Chapter 447: Midway Meets Jutland (Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass)
"Sir, those are the battleships and cruisers of the Ming Navy...... There are more than 10 10,000-ton ships, and we can't let them go!"
"But what if the enemy planes on Kwajalein Island fly again? Some of them still have torpedoes on them!"
"But those 10,000-ton ships are emitting black smoke, they should have been injured by the explosion, and with more effort, they can all be left in Kwajalein Atoll!"
"But we must destroy the airfield on Kwajalein Island first, otherwise the aircraft there will be too much of a threat to our aircraft-carrying armored cruisers!"
"But the airfield on Kwajalein Island is too big, and if we must destroy it completely, the enemy fleet will slip away!"
"But if we don't destroy the airfield, our fleet will always be in danger......
George. Before Yilu could decide whether to bomb the ship or destroy the airfield on Kwajalein Island first, his staff officers were already arguing, some advocating the bombing of the ship and some of the airport, and both sides were quite reasonable...... But who should I listen to?
"Sir," the fleet's aviation staff officer suddenly asked in a loud voice, "the flight deck asks, what type of bomb should be hung?"
It turned out that none of the "pigeon planes" that participated in the first attack wave at this time were shot down, but now they have all returned, and they have all refilled with fuel and bullets, and they have lined up on the flight deck, and they can take off again to form the third attack wave when they are hung with bombs.
"Hang up the high-explosive bombs that bomb the airfield!" George. Yilu pondered, "Wait for the planes of the second attack wave to come back, and then hang them with armor-piercing shells...... I believe that those Ming battleships and cruisers will not run far!"
Talking, George. Yilu looked up again at the smoke-emitting Ming ships on the sea—they had left the Kwajalein Lagoon and had not turned their respects to George Lagoon. Yoshiru's D-Fleet was coming over, but it was running westward, as if trying to evacuate the battlefield.
Seeing this, George. Yilu also breathed a sigh of relief. He was a little worried just now that the Ming naval fleet composed of old battleships and new cruisers would come to his six aircraft-carrying armored cruisers for a decisive battle!
If you really want to fight a decisive battle, his aircraft-carrying armored cruisers are not opponents, and against those battleships, you still have to let the main fleet go up!
Come to think of it, George. Righteous Law commanded in a loud voice, "To William. General Baga sent a telegram and said that the Ming fleet that had rushed out of Kwajalein was withdrawing westward...... There are at least 10 old warships among them, and all of them have been damaged by planes, so the speed is not fast, only 10-12 knots!"
"Yes, sir!"
In fact, after receiving George. Before the telegram came from Yilu, William. Baga has already led his own large fleet in hot pursuit - after all, more than a dozen large ships of more than 10,000 tons, even if they are mainly old warships, are still big meat. Not to mention anything else, how come there are hundreds of sailors on this old battleship, right? A dozen ships are 10,000 people smaller!
And, William. Baga was also worried that the Ming fleet that had washed up from Kwajalein Atoll would find George. Yilu's fleet is coming to a dead end. If George. All 6 aircraft-carrying armored cruisers of Yilu were lost, so it would be troublesome.
William. Baga had only 8 aircraft-carrying armored cruisers and more than 200 carrier-based pilots. Yilu has 6 aircraft carriers and 144 carrier-based pilots...... That's the tinder of the Royal Naval Aviation!
Now received George. Telegram from Yilu, William. Baga finally breathed a sigh of relief. But it's okay to be relaxed, but it's not okay to be relaxed! So William. Baga immediately transferred 4 Monmouth-class, 4 Cressey-class, 2 Duke of Edinburgh-class, 2 Devon-class, and 16 fast destroyers from his own A fleet to form a new B fleet, with Rear Admiral Dundas, the captain of the Duke of Edinburgh-class, commanding the commander, to pursue the Ming fleet protruding from Kwajalein Atoll.
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The Pacific Ocean, like a huge piece of turquoise silk, rises and falls with the wind, as far as the eye can see. Cotton-like clouds drifted through the cabin window of the Brontosaurus torpedo bomber piloted by Xiao Chaogui, giving people a sense of tranquility and serenity. But Xiao Chaogui hates it the most now
It's a sense of peace and tranquility...... It's been flying for more than an hour, almost two hours, why haven't you seen the British fleet? Could it be flying in the wrong direction?
Thinking of this, Xiao Chaogui began to pray: "Heavenly Father Emperor God bless, you must let me find Yingyi...... Amen!"
Xiao Chaogui's face, God will definitely give it to the Heavenly Father, but he is the "Divided" of Brother Jesus, so his "Amen" was finished, and Hu Yihuang in the passenger seat shouted: "Brother Chaogui...... It's 11 o'clock ahead, and it's smoke!"
Xiao Chaogui hurriedly looked up, and sure enough, he found more than a dozen billowing smoke, and vaguely saw several planes that looked a bit like birds...... The one who made the plane look like this is the British pigeon machine.
"Found it! Found it!" Xiao Chaogui roared, "Quickly signal the brother in the back!"
"Got it, it's already fighting!" When Hu Yihuang spoke, he had already taken out a red "Ling Flag" and began to wave it vigorously.
When Hu Yihuang began to wave the red flag, the twenty or thirty "pigeon planes" that were staring at the large light cruiser Kong Ming of the Ming Navy and dropping bombs also saw a large group of more than 90 Haifeilong, Ssangyong, and Thunder Dragon fighters flying from the west.
This can frighten the British pilots in the sky, their "pigeon machine" is not the opponent of the Ming army's Wyvern fighters at all, before they encountered several Wyvern fighters that took off on Kwajalein Island were beaten to a lot of losses, this time flew hundreds of them, the black pressure is all over the sky, how to fight? Run!
John, who lost his good brother in the previous battle. Wright no longer had the guts to go head-to-head with the Wyvern, which was so powerful that it could crush the pigeon in terms of speed, maneuverability, and firepower. Moreover, the pilots of the Ming army especially liked to go around the enemy's back and shoot, and the only way for the pigeon planes to counterattack was to draw their pistols and shoot backwards...... Thinking of his good brother dying so miserably, John. Wright hurriedly flicked the joystick and flew his pigeon plane in the direction of his own D-Fleet to the east.
Seeing the pigeon planes in the sky flying eastward one after another, the Ming army group in the sky was not in a hurry to attack, but not only did not bite behind them slowly. It didn't take long for Xiao Chaogui, who was piloting a Brontosaurus torpedo attack plane, to see the thick smoke that made his blood surge!
"He's finally finding you!"
After a while, on the blue sea, there were three columns of British fleets one after another, of which the left and right columns were small ships of 1,000 tons, and in the middle of the three columns were 6 aircraft-carrying armored cruisers!
"6 aircraft carriers......" Xiao Chaogui's voice trembled a little, "Quick, quickly send a telegram to the Shuzhong Wang, and tell them that the Thunder Dragon-8 has discovered the enemy fleet, and the number is ...... More than 20 ships, including 6 aircraft carriers!"
Hu Yihuang, who was sitting in the back, was already filming the telegram, and when Xiao Chaogui's words were finished, he was almost done, so he opened his throat and said, "Brother Xiao, the telegram is ready...... What now?"
"Attack, of course!" Xiao Chaogui shouted while pressing down the joystick, "Target, Yingyi aircraft carrier, rush, God bless us!"