78_78650ps: I'm sorry, I can't stop writing this chapter, so it's late. The 5,000-word chapter was sent, and by the way, I asked for a ticket......

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The Entente fleet split into two waves, the first to arrive was 150 British land-based aircraft.

The first to attack were the British's Handley-Pety O/400 heavy bombers. This kind of bomber is also a new model that the British only succeeded in developing last year, because the aviation technology of the plane has been stimulated by China, all countries have invested more energy and resources in the aircraft than in the original time and space, and in addition, they have obtained China's aircraft manufacturing technology as a reference.

Then there is the powerful impetus of war for science and technology, which has stronger engines, more reasonable design, and more powerful performance than the aircraft of the same name in the original time and space. The O/400 has a bomb load similar to that of the Chinese H-2, reaching 4,400 pounds (about 2 tons), but it is much slower and has a shorter range. This new type of aircraft is not equipped much in the British mainland, and 48 are equipped in Gibraltar, which shows that Britain attaches great importance to this place.

Of course, the O/400 can only carry out horizontal bombing, and does not have the ability to dive bomb. Because it was an anti-ship mission, the 48 O/400s carried 800 pounds (363 kg) of armor-piercing aerial bombs, five per aircraft.

10:05 a.m. Air raids began.

48 O/400s flew over the Allied fleet and dropped their bombs. Although only one of the 240 bombs hit the target and three missed, they succeeded in disrupting the formation of the Allied fleet. The unfortunate winner was an Italian destroyer, and the 800-pound bomb directly turned it into a member of the deep-sea fleet.

Then there were 60 "Cuckoo" torpedo bombers from Thorpway, the first torpedo aircraft developed by Britain itself, which was born two years earlier than the original space-time model of the same name, but the performance was improved. It can carry one 18-inch MK. IX Aviation Torpedo.

In order to evade the torpedoes, the Allied warships hurriedly evaded, and the formation of the fleet was completely disrupted at this moment. However, the results of the cuckoo torpedo machine were not good, because the warships of various countries in this period began to pay attention to air defense, after all, those who can mix into the great powers are not fools, and when they see someone being blown out by an aircraft, there is no reason not to be vigilant. Especially after the Battle of Jutland, all countries are scrambling to pile up air defense on their own warships, anyway, anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, these things are not too heavy, so naturally they can be loaded on top.

Although torpedoes pose the greatest threat to warships, torpedo machines at this time were limited by the performance of torpedoes, and they had to aim at the target and enter at a low altitude before they could drop mines, and the speed could not be too fast. This time is the most dangerous, and it is basically a live target. Under the frantic fire of the Allied warships, the "Cuckoo" torpedo bombers, which approached the target at low speed, suffered heavy casualties. These planes are not the all-metal planes of later generations, on the contrary, in order to reduce weight, most of the body materials are wood and canvas, and a machine gun bullet is enough to drink, if it is a shell, there is no future.

Half of these 60 cuckoos were shot down directly, and a few more were not able to drop mines because of their bad position, and in the end only 25 torpedo planes successfully dropped torpedoes, but MK. The performance of the IX aviation torpedo is very bad, not only the speed is only 33 knots, but also the range is only 800 meters, and the most disgusting thing is that its gyroscope often fails, and the dropped torpedoes often plunge headlong into the bottom of the sea, and the fuse is also problematic.

Of the 25 torpedoes, 5 of them unsurprisingly performed a big top, plunged headlong into the sea and did not float up. Of the other 20 torpedoes, 15 were successfully dodged by the opponent, and only 5 hit the target, but only 2 of the 5 torpedoes exploded. It is estimated that at this time, the British torpedo pilots must have 100,000 grass and mud horses galloping past in their hearts.

The Turkish Hyradin Barbarossa dreadnought could not laugh, and it was unfortunate enough to take a shot and explode. But it's good that MK. The IX aviation torpedo did not have a large charge, and this shot only opened a hole in its side and was not fatal enough. Another unfortunate island was an old protective cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, which blew up its steering gear and paralyzed it directly at sea.

