the world is at stake

The senior commanders were all standing in front of the radio station, waiting to hear the news of the three fighter planes 'Lightning', 'Thunder' and 'Storm'.

This task is not difficult in nature, the target of the battle was clearly touched, and the intelligence personnel were trapped at the dock and could not move.Even if it fails once, as long as the pilot is kept, he can come back soon.

But the ultra-low-altitude flight that the six rookies had to carry out was very difficult, and the actual combat was not training.

Even if the British guys organize a group of sailors to shoot with rifles, it will cause great psychological pressure on the pilots.If there is a slight error, the plane crashes and people die.

If you care about it, you will be confused. Whether this attack can be successful or not is related to the progress of the 'Holy Light' team's next attack on the country, and even the future development of the nation.

Just like if there is a way to win Taiwan in the Liberation War, there will be no stalemate for more than 70 years, and there will be no huge political and economic burdens and costs.

The British just want to make troubles to hold China back, and the conflict between China and Britain is irreconcilable.If Zhang Xun cannot be resolved quickly, the possibility of great powers intervening may increase greatly, and Germany's attitude will waver.

Unable to afford time, Zhou Qingfeng thought that if the air strikes during the day were unsuccessful, he would take Martha across the river alone at night and get rid of Zhang Xun first.

So when the 'Lightning' in charge of the air command reported on the radio, "'Thunder' has entered the bombing track and is lowering the altitude."

In front of the radio station, everyone's expressions became tense.

The pilot of 'Jinglei' recounted the operation details on the radio, paying attention to avoiding ships on the river, aiming the nose at the target, pressing the lever to lower the altitude, confirming that the wheels touch the water surface, and gently pulling the lever to raise the altitude...

Until the bomber in the back seat shouted with strength, "Drop the bomb!"

Zhou Qingfeng looked at his watch, staring at the second hand moving one frame at a time.About six seconds later, the shout of 'Lightning' came from the radio: "It hit the target under the No. C turret. The bomb fell below the waterline."

Another four seconds later, "Explosion, explosion! Adventure is arched, it is blasted up. I see it is arched."

The three aircraft's radios were shouting the same sentence, which was the best attack effect expected.

The explosion under the waterline made use of the incompressibility of water to fully exert the power of [-] kilograms of picric acid, breaking the hull of the ship and even breaking its keel.

Just one blow will make this warship lose its combat effectiveness!

Hearing this report, the senior military officers in front of the radio cheered.Zhou Qingfeng let out a long sigh of relief, and hugged the people around him one by one like a child.

A group of elders grinned wildly, uncontrollably.

But the attack was not over. After the "Thunder" dropped the bomb, the pilot Lin Yi poked his head out of the cockpit and hovered at an altitude of 500 meters to evaluate the damage effect.

As an empire where the sun never sets, Great Britain has vast colonies to control.In order to accomplish this task, the British Navy specially built a series of cheap cruisers.

Thin skin, moderate firepower, fast speed, and low cost of use are the characteristics of the 'Adventure'.

After being hit by a cylinder bomb, the water mist from the explosion covered it, but it was obvious that a large hole appeared in the middle of the left side of the hull.

River water rushed in from the hole, and the hull began to tilt slightly within a few minutes.A large number of panicked British sailors appeared on the deck. They scurry about on their nests like ants, at a loss.

No need to attack this 'historic' ship anymore.Ji Dong wanted more results. He reported his visual situation on the radio and asked to attack other targets.

"Approved, free to attack."

Li Zhonghua said on the radio.He was in a good mood at the moment, and praised with enthusiasm: "You have created the first time in the world's military history, go and get greater glory."

Ji Dong and the others are all young people, and their first successful attack brought them great excitement and a sense of honor.The three planes climbed again and circled around the Xiaguan pier.

In addition to one cruiser, the British also had four torpedo destroyers participating in the blockade of the Yangtze River.But at the moment they are not on the river near Nanjing.

Ji Dong didn't even think about looking for it, but he remembered that he encountered several Japanese destroyers with plaster flags on the way to Nanjing-who was it not?The Japanese army was also an aggressor.

What a coincidence!

Five torpedo destroyers led by Ito Dazuo came from Zhenjiang towards Nanjing.They didn't come here specifically to die, they just subconsciously wanted to continue completing today's cruise blockade mission.

The Colonel didn't have an intuitive feeling about the combat effectiveness of the plane, and he also felt that things flying in the sky could only perform reconnaissance missions, and it was impossible to cause any damage to warships moving on the water.

