The first target of German Navy's Carrier-based aircraft's attack was not the warship on the sea, but Britain's seaplane. After discovering the incoming Carrier-based aircraft of German Navy, the seaplane originally used for reconnaissance missions took the lead and bravely rushed towards the German military fleet.
Although, the number of these seaplanes is not large, less than twenty. At the same time, compared with the German military fighter, its performance in all aspects is even more different. But what is worthy of admiration is still their courage.
"Whoops!" A yellow signal flare was launched into the air. It means that the fighter jets drive away the enemy's fighter jets and create conditions for Bomber and Torpedo bomber's attacks.
The 24 escorting fighter jets immediately pounced on the British seaplane from high altitude.
"Da da da!"
Aviation machine guns began to fire, and bullets hit the body of the British seaplane. The skin was penetrated and the wooden body was directly dismantled. One after another, British seaplanes were shot down. In front of the German military fighter jets, the British seaplanes looked so heavy and fragile.
This air battle was completely one-sided. As soon as the battle began, the British seaplanes paid a heavy price, and half of them were shot down. In the ensuing fight, the British seaplanes were no match.
John? Admiral Jellicoe and David? Vice Admiral Beatty looked at this scene with pale faces.
"They are all brave boys! It is a pity that we do not have an aircraft with performance comparable to German aircraft. Otherwise, they would not have been defeated so miserably!" John? Admiral Jellicoe said.
"Yes, Your Excellency Commander. Germany people are way ahead of us in the aviation industry." David? Vice Admiral Beatty sighed.
No doubt they were lamenting the deaths of those heroic pilots. These pilots are brave people. They rushed forward and fought German military to the death even though they knew they were outmatched. If the performance of the aircraft hadn't hindered them, perhaps the battle would have had a different outcome.
But in this world, there are not so many setups and what-ifs. Germany took the lead in investing a lot of money and manpower in the aviation industry, which makes them the world leader in this field. It is precisely because of this that German aircraft can defeat the whole world in war.
The battle in the air soon came to an end. All the British seaplanes were shot down and no one survived. The entire air battle lasted no more than ten minutes. It can be said that in front of German military fighters, the British seaplanes are like toddlers.
Subsequently, three signal flares were launched into the air, which represented the launch of an attack on the warships on the sea.
The fighter jets that shot down the British seaplane took the lead in attacking. They used aircraft machine guns to straf the battleship's deck and air defense positions to clear obstacles for the subsequent Bomber and Torpedo bomber attacks.
"Shoot! Shoot!"
On British Navy's flagship 'Vengeance' number Battleship, the air defense Commander was roaring loudly. Anti-aircraft Gun, which was modified with a 1-pounder gun and a two-pounder gun, began to fire wildly.
Anti-aircraft machine guns also began to fire violently, forming a dense fire net in the sky.
In order to avoid being unable to fight back when encountering German military fighters. In the past two months, while these Capital Ships were undergoing repairs, they were also equipped with anti-aircraft firepower.
However, because there is no actual combat experience. Therefore, the layout of their anti-aircraft firepower is relatively messy. Basically, Anti-aircraft Gun and anti-aircraft machine guns are placed wherever there is free space. This means that although they have deployed a lot of Anti-aircraft Gun and anti-aircraft machine guns, they have not been able to form a complete air defense firepower network.
"Da da da!" A fighter jet passed by the number 'Vengeance' Battleship. The aircraft machine guns fired wildly, and dense bullets hit the battleship, shooting out sparks.
"Puff!" The bullet penetrated the human body, making a frightening sound. The screams kept coming one after another.
The power of aircraft machine guns is very powerful. Once they hit a human body, there is often only one result, and that is torn into pieces.
When the German military fighter jet passed by, the anti-aircraft firepower on the battleship almost chased the German military fighter jet. However, their speed was still too slow and they were not able to hit at all. On the contrary, huge holes appeared in their air defense network.
The four Bombers started their attack from high altitude. They dived diagonally towards the 'Vengeance' Battleship, and dropped their bombs when they were only more than 600 meters away from the sea. Four Aerial Bombs weighing 250 kilograms hit the 'Vengeance' number Battleship in a parabola.
"Bomb, avoid it!"
"Boom! Boom!" The explosion sounded, and three of the four bombs fell into the sea. After the explosion, water columns rose into the sky. But a bomb hit the number 'Vengeance' Battleship. The weak deck armor was unable to withstand Aerial Bomb, which was powered by kinetic energy, and was easily penetrated.
The bomb exploded inside the battleship, causing a raging fire.
It's a pity that the key position was not hit. Otherwise, it would be enough for 'Vengeance' number Battleship to pay a heavy price.
When Bomber launched the attack, Torpedo bomber was not idle either. After the Battleship of the 'Vengeance' had been attracted by the Bomber, the four Torpedo Bomber rushed to a place only five hundred meters away from the side of the Battleship of the 'Vengeance', and then dropped the Torpedo.
Four Torpedo hit the sea and sank directly. Then it surfaced again. Then according to the fixed depth, we rushed towards the number 'Vengeance' Battleship.
"Torpedo, four Torpedo were found on the port side! Emergency evasion!" A shrill roar sounded.
'Vengeance' Battleship immediately began to evade in an emergency, trying to aim the ship's bow in the direction of Torpedo's attack to reduce the area affected by bombs.
Perhaps the 'Vengeance' number Battleship had better luck. Two of the four Torpedo were directly missed. The other one, due to a problem with the fixed depth, went directly under the belly of the 'Vengeance'. The last one, although it hit the waterline armor of the Battleship number 'Vengeance'. But I don't know what went wrong and there was no explosion. This allowed the number 'Vengeance' number Battleship to escape a disaster.
"Your Excellency Commander, we escaped. One Torpedo passed through our battleship, and the other Torpedo hit it, but it did not explode!" David? Vice Admiral Beatty looked delighted.
"God bless!" John? Admiral Jellicoe said. However, the worry in his eyes did not diminish at all.
German aircraft, still launching an attack. Although the British warships began to fight back. However, it didn't have much effect.
"It seems that aircraft carriers are the protagonists of future naval battles!" John? Admiral Jellicoe couldn't help but sigh.