Chapter 615 Soft Persimmon

Most of the warships of the British Navy are equipped with anti-aircraft firepower. When facing the attack of the German carrier-based aircraft, at least there is still a little bit of power to fight back. However, the warships of France and Italy are not equipped with anti-aircraft firepower at all. They could only watch helplessly as the German carrier-based aircraft launched an attack.

"Damn the British, they really can't believe it. Why didn't they remind us in advance to equip anti-aircraft weapons?" Admiral Lame roared angrily.

Also angry was Admiral Paul of the Royal Italian Navy.

The generals of France and the Kingdom of Italy were terrified. This is the first time they have seen a fighter plane attack a surface fighter plane, and it still poses such a strong threat.

In the minds of these people, battles at sea should be bombarded with naval guns until one of the warships is sunk. When did naval warfare evolve into this? For the first time, these generals felt that they seemed a little out of date. Compared with the most powerful navy in the world, the gap between them is not only in the strength of both sides, but also in the concept of combat.

The German carrier-based aircraft force also spotted the French and Italian capital ships, which seemed to have no anti-aircraft weapons. Immediately, these carrier-based planes rushed towards these battleships like sharks smelling blood.

After all, it is the same whether it is sinking a British capital ship or sinking a French and Italian capital ship. As long as these battleships are sunk, the German Navy will be able to occupy a greater advantage in the next battle of battleships.

As a result, almost all the remaining carrier-based aircraft with bombs and torpedoes rushed towards the French Navy and the Italian Navy.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the German planes have focused on attacking the French and Italians." Lieutenant General David Beatty looked worried.

"Damn it, the warships of the French and Italians don't have anti-aircraft weapons at all! Those Germans really know how to pick their opponents!" Admiral John Jellicoe was also very helpless. He was relieved that German planes attacked the French and Italian navies. In this case, the strength of the British Navy will not be greatly weakened. However, once the French Navy and the Italian Navy have paid heavy losses and are severely weakened, this is also very detrimental to the next battle.

"I hope the French and Italians can survive the German attack!" Lieutenant General David Beatty said.

"God! The Germans are coming." Seeing the German carrier-based planes rushing towards their battleship, the expressions of Admiral Lame and Admiral Paul became very ugly.

Although there was no anti-aircraft firepower on the French and Italian battleships, the German carrier-based pilots launched the attack according to standard tactics. The fighters attacked first, followed by the cover bombers and torpedo attack aircraft.

"Da da da!" A fighter jet passed the French Navy's battleship 'Jean Bart'. Aviation machine guns began to fire. The dense bullets swept across the deck of the battleship like pouring rain.

"Ah!" Immediately, the screams of the sailors on the battleship 'Gene Barter' rang out one after another. Countless French sailors fell to the ground screaming, and many of them were torn to pieces by the bullets of the aviation machine gun.

The rest of the people hurriedly hid in the cabin of the battleship. There was deep fear in everyone's eyes, and it was obvious that they were terribly frightened.

Following the attack of the fighters came the bombers. The four bombers began to dive from a high altitude, and only dropped their bombs when they dived to a height of only 600 meters above the sea.

Four heavy bombs drew a parabola and smashed towards the battleship 'Jean Bart'.

"Evasion! Urgent evasion!" The captain of the battleship 'Gene Barter' roared loudly.

The huge battleship with a displacement of more than 25,000 tons rushed from left to right, like a wild buffalo.

Of the four bombs, two fell into the sea and did not have any impact on the battleship 'Jean Bart'. However, the other two bombs successfully hit the target.

A bomb hit the port side of the battleship 'Gene Barter', blowing away a 138mm secondary gun, and at the same time detonated a bunch of explosions, causing a raging fire on the port side of the battleship.

Another bomb directly hit the bow of the ship, pierced through the deck armor which was only 70 mm thick, and exploded inside the battleship, causing a raging fire.

Such injuries are nothing to a huge battleship. However, such an attack method made the French sailors on the battleship scared out of their wits. This was the first time they encountered such an enemy. Apart from avoiding, they have no other way. Under such circumstances, the difficulty of resisting the German attack can be imagined.

"Torpedoes, four torpedoes were found on the starboard side!" The sailors on the starboard side shouted in horror after seeing the four incoming torpedoes.

This was dropped by four torpedo attack planes less than 500 meters away from the battleship 'Gene Bart'. The four torpedoes, like four sharks, quickly rushed towards the battleship 'Jean Bart'.

"Turn, turn emergency!"

With red eyes, the navigator steered the rudder himself. However, for a huge battleship with a length of 166 meters and a displacement of more than 25,000 tons, it would take at least two minutes to complete its turn. This made it impossible for them to escape the torpedoes launched by the German carrier-based aircraft.

Except for the first miss of the four torpedoes, the remaining three all scored hits.

One torpedo hit the bow and the other two hit amidships.

Although, the waterline armor of the battleship 'Gene Barter' is as thick as 270mm. But there is still no warhead that can withstand the explosion of a 450mm medium-sized torpedo.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The violent explosion exploded below the waterline on the starboard side of the battleship 'Gene Barter'. The huge power directly tore through the waterline armor and tore several large holes in the hull.

Sea water began to pour into the battleship from these big openings crazily. The damage control personnel immediately plugged the leak. They all knew very well that if these loopholes could not be plugged, then the battleship 'Jean Barter' would be finished. It will also be finished, as well as the sailors on these battleships.

Despite their best efforts, their efforts inevitably ended in failure.