At this time, the British fighters, who had dispersed the Allied fighters, finally came to the rescue, and when the anti-aircraft fire of the enemy ships was attracted by the torpedo planes, they dived down from a high altitude, strafed the enemy's anti-aircraft fire with machine guns and cannons, and helped the opponent wash the deck. A bloody storm suddenly blew on the Allied warships, a large number of anti-aircraft gun emplacements were destroyed, and a large number of gunners were killed and wounded. No way, anti-aircraft fire in this era is almost unprotected.

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Just when the Allied fleet was entangled with the aircraft, eighteen capital ships of Britain and Japan appeared on the sea level, four of the Higashiyama-class, wrong, Kongo-class battle cruisers, and they took advantage of 27. The high speed of 5 knots was quickly interspersed with the left flank of the Allied fleet, and at the same time they also carried a ticket of light ships. The remaining fourteen capital ships had been lined up, and eight mounted and heavy cruisers were deployed to the right flank of the Allied fleet.

10:48 a.m. For the first time, the roar of 14-inch guns sounded on the sea.

"Boom...... Rumble...... The "Boom ......" was the first to outflank the King Kong class, which began to test fire.

At this time, the formation of the Allied fleet was still in a chaotic state of avoiding air raids, and the main commanders of the three countries had previously concentrated on the Italian flagship Andrea Doria, so there was no time to return after the air raids came, and now the Austro-Hungarian and Turkish warships were in a state of leaderlessness. Now that the warships of the three countries are mixed together, it is really difficult to restore the formation in a short time.

10:55 a.m. The main forces of the Anglo-Japanese fleet came into range and also began test firing. The Confederate fleet was flanked from both sides.

At exactly 11 o'clock, the King Kong opened the scoring and hit the Italian dreadnought Vittorio Emanuel and blew up a secondary gun. Subsequently, the Fuso hit the wounded dreadnought of the Hyradin Barbarossa.

At 11:05, the Japanese carrier-based aircraft group arrived, and 12 Type 76 ships burst out of the clouds and dived down from a high altitude.

Leading the bomber group was Ensign Akechi Hidetsuna, who observed in the air for a while and found that at this time the anti-aircraft fire of the Allied fleet was still strong, and it was now British planes attacking. So he decided to change the target to two lone aircraft carriers 3 km from the rear.

Akechi Hidetsuna and the deputy captain exchanged sign language (there was no radio on the Japanese planes at this time), and then each rushed to the two aircraft carriers with six bombers. Akechi Hidetsuna is a new tender officer who graduated from the 44th class of the Etajima Naval Academy only last year, and he originally studied torpedoes, but he had just entered the school when the Sino-Japanese War broke out. When the Chinese Air Force bombed Jiangtian Island, he happened to be out on an errand, and luckily escaped, but he also saw the power of the Air Force with his own eyes. Subsequently, the Japanese Navy, which had been bombed out of the air, learned from the painful experience and added a major in naval aviation after the reconstruction of Etajima, and a wise student who felt the power of the air force also applied to be transferred to the major of naval aviation. After graduating, he was assigned to Japan's first aircraft carrier as a bomber commander.

Japan's Type 76 shipburst is a carrier-based dive bomber developed by Japan itself, with average performance, and can carry one 300-kilogram bomb and two 50-kilogram bombs. Wise Hidetsuna's chosen target was Sardinia, and he pressed the lever and dived down first.

Akechi Hidetsuna desperately aimed at the center line of the deck of the Sardinia, braved the shells that kept passing by, rushed down at 80 degrees, and did not press the bomb button until an altitude of 400 meters, dropping all three bombs. After the bomb was dropped, the fuselage suddenly jumped, and Akechi Xiugang desperately pulled the joystick, and pulled up from the sky over the Sardinia in a very thrilling way, and the tail almost grazed the mast of the Sardinia.

Akechi Xiugang was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and just after he breathed a sigh of relief, he heard the machine gunner behind him shouting excitedly: "Captain, all three shots!"

He hurriedly looked back, and saw that the Sardinia had already been ablaze, and a large hole had been blown in the middle of the deck, and there was a small hole near the bridge, and the last bomb had fallen behind the bridge, blowing up an anti-aircraft gun.

"Shrith!" Wise was overjoyed, raised his fist and waved.

