Chapter 1019: Beating the Reservoir Dogs

Seven torpedoes, fanning out towards the battleship Colorado. At this distance, the sinking of the battleship 'Colorado' is a foregone conclusion, and no one can change this.

Some U.S. sailors began to fight for lifeboats, intending to flee in lifeboats after the battleship was sunk. Others are desperately praying to God that God will help them at this time.

"General, we're about to be hit, it's already very dangerous here, we have to get out of here!" Henry? Lieutenant General Wilson looked horrified. Although, they must have lost this battle. But he didn't want to die here.

Henry? Admiral Mayo opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, he swayed under his feet and fell to the deck. At the same time, a violent explosion was heard in my ears.

"We've been hit, we're going to sink!"

Subsequently, Henry? Admiral Mayo fainted. However, those American officers in the command tower will pass out Henry? Admiral Mayo, carrying out the conning tower, headed straight for the lifeboat.

Of the seven torpedoes, two missed, and the other five, all hit. The side of the battleship 'Colorado' was directly torn open by five large openings. The sea water poured into the battleship in a frenzy. Such an injury, even those who were in charge of the damage gave up. Because, it is impossible to block it at all. If the watertight compartment is closed, the battleship will also sink due to too much water.

The captain gave the order to abandon the ship as soon as possible, but the number of lifeboats on the battleship was limited, so that most of the people did not have the opportunity to leave in the lifeboats.

In less than five minutes, the battleship 'Colorado' sank into the sea. Of the more than 1,000 US Navy officers and sailors on the battleship, except for a very few lucky ones who got on the lifeboat first, the rest sank into the sea along with the battleship "Colorado."

The impact of the sinking of the battleship Colorado, as the flagship, on the US fleet is undoubtedly extremely staggering.

The warships of the other American fleets, for a while, had a chaotic command and fought separately. And this has created more opportunities for the carrier-based aircraft forces of the German Navy, and more and more US capital ships have been sunk or severely damaged.

It can be said that the American fleet has lost this battle so far, and they are like weak sheep, powerless in the face of the butcher's knives raised by the carrier-based aircraft units of the German Navy.

After the sinking of the battleship Colorado, the battleship New Mexico followed in his footsteps, also sinking under the siege of the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft forces.

It was only by this time that the fighters of the second wave of the carrier-based aircraft forces of the German Navy, ran out of ammunition and had to withdraw from the battle. Although, in this battle, the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft also lost some carrier-based aircraft. However, overall, the damage was small and minor. Such a small loss was nothing compared to the results they had achieved.

After two rounds of attacks by the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft forces, the U.S. fleet lost a lot of capital ships. Among them, the USS Colorado, USS Maryland, USS California, USS New Mexico and USS Arizona were sunk. The U.S. fleet consisted of only 11 capital ships in total, and five were sunk at once, leaving only six. Moreover, many of the remaining six capital ships were wounded. Among them, the "Washington" and "Pennsylvania" have been severely damaged, and they have basically lost their combat effectiveness. This means that there are only four capital ships left in the US fleet that can continue to fight, namely the "West Virginia", "Tennessee", "Mississippi" and "Idaho".

Originally, the aircraft carrier fleet of the German Navy was also preparing to take off the third wave of aircraft. However, at this time, the sea conditions became worse. The wind and waves were getting stronger and stronger, and when there was no way, Admiral Khorzendorf had to order the cancellation of this attack. After all, the sea conditions in the Atlantic Ocean are already very bad, and there are many times when the wind is high and the waves are strong. Under such circumstances, if the carrier-based aircraft rashly take off to fight, the final result may be that none of the carrier-based aircraft can be recovered.

Although, Germany has deep pockets, and the loss of some aircraft is simply irrelevant. But those pilots are a valuable resource. Especially carrier-based pilots, it is even more valuable.

In this war, many carrier-based aircraft were shot down. As soon as the Atlantic Fleet found out, it immediately sent destroyers to the rescue. Every pilot is a valuable asset, and we must do our best to protect them.

Henry? By the time Admiral Mayo came to his senses, he was already on a light cruiser.

"How's it going? What happened to our fleet? "Henry? Admiral Mayo immediately asked.

"General, we already have five capital ships sunk, and two more have been heavily damaged. Now, only four capital ships are left that are still combat-ready. However, the good news was that the weather conditions had become very bad, and the German planes, fearing that they would no longer be able to continue fighting. "Henry? Lieutenant General Wilson said.

"Is the loss so great? Order the fleet to retreat! "Henry? Admiral Mayo ordered.

"General, I don't think we'll be able to leave. The fleet of the Germans had already caught up. "Henry? Lieutenant General Wilson said.

Indeed, how could the Atlantic Fleet of the German Navy let go of this good opportunity? Lieutenant General Berdick and Lieutenant General Schmidt received a telegram from Admiral Holzendorf that the carrier-based aircraft could no longer take off for battle, and the two of them immediately cheered.

Originally, they were even ready, and they could only watch the carrier-based aircraft force sink all the capital ships of the Americans, and they could only pick up some soup and water in the end. But I didn't expect that there is such a good opportunity now. For them, this is undoubtedly pie in the sky!

"Command the ships, go full speed! This time, we are going to get rid of all those warships of the Americans! Lieutenant General Berdick ordered loudly.

The current US fleet is already in extreme weakness. They only need to seize this opportunity to beat the water dogs, and they can sink all these American warships, and completely draw a perfect end to this naval battle.

The German Navy's Atlantic Fleet immediately pounced on the American fleet as quickly as a hungry wolf pounced on a weak sheep.