The end of the military era

Zhou Rui nodded, "Xiang Tao is ready to counterattack against the red tiger army and the three elf country armies.

However, considering the combat effectiveness of the Elven Army, I consider drawing 30 army groups from the other seven major military regions to support the Tongzhou Military Region and Jingzhou Military Region in batches by sea. "

Song Limin, commander-in-chief of the frontier fleet, said at this time: "Don't worry, commander, although the armies of the three elf countries are strong, the navies of the three elf countries are very weak.

With the current strength of our border defense fleet, it is enough to suppress the navies of six orc nations and three elf nations. It can definitely escort the army troops of the other seven military regions to the Tongzhou Military Region and Jingzhou Military Region on the western mainland. "

Zhou Rui then said: "Old Song, the Natural Elf Empire has many excellent fighter planes, maybe the Natural Elf Empire will also have torpedo planes and dive bombers.

Your frontier fleet must be on guard against each other."

Before Zhou Rui could finish his sentence, Yan Shaoqiu, the head of the border defense army's governor's office, broke into the office with a telegram, "Commander, the No.12 formation of the border defense fleet has been hit by a large-scale air strike!"

Song Limin didn't wait for Zhou Rui to speak, he snatched the telegram from Yan Shaoqiu's hand first, and after quickly browsing it, Song Limin's face couldn't help but change, "Commander, according to the report of No. , probably took off from an aircraft carrier!"

"Boom"

In the port of Long'an Port, Tongzhou Town, a traditional-class battlecruiser purchased from the Liangyan Empire was hit by three heavy aerial bombs in a row, and an ammunition depot was detonated, and then it was almost destroyed. After two cuts, it quickly sank to the sea surface.

On the bridge of the "Jie"-class battlecruiser Jiexun, No.12 formation commander Hao Desheng anxiously asked the captain of the Jiexun, Chen Hai: "How long will it take for the Air Force's fighter jets to arrive?"

Long'an Port in Tongzhou Town is the temporary residence of No.12 Frontier Fleet, which is more than 1000 kilometers away from the border of the Red Tiger Empire.

Hao Desheng, the commander of the No. 12 formation, never imagined that the main force of the No. 12 formation was stationed in Long'an Port, and would encounter air strikes from enemy fighter planes.

The fact that the enemy was able to conduct an air strike on the No.12 formation in Long'an Port shows that the enemy's fighter planes took off from the aircraft carrier.

Hao Desheng's guess was correct. It was the combined fleet of navies from three elf countries that raided Long'an Port this time. The navies of these three elf countries are all equipped with aircraft carriers at the moment.

However, the aircraft carriers of these three elven countries were urgently transformed from merchant ships, and they were only very simple aircraft carriers.

These simple aircraft carriers have only one deck made of wood, without any weapons installed, not even an anti-aircraft machine gun.

But it is these simple aircraft carriers that have brought a lot of trouble to the No. 12 formation of the border defense fleet.

The captain of the Jiexun, Chen Hai, said with a wry smile: "Hao Zhi, because the airport at Long'an Port was bombed by enemy fighter planes, an air force regiment stationed at the Long'an Port airport was almost completely lost.

Now we can only count on the support of several nearby military airports, but it will take at least half an hour for an air regiment at the nearest military airport to reach the battlefield, and there are only more than a hundred fighters, and they launch an air strike on our No.12 formation The number of enemy planes may have reached thousands. "

At this time, cheers suddenly came from the bridge of the Jiexun, and it turned out that five fighter jets of the Border Defense Air Force suddenly appeared in the sky.

Captain Chen Hai of the Jiexun immediately said: "These should be the few fighter jets that survived from Long'an Port Airport."

No.12 Formation Commander Hao Desheng sighed and said: "It seems that I was wrong before, the aircraft carrier really has a strong attack power!

Our border defense fleet must have a sufficient number of aircraft carriers! "

At this time, hundreds of warships gathered on the sea about 180 kilometers west of Long'an Port, and these warships belonged to the three countries of the elves.

其中属于自然精灵帝国的军舰，包括有30艘全主炮战列舰、30艘全钢制战列舰、30艘大型装甲巡洋舰、50艘轻巡洋舰饿和50艘驱逐舰，还有用商船改造而成的24艘简易航空母舰。

Since the navies of the three major empires of the elves are not strong, the all-steel battleships of the navies of the three elf countries still occupy the position of the secondary capital ships, and they do not have the same all-steel battleships as the navies of the six orc countries. Steel battleships are all decommissioned.

另外属于光明精灵帝国的军舰，包括有16艘全主炮战列舰、20艘全钢制战列舰、20艘大型装甲巡洋舰、36艘轻巡洋舰饿和36艘驱逐舰，以及用商船改造而成的14艘简易航空母舰。

属于暗黑精灵帝国的军舰，包括有18艘全主炮战列舰、22艘全钢制战列舰、24艘大型装甲巡洋舰、40艘轻巡洋舰饿和46艘驱逐舰，以及用商船改造而成的16艘简易航空母舰。

On the bridge of the all-main-gun battleship Evergreen Tree of the Natural Elf Empire Navy, Admiral Bolianka of the Natural Elf Empire said to Captain Lekid of the Evergreen Tree: "Let all aircraft carriers get ready and give back fighters and bombers, reloading ammunition, fuel and aerial bombs.

