In the Atlantic, outside the western entrance to the English Channel, two large fleets had been chasing here for a day and a night.

One was the "Roman Combined Fleet" with the navies of Germany, Lucia, and Italy as the main force, supplemented by a small number of warships surrendered by the navies of France, Austria, Spain, Denmark, Norway, and other countries.

There were a total of twelve aircraft carriers of various types and specifications in the fleet, as well as twenty-four battleships of various specifications, as well as many more cruisers and destroyers.

The other fleet was the "Europa Freedom Fleet" with the British naval fleet and most of the French and Spanish fleets as the main force, plus the naval warships of Austria, Portugal, Ottomans, Norway and other countries that did not surrender.

In total, there were eight aircraft carriers, sixteen battleships of various specifications, and a much larger number of cruisers and destroyers.

Of course, in the English Channel and the offshore waters of Europa, the actual rulers of the seas are fighters and bombers of the Air Force.

The combined Roman fleet of Germany, Lucia, and Italy was to sink or drive out the Europa Free Fleet, led by the British Navy.

After the country's air force gained superiority in air battles on British soil and at sea, it escorted the army and transport ships to launch landing operations.

Avoid the so-called Free Fleet of Europa from influencing the landing plans of the three countries.

The purpose of the Europa Free Fleet, led by the British Navy, was the opposite.

They were to keep as much as possible from being driven away by the fleet of the Deluyi Troika, and to maintain as much of a presence as possible near the English Channel.

Eventually, it interfered with and sabotaged the plans of the Three Kingdoms to land on the British mainland.

The range of activity of the fleets of both sides is relatively limited, and the range of reconnaissance and strikes of aircraft is very large, and it is not possible to constantly go around in circles as in the last world war.

So, since the outbreak of the British campaign, it has been a whole day and a night to now, and they have fought each other twice at sea.

An aircraft carrier battle during the day and a gunboat melee at night.

In terms of the number of major warships, the Europa Freedom Fleet was at a significant disadvantage.

However, the British had more experience in naval warfare, and Nelson, a very good commander, was there, so they did not suffer losses in both battles.

But it didn't take too much advantage.

After the sun rose the next day, the two sides finally determined the losses of yesterday's day.

Both had two aircraft carriers with seriously damaged decks and basically lost their ability to sustain operations, and both had three battleships that were severely wounded.

The losses of destroyers and cruisers were also about the same.

Simply looking at the result can be regarded as a tie, which is a de facto disadvantage for the British-led Europa Liberty ship.

The ratio of the number of warships on both sides was basically two to three, but the battle losses were close to one to one.

If the future battles are like now, if they continue to sink each other in the same proportion, the Europa Free Fleet will have to go from free to free sooner or later.

After the sun rose the next day, reconnaissance planes from both sides began to search for the position of the enemy fleet.

The Combined Europa Fleet can run, whether it is to the neutral countries in the north of Mexico, or to the United States and Canada in the New World, it is a relatively safe place.

But they had to stay to pin down the navies and air forces of the three Roman powers.

The atmosphere in most fleet commands, including Nelson, the commander-in-chief, was somewhat lifeless.

But no one is desperate either, because they are all waiting for a message.

"As long as His Majesty George IV is willing to abdicate and give way to Xian, Daming will join the war as a matter of course, and all problems will be solved at that time!"

Nelson spoke to the commanders around him for this reason.

They didn't wait long either, and news about it came quickly.

Nelson first received a notice from the British authorities relaying the announcement that the Ming had officially declared war on the Three Kingdoms of Rome.

Nelson immediately passed on the news, causing cheers to erupt in the command rooms of the various fleets.

At the beginning, some generals were worried that even if the Ming Dynasty declared war, it was still difficult to say when it would actually be able to participate in the war.

It didn't take long for Nelson to receive a message from the Ming Atlantic Fleet, asking the Europa fleet to go over and join up.

The location is just over two hundred kilometers southwest of the Europa fleet.

The carrier-based aircraft of the Roman fleet, having reconnoitred the sea in this direction, did not find any trace of the navies of other countries.

Obviously, the fleet of the Ming Dynasty is also rushing in this direction.

Without much thought, Nelson ordered the fleet to move at full speed to the coordinates given by the Atlantic Fleet.

More than four hours later, Nelson and his generals and soldiers encountered an unprecedentedly large fleet.

Most people, after the two fleets converged, had no idea how many ships there were on the opposite side.

I only know that I have converged into the Great Fleet with no end in sight.

Only the planes, which were responsible for reconnaissance in the air, barely managed to count how many capital ships there were.

At least sixteen large fleet carriers, each larger than the main carriers of the Europa fleet and the Roman fleet.

