen Elizabeth, Clooney saw firsthand how his fleet had been crushed by a sudden catastrophe.

In the sky, countless Ming planes swooped down like locusts.

Torpedoes scurried in the water, and explosions rang out one after another. Start every explosion, George. Clooney would shake a little.

But by now, he was numb.

"The Dreadnought is starting to sink!

The Invincible has also begun to abandon the ship!

The Simpson is on fire!

The Albion has also sunk!

The Abil was shot ......! "Bad news comes one after another.

George. Clooney was dumbfounded, he didn't expect this to be the combat style of the modern navy. The suddenness of the blow and the ferocity of the attack were completely unexpected by him.

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Until now, he had not seen a single Ming warship. But the losses of their own fleet have been as high as forty percent.

Even if there are many warships floating on the surface of the sea, many of them are burning with raging fire, billowing smoke into the sky, and I don't know when the battleship will sink to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

"Commander, this ...... What should I do? "Franz. Conan Doyle didn't have time to get back on his ship.

According to the rules of the English Navy, the commander and deputy commander of the fleet were not allowed to be on the same warship.

"Rescue the officers and soldiers who have fallen into the water, and then we will withdraw to London." George. Clooney knew he couldn't fight any more.

If they continue to fight, the only thing that awaits them is the destruction of the entire army.

On the Atlantic Ocean 200 kilometers away, Li Xiu was watching the fighter planes flying back one after another.

These fighters quickly replenish their ammunition and fuel on deck, ready to take off again for combat.

Chen Laohu's team is very efficient!

Soon the results and losses will be counted!

"Commander!

In the first attack, we sank sixteen British warships. Nine more ships were damaged!

These ships already accounted for half of the total number of British fleets.

It is not yet possible to know exactly the type and name of these ships, but two more fights should be able to completely annihilate the British fleet. Chen Laohu took the report and stood behind Li Xiu and said.

"How's our battle damage?" Li Xiu didn't care about British warships, he only cared about the pilots of the Ming Dynasty.

These pilots are very expensive. It's all carefully selected and cultivated!

The cost of training for each pilot is equivalent to the price of gold for their body weight.

It can be said that these pilots are the most valuable asset of the Navy.

"Eleven planes were shot down by our army, and another eight were injured and barely flew back, and they were no longer able to participate in the war."

"Send destroyers over to search and rescue and salvage our pilots. Even if you can catch one, you must not let go of a living brother. ”

"No!"

The labor on the deck of the aircraft carrier was very efficient, and in less than half an hour, all the planes were again filled with fuel and ammunition.

The lead aircraft had already taken off and continued to fly over the target in formation to carry out bombing missions.

"Commander, Kunpeng has come up with a telegram. British warships are salvaging people who have fallen overboard, and several warships have begun to make their way north, apparently trying to escape back to Britain. ”

"Idiot! Inform the fighters who did not depart, catch up with those warships, and sink them for Lao Tzu.

We will not let a warship go back to England!

His grandmother's, let me go to the Atlantic to gnaw mud. Li Xiu said viciously.

"No!" Chen Laohu hurriedly went to inform the torpedo planes that had not yet set off, and reported the location of the Kunpeng reconnaissance to them.

The British fleet is struggling to salvage the people who fell overboard, in their opinion. The Ming planes carried out such a large-scale bombing that it would be difficult to launch another attack at least for a few hours.

Unexpectedly, less than an hour had passed. There was a "buzz" "buzz" sound in the sky again.

This hum came down from the sky like a god of death.

This time, the British already had equipment. The ship's full firepower began to be output, and shells flew in the sky.

The sound of gunfire rang out on the sea!

Several Ming Navy torpedo bombers were volleyed apart by intensive artillery fire.

But there were still more torpedo bombers that successfully dropped torpedoes.

Dense explosions sounded again on the sea, and one British warship after another was hit by bullets and caught fire and entered the water.

In particular, the ships that had just been damaged had slowed down and were now even more unlikely to escape torpedoes.

A series of smoking warships, shot and sunk. The water is full of sailors jumping into the water and fluttering!

The unluckiest of all is the destroyer USS Super Warrior!

Originally, the destroyer was light and fast. It's not too difficult to dodge a torpedo attack!

But there was such a torpedo that went straight into the side of the Super Warrior and exploded.

And this Super Warrior, so good that it doesn't die, is a minelayering ship. The bottom cabin was filled with mines. These mines, at least 200 kilograms, are big guys.

The torpedo caused the mine to detonate, and a huge explosion followed a series of huge explosions.

The minelayer of the Super Warrior was torn in half by the explosion.