The Azores Islands are the only territory that the Portuguese government-in-exile can still control. Marshal Fisher and his Allied Allied Fleet are anchored in Port Heroes. This huge fleet consists of nearly two hundred warships of various types. It is the last maritime combat force of the entire Allied Powers group.
"Where is our fleet that once made the world tremble? Where is our St. George flag that never sets? Has our glory faded away like this?" Marshal Fisher looked at the situation in front of him on Fort St. Bastian. The ten British battleships anchored in the bay said with a wry smile.
"Marshal, we are still strong enough to fight." Major General Betty beside him said respectfully.
"Then what?" Marshal Fisher said calmly.
Betty stopped talking. There is no future. Even if we win this battle, the losses will definitely not be small. Now the combined fleet only has a total of twelve battleships. If we lose a few more ships, we will be left with single digits. Okay, and then we have to face more than twenty battleships, including two super battleships. Well, even General Betty, who is famous for his bravery, couldn't help but tremble.
"Report to Marshal, reconnaissance plane No. 4 has lost contact." An officer walked up to Fisher and saluted.
"Lost contact?" Betty was stunned for a moment.
"Yes, General, a telegram was sent back ten minutes ago, saying that it was searching southwest and no enemy fleet was found. According to normal circumstances, another telegram should have been sent back, but we did not receive it. Then I took the initiative to report to him but got no response," the officer said.
"It seems that our enemy has arrived. Order the fleet to weigh anchor." Fisher said without hesitation. As soon as he finished speaking, another officer ran over and said somewhat nervously: "Report to the marshal, reconnaissance No. 3 The plane discovered the enemy's main fleet, nine capital ships, and fifty-six other warships. It was two hundred kilometers away and heading due south."
"Reconnaissance Plane No. 3? What happened to No. 4?" Betty said blankly.
"Perhaps there was a malfunction and the crash occurred. We didn't have time to send the report. Don't worry about it!" Marshal Fisher said hurriedly as he walked. He didn't know what he was ignoring. At this time, on the sea two hundred kilometers away to the southwest, the commander of the Dingzhen formation Cheng Biguang was looking leisurely at the sky not far away. A British reconnaissance plane was twisting its body desperately, trying to avoid two Eagle fighter-bombers diving down from high altitude. Of course, what he couldn't see was this reconnaissance plane. In the back seat, a radio operator was tapping the buttons desperately and in vain, trying to report the sudden appearance of powerful enemies to the Port of Heroes.
And just below, on the battlecruiser Yonghui of the Royal Navy of China, a long radio antenna was constantly emitting interference waves.
The reconnaissance plane struggled in the sky for only two minutes before it turned into a burning flame and fell into the sea under the large-caliber bullets fired by two Eagle fighter-bombers. Then the two Eagles returned and landed on the flight deck. On board, at the same time as they landed, the four reconnaissance planes dropped from the battlecruiser quickly took off from the sea and began to fly towards the Port of Heroes.
At this time, in the Port of Heroes, the Allied Alliance Fleet had already set sail. On each of the giant warships, the propellers driven by the gearbox rotated at high speed amid the roar of high-power diesel, and slowly left their berths amid the piercing sirens.
"This is a battle of glory. We have no retreat. Behind us is our homeland. Behind us are England, France, and Italy. Warriors, for our motherland. For our relatives, fight, use our cannons."
Tear the bodies of the invaders to pieces and defend our homeland with our lives!" On the flagship HMS Britannia, Marshal Fisher shouted into the microphone, and his roar echoed through the loudspeaker throughout the Port of Heroes. Of course, the Admiral did not
Unexpectedly, at this moment, two hundred Eagle fighter-bombers and Swordfish torpedo attack aircraft on two aircraft carriers in Dingzhen, two hundred kilometers away, had already begun loading bombs.
The combined fleet sailing out of Port of Heroes headed straight south towards Yang Yonglin's decoy fleet. Only half an hour later, a water reconnaissance plane taking off from the battlecruiser discovered them. Of course, they also discovered the reconnaissance plane.
, but Marshal Fisher did not doubt the origin of this reconnaissance plane. In his opinion, it was from Yang Yonglin's fleet.
After receiving the telegram from the reconnaissance aircraft, Cheng Biguang immediately issued a takeoff order to the carrier-based aircraft units on standby on the deck. On the two aircraft carriers sailing against the wind, an Eagle and a Swordfish quickly took off, carrying a group of aircraft.
Each 250-kilogram class aerial bomb or light aviation torpedo is directed towards the combined fleet. The latter weighs 750 kilograms, has a range of nearly two kilometers at 40 knots, and has a mine head charge of 170 kilograms. Although it is not the same as the current water surface
The 533 torpedoes used by the battleships are relatively weak in power, but they are enough to deal with the Allied capital ships.
