Chapter 1215

On the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, Dudley pound was listening to the report of the damaged ships in his fleet. Before he finished listening to the damage caused by the second wave of German aircraft attack, an officer came from the telegraph room next door: "sir! It's a big deal! "

"The news just came from the destroyer Eli, and the radar on the destroyer Eli confirmed another batch of German planes!" The telegraph office officer looked at his boss, his eyes full of helplessness and panic. After all, there are more and more German planes, and they are more and more deadly, which makes him feel dangerous.

"The third batch of German aircraft? I already know. " Dudley pound looked at his men who were too frightened. At the beginning, he didn't think about the worst. But then he realized that something was wrong, because the news that the third batch of German attack aircraft group was coming had been known to him for a long time.

"Sir! Not the third batch of German! It's the fourth batch of attack aircraft! There are almost 70, faster and more than we originally estimated The man said to Dudley pound. In the first two waves of attack aircraft groups, the German Navy was just making a trial attack. The number and takeoff speed of the fourth batch of attack aircraft groups increased by more than half a point.

Dudley pound was stunned. He had just been forced to order his fleet to turn again. The formation of the whole fleet had not yet been adjusted. Now Germany has made another surprise attack. It's killing him.

"Hell! At this time, how can the Germans suddenly become firm? Give orders to the carrier based aircraft units in the air! Make sure they hold on! " Thinking of this, Dudley pound quickly issued a variety of orders, including emergency take-off of fighters, let the fleet keep the current course, continue to sail, adjust the formation of the fleet.

The British naval commander-in-chief is now in a mess. His planned assault plan for battleships was completely bankrupt because the German carrier plane hit the Queen Elizabeth. Now his fleet can't run away or fight. He can only hold on until the favorable opportunity comes.

"Speed up the scoundrel and the Nelson! There's no way to stay up till night. The time of decisive battle must be advanced! " Only when the other two battleships arrived in time could the situation of passive attack be changed.

Before a series of orders were fully conveyed, the third wave of German carrier based aircraft had already been killed in the air defense circle of the allied fleet. Fighter planes of both sides were tangled in the sky. From time to time, fighter planes exploded in the air or crashed to the sea with thick black smoke. Fighting is not a one-sided crushing, but a process of mutual consumption.

The loss of German carrier based aircraft was quite huge. When lutjans got the report of the loss of the second wave attack aircraft, he almost bit his tongue. The second wave of carrier based aircraft dozens of return only less than 20, the remaining aircraft have been confirmed shot down, or missing.

In order to cope with the turbulent waves in the Atlantic Ocean, the aircraft carriers of Germany, the United States and Britain were forced to adopt fully enclosed decks. This design increases the weight of the whole aircraft carrier on the water line, and also limits the number of carrier based aircraft in reserve.

In the Pacific Ocean, the same Essex class aircraft carrier, the basic establishment of the United States is equipped with 90 carrier based aircraft, and in order to adapt to the Atlantic Ocean, the number of carrier based aircraft of the Franklin aircraft carrier has been reduced to 70. Germany's aircraft carrier is also only equipped with about 70 aircraft, so after two rounds of attacks, the German Navy almost has one aircraft on the aircraft carrier, which has been exhausted.

But similarly, there are not many carrier based aircraft left on the US aircraft carrier Franklin. What's worse, the third batch of German carrier based aircraft came directly to the three Allied aircraft carriers because they confirmed the exact position and formation of the Allied ship formation. Forty eight Stuka dive bombers with bombs and 35 Stuka with torpedoes stormed into the Allied Navy's air defense circle.

"Fire! Give me a quick fire A British official standing on the deck commanding air defense gave a loud order. Behind him is an anti-aircraft gun array, where the multi barrel anti-aircraft gun is aiming at the target in the sky, pouring its ammunition with the fastest speed. One bullet case after another was thrown out of the capsule and dropped onto the deck, making a clanking sound.

German Stuka bombers were not passively attacked. When they began to dive, their 20 mm caliber machine guns aimed at the British warships and launched frantically to suppress the anti-aircraft guns on the warships. These planes dive and sway from side to side to avoid all kinds of ammunition from the ship.

