When the second wave of the German raid fleet fell, a signal was sent from Churchill's flagship Utah:

The water reconnaissance plane took off to cover the fleet! The battleships of the Utah, Florida, and Bend formed a battleship detachment and joined the First Cruiser Detachment to break away from the special fleet and advance towards the German fleet!

On the last uninjured armored battleship in the British special fleet, the sailors were in a hurry to lift the canvas covered on the plane, revealing the American "Aberdeen" seaplane mounted on the side of the ship. At present, the aviation level of countries around the world is uneven. Among them, Germany's aviation technology represented by Jiji Air Group is the most developed, followed by the United States, which has very advanced industry and technology. Originally, France's aviation technology also had a place in the world's aviation field. Unfortunately, after France's defeat and surrender, France's aviation equipment has been transported back to China by the German army, and for a long time in the future, there will be no French-made aircraft flying in the air.

The "Aberdeen" seaplane is a more advanced reconnaissance aircraft in the US Navy. It was successfully developed in 1908 and started to equip the troops in 1909. It has a 135-horsepower engine with a flight speed of 140 kilometers per hour under windless conditions. There is no weapon installed on the aircraft, and there is a radio generator for communication with the mothership in the co-pilot position.

Although far away from the European battlefield, the American arms company's eyes have been staring at the new weapons that appeared in the European war. This time, the 40 ships of supplies provided by the United States to the United Kingdom include 1,000 anti-tank rifles, 120 aircraft engines, and 500 aircraft/air defense Lewis light machine guns.

At that time, there were only a few land-based aircraft in the United States equipped with machine guns and other weapons, and their machine guns were all arranged in the co-pilot position. The British, who had mastered the shooting synchronization coordinator technology, did not hand over this technology to the Americans, but planned to modify the fleet itself after the fleet returned to the United Kingdom. Therefore, when the German reconnaissance aircraft appeared a few times in front of them, Churchill did not let these aircraft without attack capabilities take off, but in this situation, he had to

Let his pilot take a risk. Under the caliber of the reconnaissance plane, the artillery fire of the German warship showed high accuracy. The first wave of shells fell half a nautical mile from the British fleet, and the second wave had reached the edge of the fleet. When the third wave of shells fell, the water splash and the explosion flames completely enveloped a British destroyer. A 305mm heavy shell instantly smashed the unlucky destroyer into the seabed, and none of the more than 100 sailors on it survived.

Even Churchill was unsure of how much the British pilots who had accumulated less than 50 hours of flight time and had no practical experience could play. The only thing he could do was pray that those German reconnaissance aircraft would not be as firepower as German fighters.

"Quick, put the machine gun in the co-pilot position! Guys, it's up to you to drive away the German plane that provides artillery instructions for the German fleet!" A British naval captain asked the sailors to bring two Lewis machine guns, while encouraging the four British pilots who were about to board the plane. However, to his disappointment, the pilots all had a stern face and no expression of excitement. On the French battlefield, the British and French coalition planes were beaten by the German aviation forces to no aggression. In the air battle to defend Dover and London, all British planes were shot down. In front of the German pilots, these British people had never had a psychological advantage.

As for the Lewis light machine gun that the sailors brought to "Aberdeen", it was an air-cooled light machine gun designed in 1911, with light weight, high firing rate and reliable mechanism movement. Its performance is similar to that of the German "Firebird" light machine gun, with a rate of fire adjustment device, with a rate of fire rate of 550-750 rounds per minute. However, the "Firebird" is stronger than the Lewis light machine gun in continuous shooting and ammunition supply systems.

The barrel of the Lewis machine gun is outfitted with a thick and large cylindrical heat dissipation sleeve, which is equipped with aluminum heat dissipation sheets. When firing, the fire gas is sprayed forward at a high speed, forming a low pressure zone at the muzzle, allowing air to enter the casing from the rear and advance along the grooves formed by the heat dissipation sheets in the casing to take away heat. This original exhaust cooling system is lighter and more practical than the water cooling device commonly used by machine guns at that time. However, when firing, a little pause is needed after the point shot length exceeds 20 rounds to prevent the barrel from overheating.

When the propeller of "Aberdeen" began to rotate, another wave of German shells came through the air. This time, the number of shells fell was larger, and the landing point was closer to the transport ships in the center of the fleet. The water columns with diameters and heights exceeded 20 meters and made the sailors on the transport ship stunned, and the subsequent violent bumps made them unable to stand firmly. Before the water column had completely fallen, huge waves and countless splashes rushed to the deck, rushing these sailors who had not experienced fierce naval battles. In the end, they had to hold on to other railings and other objects in order to avoid being wiped into the sea. Despite this, the cold sea water still poured the sailors recruited from Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and people shivered constantly under the dual effects of fear and cold.

After the water column generated by this wave of shells completely fell, Churchill breathed a sigh of relief. The transport ships loaded with arms were simply huge bombs loaded with thousands of tons of zha medicine. With a light touch, they would burst out with amazing power.

