"How so?" Fletcher, with his eyes glazed over, stood beside the sailing table, holding it with one hand and pressing his forehead with the other. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Bo Bo blood is running down his forehead at the moment!

The second wave of attack of the Ming Naval Airlines launched a ferocious attack on the 59th Task Force in the chaos. This time is completely different from the previous situation. Most of the Americans' air defense fighters have been in the air for a long time, and they have consumed a lot of fuel and ammunition by performing various maneuvers when resisting the first attack wave. Many planes are in dire need of recuperation and ready to land.

There were still quite a few air defense fighters, but their formations had long been scattered, and the pilots were so tired that they could not form an effective defense force at all.

When the second wave of attack planes of the Daming Naval Airlines came to the vicinity of the fleet, the US military units were suddenly in chaos. They have not been able to form an effective defense force again. Even many air defense fighters have not yet had time to return to their own air defense lines.

The commander of Daming HNA was surprised to find that he faced so few threats. Look at the dense battleships on the sea below. Without hesitation, he gave the order to assault at full speed. Subsequently, the aircraft group of the second attack wave of the Daming Naval Airlines easily entered the air defense circle of the 59th task force with only a small resistance.

And the air defense circle of the 59th task force has also been opened a big gap at this moment. At the same time, because many escort warships wanted to rescue those attacked warships, the formation was even more chaotic. Fletcher did not show himself to be a proper commander at this time. In this case, the second attack wave of Daming Hainan Airlines achieved unexpectedly brilliant results.

More than 100 attack planes were divided into multiple formations to give priority to attacking the five remaining aircraft carriers of the 59th Task Force that were not attacked. In the face of so many attack fighters, although these five aircraft carriers and their escort warships have tried their best to resist, the final result has not changed at all.

The aircraft carrier Chamberlain, Fletcher's general flagship, was besieged by nearly twenty bombers and torpedo planes, and three bombs and one torpedo were hit in succession. The battleship was on fire, and the water was tilted.

One of the heavy bombs hit the island very closely, and the huge shock wave overturned all the American officers and soldiers in the bridge, and Fletcher was also shocked by the shock wave in the explosion and fell to the ground, hitting his forehead on the corner of the table, leaving Bo Bo's blood.

"Sir!" Hewitt hurried to Fletcher's side, grabbed his arm, and shouted, "You must get out of here at once!" ”

"No way!" Fletcher, whose eyes were red and his head was still dizzy, shook Hewitt's hand away, stared at him and shouted, "I'm not leaving!" I'm not going anywhere! ”

"Send the Commander away!" Seeing that he couldn't convince Fletcher, Hewitt immediately turned around and shouted to several Marines on the side.

The situation of the Chamberlain Lake is already very critical at this moment, and it is simply not able to continue to assume the responsibility of the flagship. According to the laws of wartime, when Fletcher did not lose his ability to command, the marines who served as gendarmes on warships in peacetime had to send the commander away. Whether he wants it or not.

"Let go of me! I'm not going! Red-eyed and like a gambler who had lost everything, Fletcher was set up by several tall Marines, who were quickly taken out of the bridge and loaded into lifeboats.

At this time, Fletcher still had a large number of warships in his hands, but the most critical and important aircraft carriers were all out of combat capability. All eight aircraft carriers have been heavily damaged, and all fighters cannot take off and land. This means that Fletcher can only be beaten passively now. Not to mention fighting back, even recovering the fighter has become a very difficult thing.

A little more than ten minutes later, the heavy cruiser USS Vincennes, not far from the Lake Chamberlain, raised Fletcher's Fleet Commander Flag. Fletcher, who had barely calmed down, finally came to his senses and knew that he had lost**. By this time, Fletcher had no choice but to retreat. Otherwise, his fleet would have been wiped out in the face of wave after wave of attacks. He was going to take home as many ships as he could.

But now it's not so easy to want to go. First of all, the group of attack planes he had released before was now attacking Daming HNA, and Fletcher still retained a trace of fantasy in his heart, hoping that he could miraculously turn over. After all, he lost so badly, it was already a doomed thing for him to go to a military court. Now it's up to us to see if we can get the results to alleviate our guilt.

Secondly, with so many warships under attack and countless crew members struggling to survive in the sea, it was impossible for him to leave his officers and men behind. If he did that, he himself would have to be dealt with severely.

And Fletcher was still thinking in his heart that once his attack wave could severely damage the Ming fleet, even if it was only the aircraft carrier of the Ming fleet, then both sides would return to the same starting line. Because the distance was too far, it was impossible for the ordinary warships of both sides to break out into any kind of fierce conflict during the day. In that case, he would have a chance to retreat calmly.

