Lieutenant General Wells climbed onto the rocky mountain north of Gibraltar, waiting for today's battle to begin! During yesterday's battle, Fort B of the Gibraltar Fortress was destroyed, reducing the firepower of the Gibraltar Fortress by 20%! Moreover,
In yesterday's battle, only a few battleships of the Chinese Navy were damaged, and none of them were sunk or seriously damaged. This made Roslin.
Lieutenant General Wells was very dissatisfied. John.
The Mediterranean fleet led by Admiral Jellicoe launched a suicidal attack on the Chinese army, but it had no effect at all. This made Roslin.
Lieutenant General Wells was disdainful! He had already made up his mind that even if he abandoned the Fortress of Gibraltar, he would at least have to sink one or more battleships of the Chinese Navy! In this case, he asked the British Secretary of the Admiralty John.
There is also an explanation in front of Sir Fisher, and maybe he can take the opportunity to move to a higher position!
Last night, Roslin.
Lieutenant General Wells told the commanders of each fort that they must show their greatest strength in today's battle! They must give the entire Indian Ocean Fleet a severe lesson! Therefore, he said that today's battle
Everyone values the battle! In his opinion, with the firepower of the Gibraltar Fortress, there should be no big problem in achieving his combat goals!
Just after 6:30 in the morning, 11 battleships of the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet appeared off the coast of Gibraltar. The British naval officers and soldiers guarding the Gibraltar Fortress immediately prepared for battle, waiting for the Chinese Navy's capital ship to enter the range of the fortress' guns.
However, what surprised the British naval officers and soldiers this time was that the battleships of the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet had been lingering on the sea surface 12 kilometers away, with no sign of firing. This made the British naval officers and soldiers very puzzled!
However, half an hour later, they knew why the Chinese Navy's battleship did not launch an attack!
At 7 o'clock in the morning, the sun has risen, and the golden sunlight shines on the sea, creating a sparkling scene. In the distance, a group of small black dots appear on the horizon, just like birds flying from a distance! However,
As the distance gets closer, these flying birds become larger and larger!
"Plane! Chinese plane!" The British navy in the Gibraltar Fortress discovered the fleet of aircraft flying from the eastern horizon and immediately sounded the alarm! Many Gibraltar naval officers and soldiers have experienced the Battle of Sicily. It was that battle,
The main ships of the huge Mediterranean fleet were annihilated, leaving the Mediterranean fleet in a state of collapse.
"Damn it! Why are the Chinese planes here? Could their planes have been able to fly here from Sicily? This is impossible! No, it's an aircraft carrier. The Chinese aircraft carrier is here! Order the troops and prepare for air defense!
"Roslin.
Lieutenant General Wells's face changed drastically! The Chinese navy annihilated the main force of the British and American naval fleets in the Battle of the Bahamas. The epoch-making weapon of the aircraft carrier was also exposed. In addition, the fleet had been berthed at the former US Navy's Norfolk military port.
, so aircraft carriers have become known to Western countries! And the Fortress of Gibraltar has begun to install various types of anti-aircraft weapons after the Battle of Sicily!
"Chief of Staff, our air defense position suffered heavy losses in yesterday's artillery battle. Less than half of the anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns are left!" the air defense commander of the Gibraltar Fortress said to Roslin with a pale face.
Lieutenant General Wells reported that the air defense positions of the Fortress of Gibraltar were established on higher ground throughout the fortress.
Moreover, these air defense positions are not as solidly protected as forts. Yesterday’s artillery attack by the Chinese Navy’s Indian Ocean Fleet not only destroyed a fort in the Fortress of Gibraltar, but also destroyed many air defense positions in the Fortress of Gibraltar.
"Damn it! No matter how many there are, let the anti-aircraft troops enter the position! Prepare to attack the Chinese!" Roslin.
Lieutenant General Wells ordered! He has personally experienced the attack by the Chinese Navy's aviation force. The bombs falling from the sky can easily penetrate the thick armor of the battleship, and the hit rate is astonishingly high. The current fortress turret is
It must be more difficult for fixed targets to escape the Chinese bombing. When thinking of this, Roslin.
Lieutenant General Wells's face was very ugly. Originally, he wanted to use the fort to sink one or two warships of the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet. Now it seems that this is not possible at all!
A few minutes later, the Chinese Navy's carrier-based aircraft unit flew over Gibraltar! A squadron of 12 Puffin fighter jets circled down, attracting enemy anti-aircraft firepower.
"Ta-ta-ta! Boom-boom!" Seeing the Chinese navy's fighter planes roaring down, the air defense positions of the Gibraltar Fortress immediately opened fire! All the anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns opened fire, forming a fire net of bullets and artillery shells in the sky.
