"What about losses? It's war. Anyway, there will be losses, right? Origin continued to ask.

Gao Yang smiled speechlessly and said, "How can there be immortals in war?" If I were to help them solve all their problems, they would be at most the same as the U.S. Navy is now. There is great strength in the air, but there is no naval spirit! Nor does it have a prestige that can make all potential enemies fearful! That's completely more steel than anyone! ”

"Seems to be the truth." Origin said in a clear tone.

Gao Yang threw away his cigarette and said with a smile: "What do you think all countries are afraid of the British?" They are not only afraid of the strong naval strength of the British, but also of the great prestige of the British with one brutal war after another! In the face of this prestige, many people are already afraid before the war. ”

It is not for nothing that the British have dominated the world for hundreds of years. The spirit of fighting when encountering the enemy is accumulated through heroic and cruel wars!

Just like the United States decades later, why do many countries choose to back down when they hear that the United States wants to intervene?

It is not only the military strength of the Americans that is strong, but also the military strength of the Soviet Union!

It is not only because of the economic and technological strength of the Americans, but also because of the strong factories of Japan, Germany, and the world.

They are afraid of American fame! Fame accumulated in the decades after World War II!

What is the world world factory called a strong country for so many years? Not because of economic strength. It's because they have an army that is the only one that has ever defeated the United States after World War II!

Gao Yang let out a long breath, glanced at the large fleet that was fading away in the distance, and turned around and walked down the mountain.

He pinched his cheeks, which were blown cold by the cold wind, and said softly, "Of course, if they really fail, I will still make a move." After all, for the future of this country in this plane, there are still energy points that must be obtained. Be sure to defeat the British. ”

"So you don't think well of them!" The origin suddenly shouted dissatisfied.

"How so!" Gao Yang smiled and said, "The British have a lot of ships. There are a lot of people, a lot of tonnage, and even a lot of planes. However, their technology is not good. The all-metal monoplane fighter, which has been leading for more than ten years in terms of technology, is no match for a wooden biplane fighter. Without the cover of air power, no matter how many warships there are, they are just huge live targets. ”

Gao Yang, who has the vision of leading the times, knows very well that aviation combat effectiveness is the ultimate weapon that determines the fate of the future battlefield! The giant ship cannon is outdated!

In the face of dense bombshells and aviation torpedoes, warships, no matter how large the tonnage, are doomed to the fate of suffocating and dying without even having a chance to fire the main guns!

Technology determines destiny!

Singapore Naval Base.

Vice Admiral Beraunay, commander of the Far East Fleet of the British Royal Navy, was pacing irritably back and forth in his office.

The frowning eyebrows, the cold sweat on his forehead, and the slightly pale face made His Excellency the lieutenant general's expression look particularly ugly.

Last night. At the request of the Dutch Governor of the East Indies, he sent a light fleet to the waters off the island of Java to intercept the troop carriers carrying Japanese mercenaries.

However, what was supposed to be a very simple military operation turned into a disaster!

Not long ago, His Excellency the General received an urgent telegram from this fleet, which was hit by a sudden air attack on the Java Sea, not far from the port of Surabaya!

On the sea about one hundred and twenty nautical miles northwest of the port of Surabaya, the shore-based units of naval aviation taking off from Pontianak are launching a fierce attack on this British naval light fleet!

Two squadrons of F4 Wildcat fighters, escorting more than sixty Avengers and Dreadnoughts, circled over the fleet, which was maneuvering at full speed.

This light flotilla of the British Far Eastern Fleet consisted of the reconnaissance cruisers Baudicia, the cruisers Dartmouth and Yarmouth, as well as six destroyers of the 3rd destroyer detachment of the Far Eastern Fleet.

Because of the sale of a large number of warships to Gaoyang in violation of the agreement, it directly led to the invalidation of the Washington Naval Treaty.

Coupled with the rapid rise of Gaoyang. Gradually, a significant threat arose to the interests of the British. After defeating the Japanese Navy in Goyang, the British unsealed all the warships that had been planned to be decommissioned and returned to active service.

It was for this reason that all three light cruisers escaped the fate of being dismantled and sold.

At this moment, the fleet increased its speed to the maximum. He is evading the deadly blows from the sky in various strange maneuvers.

There were not many anti-aircraft weapons on these battleships. After naval aviation shone in the naval battle of the Yellow Sea, the British hurriedly began to develop and equip anti-aircraft weapons.

It's just that the time is too short. The limited number of anti-aircraft weapons produced by the British were preferentially installed on capital ships. As for the number of empty weapons that these old warships that are about to be phased out are pitiful.

And most importantly, they have no air cover!

The British did not suffer from naval aviation. They weren't used to this new tactic. I don't know how Lu Dao should fight under this new tactic.

