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    "Boom!" An orange-red fireball struck the side of Fort C of the Fortress of Gibraltar.  Fire, gravel flying everywhere.  After a 343mm armor-piercing bomb exploded, a large crater more than one meter deep was left on the side of the fort!  However, it does not pose any threat to the British troops inside the fort for the time being.  Although the hardness of limestone is not high, the several-meter-thick rock layer can still form a good protection for the British troops inside the fort!

    The artillery battle between the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet and the British Navy's Gibraltar Fortress was very fierce. Large-caliber naval gun shells and fortress gun shells were flying in the air. The sharp whistle produced by the shells piercing the air rang out on the sea near Gibraltar.  .

    On the battleship Han Ming Emperor, Admiral Li Haitao held up his telescope and observed the bombardment.  The 11 battleships did not form a battle line, but spread out and fired freely at the Gibraltar Fortress.

    The fortress has strong protection. If you form a battle line, the probability of being hit will be much higher.  Spread out, cruise continuously on the sea, and then launch artillery attacks on the fortress. This can minimize the chance of being hit!

    "Commander, the British forts are relatively strong! According to the information we have obtained, the five British forts were built by directly hollowing out the two terraces in the south of Gibraltar. The limestone on the forts is several meters thick.  If you want to penetrate it, I'm afraid it will be difficult!" Fleet Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Wu Zhiyuan said!  The trajectory of the battleship's main gun shells when launched and hitting the target is a parabola.  It is very difficult to hit the top of the target!  It would be even more difficult to prove that it could penetrate the British Navy's fortress!

    "It doesn't matter! We still have enough time. The aircraft carrier Jiuhuashan and Putuoshan will arrive tomorrow. By then, use dive bombers to carry out precise strikes on these forts! The heavy aerial bombs carried by the dive bombers will be launched from  Bombs dropped from a height of several hundred meters are much more powerful than a 343mm naval gun! As long as two heavy aerial bombs hit the British forts, these forts will only be destroyed!" said Admiral Li Haitao!  Although the British fortress was strong, he didn't care!  Even if the fleet cannot destroy these fortresses, as long as the carrier-based aircraft are dispatched, they will always break open the turtle shells of these fortresses!  Once the five forts outside Gibraltar are destroyed, the British Navy's defense system of Gibraltar Fortress will almost be gone!  At that time, under the cover of fierce naval guns, the Chinese Marine Corps can easily capture Gibraltar!

    Lieutenant General Wu Zhiyuan nodded. He had also watched the performances of carrier-based aircraft, the Chinese Navy's aviation force's Fish Eagle, and dive bombers carrying special armor-piercing bombs. If they dive and drop bombs at an altitude of 500 meters, the hit rate is as high as 100%.  Over eighty.  Each armor-piercing projectile is capable of penetrating solid rock formations two to three meters thick.  For these limestones, there is no problem.  At most two armor-piercing shells can penetrate the top defense of a fort and then destroy the entire fort!  After all five forts in Gibraltar were destroyed, the British would be destroyed!

    "Boom!" A 343mm main gun fired from the battleship Han Ming Emperor hit the front of Fort A of Gibraltar Fortress. However, when the smoke cleared, only a gun with a diameter of about one meter appeared on the front of Fort A.  Just a lot of craters.  But Battery A still continued to fire, as if the shelling just now did not cause any harm to him!

    On the rocky mountain north of Gibraltar, Commander Roslyn of the British Navy¡¯s Mediterranean Fleet.  Lieutenant General Wells is also paying attention to this artillery battle!  He was very satisfied with the defensive power of the forts in the Fortress of Gibraltar.  In just half an hour, he had seen the fort's fort being hit several times.  However, these forts continued to fire.  Obviously, the strong protective performance of the fort withstood the bombardment of the Chinese Navy's Mediterranean Fleet.  However, so far, the forts of Gibraltar Fortress have not been able to hit the Chinese Navy's warships, which makes Roslin.  Lieutenant General Wells was somewhat dissatisfied.  After all, no matter how good the defense of the fort is, the protection will gradually decrease as the number of hits increases!  After the rock formations around or on top of the fort are destroyed, the fort will no longer be able to hold on.  We can only inflict serious damage to the Chinese Navy while its defense power is still strong, so that we can continue to persevere.  Of course, Roslin.  Vice Admiral Wells did not expect to defeat the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet relying on the Fortress of Gibraltar. He knew that there was absolutely no such possibility!  However, if he could use this fortress to damage or even sink as many Chinese navy warships as possible, he would be satisfied!

