ps: I have arrived in Foshan and saw a bunch of great gods and little gods...

In the second attack wave, Nimitz arranged a total of 176 aircraft to attack, leaving 57 fighters to the fleet. Among the 176 aircraft that attacked, only 41 fighters, and 135 were all attack aircraft, including BTD and SBD.

Fighter pilot Nimitz also tried to rotate as much as possible, but most of the attack aircraft pilots did not change. Many people could only drag their exhausted bodies to fight again. These pilots were the only skilled pilots in the Atlantic Fleet. Nimitz had thought of giving up more than once, but after thinking about it, he still gave such inhuman orders with a hard heart. Several pilots even ate hot dogs voraciously while comforting him: "Sir, don't worry, we can do it! I will definitely insist on completing the combat mission."

Seeing the last plane leave, Nimitz immediately issued an order: the fleet turned 105 degrees, headed southeast, and prepared to move into the South African waters.

After the deployment, he covered his face and cried, crying loudly, and the 176 planes could only come back at most, and maybe not even half of them. He was sending young people in their prime to a dead end, but he had to do it.

Smith stood behind him with his staff, and everyone felt as sad as Nimitz. This was the second time they saw Nimitz lose his composure. The last time was when Cunningham led the fleet to act as a firepower magnet and went to his death generously. From then on, Nimitz was planning revenge at all times, but luck made people feel bad, and he didn't expect it to turn into this situation in front of him.

The experience of the Spruenz fleet in the South Pacific was transmitted to Washington through telegrams. Some senior officials appreciated the heroism and determination of the pilot's "suicide attack" in the last moment and wanted to widely publicize it through the media. However, Nimitz argued at the Joint Conference meeting and opposed the popularization of this kind of exaggeration.

"Human life is the most precious thing to require officers and soldiers to fight bravely, but they must not be asked to achieve this goal by suicide or death. This is a shame to America and a shame to civilization. If we do this, what is the difference between us and the Japanese committing suicide rockets? What is the meaning of the free world opposing axis fascism and opposing Japanese militarism?"

At his loud shout, all the soldiers who fell into battle were commended, but the media only explained their heroic feats and kept silent about suicide attacks.

Truman was pleased with Nimitz's clear understanding. It was not easy to remain calm during the war fanaticism. Such incitement and call will come politically in the future. Once the American people come to their senses, they will hang the person who issued such orders on the pillar of shame.

Due to the insufficient space of the aircraft carrier of the German fleet and the scheduling and turnover, the German army was slower than the US army in this round of attacks. The time difference between the last attack narrowed again, and in the end, all combat aircraft were released only 20 minutes ahead of the US army.

Before the attack group took off, Crank personally talked to the leader, asking him to grasp the rhythm of the offensive, not to force himself to fight, and to retain the pilot to the greatest extent.

"So what if you let the Americans keep an aircraft carrier and escape back? Chief Mashar has four aircraft carriers in his hand, and there are a continuous stream of new aircraft carriers on the platform. The South Atlantic Ocean will be our world in the foreseeable future!"

"Understood!"

Hintz expressed surprise that Crank seemed to be a little too concerned about saving his life recently. Unlike his previous style, it may dampen morale.

Crank explained: "In the past, we were at a disadvantage, so we naturally had to fight hard. Since the Battle of Azore, we were not gritting our teeth and fighting each other? But now it is different. The European War has been won, and the war against the United States is not based on the prerequisite of overthrowing the United States. It is entirely for the icing on the cake of Germany's world hegemony. The ship can be rebuilt, and the pilot will never survive if it loses. I'm waiting for the Americans to fight us, and see what Nimitz will fight these pilots in the future. The head of state told me that the success or failure of the war will never determine one or two advanced weapons, but people! They are smart, capable, brave and fearless people!"

Hintz felt that Krank's words were inconsistent, and while demanding his life to be saved, he also said that he was brave and fearless.

"The bravest ones are all dead. Are there any warriors left? The Americans will lose half or even more troops every time they attack. How long can this morale last? How did their strategic bombing fail?"

As the US fleet turned around and advanced southeastward, the Germans spent an additional 10 minutes searching and finally found this fleet that had greatly reduced in size.

The 17 destroyers surrounded the edge of the aircraft carrier, forming a detailed and close-fitting protection. The only two remaining air defense cruisers ejected the maximum firepower. The US air defense fighter jets bravely rushed forward to meet the challenge and fought with German fighters and attack aircraft.

"Cut in at the same time on both sides of the left and right sides, and use a bomb to deal with the cruiser first!"

Four teams of bombers immediately rushed down and launched bombs. Just after 5 o'clock, two outnumbered US air defense cruisers were sunk one after another, leaving only the two lonely aircraft carriers in the formation.

