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Chapter 274 Impossible Mission (13)

"The US military is turning?"

"The No. 7 reconnaissance aircraft reported that the US military's course had changed to 285 degrees, but its speed was only 16 knots."

"It seems that they have many injured ships." Ozawa smiled slightly, "change the course to 25 degrees and rush over."

"Hintz and the others?"

"Meet halfway through."

"The attack group is close, with a distance of 160 kilometers."

"Operation"

"All army assault!"

"Long live the head of state!"

"Long live freedom!"

At 12:37 noon on March 15, two attack groups with different ideals and purposes shouted completely different slogans and whistled towards their opponents.

In the air, fighter planes were flying, shrapnel splashed everywhere, and gunpowder smoke filled;

The sea was filled with waves, the dragon roared, and the fire was shining.

The most tragic battle between aircraft carrier fleets in the world war kicked off.

Both sides not only knew the opponent's strength and position, but also played all the cards they could play!

Fleet aircraft carrier: 4vs6 Since the Grievance has no attack aircraft, it is actually 3vs6;

Escort aircraft carrier: 3vs0 Due to the large-scale destruction of Casablanca, the US military was forced to use fleet aircraft carriers to accommodate a large number of aircraft. Although Mitchell knew that it would slow down his speed, he would never be able to give up these aircraft completely;

Battleship: 8vs4

Cruiser: 5vs9

Destroyer: 17vs33 US military has an overwhelming advantage. The mass-produced Killing-class and Fletcher-class are not as powerful as the Hedgehog-class, but there are enough

Torpedo boats: 24vs0 large number of S boats appear in the storm, and they can catch the pilots in the water and catch a good dragonfly.

Aircraft: The 18s224 BTD, which carried 2 torpedoes, won the United States the firepower advantage, and the existence of super purple lightning and super strong winds won the German army the interception advantage. Both sides have their own advantages in their respective understandings.

Now, the factors of formation, strategies and strategies are no longer effective. The two sides are competing for the value and role of grassroots officers and soldiers, and the value and role of technical talents.

"Oh, it would be great if the Bermuda squadron was here." Mashar sighed, "This is basically guaranteed to eat the opponent."

Crank smiled: "If the Bermuda fleet was there, it would be impossible for the US military to fight us now."

"Sir, our army has occupied Bermuda!"

"Notify the entire army! Boost morale!"

"Long live the victory!"

Mitchell and others, who also received the news of the fall of Bermuda, had their faces pale. Bermuda was lost. If this naval battle could no longer have a clear advantage, the US Navy would completely lose its strategic mobility.

"The country is facing a life-and-death crisis and must do its best!" Mitchell thought for a while, "I will inform the entire army and move forward bravely, and I will be invincible!"

The ships quickly shouted: "Go forward bravely, I am invincible!"

"Tele to the Air Force that the Navy is ready to fight to the death, and ask them to send out all the planes they can send and not consider returning. The success or failure of the United States will be here!"

As soon as this "death power" was fired, Washington was also shocked. The head of the army and navy, who had been waiting for news in anxiety, turned his attention to Arnold. Dewey stood up and stared at the Air Force Commander. If Arnold dared to say "no", he would probably be able to run away on the spot.

"Our Air Force" Arnold cried with a sad face, "All 249 aircraft remaining to fight on Haiti Island have been sent out! In addition to the remaining aircraft in Puerto Rico, the Air Force can invest 400 more aircraft!"

"Okay!" Dewey praised, "in the decisive battle, the navy and air force are all good."

Only when the army was not mentioned, the army generals also hung their heads and dared not say anything. They originally boasted that Bermuda could at least stay overnight, but they did not expect it to collapse at noon. This made Dewey furious, but if he could not have an attack, he could only verbally mock him.

Although Panama launched a counterattack on the army, Bradley's strategy was very cautious. The results have not been greatly achieved so far. Not to mention taking Panama, even entering the Panama main defense circle has not been able to do it.

