Therefore, the Battle of Jutland on the second day became the first time in history that an aircraft carrier formation engaged in a battle with carrier-based aircraft at a long distance. The main warships of both sides did not encounter much, but it was almost the most unfair.
In this battle, first of all, neither side met suddenly, but there was an imbalance in strength. The main reason was that the Far East aircraft carrier never reflected its combat effectiveness before the war.
In the end, the Far East Navy lost one battleship and six Huaxia-class destroyers, as well as 37 aircraft. In terms of pure naval tonnage, the Far East Navy lost less than 30,000 tons, while the British Navy's Home Fleet lost 3 large battleships.
With five battlecruisers and more than 10 other small ships, with a total tonnage of up to 230,000 tons, the Far East Navy won a great victory and completely defeated the British Navy's First Fleet, which Britain had worked hard to build for a century.
At that time, in terms of fleet firepower at sea, the Far East Navy could not compete with the local fleet. However, the commander of the Far East Navy, Liu Qinghui, spent a lot of effort on the deployment of its forces. As an air assault team, more than 100 bombers were organized into five
After the small group, they began to attack the second-line main battleships of the British fleet.
They were four George V-class battlecruisers, and they were lined up on the sea. George V, Centurion, Audacity, and Ajax had a full load displacement of 25,000 tons and an overall length of 600 feet.
, 89 in width, has a speed of 21 knots, and the armament system is extremely fierce. It is equipped with 5 twin-mounted 45 times caliber 13.5-inch main guns, 16 single-mounted 50 times caliber 4-inch secondary guns, and 3 underwater torpedo tubes.
, but it is a pity that they do not have an anti-aircraft gun.
These four maritime battleships were improved from the Orion-class battleships of the British Navy. They formed the Second Battleship Squadron of the British Navy's Home Fleet during the Battle of Jutland. Among them, the George V served as the flagship of Vice Admiral Jeram of the British Navy.
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When they saw more than 100 Far East bombers flying over the heads of the British Navy's Second Battleship Squadron, all the British naval soldiers could only fight back in small groups with rifles in their hands and a small number of machine guns.
The Far East aircraft carrier-based aircraft and bombardiers of the bomber formation who executed the order did not need to aim at such a huge warship at all, and dropped more than a dozen high-explosive bombs on each bomber. One hundred aircraft sorties hurriedly
Come and go in a hurry.
In the end, even the thousands of high-explosive bombs they brought with them were given to the Second Battleship Squadron of the British Navy's Home Fleet. Under such a large number and intensive bombardment, this battlecruiser squadron finally came to an end.
No one survived the sinking.
Decades later, a surviving sailor of the George V described the situation this way.
"On that day, after we arrived at the German military port, because of the strong winds in the North Sea, we began to anchor in the northeastern corner of the Jutland Sea and stand by. At that time, we all knew that we had declared war with the Far East Navy, so it was estimated that the fleet at that time
The senior commanders must have been discussing a temporary battle plan, but they didn't expect that just when we were about to take a breath and take a break, we heard a huge roar in our ears, so the entire squadron
All battleships sounded the battle alarm, and all personnel entered their combat positions, but soon we discovered a problem, that is, what are we doing to masturbate!!!"
First of all, it is not that naval battles will not be fought when the weather is bad at sea, but because in bad weather, naval battles obviously cannot be carried out well. This seems to have become the old naval thinking at that time, but once the Far East ship took off,
The aircraft seems to have nothing to do with this kind of weather.
Therefore, in the first wave of bombings, which were not considered sneak attacks, but were said to be sneak attacks, the Far East Navy carrier-based aircraft formation made its first contribution. However, because the weather did not change at all, the carrier-based aircraft formation that had just taken the risk to take off,
Another risky landing on the all-access deck of an aircraft carrier.
As a result, the losses of carrier-based aircraft in the Far East began to increase again. When the shocking figures were reported to Liu Qinghui, his eyes were already red, because in one takeoff and one landing, a full 16 carrier-based aircraft were lost.
, 7 excellent carrier-based aircraft pilots.
However, as the First Fleet of the British Navy, it immediately launched a major counterattack after being attacked. However, due to the large number of mines deployed by the three destroyer formations of the Far East Navy Fleet, the British Navy was unable to launch it.
As the commander of the British Navy's Home Fleet, Betty naturally understood that if the second batch of carrier-based aircraft of the Far East Navy took off, the loss of the Home Fleet would be even greater. Therefore, considering all aspects, Betty chose to avoid the war temporarily and decided to lead the fleet first.
