Everyone was in a hurry and sent General Jin to the hospital first. General Jin, who had been ill this time, did not recover when he arrived at the hospital like last time. He only woke up after emergency rescue. Several big guys said nothing on the way, not knowing what to say.

After General Jin finally recovered, Li Haicai, who had straightened out all aspects of the relationship, said to him: "Don't worry, the telegram came twice later, and it was clearer that they really persisted until the last moment in the face of all the main forces of the joint fleet..."

On the afternoon of the same day, Kakuda took advantage of the distance between the two sides's only more than 400 kilometers and organized 67 aircraft to launch a second round of attacks. The Bunker Mountain aircraft carrier used the repaired aircraft carrier deck to magically organize an air defense group of 11 fighters, and in the end all of these 11 aircraft were all fought. The Japanese army was mentally prepared for the US suicide impact this time. Although Kakuda was a little anxious, he did not lose his mind. He knew that he had the advantage of a carrier-based aircraft and believed that it would not be cost-effective to die with the Americans by the same impact method!

"You must be clear that you are all the best pilots of the Imperial Navy. They are made up of countless money, sweat and even blood over the years. Several have even started fighting since the Battle of Pearl Harbor. We must fight bravely, but we cannot die easily. Everyone must survive, because there are more and more important enemy warships waiting for you to sink! The Empire has not yet won, so how dare you sacrifice your life! All of them are for me to live well!"

However, the second round of attack he had high hopes did not fully work. Iowa played a backbone role in combat effectiveness, using its huge and solid body to fight against five torpedoes, and even used its broken body to cover the Bunker Mountain to fight against two. In addition, he also ate 6 bombs. Bunker Mountain was hit with one torpedo and three bombs again. This time the aircraft carrier deck was finally completely destroyed, but the US military had no planes.

Because these two main battleships absorbed most of the firepower, except for one light cruiser that was sunk, the other destroyers had no special battle reports, Kakuda Mitsuji's teeth were almost broken, but there was no way. Moreover, nine more planes were lost in this battle between the Second Air!

But soon, Mina Genda excitedly shouted: "Captain Tsukahara has sent troops, and he sent Izuda to bring 50 of the most elite aircraft to carry out the third round of attack!"

"Onboard!" All the officers and soldiers on the warship cheered.

At the beginning, many people disagreed and thought that Chief Hori was wrong. A mere US squadron had invested all the main forces of the joint fleet, and even postponed the Battle of Midway. Now it seems that if all the main forces were not dispatched and only allowed the Second Air Force to fight, the situation would not be known.

The TF44 fleet, who thought it would be able to escape successfully, finally failed to resist the third attack wave of Azuda. The 50 aircraft were like the last straw that crushed the camel. The US fleet could not hold on. The two warships successively declared sunk or abandoned the ship. When Iowa was finally sunk, they were carrying 9 torpedoes and 11 bomb scars in the sea. The Bunker Mountain ate 4 torpedoes and 9 500 kilogram bombs in total. For an aircraft carrier with more than 20,000 tons, it was impossible to do the best.

In the third round of attacks, two bombs hit the bridge. The first bomb caused Chief of Staff Rodick and more than 20 staff members to be killed on the spot. Spruinsbon wanted to sink with the ship, but the second bomb then left him seriously injured and unconscious. Finally, he was carried down by a grown-up on the Mississippi River and struggled to climb onto a lifeboat to escape. In the end, there was still one destroyer left in the fleet to escape the pursuit. Spruins, who was lucky, was rescued on the destroyer.

Taking advantage of the night, the captain escaped from the pursuit circle and advanced towards Australia, and turned south halfway. What was even more embarrassing was that due to the distance, the ship itself had limited fuel and experienced death escape. In order to prevent the fuel from running out of fuel and floating on the water, he had to ask Australia for rescue.

After learning about the TF44 fleet, Ingram, who was in charge of Pearl Harbor, instructed the Australian Navy and Air Force heavy bombers to go to the rescue at all costs. At the same time, he asked the heavy seaplane Katerina to dispatch the seriously injured first to rescue the seriously injured, of course, to rescue Spruins, but it cannot be so straightforward.

Whether Spruins survived was still between the two, but it was obviously an indisputable fact that the original plan to reinforce the Pacific direction was broken again. Of course, the board could not be hit by Spruins this time. It was a damn political factor that made him go to the place destined to be thrown away in India to send reinforcements. If he had run directly from South Africa quietly, what would have happened? Moreover, Spruins was still fighting a plane carrier with the enemy's siege in the situation of the superior enemy, which was not in vain.

"This is a stupid thing we have done. We must not do this in the future. Otherwise, in the future, the American people will not even have a suitable reason to answer when asked why they should let the fleet go to India."