"Sir, have those transport ships spread out? Once a ship explodes at such a distance, other ships may be affected!" The adjutant stood beside Churchill with a pale face. At this time, the battleship "Utah" they were in was turning, and a black cloud suddenly appeared in the horizon in the direction of the ship's bow, but the black cloud did not seem to float towards this side quickly.

"We lack sufficient destroyers and cruisers now. It is not conducive to preventing submersible damage!" Churchill's telescope in front of him was slow to put down, but in addition to the not-so-dense black cloud in the telescope, he could not even see the shadow of the German warship. However, he still inferred the approximate size of the German fleet from the size of the black cloud.

"I passed my order, the battleship detachment and the First Cruiser Detachment advance at a speed of 17 knots, and the ships are ready for combat! The remaining destroyers and cruisers guard transport fleets continue to advance, and pay attention to possible attacks from German submarines! Our reconnaissance aircraft are responsible for driving or shooting down the German aircraft over the fleet, and then heading over the German fleet to shoot for our school!"

"yes!"

Since Churchill gave this optimistic order, his adjutant followed the message.

Two "Aberdeen" swung their wings toward the German reconnaissance planes that had been hovering over the British fleet. Under their wings, three battleships were in the middle, and four cruisers were lined up to leave the special fleet. The British pilot turned his head and saw from a distance that there were two large and three small German warships in total, a total of five German warships, two of which were huge warships facing the British special fleet on their port side. After the stark light of flames and white smoke appeared, the terrifying sound came from there again.

"Send a message to the flagship, the German fleet is now moving parallel to our fleet!" The pilot sitting in one of the "Aberdeen" was driving the seat and shouted to his co-pilot.

"Okay!" The co-pilot holding the Lewis light machine gun reluctantly stuffed the machine gun into the cockpit, and then tried his best to pound the US transmitter.

"Don't make any mistakes this time!" The pilot in front seemed very worried about his deputy, because in the only two airship contact exercises before, the poor co-pilot made his work a mess. After all, sending newspapers on the plane was not as comfortable as on the ground, which required a long period of special practice.

The plane with white iron crosses hovering at altitude was the No. 1 reconnaissance aircraft of the German reconnaissance cruiser "Frenberg". The pilot was still Schweer, the youngest, most handsome and most powerful pilot of the German Atlantic 1st Raid Fleet. The pilot, who claimed to be so handsome, and his co-pilot Schneider, had been promoted to lieutenant. Because several raid fleets performed outstandingly in the Atlantic, most sailors were rewarded and promoted. Schweer and Schneider each received a second-level Iron Cross. Since "Aberdeen" was hung into the water, these two German pilots have been paying attention to their movements.

"Man, they seem to be bad!" Schneider reminded loudly.

Schweer looked down and then pulled the bolt of the air-cooled "firebird" in front of him loudly, "Let them never come back!"

The "Firebird" machine gun equipped on the "Flying Fish III" is comparable to the Lewis light machine gun that the British carried with "Aberdeen" in terms of fire rate. However, there is a little bit of "Flying Fish III" that has a very advantageous position. Its machine gun is installed on the front of the plane. When these two reconnaissance aircraft play the role of "fighter", "Flying Fish III" is obviously more conducive to attack.

Schweer pressed the joystick, and the "Flying Fish III", which had the advantage of height, aimed the nose at the lower "Aberdeen" and began to accelerate. Schweer's eyes were staring at the simple scope in front of him. When the distance was 1,000 meters, the "Aberdeen" he aimed at did not dodge any action; from 500 meters, "Aberdeen" still did not maneuver and was still climbing upwards; from 200 meters, Schweer could already see the confused and surprised face of the other driver.

"So air combat is like this!" The British lamented softly, and the oncoming bullets then pierced through the skin of the "Aberdeen" and also pierced the old man's body. Hearing the sound of the bullets flying by, the co-pilot who was buzzing his head raised his head in surprise, but the head that was driving was drooping weakly, and the plane engine made a gurgling gasp. The "Aberdeen" that lost power and control had lost its direction like a broken kite. Before the co-pilot responded correctly, it fell to the sea.

While Schville and Schneider were whistling to celebrate, the other "Aberdeen" was a little at a loss. It was not until the "Flying Fish II" flew over a hundred meters that the co-pilot of the "Aberdeen" pulled the trigger and shot the back of the German plane. In less than 6 seconds, all 47 rounds of bullets in the round disc of the Lewis machine gun were shot.

As a reconnaissance pilot, Schweer received the most training not to shoot, but to avoid attacks. After hearing the gunshots, he and his "Flying Fish III" made a beautiful turn. All the bullets shot by the British deviated from the target far away, and eventually they could only splash a long list of water on the sea.

The tragic "Aberdeen" had just fallen into the water, and a rumbling sound came out from a nearby area, unlike a loud explosion. Schweer and Schneider looked in the direction of the sound. It turned out that the battleship in the British combat fleet opened fire in the distance unwillingly. However, because they could not directly see the target and measure the range, and without guidance from the scrambler, the first wave of British shells fell one nautical mile from the German fleet. The only thing that could be proved by this shelling was that the naval guns made by the Americans were at least not inferior to the Germans in terms of range.

