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Text Chapter 1,088 A complete defeat

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    ¡®Baham, the battleship has accelerated to 25 knots, which is already the maximum speed of this battleship.  When the battleship "Warrior" was damaged and the battleship "Warsweat" was sunk, all the officers and soldiers of the battleship "Barham" knew that the time of life and death had come.  Therefore, the captain immediately issued an order to break away from the battle line and speed up his escape to the west.  However, just after they completed the turn, the fighters of the 4th Wing of the Chinese Naval Aviation Wing had already arrived.

    "The first and second teams start to dive! Kill the big guy below!" ordered the squadron leader of the 2nd Squadron of the 3rd Group of the 4th Wing of the Chinese Naval Aviation.  The battleship 'Barham' is the third ship of the 'Queen Elizabeth class' battleship, with a displacement of up to 33,000 tons. It was slightly damaged during the Battle of the North Sea.  This time the British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet was reorganized, John.  Admiral Jellicoe also asked for this powerful battleship.  In the Mediterranean Fleet, there are only three battleships of the Queen Elizabeth class. The battleship "Warpite" has been sunk, the "Warrior" has also been injured, and the battleship "Barham" has naturally become the Chinese naval aviation.  The target was missed.

    The Fish Eagle dive bombers entered the dive channel. They began to dive from behind the battleship Barham, and rushed directly towards the battleship Barham along a 60-degree dive angle, making a sharp roar.  Voice.  ¡®Barham, the British naval officers on the battleship looked at the planes swooping down in the sky in horror. Now these planes, in their eyes, have become completely synonymous with devil.  The powerful battleships were even more vulnerable to the attacks of these aircraft.

    ¡®The battleship Barham swayed left and right on the sea, trying to escape the attack of the diving bombers.  When the four Fish Eagle dive bombers were only more than 500 meters away from the battleship Barham, they dropped their bombs one after another.

    An aerial bomb weighing 500 kilograms fell and hit the battleship Barham hard.  However, the battleship 'Barham' seemed to be lucky. All four aerial bombs fell into the sea, splashing water columns into the sky, but they did not cause any damage to the battleship 'Barham.'

    "Hell, look at me!" The squadron leader of the 2nd Squadron of the 3rd Group of the 4th Wing of the Chinese Naval Aviation scolded angrily, and personally led four 'Fish Eagle' dive bombers to start a dive attack.  At this moment, the British naval officers and soldiers on the battleship 'Barham' had not had time to cheer for escaping the attack of the four bombers in front, but a new attack arrived.

    "Jie Jie!" 'Fish Eagle, the scream of the dive bomber when it dives makes people's eardrums hurt, as if they are going to tear their eardrums apart.  Many of the British naval soldiers on the battleship Barham covered their ears with their hands and looked at the swooping bombers in horror. At the same time, they kept praying to God in their hearts, praying that their battleship would not be hit.  middle.

    This time, the four ¡®Fish Eagle¡¯ bombers led by the captain of the 2nd Squadron dived to a height of 400 meters before dropping their bombs. The four dark aerial bombs followed the inertia.

    ¡®Balham, hit the battleship.  Although the battleship 'Barham' began an emergency evasion

    However, two aerial bombs still hit their targets.  An aerial bomb exploded on the rear deck of the Barham, directly knocking off the twin 381mm main gun on the rear deck.  Another aerial bomb hit the amidships of the Barham. The huge explosion damaged the power compartment of the Barham. High-temperature steam in several boilers leaked, not only scalding the ship to death.  The British naval officers inside also caused the 'Barham's speed to begin to decrease sharply.  And at such a dangerous time, once it loses speed, it will undoubtedly be fatal for the battleship 'Barham'.

    The squadron leader of the 2nd Squadron was about to order the remaining four ¡®Fish Eagles¡¯ dive bombers to continue towards the

    ¡®Barham, we launched an attack, but the business robbers have already arrived.  Four Ospreys dive bombers came from the right side and rear of the battleship Barham, and dropped the torpedo only 500 meters away from the battleship Barham.  Four 533mm heavy-duty torpedoes rushed at high speed towards the battleship 'Barham', which was declining sharply.  Once a huge battleship loses its speed, it will be like a steel coffin floating on the sea, becoming the best target for fighter planes in the sky.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Three huge explosions sounded on the starboard side of the battleship Barham.  Except for one of the four heavy torpedoes that missed, the other three all hit the waterline armor of the battleship Barham.  Even though the waterline armor of the battleship 'Barham' is 330 mm thick, it cannot withstand the blow of a 10-mm heavy torpedo. The hundreds of high explosives in the warhead of the heavy torpedo are enough to tear open the battleship's armor.  Being hit by three torpedoes at once was even more devastating.It cost the battleship Barham its life.

