With the arrival of the lowest defense moment for British and French warships, the fleet that took off from a considerable distance from Italy finally refueled in the air and arrived at the waters of the British and French joint fleet. The y-a2 "Twin-Banshees" combat attack aircraft, which used jet turboprops, protected by the "timely rain" gunboat aircraft, finally arrived above the warship.

So this is a quite interesting thing. Is Italy really going to use this gunboat to attack the fleet?

This is an aircraft carrier formation, and the large-caliber high-level dual-purpose guns on the ship can hit the shelling height of the "Timely Rain" gunboat aircraft.

Although the maximum range of the 105mm cannon is about 15,000 meters, the problem is that when shooting from the sky, its accuracy is already quite poor. And the biggest problem is that the export model of the "Timely Rain" gunboat does not have a pressurized chamber without any modification. Therefore, its flight altitude is far lower than that of the "Timely Rain" gunboat of the Chinese Federation.

In addition, it is really the first time it has been on the field when attacking warships. Even on the Pacific battlefield where both sides have almost tried their best, it is still just using gunboat aircraft to attack the hot target. Is using gunboat aircraft really a possible means to fight naval battles?

Of course, there is no say without trials, and Italy can be the first country to do such a thing. Just for this attack, the Italian Army Air Force obviously did its best.

Cooperating with the two turboprop fighters, there are also a large number of Feidi and Meteor-Z medium-sized bombers. It is worth mentioning that although the Italians did not prepare the German Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers, they still purchased general-purpose "Dandelion" TV guided bombs from Germany, and even some "hummingbird anti-ship missiles".

At this moment, these things were mounted on the Army Air Force's medium bomber, and they were the first to launch an attack in the entire fleet.

It has to be said that the British and French navies did have their skills in air defense operations. After all, during World War I, the British suffered heavy losses in the bombing of German seaplanes. Although the British later gained their faces due to the emergence of simple aircraft carriers, the British have learned education since that war.

On the British warships, although there is no firepower system of the "wall-mounted air defense machine gun" like the US Navy, the air defense artillery system on their original warships was extremely dense. From the 12.7mm dual-mounted "raindrop air defense machine gun" system to the 75mm high-level dual-purpose naval gun air defense system.

So I have some skills to deal with those fighter jets flying from afar. However, it has to be said that the British people's ideas are too conservative. What era is this? I still use this old thing to prevent air defense.

Even on the British Navy's warships, there is not even the kind of air defense rocket system that the French Navy has. Relatively speaking, they prefer the Bofos 35mm machine gun system produced in Sweden. Although it uses the principle of turning the chamber, its rate of fire is also very high. However, the lack of other electronic reconnaissance and locking systems makes this dense air defense firepower rely on the eyes of the shooter.

It is certain that there may be no problem with Qidian School, but when it comes to dealing with the "Dandelion" TV-guided bombs and "Hummingbird Anti-Ship missiles" fired from 15 kilometers away, it is not so sharp when it comes to gadgets that appear small in the field of view.

"Note, Italian bombers...!"

On the warships of the British and French Combined Fleets, the alarm sounded tight. The crew hurriedly closed the waterproof doors inside the warships, and boxes of anti-aircraft gun shells also came to their respective gun positions.

But the officers on the bridge were not at all relaxed, because at this time, "Hawkeye" - the guide on the reconnaissance/command airship, was spreading the continuous news.

"Note... Note, we found the timely rain gunboat aircraft of the Chinese Federation in the Italian bomber group, pay attention..."

When the officers on the bridge heard the news, they couldn't help but be stunned. They couldn't help but wonder, would the Chinese Federation directly attack the British warships because Italy declared war on Britain?

And what is most strange is that the "timely rain" gunboat aircraft actually appeared. I have long been used to the Chinese Federation's seagull ground-effect attack boat and harpoon-e anti-ship missiles, as if it were the attack on the Soviet Union. That is what the Chinese Federation uses to deal with the opponent's warships. At the same time, it has also caused the navies of various countries to start thinking about what if they encounter that kind of weapon before they participate in the war with the Chinese Federation.