According to the introduction at the ship parade ceremony of the Ming Emperor's enthronement, the relevant personnel knew that this was the smallest aircraft carrier with a full load of 40,000 tons on the Ming side.

Then there were four more massive aircraft carriers, the 60,000-ton aircraft carriers that appeared at the parade.

In the end, there were four supercarriers that did not appear in the parade and were larger than the 60,000-ton aircraft carrier.

A total of twenty-four aircraft carriers.

And the way this fleet is organized, too, seems strange to the Europa.

The number of battleships was almost half less than that of aircraft carriers.

There were two 80,000-ton battleships, four 60,000-ton battleships, and eight 40,000-ton battleships.

A total of fourteen high-speed battleships.

Purely looking at the number, it seems that it is not much more than the Europa and Roman fleets, but the total tonnage is much worse.

The total tonnage of these capital ships went straight to two million tons.

It is equivalent to six times the tonnage of the capital ships of the navy of Germany, a major country in Thailand.

When it comes to the destroyers of the cruisers, the number alone is already much more, and for a time it is impossible to count the specific number.

It's just a rough judgment that there are at least a hundred or more.

Moreover, the cruisers are basically more than 10,000 tons, and the destroyers are also two or three thousand tons, all of which are larger than the warships of the same type in Europa.

There are also a large number of fighter jets without propellers, which are circling over and around the fleet.

On the decks of those aircraft carriers, there are many more fighters organizing releases, which seem to be preparing to launch an attack on targets in a certain direction.

Nelson, as the commander-in-chief of the fleet, received an invitation from the Ming fleet to exchange information on the flagship of the Ming fleet.

Daming arranged a special helicopter to come and pick up Erxun.

Nelson followed the helicopter into the sky, passing through the sky above the Ming fleet, and looked at the huge warships on the sea.

Mainly those aircraft carriers whose decks seemed to him to be terrifyingly large.

There are also those combat aircraft on the deck of aircraft carriers and in the sky that do not have propellers, but are much larger and heavier than their own fleet.

Nelson's mood was both excited and desperate, and at the same time very excited.

Complex and contradictory to the extreme.

Nelson subconsciously muttered and sighed in his heart:

"The war is in full swing, Daming has finally shown his hole cards, and Daming is also an absolute aircraft carrier priority!

"In the same large fleet, the number of aircraft carriers is not only the same as that of battleships, but even basically twice as many as battleships.

"My judgment and analysis have never been wrong, but Da Ming deliberately created too many smoke bombs.

"The strength of the countries of Europa was already weak, and they wasted their main resources on battleships, and they were directly thrown off by the Ming Dynasty for an era.

"But now it seems...... It's a good thing......"

The flagship of this Ming fleet is the battleship Henan, which is the one that Zhu Jingyuan rode on the three-year parade.

Although the main force of the naval fleet is already an aircraft carrier, the command center of the entire fleet is still placed on the battleship.

Because although the internal space of the aircraft carrier is large, it also carries a lot of personnel and equipment.

The interior of the aircraft carrier is relatively crowded, especially in a combat state.

Especially when compared to battleships.

When designing and building these cutting-edge battleships of the Ming Dynasty, sufficient space and equipment were specially prepared for fleet combat command.

The battleships themselves were large command ships.

Nelson landed on the deck of the Henan, followed his guide into a conference room, and met with the commander of the fleet.

I finally knew the official name of the fleet this time, "Daming [Special] North Atlantic Fleet".

It is not a permanent fleet, but a temporary fleet formation sequence specially established for operations in the North Atlantic.

When the Ming Navy fought across the Governor's Palace, it often set up this form of special fleet sequence.

The Governor of the Fleet is Chen Huacheng, and his own position is the Governor of the Chinese Military Governor and the Naval Governor.

The Governor-General is Zhu Zhaoyan, who is the Governor-General of the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army, and is the clan of the Zhou Palace, and the Zhou Wangfu has the most people, and there are many capable people.

The entire Grand Fleet as a whole was divided into two parts, which were commanded separately by two commanders.

Zhu Jingqi, deputy governor and admiral of the First Fleet, is the governor of the Right Army and the navy, and is the clan of the Chengzu line.

Guan Tianpei, the deputy governor of the second detachment and the commander of the second fleet, was the deputy governor of the navy of the Chinese military governor's office, and was once an officer of Zhu Jingyuan's escort team.

Zhu Zhaoyan and Zhu Jingqi were on another battleship Huguang and did not appear in this command room.

After the greeting, Chen Huacheng asked about the situation on the battlefield of Nelson.