The result was Ito watching three red fighter planes fly overhead.Less than an hour later, the lookout post on the mast of the warship sent another warning - Commander, the outrageous plane has returned.

So fast?

What is this plane doing?

Zhenjiang is more than 50 kilometers away from Nanjing, and the "Adventure" was blown up. The five small destroyers of Ito have no news at all-the river is still calm and the sky is cloudless.

After finding the target, the bombed 'Thunder' acted as the command and climbed to a height of 500 meters.Lin Yi's 'Lightning' and another 'Storm' respectively searched for opportunities to enter the bombing track.

Unlike the "Adventure" fixed at the pier, the five Japanese destroyers not only moved at a speed of twelve knots on the river, but their tonnage was only more than 300 tons, and the side projection was less than 70 meters, which was relatively small.

As for whether the destroyer will dodge...

This is not a big problem.Compared with torpedoes, bouncing attack cylinder bombs are two or three times faster and have a shorter attack distance.As long as the carrier plane is aimed at the target, it is basically impossible to dodge.

Colonel Ito didn't mean to flash. He, like Colonel Kahler, who had ascended to heaven, saw the red plane flying low and level over the river, and subconsciously felt that the Chinese were going to hit it with a plane.

People's reactions to things they haven't seen before are always slow.The aggressors who wanted to become a habit of rampant domineering changed their mentality and realized that the Chinese National Defense Forces had lore means, which was too embarrassing for Ito Dazuo.

It only takes 180 seconds to fly one kilometer at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour.Considering the time required for turning and accelerating, even the famously slow triplane does not leave much reaction time for the opponent.

From when the captain realizes that the gadgets in the sky are in danger, to when he howls to ask the helmsman to pay attention to dodge, to when the steering gear responds and then the hull responds, it takes at least one or two minutes.

This is still a small destroyer with more than 300 tons of maneuverability, and it is even more useless to change to a larger ship.

At such a time, the iconic action of "walking on the waves" reappeared, and there were splashes of machine wheels passing by plows on the river.The two big red triplanes gently pressed the sticks to the water surface, and then slightly pulled the sticks to ensure that they were at a height of more than ten meters.

The whole movement must be careful, and the slightest carelessness will cause the plane to crash and people to die.It was also thanks to the injection of enhanced serum, otherwise Ji Dong and others would not have such high perception and control abilities.

The bomb was dropped at a distance of 300 meters, and the cylinder bomb fell and hit the water.The triplane rod climbed, wrapped in a gust of wind and whizzed past the hull, leaving black bombs wrapped in water splashes and bouncing.

Osamu Ito only had time to let out a 'wow', and then... saw the 'Yamabiko' in his own fleet was hit.

This is a torpedo destroyer with a displacement of only 240 tons. It originally belonged to the Tsarist Russian Navy and was captured by the Japanese army during the Russo-Japanese War.It is poorly armed and relatively slow.

Ji Dong was very bold in his pursuit of results, but he was relatively conservative in his selection of targets, pursuing a one-hit kill—a [-]-kilogram cylinder bomb easily pierced through the hull of the 'Yamabi' and exploded inside.

Thirty kilograms of picric acid is equivalent to being blasted by a 203mm naval gun. The old Tsarist Russian torpedo destroyer of more than 200 tons almost fell apart on the spot.

One-third of the 56 crew members of the ship disappeared in an instant.The mast fell, and most of the superstructure of the hull became a "celestial girl scattered flowers" on the spot, splashing into the air.

The 'Yamabiko' seemed to have turned into a fire with black smoke, and the twisted steel frame was like dry wood in the fire, flickering on and off.

Ito Osamu came out from the bridge of his own ship, stood on the deck blown by the river wind, and looked at the disaster-stricken 'Yamabi' like a fool.

Since it remained intact under the waterline, the warship continued to drive forward like a headless corpse or a dead fish floating on the water.

The 'Yamabiko' was unlucky, followed by another destroyer 'Ni' in the fleet was also bombed.Almost the same result, the bomb crashed into the hull, ripping it open.

After two violent explosions, there were two more damaged warships on the river.The entire Japanese squadron was stunned, and no one thought that the attack would come so violently and terrifyingly.

Even if a torpedo destroyer of two to three hundred tons faced the "Adventure" of more than 2000 tons, it would not be so weak.Anyway, there are still torpedoes and naval guns that can fight back a few times.

But facing the high-speed aircraft, several warships seemed to encounter natural enemies, and lost their lives without any reaction.

