On the contrary, the torpedo planes that the British were worried about did not cause too much damage to the Revenge. After all, British fighters all rushed to low-altitude torpedo planes, and they had to pull the torpedo planes into the water even if they were shot down. Flying at low altitude and loading was naturally the best target. Therefore, in the air raid that besieged the Revenge level, the number of torpedoes hit by the Germans did not exceed 2 rounds, of which only one was confirmed to be hit. The 150kg charge was still nothing to the British first-class battleship. According to the battle report of the German pilot, after the hit, the other party showed signs of slowing down, but no obvious tilt occurred. The British wrote in the report that 500 tons of water was inflowed, which was not a big problem.

The remaining attack aircraft groups also attacked other British warships, but the German fleet with only 90 attack aircrafts has now reached the end of its strength. The remaining 20 bombers have no commendable results except to throw 1 torpedo and 2 bombs on the Determination and kill a light cruiser at the same time. However, I don’t know if it’s because of bad luck or the lightning protection ability of the British new ship has indeed improved, and the torpedo that hit the Determination is also relatively limited in damage.

"Thanks to the fact that the Spe fleet had consumed the British air defense power before, otherwise the effect of our air strike might be greatly reduced." Admiral Schell said, looking at the British fleet in the distance.

In fact, under the current circumstances, the lethality and survival rate of single-engine attack aircraft are really a problem. The German carrier-based aircraft troops have a huge numerical advantage and also cover fighter jets. The effect is obvious when attacking large fleets with weak air defense capabilities. However, once attacking Thomas Fleet with certain air defense capabilities and the British First Battleship Squadron, the efficiency is greatly reduced, especially torpedo aircraft. In the battle just now, the torpedo aircraft suffered the highest losses! This also proves a problem. Ruprecht's policy of finding soft persimmons to fight air strike targets is correct. Hard walnuts are difficult to knock on!

Just as the German carrier-based aircraft troops attacked the Revenge-class battleship and the main fleet was adjusting its formation, the Thomas fleet had already cut into the route of the German Fourth Battleship Squadron! In the next ten minutes, the four battleships of the Fourth Battleship Squadron had to face the powerful Thomas fleet, Hood's fleet and a large number of auxiliary battleships alone! In order to delay the reinforcements of the Bavarian-class battleships, Thomas sent all the last auxiliary battleships, trying to delay time with torpedoes and smoke!

The Rhineland battleship first became the target of being concentrated! In the previous battle, the battleship was hit by a 15-inch water bomb, and the power system and power supply system suffered heavy losses. In this case, when other warships could quickly avoid and hide in the smoke, the Rhineland could not dodge and was left outside! In this case, facing the powerful Thomas fleet, the Rhineland's deadline finally came!

At a distance of only 14 kilometers, countless shells fell on this poor battleship. The tilted armor of the Rhineland blocked the attack of the 15-inch shells from the Queen again and again, but more and more hits still made the defense system of the warship eventually collapse! Too many shells fell on the non-protective area at the head and tail of the warship, and the entire bow was almost blown into honeycomb coal by dense bomb rain! A large amount of sea water poured into the cabin. Before the warship was abandoned, the warship had already injected more than 5,600 tons of water! Even the No. 1 turret was almost submerged by sea water. Coupled with the losses caused by the previous shot, the Rhineland had no power to conduct drainage operations. In this case, even if it barely floated on the sea surface, it would eventually be unable to return to the port!

The second severely damaged warship in the Fourth Battleship Squadron was the Thuringian. Although it also had a lot of water, when it first encountered the Thomas fleet, the warship could still keep up with the fleet! In the end, the beginning of the failure of the warship was a British destroyer that unexpectedly approached the fleet! The auxiliary warships of the German High Seas Fleet mainly ensured the safety of the three Bavarian battleship squadrons. There were fewer ships originally assigned to the Fourth Battleship Squadron, but when the smoke was released, the smoke also obscured the German fleet's vision...

So, the tragedy happened. Several British destroyers crossed the smoke and unexpectedly appeared near the Thuringian! In the previous battle, the battleship's secondary gun also suffered heavy losses. After killing three destroyers with the help of other warships, a large British destroyer finally fired 6 21-inch torpedoes in one breath at a distance of 1,200 meters!

After some hard dodging, the German battleship, which had been injured before and had more than 1,500 tons of water, was eventually hit by two torpedoes! Two large holes over 12 meters long were torn apart on the right side! And unfortunately, one of them was located near the old injury! This insult made the situation of the battleship very bad! The hull was once inclined more than 23 degrees! In the end, it was balanced to around 15 degrees through reverse water injection and emergency repair.

In this battle, Thuringia showed the strong survivability and combat effectiveness of the German warship. Although it had already inflowed nearly 4,500 tons, the main gun and related auxiliary aircraft on the hull could still operate, and soon regained the British fleet! A 350mm shell successfully hit the gun ring at the bottom of the No. 3 turret of the Malayan battleship! This shell easily pierced the gun ring armor of the gun ring of only 10 inches thick, shattering the internal dressing room! The Malayan, who was already afraid of being fired, decisively chose to inject water into the No. 3 turret! Temporarily avoided the death of the death! Until the end of the war, Thuringia was still firing at the opponent when it was inflowing more than 5,000 tons of water!

"General, we have killed two more German fast battleships this time! The remaining two battleships have also evaded and made way out!" A British naval officer said excitedly as he looked at the battleship Rhineland, which was slowly sinking in the distance.

However, before Thomas could answer, a loud noise rang throughout the battlefield! Not far away, a ray of flames suddenly rose from the queue of the British First Battleship Squadron, and thousands of tons of sea water and debris were thrown into the air by huge explosions! A loud noise like thunder spread around. At this moment, it seemed that all the sounds on the battlefield were suppressed! Both sides were focused on the British First Battleship Squadron in the distance, and they wanted to know what was going on!

Today's third update -! Subscriptions for the two days of Mid-Autumn Festival are not very good -! It hits a new low this month -! The author is in tears -!
Chapter completed!