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    "Your Excellency, Commander, what happened?" Lieutenant General Roslyn Wells, Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet, saw John.  Admiral Jellicoe looked a little strange and asked quickly.

    "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could those little toys sink a huge battlecruiser? This must not be true!" John.  Admiral Jellicoe roared.  Obviously, he simply did not believe that Chinese naval aviation fighters could sink the capital ship.  In his opinion, these planes are just flies. Although annoying, it is absolutely impossible to truly sink the capital ship.

    "What? Something happened to the battlecruiser formation?" Roslin.  Lieutenant General Wells was also shocked. He learned from John.  Admiral Jellicoe took the telegram in his hand and read it. The telegram stated that the three battlecruisers in the battlecruiser formation were sunk under the siege of Chinese aircraft. Now other battleships in the battlecruiser formation are approaching  The main force of the fleet converged.

    "Oh God! I can't believe these little planes can really sink a battleship!" Roslin.  Lieutenant General Wells exclaimed, looking at the hovering fighter planes in the sky again with a hint of panic.  Although the Chinese aircraft that originally hovered over the main force of the Combined Fleet caused some casualties to the Combined Fleet, they were unable to cause any damage to the huge and sturdy battleship.  Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the Combined Ship Fleet believed that these fighters could not harm them.  But now, telegrams sent back from the battlecruiser formation show that these aircraft are really capable of sinking battleships.

    "Your Excellency Commander, if these aircraft are really capable of sinking battleships, then we will be in danger. Now it seems that this is most likely a trap set by the Chinese. They led us here, and then  Want to use planes to sink us!" Roslin.  Lieutenant General Wells said.  If this is really the case, then the combined fleet must evacuate as soon as possible.

    Admiral John Jellicoe was still hesitant. He still couldn't believe that three battlecruisers had been sunk by these aircraft.  Although he had long concluded that this was a trap set by the Chinese, he just thought that the main force attacking the combined fleet would be submarines, and did not expect that the Chinese would actually use fighter planes.  This was really beyond his expectation.  In other words, no one would have thought of such a situation before today.  It's a joke that a huge battleship as big as a hill can be sunk by these tiny fighter planes!

    At this time, 28 C'Osprey torpedo attack aircraft flew from the east.  They are the remaining aircraft of the 2nd Group of the Naval Aviation Wing.

    Other aircraft have been used to attack the battlecruisers of the battlecruiser formation of the combined British and French naval fleets.

    "Haha! You are finally here! Attack! Sink all the big guys below!" Major General Chen Guoli, captain of the Chinese Naval Aviation Wing, ordered.  He led dozens of

    ¡®Puffin, fighter jets have been raging over the combined fleet for so long, but they are unable to harm those rough-skinned and fleshy battleships.  Now the 'Osprey,' the torpedo attack aircraft has arrived and can teach the British and French a severe lesson.

    More than twenty Osprey and torpedo attack aircraft immediately dispersed, forming a group of four and flying towards those huge battleships.  At this moment, the 13 battleships of the joint fleet of the British and French navies are arranged in four battle lines. This is undoubtedly an excellent attack opportunity for the Osprey and torpedo attack aircraft in the sky.

    An Osprey torpedo attack aircraft flew to the left side of the battleship Warrior of the British and French naval forces.  The three largest 'Queen Elizabeth-class' battleships are undoubtedly the first targets of these torpedo attack aircraft.

    "Your Excellency, Commander, there are four planes flying towards us. These four planes are different from the previous ones, they are bigger!" A staff officer asked John.  Admiral Jellicoe reported.

    "Hmph! Do you want to attack the Warrior? I want to see how they sink the battleship!" John.  Admiral Jellicoe said disdainfully.  He never believed that these aircraft could sink a battleship until he saw it with his own eyes.

    "Something's wrong! Commander, these planes have torpedoes underneath! They use torpedoes to attack battleships!" Roslin.  Lieutenant General Wells exclaimed.  He has also been observing these aircraft. Through the telescope, he clearly saw the heavy torpedoes mounted under the belly of the aircraft.

    At this time, these four Osprey torpedo attack aircraft had flown less than 500 meters away from the battleship Warrior.  Because the battleship Warrior did not launch an attack, these Osprey and torpedo attack aircraft dropped torpedoes as close as possible.

