"What's that?" On the frigate Navy, Rear Admiral Thomas suddenly pointed to a chaotic echo of changing shapes on the sonar screen.

"Schools of fish, large schools of fish, presumably driven by dolphins." The chief of staff said casually that a large number of dolphins were indeed jumping out of the sea, and there were even dorsal fins of sharks, and occasionally sardines could be seen jumping out of the water when they were forced to hurry, and even predatory seabirds began to appear.

Rear Admiral Thomas hurried out of the captain's quarters, and like the sailors watching the excitement, he stood on the deck and looked at his feet, as if a large shadow like a black tide was surging by, and the cheerful dolphins, ghostly cruising sharks, and seabirds piercing in the air like suicide, were forming a spectacular picture of the animal world.

But this picture made him feel a little weird, and he always felt a little abnormal, but he couldn't remember what was abnormal for a while.

"This school of fish seems to have come from the Dubuc." The chief of staff looked behind him and said.

"Bastard, quick, fire a deep bomb to drive away!" Rear Admiral Thomas suddenly came to his senses, and shouted while running wildly towards the captain's room, behind him, the sailors had not yet reacted, and looked at each other blankly, but the chief of staff came to his senses, and his face suddenly turned white.

"What are you doing in a daze, fire quickly!" He immediately shouted to follow in the footsteps of Major General Thomas, but at this moment, suddenly there was a faint impact under his feet, and almost instantly, a loud sound like the sky cracking exploded on the starboard side, and the chief of staff, who had just run less than two meters, was suddenly hit by the huge waves caused by the explosion and flew up.

All right. This school of fish was driven by Wang Yue.

The first four dolphins to arrive used their native voice to lure a nearby group of their own predators, and nearly two hundred dolphins drove millions of sardines into the fleet, along with the sharks and other predatory fish that had been attracted. With their terrifying numbers that induce dense phobias, they provide the perfect cover for the spear shrimp pushing the mines forward.

That's how the Cromlin and Dubuck got hit, and now it's James' turn.

Poor Rear Admiral Thomas, who had just changed his flagship, suffered this fate, an acoustic mine with a charge of more than 200 kilograms, directly rising from the underwater sardines, and the spare tentacles were crashing into the keel of the James. Although the charge is not large, it is enough for a four-thousand-ton frigate, not to mention an underwater explosion in the keel position.

The frigate was blown directly from the middle into two sections. It floated on the surface of the sea like a pile of garbage, and then began to sink slowly, but fortunately, Major General Thomas's life was really hard, and he escaped this disaster again. And not like his chief of staff, there are no bones left.

Immediately after that, the other ships were warned one after another. But what was the use of being warned, on another frigate less than two kilometers away from the James, the captain and his men were dumbfounded as they looked at the huge school of fish that quickly swarmed at their feet like clouds that swept across the sky when the summer storm came.

How is it possible for sonar to find a mine that is at most a cubic meter in it? Now he can't find anything else on his sonar, the whole spot of light composed of fish, not to mention the mine, even the giant octopus can't be found in it, since he can't find the target, how can he stop it?

"Launch. Keep firing, regardless of where the target is. Where there are schools of fish, the target is the target. The captain yelled helplessly.

Well, where there are schools of fish, there are targets, and the sailors are horrified to give full play to the usual style of the American imperialist army, rockets and deep shells, deep cannons, and even anti-submarine missiles equipped with ordinary warheads, constantly smashing into the surrounding shadows, and countless dead fish floating out of their bellies in the explosions one after another.

It's a pity that they didn't know that there was no enemy here, and they all fired deep bullets at a glance, and those Wang Yue's minions didn't hurry up, and the four dolphins controlled by him ran away with the guns and shrimps that were their comrades, but it was a pity that those of the same kind who were deceived by them suffered this misfortune for no reason, and for a time the sea was full of dolphins, sharks, sardines, etc., which immediately caused great indignation among those animal protectionists nearby.

The journalists, in particular, are condemning this brutal act on local television stations in unison, but of course they cannot know the truth, so the target of the condemnation can only be the US imperialist navy.

But the constant explosion of deep shells did not save the frigate, because it had another enemy, and the fish interfered with the sonar almost like a shield, giving the lurking second fool the best chance, and then this guy jumped out of the deep sea, and then two torpedoes dragged a striking track and crashed into its waterline.

