When a bomb was hit on the top of the bridge of the "Prince of Wales" was hit by a bombshell, two fleets also set up artillery battles on the North Sea sea east of the Shetland Islands.

Admiral Gunther Lütjens wore a straight military uniform and white gloves, and stood in an impeccable standing posture inside the bridge of the Bismarck, as if he was about to be inspected by His Majesty the Emperor.

Two Bismarck class, one Schanehorst class and two Admiral Hippel class lined up, and 22 heavy artillery and 16 heavy cruiser main guns were all aimed at the British fleet that was rapidly approaching the north.

Everyone held their breath and focused, and no one even noticed the fierce sea-air battle in Port Lewick not far away.

After wandering around the port of Lewick for two hours, I finally waited for the bombers flying from Bergen and Stavanger. When I thought I could return in triumph, a huge British fleet actually appeared in front of the German First High Seas Fleet.

The main force of this British fleet is a Nelson-class battleship, a prestige battlecruiser, a King George V-class battleship, and an old Revenge-class battleship. A total of 16 15-inch cannons, 10 14-inch cannons and 9 16-inch cannons.

In terms of firepower, it is far beyond the fleet commanded by General Lütjens, but it is daytime now! Moreover, the sea surface of the battle is only three or four hundred kilometers away from Bergen and Stavanger.

As long as the German fleet can hold on for another two hours, the 24 ju88s, 24 s.m.79s, 16 Folk Zero and 16-190s that took off from Stavanger will fly over to give the British battleships a little ruthless.

Moreover, the previous record of the Gneiseno (which may also be Eugen or Luzov) suppressing the Hood also increased a lot of confidence to General Gunther Lütjens. He knew that in theory, the main gun of the Gneiseno was difficult to deal with the Hood's armor, let alone breaking through the ammunition depot. Therefore, the results of the Gneiseno were most likely caused by cutting corners and using unqualified armored steel plates.

If the armored steel plate of "Hood" is not qualified, then other British battleships may have the same problem, so Gunther Lütjens wants to try his luck. If the "Nelson" is blown up, the sea control power of the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea will be almost done.

"Snatch the leading position of the T-shaped character, target the 'Nelson', and concentrate firepower!"

Gunther Lütjens issued an order. Since the maximum speed of the "Nelson" class is only knots, while the "Revenge" class is only 21.5 knots. Therefore, the speed of the British fleet can only be maintained at 21.5 knots. The speed of the German fleet is as high as 29 knots, which is 8.5 knots apart, so there is no problem in grabbing the leading position of the T-shaped position.

However, the "Nelson", the leader in the British fleet, is a difficult character to deal with. Although it is slower, it has a 16-inch main gun and sturdy armor.

“Distance 28,000 meters.”

"The heading southeast, 20 degrees left, start to calculate the shelling elements."

"The array order, Nelson vs. Bismarck, King George V vs. Tirpitz, Reputation vs. Gneisenno, Lamilis vs. Admiral Hippel (actually Prince Eugen)..."

At the same time, in the bridge of the battleship "Nelson", the guns and guns and staff had arranged the shelling plan, and stood in front of the operating table with a telephone, waiting for General Tove to issue the final order.

Tovey picked up the telescope, but he did not look at the enemy ships on the sea, but looked into the sky. He was looking for the carrier-based aircraft group sent by the Ark of Royal and the Awesome, the SBD dive bombers and TBD torpedo bombers on the two aircraft carriers, which are the trump cards of the local fleet!

Admiral Tovey doesn't want these 41 SBDs and TBDs to sink a German battleship, which is a bit high. After all, there are more than a dozen Folk Zero escorts over the German fleet, and they will not let British aircraft throw bombs or torpedoes comfortably.

However, there is still hope for the explosion. As long as a German battleship can be blown up and slowed down, the fleet A will avenge the "Houd".

"Admiral," the radar officer of the Nelson suddenly shouted excitedly, "The radar found an unknown aircraft group, northwest direction, with more than 50 aircraft!"

"That's our plane, they're coming!" Tovey clapped his hands and ordered loudly, "We are now following the German fleet, keeping the distance at 000 meters. We cannot let them grab the t-shaped formation in any case!"

With the painful lessons learned by the Hood last night, General Tovey dared not get too close to the German battleship, and he dared not let the Nelson use the bow to fight the enemy.

