"Sir, do we need to help?" The attack aircraft group that took off from the aircraft carrier of the 25th Task Force of the Ming Navy finally arrived in the nearby combat area, and the pilots in the sky looked at the fierce naval battle below and asked the commander if he could help. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Yes." After observing the battle situation on the surface of the sea, the commander of the attack plane group immediately divided some of the fighters to lower their altitude and flew towards the US warships on the sea. As for the main force of the attack aircraft group, it is still advancing to attack the US aircraft carriers dozens of nautical miles away.

The roar of the huge engine in the sky alarmed the officers and soldiers of both sides who were fighting fiercely on the sea. Seeing their fighters coming over to help, the Ming officers and soldiers naturally cheered, but for the Weishanhu at this time, the current situation is that the planes coming over can't help much.

After all, more than a dozen torpedoes were fired at a speed of nearly 40 knots within 1,000 meters, and the target of the attack was a large warship with a hull of more than 200 meters long, such as the Weishanhu. The chance of hitting is almost 100 percent.

"Left Full Rudder !!" Fang Wenxuan almost roared out angrily and ordered the first mate at the helm to quickly aim the bow of the ship in the direction of the torpedo, so as to reduce the impact area as much as possible.

It's just that, in terms of the body and displacement of the Weishan Lake. If you want to avoid the fate of being struck by lightning, you can only pray that when you encounter a dud bomb with bad luck and a mistake by the US officers and men, the depth of the torpedo is set below the waterline of the Weishanhu. In fact, the reason why many materials on it tirelessly like to keep mentioning those duds or something, is because there are few chances of appearing!

Not surprisingly, the massive Weishanhu was hit with two torpedoes. One in the bow, one in the swollen part of the ship. When the torpedo exploded, the splash of water was almost as high as the mast of the Weishanhu.

This is not the kind of light aviation torpedo that the aviation forces carry, this is a real heavy shipborne torpedo for warships. A ton of military explosives easily tore through the waterline armor of the Weishanhu, and the huge force of the explosion destroyed several nearby cabins. The sturdy armor was twisted into a twisted shape. Hundreds of tons of seawater rushed in, filling everything that could be reached.

"Sir!" Several staff officers struggled to stand up and helped Fang Wenxuan not far away, seeing blood coming out of Fang Wenxuan's forehead, several staff officers hurriedly shouted to the military medical officer.

"I'm fine!" Fang Wenxuan, whose blood covered half of his face, pushed away the staff officers on the side and shouted loudly, "Leave me alone, go and organize the damage management!" ”

When the torpedo hit the Weishanhu before, the violent explosion knocked all the officers in the bridge to the ground, and Fang Wenxuan hit his head on the corner of the table. If he hadn't worn a military cap, he would have fainted by now.

This heavy torpedo was so powerful that even two of them could cost a battleship. The Weishanhu, which had the body of a battleship but no corresponding armored defense, was in danger this time.

After successfully hitting the Weishanhu, the last few US destroyers also completed their mission. was drowned out with anger by several Ming heavy patrols following behind the Weishan Lake. The decisive attack of fourteen destroyers successfully hit the largest Ming warship on the battlefield. But they paid for it with fourteen destroyers. It's hard to say whether it's worth it or not.

The Weishanhu was badly injured, and the water ingress at the gap was uncontrollable for a while. Fortunately, as a new warship, the Weishanhu has changed the longitudinal hatch layout that the Ming Navy has always criticized before, and it has been changed to the upper and lower hatches. Although this setting will make the officers and soldiers feel very uncomfortable when using it on a daily basis, it can save a battleship in the case of large-scale flooding!

In order to be able to block the inflow, many Ming officers and soldiers jumped directly into the icy sea water with various equipment to plug the leakage. Numerous pumping machines desperately pumped water, and the officers and men desperately plugged the leak, and finally succeeded in rescuing the Weishanhu before the battleship sank due to excessive flooding.

The Weishanhu struggled back to the Hawaiian Military Harbor and went into the Navy Repair Depot for an overhaul. However, by the time the Weishanhu was repaired and re-prepared to return to active naval duty, the war was almost over.

In the end, the remaining battleships of the American fleet participating in the artillery battle were sunk one by one by the Ming fighter units in the sky.

In the end, the four aircraft carriers and several escort destroyers were not able to escape the wanton bombardment of the Ming army's fighter planes, and they were all destroyed within half an hour. At this point, the 99th Task Force under the command of General Hunt completed their mission and became a decoy to be eaten by the Ming army. Because of the nearby warships of the Ming Army, many American officers and soldiers who fell into the water were able to be salvaged.

Compared to being a prisoner of war, adrift and surviving in this vast ocean is the most terrifying thing. This is the South Pacific Ocean, and there is no island within a thousand nautical miles of it, and it would be to rely on life jackets and lifeboats to survive in this environment.