Seeing their own battleship shooting, the sailors on the British transport ship who were so scared that they were about to collapse finally recovered a little confidence. Regardless of whether they hit the target or not, they cheered for the shelling.

"Only splashes, no targets were hit!" The report from the main gun shooting observation station did not surprise Churchill. If he could hit the German warship in this way, he should immediately go to Las Vegas to go for a bet of two games.

What Churchill wanted to do was to let the German fleet turn their attention and shells to his combat fleet. If you just hold on for another hour or two, the patrol fleet coming from Rodel's port would arrive. Although the fleet consisting of small warships did not have the strength to fight against the German raid fleet, the current weak defense power of the special fleet is undoubtedly a good strengthening.

"So keep shooting like this! Everyone sticks to the battle position, especially the damage management department, ready to rescue and repair at any time!" Churchill's order showed his determination to exchange fire with the German fleet. In the current British special fleet, only two Florida-class battleships were controlled by pure British naval officers and soldiers. However, it is worth mentioning that many sailors were drawn from warships that were temporarily detained by the Americans. They only stayed on these two warships for dozens of hours. These people were still very unfamiliar with the internal arrangement of the warships.

"Send to the flagship, the British fired warship about 2,000 yards south of the transport fleet. I'll deal with the remaining British aircraft!" Schweer turned his head and shouted to Schneider. The German co-pilot was no better than those British rookies. He quickly sent the situation back to the raid fleet flagship "Election Emperor".

In just two minutes, the main guns of the two battleships of the Hippel raid fleet began to adjust one after another. After the thick muzzle was slightly lowered, balls of orange-red appeared at the muzzle with a deafening roar. Large waves of white smoke immediately poured out of the cannon chamber, and then quickly dissipated by the biting cold sea breeze, and finally there was only a strong smell of fire left in the air.

Among the nine main turrets of the "Election Demon" and "Oldenburg" (5 seats of the "Election Demon" and "Oldenburg" but only 4 seats can fire on the same side of the ship's side), the shells rose from the bomber, entered the chain, and were sent to the turret. The gunners opened the bullet, loaded the new shell and pushed it in with a push rod, pushed it into the barrel, then loaded the launching medicine bag, and then closed the heavy bullet again. Everyone was busy mechanically and repeatedly. Although the temperature outside the turret was only a few degrees, and although the smoke exhaust fan on the turret was constantly rotating, the heat generated by the combustion of the launching medicine still made the gunners sweat one by one, and the pointer of the thermometer on the bulkhead pointed to 48 degrees Celsius.

"Get the armor-piercing bomb!" The gunman hung up the phone and yelled, "Select the armor-piercing bomb from the next round!"

The gunners quickly and skillfully executed the orders of their superiors. They knew very well that the fleet's target had become the enemy's heavy warship. The armor-piercing bullets they stuffed into the gun bore may have crashed into the thick armor of the opponent's warship after dozens of seconds of flight, and then exploded the opponent's internal facilities. If they are lucky, they may detonate the opponent's ammunition depot.

On one side of the two German battleships, three reconnaissance cruisers are busy replenishing fuel and ammunition for the four seaplanes that had returned to the airplanes. It is precisely because of the complexity of naval combat and the technical level of hostile national aircraft that the "Flying Fish" series of water reconnaissance aircraft have put range and attack capabilities first in design, and speed and air-to-air capabilities are at a secondary level. Therefore, German naval generals often use this series of aircraft to attack and harass enemy fleets. Today, in front of Churchill's fleet, German carrier-based aircraft will continue this glorious mission.

After two beautiful sharp turns, Schweer and his landline successfully circled behind the remaining "Aberdeen". The "Flying Fish III" was slower, but the Americans obviously had not entered the throne era, and their planes had no advantage in speed. The British pilot swung left and right to get rid of the other party's pursuit, but this American plane, which was different from any British model, made him very uncomfortable to operate. Perhaps he could do better after flying for a hundred hours.

"Damn!" Schweer cursed angrily, then let his landline go sideways, and reluctantly snatched the machine gun bullets fired from "Aberdeen". However, after these bullets, the British had to spend some time to replace his Lewis machine gun with a new bullet disc. Schweer and other German pilots did not have such trouble. After pulling the trigger, the "firebird" in front of him made a brisk clamor.

The ammunition belt continuously sent the bullet into the chamber, and the shell slid downward along an iron concave plate next to the machine gun to avoid hitting the propeller or the plane's skin. Soon, the bullets fired by Schweer tear the skin and skeleton of the British aircraft into wood chips, and the shining fragments accompanied the yellow bullet shell to fall together. The incomplete body of "Aberdeen" fell to the sea according to the principle that the density of the aircraft itself is greater than the air density.
Chapter completed!