"Sir, Thor's forces have all set off. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

At 11:55 p.m. on September 6, Bermuda time, Admiral Hoffman, who was directing the fleet to pursue the Soviet battleship that had fled from the desert, received a secret telegram from the base on Georgetown Island.

"Thor Force" was the code name for the attack aircraft group led by Colonel Peltz.

Admiral Hoffmann nodded, and was about to give the Vienna a dead order "no matter what", when the report came again.

"Good news, Admiral!" This time it was Rear Admiral Mayer who spoke, "The 27th Submarine Detachment and 'Jean. Sur Formation's telegram, they have just sunk 3 Iowa-class battleships that were heavily damaged by us, as well as 3 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers, and 25 destroyers!

In addition, there are tens of thousands of US Navy officers and sailors who have fallen overboard on the sea. Let. The Sur formation is salvaging with all its might. ”

"Well done!" Hoffman laughed, "I've already killed 4 Iowa-class...... Now we're about to take out another Soviet-class! ”

When he said this, he turned around and asked, "What's the distance now?" ”

"33,000 meters!"

The nautical staff officer replied immediately.

The pursuit of the Soviets was more troublesome than expected, because the carriers of the U.S. Task Force 30 (which also dispersed into many formations) sent dozens of F4U and F6F to bomb the formation under Hoffman's personal command at about 6 p.m. on September 6.

The bombing did not achieve much success, but it entangled Hoffman's formation for more than an hour, and also shot down an Ar196 seaplane tracking the Soviet Union. As a result, Hoffman's formation lost the Soviet Union for a time!

However, the Soviet Union was not able to evade the pursuit of Hoffman's formation, and at about 8 o'clock in the evening, a Bv138D long-range seaplane spotted the Soviet formation. Three hours later, the Soviet battleship was within missile range of the missile battleship Gneisenau!

"Send 3 Ar196 seaplanes to drop flares over Soviet-class battleships!" Hoffman ordered, "Missiles 1 and 2 are ready!" ”

This time, Hoffman did not choose to launch a saturation attack, but chose to launch multiple batches of attacks in a salvo of two shells.

The reason for this, of course, is to save ammunition - Hoffman now wants to kill not only one Soviet Union, but also the Soviet escort ships!

Because the USS had more than 2,000 officers and men on board, there were at least 3,000-4,000 men on several light cruisers and destroyers escorting it. If all the ships were sunk, the U.S. Navy would have nearly 6,000 experienced officers and sailors in one fell swoop!

This loss is no less than the loss of a Soviet-class battleship!

At present, there are two "Iowa"-class battleships, five "Montana"-class battleships, and three "Alaska"-class battlecruisers under construction in major shipyards in the United States, and the number of aircraft carriers, heavy cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers under construction is even higher.

But experienced naval officers and men are limited, and if there are large losses, there will not be enough experienced manpower to pilot the ships under construction by the time they are put into service.

Therefore, after the four "Iowa"-class battleships were heavily damaged or sunk, the commander-in-chief of the European Community's Atlantic Front, Admiral Ruttyans, issued an order to "destroy or capture as many American naval officers and men as possible."

And also asked the fleet commanders at the front not to be afraid of losing the capital ships.

Because now the shipyards of the European Community also have sufficient shipbuilding capacity to provide a steady stream of combat ships for the navy. And with the battlefield value of missile ships being fully verified, all non-missile ships are actually outdated and should be eliminated after the war, so it doesn't matter how much they lose now, as long as most of the naval officers and sailors on board can be saved.

Similar to the situation of the Americans, the most valuable and experienced naval officers and sailors on the European side of the navy are also pilots of naval aviation.

In the early hours of September 7, 1944, blazing white light from flares enveloped the Soviet battleship, which was fleeing at full speed. 1 minute later, 2 "Reaper" 2 missiles dragged the fire and smoke, whistling towards the Soviet Union 30,000 meters away, one of them hit the stern of the Soviet Union impartially, directly penetrated the deck near the stern gun turret of the Soviet Union, and effortlessly broke through to the power compartment of the Soviet Union, and then exploded there, directly destroying 4 boilers and 2 steam turbines, scrapping half of the power of the Soviet Union, and causing a fire!

Now the Soviet Union has become not only a very conspicuous target in the night, but also a burden to its escort ships. Not only did they have to face the Gneisenau, which also had 18 Reaper missiles, but they also had to face the battleship Gnessmarck and the heavy cruiser Blucher, which were in the same formation as the Gneisenau.