In the blue sky, a small reconnaissance plane was flying leisurely in the direction of Port of Heroes. This was the British No. 3 reconnaissance plane that had discovered Yang Yonglin's fleet not long ago. As a decoy fleet, Yang Yonglin certainly would not use radio interference, and also
There was no interest in shooting it down, so the reconnaissance aircraft safely returned to Port Heroes.
"Will, the fleet ordered us to go north and turn around on No. 4's route. No. 4 has lost contact." The transmitter in the back seat said to the pilot in the front seat. At this time, on the sea below them, there was already a wave riding the wind and waves.
The combined fleet. After Marshal Fisher walked for a while, he was not very relieved about the missing No. 4 reconnaissance plane. Although the intelligence said that only the front fleet was mentioned, it is always good to be careful.
"Damn it, we're almost there." The pilot said dissatisfiedly, and then turned and flew towards the route of reconnaissance aircraft No. 4.
And less than 70 kilometers away from them, a huge air formation was flying at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour. One hundred Eagle fighter-bombers and one hundred Swordfish torpedo attack aircraft seemed like a moving cloud.
The two sides flying opposite each other discovered each other almost simultaneously after only ten minutes. The two people on the No. 3 reconnaissance plane were stunned when they looked at the sudden appearance of the air formation in the distance, until one of the Eagles broke away from the formation and rushed towards them at high speed.
Will was the first to react.
"Quickly, report to the fleet that the Chinese bomber group has been discovered." He shouted to the reporter behind him, and then quickly controlled the plane to turn around and prepare to escape. The Eagle dropped the bombs mounted below without hesitation and suddenly
It accelerated to nearly 400 meters, dived down from an altitude of 5,000 meters, and used a series of large-caliber machine gun bullets to beat the uninvited guest into a ball of fire.
On the battleship Britannia in the distance, Marshal Fisher was staggered by the bad news. Although the No. 3 reconnaissance plane did not have time to explain the size of the Chinese bomber formation, thinking about it, he knew that it must be from the aircraft carrier.
The Chingzhi formation that took off on the ground was tens of thousands of kilometers away in Africa. The only one that could appear here was the Dingzhen formation in San Francisco. The two aircraft carriers were two hundred bombers.
"Quick, change into the air defense formation, turn to the southwest, and advance at full speed on the twenty-seventh knot." This old guy also made a decisive decision. The location of the town formation is easy to judge, and this formation only has four battle cruisers to protect it. As long as it can survive the bombers
Bombs, rush to the vicinity of the aircraft carrier formation at high speed, and then use naval guns to sink these giant ships with no naval combat capabilities.
The combined fleet that was sailing towards Yang Yonglin's fleet immediately turned around. At this time, another Chinese reconnaissance plane also discovered the changes in the combined fleet below. Then a telegram was sent to the Dingyuan aircraft carrier. Cheng Biguang immediately informed Yang Yonglin that the same was true.
Yang Yonglin's fleet, which was sailing towards the combined fleet, also began to turn and attack the combined fleet from the middle.
At this time, after ditching the slow torpedo attack aircraft, the first batch of Eagle fighter-bombers had appeared over the combined fleet. Amidst the shrill air defense sirens, Marshal Fisher and General Betty looked on with shock.
There were densely packed bombers overhead. Under their gaze, the first Eagle began to dive. Its target was the only remaining battleship of the French. The battleship Guba flying the tricolor flag was like a light in the dark night.
Just as eye-catching.
On the only remaining battleship of the French Navy, more than a dozen anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns of various calibers were firing crazily at the sky. On the French cruisers and destroyers around it, more anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were also firing.
Lines of fire from tracer bullets intertwined in the sky, but although they looked ferocious, the actual effect was zero. The reason was simple. It was the first time for these gunners or anti-aircraft machine gunners to face such a target. Before this, they had at most
Just use a balloon or a small plane with a speed of more than 100 per hour to drag a target to practice your skills. When have you ever seen a bomber dive at a high speed of 400 kilometers at an angle of 70 degrees?
What's more, no one interfered during the target practice, but the aircraft overhead kept spraying large-caliber bullets. Amidst the frantic and desperate shooting of the French, the Eagle rushed until it was less than 400 meters away from the target before suddenly shooting
Pulled it up, and at the moment it was pulled up, a bomb weighing 250 kilograms roared down.
Although this is also the first time for the pilot of this Eagle fighter-bomber to attack a sailing warship, it is not the first time for him to bomb ground targets and anchored warships. He can directly bomb a ship by throwing bombs directly onto a small bunker.
The success rate for a warship that is more than 100 meters long and dozens of meters wide is still very high. This bomb with a delayed fuse hit the middle deck of the Guba ship, and it was impossible for the 50 mm thick horizontal armor to block such a bomb.
A bomb of this level dropped at an angle, like a bullet penetrating a wooden board, easily penetrated the interior of the Guba hull. Then, with a huge explosion, countless steel fragments flew up in the light of the fire.
The sky exploded, and this explosion officially kicked off the first sea-air battle in the history of war. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!