"Admiral! The radar discovered enemy aircraft, with a number of more than 50, flying from the northwest, with a distance of 80 kilometers!"

The search radar on the Bismarck had already discovered the coming British plane at this time. Admiral Gunther Lütjens frowned. He was about to fight artillery with the British now and could not make an air defense formation. It was really time for these British planes to come.

However, Gunther Lütjens had no choice but to escape. Because the British formation chose to turn at the same time, 000 meters away from the German formation, the two sides are now sailing in parallel. Even if the German fleet wants to leave, they have to exchange fire and use their speed to shake off the other side, and they cannot turn around and hand it over to the other side. Therefore, Lütjens had to order the straight-covered aircraft group to block the British aircraft, and at the same time ordered the fleet to maintain a speed of 29 knots and be ready to turn again to seize the leading position of the T-character.

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"Lt. Hessman, at two o'clock, find the target!"

Just as the British carrier-based aircraft approached the main force of the German high seas fleet, Hessman, who served as the commander-in-chief of the first air strike assault wave in part of the German aircraft carrier, heard good news from his headphones that made him feel comfortable.

Because he was flying a fighter jet, it was very inconvenient to serve as the commander-in-chief. Originally, Major Max was planning to arrange for others to be the commander-in-chief, but he was able to command this air strike as the acting captain of the 1st carrier-based aircraft brigade as the convention.

But who knew that the first assault wave flew over the position where the British fleet was discovered and wandered around for a long time, but could not find where the British aircraft carrier was. This made Little Hessman very anxious. If he finally returned empty-handed, it would be a bit embarrassing.

Fortunately, Hessman's baby son was lucky. After a thick cloud emerged, a British fleet suddenly appeared on the sea.

"1 aircraft carrier, 1 cruiser, and 6 destroyers!"

"Finished, found!"

A cheer came from the headphones.

Little Hessman also shouted excitedly: "God bless Destiny! It's time for us to go...!"

Somerville's eyes almost fell out when he saw the Folk 99 dive bomber emerging from the clouds.

He was not shocked by these sudden appearances of German planes, and the radar on the Ark of Royal had long discovered them. Otherwise, the Ark of Royal would not have hid under a large cloud (the Ark of Vigor was protected by several other cruisers and destroyers under other clouds).

But he did not expect that the Fokker 99 carrier-based dive bomber would be included in the German planes that came to bomb!

This is a carrier-based aircraft! And according to intelligence, there is no Folk 99 in the German shore-based aviation force, and only two aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft training bases have Folk 99!

Now that the Folk 99 appears here, it means there must be a German aircraft carrier nearby, and it is the "only" aircraft carrier. If it can be found and sunk, the British Royal Navy will continue to control the sea with the advantages of the aircraft carrier!

"Give power to the Coast Air Command and ask them to send planes to search for 300-400 nautical miles of water to the east of us!"

Just as Somerville loudly ordered the communications officer on the "Ark Royal", fierce air combat was already taking place over the aircraft carrier. Because the radar discovered the incoming enemy planes in advance, Somerville naturally sent all 12 "sea spitting fires" in his hands. In addition, the British Coast Sea and Air Command also had 8 P-51s to cover the "Ark Royal".

But how could 12 "Sea Spitfire" pilots and 8 P-51s block 24 Folk 99 pilots piloted by ace pilots?

"Start the jet, fight quickly!" Hessmann did not intend to slowly harsh with these 20 enemy planes. As soon as he came up, he ordered all the Folk Zero pilots to "kill" the engine. After turning on the jet combustion system, the 24 Folk Zero speeded up suddenly, like 24 tigers with wings, pounced towards the opposite British plane, and quickly shot down several "Sea Spitfire" and p-51s.

Just as the Folk Zero was chasing the "Sea Spitfire" and the P-51, the 36 Folk Zero also began to break through.

Although British surface ships have been continuously strengthening their air defense firepower over the past year, the 40mm caliber anti-aircraft guns selected by the British Admiralty for their ships are "ping-pong guns" with a very fast firing rate but a relatively short range. Moreover, their large-caliber anti-aircraft guns also do not have radio near-blasting fuzes, so they do not have much threat to dive bombers like the Folk 99. The air defense fire network launched by the ship-based anti-aircraft guns cannot stop the Folk 99's assault!
Chapter completed!