    Afterwards, four hundred and fifty meters away from the battleship Warrior, four Osprey torpedo attack aircraft dropped torpedoes one after another.  After four 533mm heavy-duty torpedoes entered the water,First, it sank a few meters under the influence of gravity, and then began to rush towards the battleship Warrior, which was more than 400 meters away.  The torpedo sailed at high speed, leaving white traces of water on the sea.

    "Damn it! It's really a torpedo! Avoid it immediately!" John.  Admiral Jellicoe turned pale.  Now he no longer doubts whether these aircraft have the ability to sink a battleship.  He clearly saw that these aircraft dropped heavy torpedoes.

    Even a thick-skinned battleship cannot withstand the ravages of these heavy torpedoes!  Although

    ¡®Warrior, the battleship has a displacement of 33,000 tons, and its waterline armor is also 330 millimeters thick.  But if it is hit by a heavy torpedo, it will also be severely damaged.  Even just a few torpedoes can completely kill the battleship Warrior.

    ¡®Warrior, the USS battleship immediately began to evade, like a frightened bison, and began to sway left and right on the sea, trying to avoid the four torpedoes attacking at high speed on the sea.  At the same time, the 152mm secondary guns and 76mm rapid-fire guns on the port side of the battleship 'Warrior' also opened fire.

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Destroy those torpedoes.  However, these shells have no lethality at all against torpedoes traveling at high speed several meters underwater.

    The distance of 450 meters only takes thirty seconds for a heavy torpedo with a speed of 30 knots.  Moreover, these four torpedoes rushed towards the battleship Warrior in a fan shape. It was impossible for the battleship Warrior to completely avoid these four torpedoes in just thirty seconds.

    "Boom!" A loud bang exploded on the left midship and rear side of the battleship "Warrior," and the huge impact caused the officers and soldiers on the battleship to stagger. Even John.  Admiral Jellicoe stumbled.  However, he no longer cared so much. After getting up from the deck, he immediately shouted: "How about the loss? How about the loss?"

    ¡®Warrior, the battleship USS was lucky. Only one of the torpedoes hit the target.  Two of the other three torpedoes missed, and the other one passed under the belly of the battleship "Warrior" because the depth was too deep.

    "Your Excellency, Commander, the Warrior was hit below the waterline on the left side of the ship, and a large hole was blown out. Damage control personnel are currently making repairs. However, even if it cannot be blocked, we can ensure it by closing the watertight compartment.  The battleship will not be sunk. However, the speed of the battleship will be affected!" reported the captain of the battleship Valiant.

    Considering the huge hull of the battleship Warrior, being hit by a heavy torpedo would not cause too serious damage.  But at the same time, it will not be easy. This will affect the combat performance of the battleship "Warrior" to a certain extent.

    "The battleship "Warrior" was attacked by four "Osprey" torpedo attack aircraft. In the end, it was only hit by one torpedo. This was already very lucky.  But other battleships did not have such good luck.

    ¡®Warpite, battleship, ¡®Queen Elizabeth class, the second ship among the battleships.  When this battleship was attacked by four Ospreys and torpedo attack aircraft, it failed to react in time and failed to evade in time.  As a result, the end was very tragic.  Among the heavy torpedoes, one hit the battleship and tore four huge holes on the right side of the battleship.  even if

    ¡®War Exhausted, the captain of the battleship immediately issued an order to close the watertight compartment.  However, due to too much water, the hull gradually began to tilt, and eventually capsized on the sea and slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.  There were more than 900 British naval officers and soldiers on the battleship. Except for a handful of people who escaped successfully, the rest all sank to the bottom of the sea with the battleship and rested here forever!

    Another "Queen Elizabeth-class battleship" Barham in the joint fleet of the British and French navies was also the main target of attack by the Chinese naval aviation.  When the battleship "Barham" was attacked, it evaded it in time.  However, two of the four torpedoes still hit him, causing the battleship to suffer heavy damage.

    In addition, the battleships 'Iron Duke', 'Benbow' and the battleships of the United Fleet

    ¡®The Canadian battleship, these three huge battleships second only to the Queen Elizabeth class battleships in size, have also become the main targets of attack.  Although they were not sunk, they all suffered varying degrees of trauma.

    The French Navy's battleship Lorraine was also attacked. Two torpedoes were hit and two huge holes were opened on the starboard side of the battleship.  Although the French navy officers and soldiers desperately blocked the leak, the battleship had taken in too much water and had tilted.  Although by injecting water to the other side, the battleship regained its balance.  But the speed is only 16 knots left!
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