As soon as possible, carry out the second air strike on the No.12 formation of the border defense fleet of the Han and Tang Dynasties! "

Chapter 257 The Aircraft Carrier Fever

The American Baltimore-class heavy cruisers, the American Cleveland-class light cruisers and the American Fletcher-class destroyers under the No.12 formation of the Hantang Empire Frontier Fleet are all equipped with the same air search radar, and the detection range of aircraft can reach about 137 kilometer.

It is also thanks to the air search radar that discovered the fleets of the three elf countries in advance, giving the No. 12 formation of the frontier defense fleet some time to prepare, otherwise the situation of the No. 12 formation of the frontier defense fleet may be even worse.

可就算这样，在三个精灵国家的第一轮空袭中，边防舰队No.12编队也被炸成了4艘东瀛国金刚级战列巡洋舰、4艘传统级战列巡洋舰、3艘秩序级战列巡洋舰、3艘“捷”字级战列巡洋舰，以及2艘重巡洋舰、2艘大型装甲巡洋舰、4艘轻巡洋舰和3艘驱逐舰。

In addition, there are many warships in the No. 12 formation of the frontier fleet, including battlecruisers, which were seriously injured by bombers from three elf countries.

Of course, because all the warships in the No. 12 formation of the border defense fleet are equipped with relatively strong anti-aircraft firepower, the fighter planes of the three elf countries also suffered heavy losses.

Of the more than 58 fighters that took off from the 1300 simple aircraft carriers of the three elf countries, only 700 of them returned to the joint fleet of the three navies.

Most of the more than 600 fighters and bombers damaged in battle were shot down by the anti-aircraft firepower of warships, and dozens of fighters and bombers were shot down by the frontier defense air force who came to support them.

However, none of the more than 700 returned fighter planes could safely land on the deck of the simple aircraft carrier.

All the pilots on the simple aircraft carrier were improvised by the three elven countries, and many pilots were not proficient in landing on the deck.

As a result, when the simple aircraft carriers recovered more than 700 fighters, dozens of fighters fell directly into the sea.

On the bridge of the all-main artillery battleship Evergreen of the Natural Elf Empire Navy, Captain Lekid of the Evergreen asked Admiral Bolianka: "Marshal Bolianka, Marshal Peterje of the Light Elf Empire , as well as Marshal Plott of the Dark Elf Empire, all sent telegrams asking whether to continue to launch air strikes against the No.

Admiral Bolianka sighed and said: "Let's leave some seeds for the newly formed naval aviation of the three countries!

The border defense air forces of the Han and Tang Empires around Long'an Port have already been reinforced, and it is meaningless to launch another air strike.

Send a telegram to Marshal Peterje of the Light Elf Empire and Marshal Plott of the Dark Elf Empire, we can retreat now. "

The captain of the Evergreen Tree hesitated and asked: "Marshal Bolenka, since the bomber group of the aircraft carrier has severely damaged the No.12 formation of the Han and Tang Empire frontier fleet.

The main force of our three-nation navy, why not take the opportunity to attack Long'an Port and beat the dog in the water! "

"Heavy damage?" Admiral Bolianka shook his head, "According to the latest information, the No. 12 formation of the border defense fleet of the Han and Tang Empire has a total of 162 battlecruisers.

However, the air strikes of our three countries only sank more than a dozen battlecruisers of the opponent, not to mention severely damaged the opponent. "

Liekid, the captain of the Evergreen Tree, said unwillingly: "But our three navies together have 64 battleships with main guns and 72 battleships with all steel.

If the remaining hundreds of fighter planes are added, it may be possible to eat up the main formation of the border defense fleet of the Han and Tang Empires. "

"Richid, the navies of our three elf nations are not well-off, so try not to confront the frontier fleet of the Han and Tang Empires head-on.

What's more, although none of our three elf countries have built battlecruisers, it doesn't mean that the combat effectiveness of battlecruisers is weak.

Even though the No.12 fleet of the border defense fleet of the Han and Tang Empires had already sunk more than a dozen battlecruisers, I still think in my heart that the combined fleets of our three elf nations are not capable of destroying each other. "

After the results of the sea and air battle at Long'an Port were spread, it immediately caused an uproar in the world, and the navies of various countries immediately set off a wave of aircraft carrier fever.

In the imperial palace of the first capital of the Golden Lion Empire, Noela City, Emperor Kosno excitedly said to Prime Minister Salento and Navy Minister Raff: "I never thought that some simple aircraft carriers from the three elven countries could achieve such glory. results.

According to reliable information obtained by the intelligence department, the No.12 formation of the Han and Tang Empire border defense fleet sank a total of 27 warships, including 14 battlecruisers.

Our Golden Lion Empire's development of aircraft carriers seems to be on the right track! "

The Secretary of the Navy Raff immediately said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's foresight, the 12 aircraft carriers of our Royal Navy are currently being built overtime. It is expected that in March next year, 12 aircraft carriers will gradually enter the Royal Navy's sequence."