Therefore, after some consideration, Fletcher decided to wait for the time being, while searching for the Navy officers and men, while waiting for the exciting good news from his attack planes.

And what is the attack aircraft group that Fletcher has high hopes for at this time doing?

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"I've got another one!" A fighter pilot of Daming Hainan Airlines excitedly shouted in the communication channel: "I have five crashes, I am an ace pilot!" ”

"Huh." Lin Luo, who was in a good mood, sat on the chair and crossed his legs and shook his head with a chuckle, and the staff officers around him also laughed out loud. At this moment, the communication radio in the bridge of the Beihai was turned on, and everyone could hear the shouts of the fighter pilots in the distant sky.

Because he received the warning from the second attack wave group, Lin Luo sent all the air defense fighters that could be sent out in his hands into the sky early. And because it is known from which direction the Americans are coming, the forces are very concentrated.

At this moment, a large number of warships of the Second and Second Air Fleets of the Ming Navy have already been arranged into a perfect air defense formation. Countless anti-aircraft guns spewed tongues of fire into the sky. Shoot down one American fighter plane after another.

The number of these US fighters is quite large, and there are nearly 200 of them. Moreover, the quality of the American fighters is not bad, and although the quality of the pilots is not as good as that of the elites of the Daming Hainan Airlines, they have also undergone a long period of training. Overall it's good. In peacetime, this group of attack aircraft is definitely a huge threat. But today, at this moment, it's different.

As for the reason, it is very simple, because they do not have escort fighters.

A group of slow-moving bombers and torpedo planes, starved of self-defense weapons, and assaulting a well-defended fleet without fighter escort are simply looking for death. Especially since the defending side also has such a large number of air defense fighters!

Before the arrival of the attack aircraft group of the Americans, Lin Luo had already analyzed through the telegram of the forward commander that the 59th Fleet could not pose any threat to him in a short period of time. Because, Lin Luo immediately released a large number of air defense fighters.

In addition to several aircraft carriers that were wounded in previous battles and sent back home for repairs, as well as a system upgrade in the shipyard. And, of course, remove the aircraft carriers that are in service with the Mediterranean Fleet. At this moment, among the three air fleets of the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Navy, a total of twenty-five aircraft carriers are in service.

The First Air Fleet commanded by Tong Haifeng had nine aircraft carriers, while the Second and Third Air Fleets commanded by Lin Luo and Han Dongwen each had eight. At this time, the second and third air fleets are together, which means that this extremely large fleet has a total of up to sixteen large fleet aircraft carriers!

The fleet was so large that it stretched for tens or hundreds of nautical miles. Even if there is no complete carrier-based air wing, these 16 aircraft carriers carry at least more than 1,000 fighters. It's a devastating force.

Lin Luo personally commanded the Second Air Fleet to break ahead. Han Dong-moon's Third Air Fleet dragged dozens of nautical miles away. After receiving the early warning, Lin Luo immediately ordered Han Dongwen to send air defense fighters over, making the number of air defense fighters facing the US fighter formation exceed 300!

That's a number that's enough to fill the entire sky.

Wu Hao's attack aircraft group, which had more numbers than the Americans, better pilots, better technical experience and quality, and stronger aircraft quality and determination to fight to the death than the Americans, paid a heavy price when it broke through the interception of the air defense fighters of the 59th Task Force, not to mention the weaker Americans.

And the most important point is that Wu Hao had seventy fighters to escort him at that time!

The attack aircraft group of the Americans looked formidable, but they did not escort the fighter group, and could only directly face more than 300 air defense fighters piloted by elite pilots on their own. Even, the bombers and torpedo planes of the Americans were not enough for those air defense fighters to carve up.

Under such circumstances, the American fighter pilots could only desperately choose the closest warship to attack. For the aircraft carriers far away in the core circle of formation defense, they can only sigh with admiration.

Moreover, under the cross-strike of the sky and the sea. The US attack aircraft group was almost unable to organize a decent joint attack, and could only fight alone to fight the flames. The results speak for themselves.

After dozens of minutes of fierce naval and air battles, only a dozen or so fighters of the nearly 200 US attack planes escaped in the chaos. The rest of the fighters were all shot down.

After paying such a heavy price, the Americans were far less than they would have liked. They sank only one heavy cruiser and three destroyers on the periphery, in addition to wounding four other battleships. This result was completely disproportionate to the scale of the Americans' sorties and the heavy losses. (To be continued.) )