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    A 533mm heavy torpedo was fired at the 'New Zealand' at high speed. The 'Fish Eagle' battlecruiser was dodging in the sky as it dived downwards to drop bombs. The 'New Zealand' dive bomber did not even notice the crisis coming from the left front of the battlecruiser.  .  After being warned, it was already too late. It was simply impossible for a ship with a displacement of 22,000 tons and a length of 180 meters to avoid the torpedoes coming in a fan shape.

    "Boom! Boom!" Two loud bangs sounded at the bow of the battlecruiser New Zealand.  Two of the four torpedoes hit the battlecruiser, one hit the armor near the waterline on the bow, and the other hit the waterline armor on the rear side of the bow.  The two heavy-duty torpedoes are packed with kilograms of high explosives, which are more powerful than 343mm naval gun shells.

    In the violent explosion, the battlecruiser New Zealand jumped out of the water like a frightened fish. The entire bow of the ship was lifted out of the water, and then hit the sea hard. The entire bow of the ship was exploded.  All were destroyed.  The seawater poured into the New Zealand battlecruiser crazily from the loophole in the bow. The hull quickly tilted, and the bow quickly sank into the sea. The soldiers and debris on the deck fell like dumplings.  Into the sea.

    After suffering such heavy damage, the battleship New Zealand had absolutely no chance of survival.  The captain immediately issued an order to abandon the ship, but the entire battleship sank to the bottom of the sea in less than two minutes, leaving a huge spiral nest on the sea. The 800 British naval officers and soldiers on board the battleship  , only a few dozen people successfully escaped, and the rest sank to the bottom of the sea with the battleship.

    Another battlecruiser in the battlecruiser formation of the Combined Fleet, the "Indomitable," was also attacked by more than a dozen "Fish Eagles" and dive bombers.  However, the 'Indomitable' had better luck and escaped the bombings of two teams of 'Fish Eagles' and dive bombers.  However, when the four Fish Eagle dive bombers of the third team were diving, the Indomitable's luck seemed to have run out.

    During this dive bombing, two of the four aerial bombs hit the battlecruiser Indomitable.  One blew a large hole in the forward deck, and another destroyed the rear main gun.  This is not the most fatal blow to the battlecruiser Indomitable.  exist

    "Indomitable," the battlecruiser evaded the "Fish Eagle" in the sky and dive-bombers.

    ¡®Osprey, the torpedo attack aircraft dropped eight torpedoes 600 meters to the left of the ¡®Indomitable¡¯.  Eight 533mm heavy-duty torpedoes rushed towards the battlecruiser 'Indomitable' at high speed.

    After discovering the torpedo incoming at high speed, the soldiers on the left deck of the battlecruiser "Indomitable" issued a warning and fired wildly at the sea surface with the 46mm rapid-fire cannon on the side in an attempt to destroy the torpedo incoming at high speed.  .  However, their efforts were completely in vain.

    At the same time, the battlecruiser "Indomitable" also began an emergency evasion. The huge hull quickly turned to the right in an attempt to avoid the torpedoes.  However, the torpedoes struck in a fan shape, and the 172-meter-long hull of the battlecruiser "Indomitable" could not be avoided at all.

    In the end, three of the torpedoes hit the fragile battleship, and the others missed. However, one torpedo hit a British Navy destroyer.  The destroyer with a displacement of just over a thousand tons was unable to withstand the heavy torpedoes and was blown to pieces on the spot.

    The battlecruiser "Indomitable" was killed by a heavy torpedo. The entire hull was broken into several pieces when the explosion occurred, and it quickly sank into the sea. None of the more than 780 naval officers and soldiers on the battleship survived.  .

    The time it took from the first dive bomber attack to the sinking of the three battlecruisers of the British and French naval fleets was only ten minutes.  However, in just ten minutes, three powerful battlecruisers sank into the sea.  This result not only calmed the officers and soldiers of the British and French naval fleets, but also shocked the officers and soldiers of the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet who were watching the battle.

    Even Admiral Li Haitao has observed naval aviation exercises before, but this is the first time he has seen a huge fleet of aircraft attacking the enemy's battleships in groups in actual combat, and so easily taking down the enemy's battleships.  Destroyed.  It was also the first time for other officers and soldiers to see this kind of scene, this kind of naval battle.  After the naval aviation performance, everyone was stunned.

    "Commander, it seems that the era of battleships has really passed. Huge battleships cannot withstand the attacks of fighter planes. Battleships with huge displacement are just targets for these fighter planes!" Lieutenant General Wu Zhiyuan, chief of staff of the Indian Ocean Fleet, said with emotion.  .