    After being attacked by three heavy torpedoes.  Three huge holes were torn open on the starboard side of the battleship 'Barham,' and turbulent water poured into the hull, causing the hull to tilt severely.  'The captain of the Barham immediately issued an order to abandon the ship, but'

    The battleship Barham capsized on the sea within a few minutes. Less than one-third of the more than 900 naval officers and soldiers on the battleship escaped successfully, and the rest sank to the bottom of the sea with the battleship.  , leaving a huge spiral nest on the sea.

    "You idiot, you dare to rob us of our victory. Team 2 will deal with the rest of the warships, and we will go back to load bombs first!" The squadron leader of the 2nd Squadron cursed bitterly, but the bombs carried by the fighter planes had been used up, and they were not ready.  There was no other way but to return to the field airfield in Marsala, reload and come back.  I just hope that there will still be battleships that have not been sunk by then.

    Forty Ospreys, torpedo attack aircraft and forty of the 4th Wing of the Chinese Naval Aviation

    ¡®Fish Eagle, under the fierce siege of dive bombers, the British and French naval fleets once again paid a heavy price.

    The British Navy's battleship Centurion was severely damaged in the attack by several Fish Eagle dive bombers. Although it was not sunk, half of its power was lost.  Two of the French Navy's three Breton-class battleships, the Bretagne and Lorraine, were not injured and were also the targets of the siege.  The battleship 'Bretagne' was hit by aerial bombs and three heavy torpedoes, and sank to the bottom of the sea.  French Admiral Palmiro had to transfer to other battleships to command the battle. This time he chose an armored cruiser because he knew that the capital ship had become the key target of the Chinese naval aviation.  After the battleship 'Bretagne' was sunk, the battleship 'Lorraine' was also severely damaged.

    In addition, the flagship battleship Warrior, which had been damaged before, once again became the target of Chinese naval aviation.  Under siege by 8 Fish Eagles, dive bombers and 4 Ospreys, torpedo attack aircraft, this powerful battleship, which had been very lucky in the Battle of the North Sea, could no longer hold on and once again suffered two losses.  After one aerial bomb and two torpedoes, there was no way back.  Combined Fleet Commander John.  Admiral Jellicoe personally gave the order to abandon the ship, and more than ten minutes later, this powerful battleship sank to the bottom of the sea.

    Although hundreds of fighter planes from the Chinese Naval Air Force tried their best, they were still unable to destroy all the battleships of the combined fleet.  However, even if these capital ships were not sunk, they were all damaged.  The speed has also dropped a lot, and many battleships are filled with thick smoke. Looking from the sky, it is very tragic.  The Air Wing also lost two 'Fish Eagle' dive bombers in this attack.  These two 'Fish Eagle' dive bombers failed to control their altitude properly during the dive and were unable to pull up after dropping the bombs. They eventually hit the sea and crashed the aircraft, killing everyone.  However, such losses seem a bit insignificant compared to the results they achieved.

    "Return immediately, return to the airport to replenish ammunition, and then defend these guys!" Major General Cai Shudong, commander of the 4th Aviation Wing, ordered.  After completing the bombing, hundreds of fighters of the 4th Air Wing swaggered away from the sky above the British and French combined naval fleets, leaving only the tearful officers and soldiers of the British and French combined naval fleets.

    "Your Excellency, Commander, we have suffered heavy losses. So far, five of our battleships have been sunk, and all the remaining battleships have been damaged. The speed of all capital ships has been greatly affected. The Chinese  The planes will definitely come again. Judging from the situation just now, we cannot resist their attack at all!" Roslin, Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet.  Lieutenant General Wells said with a dead look on his face.  Although he didn't say it clearly, he already knew that this time the British and French naval fleets failed, and it was an unprecedented defeat. All the battleships might not survive.

    "Order all warships to sail westward. The Chinese planes have gone to replenish ammunition. We must seize the time to escape." John.  Admiral Jellicoe said.  His face seemed to be dripping with water. As the commander of the combined fleet, he also knew that this battle had failed. However, he still hoped to escape with as many battleships as possible, even though he knew that this would be very difficult.  Maybe it's just his extravagant wish!
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