Although the Germans also used "Hummingbird Anti-Ship Missile", for some reason almost all naval officers were sure that if it were the Chinese Federal Defense Force Navy, the anti-Ship Missile they used would definitely be more advanced and more difficult to guard against than the German "Hummingbird Anti-Ship Missile".

At the same time, another understanding of them is that weapons and equipment are often the relative manifestation of spears and shields. So what are the warships of the Chinese Federation used to deal with these things?

This is naturally known to you, and it is just a question of whether the British Navy should resist those "timely rain" gunboat aircraft, but it came to Churchill.

"This...if we don't resist, I'm afraid the landing cluster dominated by the US military will be hit at any time. If we resist..."

To be honest, Churchill was a little worried. If it were the equipment of the Chinese Federal Defense Forces, would it start a war with them? Although there was an anti-China alliance, the Pacific Ocean, which obviously did not solve the Japanese problem, did not solve the German problem, Europe, all had everyone's hands tied up, and no one could free up his hands to deal with them.

On the contrary, not far away is the Gibraltar base of Thunder International. As long as they are willing, the ones stationed there are completely equipped with the y-a2 "Twin Banshee" combat attack aircraft and the Seraph Piston-type combat attack aircraft. Thunder International's air force can launch attacks on the British and French joint fleets at any time.

A little further away is the naval and air force bases of the Canary Islands. These places are not easy to mess with, so if you don’t have any problems, you will go straight to the British mainland. Churchill, who was unable to make up his voice, immediately called the phone number of US President Franklin Roosevelt.

"President Franklin, I think we're in big trouble!"

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The situation where the Chinese Federation intervened in the war may be that Japan turned to the United States and might be attacked on Irian Island. But the Chinese Federation, which is making a fortune at this moment, has absolutely no reason to join the war so easily for Mussolini.

"Mr. Prime Minister, I beg you to grant the navy rights and not to make them afraid. After all, if the fleet is lost, I am afraid that we will never have a foothold in the Mediterranean. Therefore, let them do it. At the same time, we immediately call the ambassador of the Chinese Federation, and I think they will give us an answer.

And I guess that Satan's Eagle won't fight with us because of Italy, and that bastard won't fight undeclaredly. Have you forgotten that besides his two abominable nicknames, he is also an air knight!"

Yes, since the founding of the Federation of China, the Federation of China has never declared a war. Even Thunder International, an international mercenary with headaches all over the world, will get appropriate excuses when they invade.

But on the battlefield, time is life. Don’t think of it as radio waves sent from the fleet to London, and news arrives from London to the United States. Including President Franklin Roosevelt’s thinking and judgment, the entire time will not exceed 15 minutes.

But in these 15 minutes, the British and French fleets were as if they were suffering in hell. Like the "Timely Rain" gunboat aircraft, the bomber also launched an attack 15 kilometers away. The fastest one was the "Hummingbird Anti-Ship Missile", followed by the "Dandelion" TV-guided bombs.

But these things are not as fast as those hateful, "Timely Rain" gunboat shells fly faster. At an altitude of 6,000 meters, a 105mm cannon, a light jet of fired flames. Although it is lighter than ground cannons, its firing speed of 10 rounds per minute makes the British and French navy sad.

A series of 105mm shells originally did not cause any greater damage to big guys such as aircraft carriers and battleships, but each of these fighter jets with a very fast launch speed could pour out 150 armor-piercing shells in 15 minutes.

150 shells are nothing in such a large-scale naval battle, but what if they are multiplied by 36.

The attack of a squadron's "Timely Rain" gunboat aircraft was extremely powerful. According to Mussolini's direct order, Galeazzo Ziano poured all the artillery fire of their squadron towards those large attack aircraft carriers.
Chapter completed!