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    At the beginning of the war, the German Navy¡¯s submarine force had always been a headache for China!  These wolves hiding under the sea pose a huge threat to the Chinese navy and merchant ships!  The German Navy cannot compare with the Chinese Navy in terms of surface warships, so submarines have become their ace force that they focus on developing!  Before the war began, the German Navy already had more than 300 submarines, and most of these submarines were ocean-going submarines!

    At the beginning, the Chinese Navy¡¯s transport fleet and merchant ships suffered heavy losses under the attack of the German Navy¡¯s submarines, and had to dispatch a large number of destroyers and frigates to escort the transport fleet and merchant ships.  But as the Chinese Navy has invested more and more "City-class" destroyers and "Erhai-class" frigates with anti-submarine functions in the Atlantic direction, the German Navy's submarine force has been suppressed!  More and more submarines were found and sunk before they attacked, and the number of Chinese merchant ships sunk by German submarines also began to decrease sharply!

    Later, China deployed a large number of anti-submarine patrol aircraft on islands in the Atlantic Ocean, and cooperated with anti-submarine warships on the water to encircle and suppress the German Navy's submarine force!  After several months of hard work, the German Navy's submarine force suffered heavy losses.  Moreover, at the request of the Navy, the Air Force conducted intensive bombings on several major submarine manufacturing plants of the German Navy, further damaging the strength of the German Navy's submarine force.

    By May 1919, German submarines continued to operate in the Atlantic and North Sea.  There are already less than twenty ships!  In contrast, the Chinese Navy¡¯s submarine force.  is active in the North Sea.  Attacking German warships and merchant ships formed a blockade of Germany's coastline.  The German Navy lacks anti-submarine warships, and the submarine force that defends the Chinese Navy is even less powerful!

    After the Chinese Navy submarine discovered that the main force of the German Navy had left the port, it immediately reported it to the Second Fleet Headquarters!  The commander of the Second Fleet, General Gao Yihai, immediately ordered the Second Fleet to prepare for battle!  At this time, the main force of the Second Fleet was assembled in the Atlantic Ocean north of England. The main purpose was to block the German Navy's way into the Atlantic Ocean!  As the German Navy's High Seas Fleet heads in this direction, the two sides will eventually encounter each other at sea!

    After receiving the support of five aircraft carrier battle groups composed of "Wuyue-class" aircraft carriers sent from the mainland fleet, the strength of the Chinese Navy's Second Fleet has greatly increased.  The number of aircraft carriers has increased to ten, and all ten aircraft carriers are "Wuyue-class" aircraft carriers.  In addition, the fleet also has a task force composed of 6 'Hanxin-class' battleships.  In terms of overall strength, the Second Fleet has become the most powerful fleet among the three major fleets of the Chinese Navy!  Although the German Navy has ten 'Hohenzollern-class' aircraft carriers and five 'Prussian-class' aircraft carriers, the battleships also have five 'Revenge-class' battleships and one 'Bavaria-class' battleship, which are powerful.  However, the strength of the navy does not entirely depend on battleships.  No matter how good a battleship is, it still needs people to control it.  In terms of the quality of soldiers, the Chinese Navy is already far ahead of the German Navy!  Although the British Navy and the German Navy are united, they cannot compare with the Chinese Navy in this regard!  Especially in terms of carrier-based aircraft, the gap between the two sides is even greater!  Not to mention.  The Chinese Navy¡¯s Second Fleet is not fighting alone!  The main force of the Chinese Navy's First Fleet has already headed to the Atlantic Ocean!  After victory had been established in the Pacific battlefield, the First Fleet dispatched two task forces consisting of two 'Island-class' aircraft carriers and two 'Imperial-class' battleships and four 'Tang-class' battleships.  Go to Europe and support the decisive battle between the Second Fleet and the German Navy!  However, this fleet has been kept secret, and the German Navy does not know that this fleet has arrived in the Atlantic Ocean!  This directly caused the German Navy's advantage in the number of battleships to be completely lost!

    Admiral Gao Yi ordered the Chinese Navy¡¯s 23rd Task Force to move toward the North Sea and intercept the German Navy!  At the same time, Task Force 13 also followed closely behind Task Force 23!  At night, neither carrier-based aircraft can take off. This is the best battlefield for battleships!  The Chinese Navy dispatched two 'Imperial-class' battleships, four 'Tang-class' battleships and six 'Hanxin-class' battleships, which were far more powerful than the German Navy's battleship formation!  Except for the five 'Revenge-class' battleships and one 'Bavaria-class' battleship, the remaining battleships in the German Navy are basically old battleships. These battleships did not participate in this event because their speed was too low.  As a battle!

