Although the second-generation submarine of the Tang Empire was successfully developed and its performance was ahead of the entire generation of submarines in all countries around the world, the cost was quite high. Building a carp-class submarine is equivalent to building three V-4 submarines.

The Tang army plans to build and serve twenty carp-class submarines within 18 months. Although this speed is already very fast, the battle situation seems to be progressing faster.

The Tang army's submarines were mainly used to deal with the British navy, because among the hostile countries of the Tang Empire, the British navy is the most powerful.

However, Britain only looks strong and no longer has the prestige before the World War. With Germany launching a navy operation plan against Britain, Germany's submarine wolf pack tactics have exhausted the British navy. The British industry, which relies on maritime trade and energy supplies, has suffered heavy damage. In addition, the German army seized air supremacy and continued bombing the British mainland, causing most of the factories on the small British islands to be destroyed.

Although American merchant ships continued to transport supplies to Britain, the scale was too small to quench the near thirst. The British fell on hunger and mental breakdown, which indirectly affected the British army's fighting will.

On March 2, 1939, the German and Tang Empire reached an agreement on a joint combat plan to attack the British mainland. The Tang Navy Atlantic Fleet was responsible for restraining the main force of the British Royal Navy and covering the transport ships to send the German army to the British coast. The German army dispatched eight armored divisions and ten infantry divisions to attack the British mainland.

The landing location of the Tang and German armies was finally chosen in Dover because it was the narrowest place in the English Channel. The German army was afraid of the ocean and worried that the sea routes were too far away in other places.

However, the British army is not a fool. Dover is closest to France, and London is also there. Once Dover falls, London will be an unguarded city. Therefore, the British army also placed the main force on the front line of Dover. The troops are as high as 200,000.

The Tang Empire suggested that the German army choose to land in Britain elsewhere, but the German army has a high opinion of itself and does not take the so-called main force of the British army seriously at all. What's more, under the premise of seizing air supremacy, the German steel torrent was enough to wipe out the main force of the 200,000 British army in Dover.

However, at the suggestion of the General Staff of the Tang Empire, the German army still listened to the advice of the Tang army, which was to attack the east and the west.

The Tang army suggested deploying a heavy army group on the front line of Rouen, and making a stance to directly attack Portsmouth, a British naval base. If the British lose their old nests, they would force the British to surrender. The British obviously knew this, so they would definitely mobilize the main force of the navy to block it, and it would not be possible for the Germans to successfully cross it.

On March 2, the main force of the Atlantic Fleet of the Tang Empire's Navy gathered in Tulavel, France. The German army sent many ships to park there, cooperating with the Tang army to create the illusion of launching a battle to land in Britain there.

The British were indeed panicked. They believed that Dover's defense was enough, but the defensive force in the direction of Portsmouth was too weak. Therefore, the main force of the British navy quickly gathered in the southern waters and fought against the Tang Empire Navy to prevent the opponent from breaking through the maritime blockade.

The British Navy has six main aircraft carriers, two more main aircraft carriers than the Tang Army's Atlantic Fleet. However, the performance of the British Navy's carrier-based aircraft is not enough to compete with the Tang Army, so this is the main reason why the British Navy has never dared to fight the Tang Navy head-on.

Now that he is forced to do so, the British Navy has to fight to the death.

Starting from 7:00 a.m., before the Tang Dynasty navy launched the attack, the British navy launched the attack first to conceal their fear. They dispatched 100 Spitfire carrier-based fighters and 80 Swordfish attack aircraft, and they had to take the initiative to win a good start.

The only special service ship in Datang carrying radar systems was in the Atlantic Fleet, which was sent here just in case.

As a result, as soon as the British Navy Aviation Army was dispatched, it was soon detected by the Tang army. The Tang army immediately prepared for combat and the entire fleet entered the air defense state. At the same time, 300 Raptor heavy carrier-based fighters were dispatched to take off, quietly ambushed above the nearby clouds, waiting for the arrival of the British Navy Aviation Army.

Just as the British Air Force relied on ground radar stations to ambush the Luftwaffe, they did not know that the Tang Empire also had advanced radar technology and was destined to suffer a great loss.

When the British Navy Air Force flew halfway through the road, the Tang army's fighter plane suddenly dived from the clouds.

It was a massacre. The Tang army's Raptor heavy ships fought extremely fast and had extremely strong firepower. The British army's slowest swordfish attack aircraft was first injured. The British pilots even hung up before they saw the shells fired from there, and one after another fell in flames.

Compared with the Swordfish Attack Plane, the British Spitfire fighter is in a better situation. This is a streamlined foreign trade version of the Raptor fighter. In addition to being thinner armor, the speed is not weaker than the other party. It is equipped with a point 50 heavy machine gun. Although it is still a little different from the Raptor's 20mm cannon, compared with the Japanese Type 96, the British airborne firepower is much stronger.

The quality of British pilots is much better than that of Japanese soldiers. After all, Britain experienced World War I. When the Tang army plane suddenly came, many British pilots were able to fight back.

However, the Tang army had too many fighter jets and was innately advantageous for sneak attacks. One hundred British Spitfire fighters were sneak attacked and fell more than 30. The remaining less than seventy Spitfires faced the siege of 300 Raptors and persevered in less than twenty minutes before they were defeated on the whole line. Except for the twelve Spitfires who fled when they saw the situation was not good, the rest were shot down. The Tang army only paid a slight price for six Raptors to win the first battle.

The Tang army naturally would not miss this opportunity. After the three hundred Raptors were launched at the beginning, two hundred Hellfire heavy carrier-based bombers also took off. They headed to the position of the British Navy aircraft carrier battle group and wanted to sink all the British aircraft carriers.

However, the British Navy's defense force is still very strong, mainly because the British Navy's warships are large, and the entire sea is covered with dense air defense firepower networks. In addition, the six British main aircraft carriers and a batch of fighter jets escorted, the Tang army's bomber group failed to achieve the established tactical goals, but it also taught the British army a heavy lesson. Two heavy cruisers and six destroyers were sunk by the Tang army.

In the first round, the British Navy was defeated and was afraid of the Tang army. The negative emotions of the defeat in the battle immediately affected the entire Royal Navy. Seeing that the British Command failed in the first battle, the British army lost more than 200 carrier-based aircraft, they immediately did not dare to fight again. They also hoped that the British Navy aviation team would support the army's defense at a critical moment, after all, it was the only force of the British Air Force.

The main force of the British navy retreated to the Portsmouth base and relied on coastal artillery fire and air defense forces to prevent the attack of the Tang Navy. However, they did not know that the Tang Navy had no intention of attacking. They originally wanted to restrain the main force of the British navy, but now they besieged the other side within the Portsmouth base, which made the Tang Empire very happy, because it meant that the British Navy directly gave the sea control power to the Tang Dynasty.
Chapter completed!