Chapter 1149: Each Flying Separately in the Face of Great Difficulties

  Chapter 1127 – Each Flying Separately in the Face of Great Difficulties

There were a few satin white clouds suspended in the azure sky, the waves rolled over the endless sea, and in the distance, the sky and the sea had completely melted into one.

Through the high-powered binoculars, one can vaguely see a few small spots appearing on the line between the sea and the sky, undulating along the waves of the sea wolves, as if at any time they might fade away with the waves.

The reconnaissance planes had long since sent back intelligence, and Arest was not at all surprised by the appearance of the enemy. The fleet’s battle formations were all set up, just waiting for the enemy to come by.

“Order the fleet to prepare for battle and inform the air force that they are ready to take off!”

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Closer, closer, the sound of gunfire boomed, and the fighters from the carriers in the rear took off, forming a personalized formation and flying over the heads of the British and Japanese allied forces, and a unique welcoming ceremony unfolded.

Explosive dumplings fell from the sky, directly smashed the British and Japanese fleet. Reacting Admiral Michel, hastily ordered: “Air defense, quickly organize air defense!”

Unfortunately, it was all in vain. The Royal Navy has experienced all kinds of sea battles, just did not experience the taste of being bombed by airplanes.

The so-called anti-aircraft firepower was actually mostly aimed at the airships as well. Because the airships are big enough to be able to drop huge bombs weighing several tons, the light smashing are able to smash the warships out of trouble.

As for the threat of airplanes, unfortunately the Royal Navy was making predictions based on its own air force. Under the premise of guaranteeing the flight mileage, at most a few hundred kilograms of ammunition can be loaded at a time.

Overall it was reliable, even if it was the most advanced bomber of Shinra, under the premise of guaranteeing the flight mileage, the maximum ammunition load could be more than two tons.

But because the cost was too high, this state-of-the-art fighter, did not enter service on a large scale. Most of the mainstream bombers in the air force also had a load capacity of around one ton.

But that was an army fighter, not a navy fighter. Carriers are equipped with bombers that require a much lower range.

As long as they can have one or two hours of flight time in the air, they can meet the basic requirements, as for the range of the gods, for the time being, there is no need to consider.

The range requirement is low, the fuel loaded will naturally be less, and the corresponding bomb capacity will also be larger.

Because of the poor fuel utilization, this number is not small. Basically, carrier fighters with the same power have a load capacity that is so much higher by one-twentieth of a percent.

Don’t look at this number is not insignificant, but in war, this difference can kill people.

An ordinary bomber carrying a one-ton bomb would need to use all its strength, while a carrier-based fighter could do it easily.

Because of their accuracy, these large bombs are usually only big guys.

As the flagship and the newest model of dreadnought, Admiral Mitchell’s ride, the Elizabeth, became the brightest pup on the field.

In just five minutes, it was patronized by three giant bombs, although none of them hit, but the noise of the explosions in the sea water was also not small.

Luck always runs out, and although the Elizabeth escaped the big bombs, she was hit by two smaller ones.

This small is also relative, targeting warships bombing bombs, the smallest also have dozens of kilograms of weight, no one threw a grenade or something down to fish itch.

The warship was able to withstand the test, but the main gun was scrapped, by the way, also took away more than a dozen officers and men, injured even more.

Even Michel, the commander, was nearly shaken to the core. The anti-aircraft machine gun, which was highly expected, was like a clown at the moment, not winning the applause of the audience despite its hard work.

In any case, the Royal Navy had finally organized its air defense. Although it had not yet achieved battle results, at least the enemy’s planes did not dare to drop bombs on the tens of meters they had descended to.

In contrast, the Japanese Navy as a peer is tragic. Air defense, what is that thing?
Although the Japanese Navy to the Royal Navy to learn, but the hands of the funds are after all limited, in some unnecessary places to save is also inevitable.

Has always been to the Far East Empire of the Japanese Navy, naturally do not need to consider “air defense” so lofty things.

Even if the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, the Russians did not have a fleet of ships to come to the battle, the Russian air force can not fly over the head of the Japanese Navy, so the Japanese Navy has never had the concept of “anti-aircraft”.

As soon as the bombing started, Admiral Ito Yuken greeted Admiral Michel’s whole family. This is not a battle, it is purely a teammate.

The Japanese Navy was completely unprepared, except for the officers’ pistols, there was no weapon that could shoot at the sky.

Although machine guns and artillery were carried, they could not be fired directly upwards, and were lucky to jam, or blow up directly.

Exasperated, General Ito Yuken immediately growled: “Send down the order to get everyone ready to retreat.

By the way, send a telegram to ask that guy Michel, if they don’t have a way to deal with the enemy’s bombardment, we’ll withdraw first!”

The solution was not without, as long as one was willing to sacrifice and rush up to fight the enemy in close combat, the threat in the sky would not be a problem.

