Chapter 103: Naval and Air Melee

On the island of Croatia's right flank, dense warships appeared all over the world, five aircraft carriers appeared at the same time, and more than 30 US Alaska-class cruisers escorted five aircraft carriers, each of which weighed more than 30,000 tons and was equipped with nine 304-mm naval guns.

The cruisers that appeared were heavy cruisers, equipped with eight to nine 203 mm guns with a range of more than 20 nautical miles, mainly used to attack enemy surface ships and protect aircraft carriers from attack, in addition, they were also equipped with 10 to 16 secondary guns, with a caliber of less than 130 mm, and at the same time, dozens of automatic guns were also equipped to fight planes and small ships.

The most terrifying thing is the three South Dakota-class battleships of the US army, three powerful triple 406mm main guns aimed at the destroyer, more than 20 auxiliary 127mm turrets rotate at the same time, and the length of 239 meters is compared to the 280 meters length of the battleship Bavaria, which seems to be a little slim, but the firepower is definitely not slim.

Del Rio's whole person almost collapsed, as soon as these Allied navies appeared, he immediately felt that things were a little wrong, especially the Allied aircraft carriers were all safe and sound, Del Rio immediately thought of the conspiracy, and the intelligence did not say that there were aircraft carriers near Croatia, as well as the deadly South Dakota-class battleships.

"Withdraw! Return, Hurry Back!! After Del Rio reacted, he pulled his throat and shouted loudly for the order to return, but unfortunately his order was too late, and the deafening artillery bombardment rang out in unison, and the two destroyers on both sides of Del Rio instantly exploded into a sea of fire, and the fire illuminated most of the sea area in the continuous explosion.

The main guns of the South Dakota-class battleships were not powerful, and the destroyers that were said to be very agile were also selected under the three-gun salvo, plus there were more than 20 secondary guns interfering with fire, and Delio's destroyer was also attacked by several secondary guns, although it did not hit the vital point, it was almost paralyzed.

Boom... Boom... The South Dakota-class battleship opened fire again, aiming at the No. 1 destroyer that quickly turned around and retreated, and under the intensive artillery fire, the No. 1 destroyer was hit by several shells that missed, and the deterrent power of the shells directly shook the U-turn No. 1 destroyer to the ground, and there was a sound of glass shattering in the command room.

As Del Rio got up from the ground, one of his men ran up to him and said, "Ahem... Sir, sir, the engine room of our ship is on fire, the bottom of the cabin is flooded with bullets, the flames are about to burn to the ammunition depot, sir, jump into the sea, or it will be too late! ”

With the support of his men, Del Rio stood up tremblingly, and ordered while coughing: "Ahem... Ahem... Run? Where can we run now? Fight back, fight back with all your might! Even if we die, we have to pull a boat on the back! What are you doing in a daze? Not yet..."

Boom... Boom... Under a series of artillery bombardments, Destroyer No. 1 was like a whip target at sea, hitting Destroyer No. 1 under the attack of Allied artillery fire, and in the strong explosion and flames, a dazzling wave of fire appeared in front of Delrio's eyes, and there was no scream, and the whole person instantly ignited and exploded into minced meat in the high temperature flames.

At the same time, on the battleship Bavaria, which was attacking Croatia Island head-on, when Lordaeron had just finished issuing a sortie on the right flank, the Allied fleet appeared on the Croatian island on the left flank, and the roaring artillery fire attacked the Nazi fleet, and the two ordinary battleships exploded under artillery fire.

Woo... Woo... The left flank fleet suddenly sounded a loud alarm, and the cruisers, battleships, and destroyers on the right flank turned around at the same time, abandoning the futile bombardment of the artillery fire on Croatia, and the transports began to retreat as soon as possible, and all the landing ships that were still landing returned to the transports.

Lordaeron slammed the table with a black face, and decisively ordered: "Damn! These cunning Americans, conspiracy, great conspiracy, the whole army retreats! Protect the transport ship and retreat first, Messenger, call for air support in Verona, damn Yankees, don't think you're the only ones in ambush! Pearl Harbor means are useless to us! ”

With Lordaeron's order, the transport ships were the first to withdraw under the protection of the destroyers, and there were still most of the soldiers and armed tracked armored vehicles that had not landed in time, and the cruisers covered the retreat of the battleships with scattered fire attracted by free sea, and the Allied navy on the left flank had only two battleships, and as for the aircraft carriers, they all ran to the right flank.

Buzzing... On the right side of Croatia there was once again an overwhelming number of planes, this time fierce enough to see as many as five or six hundred old bombers and fighters under the light of lightning and thunder and fire.

Bang... Thundered... The sound of fighting on the sea continued to fire at each other, and all the Nazi soldiers who had landed on the Croatian island retreated, and more than a dozen Sherman tanks appeared on the island, and in the absence of anti-tank equipment, these tanks were simply the king, not to mention that the firepower of the sea fleet was transferred to the Allied navy, and there was no time to care about shelling Croatia.

Lordaeron was busy in the battleship command room, observing the situation on both wings from time to time, and when he saw the plane logo through the telescope during the lightning flash, he couldn't help but scold: "Damn, it's the British's plane!" Intelligence Mistakes!! The right flank fleet commanded the air to counterattack the aircraft and quickly evacuated closer, notified the fleet air defense department, increased firepower to shoot down the aircraft, and supported it for ten minutes! ”

After Lordaeron gave the order, the whole heart was cold, and the original confident sneak attack plan, but I didn't expect to fall into the conspiracy of the Allies, and the ships that began to fall were all bait, and the real aircraft carriers of the main fleet had long been hidden, and the most hateful thing was to repeat the Battle of Pearl Harbor, and withdraw the main force to attract the sweetness first.