"Torpedo attack!" The German army gained experience from many battles. It was difficult to sink the Essex-class bomb alone, and emphasized the use of torpedoes to solve the opponent.

More than 20 ju-198s quickly pounced down to release the torpedo, and traces passed through the sea.

"Defend the flagship!" All the destroyer captains shouted, fighting to build a solid line of defense for the aircraft carrier.

Because the destroyer was too shallow to block the gun for the aircraft carrier, it was concentrated on the torpedo road. While conducting intensive firepower intercepting the torpedo, it used the method of dealing with submarines to release a large number of hedgehog bombs. This method was found occasionally when dealing with submarine attacks last night. It was found that the hedgehog bombs had a certain detonation effect on the torpedo. Today, the destroyers all tried their best.

However, today is obviously not as good as yesterday's spirits. Many of them were oxygen torpedoes, which were relatively easier to explode. However, they still detonated 5-6 torpedoes. In addition, they used m Erliton machine guns to intercept some of them. Captain Franklin and the Bennington captain used all their strength and used 33 knots to storm the ship on the sea. As a result, more than 20 torpedoes hit Bennington only, and the Franklin miraculously remained unscathed.

Originally, a torpedo rushed straight towards the Franklin. The ship had just avoided three torpedoes and had no way to avoid the last one. At the critical moment, a 6 at a low altitude dived without hesitation and detonated the torpedo with its own body. The pilot and the entire plane were dead. All the American officers and soldiers on the ship were moved and paid tribute to the unknown hero.

"It seems that we have to continue to use dive bombing to slow down the enemy ship first."

While encountering attacks on the US aircraft carrier, the German fleet also ushered in the last wave of attacks on the US military.

These brave and fearless pilots ignored the oncoming German fighter jets, and ignored the fiery artillery fire led by Richelieu, including Schánhorst and Gneisenau, and only pointed the attack's spearhead at the last two German aircraft carriers.

At 17:13, after paying the price of more than 20 planes being sunk, the US military used 5 bombs to sank l12. At the same time, 16 aircraft used German air defense firepower to release torpedoes at high altitude. Although 7 aircraft were exploded on the spot during the bomb drop, the other nine successfully launched torpedoes.

The entire German formation suddenly changed direction and avoided the main fan surface. Two torpedoes penetrated the entire formation and rushed straight to Jean-Bar. Considering that changing the formation again could easily cause chaos, the Jean-D-Viena light cruiser obtained from France bravely rushed up to block the two torpedoes for the flagship, but the light cruiser was quickly sunk by the torpedo.

At this point, all six Lagalico Nière-class ships built by France that year have been sank in the war. In the first phase, the Shippel was quickly replaced by the ship's position by the Chuangshi. This is also the only remaining heavy cruiser in Germany.

"Have General Nimitz's victory come out?" Truman asked Turner while wiping the sweat on his forehead. 20 minutes ago, the transport fleet had entered the protection area of ​​its own land aviation fleet, but the Atlantic main fleet was in a very dangerous situation.

"Not yet, the two sides are fighting fiercely..."

"May God bless America!"

"Latest battle situation..."

18:19, in the afterglow of the sunset, the German attack group took the lead in the battle and returned. The attack group consisting of a total of 95 aircrafts sunk two US air defense cruisers and three destroyers at the cost of losing 23 aircraft, and severely damaged the USS Bennington with torpedoes. Before that, the ship had eaten no less than 5 aviation bombs and was already scarred. Shortly after the German army left, the aircraft carrier with excessive water finally abandoned the ship due to excessive injuries. Franklin only ate one bomb, and in the non-core area, it still had the ability to take off and land after emergency rescue, but the maximum speed dropped by 2 knots.

15 minutes later, the few remaining US attack aircraft also began to return.

After Nimitz's desperate attack, the US military sank the l12 aircraft carrier, which severely damaged the Jean-Bar. The latter ate 6 1,000-pound bombs and 2 torpedoes. The entire deck was blown open, the hangar was blown up, and the hull was flooded with more than 5,000 tons of water. However, the Richelieu-class battleship's strong defense saved him, and he floated tenaciously on the sea surface and finally drove slowly at a speed of 8 knots.

In addition to the Jean-De-Viena light cruiser, the German army also lost an additional cruiser, the Italian light cruiser, Dosta, to block Jean-Barre, Richelieu, Schánhorst and Gneisenau all ate at least one torpedo and were hit by 1-2 bombs. All the main ships of the entire fleet were scarred, but they struggled to float on the sea.

"Sir, the enemy plane retreated."

Crank sighed: "The loss was a bit big, but he finally repelled the enemy and asked the return flight group to land in Rio. We can only go to Rio for emergency maintenance for the time being."

This world-renowned counterattack ended in a loss-making situation... (To be continued...)r
Chapter completed!