"Sir, the enemy ship formation has slowed down to about 13 knots!" The nautical staff officer reported to Hoffman in a voice full of surprise, "They seem to be turning!" They're coming at us! ”

The U.S. Navy commander on the battleship USS Soviet, whose power system had been damaged and its speed had been greatly reduced (most of the sailors on this ship were former Soviet Red Navy soldiers who had defected to freedom, and most of the officers were Russian-trained U.S. Navy officers) knew that his battleship was doomed, so he wanted to fight to pull at least one German battleship on his back.

"Turning?" Hoffman laughed, "Are you going to fight hard?" Do these Yankees think that we are now afraid of losing battleships and heavy cruisers? ”

He commanded loudly: "Let the Bismarck, Blucher, Frankfurt, Z38, Z40 and Z41 all go up!"

Hit me hard! Don't let one go! I'm going to destroy not only the battleships of the Americans, but also their naval officers and sailors! ”

"Yes, sir!"

……

"Sir, just received a telegram from the battleship USS Soviet......"

Inside the U.S. Pacific and Atlantic Fleet Joint Command, Panama, the muffled voice of the fleet's communications staff broke the suffocating silence.

The silence in the command was due to the fact that a quarter of an hour earlier they had received a report from the fleeing destroyer USS Cook, and that the "Halsey formation" had suffered heavy losses, that 3 battleships, 3 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers, and more than 20 destroyers had been sunk, and that more than 20,000 US Navy officers and men, including Admiral Halsey, were missing...... Even Admiral Halsey himself is missing, and maybe he will be captured by the Germans, and this battle is really lost!

"Read." Admiral Nimitz said weakly.

"U.S. Pacific and Atlantic Fleet Joint Command: Our formation was attacked by enemy missile ships and the battleship Bismarck, as well as several heavy cruisers at around midnight on 7 September. At present, except for the Soviet Union, the rest of the ships have been sunk. The battleship USS Soviet also suffered heavy damage, the No. 2 power compartment was destroyed by a missile, losing 50% of its power, turrets A and B were blown up, and the whole ship was on fire!

Now, the USS Soviets are under siege by superior enemies!

But as long as we have the last shell, we will keep fighting!

Long live the liberal democratic United States of America! Long live the wise and correct Democratic Party of the United States...... Uh, long live the greatest Roosevelt president, long live...... The station stopped generating electricity. ”

“……”

After the US Navy Colonel, whose face and tone were very strange, read the strangely worded telegram -- it seemed strange to the Americans that the army was shouting long live for a political party and the president -- all the people in the entire operational command center had a look of horror and surprise.

The panic was because of the heavy losses, and this time it was not the loss of the ship but the loss of people. The destruction of the Soviet Union is imminent, and the 6,000 US Navy officers and men are gone, and if we add the losses just reported by the "Halsey Formation" (while the main force of the Halsey Formation was attacked by 12 Type 21 U boats, the three lightning strike formations were also defeated, and they could only flee in a hurry, and there was no time to save people), as well as the losses in the previous Battle of Bermuda, nearly 30,000 US Navy officers and men have been killed or missing.

Although the U.S. Navy has 3 million officers and men on its books, most of them are not crews on front-line combat ships -- the U.S. Navy has a large number of bases and a large Marine Corps, as well as a large number of escort, transport, and landing ship crews. Therefore, among the three million people, there are at most more than 300,000 people who really have combat experience and serve on front-line combat ships.

Now that there are almost 30,000 at once, such losses are more serious than the loss of a few super battleships, and this heart-pounding Armageddon of Bermuda is not over yet! I really don't know how many good officers and men the US Navy will lose in the end?

And the reason for the surprise was the last telegram sent by the battleship "Soviet".

Although this battleship still bears the name "Soviet Union", it is a battleship controlled and used by the US Navy after all! However, most of the sailors on the ship were American citizens with "New York hukou" -- in order to attract the officers and men of the former Soviet Red Navy to stay on the USS Soviet Union and fight for the United States, the US government specially acquired some land in the Bronx borough north of New York City to build houses and house them, and most of the officers were "original" Americans. How could they send a telegram to Roosevelt and the Democrats?

Isn't that undemocratic?

And this year is still an election year, and the vote for the president of the United States will be held in November, such a telegram from the Navy...... What does this mean? Does the US Navy support the Democrats?

Is this a military meddling in politics?