The morning was calm and nothing happened.

It's just that it lasts until it's time for breakfast.

Because the officer's dining room of the "Wasp" is located in the hull of the ship, the only senior officer's dining room is in the mezzanine between the hangar deck and the flight deck near the ship island, mainly because the ship island is too small and there is no place to set up a restaurant, so breakfast is brought by the staff officer.

Shortly after the staff officer brought breakfast, the telecommunications officer delivered the telegram he had just received.

Only this time, the telecommunications officer did not hand over the message to Tian Shi, but directly to Sp.

After noticing the change in Sp's expression, Tian Shi began to play the drum in his heart, and immediately realized that it was definitely not good news!

At the first sight of the message, Spark was so stunned that he didn't even notice that the fork had slipped off his hand.

After working with Spu for more than a year, it was the first time for Tian Shi to see him so depressed.

Strictly speaking, Spu's expression was actually shocked and panicked.

Just as Tian Shi reached out to get the message, Sp shook it a few times, and then fell down.

"Commander? Come on, call the military doctor! Tian Shi stood next to Sp, and reacted very quickly, helping Sp.

In a panic, while hugging Sp, Tian Shi glanced at the message that he had already held in his hand.

Actually, there is only one sentence.

This sentence was like a thunderbolt from the sky, directly hitting Tian Shi's body. Although he tried his best to control his emotions, he still felt that the world was spinning.

Someone rushed in and carried away Sp, who had fallen to the floor.

Someone rushed over again and held Tian Shi, who was also crumbling.

The two officers fell at the same time, and no one paid attention to the message.

When Tian Shi came back to his senses, he found that he was already in the medical room, and a military doctor was examining him with a listening device.

Sp was lying on a nearby hospital bed, on a ventilator, but he was already awake.

"Commander ......"

When Tian Shi opened his mouth to call out, Spu's eyes turned around, but he didn't have any look, it was very empty, which made Tian Shi feel creepy.

"Commander, we haven't lost yet, we still have a chance......"

Halfway through speaking, Tian Shi couldn't go on.

At this time, the two military doctors left the medical room with interest.

Tian Shi and Spu are physically fine, and the problem is mental.

It was that telegram.

The telegram sent by Hal from the "Lek" and forwarded by the Fleet Command of Jumbo Harbor.

About one hour earlier, at around 3 p.m. local time, Task Force 51, commanded by Hal, had come under surprise attack. Before Hal sent the telegram, both the "Lek" and the "Endeavour" had been shot, and they had lost their aviation combat capability, so they could not send fighter jets into the air to meet them.

Crucially, Task Force 51 did not send fighter jets to patrol before the attack.

Hal can't be blamed for this.

The attack was at 20 degrees north-east of the Galapagos Islands, about 700 kilometers away, and at noon, about three hours before the attack, it separated from Frye's "Independence" battle group, presumably to maintain concealment, and Hal did not arrange fighter jets to take to the air for patrol.

At the time of the attack, it was only more than 2 hours before dark.

No one could have imagined that they would be attacked here.

It was precisely in this way that Task Force 51 simply sent the cruisers to seaplanes to assist the destroyers in conducting anti-submarine patrols in front of the route.

The attack came very suddenly, and Task Force 51 did not detect enemy reconnaissance aircraft prior to the attack.

Although it was not mentioned in the cable, judging from the circumstances at the time, the warships in Task Force 51 certainly did not use radar at the time of the attack.

After all, it's about 10,000 kilometers from the transit island.

The only thing that is certain is that it must have been the task force of the Liangxia Navy that launched the attack, with at least 2 large aircraft carriers.

Otherwise, it would not have been possible to inflict heavy damage on 2 fleet carriers in the first wave of attacks anyway.

Half an hour later, Sp and Tian Minoru returned to the Commander's Bridge.

There were a few telegrams from the Jumbo Harbor side, which were still forwarded.

About an hour after the first wave of attacks had passed, or about half an hour earlier, Task Force 51 came under a second wave of bombardment.

The "Endeavour" was the first to be sunk, and the "Lek" was also in danger.

Because the two fleet carriers were finished, enemy planes bombed the cruisers and destroyers escorting the escort.

The third telegram, forwarded from Jumbo Harbor, came from a Cleveland-class light cruiser and was sent by the ship's captain.

The "Lek" and "Endeavour" had sunk one after the other, and Hal was not among the evacuees of the "Leke".

Because the fleet headquarters was almost completely wiped out, and there was not a single senior officer on duty, the captain became the supreme commander of Task Force 51.

According to the final report, in order to avoid being intercepted by the enemy at night, after salvaging the people who fell into the water, the remaining warships will return to the Wangxi Canal at full speed.

By the time the report was issued, it was already dark.

In addition to the two aircraft carriers, one light cruiser and three destroyers were sunk, and more than 2,000 officers and men, including Hal, were killed or missing.

The point is that the two fleet aircraft carriers sank quickly after a large explosion, and almost none of the officers and men on them survived.

Finally, the cruiser sent another message.

According to the confessions of the pilots of the captured enemy planes, the carrier-based aircraft unit was subordinate to the 7th Air Wing, and this unit was deployed on the "Pu" of the 21st Task Force.

In other words, it was the 21st Task Force that attacked the 51st Task Force.

However, no further information was mentioned, such as the location of Task Force 21.

Judging by the two waves of attacks, it is very likely that Task Force 21 is in the northwest direction of Task Force 51.

In addition, the following tactics were used, whereby the first attack aircraft group followed the reconnaissance aircraft and launched an attack as soon as the reconnaissance aircraft spotted the 51st Task Force.

Most importantly, Task Force 51 was exposed as it passed through the canal.

Shortly after entering the Guia Ocean, it was discovered by the Liangxia submarine lurking nearby, and the telegram sent by the submarine was not intercepted in time.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Liang Xia Navy to know the whereabouts of the 51st Task Force, and it would be impossible for them to launch an attack.

There is enough reason to believe that the submarines of the Liangxia Navy are equipped with shortwave radios with communication distances of hundreds of kilometers and are difficult to intercept.

As early as a few months ago, there was intelligence that the Liangxia Navy was equipped with a new type of shortwave radio.

It is a pity that the Nuland Navy has not been able to acquire effective means of countering, or rather equipment capable of effectively intercepting shortwave signals.

It can be seen that this is the key to the failure of Task Force 51 to detect the danger in time.

If anything, the technological superiority of the Liang Xia Empire in electronic equipment such as radio and radar is a key advantage of its invincibility.

In several decisive naval battles, the advanced electronics of the Liangxia fleet played a decisive role.

Of course, this time is no different.

It was a one-sided battle, and Task Force 51 was beaten throughout, not to mention fighting back, and even knew where the enemy was.

There is no doubt that it was the White Stop War that commanded the 21st Task Force!

Task Force 51 was not only routed, but also completely destroyed, and the operation to attack the transit island was completely ruined, and the transit island would fall soon after.

Is there any hope of winning?