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    At the same time as the first Eagle dropped its bombs, almost all the Eagles in the sky rushed towards their respective targets, like a group of predatory golden eagles, dropping bombs one after another on the warships below, and these  Almost without exception, the aircraft targeted the capital ships, and even Marshal Fisher's Britannia became the target of six bombers.  Watching the bombers falling almost vertically from the sky, the British sailors screamed and fired wildly. Their efforts achieved a result. An Eagle was shot down by the anti-aircraft gun of the cruiser next to it responsible for protection. But the problem was  The Eagle, covered in flames, then hit the light cruiser along with the plane and bombs.  Then in the flames of the explosion, this warship with a displacement of less than 5,000 tons actually suffered a terrible ammunition explosion. Not only did it blow itself into two pieces, but the fragments were also returned to the Britannia, which was less than 100 meters away.  Caused heavy casualties.  At the same time, the other two bombers successfully dropped bombs on the Britannia. One of them exploded on the sea less than ten meters away, while the other smashed directly into the stern deck, and then swept across with huge explosion power.  All around, the fuel pipe of a diesel engine broke during the explosion. The Britannia, which was racing at 27 knots, immediately slowed down. At the same time, the leaked diesel fuel caused a fire. The damage control crews could only brave the flames and fight desperately.  Fighting, the whole ship was in chaos.  "Marshal, you'd better prepare to change a ship." Betty, who went to check the situation, walked up to Marshal Fisher with a greasy look on her face and said.  "It's not necessary. This is the flagship, and I am the commander. I will live and die with it." Fisher said lightly. Although it sounded heroic and noble, the helpless sadness was difficult to conceal. This  A naval marshal who could almost be said to have single-handedly created what was once the world's largest and most perfect battle fleet, now understood.  The days of battleships are over.  In just a few minutes, all twelve battleships at sea were hit by bombs. The Guba was hit by six bombs in a very short time. The fire caused by the diesel leakage almost swallowed up this ship with a displacement of nearly 20,000 tons.  Battleship, its fate has been determined.  So far, only three bombers have been shot down. Even if he killed them, he would not think that the value of these three bombers would exceed 30,000 pounds, and the value of the Guba was 2.5 million pounds. This was completely a scam.  A battle of unequal value, as the former First Sea Lord.  He knew exactly what the real war was about.  "The era of battleships has passed. The future belongs to the sky. Our old friend has laid a big plan. When we cheer for his diesel engines and perfect battleships to bid farewell to the steam era, who can  Guess he actually spent twenty years spinning a lie?" He said with a wry smile.  "What kind of plane is that?" General Betty didn't have much impression. His status was too low and he was not qualified to associate with Emperor Yang. He was not on the same level as Fisher, an old friend who had been with Yang Feng for more than ten years.  What he noticed was that a second batch of bombers appeared in the sky at this time.  "What's down there?" He held up his binoculars and looked at the hundred Swordfish that started to descend in astonishment. Suddenly, as if his tail had been stepped on, he picked up the phone and screamed, regardless of the fleet commander next to him: "Inform all ships, don't  Let the enemy planes get closer, they are torpedo attack planes!¡± But at this time, the first Swordfish had already rushed towards the battleship Ireland.  This battleship had been hit by two bombs before. Fortunately, as it was also an Edward VII class, its protective performance was still good and it was only slightly damaged. At this time, all the anti-aircraft firepower was blocking the four bombers overhead.  Those anti-aircraft gunners did not notice the sudden appearance of a small aircraft on the sea two kilometers away. When they discovered the Swordfish and quickly adjusted their firepower, the opponent had already rushed to less than 1.5 kilometers away.  Just as the British naval guns opened fire.  The attacking Swordfish quickly dropped its torpedoes. The steam gas torpedoes dragged a clear track under the clear water and headed towards the Ireland. The sailors on the Ireland were dumbfounded. They did not expect that the aircraft was carrying  It turned out to be a torpedo. Even the captain in the command room slowed down. When he came to his senses and yelled at the helmsman at the top of his lungs to turn the helm, the torpedo with a high speed of forty knots hit the midwater line of the ship. One hundred  The explosive power of 70 kilograms of antimony instantly tore a large hole more than 20 meters long under the waterline, and seawater began to pour in crazily.  At the same time, the other two Swordfish also dropped torpedoes at it. Although one was blocked by a destroyer that sacrificed its life to protect the master, the remaining one almost hit the same position as the first one.  The explosion at a depth of four meters turned the sea water into the most terrifying weapon. The impact of water pressure easily nearly doubled the size of the crack, and the Irish began to sink in a very short period of time.  