As Task Force 13's resistance weakened, they were hit more and more, and finally more and more ships lost their ability to evade and became targets.

"Launch." A pilot piloting a torpedo plane said to his companion, and then his companion pressed the launch button, and a torpedo was fired from the belly of the plane.

The torpedo quickly fell into the water and headed towards the bombed aircraft carrier, at this time the resistance of the aircraft carrier was already very weak, and in the face of the torpedo attack, their attack ability was not as good as before.

Seeing that the torpedo was getting closer and closer, the American troops on the aircraft carrier were powerless, and everyone shouted to run, and at the same time ran quickly to leave the area that was about to explode.

"......Boom" There was a long loud bang, the aircraft carrier was hit and a two-meter hole was blown out in the abdomen, the sea water poured into it, and then another torpedo hit him, and now the sinking of this aircraft carrier is really just a matter of time.

"The returning US military plane has arrived, everyone work hard to sink that aircraft carrier." The crew of the AWACS aircraft said to all the bombing planes,

The planes made a final attack, killing the remaining surface ships of the 13th Fleet, and by the time they finished dropping the last round of bombs, the American planes were belated.

And the Chinese naval aviation quickly withdrew, avoiding a hard fight with this group of mortal people.

Although the pilots of the US military planes can see the Chinese planes, they have no way to continue the pursuit, and the performance of the Chinese planes, especially the speed, it is difficult for them to catch up.

Seeing that the 13th Fleet, which they were once proud of, now has only a few ships that are still sunk, all the American pilots are angry from the bottom of their hearts, but the more practical problem at the moment is that their fate, their gasoline, cannot support them to fly back to any island in the Pacific Ocean, and the Nimitz side cannot meet them for the time being.

"Sir, what are we going to do?" One pilot said in the microphone, and the other pilots were very concerned about the question.

The captain didn't speak, and the other said: "There are only two ways in front of us now, one is to make a forced landing at sea, and the other is to follow the Chinese planes to see if we can find their fleet to fight with them, I support the latter, and no one is willing to do it with me." ”

"I'll go." One person answered,

"I'll go too."

"I did it."

……

In the next time, more than a dozen planes expressed their willingness to do a vote.

At this moment, the captain spoke, "Everyone is a brave warrior, but we can't do it brutely, and it's unlikely that we will find it, if the Chinese planes go around in circles, we won't have much fuel, and the Chinese planes will definitely intercept us, but they still have planes that haven't been dispatched, and we can't take risks." ”

"With our powerful industrial forces, the loss of a fleet is nothing, soon we will have a newer fleet, and for now we need to save ourselves in order to destroy the Chinese fleet with more advanced aircraft later, so we make a forced landing."

The others surprisingly no one objected, they were just dizzy with anger, they didn't know that there was a chance of a forced landing, there was absolutely no hope of survival, there would still be a few submarines to rescue them after the forced landing,

The captain reported the destruction of the fleet to Nimitz, and told them that they were going to make a forced landing on the sea, and Nimitz naturally didn't dare to say no, or the United States would never let him go.

At this moment, Nimitz was extremely depressed in his heart, completely devoid of the spirit he had at the beginning, five fleets, ten aircraft carriers, as well as battleships, cruisers, destroyers, more than a hundred ships of all kinds, and he couldn't help the aircraft carrier formation of dozens of ships in China.

If he couldn't beat others, it would be forgotten, but he didn't expect to be wiped out by others with three fleets, which made him, a famous general who fought against Japan, lose face.

After all, the Japanese fleet has been built for decades, and it is not bad except that it cannot keep up with the resources, and China, in the former Qing Dynasty, relied on buying, and after the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, it was not even qualified to retain a strong fleet.

After Japan's invasion of China, the Chinese Navy lost all its losses, and there were only a few ships in Jiangfang, and the navy also lost seventy-seven, eighty-eight, and it can be said that the Chinese Navy was only established in the past two years, and such a fleet actually beat the world's largest US Pacific Fleet like this, which made Nimitz embarrassed.

In Nimitz's eyes, one year of the army, ten years of the air force, a hundred years of the navy, there are many Chinese, but also a traditional land power, in terms of weapons and equipment, in just a few years to build a strong army, he has nothing to say, China has absorbed a large number of Jews, developed advanced aircraft, with China's vast land, rapid production is not a problem, relying on more people to find some literate people to train, the establishment of a huge air force He can also understand,

Only China's navy is suddenly so powerful, he doesn't understand very much, the first time is a coincidence, but the second time I'm afraid it won't be so coincidental.

