Twenty minutes after the plane left, but there was no trace of the other side's fleet. Lieutenant General Norant was a little confused. According to the range of the plane equipped by the Gaul Kingdom, a single-engine aircraft should not be able to run so far, but it would be abnormal to not find the enemy fleet for such a long time. Norant did not expect that the range of the Navy's plane was so long that he subconsciously believed that both sides had missed it at sea.

This is something that happens frequently, because the sea is very wide, and everyone can only search with vision. This way, because of the curvature of the surface of the neon blue star, it is difficult to stand on the mast even if it is standing on the mast. With such a small search range, searching hundreds of nautical miles is difficult to meet even if both sides walk in purpose.

Thinking that both sides might miss it, Lieutenant General Norant breathed a sigh of relief even though he felt that he had lost the opportunity to make meritorious service. After all, it was thousands of miles away from the land of Gaul. Even if he won this time, the fleet would find it difficult to deal with the Site Navy, which came from all directions, so it would be better to have less trouble if he could.

Just as Lieutenant General Norant was planning to return to his cabin and enjoy a sumptuous dinner for senior officers, a harsh sirens suddenly sounded from the lookout whistle. "What's wrong?" Lieutenant General Norant broke into the bridge at a speed of 100 meters and asked loudly at the officer on duty.

"Enemy planes, dozens of enemy planes are approaching." The officer on duty replied loudly, pointing to the distant sky.

"What?" Norant screamed in surprise. He widened his eyes and looked at the dozens of black dots appearing in the horizon. He could not believe it. This place is more than a thousand nautical miles away from the Seakou Airport of the Sits Army. No active aircraft dares to fly so far to fight. Even if its range is sufficient, he has to worry that it will fall into the sea due to exhaustion of fuel when returning.

Seeing so many aircraft that were obviously wheeled take-off and landing closer, Lieutenant General Norant had an idea, which was from aircraft carriers. Aircraft carriers were not new. As early as World War I, the Saar Empire modified several aircraft carriers to join the navy, but because the deck of the aircraft carrier was too short, all the aircraft could be used were old-fashioned aircraft. These aircraft were very slow and could not be reloaded, and they did not pose any threat to warships at sea. So until now, aircraft carriers played mostly in the navies of various countries. This is also the reason why the Gaul Kingdom had assigned the share of aircraft carrier construction, but it did not build it.

Seeing so many new aircraft rushing towards the fleet today, Lieutenant General Norant suddenly realized that the Gallic Navy was behind. In this major subversive development of the navy, Gaul, the originally arrogant naval power, became a spectator, which made Norant, who had infinite pride, feel very depressed. However, now is not the time to express his feelings. Lieutenant General Norant must face the crisis in front of him, a crisis that may end the entire fleet.

This is the only naval force of the Gaul Kingdom in the entire Eastern Continent. Once they are completely eliminated, the entire Eastern Ocean and Jaini Ocean Gallic colonies will lose maritime protection, which Lieutenant General Norant will not tolerate.

Faced with the air strikes of the Site Navy carrier-based aircraft, Lieutenant General Norant was still lucky because according to the news of the last naval battle, the Site Air Force had only achieved results after dispatching more than 400 aircraft. Now he has to face only a few dozen aircraft, which will be much easier to deal with.

However, Lieutenant General Norant obviously overestimated his air defense firepower. When dive bombers dived towards the warship at a 75-degree angle with a shrill sound of wind, he realized how outrageous he was wrong. The Gallic warships stationed in the Eastern Continent are all antique goods, which was determined by the current sluggish economy of the Gallic Kingdom. Without air defense firepower, just those 75-mm cannons used to fight torpedoes and small boats could not deal with the rushing bombers.

With the successive bombings of two dive bombers, the Voltaire was first hit. The five large chimneys in the middle of the Dandong-class battleship were too eye-catching, and they became the indicator targets of the dive bombers. The first bomb deviated slightly, blowing the second-class main gun on the starboard side upwards, while the second bomb landed accurately between the second and third chimneys.

The huge aviation bombs penetrated the weak deck between the chimneys with great kinetic energy and fell into the power cabin on the lower floor. With a loud bang, a big explosion occurred in the boiler cabin. More than a dozen of the engine soldiers who were desperately adding coal were killed. The hot steam and fiery red carbon blocks flew around, roasting the undead engine soldiers directly.

The second-wheel cabin was completely useless, and the hot steam poured into the first and third-wheel cabins along the unclosed compartment doors, burning many of the turbine soldiers to severely injured. Under the current medical conditions, if the medicines sold by the Western Special Administrative Region were not helped, they would have cried bitterly for the first half of the month before they died miserably.

The rapid loss of power in the lower layer caused Voltaire to quickly slow down and quickly left the formation. At this time, no one cared about anyone, and Lieutenant General Norant did not even dare to let the fleet stop and wait for Voltaire. The Voltaire battleship, which had lost the protection of the auxiliary ship alone, quickly became the target of the torpedo aircraft.

Two torpedo planes rushed towards Voltaire's port side, although the Gaul sailors were desperately shooting to stop the opponent's attack, the poor two 75mm cannons could not form enough blockade firepower net. The desperate Gaul sailors could only watch the opponent fly closer and drop a heavy 533mm caliber torpedo six hundred meters away.

After passing two unclear water lines, two torpedoes that were dropped almost at the same time rushed towards the port side of the Voltaire with straight trails. The Gaul sailors were desperate and gave up their posts. Many people whined and jumped into the water, hoping to escape. Unfortunately, the torpedo heads filled with high explosives would have a resonance effect under the water when they exploded. The soldiers who jumped into the sea in advance were destined to be shattered by the huge shock waves and died.

With the violent explosion, two terrifying holes appeared on the port side of the Voltaire. The giant ship with a displacement of more than 18,000 tons slowly tilted and quickly turned upside down on the water. Lieutenant General Norant saw this scene throughout the whole process. He opened his mouth in surprise and it took him a long time to react.
Chapter completed!