Waiting for the red triplane to shake its wings and leave in a group, Ito Osamu was about to vomit blood and screamed "Wow", and went back to the bridge and shouted to save the two warships that were shot, at least to rescue the officers and soldiers who were falling into the water return.

As for after being saved... Naturally, run at full speed!

Lin Yi and other three fighter planes flew back to the field airport in Yangzhou, and were greeted like heroes on the spot.He himself shouted loudly: "It's still early, continue to hang bombs. There are still three Japanese warships nearby, let's dry sink them."

Ten seeded pilots went up with two crew members.

Ji Dong led the team into the sky again, excitedly talking about the whole process of the battle on the radio.The other two crews were greatly encouraged by this, and they also wanted to sink the Japanese warship to get off to a good start.

The Yangzhou Field Airport is only [-] kilometers away from the Ito Fleet, and the warship has to run for about an hour at twelve knots.But at the speed of a triplane, it is just a matter of pushing the accelerator and taking off and landing.

Osamu Ito just picked up a group of his own sailors. Looking at his damaged warships floating on the water, he was considering whether to sink them with torpedoes, drag them back for repairs with iron cables, or ignore them and escape.

The stingy habit of the poor made Little Japan waste some time, but they couldn't escape.There was another humming of engines in the sky.The triplane reappeared in bright red livery.

The remaining three Japanese warships all stopped on the river to rescue people.They had no concept of the air force at all, and thought that the triplane would come back after flying away, but they didn't expect the other party to refuel and add ammunition very quickly.

"Counterattack, counterattack quickly!" As if he had just come to his senses, Colonel Ito shouted desperately to the artillery on the ship to prevent the plane from approaching him.

The torpedo destroyer "Hazy" has a twelve-pounder rapid-fire gun at the stern, plus five six-pounder rapid-fire guns at the bow and amidships.It is said to be 'rapid fire', but it is actually loaded manually.

Bang bang bang sounded on the river, but this firepower density was not enough to fight against the high-speed approaching air attack.When the triplane performs its iconic 'walking the waves', it means that the enemy ship enters the countdown to death.

On both sides of the Yangtze River, countless people are watching the excitement.

Especially when the battlefield was close to Zhenjiang, the residents in the city ran towards the river, saying that the warship of the Japanese devils was beaten by the National Defense Forces. Who wouldn't want to see it for real?

Seeing the smoke coming from the two Devil destroyers, the people on the shore shouted excitedly and rushed to tell each other.When the three red fighter planes appeared again, the cheers on the ground rose and fell like waves.

Look... the devil is going to be unlucky again!

At this moment, Xiao Jinlang received a telegram from the front line in the imperial capital.He read every word on the message repeatedly, and then took a few breaths of relief.He smiled and said to Qin Qing who personally sent the telegram:

"Send me a telegram to King Charles I of England."

"send what?"

"Just send a sentence, 'For hundreds of years, the era when Western colonists could occupy a country by setting up a few cannons on the eastern coastline is gone forever'."

Chapter 33 Chess Game

GMT, 2:26 a.m. on February [-].

England, London, Buckingham Palace.Prime Minister Cameron arrived by car, hurried into the reception room of the palace with his secretary, and asked to see King Charles I.

The king was having dinner with his family, and when he heard the whispers from the attendant, he had to grab the napkin on his chest and wipe his mouth. He smiled to appease his son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren, and got up to go to the reception room where top-secret affairs were discussed.

Cameron was sitting on pins and needles in the closed reception room. When he saw Charles I, he jumped up and whispered eagerly: "Your Majesty, the Chinese are attacking us."

Charles I waved his hand, pretended to be calm and found a seat to sit down first, and said indifferently after he was comfortable in his posture: "Say it, I'm ready to hear the bad news."

"24 hours ago, Li Jing, the Chinese Minister in London, delivered an ultimatum to our Foreign Office, demanding that the British army withdraw from China immediately and unconditionally. The fools in the Foreign Ministry ignored this matter, and did not even notify the Prime Minister's Office.

Eight hours ago, our Minister to China, Zhu Erdian, sent a telegram stating that Chinese planes had sunk the cruiser 'Adventure' docked in Nanjing.

Then the Chinese also wiped out a Japanese destroyer fleet, and searched for the remaining four destroyers of the British Navy along the river, sinking two and damaging two.

In just one day, a few tattered triplanes took off and landed more than a dozen sorties in a row, killing the naval ships with a total weight of [-] tons.The news was sent back to London, and the Admiralty asked whether the envoy to China had written an extra 'zero'.