At this moment, a huge fireball suddenly exploded from the breach in the deck of the Sardinia, followed by a series of earth-shattering explosions. The exploding fireball rose hundreds of meters high, and the second plane that was diving, so frightened that it hurriedly dropped the bomb and quickly pulled up the nose of the plane.

"Nani, no, did this hit the ammunition depot or the oil depot?"

It hit the oil depot, and the armor-piercing incendiary bomb he had just dropped exploded next to the aviation fuel depot after penetrating two decks, and the spreading fire quickly ignited the gasoline inside, so the Sardinian was tragic.

At this time, the squadron of the deputy captain also had a success, and the six 300-kilogram bombs they dropped hit four and eight of the 12 50-kilogram bombs hit, blowing up the Sicily. However, one bomber was also shot down by anti-aircraft fire.

Seeing that the aircraft carrier had been heavily damaged, the Japanese 12 torpedo planes aimed at the enemy battleship, and while the capital ships of both sides were bombarding, they launched a lightning strike. This Type 75 ship attack is a triplane, which is very stable, but it flies slower than the British "cuckoo", and in the process of approaching, it was shot down by the Allied ** ship. The seven surviving ones managed to drop torpedoes and managed to hit two torpedoes.

Two of the torpedoes hit the dreadnought Naples while it was turning its rudder, and the other hit the dreadnought Benedetto Brin.

At this time, the capital ship bombardment also had a result, and the British Indian was surrounded by three Earl Cavour-class dreadnoughts, and was in ruins. The New Zealand was also beaten by two Queen Elizabeth-class ships and could not take care of themselves, with three large holes in its belly and thousands of tons of seawater poured into it, which was already heavily tilted.

However, the Turkish Suleiman the Magnificent was unlucky to be beaten by a group of four Japanese battleships, and 32 14-inch guns fed it a total of 27 heavy shells, the No. 4 turret was blown away, the entire starboard side secondary guns and anti-aircraft guns were destroyed, the superstructure was blown to the ground, the No. 2 chimney was also broken, and the sighting facilities were also missing. But the Fuxi-class perverted defenses were on display, and despite the heavy blow, the core chamber remained unharmed, and not a single shell had penetrated its main armor belt.

Seeing that the Allied fleet was in disarray, the Austro-Hungarian fleet immediately began to release smoke and slip away, and then the Turkish warships also escorted the Suleiman the Great. The Italian Navy saw that its friends flashed, and the two aircraft carriers were bombed so that they could not take care of themselves, and they also had the idea of retreating. At that moment, he hurriedly released the smoke and slowly retreated.

The Japanese, apparently, had no intention of fighting the Allied fleet to the death, and did not chase after seeing the other side retreating, but turned their fire to the wounded former dreadnoughts that had dropped their speed.

Seeing that the Japanese were killing dogs, Admiral Milne, commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet, was very angry.

"General Yamashita, why don't you pursue it? Now is the good chance!" he angrily questioned the Japanese commander beside him.

Gentaro Yamashita, the commander of the Combined Fleet, glanced at him and said politely: "Sir, the order I received from this officer is to assist your army in repelling the attack of the Allies, and now that the enemy ships have retreated, the purpose of the operation has been achieved, and the mission of our army has been completed, it is really not appropriate to make extraneous branches......

Gentaro Yamashita is not a fool, where is he willing to be cannon fodder for the British? Japanese warships are so precious, how can there be a reason to casually fight with others, and this Nima is not fighting for his own country, so a fool has to fight for his life.

Seeing that the few warships of the Allies that had not run away had been beaten to death, a satisfied smile appeared on Gentaro Yamashita's face, and he said to Milne, who was blushing: "The ancient famous general Takeda Shingen once said that the battle is best with a five-point victory, a seven-point victory is the middle, and a ten-point victory is the bottom. A five-point win makes people continue to be self-motivated, a seven-point win wins slackness, and a ten-point win makes people proud and arrogant. If you win a 10th victory in a battle, you will inevitably be proud, and you will be defeated. This is true of all things that are not wars. ”

Milne's face turned green when he heard the interpreter's words, and he almost resisted the urge to punch the damn yellow-skinned monkey in the face. We in the British Empire are asking you to help with real money, but now you are Lao Tzu to win by five points, and I am five points better than your sister!