Sail to the British mainland first, and immediately contact the local air force to come for support.
In this way, after knowing that the British Home Fleet wanted to escape, Liu Qinghui immediately started issuing the second wave of orders.
The assault force composed of 5 heavy cruisers and 15 destroyers, under the command of Far East Navy Rear Admiral Zhang Wu, launched an outflanking and roundabout battle against the destroyer formation responsible for the destruction of the British Home Fleet. The first echelon responsible for support was composed of
It formed a battleship composed of 3 heavy cruisers and 2 destroyers to outflank the rear of the Home Fleet.
The aircraft carrier battle group began a full-speed pursuit. During the hour-long pursuit, the second wave of Far East Navy carrier-based aircraft formations took off. This time they formed three squads, mainly responsible for attacking the British Home Fleet.
The flagship of the detachment.
The Far East Navy commandos and support teams, and almost all remaining warships, became the bodyguards of the two aircraft carriers Liaoning and Jilin. They formed a large circular warning circle. As they started to move forward, the two sides began an unreserved naval battle.
But knowing that the Far East Fleet was not as powerful as the British fleet in pure naval warfare, of course it would not be foolish enough to go and fight them head-on. After repeated confrontations, British Navy Commander Betty woke up from a dream and immediately ordered the entire fleet to break away from the battle immediately.
However, with the arrival of the second wave of bombing echelons, this time the Far East Navy carrier-based aircraft attacked the main combat effectiveness of the local fleet.
The Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Navy was the largest attack weapon on the sea at that time. Its full load displacement exceeded 30,000 tons, its overall dimensions were 622 feet long, 90 feet wide, and its maximum speed was 22 knots.
But if you compare speed, the Iron Duke-class large battleship will never be faster than the Far East carrier-based aircraft, but the Iron Duke-class large battleship, in addition to having 5 twin-mounted 45 times the caliber 13.5-inch main gun, and 12 single-mounted 45 times the caliber 6-inch
In addition to the secondary batteries and four underwater torpedo tubes, there were four 3-inch anti-aircraft guns, which resulted in a fierce naval battle.
The Iron Duke, the Marlborough, and the Emperor of India were the main targets of this air attack. In the fierce battle between the two sides, as free-falling bombs landed on the British warships, there were naturally also fighter planes flown by soldiers from the Far East.
Being hit.
However, because the Iron Duke-class large battleships are equipped with new fire control and communication systems, tactics such as alternating firepower and cover can be achieved during the battle. However, in the end, during the second echelon's attack, the Marlborough
The Emperor of India was hit by too many bombs successively, causing a large amount of water to enter and sink, while the Iron Duke and another Iron Duke-class large battleship escaped.
But at this moment, a miracle happened. After a hit Far East carrier-based bomber was hit by a cannon on the left wing engine, the excellent Far East Legion fighter pilot Tian Yongjun drove the shaky fighter plane and crashed accurately.
On the front deck of the Iron Duke battleship, a big explosion occurred on the spot. In the end, the Iron Duke's ammunition depot exploded continuously. This 30,000-ton steel giant was directly broken into two halves in the middle.
Watching the three main flagships sinking one after another, Betty, the commander of the British Navy's Home Fleet, shed tears on the spot. However, under his command, the British Navy's Home Fleet decisively left the waters of Jutland.
After the plan was successful, the Far East Navy continued to pursue it, but in the end it was too close to the British mainland and was attacked by the British mainland air force. The Northeast Aircraft Carrier Battle Group of the Far East Navy successfully completed this historical mission. From then on, the Battle of Jutland
It's all over. In fact, after the Home Fleet returns, I really want to add the British Atlantic Fleet to the Home Fleet and continue the Battle of Jutland.
However, because the British warships really lacked a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, they had to settle down and take the initiative to avoid the battle. After defeating the British Home Fleet, the second mission of the Northeast Aircraft Carrier Battle Group of the Far East Navy began again.
That was another powerful opponent in the Battle of Jutland, the German High Seas Fleet.
However, after learning about the defeat of the British Home Fleet, William II took the initiative to contact Li Ningyu, hoping that the two sides could turn their hostility into friendship and offered generous terms. However, Li Ningyu strangely refused this time because the offer given by William II
None of the conditions are what he needs, but at this time the German High Seas Fleet is completely trapped in the German military port. If you want to eat this fleet, it can be done in minutes.
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