    At 4 o'clock in the morning, the fleets of both sides encountered each other on the North Sea!  The radar on the Chinese Navy's battleship first discovered the local fleet!  The six 'Hanxin-class' battleships are all equipped with radars, which can still detect enemy surface warships 40 kilometers away at night, and provide azimuth guidance for bombardment!  Of course, the radar performance at this time was not high and could not be used for the battleship's performance.The gun provides precise data and can only provide a rough orientation!  But, even so, this is much better than not seeing each other at all!

    At 4:15 in the morning, six 'Hanxin-class' battleships opened fire first, launching a fierce bombardment at the local battleships 20 kilometers away!

    When the orange flames shone at the muzzle and the shells fell, the German Navy discovered the problem.  Admiral Franz von Hipper, commander of the German Navy's High Seas Fleet, ordered the battleship formation to fight, and at the same time ordered the aircraft carriers in the rear to evacuate to avoid being attacked by the Chinese Navy's battleships.  Although the aircraft carrier is powerful, its defense is simply vulnerable to the large-caliber naval guns of the battleship!

    The visibility on the sea is very low. Although there are faint stars in the sky, it is difficult to provide guidance for the fleet's bombardment. More, we can only rely on experience.  The Chinese Navy can accurately determine the general direction with the help of radar, and then adjust the shooting angle according to the impact point of the shell and the fire from the enemy's muzzle. This gives the Chinese Navy battleship formation a great advantage!

    Although the German Navy¡¯s ¡®Revenge-class¡¯ battleships and ¡®Bavaria-class¡¯ battleships are equipped with 381 mm main guns, they are much more powerful than the Chinese Navy¡¯s ¡®Hanxin-class¡¯ battleships.  But no matter how powerful the main gun is, it is useless if it cannot hit the target.  On the other hand, the Chinese Navy's 'Hanxin-class' battleships, although the main gun is 343 mm, will still make the German Navy's 'Revenge-class' battleships and 'Bavaria-class' battleships very uncomfortable if it hits the target!

    Of course, the German Navy believes that if it wants to hit an enemy battleship more than ten kilometers away at night when visibility is low, it will only work if God appears!  However, this time, God does not seem to be on the side of the Germans!

    At 4:36, the German Navy's battleship Bismarck was hit and caught fire. The raging fire undoubtedly gave the Chinese Navy good guidance. It also made the battleship Bismarck a magnet for shells. The Chinese Navy's  Six 'Hanxin-class' battleships opened fire on the 'Bismarck' battleship!  In just fifteen minutes, the battleship Bismarck was hit 23 times!  Although the battleship "Bismarck" was thickly armored, 23 343mm artillery shells still killed the battleship "Bismarck"!  In the case of serious flooding, the captain of the 'Bismarck' issued an order to abandon the ship.  At 5:12 in the morning, the battleship 'Bismarck' sank to the bottom of the sea, becoming the first battleship to be sunk in this decisive battle!

    The bombardment strength displayed by the Chinese Navy shocked the German Navy!  However, they regarded the hit of the 'Bismarck' as a coincidence and that it was just the Chinese who had better luck!

    At 5:30 in the morning, the 13th Task Force of the Chinese Navy also arrived on the battlefield!  The addition of two 'Imperial-class' battleships and four 'Tang-class' battleships put the German Navy's battleship fleet in a dilemma.

    At 5:28, the German battleship Sachs was sunk.  At 5:54, the German Navy's battleship Tirpitz was sunk!  Three super battleships were sunk, causing heavy losses to the German Navy!  At the same time, the 13th Task Force of the Chinese Navy joined the battlefield, which also made the German Navy know that the situation had changed. The main force of the Chinese Navy had already arrived on the battlefield!

    However, the German Navy has not given up hope!  It is almost dawn now, and the 15 aircraft carriers of the German Navy are already busy.  Ground crews are refueling the carrier-based aircraft, attaching bombs and fish, in preparation for the attack!

    At 5:40 in the morning, the first German Navy dive bomber took off from the aircraft carrier Prussia. Subsequently, the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft also took off one after another from the remaining 14 aircraft carriers.  The German Navy's 'Prussia' aircraft carrier can each carry 80 combat aircraft, and each 'Hohenzollern-class' aircraft carrier can carry more than 90 aircraft!  Admiral Franz von Hipper devoted all his strength to this operation, dispatching a total of 360 dive bombers and 360 torpedo attack aircraft. There were as many as three fighter jets to escort these bombers.  Hundreds of frames!  The targets of these German carrier-based aircraft attacks are not the battleships of the Chinese Navy, but the aircraft carriers of the Chinese Navy!  The German Navy also knows that if it wants to win a naval battle, it must first sink the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier. As for the Chinese Navy's battleships, it can wait until later!  However, when the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft took off, the Chinese Navy's carrier-based aircraft force also took off!  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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