Naval warfare is not a land war at all, and there are many factors that determine victory in a land war, but naval warfare is much simpler in comparison, one is the size of the fleet, the second is the performance of the ships, the third is intelligence, the fourth is supply, and the fifth is the comprehensive quality of naval officers and men.

In terms of scale, the U.S. Pacific Fleet is more than twice as large as the Chinese fleet, and in terms of the performance of the ships, Nimitz believes that the performance of the warships produced by the United States is one of the best in the world, at least the ships produced by China are not as good as the United States in terms of performance.

In terms of intelligence, I am afraid that there is no one in the Pacific Ocean who is more familiar with the Pacific Ocean than the United States, and the Chinese Navy has just left the Pacific Ocean to fight, so it can be said that the United States obviously has an absolute advantage in this regard.

Not to mention the supply, the United States also has an absolute advantage,

The U.S. Navy had fought with the Japanese Combined Fleet in the Pacific Ocean for three years, and some of them had also fought with the German Fleet, so it can be said that they were experienced and sophisticated, while more than 95 percent of the Chinese Fleet had never fought before, and there were even recruits who were not even trained enough.

But that's it, at the doorstep of the Americans, such a fleet actually defeated the US military, which has an all-round advantage, how can Nimitz not be discouraged, I am afraid that he will soon be questioned at home, and perhaps it will soon be the end of his military career.

At present, although his fleet is still strong, but Nimitz wants to lift his heart, but he can't do it, think about the mysterious Chinese fleet, although it has not been established for a long time, but this kind of naval layman has no tradition, but he can quickly accept new military ideas and form his own things, instead of being entangled between the old and the new for a long time like the traditional naval powers,

Nimitz found that his heart was actually terrified of this brand-new fleet, and even a little discouraged, he didn't know what was wrong with him, why he felt this way,

But now he still has something to do, he must report the battle report to the White House, and as for what the White House will do with him, it is no longer within his control.

Truman looked at the telegram from Nimitz, cold as ice, his face was like a dead man's face, and the loss of a fleet, how did he explain to Congress and the people,

It's not been a few days since the start of the war, and the three aircraft carrier fleets are gone, this is more than 10,000 people, and they are also excellent soldiers, the key is that the enemy is so weak, this time even the hair of the people was not injured, but was beaten half to death by the open fire,

"Marshall, maybe it's time for us to replace General Nimitz and hand him over to a court-martial."

Marshall said: "General Nimitz is the naval officer who is most familiar with Pacific affairs, and if he is removed at this time and sent to a court-martial, I am afraid that it will have a great impact on morale." ”

Of course, Marshall knew what a disaster Nimitz had caused this time, but this time the Pacific Fleet lost too strangely, even Marshall himself couldn't believe it, so at this time, from various aspects, Nimitz must be protected and given a chance to make meritorious atonements, he knows that Nimitz is a rare talent,

"The loss is so huge, and the enemy has nothing to lose, I am afraid it will be very difficult for me to save him, rather than waiting for the Congress and the people to be held accountable and let him suffer more damage, we should remove him now, which will also help protect him." Truman said,

Marshall understood what Truman meant, and if such a big thing happened, the people and Congress would definitely not give up easily, "Then Mr. President, how do we replace Nimitz, and who should we let be the commander of the Pacific Fleet." ”

Truman said: "Let Spruance take the role, he has rich combat experience, once led the Pacific Fleet at Midway to defeat the Japanese fleet, almost completely annihilated the Japanese Combined Fleet, I believe that it should not be a problem for him to command and destroy the Chinese fleet, which is weaker than the Japanese fleet,

The two quickly made the decision to remove Nimitz from his post and replace him with Admiral Spruance.

Nimitz is in tears, Chester William Nimitz, he has just passed his sixtieth birthday, he should have retired at the age of sixty, but the war forced him to serve, and today he retired as a loser, at his age, I am afraid that he will never have a chance to return to the battlefield, his shame will not be washed away, he will be the laughing stock of the US Navy, and from a hero to a laughing stock,

Nimitz looked at his right-hand man Spruance and said: "Halsey is sick, Turner and Smith are dead, as soon as I leave, the Pacific Fleet will look at you, don't underestimate the Chinese, although they are very young." ”

Spruance nodded, at this time he had a thousand words, he knew that this defeat was not Nimitz's fault, Turner and Smith were his good friends, he knew their abilities very well, definitely not the kind of wine bag that would be easily killed, but it was indeed easily killed,