The torpedo did not explode because it was an exercise, so there was no charge in the warhead and it was empty.

"So it's an exercise again!"

Everyone suddenly felt relieved and felt much more relaxed.

But what awaited them was a slander.

"And there is a smile on your face? If it weren't for the exercise but the torpedo of the real enemy, you've all been killed by the bomb!"

The commanders cursed with dark faces, and the officers and soldiers immediately lowered their heads embarrassedly.

At this time, Lieutenant Colonel Li Haichen's words came from the Fleet Channel.

"This is just the first wave of attacks. The exercise is not over yet. The commanders of each ship are quickly ready for air defense to welcome the next round of air strikes."

It turned out that the exercise was not over yet. The commanders of the three warships that were "sinked" by torpedoes and the officers and soldiers on the ships immediately became motivated again. They swore that they had just accidentally walked to Maicheng just now, and that they must perform well this time to regain their reputation.

Everyone thought the next wave of air strikes was still a torpedo attack aircraft group. As a result, with the second wave of attack aircraft group coming, they couldn't help but look up at the sky, but were all stunned.

It turned out to be a dive bombing!

When one hundred and thirty FC-1 bombers lined up to dive down from the sky, all the officers and soldiers of the Li Haichen fleet's air defense force were stunned.

This is undoubtedly very different from the air defense subjects they learned at the Manchester Maritime Training Center in the United Kingdom. What they learned from the textbook was the only few air-to-ship attack battles during World War I. At that time, the bombers used horizontal penetration. Because the bombers moved at high speed in front of the bomb when they dropped bombs, the bombs would continue to move forward during the fall due to inertia and could not accurately hit the target. The dive bombing effectively avoided such phenomena, and the accuracy of bomb drops was very high.

The maximum elevation angle of traditional anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns cannot reach 90 degrees perpendicular, and the layout position is used to defend against incoming aircraft within 50 degrees of horizontal direction of the side side of the warship. At this moment, there are no air defense weapons in the 70 to 110 degrees cone area in the vertical direction of each ship, which is a completely defensive blind spot.

I saw these 130 Fc-1 fighters along the steeper downward inclination trajectory in the conical blind spot above each ship, and even vertically downward to perform dive bombing operations of accelerating the flight in a straight line.

In an instant, a harsh whistle sounded.

Although they knew it was an exercise, the officers and soldiers on each ship saw bombers approaching quickly above their heads, as if they were going to hit them directly. They were so scared that their faces were pale. Some even shouted that the plane was about to hit them and hurriedly looked for cover to hide.

At the critical moment, the FC-1 bomber that dived down quickly dropped bombs and pulled the plane about 500 meters above the warship.

Watermelon rain suddenly started to fall in the airspace above the warship. Hundreds of watermelons fell down one after another, and more than seventy hit the warship directly.

Looking at the watermelon fragments everywhere on the deck, Lieutenant Colonel Li Haichen, as the commander of the fleet, suddenly fell down.

According to the 250 kilogram aviation bombs currently mounted by bombers in various countries, as long as 5 bombs hit the warship, it means that the warship has lost its combat effectiveness, and more than 8 hits means that it has been sunk. The six light cruisers in the entire fleet have been hit by at least 9 watermelons, and the most is that the flagship where Li Haichen is located has been hit by 16 watermelons, which means that if Li Haichen's fleet has been wiped out in actual combat, it means that Li Haichen's fleet has been wiped out in actual combat.

What disappointed Li Haichen the most was that his fleet's air defense firepower did not hit a single plane, and he was exerting force on the air.

This one-sided military exercise made him feel quite uncomfortable.

When Li Haichen saw several sailors still glad that he was not hit by the watermelon, he couldn't help but get angry.

"You still have the face to smile? Do you know if this is a real war, your heads will be like the watermelon that explodes on the deck now!"

Li Haichen felt very embarrassed and became more angry the more he thought about it. Seeing the "enemy aircraft group" flying away one after another, he immediately gave a fierce order.

"Everyone has it! Within five minutes, two hundred push-ups and eight hundred sit-ups! Don't eat supper if you can't do it, start!"

The officers and soldiers were helpless. It was necessary to be defeated in the exercises and be punished, so they all honestly accepted the punishment.

As the chief instructor of the fleet, Major General Stephen was still looking at the fleet that was leaving. His surprise, to be precise, was far more shocked than anyone else. As a senior British naval officer who believed in giant ships and cannonism, Stephen first saw the fragile side of a warship in front of a fighter jet.

"Instructor Stephen, what do you think of the sudden exercise?"

"The exercise is very good! It allowed me to see the air force of your country! But I didn't expect that your country had so many aircraft, which is probably far beyond the so-called exercise of the minimum defense right you promised us!"

Stephen was obviously more concerned about the rapid development and growth of the national defense construction of the Tang Empire, which made him very worried. He even forgot his views on this exercise just now.

Li Haichen smiled and said, "I think you misunderstood by Instructor Stephen! Our Tang Empire hopes that a plane or a warship will not be needed. As long as the British Empire provides military protection, it is enough. But you also know that this is impossible. Your country's military strength in the Asia-Pacific region is constantly shrinking, and it has always pursued a policy of concession to Japan. In fact, it is impossible to provide 100% military protection for the Tang Empire. I bet that once Japan uses force against the Tang Empire, your country will not be able to collide with Japan head-on. So we are just preparing for the future and preventing problems before it happens."

Stephen did not expect Li Haichen to speak so bluntly, but he had to admit that the so-called protection of the Tang Empire by the British Empire could only stay at the political level. If it was really as Li Haichen said that the war between Japan and Tang Dynasties was about to begin, the British government might not have started a war with the Japanese for a small Tang Empire.

However, even though he thought so in his heart, he had to maintain his image and face for the British government.

"I know that the Japanese have recently put pressure on the British Empire, forcing us to agree to hand over Zhang Meng to accept their trial and investigation. I also know that Zhang Meng is your crown prince and your real leader, so I can understand your position. But please be sure to believe us. The British Empire will never do anything to hurt our own people and please the Japanese."

I believe that you sows will all climb trees!

Li Haichen snorted coldly and gave Stephen a very reluctant smile.

At this moment, the mailroom received an emergency order from the Imperial Office.

Two Japanese naval warships set off from Taiwan occupied by Japan. After fueling through the Marshall Islands entrusted by Japan, they are coming to the mainland of the Tang Empire.

The Imperial ** Order required Li Haichen to lead a fleet to intercept it, and to prevent Japanese warships from entering the territorial waters of the Tang Empire and to allow force to defend the complete sovereignty of the territorial waters of the empire.

After receiving this order, Li Haichen felt both extremely excited and under great pressure. He was excited that he could finally fight back against the Japanese head-on, and if the two sides were not dealt with properly, the consequences would be very serious, and the pressure would be great.

However, Li Haichen knew that he was not fighting alone, and the entire Tang Empire's army, navy and air force were his backing. The submarine fleet and air force provided direct support, which gave him confidence. Especially after just experiencing the navy and air force simulated confrontation exercise, the bomber force of the Royal Air Force of the Tang Empire achieved a complete victory, which gave Li Haichen great confidence and courage.

Japanese, if you dare to step beyond the line, I will make you lose money!
Chapter completed!