    "It seems that the Royal Navy of the British Empire has lost its best naval officers and soldiers over the years! Otherwise, the current results will definitely not be like this!" Roslin.  Lieutenant General Wells murmured!  The British Navy's several failures caused the British Navy to lose a large number of warships, but also a large number of well-trained soldiers. Although there were many new soldiers, their quality was too poor and they were far from enough.Compared with the previous elite troops!  In Rosslyn.  According to Lieutenant General Wells, this is also an important reason why the British Navy lost its maritime supremacy!  I think back then, in the Victorian era, the quality of British naval officers was the best in the world!

    ¡°Boom!¡± A 280mm armor-piercing projectile fired from Fort B of Gibraltar Fortress hit the bow of the Chinese Navy¡¯s battleship ¡®Iron Duke¡¯.  After the shell exploded, a big hole was blown out of the bow of the ship, but apart from that, it only caused the casualties of more than a dozen naval soldiers. It did not cause greater casualties to the battleship "Iron Duke," nor did it cause any damage to the battleship "Iron Duke."  Iron Duke, the battleship's combat power will have no impact!

    The fierce artillery battle lasted from about 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.  During this period, several battleships of the Chinese Navy were hit, but fortunately the armor of these battleships was relatively thick, and the hit areas were not critical, and no excessive damage was caused.  The loss of the British Navy's Gibraltar Fortress was much greater!  Battery B, located in the southernmost part, suffered the most serious blow. It had to be hit by at least hundreds of 343mm armor-piercing projectiles!  Even though the defense of Fort B was very strong, it was still unable to withstand the bombardment of so many armor-piercing shells.

    At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, this fort was destroyed. The British naval artillery inside suffered heavy losses. All the fortress guns and coastal defense guns were almost destroyed!  The other four forts also suffered more or less heavy losses!

    After a day of high-intensity combat, the soldiers of the Chinese Navy¡¯s Indian Ocean Fleet were also very tired.

    In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the fleet, Admiral Li Haitao ordered to break away from contact with the British Navy and withdraw from the battle.  The Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet retreated to a place fifty kilometers away from Gibraltar to rest.

    At the same time, a fleet consisting of two aircraft carriers, a dozen light cruisers and destroyers was heading towards the Strait of Gibraltar.  This fleet is the aircraft carrier 'Jiuhuashan' and 'Putuoshan' aircraft carrier sailing from North America to the Strait of Gibraltar, preparing to join the Indian Ocean Fleet!

    At 11 o'clock in the evening on May 13, the aircraft carriers Jiuhuashan and Putuoshan merged with the Indian Ocean Fleet and were incorporated into the Indian Ocean Fleet for operations.  The arrival of the two aircraft carriers greatly increased the confidence of Admiral Li Haitao.

    Regardless of the fact that it was late at night, Admiral Li Haitao took a transport boat to the aircraft carriers Jiuhuashan and Putuoshan, and personally met with Lieutenant General Chen Yuankun, the commander of the aircraft carrier group, to discuss tomorrow's operations!

    For the aircraft carriers Jiuhuashan and Putuoshan, there is no problem at all in bombing the British Fortress of Gibraltar!  The two aircraft carriers have a total of 160 carrier-based aircraft, including 52 HBD 'Fish Eagle' and dive bombers.  Only one bombing is enough to destroy the remaining four turrets of the Gibraltar Fortress!

    After getting the assurance from Lieutenant General Chen Yuankun, General Li Haitao was completely relieved!

    On the morning of May 14th, the weather was sunny, the sea breeze was not strong, and the wind and waves on the sea were very small, which was conducive to the take-off of the carrier-based aircraft!  When the sun had just risen, the decks of the aircraft carriers Jiuhuashan and Putuoshan were already busy. Ground crews were inspecting the fighter planes, and then refueling the fighters and loading bombs.  The main fighter aircraft taking off this time was the H50

    ¡®Fish Eagles and dive bombers will also take off, and some ¡®Puffins¡¯ will also take off. Fighters will escort these H50 ¡®Fish Eagles and dive bombers!

    At 6:05 in the morning, the first HBD'Fish Eagle dive bomber took off from the aircraft carrier Jiuhuashan. Subsequently, a total of 48 HBD'Fish Eagle dive bombers from two groups took off in less than twenty minutes.  They all took off, and after completing their formation in the sky, they started flying towards the Fortress of Gibraltar, 50 kilometers away.  Because this time it carried special armor-piercing bombs, weighing nearly 600 kilograms, the speed of the HBD'Fish Eagle dive bomber dropped a lot, and the 50-kilometer range took almost half an hour!

    After the HBD ¡®Fish Eagle¡¯ dive bomber group took off, a squadron of 12 F58 ¡®Puffin¡¯ fighter jets took off and quickly accelerated to catch up with the dive bomber group to serve as escort and reconnaissance!  At this time, the battleships of the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet had already arrived off the coast of Gibraltar, but this time the battleships were not in a hurry to launch an attack!  With Navy dive bombers taking action, there is no need for them to continue wasting artillery shells!
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