Of course it is not the most unlucky, the most unlucky is a British light cruiser, the cruiser that protected the battleship Africa.?It was thrown directly from the sea by the force of a torpedo explosion, and then fell down before the cavity formed by the explosion was filled with sea water. The front and rear ends were supported by the buoyancy of sea water, but the middle part was suspended.  Thousands of tons of weight became the deadliest killer at this time, and the more than 100-meter-long warship broke instantly.  With the addition of these torpedo attack aircraft, this sea-air battle has entered a climax. Above are dive bombers dropping bombs or strafing, and on the sea are torpedo planes attacking at low altitudes. Under the sound of anti-aircraft gunfire and the screams of Allied sailors,  In the sound, the harsh roar of falling bombs and the huge explosion of torpedoes kept ringing. One battleship after another slowly sank with flames, and columns of smoke rose into the sky in the sun.  "Marshal, should we consider retreating?" Betty said. The fire on the Britannia has been controlled, but it has lost one-third of its speed, and two main guns cannot be used. It should be said that this is extremely lucky.  , otherwise this flagship should become a torch like the Guba.  "Retreat? Can we outrun these 200-knot bombers?" Fisher said with a wry smile.  "But if we don't retreat, once their main fleet is encircled, we will have no hope. The fleet cannot fight in this state. It will be night in four hours. Their bombers cannot attack at night. We  There's one night to escape," Betty said.  Fisher was shocked. He was so preoccupied with these bombers that he forgot that there was a battle fleet nearby that was not inferior to him in strength. Moreover, at this time, the Guba and the Ireland were completely hopeless. In addition, the Africa was hit.  Six torpedoes were directly blown into torches, and the remaining nine battleships were all injured. There was no hope for a decisive battle between the battleships. What's more, these planes would fly over again to bomb after they went back to refuel and reload. Then they would face the sky and the sea.  Attacking at the same time, his fleet, which carries all the hopes of the Allied Powers, may have only one way to be annihilated.  "Retreat, retreat immediately!" He ordered without hesitation.  At this time, the air raid was almost over. After all, those Eagle fighter-bombers could only carry a 250-kilogram bomb at most. There was a huge gap between them and the large dive bombers during World War II. As for the Swordfish, not to mention,  But their air attack alone resulted in the complete destruction of three battleships of the Allied Allied Forces. The Ireland was almost sunk. The sailors on the Guba and Africa had already begun to abandon the ship, and there was also a heavy ship.  Cruisers, four light cruisers sank, and even more were injured. Their own losses were only ten carrier-based aircraft, which can be said to be minimal.  Just as the combined fleet turned and prepared to escape below, the carrier-based aircraft groups in the sky also began to return one after another. They needed to go back to refuel and reload before conducting a second round of air strikes.  Fisher abandoned all the warships that had no hope, and then led his fleet to turn around and head northeast. Of course, it was not to return to Port Heroes. There was no point in going back there. He could only sit back and wait for death. His goal was to return directly to the British mainland.  But unfortunately, at the same time, Yang Yonglin also got the news of his escape. The fleet, which was sailing at full speed, turned around again. The two Hongwu-class battlecruisers left the slower battleship fleet and increased their speed to the limit of thirty-five knots.  Cutting to the Combined Fleet, at the same time, the four Hongwu-class battle cruisers responsible for escorting the aircraft carrier formation also left the similarly slower aircraft carriers and rushed towards the Combined Fleet.  The second ship Dingzhen began to recover the carrier-based aircraft under the escort of a group of cruisers and destroyers, and at the same time refueled and loaded its aircraft. As for the losses, it was easy to just get spare ones to replenish them. The Eagle and Swordfish each had twenty  In addition, the original Essex-class Dingyuan-class aircraft carrier can even carry more than a hundred of the large carrier-based aircraft from World War II, not to mention these Eagles and Swordfish. This is why Emperor Yang did not equip them.  Because of the larger aircraft, what he needs most now is quantity.  Just when the carrier-based aircraft took off again from Dingzhen, Yang Yonglin had already caught up with Fisher's fleet. The densely packed light spots on the radar screen of the Momotari, the flagship of the American Task Force, were racing at a high speed of 35 knots.  The closer it gets, according to calculations it is almost entering the 30-kilometer range of the 280 main gun.  "Prepare to fire, aim at the largest ship!" As his order was issued, various parameters obtained by the radar began to be input into the ballistic computer of the firing director, and then the calculated data was transmitted to each turret in the form of electricity.  The turret rotated and the gun barrels were raised. The Momotari and its sister ship Changan combined the 18 barrels of the six triple 280 main guns all pointed at Fisher's flagship Britannia.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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