While these Cyric naval soldiers were trying their best to save their warships that were smoking and burning, someone saw through the rolling black smoke the Stukas rushing towards them in groups in the distance.
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"Plane! Plane!" Some officers pointed at the sky and loudly reminded their companions, but most people were unable to do anything about it.
There was nothing they could do. Some of their few Maxim machine guns were blown up, and the remaining machine guns actually didn't have much ammunition.
These machine guns were originally placed on battleships, not for air defense operations. Their previous role was only to deal with approaching enemy boats.
It can even be said that the function of these machine guns in suppressing the riots of sailors on the ship is much greater than that of air defense.
Therefore, the ammunition reserves of these machine guns are actually not much at all. But in the air-to-air combat just now, which machine gun did not fire thousands of rounds of ammunition?
"Bang!" A Cyric soldier holding a rifle fired another shot into the sky, but at this time those terrifying planes had not yet started to dive.
No one paid attention to him. Anyone who still had the courage to stand on the deck at this time, shoot a rifle into the sky, was already considered a warrior.
More people were confused and confused. Some were busy putting out the fire on the deck, some were helping to carry the wounded on the deck, and some were being pulled up by the officers to prepare for air defense operations.
At the machine gun position, the shooter controlling the machine gun was replacing the cold water in the water tank of the machine gun: in the previous battle, the machine gun had already made the water in the water tank boiling hot.
Through the billowing smoke, the shooter could see Stuka dive bombers with bent wings in the clouds, diving straight down and aiming their noses at the damaged warships outside.
"Bullet chain! Bullet chain!" the shooter shouted loudly, urging his helpers to bring the ammunition stored in the next cabin to him.
There were bullet casings all under his feet. Some of them would roll further away as the battleship swayed. Some of the bullet casings rolled down next to the corpse and stopped in their tracks.
There were also some bullet casings that were stuck to the blood as they rolled. They just stopped there and were gradually surrounded by blood.
"Chuchu!" In the distance, a Butcher fighter jet responsible for covering began to swoop and strafe. The dense ammunition passed through the fire, shredded the black smoke, penetrated the crowd, and hit the deck with a crackling sound.
Immediately afterwards, in the desperate eyes of these Cyric sailors, the Butcher fighter jet crashed through the thick smoke and whizzed past their heads, making everyone shrink their necks in fear.
Before these people could congratulate themselves on firing the first round of less-fired attacks, the second Butcher fighter jet followed and broke through the black smoke, rushed out above the raging fire, and rained down on the lambs on the deck.
Ordinary bullets.
These poor people who were just glad that they were not dead were suddenly shattered and turned upside down. The remaining people finally remembered that they had the right to escape.
As a result, the people on the deck started to have a carnival again: some were so frightened that they rushed into the iron door next to them, trying to be a turtle; some people directly climbed over the railing next to them and jumped into the sea, one by one.
After the two Butchers dived and strafed to clear the way, a Stuka dive bomber arrived as scheduled and dropped a huge bomb on the middle of the battleship's fat hull.
By coincidence, the bomb went directly into the chimney of the battleship. A few seconds later, the huge explosion broke the crest of the battleship.
The battleship's keel was directly broken and split from the middle. The seawater tore easily and invaded all cabins pervasively.
The two ends of the battleship began to rise high, and the broken part in the middle sank into the sea water. Huge bubbles rolled around it, exploding into pieces of white spray.
The naval commander-in-chief of the Gobel Kingdom looked at the broken battleship not far away, and his face turned pale.
In the previous round of attacks, he had clearly felt that the enemy's cooperation was becoming more and more proficient. The bombs were dropped more accurately and the attacks were more unscrupulous.
With the exchange of experiences, the pilots in the first round of attacks have informed some precautions to the pilots in the second round of bombing missions.
They reminded their comrades to pay attention to the few machine gun positions on both sides, and reminded their comrades of the cut-in positions where they were easiest to hit.
Of course, at the same time, the speed of a warship that is on fire and smoking is also slower, and the success rate of the attack is naturally higher.
In short, a damaged fleet was attacked by an air raid, which actually seemed to be doomed. The entire fleet was shrouded in smoke and fire, and it even looked a bit tragic.
Unfortunately, tragedy is not good news for people who are experiencing tragedy. This often means that they are at a disadvantage and will easily die tragically.
Two more Stuka dive bombers roared down in the air, and they accurately dropped two aerial bombs on the deck of a Cyric cruiser.
The sound of the collision even drowned out the sound of the burning fire, and then the battleship's ammunition depot began to explode.
First there was the ammunition depot for the rear main gun, followed by the ammunition depot for the forward main gun. Continuous explosions directly sent away the smoking battleship. After a few seconds, only the mast and fragments were still exposed on the sea.
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This is already the 9th Cyric cruiser sunk today: the remaining 6 ships include the fleet flagship of the Navy Commander-in-Chief of the Goblin Kingdom and Commander Cyric.
As for the destroyers, less than half of them survived the carpet bombing just now, and some were sunk along the way. In addition to the ones that were sunk just now... there are only 9 ships left now.
In other words, in the continuous air strikes, the Tang Army's bombers had sunk 9 cruisers and 21 destroyers of the Cyric sneak attack fleet.
Most of the entire fleet has been lost, and the remaining 6 cruisers and 9 destroyers are still seriously damaged. In fact, the entire fleet is not far from being destroyed.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The navy is indeed a branch that can lose all its possessions in one morning. Before nightfall, this Cyric sneak attack fleet will almost be wiped out here.
Already.
However, the attack is still continuing, and those Cyric warships that continue to persist are still trying their best to escape. Even an antelope with only three legs will take two steps when faced with the pursuit of a leopard. No one is dying.
time to give up the struggle.
It's a pity that sometimes the struggle is really in vain. Another battleship was sunk. In fact, there were not many Cyric's battleships left on the sea.
The remaining Stuka dive bombers seemed to have lost their patience. They swarmed up like vultures and devoured the remaining battleships.
The Navy Commander-in-Chief of the Gobel Kingdom closed his eyes, and then the bridge where he was was engulfed by the explosion, and everything fell into silence. After all, this fleet was unable to complete their mission.