The defensive war was carried out step by step at the beginning. German fighter jets intercepted and defended first. US fighter jets tried their best to cover their attack aircraft's rushing into the ground. However, the charm of the war lies in the fact that it is always full of surprises. After a BTD dropped the torpedo, the German army began to turn to avoid it. Most warships avoided the attack safely. Only the bow of the heavy cruiser Hippel hit the torpedo, and its speed was greatly reduced.

This is not all. It happened that 6 BTD dive bombs were dropped, and the remaining four dropped bombs did not hit the warship, but one of the shot down lost control and hit the seriously damaged USS Hippel without bias. The bow, which had just been blocked, was hit by a hole again, and its speed dropped by 4 knots. After the leak was successfully blocked again, the bow was buried deep in the sea. Not only was the wave extremely severe, the resistance also increased greatly, and the speed dropped to only 9 knots. It could not keep up with the pace of the entire fleet at all.

The US military discovered that the sheeper was alone and rushed over to attack. In just 4 minutes, the ship ate one torpedo and four bombs again.

Although the defense level of the Hippel class is better than that of ordinary treaty-type 10,000-ton cruisers, this lethality is obviously not something it can bear. At 12:41, the old ship of the Third Reich finally sank after the abandonment order was issued.

"Damn it!" Faced with the situation where a heavy cruiser was damaged from the beginning, Mashar couldn't help but curse fiercely.

The second result of the US military was that after the USS Hiper left the fleet, the Litorio, on the periphery of Zeppel, became the target of the US military's focus on attack. Countless torpedoes and bombs greeted this gap. Although Litorio had been strengthened with air defense fire, without the support of Hiper, his defensive fire inevitably appeared in a gap, and he was rushing to resist the attacks between the air and the sea. The good times did not last long. Soon the ship had ate one torpedo and two bombs. As its speed slowed down, more and more American aircraft rushed over like moths to the flames. Everyone on the Zeppelin watching the battle was extremely nervous. In order to help Litorio defend, Zeppelin's air defense firepower also began to tilt to this side. At the same time, Litorio's sister ship Veneto also began to move closer in this direction.

The destroyers around also poured all their firepower to provide assistance, but there were too many US aircraft flying in the air. Some aircraft saw that Zeppelin's air defense firepower was on the side, and began to attack the ship. The lost bombs brought up balls of water after ball of soaring into the sky. At the same time, some torpedo planes also diverted the attack targets, trying to find the right gear to attack Zeppelin.

In order to strengthen its own defense, Zeppelin could only withdraw the firepower that helped Litorio, concentrate on dealing with the planes besieging the side, and at the same time accelerated the speed, increasing the distance between the two ships.

At 12:59, the good luck of the Litorio finally came to an end: two torpedoes were hit on the starboard side, and three bombs were eaten on the rear deck. With such continuous destruction, the ship finally staggered, and a large amount of sea water poured in and caused a right tilt of 15 degrees. After filling the water, it barely recovered to 8 degrees, but the speed was less than 11 knots.

In such a high-speed maneuvering battlefield, losing speed means being passively beaten. At 13:14, Litorio's nightmare finally came, and the ship was once again found by two torpedoes and two bombs. The Italian battleship could not withstand this destruction and began to slowly sink due to excessive water inlet.

When the command on Zeppelin was even more awe-inspiring when he heard the news of the sinking of the Litorio, he soon became a bigger crisis.

At 13:17, a US military btd risked his life to attack Zeppelin. A 1,000-pound bomb accurately hit the bow lift, not only directly destroying this crucial position, but also drilled into the hangar and exploded violently.

Ozawa shook his head and sighed.

Crank shouted: "Reinforce the damage pipe and we must protect this aircraft carrier!"

Today, the Ultimate Ship has been lost. If Zeppelin is also thrown here, the loss will be too great. The more important thing is that the command center is all on Zeppelin. If it is forced to transfer, regardless of casualties, the entire fleet will have more than ten minutes of gap. Without flagship command, the result of the fleet fighting on its own is not very good.

The judgment of fate was given to the German army for a moment, and then it was the Americans' turn

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