But it's useless for him to get angry again, looking at the Japanese posture, he will definitely not do any more, but if he wants to lead the British fleet to pursue by himself, he is not strong enough. Although the losses of the other side were not small, there were still ten dreadnoughts intact. Catch up and find death?

Milne had to pinch his nose and give the order to clean up the battlefield and retreat, and forced his nausea to send a good news to London.

According to post-war statistics, the battle sank three Allied ex-dreadnoughts (the Turkish Hyradin Barbarossa, the Italian Naples and Benedetto Brin), the aircraft carrier Sardinia (which was killed by a destroyer mine strike after being judged to be unsalivable), as well as 2 protective cruisers and 3 destroyers, and 7 torpedo boats. Heavy damage was inflicted on Suleiman the Magnificent, as well as 2 armored cruisers and 2 light cruisers.

Another heavy gain was the capture of the Italian aircraft carrier Sicily, which was blown up and paralyzed on the surface of the sea and could not run. As soon as the two Japanese destroyers approached, the Italians surrendered. After the Japanese went up to inspect it, they found that although the aircraft carrier had been bombed badly, the overall structure had not been damaged much, so they happily dragged it back. Of course, afterwards, for the sake of the ownership of this trophy, they had to fight with the British for several days. Now is the time for the British, and it is not easy to grab too fiercely, so in the end they have to give up.

On the side of the Entente, two British dreadnoughts, the Indian and the New Zealand, were sunk, as well as 1 light cruiser and 2 destroyers. The losses of the Japanese fleet were minimal, that is, the Fuso and Haruna each received a heavy artillery, but both were shot in the superstructure, and the injuries were not severe, and several destroyers were slightly injured when they entangled with the opposing light ships. There is also the loss of 8 aircraft.

This battle allowed the Japanese Navy to regain confidence after the disastrous defeat in the East China Sea, and at the same time, they also set a record of sinking the opponent's aircraft carrier with an aircraft carrier for the first time, which can be regarded as creating the history of the plane. The wise hidegang who blew up the Sardinia also became a battlefield star with the reputation of "one plane and one ship".

However, the Allied doom was not over, and they were too panicked in their retreat, and as a result, they ran into a British minelayer submarine that touched behind them. As soon as the British saw that the opportunity had come, they hurriedly laid all the mines on their route. As a result, the Italian Leonardo da Vinci and the Austro-Hungarian Prince Eugen were unfortunately hit, and one of them hit a mine. Fortunately, the frigates arrived in time and scared away these submarines, or they would probably have to be torpedoed again.

Italy, Austria and Turkey suffered a big loss this time, especially Italy, not to mention hanging two former dreadnoughts, and even the two aircraft carriers that had just been commissioned were finished together. Turkey is also angry, it doesn't have much money, but now it has a battleship, even if it is a former dreadnought, it is enough to be heartbroken for a long time. Austria-Hungary, although it suffered the least losses, also hung a cruiser, and several battleships suffered heavy losses.

After they withdrew in a gloomy manner, they naturally couldn't help but complain to each other. Anyway, their reports to the top of their country are all to put the blame on their teammates, and the content is almost the same, which is roughly as follows: "This defeat is not because our army is incompetent, and they all blame the pig teammates for being too stupid and dragging us down! Not a crime of war! Not a crime of war!"

The Turks first drove their precious super intrepid back and docked for overhaul. On this plane, with the support of China, they built a 40,000-ton dock in Thessaloniki, the old den of the Austrian Socialist Party, to repair the super-dreadnought. The situation was much better than that of the original plane, and at that time they had to fight with injuries for a long time because they did not have a large dockyard.

As soon as the Turks left, Austria-Hungary also drove the fleet home to rest, and the Allied combined fleet was disbanded.

The three kingdoms have been fighting for a long time over this defeat, and before they figure it out, it will be impossible to form an alliance again. There is no way, the relationship between these three countries is not good, they have done it many times in history, if it weren't for the fact that there is a common enemy now, it is very possible that they themselves have done it first