All this is a premeditated seduction conspiracy, and he himself is stupidly hooked, knowing that he has been tricked around, Lordaeron's whole person is so angry that he almost burst his veins, and the sneak attack with heavy losses, the most hateful thing is that the British also made do with it, how did they know about their sneak attack plan on their side?

Lordaeron has not yet sorted out the clues, the roar of artillery fire outside deeply stimulates Lordaeron's nerves, one after another battleships and cruisers are buried at the bottom of the sea, the Allied aircraft carriers are even more dominating in the sea, one after another planes take off and accurately hit the fleet on the right flank, and the left flank is also wrecked ships with heavy casualties one after another.

Lordaeron, who prayed silently, looked forward to the support of the air force in Verona, and the correspondent reported the news of the collapse of Lordaeron: "Report to the commander, the air force of Verona has been intercepted and there is no way to support us, and the Allies have set up a large number of air defenses near the port of Padua..."

After the communicator's report, another correspondent immediately reported: "Report to the chief, the right flank fleet has suffered heavy casualties, and requests a quick evacuation of the battlefield..."

When Lordaeron heard the news of a series of defeats and requests for retreat, the whole person almost fainted with anger, and his hands clenched into fists slammed viciously on the table, roaring angrily and yelling: "Damn Yankees, damn British, you brutes, don't think that Lordaeron will..."

After Lordaeron roared for a moment, he calmed down and gave a decisive order: "Abandon the right flank fleet, the left flank fleet escorts and protects the center flank fleet retreat, concentrates the fire on the attack aircraft, gathers the center flank fleet closer, focuses on protecting the battleship Bavaria, and executes the order!" ”

Bang... Thundered... The fleet on the right flank was attacked by bombers and fighters in the sky, and more than 30 ships became several in the blink of an eye, and the number was still rapidly declining, and heavy artillery fire and bombs fell from the sky, and as long as the planes hit did not explode, there was still hope of survival when they fell into the sea.

In just ten minutes of attack time, the entire sea surface presented a sea of fire, bean-sized raindrops and strong winds and waves were difficult to extinguish the flames, a large number of corpses and wounded soldiers floating on the sea, the sunken ship turned over and slowly sank to the bottom of the sea, groans and sounds of help sounded in the sea continuously.

When the bombers dropped bombs and ship shells exploded, a large number of corpses and wounded soldiers were blown up, stumps and severed hands were everywhere, greasy grease and blood polluted the sea, and the explosion of shells rolled up wave after wave, and suddenly there was a huge explosion sound from the bottom of the sea, and the violent water column exploded up about dozens of meters wide.

When the Yellow Wolf Submarine chased the Red Wolf Submarine within three nautical miles of the seabed, the Red Wolf Submarine suddenly rose, which caught the originally locked Yellow Wolf Submarine off guard, and was about to launch a torpedo attack.

In the operation room of the Red Wolf submarine, Sean reported with a smile: "Cruz, there is pressure, Torpedo No. 5 and No. 6 cabins are on standby at any time!" ”

After Gou Bin heard Sean's words, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Good job Snoopy!" Ascend the submarine at full speed, throw off the submarine behind, use that kind of ascent as fast as possible, Sean, get ready for a torpedo attack! Jimmy, watch out for the submarines in the back and don't let their torpedoes get to us! ”

Sean grinned and said, "Ok, the torpedo launcher is ready, ready to attack at any time!" ”

Jimmy covered the headphones in his ear, listened to the fluctuating sound from the sonar, and reported: "The enemy submarine is rising closely, the position is about three nautical miles away from us, Cruze, there are reefs in front, it is better to turn off the engine and move forward, otherwise we will have to run aground!" ”

Gou Bin sneered and said: "Hmph~ Just let them follow, turn off the engine and electric drive, and rise freely to change the target, Sean, prepare for a torpedo attack, pay attention to my orders, prepare!" ”

After Gou Bin finished speaking, the whole person closed his eyes tightly, and he had a premonition that the crisis ability was activated again, he believed that the submarine behind him would definitely attack, and now the whole submarine has become a target form, he believes that the submarine behind will definitely not miss such a good opportunity, Sean opened the torpedo launcher under Gou Bin's order, and prepared the torpedo compartment with electric power to drive the torpedo compartment.

"Launch!" Gou Bin suddenly shouted and fired the torpedo, Sean suddenly pressed the torpedo launcher under Gou Bin's shout, and grunted... Grunt... Two torpedoes were fired from the tail of the submarine, and at such a speed, it is believed that it will not take more than ten seconds to hit and explode.

The sonar officer on the Yellow Wolf submarine suddenly shouted in sorrow: "The enemy fires a torpedo!" ”

The captain of the Yellow Wolf submarine was so frightened that he was in a cold sweat, and shouted violently: "Stop the engine!" Stop the engine!! ”

After the submarine torpedo was launched, Gou Bin shouted: "Turn on the electric drive to increase the power rise!" ”

After receiving Gou Bin's order, Sean suddenly started the electric drive submarine propeller, and with the help of the propeller, the entire submarine accelerated its rise and boomed... One torpedo exploded at a moment's notice, and it was too late for the Yellow Wolf submarine to slow down and ascend, and another torpedo hit the Yellow Wolf directly in front of it.

In the rumbling explosion, the Red Wolf submarine was directly boosted by the fluctuations of the explosion, and the rear wing of the submarine was seriously damaged in the explosion, and a large amount of seawater poured into the submarine.