Chapter 133
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September 15, 1940
English Channel
Admiral Laborde, who had lost face by mistaking a heavy cruiser for a battleship and retreating in the initial engagement, grimly advanced his entire fleet at the crack of dawn, but the situation was not favorable.
"Port lookout reporting! Enemy air group approaching!"
"Again, damn it!"
Admiral Laborde erupted in fury at the third air raid.
From eastern England, torpedo bombers and bombers continuously flew in to harass the French Navy.
When first attacked, they had successfully defended by concentrating their power in a circular formation, but when the raid failed due to the French fleet's concentrated anti-aircraft fire, the enemy agilely switched to targeting the auxiliary ships on the perimeter.