Chapter 2132: Dawn Three

"Let's get started!" After receiving the permission of the crown prince, the German High Seas Fleet aircraft carrier detachment got the first chance to fight in the North Sea. The light cruisers and destroyers escorting the aircraft carrier formed a circular defensive circle around them, and the two aircraft carriers began to fight. Get into an upwind heading to prepare for release.

At this time, on the aircraft carrier Wittelsbach, more than 40 carrier-based aircraft were neatly arranged on the deck of more than 200 meters long. The front ones were 10 J3S biplanes and J6S monoplanes. In the back are bombers carrying 250KG bombs, and at the end, there are JU5 torpedo planes carrying two G torpedoes. The engine warm-up of all aircraft has been completed and is ready to take off at any time.

"Start to take off!" When the speed of the aircraft carrier reached 25 knots per hour, combined with the wind speed on the sea, the combined wind speed exceeded 35 knots! It was already far higher than the requirements for the plane to take off, and the ground crew standing on the deck had to brave the strong wind to direct the take-off and landing of the plane.

The folding wings of the first batch of aircraft have been opened, and the ground crew checked the aircraft for the last time and then evacuated immediately. The windshield at the front of the aircraft carrier was lowered, and the pilot put down the brakes as the signal light at the front of the aircraft carrier changed from red to green. The plane started to take off along the middle of the runway!

The fighter took off smoothly under light load conditions, even before the runway was used up, and then, the remaining ground crew pushed the other aircraft to the center of the runway and took off again, according to the schedule of about 25 to 40 seconds. Speed ​​release carrier aircraft. After 20 minutes, all 40 aircraft took off and flew to the target area after completing formation in the air.

In these aircraft, fighter jets do not carry radio equipment. Some of the JU5 torpedo planes were refitted as reconnaissance planes. They carried radio equipment and friendly reconnaissance planes and aircraft carriers for communication and navigation, while other aircraft accompanied the guide planes. The two aircraft carriers took off a total of 80 planes, except for about 20 fighter jets. Besides, the rest are all bombers and torpedo planes!

And just before the aircraft carrier released the aircraft, under the leadership of the German Fourth Battleship Squadron, two complete destroyer squadrons had already sailed towards the Neptune. They will be responsible for the mop-up work after the attack on the aircraft carrier! In principle, it is best not to miss any of the British naval officers and soldiers above, either kill them or catch them!

"I found the target, but it seems that there are no escort warships around?" An hour later, the leading fleet finally found the lonely Neptune battleship on the sea. According to the previous judgment, this should be a genuine ship. During the reconnaissance, the opponent's counterattack was quite methodical.

"It's normal, the capital ship can't escape, and those destroyers still have a chance, but it's okay, there is no one around, and our secrets will not be leaked." Said the bombardier sitting in the back seat. "Then let's start. There's very little breakfast today, everyone needs to grab it!" After finishing speaking, the driver in the front seat signaled the latter to get ready, and the attack began!

"It's a German bomber!" At this time, part of the sea fog had dissipated, and when the lookout on the Neptune saw the incoming German bomber fleet, the Luftwaffe was already very close, and it was too late to send a report! 80 aircraft of various types are like a huge double-decker hamburger in the air. The position of the bomber is relatively high, while the torpedo plane lowered its altitude early. Unceremoniously swarmed up. However, the most basic tactical principle is still to be talked about. A squadron of fighter jets swoops down, using the 20MM machine guns and large-caliber machine guns they carry to prepare to suppress the anti-aircraft firepower!

As a result, the firepower of more than 40 large-caliber machine guns and machine guns covered the deck of the entire battleship,

Accompanied by a series of brass shell casings being thrown out, fire snakes twisted their deadly bodies wantonly on the deck of the Neptune. The anti-aircraft machine guns installed by the British could not block the armor-piercing and high-explosive shells fired from all directions. Accompanied by a burst of flames and the roar of machine guns, groups of soldiers were swept down as if they were being cut. The rest of the people also hurriedly hid in the adjacent cabin and hid. In the first round of attack, the British radio antenna and the sending room below were destroyed!

The machine gun suppression did not last long. A few minutes later, the first wave of bombers flew over the target carrying 250KG semi-armor-piercing shells. The first group of bombers entered from the bow and passed through the stern obliquely. Throwing it down, a few seconds later, three flames soared into the sky on this poor battleship!

Although the semi-armour-piercing projectiles cannot penetrate the horizontal armor of the battleship's core compartment, they can easily penetrate the upper and middle decks. A bomb penetrates into the middle deck of the battleship, and then the fuze at the bottom of the bomb is activated! A total of more than 150KG explosives were detonated, accompanied by a violent explosion, the flames and shock waves produced by the picric acid explosives swept through everything in the body, and the fragile compartment partitions, pipes and lines were directly torn into pieces, becoming The entire deck was blown away by the violent explosion. From the sky, you can even see a hole more than ten meters long! This is what the bomb opened from the inside after it exploded inside the hull!

When the smoke of the first wave of bombing was still spreading, the first wave of torpedo planes also entered the attack channel. At this time, the British simply did not have enough manpower to deal with the torpedo plane troops attacking from the sea, so boldly The German pilots directly adjusted the attack distance to within 600 meters!

"That's enough, quickly throw away the torpedo! Otherwise we'll collide!" the pilot said loudly, looking at the superstructure of the battleship that filled his entire field of vision.

"Let's go!" At a distance of 450 meters, the bombardier in the back seat decisively fired a torpedo! Before he got up. The pilot in the front seat couldn't wait to pull up. A torpedo drew a white line and rushed towards the battleship in the distance. Ten seconds later, with a loud noise, the Neptune in the distance suddenly tilted to one side!

"The power of the No. 4 torpedo is still a bit small." In the distance, the personnel on a JU5 bomber code-named Spectator recorded the effect of the lightning strike very well. , Multiple attacks are used to measure the underwater protection capabilities of British warships.

"This time is relatively normal. The hit just now hit the middle of the hull, where the waterline defense is the best. And according to our intelligence, the British filled some cabins with cork to absorb the damage in order to improve their underwater protection capabilities." Regarding the energy generated by the explosion and the prevention of water ingress, the old antiques of their 10th Cruiser Squadron used to block the North Sea have used similar methods before, and the effect is said to be good." Another person said.

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