!It’s just that the Fortress of Gibraltar
The area is not small, and the British air defense positions were destroyed a lot yesterday, which caused a lot of loopholes in their air defense fire network. The Chinese Navy's fighter planes shuttled through the fire network like light petrels.
, it seems thrilling, but in fact there is no danger.
"Attention, all aircraft, as a team, give priority to bombing the fortress's fort!" The captain of the dive bomber brigade of the 3rd Wing of the Chinese Navy's carrier-based aircraft, who was responsible for commanding this operation, issued the attack order! 48 H50' Fish Eagles,
The dive bombers spread out and rushed towards the 4 forts respectively!
A small group of H50' Fish Eagle dive bombers flew over Fort A of Gibraltar Fortress and entered the dive channel at an altitude of more than a thousand meters. The four dive bombers began to dive, and at the same time they made a sharp sound that seemed to be about to kill people.
A whistling sound that makes your eardrums pierce!
"Jie Jie!" Four HBD'Fish Eagles and dive bombers dived until they were only over 400 meters above Fort A before dropping their bombs! Four armor-piercing bombs weighing nearly 600 kilograms hit Fort A. More than 600 kilograms
Under the action of gravity acceleration, the weight quickly hit the A battery with huge kinetic energy! Three of the four armor-piercing shells landed next to the A battery, and only one hit the top of the A battery.
"Boom! Boom!" The explosions sounded one after another, and the entire Fort A was completely shrouded in smoke. When the smoke dissipated, three huge craters appeared around Fort A. The limestone on the top of the fort was also completely blown away.
A big hole emerged, almost touching the top of the reinforced concrete inside Battery A! At the same time, the huge impact caused by the explosion of the bomb also caused heavy losses to the gunners in Battery A, and many people were shocked to death.
Dead!
After a small group of HBD'Fish Eagle dive bombers dropped their bombs, the other four launched an attack. This time, two armor-piercing bombs hit the top of Fort A. The two armor-piercing bombs penetrated the protection on the top of Fort A.
, exploded inside the fort! The entire A fort was shattered in the violent explosion.
The fortress guns in the fort were also blown up, and the entire fort was completely destroyed!
Several other forts did not escape the bombing of the Chinese Navy's carrier-based aircraft. In less than half an hour, four forts were completely destroyed! There were also more than a dozen H50' Fish Eagles, and dive bombers also
No bombs were dropped, and in the end they had to be dropped on the British air defense positions in Gibraltar. Using armor-piercing bombs to deal with these air defense positions felt like overkill!
After the bombing was completed, the Chinese navy's carrier-based aircraft flew away. During this bombing, only one Puffin fighter was shot down. After the pilot made an emergency landing on the sea, he was rescued by the destroyer that arrived.
Destroying four strong forts in Gibraltar at the cost of one plane was undoubtedly a very cost-effective deal!
On the battleship Han Ming Emperor, Admiral Li Haitao, commander of the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet, was very satisfied with the performance of the carrier-based aircraft. Yesterday, the 11 battleships of the Indian Ocean Fleet took an entire afternoon to destroy just one fort. Now the ship
The carrier aircraft was dispatched and destroyed the other four forts in less than half an hour. The combat effectiveness was really shocking!
"Old Wu, how are you? The strength of the carrier-based aircraft force cannot be underestimated!" Admiral Li Haitao asked!
"Yes! It seems that the era of giant ships and cannons will soon pass! Carrier-based aircraft will be the main force in future naval battles!" Lieutenant General Wu Zhiyuan also sighed!
"Order all ships to enter Algesira Bay and prepare to bombard the British positions to clear the way for the Marine Corps to land! In addition, contact General Tang of the 8th Marine Division. It will be up to them next.
!" Admiral Li Haitao ordered! Now that the fort of Gibraltar Fortress has been completely destroyed, Gibraltar Fortress has lost the weapon that threatens the fleet. In front of the fleet's main gun, the defense of Gibraltar Fortress will be vulnerable!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Off the coast of Gibraltar, 11 battleships and 1 battlecruiser of the Chinese Navy entered less than six kilometers away from the Fortress of Gibraltar and opened fire! Subsequently, several Jianghe-class ships of the fleet,
Heavy cruisers also joined in, and those light cruisers and destroyers even entered Algesira Bay and shelled the positions of the British Army and Marine Corps at close range!
The transport ship transporting the 8th Marine Division of the Chinese Marine Corps also began sailing to Gibraltar. At 8 a.m., the transport ship launched landing craft one after another, and the leading troops of a battalion began to launch a landing on the beach on the east side of Algesira Bay.
Fight! Several Fuqing-class destroyers have moved less than two kilometers away from the shore, bombarding the beach with rapid-fire artillery to provide fire support for the landing troops!