Sir Forbes was still trying to give instructions as calmly as possible.
This general, who was deeply loved by the officers and soldiers, did not panic completely. After all, he came from the Royal Navy of the British Empire, which had dominated the world. Every order he gave was calm and rational. It was under his command that the British
The First Squadron of the Army did not fall into uncontrollable chaos as soon as it was attacked by German carrier-based aircraft, and it was able to sustain itself until now despite heavy losses!
However, after losing the main battleships one after another, the fleet's anti-aircraft firepower has gradually declined. No matter how excellent Sir Forbes's command skills are, he will soon be unable to recover.
Overhead, there are more than 50 German fighter planes with unused ammunition, launching the last wave of crazy bombings. Based on the amount of ammunition these German fighter planes have just shown, Sir Forbes can probably estimate that as long as his fleet can
If you survive the last minute or two, the situation will change!
In the sky, the first batch of Stuka bombers and FW-190 fighter jets to arrive have begun to return, flying back in the direction where they appeared. Soon, the remaining German fighter planes will also be launched one after another due to exhaustion of ammunition.
Returned.
"Boom!" There was another loud noise, and the ammunition magazine of the battleship Hood was accidentally hit vertically by a bomb dropped by a Stuka bomber, which immediately triggered a violent explosion on the main battleship.
This is already the fourth battleship to be sunk! The remaining two ships are now suffering from varying degrees of damage.
Suddenly, just as the officers and soldiers under Sir Forbes began to prepare to pray and were about to lose their courage, to the west of them, hundreds of "Swordfish" biplane torpedo planes quietly appeared.
"Reinforcements have arrived!" This was Sir Forbes' first reaction.
It can be said that Admiral Cunningham's arrangement is simply impeccable. For such a large number of "Swordfish" biplane torpedo planes to appear in time at this moment, it must be Cunningham who got the news about the encounter between the First Squadron and the German fleet.
In the first moment, almost all the carrier-based aircraft were scrambled from the rear. Otherwise, based on the average number of carrier-based aircraft carried by the British large aircraft carriers of less than 50, it would be impossible to have at least this kind of aircraft without going all out.
200 torpedo planes. Moreover, if the carrier-based aircraft had not been ordered to dispatch as soon as the news of the encounter was received, Sir Forbes' fleet would not have been able to join the carrier-based aircraft group so quickly at this moment.
"Commander Cunningham is indeed a famous naval admiral of our British Empire." Sir Forbes, who finally waited for reinforcements and breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and said to his adjutant.
"Yes, General Cunningham must have made the decision to take off carrier-based aircraft to assist the First Squadron before our defeat was reported. Such an accurate prediction of the battlefield situation, looking at the Royal Navy's
At the top, I'm afraid not many commanders can do as well as General Cunningham." Forbes' adjutant also guessed Cunningham's pre-judged order and was as surprised as Sir Forbes.
Before the war becomes clear, he can calculate what may happen next in almost an instant, and boldly use his own judgment to immediately invest all the carrier-based aircraft in his hands.
Based on his battlefield reasoning ability and decisive attitude when issuing orders, Cunningham is worthy of being a famous British naval admiral today!
It can be said that Cunningham's timing was very good. If he had hesitated for a while and made a decision later, or if he had followed the normal procedure and waited until the rescue telegram arrived before ordering the fighter planes to take off for rescue, then Sir Bruce's first
The squadrons will suffer losses a hundred times greater than now.
But he didn't do that. He just relied on his years of experience and crisis awareness in fighter aircraft. When he was still unsure, he took off all four large aircraft carriers' carrier-based aircraft to meet the First Squadron.
It was this move that allowed the morale of the British First Squadron, which was on the verge of collapse, to stabilize and even improve.
However, just when the British officers and soldiers had just ignited a little spark of hope, suddenly, everyone's eyes were firmly attracted by a new black spot that appeared in the east.
When the clouds were broken, one after another, the German FW-190 torpedo fighter planes revealed their small but terrifying figures. The densely packed small black dots gradually expanded into sharp and cold black ghosts, filling the air
with their vision.
Sir Bruce on the flagship opened his mouth wide, but couldn't make a single sound. He was babbling like a child with his eyes rounded and hesitating.
The rest of the British officers and soldiers looked at each other sadly and let out long sighs. Even some of the anti-aircraft gun shooters lowered their hands feebly and stopped resisting in vain.
They didn't know, or were unsure, that the "Swordfish" biplane torpedo planes that responded to them were lower end than the German FW-190 fighters. However, just by looking at the black mass of German fighters, they should have guessed that
The ending in a few minutes.
Prime Minister, there are already more than 400 FW-190 fighter jets, endlessly appearing in their sight. Farther to the east, they can still vaguely see the equally endless second batch of German fighter jets following the FW
Behind the -190 fighter planes - those are a huge number of Stuka bombers!
"Almighty God! Have you really abandoned the British Empire!?" Sir Forbes' aide-de-camp, his eyes widened in horror, shouted in a hoarse voice.
He couldn't figure out why the German High Seas Fleet could produce so many carrier-based aircraft.
Could it be that their fleet is just a freak navy full of aircraft carriers? Or maybe their aircraft carriers are all high-tech advanced aircraft carriers that are as big as Big Macs and carry huge aircraft capacity.
Like the adjutant, Sir Forbes himself was in disbelief at the dramatic scene before him.
Originally, when he saw the terrifying number of 200 carrier-based aircraft of Lütjens' First Squadron, he was extremely surprised by the strength of the German aircraft carriers.
Confused, he attributed this situation to the fact that the German High Seas Fleet placed all its aircraft carriers in the vanguard squadron, thus forming a local advantage.
Otherwise, how could the German army gather a full 200 carrier-based aircraft?
Based on this line of thinking, Forbes subconsciously believed that the German High Seas Fleet would not have any remaining carrier-based aircraft that had not yet taken off.
Moreover, Forbes also speculated that the number of German aircraft carriers is definitely not the two mentioned in the intelligence.
Sir Forbes used the British Empire's best aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal as a reference standard and guessed that the number of large aircraft carriers in Germany was at least 6!
Unfortunately, he guessed half of it right, and he guessed the other half right by mistake.
Yes, Germany has six Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers, but the carrier-based aircraft capacity of these large aircraft carriers is nearly double the level that Forbes believed!
This was something that neither Sir Forbes nor General Cunningham could guess.
They couldn't even guess that Redel, who had always been cautious, actually mustered up the greatest courage in his life this time. Like Cunningham, he took off all the troops from the Second Squadron as soon as he got the news of the encounter between the two armies.
Carrier-based aircraft, rush to the front line to participate in the duel!
