"How many fighter planes are there now?" Xinz asked in a deep voice inside the bridge of the Han Qiu.

"Originally, there were 137 aircraft, 29 aircraft were lost, and 4 others were abandoned due to excessive injuries. The remaining 104 aircraft were added. In addition, there were 11 aircraft in each ship's reserve aircraft, and 115 aircraft remained. They are currently landing for supply."

Xinz nodded: "Let the radar room be alert. No reinforcements are needed yet, and the defensive power of the commander needs to be guaranteed."

According to Ozawa's deployment, Hinz led the bait fleet to receive an extraordinary task: firepower magnets, and full defense!

In order to complete this mission, the fleet in the forthcoming fleet did not carry any attack aircraft, and all of them were fighter aircraft. Although 33 aircraft were lost just now, one of the escort carriers was sunk, so it still looked full, so Hintz did not intend to ask for reinforcements again.

For aircraft carrier formations, offense is the greatest power, so the order of "full defense" seems a bit abrupt and strange. However, Hinz knew the intention of Ozawa's deployment. Now the two fleets are close to 100 kilometers apart. This side is not only the first line of defense of the main fleet, but also can effectively attract the attention of the US attack aircraft group. In addition to the abundant defense level of this fleet, he is confident that he will persist for a longer time.

The black attack group soon appeared in the air again. This was the first attack wave sent by the US aircraft carrier formation. It had more than 170 aircraft in total. Facing the report from the radar room, Hints was not afraid, but was eager to try: "Let the fighter planes come out to intercept!"

"Sir, the land-based aircraft fleet is attacking the US fleet, but the intelligence they sent showed that it was an extremely large fleet. It has at least 7 Essex class, 8 escort aircraft carriers or light aircraft carriers, but there seem to be only 4 of the battleship class." The Staff reported, "They have launched air strikes on the escort aircraft carriers as per your order."

"How far is the distance between the two sides now?"

"About 375 kilometers, still in the process of approaching, shortening by about 30 kilometers per hour."

"Let the first attack wave suppress the situation and focus on injury." Ozawa gritted his teeth, "The main fleet turns to the northeast and further shortens the distance!"

Mashar moved his eyelids and suddenly understood Ozawa's intention: Did this Japanese commander move his mind to the artillery battle?

Crank couldn't believe it: Although the distance was very close this time, it was only more than 300 kilometers, and it would take at least 12 hours to hit it. Why did Ozawa do this? Don't he know how much the opponent's plane is than himself?

As if seeing Crank's concerns, Ozawa smiled slightly: "Our army has an oblique aircraft carrier, and its dispatch frequency and dispatch efficiency are faster than those of the opponent. The closer the distance, the further the flight time can be further compressed, but the dispatch time cannot be easily compressed."

The staff members suddenly realized: a distance of more than 300 kilometers, an attack wave takes about 7,075 minutes to attack the opponent. The preparation and takeoff time are at least 35 minutes, and the rest are flight and search time. However, if the distance is compressed to 100 kilometers, it will only take more than ten minutes to fly, but the preparation and takeoff and landing time will take 35 minutes until then. During the same time period, the German army can release 2 batches in one breath, while the US army can only release 1 batch. No matter how many aircraft there are, it cannot break this shackle.

"Let the submarine force block the retreat path of the enemy fleet." Ozawa suddenly laughed confidently, "We have 8 battleships. As long as we drag them, approach the visual range, once we survive the day, I will have fun with them at night."

This optimistic sentiment infected many people, and the originally tense atmosphere in the bridge relaxed a lot.

"The first attack wave, attack!"

"attack!"

Almost at the same time, the commanders of the attack aircraft group of both sides shouted for attack. The US military used carrier-based aircraft to carry out the first attack wave, while the German army used land-based attack wave. The first thing they hit was not the fiery air defense firepower, but the dense air defense fighter jets waiting for battle.

But what surprised Hewitt and Mitchell was that the opponent's attack group was aimed at the wheel-shaped air defense array at the beginning, but as they were about to approach, they suddenly dispersed left and right, drew a large arc in the air, rushed towards the left and right wings, and avoided the tightly defended front.

"They want to attack the escort carrier?"

"What kind of tactic is this?"

"Let the fighter keep up."

It was said that it was to keep up, but it was too late. Ju298 attack aircraft generally had three groups in a group, and they rushed down at a fast speed to drop bombs. The US warships below tried their best to cover the air defense fire. Although several aircraft were hit, more attack aircraft dropped bombs, and the 400 kilograms of bombs became larger and larger in the eyes of the sailors until the disaster came.

"The Saramoa sinks!"

"The Kuajalin sinks!"

"Longa Horn Sinks!"

"The Makin Island is severely damaged and unusable."

"The Sargent Bay abandoned the ship."

"Boganville's first flight was 9 knots, and the aviation deck was completely destroyed."

News quickly poured into the Atlantic Fleet Command. During the German Army's attack just now, the US escort formation, with 10 Casablanca-class escort aircraft carriers as the main force, suffered a devastating blow. Five were sunk in one breath, two were severely damaged and abandoned, one was killed. After one round, eight of the 10 lost their combat effectiveness!

In addition, three destroyers around the escort aircraft carrier were also sunk.

"Damn!" Mitchell's face became very ugly. Now his huge escort aircraft carrier group has a crisis, and the bigger crisis lies in dispatching. 750 aircraft will be squeezed into the remaining 7 fleet aircraft carriers and 2 escort aircraft carriers, which will be extremely bloated.

After a while of silence, he spoke: "There is no big problem for the time being. We can't have so many planes left, so we can still dispatch them."

Hewitt was stunned, then nodded silently, and he knew that there would be no more aircraft left in the end, but these were the only remaining carrier-based aircraft pilots. If there were too much loss, even if a new aircraft carrier was launched, he would probably not be able to fight quickly.

"Now I can only wait for the first attack wave's record."

When he said this, the first attack wave of the US military had completed all the attacks, but the offensive effect was really unsatisfactory:

"Richelieu, a port torpedo, inlet 2,000 tons of water, has been damaged by the damaged pipe control. One bomb in the rear deck is damaged by 1,000 pounds of anti-aircraft guns."

"The escort carrier l2 sinks!"

"Tirpitz, two bombs with 1,000 pounds, are difficult to turn the turret."

"The Buyi's torpedo on the starboard side of the starboard unit has inflowed more than 1,400 tons of water, and the speed has dropped by two knots. After the water is injected, the balance is restored."

Xinz nodded slightly. After the desperate interception of more than 100 fighter jets just now, the losses of our side were not too great. Only one escort aircraft carrier was sunk and 23 aircraft were lost, but the opponent's losses were much higher. At least more than 100 were killed, which was actually 104. Because the US military dispatched BTD this time, the German army's proud dense array took advantage and shot down a large number of US aircraft that were trying to dive and approach the drop of bombs into the sea.

"Let half of the fighter land and supplement it." Xinz took a look at the losses and thought he could hold on, so he didn't ask for reinforcements.

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