On board British Royal Navy's 'Edward VII' number Battleship, Vice Admiral Cavisson was standing on the front deck, drinking coffee, blowing the sea breeze, and watching the sailors wiping the deck.
"You guys, you did a good job, you must polish the deck. I think back when I was a sailor, I had to polish the deck like you every morning." Vice Admiral Cavisson seemed to be in a good mood.
Although, German military has not attacked Le Havre these days. But this is undoubtedly because the shock effect of British fleet still exists, so German military dare not act rashly. With just one fleet, German military was able to intimidate hundreds of thousands of people. Such great achievements are undoubtedly enough for Vice Admiral Cavisson to brag about for a lifetime. Of course, he still hopes that German military can launch an attack without fear of death. In this case, he can lead the fleet to cause greater losses to German military. His bragging rights will undoubtedly be greater.
Now Vice Admiral Cavisson has not realized that the crisis is about to befall them. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't be in such a mood to drink coffee and watch the sea.
"General, Expeditionary Force Headquarters urgent call!" a staff officer shouted.
"What happened? Have the Germany people started attacking again? Let all ships prepare, go to Le Havre, and use our Naval Gun shells to teach the Germany people a lesson!" Vice Admiral Cavisson shouted.
However, when the staff officer gave Telegram to him and after reading Telegram, Vice Admiral Cavisson suddenly lost its voice, just like a duck that was quacking around and had its throat pinched.
There are only a few words on Telegram, but they make Vice Admiral Cavisson feel like being struck by lightning.
German military dispatch a large number of planes, evade immediately!
"Damn it, order the fleet to speed up and sail west immediately!" Vice Admiral Cavisson shouted at the top of his lungs.
Although, he was not able to participate in the decisive battle between German Navy and British Navy. However, as a senior general of Royal Navy, he was very clear about what happened in that naval battle. Of course he knew the news that German Navy dispatched planes to sink several dreadnoughts of British Navy. Although, those dreadnoughts were all originally built and their performance was not strong. But no matter how bad it is, it is definitely much stronger than their Pre-dreadnought. German Navy's planes can easily sink their dreadnoughts. Doesn't that mean that sinking their Pre-dreadnoughts is as easy as killing chickens and dogs?
Vice Admiral Cavisson's order made the battleships of British fleet very strange. Isn't their mission to assist Expeditionary Force in guarding Le Havre? Why did you leave suddenly again?
However, they left and carried out the order. After all, this is the duty of a soldier. Some smarter people have already thought that something must have happened. For example, German Navy Capital Ships team arrives? In that case, their fleet composed of Pre-dreadnought and Armored Cruiser would probably have to attack them immediately. Otherwise, what awaits them is probably being sunk and fed to the fishes.
Vice Admiral Cavisson's sudden order caused some confusion in the fleet. Almost all the warships began to turn around, almost causing a collision.
At this time, German Navy's Carrier-based aircraft 3rd Wing and 4th Wing fighter planes had already appeared in the eastern sky.
"Woo!"
The shrill alarm sounded throughout the entire fleet, and all Royal Navy officers and soldiers were shocked and their expressions changed drastically. They are all veterans, so they naturally know what this means.
"God! Are the Germany people here? Where are they?" a Royal Navy officer asked.
"Sir, it's in the sky! Germany people are in the sky. There are many of their planes."
When the Royal Navy officer held up his telescope and saw the planes in the sky, he was immediately speechless.
"Sir, the general ordered all ships to disperse and evade immediately. Avoid the attack of Germany people."
The dense formation will obviously become the best target for the German Navy and Carrier-based aircraft attacks. Only by spreading out can we better avoid it. However, the prerequisite is that these battleships must be fast enough and have powerful anti-air shooting weapons. Otherwise, facing the attacks of German Navy and Carrier-based aircraft, they would still be like lambs.
After the British-German naval decisive battle, British Royal Navy also realized the threat Carrier-based aircraft posed to surface warships. They have also made some preparations, such as installing anti-aircraft machine guns or Anti-aircraft Gun on the battleships. However, only main battleships have undergone such modifications. There seems to be no need to modify these large quantities of Pre-dreadnought and Armored Cruiser at all. Therefore, there is no need to waste resources.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
German military Carrier-based aircraft Commander, who was responsible for directing this attack, issued the order to attack. Three red flares were launched into the air, and all Carrier-based aircraft pilots could see them clearly. The meaning of this signal is that each Carrier-based aircraft can hunt freely in small groups.
After the order was issued, the formation of more than one hundred Carrier-based aircraft German military immediately changed. The originally dense formation suddenly dispersed. These Carrier-based aircraft, in units of four, launched an attack on the British Navy warships on the sea.
"God! Speed up, German aircraft is coming." Battleship's captain of British Navy's 'HMS Indomitable' shouted loudly. His eyes were full of Panic expressions.
As the No. 5 ship of 'Edward VII-class' Battleship, 'HMS Indomitable' Battleship has a full load displacement of only over 16,000 tons. In front of the current Capital Ships with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons, such a displacement is just small. Of course, in front of those Carrier-based aircraft, 'HMS Indomitable' number Battleship is an out-and-out behemoth.
But now, the number Battleship of 'HMS Indomitable' was frightened by Carrier-based aircraft of German military and fled in panic.
Four Torpedo Bomber were eyeing the number 'HMS Indomitable', Battleship. Under the guidance of the team leader, the four Torpedo Bomber caught up with the 'HMS Indomitable' number Battleship, and then began to lower their altitude and close the distance.
A few minutes later, four Torpedo Bomber launched an attack on the 'HMS Indomitable' number Battleship. They dropped Torpedo less than 500 meters away from the 'HMS Indomitable'.
The four 450mm Medium Torpedo hit the sea hard. After Torpedo sank into the sea, it quickly came up and then rushed towards the 'HMS Indomitable' Battleship at high speed. The British Navy sailors on the Battleship were frightened and screamed.
"Evade, evade immediately!" the captain shouted loudly.