2171 Blood Fire River Mouth 4
In just half an hour, the British's attempt to penetrate the defense network had already failed. What's even worse is that the British bombers could not escape even if they wanted to run away! They were chased and fought by the German twin-engine fighters like maggots!
British bombers hurriedly threw down one bomb to reduce the load, but unfortunately, they still could not get rid of those agile killers. With the continuous shooting of machine guns, the shells were flying happily in the air. The British struggled hard in the rain of bullets, and the engine roared again and again. However, in the end, they could not stop most of the bombers from turning into dazzling flames in the air.
The British struggle this time was just a farce in the eyes of the Germans, and it had no effect except to interpret the strength of the German navy and air force with his own blood. Ruprecht did not consider the invasion of the British Air Force at all, nor did he even consider the result of this shelling, because after he looked at it, the latter no longer had to consider it, because the shells were invested enough, so the result would naturally be very good!
The main guns and shells of a Bavarian-class battleship are about 1,000 rounds. If these ammunitions are not counted as fired drugs, the weight is as high as more than 800 tons! Then the 12 Bavarian-class battleships are tens of thousands of tons of ammunition! Plus the main guns and secondary artillery ammunition of other battleships. Even if the German Navy only fired one-third of the ammunition this time, there will be more than 10,000 tons of output! The so-called bombers really cannot compete with the main fleet of the high seas fleet! As long as it can reach, the German fleet's shelling output for 3 hours can beat thousands of bombers 10 times! The target is just a few small towns in the mouth of the river!
"Where is the British fleet now?" asked Ruprecht.
"According to the reports of our long-range reconnaissance aircraft, the British fleet did leave Foss Bay today, but they never left the cover of the Navy and Land-based Air Force in the Forss Bay area. They just walked a little south and then turned back. However, this time they did not return to the port directly, but trained artillery skills." General Schell said.
"Is there any other news?" the crown prince asked with a frown.
"This time we saw warships similar to aircraft carriers in the grouping of the large fleet, and aircraft were released on them to expel our long-range reconnaissance aircraft. According to the intelligence, the other party seemed to have some rules," said Admiral Schell.
"Does their aircraft carriers take off and land?" Ruprecht asked another question he was very concerned about. Historically, the British aircraft carriers have not carried much aircraft, but who knows this plane?
"It seems that there is not much intelligence sent by a reconnaissance plane that ventured close to the British fleet, and there were no planes on their deck," said Admiral Schell.
"Then I'm relieved." Ruprecht said with a breath. Why can German aircraft carriers such as Vettelsbach carry more than 80 aircraft? Not only because of the large hangar and tickets, but more importantly, more than 40% of aircraft are thrown on the deck! If all aircraft carriers before the end of World War II are not tied, then even the double-decker aircraft carriers will not be too large.
As for whether the British would deliberately clear the deck? What do you say? The deck tied to the aircraft can certainly increase the number of aircraft, but it also brings trouble to the operation of the aircraft. It does not mean that you can add it in a short period of time. At least in the case of World War 1, this was the case when everyone started playing aircraft carriers! So, since the British had already hit the edge of the Luftwaffe this time, there was no reason for them not to sail according to their normal configuration. What if the Luftwaffe really concentrated a batch of K8 bombers to go there directly? In this era of air combat, heavy bombers were actually not bad...
"Haha, Jericho's sense of smell is keen." Ruprecht was not disappointed without fishing out the Jericho fleet, but what really made Ruprecht look more highly is that Jericho knew that the final battle was about to come and began to prepare for the final battle. Now, the British can create an aircraft carrier team that can be used as a means to prove that Jericho's vision is fierce.
"We can finish the work after almost fighting. This time we will make the British fleet gradually get used to our operation process!" Ruprecht thought for a while and said.
Starting from the first cannon, the German fleet spent a full three hours to completely erase all military-friendly targets in these three British estuary cities from the ground! Craters several meters deep, piles of ruins and twisted machinery silently told people what happened in this area just now and the powerful firepower of the high seas fleet. The wreckage scattered on the ground indicates the British Air Force's failure to fight to the death!
With the completion of the mission, the German high seas fleet began to shrink, and the huge T-shaped array was reorganized into a block array suitable for navigation. The Hippel fleet first returned. Then, four battleship teams advanced together and embarked on their way home surrounded by hundreds of escort warships and auxiliary ships. They needed to return to Wilhelmshaven at the high tide in the afternoon. After a little rest, they would cross the Kiel Canal tomorrow to enter the German Navy's bases on the Baltic Sea.
"What did the German fleet leave?" At this time, Prime Minister Asquith, who was breathing in the dirty air in the basement under the Prime Minister's residence in London, said coldly.
"Yes, all the industrial facilities and ports of Kingston, Crims and Brig were completely destroyed, and their attacks could be more terrifying than bombers' bombings." Lloyd George, the Minister of War next to him, sighed.
"How many more times will the Germans do this? Do they have to turn the entire eastern coastal area of Britain into scorched earth before they can stop? These crazy guys!" Asquith's angry voice echoed in the basement.
"We really don't know about this." Lloyd George wiped his cold sweat and said.
However, what Lloyd George couldn't explain clearly does not mean that no one in the UK could explain it clearly! At this time, Jericho was discussing the situation of the German naval artillery with his staff. Of course, they were definitely not discussing how to fight with the high seas fleet under the cover of the Luftwaffe, but wanted to obtain the current status of the high seas fleet through various analysis! In the eyes of laymen, messy information that has no value can be sorted out very important information in the eyes of professionals!
At the Kingston Power Plant where the Germans had just fired, a group of people from the British Navy were collecting fragments of shells. At the port not far away, another team of British Navy was discussing something with the people coming from the outpost. All the information they obtained would eventually become the basis for Jericho and others to judge!
Chapter completed!