When the Ming attack aircraft group annihilated the 99th task force, the attack aircraft group flying from the Spruance fleet had also reached the sky over the 25th Ming task force. Because of the large number of aircraft, Spruance adopted the mode of operation of taking directly into the air and then forming on the way to the ruins.

Squadrons of U.S. fighter planes flocked to the Ming fleet like an overwhelming swarm of locusts. The large number of Ming air defense fighters were desperately blocking them. The two sides fought all the way to the air defense circle of the fleet from dozens of nautical miles away. The path was littered with warplanes from both sides that were constantly falling into the sea, and the number and speed of their losses was staggering.

Spruance is a famous admiral in the US Navy, and he has long known that the scale of the Ming Army's task force is huge, and the number of air defense fighters and the scale of escort warships must be unprecedented. Faced with such a formidable defensive force, Spruance changed his usual way of fighting. Instead of emphasizing the need to attack heavily defended aircraft carriers at the core, they will open passages in the defensive line.

After breaking through the defensive line of the Ming army's air defense fighters at great cost, the US planes that appeared one after another bombarded the air defense ships one after another, starting with the outermost air defense ships of the Ming fleet. Thus opening the channel of anti-aircraft fire to the core area.

Aircraft carrier formations generally use lotus formations, and the larger the size of the fleet, the larger the sea area covered. After all, there needs to be a large space for activities between warships, and usually this distance is a number chain. With the huge scale of the 25th Task Force of the Ming Army, the sea area covered by it was even as high as hundreds of square nautical miles. As long as such a huge area is opened, with the speed of a fighter, it can quickly hit the core of the Ming fleet.

In the face of Spruance's new combat methods, Lin Luo did not think of a good enough way to deal with it. It is only possible to continue the resistance using anti-aircraft fighters and warships. Fortunately, the reconnaissance plane he sent finally brought him good news. They finally discovered the location of the main fleet of the US Navy under the command of Spruance.

"Spruance is more than three hundred nautical miles southeast of Li Ru. Just within his attack range. Throwing down the pencil in his hand, Lin Luo turned to look at the communications staff officer on the side, and ordered in a deep voice, "Send a telegram to Li Ru and Han Dongwen to inform them of the specific location of the US fleet." In addition, orders were given to the reconnaissance aircraft unit to continue to expand the reconnaissance area, and perhaps there was still an American fleet lying in ambush in the distance waiting for a surprise attack. ”

"Yes!"

The Ming Navy, which suffered a loss in the Battle of Hawaii, learned to be obedient. It is estimated that it will be very difficult for the US military to repeat the sneak attack operation again.

The next battle situation is relatively simple, it is completely a hard-fought battle between the two sides in terms of strength. It is to see who has more warships, who has more planes, and who can hold on.

Although Spruance's new combat tactics brought a lot of losses to the Ming Navy, especially the 25th Task Force under the command of Lin Luo. However, the strength of the Ming army was too strong, and they were not just Lin Luo's 25th task force.

After the location was revealed, Task Force 24 sent a powerful attack aircraft group to attack Spruance's fleet. And because of the attack, after revealing his position, the Halsey fleet, which had been hiding behind it, suddenly attacked Li Ru's 24th task force.

The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind. Just as Halsey was about to celebrate the success of his raid, Task Force 23, commanded by Han Dong-moon, took on the role of Terminator. He sent a massive fleet of planes to attack the Halsey fleet that had exposed its location, thus annihilating it all.

This battle of unprecedented scale lasted from before dawn until sunset. It ended with the defeat of the last main forces of the US Navy fleet.

On the U.S. side, the Spruance fleet suffered heavy losses at the same time as the Halsey fleet. All the aircraft carriers were destroyed, and the escort fleet suffered heavy losses. After dark, only a few small fish and shrimp were able to escape, eventually fleeing to Chile and then bypassing the Drake Passage to the East Coast of the United States.

On the Ming side, the 25th Task Force under the command of Lin Luo, which was the primary target, suffered heavy losses, and the 24th Task Force under the command of Li Ru, who was attacked by Halsey, also suffered heavy losses. However, they eventually accomplished their goal of destroying the last naval force on the planet that resisted them. It's worth paying any kind of price for it.

The naval battle, which took place in the Pacific southwest of Chile, is known as the final naval battle. After this battle, the ocean on the blue planet completely fell into the hands of Daming. They have mastered all the sea power, and they roam every corner of the world with the sun, moon and golden dragon banner of the Ming Empire.

After completely losing their sea supremacy, the Americans no longer had the strength to prevent the Ming army from dropping a large-scale landing force on their homeland, and their defeat was assured.

Another windfall of this naval battle is that the countries of South America have expressed their demands for peace. They no longer dared to continue fighting the Ming army. This may be a good thing for Da Ming to speed up the process of war. (To be continued.) )