    "Haha! It is indeed like this. The law of the development of naval battles seems to be like this. However, fortunately, we are once again ahead of the West. Our four 'Emeishan-class ships?It has been formed into an army, but it may not have our share, and it will all be used in the fight against the United States.  However, the next level of ¡®Wuyue-class¡¯ aircraft carrier can¡¯t even score two of our ships.  Then it will be time for our Indian Ocean fleet to ravage the navies of the Western powers!  "Admiral Li Haitao said. He is quite open-minded about the fact that naval aviation replaces battleships and becomes the main strike force in naval warfare. Because this is completely the law of the development of naval warfare, and it is precisely because of the Chinese Navy that it leads the world.  The navy has developed rapidly. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Chinese navy to challenge the Western navies. But now, the Chinese navy has once again led the world, so what's wrong with it?  What's good?

    The rapid sinking of the three battlecruisers greatly shocked the light cruisers and destroyers in the combined British and French naval fleets who followed the three battlecruisers. They quickly turned their bows and fled westward, and at the same time the three battleships were  The news of the sinking of the cruiser was reported to the commander of the Combined Fleet, John.  Admiral Jellicoe reports.  Although they also think this is really incredible, the fact is right in front of them, and they can't help but not believe it!

    When the commander of the British and French naval fleets, John.  When Admiral Jellicoe received the telegrams sent back by the light cruisers and destroyers in the battlecruiser formation, Chinese naval aviation fighter planes had already flown over their heads.  John.  Admiral Jellicoe looked at those fighters with disdain. He wanted to see how these toy-like fighters could sink their huge capital ships.

    The first thing to fly over the main force of the British and French naval combined fleet was the Puffin, a fighter jet of the 1st Group of the Chinese Naval Aviation Wing, followed by the Fish Eagle, a dive bomber that was dealing with the three battlecruisers, and the Osprey, a torpedo attack aircraft.  Still on the way here.  However, Major General Chen Guoli, commander of the 2nd Wing, did not wait any longer. Instead, he ordered these fighter jets to launch an attack on the main fleet of the British and French navies.

    Forty fighter jets circled down and rushed towards the 13 huge battleships of the British and French naval fleets. Two small bombs were dropped under the wings. However, most of them fell on the sea and exploded.  The water column of Tao.  Occasionally, bombs fell on the battleships, but the thick armor of the battleships was simply not something that small 25-kilogram bombs could penetrate.

    Seeing this scene, John.  Admiral Jellicoe couldn't help laughing.  In his opinion, these aircraft of the Chinese Navy Air Force are just like clowns performing acrobatics.  Powerful battleships cannot be dealt with by these aircraft that can only be used as toys.

    The officers and soldiers of the British and French naval fleets, who had originally seen a large group of aircraft in the sky, were relieved when they saw that these fighters could not harm the warships at all. They even ran to the deck and faced the Chinese naval aviation fighters in the sky.  Pointing.

    This performance of the British and French naval fleets angered the fighter planes in the sky.  This time, these fighters have dropped their bombs, and the only remaining weapons are the aircraft machine guns on the nose.

    "Ta-ta-ta!" One after another, the Puffins and fighter jets began to fire at the battleships of the British and French naval fleets. The dense bullets swept across, and the officers and soldiers of the British and French navies who were watching the show on the deck suddenly suffered heavy casualties.  A few people fell in a pool of blood, and the remaining people hid in the cabin, looking at the hovering fighter planes in the sky in horror.

    "Damn it! Shoot down all those damn flies!" Seeing the fighter planes in the sky using machine guns to kill their own personnel, John.  Admiral Jellicoe roared.

    However, the warships at this moment are not equipped with weapons for shooting into the air. Whether it is a large-caliber main gun or a small-caliber rapid-fire gun, they all attack the sea or land. The elevation angle is low and cannot deal with targets in the sky.  .

    Some brave navy soldiers picked up their rifles, rushed to the deck and fired at the planes in the sky.

    "Bang! Bang! Bang!" The sound of rifle shooting sounded like fried beans, but it did not pose any threat to the fighters in the sky. Instead, it angered these fighters.  When these fighter planes fired at those brave British and French naval soldiers, they all fell into a pool of blood one by one.  After that, no one dared to attack the fighter planes in the sky.

    At this time, on the battleship Warrior, a communications officer translated the telegram sent back from the battlecruiser formation in front, and his face suddenly turned pale.

    When the communications officer handed the telegram to John.  After Admiral Jellicoe, John.  Admiral Jellicoe was immediately dumbfounded, his eyes widened as wide as a dead fish!
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