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Text Chapter 1084 The Power of Toys

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    "Your Excellency, Commander, the battlecruiser formation reported that the Chinese dispatched a large number of aircraft." Roslin, Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet.  Vice Admiral Wells reported to Fleet Commander John.  Admiral Jellicoe reported.

    "Plane? What's the use of that thing?" John.  Admiral Jellicoe asked in surprise.

    "Maybe the Chinese want to use planes to attack our warships! Just like they used planes to bomb the U.S. Army on the Mexican battlefield. I heard that the U.S. Army suffered heavy losses under the bombing of their planes!" Roslin.  Lieutenant General Wells said.

    "Haha! Those yellow-skinned monkeys are too whimsical! That kind of toy may be useful for enemies on land, but will it be useful for fast-sailing battleships on the sea? I don't believe it. Besides, the thick armor of the battleship  Enough to withstand bombs dropped from airplanes." John.  Admiral Jellicoe laughed and said, obviously he thinks this tactic adopted by the Chinese Navy is very ridiculous and will never succeed.

    "The Chinese always use some strange tricks on the battlefield. However, I am also very curious, how could they think of using aircraft to attack the opponent's battleships? The aircraft is so small, just like a toy, and it wants to destroy a battleship of tens of thousands of tons.  How is that possible?" Roslyn.  Lieutenant General Wells shook his head speechlessly. Obviously he did not believe that the Chinese Navy's fighter planes could do anything to their huge battleships.

    "I finally know the trap of the Chinese. The Chinese deliberately led us here, probably to create opportunities for the aircraft they deployed in Sicily. The Chinese's attempt to use aircraft to defeat us is simply a delusion. Order  Each ship is ready for battle, and after the battlecruiser formation intercepts the Chinese navy, we will rush up and kill them all!" John.  Admiral Jellicoe said energetically, as if he was sure of victory. The worries in his heart disappeared without a trace after the answer to the mystery was solved.  He had been worried that the Combined Fleet would fall into the trap of the Chinese Navy, but he never expected that the Chinese Navy actually planned to use aircraft to deal with the Combined Fleet.  John.  Admiral Jellicoe did not think that a huge battleship would be destroyed by a small aircraft.  Therefore, he thinks that the combined fleet has won this battle!

    John.  Admiral Jellicoe did not know that the aircraft he originally thought were just toys had already launched an attack on the battlecruiser formation of the Combined Fleet at this time, and put the three battlecruisers into a deep crisis.  Got it.

    "Come on to the 3rd Squadron! Blast it into the big ship below!" Lieutenant Colonel Ding Jianwei, captain of the 3rd Squadron of the Naval Aviation Wing, ordered.  He had already set his sights on the largest battlecruiser in the combined fleet's battlecruiser formation, the British Navy's Lion-class battlecruiser, the only surviving battlecruiser, the Princess Royal battlecruiser.

    A ¡®Fish Eagle¡¯ dive bomber from the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Wing, 3rd Battalion arrived

    ¡®In the sky above the battlecruiser Princess Royal, preparations for a dive bombing began.  At this moment, 'Royal Princess, the officers and soldiers on board the ship have no idea what happened. They have never encountered such a situation at all, and they don't know how to defend themselves against the fighters in the sky.

    A ¡®Fish Eagle¡¯ dive bomber from the 3rd Squadron of the 3rd Wing, 3rd Group, began to dive and drop bombs on the battlecruiser ¡®Royal Princess¡¯ in small groups.  The first to dive were four 'Fish Eagle' dive bombers led by the squadron leader himself.

    "Jie Jie!" 'Fish Eagle, when the dive bomber dives with mechanical power, it will also make a sharp whistle, which will make people's scalp numb.  'Royal Princess,' the British naval officers and soldiers on the battlecruiser covered their ears and looked in horror at the fighter planes that were rapidly swooping down in the sky.

    "What happened to the Chinese fighter planes? Is it broken?" Many British naval officers and soldiers thought so as they watched the fighter planes swooping down towards the battleships in the sky.

    In the sky, four ¡®Fish Eagle¡¯ dive bombers quickly dived downwards at an angle of 60 degrees.

    ¡®Princess Royal, swoop down.  When it was only two hundred meters away from the battlecruiser Princess Royal, a 500-kilogram aerial bomb was dropped under the belly of the aircraft, relying on inertia to

    ¡®Princess Royal, hit the battlecruiser.

    "What is that?" The captain of the battlecruiser Princess Royal thought that there was something wrong with the Chinese naval aviation aircraft and it was going to crash.  However, then I saw these planes pulling up again. At the same time, several black things were falling towards the battleship.

    "Bomb! That's a bomb carried on a plane!" The lookout on the battlecruiser Princess Royal first discovered what those black spots were and immediately raised the alarm.  But it's too late!

