The Age of Aircraft Carriers

"General, should we send some of our warships to reinforce the French and Italian navies? If we let the Germans sink their battleships, the coming decisive battle will likely be extremely unfavorable to us!" Vice Admiral Beatty proposed.

Admiral Jellicoe nodded. "All right, dispatch some small and medium-sized warships. But our own air defenses must be strengthened as well."

Although the navies of the three nations had formed a Combined Fleet, as its Commander, Admiral Jellicoe ought to have treated everyone fairly. But one must not forget that Admiral Jellicoe was also British. Thus, he could not help placing the interests of the Royal Navy first.

Even though the British Navy had dispatched some small and medium-sized warships to help the French Navy and Italian Navy with air defense, those vessels had not been equipped with much anti-aircraft firepower to begin with. Scattered like this, they could not achieve much at all. The German Navy's carrier-based aircraft could easily exploit the gaps and launch attacks on the Capital Ships of the French and Italian navies.

As the third ship of the Courbet class, the battleship Paris became the second French Navy battleship to be sunk among its Capital Ships. Under the encirclement of German Navy carrier-based aircraft, the battleship took four torpedoes and two bombs.

After the battleship Paris, the battleship Provence followed in her footsteps. This brought the French Navy's losses in this battle to three battleships.

After losing the battleship Dante, the Italian Navy's battleship Giulio Cesare was also sunk after taking five torpedoes. This raised the Italian Navy's losses in this battle to two warships.

By then, the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft had dropped all their bombs and torpedoes and had no choice but to return.

Though they still had not had their fill, without bombs and