Surrender

The German Navy's aircraft possessed terrifying striking power; that went without saying. In the previous two waves of attacks, German naval aircraft had sunk ten Combined Fleet battleships, placing the Combined Fleet at a disadvantage before the main-force showdown had even begun. Now, these aircraft had returned. For the battlecruiser Tiger, this undoubtedly posed a fatal threat.

There were not many aircraft in the sky—only four fighters, eight bombers, and eight torpedo bombers. Admiral Reinhard Scheer had ordered the carriers to launch carrier-based aircraft to attack those Allied warships that had escaped. As for those that could not escape, the High Seas Fleet's capital ships would deal with them. Thus, these carrier-based aircraft had dispersed to strike.

As the British Royal Navy's most powerful battlecruiser, Tiger might not have compared with the German Navy's formidable battlecruisers, but it was still not to be underestimated. Yet now, Tiger was like meat on a chopping board, left for German naval carrier-based aircraft to carve apart.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The squadron leader commanding this operation fired three signal flares from his flare gun. At once, the carrier-based aircraft swooped down on the battlecruiser Tiger and launched their attack.

The four fighters attacked first, strafing Tiger's deck and anti-aircraft positions with their aerial machine guns.

Tiger had been fitted with quite a number of anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns. If the bombers and torpedo bombers attacked rashly, they could very well be shot down by Tiger's anti-aircraft fire. At this moment, the fighters' role was to cover the bombers and torpedo bombers as they attacked.

"Rat-a-tat-tat!"

The fighters streaked rapidly over Tiger. Dense streams of aerial machine-gun bullets struck the battlecruiser's steel plating, spraying sparks in every direction. Occasionally, bullets struck British Navy sailors, producing those dreadful "pfft, pfft" sounds.

Screams rose and