This fleet did not receive cover from the air force when it attacked. At this time, their closest fighter plane was hundreds of kilometers away in Singapore!

Because the large fleet of Zhilu Dao Gaoyang was still far north, this fleet swaggered towards the direction of Surabaya Port after the attack. I never thought I would be hit by an air strike!

More than two hours ago. The fleet, which did not hide its whereabouts at all, was spotted by an SBD dreadnought reconnaissance bomber patrolling the area.

The reconnaissance aircraft quickly sent the details of the enemy fleet back to the base in Pontianak. Soon, the naval aviation, which had already completed combat readiness, almost poured out of the nest! Hundreds of war eagles roared across the vast sea and pounced on the British, who did not know that they were already in great trouble!

There was no expected air battle, it was a one-sided air raid!

Under the orders of the commander of the air formation, the four dreadnought bombers whizzed sideways away from the air formation and dived straight towards the reconnaissance cruiser Bodisia, which was running at the front.

With a full load displacement of only 3,800 tons, the Baudicia has been in service for nearly 20 years, and it is a real grandfather-class warship. The power equipment, which has long since begun to age, can only run at a maximum speed of 23 knots!

Compared to a dreadnought bomber with a top speed of more than 220 knots, a battleship that was so slow and without decent anti-aircraft fire was almost equivalent to a live target.

At this time, the Baudicia was on the verge of madness.

All the machine-gun guns on the ship that could be elevated were pointed at the sky, spitting long tongues of fire furiously.

The battleship spun wildly under the captain's personal control, trying to dodge the dreadnought bombers that were whizzing and diving.

It's just that it's all in vain. None of the weapons on board the Baudicia could hit a dreadnought bomber with a dive angle of more than seventy degrees and a speed of more than two hundred knots.

At an altitude of nearly 800 meters, the leader of the team dropped a bomb. Three of his wingmen also dropped bombs on their long plane, and then rolled sideways to get off the line.

Two bombshells landed in the sea within 60 meters of the starboard side of the Baudysia and exploded, stirring up a huge column of water and tearing apart the fragile waterline armor of the Baudisia with huge water pressure.

The third bomb hit the chimney of the Baudesia's boiler accurately. The violent explosion tore the old warship almost in two from the middle!

The last bomb fell a few dozen meters on the port side of the Bodisia. The bomb also tore through the waterline armor of the Baudesia.

However, it is no longer needed. When the smoke cleared, the warship, which had been dismantled in the original plane, had sunk into the icy sea with raging flames.

The success of the first wave of attacks was like a signal, and the eagles still hovering in the sky pounced like bloodthirsty hungry wolves on the British battleship, which had little defense to speak of!

Dive bombing, torpedo attack!

Even the wild cats, who had nothing to do, couldn't resist the itching of their hands and rushed down from the sky to play a strafing shot!

After more than half an hour, the battle ended.

Satisfied eagles flapped their wings and lined up in a neat queue to return in the direction of Pontianak.

All three cruisers and eight destroyers of the British were sunk. And the Warhawks who launched the attack lost only two Avenger torpedo planes.

After the smoke cleared, only the Avenger pilots who escaped by luck and a large number of British naval officers and sailors who jumped into the sea to escape were left on the sea, waiting for the salvage and rescue of the Navy of the Republic of Lanfang, which was heading towards this side at high speed.

News of the naval battle spread quickly. The officers and men of the Royal Navy, who are assembling on their homeland, are full of confidence as if they have been poured cold water on their heads. The confident emotions of the naval officers and men were frozen in an instant.

Two planes for eleven battleships!

The sheer power of naval aviation made the hearts of the British begin to beat drums.

The British Navy top brass hurriedly convened an emergency meeting. Many generals debated all night long, but failed to come up with any suitable response. In the end, it can only be demanded that naval warships must be escorted by the air force before they can attack!

The British had put their hopes in their thousands of new planes. These big ship and artillery loyalists completely ignore the words of the opponent's new monoplane all-metal fighter mentioned in the intelligence, and wishful thinking that their own biplane fighter can cope with this situation!

When the news reached the Grand Fleet, which was sailing in the sea, the morale of the sailors, who had been worried about fighting the world's No. 1 naval power, was greatly boosted, and everyone began to imagine if they really won the battle against the British

The Dutch, the Portuguese, and the British who were all dumbfounded by the Dutch, Portuguese, and the British who were shouting to be the little brothers, hoping to get a piece of the pie on Gao Yang. Who did not expect that the mighty British Navy would be so vulnerable in front of a group of aircraft?

The little brothers who were worried in their hearts began to hesitate. It's just that they have already declared war and now have no way to retreat, so they can only follow the British all the way to the end. It was hoped that the British would be able to achieve a final victory. (To be continued......)