Scared Out of Their Wits (Please Vote for Monthly Tickets)

"Well done, lads!"

The aircraft carriers Vanguard and Victory were carrying out a tense carrier-based aircraft recovery operation. After dropping their bombs and torpedoes, the carrier-based aircraft returned from the battlefield one after another. Once they landed on the carrier decks, they would be sent by elevator down into the hangars below, where they would be refueled, rearmed, and made ready to sortie again.

Meanwhile, the pilots could use this time to rest briefly, grab something to eat, and take care of their bodily needs, preparing themselves for the next wave of attacks.

In the first wave of attacks, the carrier-based aircraft from the two carriers had sunk five battleships of the Allied Powers Combined Fleet, leaving Heinrich Marshal Prince greatly satisfied. He hoped that in the second wave, the carrier-based aircraft would sink just as many battleships again. That way, the two waves would account for ten battleships sunk in total.

After that, the carrier-based aircraft would suspend their attacks. After two waves, the pilots would already be thoroughly exhausted. They would be allowed to rest for a while, then launch a third wave in the afternoon. By then, they might still achieve some results.

At 10:30 in the morning, all the carrier-based aircraft took off from the carriers once more. They would launch the second wave of attacks against the Allied Powers Combined Fleet. In the first wave, three carrier-based aircraft had been lost—two bombers and one torpedo bomber. Apart from the torpedo bomber, which had been shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire, the other two bombers had failed to pull up in time after releasing their bombs and recover from their dives, crashing into warships of the Allied Powers Combined Fleet.

The loss of three carrier-based aircraft pained Heinrich Marshal Prince deeply. But compared with the results