Soon, the distance between the two sides was pulled into a very close distance. The Stuka bomber dropped the bomb and pulled it up quickly. Unfortunately, when it pulled up, it hit the dense barrage, exploded in the air, turned into a fire and fell to the sea. The bomb it dropped also hit the middle of the British Heavy Cruiser accurately, exploding beside the chimney and raising a billow of smoke.

The speed of the British cruiser dropped immediately, and not far behind it, the side of the Royal ark was exposed to the threat of German aircraft. As if there was a crack in the egg, the German carrier planes immediately seized the flaw, and more than a dozen planes swarmed up, aiming the torpedoes under their belly at the Royal ark, which was turning slightly.

"There's something wrong with the air defense cover!" An officer in charge of side observation put down his telescope and called out to Dudley pound: "the Melly has been hit! It's slowing down! The German plane is approaching! "“ Give it to the air defense forces! " Dudley pound waved helplessly. Of course, he could not stop the German carrier based aircraft from attacking the allied fleet, so now he had to rely on the air defense of each ship to compete with the German carrier based aircraft: "let the Liverpool speed up and catch up to fill the position of the Melly!" George, standing behind the captain of the Royal ark, leaned in his ear and suggested, "Captain! I'll go down and get ready. I'll organize the damage control personnel just in case. " The captain nodded slightly, then waved back to indicate his agreement. George took a look at Dudley pound standing on the bridge, pushed open the door of the bridge and went out. He walked all the way down the iron stairs to the next door of his usual office, where he had been waiting for a full 30 experienced damage controllers, all of whom were looking at George entering the cabin“ Gentlemen! The situation outside is not optimistic. I think we will be playing soon! Get ready, gentlemen! Your majesty is with us George didn't talk nonsense. He directly assigned the sergeants in charge in each area. He didn't know where the whole warship would be the first to be shot, so he could only distribute the forces equally and reserve a huge reserve force. Most of his men were ordered to leave the cabin. The rest of the people are waiting in silence, waiting for the last thing to happen. The Royal ark has gone through many naval battles, most of which have returned to the port unharmed - now, the time has come to really test it, and all the people on board are praying for good luck to continue. It didn't make the British wait too long. In line with the principle of taking advantage of your illness to kill you, the German carrier plane gave priority to sinking the wounded cruiser Melly. Two torpedoes exploded on the side of the Melly one after the other, and the sea water poured into the ship. The cruiser immediately began to tilt and sink at the speed visible to the naked eye. The rest of the German carrier plane, bypassing a diving American fighter, stormed towards the Royal ark. However, in the first round of dive, these German planes failed to achieve success, because the anti-aircraft guns on the Royal ark severely disrupted the dive formation of German planes. However, when the German plane made a circle and came back again, the anti-aircraft guns on both sides of the Royal ark aircraft carrier obviously began to get confused. In the face of the German planes coming from all directions, these anti-aircraft guns fought their lives to shoot, but the result was very little“ Boom A bomb dropped by a dive bomber landed on the sea near the side of the Royal ark. The huge shock wave twisted the steel on the Royal ark into a creaking sound. However, because of the distance, the bomb did not cause too much damage to the aircraft carrier. All the British sailors in the ship were in a false alarm“ God bless you Dudley pound stood on the bridge and saw the huge bomb explode in the sea. The huge water column was twice as high as the tower he was standing on, which made the British commander who witnessed the whole process subconsciously thank God in his heart. Before the warship stopped shaking with the waves, there was another lookout, and the warning of the approaching side torpedo came: "side! Torpedoes dropped by German planes! Turn right now! Full rudder to the right! Otherwise it will be too late! " Next to Dudley pound, the captain of the Royal ark quickly gave the order to the helmsman to turn to avoid the torpedo: "full rudder on the right! Hurry up The sailor holding the steering wheel didn't hesitate, so he used all his strength to turn the steering wheel to the right one after another. Then there was a moment of silence on the whole bridge, and everyone was waiting for the result of evading... --- I'm sorry, today Longling came back late for something, and the second thing is to present it in the middle of the night. Please watch it tomorrow morning