These converted oil carriers are very similar to British seaplane carriers.

The length is almost the same, but there are differences. The biggest difference between an oil tanker and a coal carrier is that it has ready-made rectangular cargo holds, which are separated one by one, and its superstructure is all located at the stern.

Although the long deck is not enough to allow torpedo-mounted aircraft to take off and land, it obviously has obvious advantages for the aircraft to be refueled and bombed. In addition, after simple modifications, those long oil tanks can actually accommodate two "mosquito attack aircraft". Although they had to use some fixtures so that most of the fuselage of one aircraft rode on the body of the other.

As for the other modifications, it is relatively simple, nothing more than the installation of a crane on one side of each rectangular cabin. Therefore, compared with the more regular seaplane carriers on the British side, the seaplane carriers on the German side are simpler and faster.

In this way, the seaplane carriers, which had been worked on day and night by German shipbuilders, finally caught up with the needs of the war. Of course, as for the knowledge that Tang Yunyang has mastered related to contemporary aircraft carriers, he will not teach them, and he does not intend to teach them to any Western countries, which is reserved for his own use.

Five torpedoes were organized into an attack squad, and they were ordered to target the big guys who were dominating the seas. And every two squads attack in turn, unless the squad in front has completed the task, it is guaranteed to attack one and sink the other.

It seems that Reinhardt gave this order. Scheer deeply understands the truth that "it is better to break one finger than to hurt ten fingers".

20 nautical miles is about 40 kilometers, and it only takes about 20 minutes for these "Mosquito water attack planes" with an average speed of 120 kilometers per hour to arrive at the battlefield.

Behind them are two successive waves of "Mosquito water attack aircraft" that are also in formation of 50 planes, and now the appearance of their group of small guys is about to rewrite the outcome of the Battle of Jutland and the means of combat in future naval warfare.

When the 50 "Mosquito water attack planes" of the first attack wave arrived on the battlefield, the 17,000-ton "Invincible", the flagship of the 3rd Battle Cruiser Squadron of the British Home Fleet, had just been hit by German ships.

The stout hull was immediately blown into two pieces, and the commander of the fleet, Rear Admiral Hood, sank to the bottom of the sea along with the entire crew.

The pilot at the front of the line swung its wings and extended its arms to signal to its companions the enemy target, which was clearly aimed at the battleship Iron Duke, the flagship of the British fleet.

This is a huge ship with a standard displacement of 25,000 tons and a full load displacement of 30,380 tons. In order to counter the German battleships, its powerful armament consisted of 5 twin 45xd 13.5-inch main guns, 12 single-company 45x-diameter 6-inch secondary guns, and 2 3-inch anti-aircraft guns.

But the capital ships of this era had a fatal flaw, perhaps nothing at the time of the Battle of Jutland. But when it faced the attack of the "mosquito water attack aircraft" in the air, like a flock of ferocious eagles, it appeared.

In order to reduce the weight of the structure, the battleships of this class abandoned the longitudinal partitions of the watertight compartments installed on the previous British battleships. In this way, underwater protection became a hidden danger, and the mine protection nets installed during sea trials were now considered useless waste by the British Admiralty and were removed.

Due to the installation of new communications and fire control systems, most of the ships in this class served as the flagship of the British Navy's battleship detachment. And in the face of the overwhelming "mosquito water attack aircraft" in the sky, John. Admiral Jericho was silent, he understood that his battleship simply could not resist a saturation torpedo attack from the air.

"To fire from anti-aircraft guns, the battleship immediately maneuvered to evade ......"

Faced with these radios, which were sparsely webbed through sporadic shells fired into the air, John . Admiral Jericho's orders, even when they were given, were issued with a hurried shout.

However, it was too late, although the Iron Duke was armed with two 3-inch anti-aircraft guns to decorate the façade. In the face of the "mosquito-like water attack" that swooped down and did not change to a state of thunder throwing flat until a close distance of 2,500 meters, their shooting could only play a role in psychological comfort that was better than nothing.

At this time, no one would have imagined that they would face a large-scale surprise attack by air power, especially an air-dropped torpedo with such a strong maneuverability. Not only do they not exist now, but there is not even a way to effectively stop them.

The pilots in the enclosed cockpit, their plane's shells trembling in the turbulent air currents, could not remove them from their sights. The huge body of the Iron Duke battleship became clearer and clearer in their eyes, and their hearts jumped excitedly, almost completely holding their breath until the moment of the thunder.

"Goodbye, my dear John. Admiral Jericho goodbye...... Farewell, my lovely sir......! ”

As the German pilots on the "Mosquito Water Attack Strike" pulled the mine-throwing handles, five torpedoes dragged a white trail from a close distance of 500 meters towards the Iron Duke, which began to maneuver frantically around the rudder. Looking at the torpedo track running towards the side of the Iron Duke, the sailors had no intention of organizing fierce anti-air fire, and some of them had already jumped quickly under the warship.

The pilots, who had been training for almost a month, watched as the torpedo track got closer and closer to the battleship Iron Duke. In the moments before they hit, they threw farewell kisses to the Iron Duke battleship with a sense of satisfaction they had never felt before.

"Boom-Boom-Boom......"

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The loud sound of three explosions, which were almost linked, shook almost everyone on board, and the violent shaking of the battleship caused almost everyone to fall to the ground, and then the large, heavy hull tilted to one side.

The Iron Duke-class battleship had the evil effect of canceling the watertight compartment, and the sea water rushed in unhindered through three large holes on the side of the hull. Storm the sailors who had climbed the ladder into the cabin one by one, intending to evacuate, onto the deck. Due to the rapid spread of the water, the battleship fell to one side with all its might.

"Sir, sir, we have to get out of here......"

John. Admiral Jericho grasped the metal pipe under the chart-covered table in the war room with one hand and fixed it to the deck, his face looking sad and remorseful.

His expression seemed to be about to sink to the bottom of the sea with this proud giant ship that had been defeated by air power.

"Nope! No, sir, we can't stay here any longer, let's go, sir, the battle has just begun, and we, all of us, need you...... Let's go, sir! ”

In the face of the shouts of the staff, John. Admiral Jericho nodded as if to come back to his senses, and his lips trembled.

"Let's go! We ......"