In front of General Jin's bed, Truman suddenly said this, and everyone here immediately understood: The Vice President is using TF44 to express his intentions indirectly on the Iceland rescue war. Don't bet on both the trump card and the wealth and life. Especially the fleet in Nimitz's hand is the last aircraft carrier fleet of the US Navy on the Atlantic and even the global oceans, and it cannot be lost all of them.

Arnold, who understood it, immediately adjusted the dispatch scale of the Land Airlines bomber tomorrow to 180, and he had to "voluntarily participate". Li Hai and General Jin nodded, knowing it. The saddest thing was that Marshall had three army divisions on Iceland, but he couldn't say anything. War always had a price. It was just that the price was the army's turn to bear it. He lowered his head and returned to the Joint Conference without saying a word, not knowing what he was thinking. Eisenhower wanted to comfort him, but he felt that he didn't know where to start.

To be honest, if this kind of thing happened in Newfoundland, the aviation, the army, and the navy, it would have fought to the death, but in Iceland, the distance would be too far, and even Britain planned to give up when necessary. There was nothing to say about mere Iceland.

Just as the US military was discussing reducing the number of troops sent tomorrow, the British side was also in a difficult atmosphere.

Judging from today's results, the British and American air strikes still have certain results, which severely damaged one fleet aircraft carrier that poses the greatest threat, and sank or severely damaged three light aircraft carriers. If the pace of today can be maintained and then sink (hardly hurt) the enemy's 3-4 aircraft carriers, the German army will lose its most important aviation power.

But the telegram sent back by Marshal Deere made them feel sad: the Americans reported that due to the excessive losses and the distance tomorrow is even longer (more than 2,600 kilometers one way), US Army Air will only be able to dispatch about 200 aircraft tomorrow.

Everyone was mentally prepared for the US military to reduce the number of aircraft, and they had to reduce the number of aircraft, but the Americans suddenly dropped to only one-third of the original, which made them very uncomfortable. However, the news about the TF44 fleet sent back by Marshal Deere made London not know how to speak out again. After all, this fleet was sent by the US side in accordance with London's requirements. Now that the entire army is destroyed, it seems that it should not be blamed.

"Tomorrow, we'll be sending 300 aircraft to attack the German beachhead." Porter sighed, "Today, both the airport, the pilot and the aircraft will suffer too much damage. This is not affordable. Moreover, judging from today's battle situation, the level bomber attacks warships are too bad. It's only a level of 1-2 in a hundred shots. If it is disturbed by enemy fighters, the hit rate will be even lower."

"I still want to attack the German fleet." Ponder, "Without the support of the fleet, they cannot board..."

"But the German army has begun to land, and the damn armored ship is bombarding the coastal positions." Brooke said, "The enemy has several powerful battleships outside the sea. If you have to attack the enemy fleet, then just attack these warships."

Pound shook his head: "It is useless to deal with bombs that rely on aviation bombs, especially horizontal bombers, torpedoes are necessary."

"Then get on the torpedo machine!" Brooke muttered.

"Forget it, the torpedo plane is a living target for more than 1,000 kilometers of road."

After introduction, Brooke learned that whether it is domestic swordfish, pike, tuna or American TBF, the flight speed is very slow after carrying torpedoes. The Royal Navy only has a few carrier-based pilots who will engage in torpedo attacks. Since Germany has few heavy warships and almost does not move in the North Sea, land-based torpedo aircraft are not only small in number, but also fewer officers and soldiers can be used.

In the end, everyone agreed to take out 400 aircraft for the last attempt, half of which attacked the German landing troops on the Bingtou and half attacked the German aircraft carrier formation.

After reading the combat plan they planned, Churchill expressed his dissatisfaction: "Can you only send such a small number of aircraft? Didn't you tell me that the Royal Air Force has tens of thousands of combat aircraft?"

"There are so many combat aircraft, but many are short-legged hurricanes and fire-breathing. The range is a little longer. The pikes and swans cannot fly that far. Even the P-51p-47 mosquitoes that can fly far lack sufficient range and can only parachute or land in Iceland. We were optimistic that Blenheim would be able to return normally after placing the secondary fuel tank. But we found that some aircraft that failed to perform the mission successfully lost a lot in the operation today, whether on the ground or in the air, the enemy caused us a lot of losses. In addition to the 4-engine bombers, the medium-sized bombers will be Wellington-type," Potter complained. "And there are not much aviation fuel. If we continue to fight at the intensity of today, the fuel depot will be empty to run mice before the end of next month."

"real?"

"The Navy sent us 20,000 tons of fuel, but do you know how much fuel was lost today?" Porter stretched out his hand and waved at Churchill. "A total of 50,000 tons of fuel turned into ashes in the air strike. I even stopped the pilot's training oil for a while. Your Excellency, we are actually drinking poison to quench our thirst..."

"Then, at least increase the number to 500, right?" Churchill said a long time later.

"500 is about 500!" Porter sighed, confused at the prospect...
Chapter completed!