Nelson did not hide anything, and was very cooperative in giving a truthful account of the fighting of the past day and what he had observed.

After listening to this, Chen Huacheng nodded lightly and said:

"You did a good job, withstanding the enemy's attack while the fleet itself was weak, so that the situation did not get worse.

"Send a message to your fleet and let your soldiers get some rest, and we'll take care of the rest.

"This time I brought half of the elite of our Ming navy, which should be able to annihilate this so-called Roman combined fleet in one fell swoop.

"Then start punitive strikes against the enemies on the Tessie continent."

Then Chen Huacheng didn't ask Nelson's opinion, and turned directly to Guan Tianpei beside him and said:

"Lao Guan, let's get to work and do what you planned."

After listening to the order, Guan Tianpei got up and saluted directly, and then left the conference room, which was obviously for entertaining guests, and went to work on the battle.

Nelson was taken aback by Chen Huacheng's words:

"This is such a large fleet...... Just half of the fleet of the Ming Navy? In total, the Ming Dynasty has forty-eight aircraft carriers? ”

Chen Huacheng responded casually:

"Yes, before the start of this operation, the capital ships were basically divided in half, and our half was responsible for the operation of the main forces of the navies of the Taixi countries.

"The other half is responsible for the search and strike of hostile fleets in the colonies, the Great Qin Sea and other areas.

"Because the main tasks are different, there are fewer cruisers and destroyers on our side.

"So on the other side, there are more cruisers and destroyers, and a large number of cruisers are already in the colonies."

Nelson instinctively imagined the scale of all the capital ships of the Ming Navy together, with a total tonnage of nearly four million tons.

Nelson couldn't help but swallow, trying not to envy the scale, and then asked more practical questions:

"Excuse me...... Are you looking for the German fleet now and then attacking? ”

Chen Huacheng took a sip of the tea on the table:

"We've spotted them, and now we've listened to your explanations and made sure that our reconnaissance wasn't oversight.

"We are already preparing to attack your fleet as we join them.

"By the end of the night, the sea should be cleared."

When Nelson thought of coming over, he saw that Daming's aircraft carrier was continuing to release planes, and the battle plan should have been determined at that time.

The information provided by yourself can only be regarded as reference and comparison.

Nelson was a little disappointed, and then instinctively said that he could do something about it:

"Chen Dudu, most of the warships in our fleet are still intact and can continue to undertake certain combat missions."

Chen Huacheng thought for a while and said:

"Your planes are not good, and following us to the battlefield is also a drag.

"If you want to do something, go back and tidy up your cabin.

"When the battle is over, take care of collecting and salvaging the prisoners.

"It does require men and enough boats, and it's just right that you're here to do the job.

"Most of those captives don't understand the Ming dialect, and most of the soldiers handed over to us don't have any good fruit to eat."

Nelson was visibly stunned when he heard this:

"Dragging?"

But think about the size of the aircraft carriers of the Ming Dynasty, think about the size and speed of those aircraft, and then you have to accept this fact.

Nelson was very reluctant to respond to Chen Huacheng's order:

"I see."

Chen Huacheng arranged for a helicopter again to send Nelson back to his own command ship.

On the way back, Nelson once again observed Daming's aircraft carriers and planes, and in addition to shock, he was envious and yearning.

Immediately after returning to his ship, he began to give orders, tidy up and pack the cabin, and prepare to receive the prisoners.

Nelson knew in his heart that the battle between the Ming and the Roman fleet must have been one-sided.

The simultaneous attack of more than twenty large aircraft carrier aircraft should have been able to reload most of the capital ships of the Roman fleet.

But what Nelson didn't expect was that this one-sided would be so thorough.

The people of the Roman fleet were even more unexpected.

The commander of the Roman fleet, after hearing the news of the Ming declaration of war, also felt a little depressed and nervous.

They all knew that the Ming Dynasty's naval superiority was huge.

It's just that I didn't expect that the Ming Navy had actually reached the North Atlantic and was even ready to attack them.

The Roman fleet and the Europa fleet did not yet know that the Ming Dynasty already had carrier-based AWACS aircraft.

This is an absolute black technology in this day and age.

There are twenty-four fleet aircraft carriers in the fleet of the Ming Dynasty, and at least one AWACS aircraft is always in the sky on all aircraft carriers in normal times.

In order to figure out the situation around them, they actually released two or even three AWACS aircraft.

Now for this area in the western part of the English Channel, although the Ming Navy cannot be said to know everything about it, at least it is already the level of the door.

When the 24 aircraft carriers officially launched their attacks, at least 1,000 fighters and attack planes were released one after another.

At an altitude of more than 10,000 meters, it rushed over the Roman combined fleet.