    Only one of the bombs dropped by the Fish Eagle and dive bombers hit the target, and the other three fell into the sea.  at this time¡¤'The bow of the battlecruiser Princess Royal has been enveloped in thick smoke.  The aerial bomb fell from a height of more than 200 meters and easily penetrated the battlecruiser Princess Royal with only 64 millimeters of deck armor.  The aerial bomb exploded inside the Princess Royal, creating a large crater in the deck at the bow of the ship.  The other three aerial bombs also exploded water columns tens of meters high on the sea.

    "Oh God! Is this the power of those toys?" 'Princess Royal, the British naval officers and soldiers on the battlecruiser were stunned at this moment.  Those bombs dropped from airplanes are not as powerful as large-caliber naval guns!  So far, only one bomb has hit the battlecruiser Princess Royal. Although it did not cause fatal damage, it had shocked the British naval officers and soldiers.

    "The 2nd Squadron and the 3rd Squadron continue to drop bombs, and let me shoot more accurately!" the squadron leader of the 3rd Squadron who had just finished dropping the bombs ordered.

    Another ¡®Fish Eagle¡¯ dive bomber in the sky also entered the dive channel and began its dive.

    "Turn! Escape quickly!" At this moment, the captain of the battlecruiser Princess Royal no longer dared to underestimate these aircraft and immediately ordered the battleship to evade quickly.

    ¡®Princess Royal, the battlecruiser immediately called for an emergency turn.  However, with a displacement of up to 29,000 tons, the battlecruiser 'Royal Princess' has a hull like a hill.  It is completely impossible to turn around quickly.

    Soon, the other eight ¡®Fish Eagles¡¯ and dive bombers of the 3rd Squadron also dropped bombs one after another.  This time, three of the eight bombs hit their target.  These three aerial bombs weighing 500 kilograms completely killed the battlecruiser Princess Royal.

    A bomb destroyed the main gun on the forward deck.  Another bomb hit the stern of the ship, destroying the second half of the cabin at the stern, and the battleship began to flood.  The design of the watertight compartments of the British Navy's battleships is unreasonable. After the battleship is flooded, it is impossible to prevent the battleship from sinking by closing the watertight doors.  The last bomb hit the bridge, killing more than a dozen officers, including the captain.  The rapid water inflow at the stern of the ship caused the bow of the 'Royal Princess' to rise high and was lifted out of the water. Finally, it sank to the bottom of the sea with the bow facing upwards.

    After the battlecruiser Princess Royal suffered heavy damage, the Chinese navy's aviation let go of the first battleship sunk by fighter planes and pounced on the other two battlecruisers.  The fighter planes that dropped the bombs returned, preparing to reload their bombs before coming back to fight.

    The other two squadrons of the 3rd Group of the Wing responded to the battlecruiser New Zealand and the

    ¡®Don¡¯t give up, the battlecruiser pounced.  At this moment, the two battlecruisers have seen

    ¡®The tragic scene of the battlecruiser Princess Royal.  Even the battlecruiser Princess Royal couldn't resist it, let alone these two battlecruisers.

    The battlecruiser 'New Zealand' and the battlecruiser 'Indomitable' quickly turned and prepared to escape.  But no matter how fast a battleship is, it cannot be compared to an airplane.

    The other two squadrons of the 3rd Group of the 3rd Wing, one squadron dealt with a battlecruiser.  After flying over the battlecruiser, they immediately began dive bombing.

    At this time, the Osprey and torpedo attack aircraft of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Wing also arrived on the battlefield.  'Osprey, the torpedo attack aircraft were slower. When they rushed to the battlefield, they had already seen the battlecruiser 'Royal Princess' slowly sinking, and the other two battlecruisers were in the 3rd Group.  Under the siege of the other two squadrons, it is estimated that it will be difficult to escape the vicious hands.  Therefore, the captain of the 2nd Group ordered a torpedo attack aircraft from the 3rd Squadron of the 2nd Group to stay and cooperate with the 3rd Group to attack the other two battlecruisers. The other Ospreys and torpedo attack aircraft of the 2nd Group continued to attack.  Wash the flight and prepare to attack the main force of the combined fleet.  You know, these three battlecruisers are just appetizers, and there are 13 battleships of the combined fleet behind them!

    "Boom!" A 500-kilogram aerial bomb exploded on the battlecruiser New Zealand, destroying the first chimney amidships.  The billowing smoke almost enveloped the entire battleship.

    At this time, a small group of Osprey torpedo attack aircraft circled to the left front of the New Zealand battlecruiser and dropped a torpedo less than 500 meters away from the New Zealand battlecruiser. The whole process was not blocked by any means.  .

    "Torpedoes! Four torpedoes at 10 o'clock, avoid immediately!" The officers and soldiers on the battlecruiser New Zealand discovered the torpedoes and quickly issued a warning.  But the distance of 500 meters only takes thirty seconds for a heavy torpedo with a speed of 30 knots.
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