Chapter 273 Impossible Mission (12)
"Sank two aircraft carriers and severely hurt the other one."
"Damn 2 battleships and destroy at least 2 cruisers?"
Faced with such a report of the results, Mitchell and Hewitt frowned. The Army's first attack wave just now reported the results of the results of the results. Now our side reported that it "sinks" so many aircraft carriers, but why do we say that the enemy can have at least three aircraft carriers? Where did this come from? Could it be that the Germans still have hidden strength?
"The battle situation may be inaccurate. Let the second and third attack waves take a good look."
"Sir, the German army fleet is here."
“How many are there?”
“Between 170,190 aircraft.”
"Welcome the enemy with all your might!"
At 10:18, the first attack wave sent by Ozawa arrived over the US fleet. At this time, the distance between the fleets of both sides was only above 350 kilometers.
Mitchell had not thought of turning to widen the distance, but in the fierce battle, defense and dodging were the fleet's first instincts. In addition, he had to rescue a large number of officers and soldiers who had just fallen into the water. He had no time to execute the order to quickly leave, so he could only grit his teeth and keep approaching. Moreover, if he wanted to leave, he would not choose many places. It was difficult to go east or south. He could only go west and north. In front of the plane, the fleet's movement speed was nothing.
Facing the US fighter jets that were entangled with the outside world, Koch led the team did not panic, but issued an order in an orderly manner: "The fighter jets rush forward, stretched to the two wings, and led to the US defense surface."
Seeing the planes crashing from the air one after another, Mitchell and others looked ugly. They could easily discover through the telescope that only 23 planes of our side would have one German plane crashed. According to this exchange ratio, let alone the planes of our side were only half more than their opponents, even twice as many as they were not enough.
"Boom!" The last two remaining escort aircraft carriers were dried up by the carrier-based aircraft that broke into the airplane in less than 3 minutes.
"Torpedo attack!"
More than 40 ju298s rushed over like life. Just now, the US fighter jets were trapped in the air by their fighter jets. The defense power encountered at low altitude was not strong, which was just convenient for them to release torpedoes. Although the ju298 was not as good as the BTD, the German torpedoes were far better than the US torpedoes, and the ju298 was much more flexible than the BTDs. Although the US ships of all sizes were fully fired, they only shot down 6 German aircraft, and most of the torpedoes were still thrown down.
Looking at the white traces on the sea that made people scalp tingling, each ship could only turn to avoid it, and the tight and integrated formation finally showed flaws.
However, Koch was not in a hurry to direct the attack group to rush towards the center. He led the dive bomber to carefully launch air strikes on the outermost USS Shangri-La aircraft carrier. Not only did the Shangri-La itself, but also the Fletcher-class destroyers and Auckland-class air defense cruisers surrounding the surroundings were also under key attention. Under the continuous care of 400 kilograms of aviation bombs, the entire sea area began to boil.
At 10:44, Koch led the plane that completed the first air strike back. In this round of attack, although their results were average on the surface, they only sank an Essex-class aircraft carrier and injured another one, plus the last two escort aircraft carriers, but a circle of light warships outside the US fleet was cleared out. Even if they were lucky enough to sink, most of them were injured and slowed down.
Mitchell, who was ashen-faced, received good news 3 minutes later: I was sure that the USS Uncle and another escort aircraft carrier will be sunk! It will once again hit a German battleship!
The results of the first two rounds of attack reports were once amazing, but the reports sent by the second and third attack waves arrived at the scene made the two of them shake their heads repeatedly. The moisture in the results in front was too great.
"What about this time?"
"It shouldn't be wrong." Mitchell sighed, "Nearly 600 orders have been dispatched, and I can't get any more severe damage. How should I fight this battle?"
"The fourth attack wave has taken off."
"Go to attack another German fleet." Mitchell looked at the chart and thoughtfully, "the fleet's course was changed to northwest."
Mitchell was the right bet. After being hit by five torpedoes and four 1,000-pound aviation bombs in succession, even the toughest armored aircraft carrier could not stand it. At 10:45, the new armored aircraft carrier slowly sank in the Caribbean Sea. In addition, the German army also lost an additional escort aircraft carrier. At the same time, Tirpitz and Richelieu each ate one torpedo. Now the overall speed of the formation has dropped to only 23 knots.
Xinz looked worried, his fleet's combat power was almost exhausted, and the remaining aircraft carrier, the Hei Qiu, also suffered several near-burn loss. Although he managed to maintain his combat capability, he only had one aircraft carrier and more than 50 aircraft overhead, and two seriously injured battleships. As long as the US military launched another large attack wave, he probably had to explain it here.
"The commander already knows the situation of the battle and orders the fleet to reunite! I hope we can hold on!"
Hinz nodded heavily and walked to the loudspeaker with big strides: "We defeated the enemy's four attacks and completed the mission successfully! I am proud of you!"
"Long live!"
"Now, let's stick to the last moment!"
"We can definitely hold on!"
The German second attack wave and the US fourth attack wave both had the same thoughts. They suddenly encountered it in the air. The escort fighters of both sides immediately fought. Because Mitchell drew more f6f fighters to escort, his strength was inferior to the super purple lightning and super strong wind, so he was suppressed very strongly. In just 3 minutes of battle, 19 f6fs fell into the sea, while their opponents only lost 4.
The brave ones won when they met on a narrow road. Mitchell and Ozawa both knew this truth, so the scale of this round of attack waves sent by both sides was quite large: the US military had a total of 243 aircraft. In addition to the 19 that fell into the sea, 224 of them rushed over the German fleet. The German army also came out in full swing, attacking Puerto Rico in the early morning, attacking the attack aircraft that had been transferred from the USS Joe and the Brutal Death, attack aircraft dispatched from the rear across platforms, and all the reserve aircraft in stock were put out to battle. A total of 193 aircraft were dispatched, and the remaining 189 aircraft rushed towards the main fleet of the USS.
So far, although the US military has a larger number and a preemptive advantage, it has been offset by the German military's quality advantage. The losses of both sides are basically the same, and the US is even bigger.
The United States lost one fleet aircraft carrier and 10 escort aircraft carriers, and also lost three cruisers and 5 destroyers. In addition to Germany, it lost one armored aircraft carrier, three escort aircraft carriers and two battleships were severely damaged, and two cruisers and 3 destroyers were also lost.
However, since the overall number of Atlantic Fleet exceeds that of the Axis Fleet, the US military still has a certain advantage.
"Have you contacted Josenal? How many more planes can Land-based companies send?"
"I contacted and transferred more than 140 aircraft from Haiti, but since Puerto Rico's airport and supporting facilities are still under emergency repair, they will not be able to attack at least 1 pm."
Mitchell smashed the handrail hard. He believed the results of the Air Force reported just now. As a result, he sent three consecutive attack waves but failed to complete the final strangulation mission. If he had known this was the case, he might as well use all of these three attack waves against the German main fleet.
But there is no regret medicine in this world. He said coldly: "Let the Air Force speed up the pace. If it is later, we can only collect the body."
At noon, sailors on both sides hurriedly swallowed biscuits or sandwiches, staring at the air with vigilant eyes. All anti-aircraft artillery fire was stepping up to prepare bullets, and the decisive battle finally came.
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