The problem now was that the Shinra Navy was mobile, they rushed forward others could also run back, the planes in the sky were still bombing as usual.

You can’t bet on the enemy running out of ammo, right?
This place is not far from the Malaysian Peninsula, and a round trip by the enemy’s warplanes would only take more than an hour at most.

Theoretically, the British-Japanese combined fleet can completely rely on the gap between the enemy’s air force’s return flight and rush up to fight with the Shinra Navy.

But the enemy is not soft, at the very least, not one or two hours, can be killed.

Besides, who stipulated that there was only one wave of enemy airplanes, what if it was continuous?
The aging Ito Yuken, long past his middle age, did not have the idea of doing something that he knew was impossible.

The battle has gone on so far, there have been a number of Japanese ships have been damaged, and there is even a cruiser that is slowly sinking.

Unlike the big family of Britain and Shinra, the Japanese Empire’s family is thin, once the warships are lost, it is really lost.

The situation at home was very clear to Ito Yuken. Even if he won the Russo-Japanese War, he would not be able to turn around without a decade or two, and would not be able to increase his investment in the navy.

The original plan was to join hands with the British to finish off Shinra’s Nanyang fleet, and the two countries would jointly divide up the rich Nanyang islands.

Now the situation is very obvious, not to mention kill the South Sea fleet, just based on the enemy air force this attack power, maybe they themselves first to explain.

Hearing Admiral Ito Yuken’s order, Akiyama Masayuki, who was a bit messed up by the bombardment, hurriedly said: “Your Excellency the Commander, I am afraid that the enemy will bite up immediately if we retreat directly under this situation.

Unless the evacuation is decentralized, it is possible to withdraw most of the warships back, but then our main ships will be in danger.

Wanting to withdraw the fleet back as intact as possible is not possible unless we have someone to help attract the enemy’s attention so that they can’t care about us.”

Selling teammates?
The thought lingered in Admiral Ito Yuken’s mind as soon as it came together. If he hadn’t been concerned about the strength of the British, he would have already ordered it done.

“It’s difficult, not to mention whether the British will cooperate or not, even if the plan does succeed, what about settling scores in the future?
Having appeared here today, we have already offended the Holy Roman Empire, if we offend the British again, I’m afraid that in the future this world will have no place for the Empire.”

Regret was a must, if he had known that this was a trap, he would not have brought the fleet here if he had said anything.

As long as he didn’t send troops to the war, even if he was on the wrong side, there was still room for things to maneuver.

Support Britain so many countries, the Holy Roman Empire can not be all cut off, the big deal is to give up part of the interests, always be able to pass.

Now it’s different, both sides have already exchanged hands, each other stuck on each other’s blood, and then want to land smoothly will be difficult.

Akiyama Mayuki: “Your Excellency the Commander, there’s no need to be so pessimistic. Since we can be pawns for the British, we can equally be pawns for the Holy Roman Empire.

At least until the Russian Empire is weakened, the Empire still has existence value. As long as there is existential value, then there is room for maneuver.

It is better for the government of Vienna to use our hands to hit the Russians hard and eliminate this last hidden danger than for them to personally strike out against their allies.”

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The Elisabeth, in the command room Admiral Mitchell had lost his usual presence and his whole person was much more haggard.

Along with the passage of time, the losses of the British-Japanese joint fleet were getting bigger and bigger, but in a matter of tea, more than ten ships had suffered heavy damage one after another.

At this moment, the combined fleet was already facing not only the enemy’s carrier fleet, but also the air force that had arrived on the news.

Sensei’s airplanes, as long as they were able to drop bombs, they all appeared on the battlefield at this moment.

Although most of the bombs of the air force are small, many of them are only a few kilograms or a dozen kilograms, even if they are hit, they will only tickle the warships, but they can’t help but have a lot of them!
The warships are not afraid of these small bombs, does not mean that the officers and soldiers on board are not afraid. No matter how big the bombs are, they are capable of killing people.

Even some planes simply take a machine gun and shoot randomly at the bottom. The soldiers holding the anti-aircraft machine guns did not dare to risk their heads.

“General, urgent message from the Japanese army. The Japanese fleet commander, Ito Yuken, proposes to launch a charge as fast as possible and close with the enemy.”

As if he had received a wake-up call, Admiral Michel, whose brain was opened, immediately made a decision, “Immediately call back Ito Yuken, and tell him that I agree with the plan, and that I will launch a charge at the enemy in five minutes.

Pass down the order to stop artillery fire after five minutes, and turn around the whole army to return to Cam Ranh Bay as fast as possible.”

Brave man!

It wasn’t just selling out his teammates, even his own man Michel couldn’t care less.

The speed of warships is not the same, if you let go of your speed and spread out, the slower warships will definitely not be able to run away.

But now at this point, the face of the airplane this “can only be beaten, can not fight back the enemy”, if you do not run will be wiped out.

(End of chapter)