From here, you can only see one outline of the other party for the time being, but just by looking at that outline, you will know that it is an aircraft carrier!

Not bad, definitely an aircraft carrier!

As the high-magnification telescope was constantly fine-tuning, he quickly saw clearly that the flat flight deck and the huge chimney on the starboard side were integrated with the superstructure, and the entire warship had the obvious characteristics of a British aircraft carrier.

However, now, the British no longer have aircraft carriers in the Atlantic Ocean, and the British naval flag fluttering in the wind on the warships is not the British naval flag, but it is not in terms of color!

"Note that, 15 nautical miles ahead and 30 degrees on the starboard side, an aircraft carrier was found, suspected to be a French aircraft carrier!" Carl shouted loudly to the bottom through the telephone.

The French also had aircraft carriers, but this aircraft carrier was basically unknown in this era.

This is the USS Beyan, the aircraft carrier, originally the No. 5 of the Normandy-class warship, and began construction on January 10, 1914.

Unfortunately, due to the outbreak of World War I, a large number of workers were summoned to the army and prioritized the construction of other arms, and the Normandy-class construction progress was slow and even completely stopped.

By the end of World War I, even one of these warships with four-unit main guns was not built.

After the war, the French believed that the Normandy-class design was outdated, and the Washington Naval Treaty signed by France and Western powers in February 1922 made the French military decide to scrap and demolish the unfinished Normandy-class warships.

At this time, the French Navy realized that Britain, the United States, Japan and other countries had begun to build or transform aircraft carriers with direct decks. France urgently needed related research on carrier-based aviation. For this reason, the French Navy decided to transform the lowest-completed ship "Beane" into a test aircraft carrier.

The French Navy Technical Corps once boarded the British "Hundred-Eyed Giant" aircraft carrier for inspection. During the reconstruction of the "Beane", it learned a lot of successful experience of the British aircraft carrier. In this way, the newly built warships also had many of the appearance characteristics of the British aircraft carrier.

The aircraft carrier has a full load displacement of 80,000 tons and can carry up to 40 carrier-based aircraft. In addition to carrier-based aircraft, the ship itself also has strong self-defense firepower and is equipped with 8 155mm single-barrel guns.

Unfortunately, due to the problem of the turbine, the maximum speed of this aircraft carrier has only exceeded 20 knots, and it is quite inconvenient to operate carrier-based aircraft. Therefore, until the end of the war, the aircraft carrier was almost unknown.

However, for France, this aircraft carrier is quite important because it successfully transported away French gold!

Yes, this is the mission arranged by the French Navy for its aircraft carrier! Although this aircraft carrier is a bit useless, it is an aircraft carrier after all!

He used aircraft carriers to transport gold, and then joined the United States and began to use this aircraft carrier as an aircraft carrier. This is unpleasant no matter how you look at it, but this is the mission of the Beyan.

And now, this aircraft carrier is carrying out this mission.

The cruisers Joan of Arc and Belden transport gold from Brest, while the Beyane transports gold from the port of Toulon.

After all, Germany could not take everything into consideration, so it was still possible to install gold from Toulon Port. Moreover, it was relatively smooth in Toulon Port, and it started all the way here!

The USS Beyan aircraft carrier was preparing to continue to head north and meet with two other cruisers. After the three ships merged, they crossed the Atlantic Ocean and finally arrived at the Port of Halifax, Canada.

The gold from Port Toulon was transported only this time, and the rest were transported directly to the African colony belonging to France, after all, it was closer there.

And now, the Beyan is still sailing on its own route, and it is not vigilant at all.

Now, the French senior executives can be said to be a mess. Brest was attacked, which made the French frightened. Those who didn't know the inside story felt that the Germans were opening up a second battlefield and attacking from another direction. Those who knew the inside story felt even more terrible. The Germans actually had a clear insight into their own gold transportation plan.

If gold is intercepted by the Germans, then France really has no future!

Under such circumstances, everyone was in a mess. No one thought of notifying the Atlantic Ocean to join the two sunken warships as planned!

In this way, the Beyan was sailing normally on the route. The surrounding fishing boats were a good cover for it. If it was mixed with the fishing boats, it could better hide its traces.

Until now, Spain has not joined the war, which has made many people feel lucky.

On the bridge, General Labold frowned. He was the person in charge of the maritime operation. He would lead three warships to Canada.

The situation deteriorated too quickly. Can the French Republic not hold on for even half a month?

He was concerned about the French Republic and the entire situation of World War II, and he was not worried about his warship.

Although the Germans had controlled the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean, the sea was too vast. The formation of their three warships would have no problems along the way as long as they were not on the route.

At the beginning of World War II, when German submarines were the most vicious, many captains found nothing after going to sea and often could not find their target for half a month.

And now, they are safer in the fishing boats.

This sense of security has cost them a heavy price.

On the bridge, the intern was in charge of looking at him, Paul. He had just joined the Navy for less than a month. This warship of nearly 30,000 tons was relatively stable. However, in the distance, the sight of the eyes will always be blurred after a long time.

Anyway, no one supervised it, so he was careless when he did it, and took a look and rested for a while. At most, there was a fishing boat on the sea, and nothing was good to look at.

His carelessness caused the entire warship to suffer a catastrophe!

At this time, the German German-class warship Earl Spey had discovered it!

When the lookout report, Captain Navy Colonel Lansdorf immediately aimed at the sea area with his telescope, and soon he was ecstatic.

"Report to the fleet immediately, we discovered the French Navy's aircraft carrier. In order to protect the safety of our fleet, we will launch an attack now!" said Colonel Langsdorf.

Launch an attack immediately! He could not wait to be the nanny of these landing ships, which was really boring. Now, with a big target, he was on his own route, so of course he had to attack!

"All ships are on guard, combat alarm!" Colonel Lansdorf continued to issue an order: "All main guns, load armor-piercing bullets immediately! Two vehicles, advance three, ready to seize the shooting position!"
Chapter completed!