Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

However, although Johnson couldn't figure it out, this did not prevent Johnson from ordering the fleet to evade.

After all, Johnson looked at a large number of densely packed planes in the sky flying towards his head. If he didn't avoid it, he would be really out of his mind.

After receiving Johnson's order to take shelter, the ships distanced themselves.

The advantage of this is that it gives each ship more space to turn, so that there will be no tragedy of ship collision during emergency avoidance.

Another reason is to expand the area covered by warships and create a larger air defense area.

After all, during naval battles or shore attacks, fleets need to be gathered together so that they can take advantage of dense artillery.

As for air defense, it does not mean that the ships are as far apart as possible. That will not bring out the maximum efficiency of the air defense weapons.

Therefore, it is enough that the ships are only separated by half a mile.

When the fleet of the John Empire had just pulled away, the fighter planes of the Hans Empire flew over the fleet of the John Empire.

When this group of aircraft just flew over the fleet, the fleet's anti-aircraft firepower was fully activated.

20mm and 30mm anti-aircraft guns attacked high-altitude aircraft.

And among these anti-aircraft firepower, there are also large-caliber anti-aircraft guns of 60 mm and 75 mm.

The anti-aircraft machine guns drew dazzling straight lines in the air, while the artillery shells loaded with delayed fuses flew high into the sky, exploding black smoke.

The scene looks very spectacular.

And those horizontal bombers flying high in the sky are at a relatively safe distance three to four thousand meters above the sea.

Those anti-aircraft weapons can only explode under the aircraft, and their impact on such high-altitude bombers is limited to making the aircraft bump.

At this time, the first batch of high-altitude horizontal bombers opened the hatch on the belly, revealing a complete array of bombs inside.

As the leading plane dropped the first bomb, the following planes also dropped bombs.

Countless bombs hit the sea like hailstones.

Most of these bombs fell into the sea, and some of the waves generated by the explosions even exceeded the height of the battleship's mast.

One can imagine the power of these bombs.

However, although the scene looked very spectacular, the damage caused to the fleet below was pitiful.

Let's put it this way, these bombers are generally at an altitude of three to four thousand meters above the sea.

Looking down from that height, a battleship measuring more than 190 meters is actually about the same size as an ant.

It is actually very difficult to hit such a small target accurately.

However, there are times when you are lucky.

For example, a 500-level aerial bomb was very lucky to hit the Queen Elizabeth between the third and fourth turrets at the stern.

The aerial bomb smashed through the top plywood, fell into the living area on the second floor, and exploded.

The third turret was directly blown up, and one of the twin barrels was distorted by the explosion.

Even a five-meter hole was blown out of the hull, and black smoke was pouring out.

At the same time, countless shrapnel penetrated the protective layer under the fourth turret, causing the shrapnel to get stuck on the steering gear of the turret, but the fourth turret could not be used normally.

And those soldiers who were still in the living area were completely destroyed by the shell. In the entire living area, apart from the traces of gunpowder smoke after the explosion and some fires ignited by the explosion, there was flesh and blood all over the floor.

Fortunately, the explosion did not detonate the ammunition chamber under the No. 3 turret.

If this aerial bomb penetrates two more layers of shields, it will definitely detonate the ammunition chamber under the No. 3 turret.

By that time, it wasn't just about the twenty-odd sailors who died in the living area.

It is extremely possible that this single aerial bomb can sink the Queen Elizabeth.

After seeing how badly the Queen Elizabeth, the largest ship in the entire fleet, suffered after being hit by an aerial bomb, the other ships were even more afraid to carry it.

After all, the Queen Elizabeth can withstand this shot, but not all ships can.

Especially those destroyers and light cruisers can also handle it.

Therefore, the soldiers responsible for air defense could not wait to step on the trigger of the anti-aircraft gun into the plywood. (Most anti-aircraft guns have pedal triggers)

The soldiers responsible for transporting ammunition also began to run and began to shuttle between the ammunition depot and the firepower point.

Johnson is in the command room. Seeing the panic of the entire fleet, he never thought that the aircraft he had always looked down upon could force his huge fleet into such a panic.

However, although there seemed to be some chaos, in fact, except for the battleship under his feet and another heavy cruiser that suffered an aerial bomb, no other ships were damaged.

However, the current situation also gave Johnson an indescribable feeling.

He felt that after returning home this time, he needed to report this situation to the Navy Department.

At the same time, Johnson also felt that he should withdraw now.

After all, the sea area he is currently in is too close to the mainland of Europe. God knows whether the Hans will have more aircraft after this wave of attacks.

Therefore, he planned to conserve his strength first. Originally, he came out this time just to test the reaction of the Hans people.

Now that the goal is achieved, it's time to retreat.

But, are the Hans willing to just let them leave?

of course not!

Just when the first batch of horizontal bombers had dropped their bombs and were preparing to return to the airport to reload their ammunition, another group of planes appeared in the sky.

This group of aircraft is a little smaller than the horizontal bombers, but only a little.

The total number of newly arrived aircraft exceeds 150.

One-third of the aircraft were extremely fast. After entering the fleet's anti-aircraft firepower range, they suddenly lowered their noses and began to dive towards the location of the battleship.

These diving fighters are very fast and much smaller, which makes it very difficult for the John Empire sailors to control the anti-aircraft firepower.

The speed at which they turned their guns could not catch up with those small planes.

And these small planes swooped down while strafing the battleships.

The large-caliber machine gun crackled on the battleship.

Some unlucky soldiers were hit by this large-caliber machine gun and lost half of their bodies.

Seeing the tragic death of their companions, the sailors on the deck were frightened. They shouted and vented their fear while controlling anti-aircraft weapons to shoot at the aircraft. His face was full of horror.

Some planes were hit by anti-aircraft weapons and fell directly into the icy water, trailing black smoke.

And every time they see such a scene, the surrounding sailors will burst into cheers.

However, this group of sailors seemed to have forgotten that the second batch of planes flying over included more than 150 planes.

Now there are only 50 planes participating in the attack, and a hundred planes are still circling high in the sky.

It looked like a group of eagles, waiting for their prey to reveal its flaws, and then strike with a fatal blow.