The Chinese are touting their toughness and victories, and they are sending special telegrams saying that the era of Westerners is over.Their national sentiment was completely ignited, and the voice of reason disappeared completely.

The Japanese side is constantly communicating with us, hoping to coordinate their policies towards China.It can be seen that their navy has also been psychologically shocked and become overwhelmed. "

Charles I was still indifferent. He just let out a 'wow' and sighed: "The age of the air force is coming early, right? This means that our naval superiority has been greatly weakened. As for the Japanese..."

Japan's current naval tonnage is less than 40 tons, and there are only a dozen outdated former dreadnought battleships and cruisers serving as the main force.These things are all rubbish in the face of air strikes.

Cameron was even more anxious, "Parliament is holding an emergency bill, and more than half of the members are clamoring to declare war on China. Those guys don't even know how they were beaten, they just want revenge.

The Chinese minister was even more straightforward. He just told the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that if the UK does not accept China's conditions, the relationship between the two countries will be severed and a full-scale war will be entered. "

"The Chinese plan to completely get rid of the control of Great Britain, and they have achieved some success." Charles I gave another 'wow', shook his head and asked, "What does the Admiralty mean?"

"They are in a mess now, contacting intelligence personnel and military attaches in China everywhere, wondering how the Chinese planes destroyed the British warships?

According to our own guesses, the air strike process is very simple, and there is no technical difficulty. The key is to be brave enough.It is more difficult to issue operational decisions.

Of course, there are also some people in the parliament who are hot-headed and demand that our navies in East Asia and the Indian Ocean be assembled immediately to launch a war of punishment against China. "

Prime Minister Cameron walked back and forth, as restlessly as a string of lit firecrackers hanging from his buttocks.Charles I probably understood why the other party was angry-the point was not from China, but from Britain.

When such a big event happened, the invincible Daying had to fight hard, or he had to find a blame man to take responsibility.But Prime Minister Cameron wants neither option.

If there is a war, not to mention how to arrange military expenditures, how to be passive diplomatically, and how to deal with China's rapid aviation strike capabilities tactically are difficult points.

According to the information sent back by Lieutenant Colonel Wei Lepei in Nanjing and other personnel in China, the fighter planes of the Chinese Air Force have at most evolved to the level of World War I.

Its range and ammunition load are very limited, and it can threaten unprotected cruisers in inland rivers, but it is less of a threat to battleships at sea.

The result of preliminary discussions by the British Admiralty is to use high-speed destroyers to raid Chinese ports at night to retaliate, and to hide in the open sea to avoid air strikes during the day.

At present, countries do not have high-speed anti-aircraft guns, but they can add machine guns to warships to improve air defense capabilities.It doesn't cost much, and it doesn't take too long. The modification can be completed in half a month at most.

As long as there are enough machine guns on the warship, it is still no problem to deal with the slow triplane.

But Cameron is very clear that 'Holy Light' can produce a usable fighter force in less than two months, who knows what it will continue to produce in the future?

What's more, "air defense and air defense, ten defenses and nine air defenses", without an aircraft carrier, it is impossible to attack China's inland airports.Air strikes cannot be completely eliminated without destroying the airport.

Even if the battleship is full of 'Maximum', it is just a beaten iron bastard.The British are just arrogant without being stupid.If there is a pilot who specializes in the 'Broken Leg' skill, drop a bomb from the weak direction of the stern of the ship.

The glory of Nazi Germany back then, the "Bismarck", known as the strongest warship, was damaged by the weak "Swordfish", and then was grinded to death by the British Navy like a dead fish.

China can also learn a trick like the Japanese, why does the plane have to return?Isn't it good to directly hit the warship with a bomb?The voyage can be doubled, and the threat effect is greatly increased.

'Iron King Eight' have to kneel.

With the humiliation imposed on China by the great powers in recent decades, coupled with the instigated national sentiment, there is no need to worry about the lack of passionate young people to sacrifice bravely under the heavy money.

Even if a hundred triplanes are exchanged for an old-fashioned battleship, such as the "Canopus" currently deployed in Hong Kong, it will be a big profit for China.

Now that the Chinese are really going all out to fight to the end, Cameron has no doubt that the opponent will resort to suicide attacks if he is in a hurry, and he just wants to fight Daying to the end.

After all, the triplane is technically very simple, and the 'Holy Light' has its own industrial system, and key components such as engines can be manufactured by itself.They were not at all afraid of the British expedition.

If the United Kingdom really did it, not to mention that the United States and Germany would die of laughter, it would be an enlarged version of the "Boer War" in the end, or even worse than the "Boer War".