And the fleet below is unconscious.

The first to be dropped were the 500-kilogram guided bombs carried by the fighters when they sorted.

Immediately after dropping the bomb, the fighter swooped down and hit the propeller fighters who were on guard in mid-air.

It was followed by guided bombs weighing up to two tons carried by attack aircraft.

The entire sea and sky seemed to change from quiet and peaceful to rain in the blink of an eye.

By the time the sentry in charge of the guard noticed that the bomb had fallen and raised the alarm like crazy, it was already too late.

After a few minutes, the ships on the sea began to be shot one after another.

The hit rate of the guided bombs dropped by the Ming Dynasty was not very high in the new period, probably only 50 to 70 percent.

But compared to the traditional sticker bombs that may miss all of them, this is already a subversive upgrade.

And the number of bombs dropped by Da Ming is large enough.

The groups of fighters and attack planes that arrived one after another dropped more than 1,200 bombs of various kinds on their routes.

The number of bombs is more than that of airplanes, because medium twin-engine attack aircraft on large aircraft carriers are capable of carrying two two-ton bombs.

Aerial bombs of this class can be said to be lethal for any warship of this era.

Even the battleship with the highest defense could not withstand the impact of a two-ton armor-piercing bomb falling from an altitude of 10,000 meters, and even had to worry about overwear.

Countless bombs rained down like dumplings, and the violent explosion turned into a scorching fire or a splash of water.

The ocean also seems to be slowly turning into a boiling cauldron.

The officers of the Roman fleet, still with a certain amount of reason and brains, roared in great horror that they might attack the source.

But many soldiers have come to think that they have been punished by God.

In the vast majority of traditional naval battles, whether it is the main guns of battleships or the bombs and torpedoes invested by aircraft carriers, the overall hit rate is very low.

Most of the time it's in the single digits or even lower.

So there will be a lot of warships that, after surviving the hail of bullets, have not been seriously injured.

This is not an isolated case, but a universal phenomenon.

Therefore, a simple bomb from the sky will not directly frighten the naval soldiers.

But when the bombs that fell had eyes, and more than half of them landed directly on their own ships, it was a different story entirely.

Daming's fleet successively dropped a total of more than 1,200 aerial bombs.

According to the 50 percent hit rate, more than 600 of them were able to hit the predetermined target.

The total number of warships in the Roman combined fleet was less than a hundred, most of which were cruisers and destroyers.

Those cruisers and destroyers of several thousand tons, if they are hit by a large two-ton bomb, will be directly paralyzed and turned into a large fire, or at worst they will be directly broken into two sections.

Even if an aircraft carrier of nearly 30,000 tons was hit by four two-ton bombs, it would be completely paralyzed even if it did not directly bury itself at the bottom of the sea.

In fact, more than half of all the bombs, especially the vast majority of the large ones, fell on the twenty-four battleships in the fleet.

Each battleship was hit by at least ten large two-ton aerial bombs, and some could have suffered twenty.

The entire bombing process lasted more than two hours.

By the time the battle was basically over, half of the strongest fleet on the Tessie continent had sunk or were sinking.

The rest of the luck did not run out of buoyancy reserves, and the structure of the battleship itself has been completely distorted, turning into steel ruins floating on the sea, and it is only a matter of time before it finally sinks.

As for the planes released by the fleet, most of them were directly wiped out by the jet fighters of the Ming Dynasty, and a small number of them escaped or crashed due to accidents for various reasons.

None of the battleships were intact, and none of them had a chance to escape.

When Nelson arrived at the battlefield at dusk with the Europa fleet and saw the wreckage and ruins floating on the sea, he instinctively wondered if he was dreaming.

After recovering from his consternation, Nelson immediately ordered all the warships to disperse and fish for men.

Among the steel wreckage were many of the Navy soldiers who survived.

After many of them were fished up, they were still in a state of confusion, obviously greatly stimulated.

Nelson took care to ask the soldiers about the situation on the battlefield and what the soldiers had been through, but he couldn't figure out why.

Many people shouted the names of gods or demons, and many yelled and struggled from time to time.

It's not like the result of a normal soldier fighting on the battlefield.

It is true that this naval battle is not a normal battle.

Enemy bombs appeared out of thin air, falling from a height where the target was completely invisible.

The point is that they will chase themselves and bomb after the ship they are on.

Many ordinary soldiers can't understand why this happens on the battlefield, and then instinctively resort to mysterious forces.

Horrific explosions and sound and light effects, pain after physical trauma, immersion in icy water, and powerless scenes of the tragic or slow death of a companion.

It constitutes a level of mental devastation that is unbearable for most ordinary humans.

(End of chapter)