Looking at the huge waves stirred up by the explosion in the distance, Rear Admiral Thomas, who was on the way to the cruiser USS Yorkshire in a lifeboat, could not help but burst into tears, his escort fleet had lost nearly half of his fleet, and his voyage had only just been carried out at most a tenth, and it was clear that he would not be able to reach Japan anyway, and even Hawaii would be difficult.

"Tell Washington that we must stop this stupid operation, and for whatever reason, we should not continue to let those young soldiers die in vain." Immediately after boarding the Yorkshire, he commanded the captain.

The latter nodded solemnly.

It is said that at this time, the courage of the escort fleet when it just set off from New Orleans has been completely lost, neither officers nor soldiers want to go any further, and they have lost nearly half of their efforts in just a few days, and they know very well that with this rhythm now, the entire fleet will be wiped out in less than two days, and the entire fleet before it was impossible to do anything, not to mention the defeat of a group of remnants, not to mention that they still have the drag of twenty oil tankers, which is the most deadly.

However, it is clear that the politicians in Washington do not think so, and it is a great shame that the powerful US imperialist navy, the unrivaled hegemon at sea, was beaten by a group of seafood, although it has suffered losses such as the sinking of the Washington before, but it was the result of a sneak attack by the Atlanteans, and according to the Pentagon, it was the heroic Navy soldiers who repelled the enemy's attack.

Well, though they never killed a single enemy.

But this time is different, this time it is a face-to-face decisive battle with a bright open posture, the US imperialist navy must not be defeated, and the free will fleet must continue to move forward, instead of running back with its tail between its legs like a dog that has been whipped.

"I won't go any further without reinforcements, even if I retire disgracefully, I will definitely not let the soldiers die in vain!" Major General Thomas did not hesitate to speak to a Pentagon general on the phone.

"George, this is an order, you are a soldier, you must obey the order, the reinforcement fleet is being mobilized, it will take some time, but in the meantime, you must bring the fleet to Hawaii." The general, who was with him in the military academy, said hintively on the phone.

Well, Rear Admiral Thomas immediately understood that the Pentagon was no longer ready to send this fleet to Japan, but for the sake of face, it would have to go to Hawaii, and then he would wait for reinforcements to the fleet, and as for waiting for a month or a year is another matter.

"The Gates and two frigates towed the Dubuck and the Kromlin back to San Diego, and the other ships left the tankers behind and formed separate formations." Then he made the wisest choice.

The captain of the Yorkshire looked at him with some confusion, and the consequences of this were clear.

"Execute the order!" Major General Thomas repeated with a blank face.

Well, His Excellency the Captain also quickly understood what the commander meant, nodded very movingly, and then passed on the order.

"Huh? What is this trying to play? Through the eyes of the albatross, Wang Yue watched inexplicably as the free will fleet moved, and the two frigates dragged the wounded Dubuque and the Kromlin to the east, while the remaining cruisers, a dock landing ship, and three frigates left the tanker formation and formed a separate column five kilometers away, and continued to advance in parallel.

This is to divide the legs and let the king pick it.

This guy immediately understood the other party's intentions, and continued to protect the oil tanker separately, but in the end he could only be broken by himself, and in the end he couldn't keep the oil tanker, since this simply gave up the protection of the oil tanker, and he could fight if he wanted, and the escort ship formed a tight defensive circle, and the five warships relied on each other, and the security increased sharply by an order of magnitude compared to before.

The similarly retreating USS Gates and two other frigates, along with the two wounded, could also form enough firepower to ensure that they could withdraw to the nearest Mexican coast, and then return to San Diego close to the coast, in fact, the firepower of these five battleships was not much different from the five that remained.

Of course, the result of this is that those oil tankers are playing with themselves casually, and judging from the distance left by the other party at present, this is obviously a deliberate telling sù that they can play at will, and the farthest oil tanker is close to twenty kilometers away from the Yorkshire, even if his minions swagger over and put the mines in front of him, there is no danger.

It is said that the freewill fleet can be bullied by himself to such a point, which is also a little embarrassing for him, so this is also the world hegemon, but how to deal with these oil tankers?

At this time, he has already crossed the sinking line he draws, if he doesn't sink it, it will become a joke, Boss Wang is not interested in doing such a stupid thing for a good reputation, but if he sinks, the sense of guilt is still very strict, although he doesn't care much about the guilt, but it is best to have a solution that makes him not sad when his conscience finds out occasionally.

Looking at the yachts of those environmental protection organizations in the distance, Boss Wang immediately thought of a way. (To be continued......)