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Any fighter needs a certain climb to gain altitude. The fighter jets that have just taken off are basically at sea level. They might be able to attack the torpedo planes that came from the sea, but what about the dive bombers that swooped down from a height of 3,000 meters? For aircraft carriers, dive bombers are far more of a threat than torpedo planes.

In less than ten minutes, a wave of attacks. Hundreds of Ming dive bombers and torpedo planes destroyed four US escort aircraft carriers.

The Corregidor was hit by two armor-piercing shells, detonating the U.S. fighters in the hangar who were refueling and hanging bombs for takeoff, causing a violent chain explosion. The Liscom was hit by four armor-piercing shells, also destroyed by the detonation of fuel ammunition in the hangar.

Due to the raging fire and explosion of the two aircraft carriers, most of the crew members were not able to escape. Many of the crew members were trapped alive in the cabins below deck due to the fire and smoke.

The Shipley, under the control of its captain, miraculously dodged the direct hits of multiple armor-piercing shells, but its weak waterline armor could not resist the onslaught of close misses. The massive water pressure generated by the near-miss explosion severely damaged the underwater armor of the Shipley, resulting in a massive flooding. After all, this aircraft carrier is a warship converted from a civilian ship, and their armor cannot withstand a military-level attack at all.

Although the crew of the Shipley carried out the most tragic plugging operation, and even cost the lives of dozens of crew members in the damage. But in the end, the Shipley was still unable to plug the leak and could not drain quickly because of too much water, and had to abandon the ship. Although it was not directly hit, it sank to the bottom of the ocean an hour and a half later. However, most of the crew on this aircraft carrier survived.

As for the Stimar, it was because in order to avoid the dive bombers in the sky, it ignored the Ming torpedo planes that swept the sea. Four torpedoes were hit in succession by Ming torpedo planes at a distance of 700 meters, still on the same side of the battleship. Not to mention the escort aircraft carrier, the regular aircraft carrier can't carry this.

Although the power of an aviation torpedo is less than that of a ship-based submarine torpedo, it is still a torpedo no matter how small it is. Four torpedoes in quick succession killed the Stimar.

Because the water ingress on the same side was so severe, it directly caused the Stimar to capsize on its side and fall into the sea more than ten minutes later. Hundreds of bilge crew members were trapped and unable to leave, and eventually sank to the bottom of the sea with the ship.

At this time, the first attack wave of the Ming army had already used up more than half of its strength. And half an hour has not yet passed. Ye Feng, commander of the Ming army's attack aircraft group, quickly issued a new order, and all the fighters that had not yet dropped bombs concentrated on attacking the remaining six US aircraft carriers. The rest of the U.S. warships were left to the attack aircraft group behind.

The six fleet aircraft carriers in the most core defense area are already surrounded by more than 100 fighters that take off urgently, and they are also surrounded by dozens of warships of various types. Among them were powerful warships with the same anti-aircraft firepower as the Kidd. It relied on four escort warships to gain a certain amount of time, which frustrated the Ming attack formation's desire to eat all ten aircraft carriers at one time.

More than twenty minutes later, the remaining fighters of the first attack wave of the Ming army began to retreat. They hit four regular U.S. aircraft carriers in the final attack, but the exact extent of the wound is not yet certain.

Looking at the group of Ming military planes gradually moving away in the distant sky, Admiral Higgins had a gloomy expression. Seven of the ten aircraft carriers have already been confirmed to be scrapped and cannot be saved. One was hit by a reduced speed and was unable to take off and land fighters. Only two lightly injured aircraft carriers remain combat-ready, but what is the use of even if there are two aircraft carriers left?

Higgins now didn't know where the Ming aircraft carrier formation was, and he couldn't send his own fleet to counterattack. With the state of his fleet at this moment, even escaping has become a luxury.

"A call from the command of the Navy." The young communications staff officer broke into the bridge of the Oriscani and shouted: "The command of the Navy orders us to retreat immediately!" ”

"Retreat?" Higgins slowly closed his eyes, not looking at the command message of the Navy command at all. How can he retreat in this situation? The Ming Navy was staring at him from afar, and waves of attack planes filled the sky. His fleet can't fly again, how can he retreat? Dive back?

"Order the ships to prepare for air defense operations." After a moment of silence, Higgins turned and instructed his chief of staff to "release all the fighters that could be released." Then the 3rd Patrol Squadron was ordered to return immediately. We can't be wiped out. There must always be some seeds left for the Atlantic Fleet. ”

The 3rd Patrol Squadron is an anti-submarine warfare fleet consisting of one light cruiser lead ship and eight destroyers. These warships basically do not play much role in air defense operations. If you stay to meet the Ming army and bomb it round after round, it will only be a loss in vain.

Higgins, who was the commander of the US Atlantic Fleet, served as the commander of the rescue fleet this time and brought out almost all the ocean-going warships of the Atlantic Fleet. He didn't want to see his fleet wiped out, and he always had to leave some ships alive.

Hundreds of warships of various types in the entire receiving fleet, and countless officers and men looked at the ships of the Third Patrol Fleet with complicated eyes, and then turned around and left to return to the mainland of the United States. One can imagine the mood of these remaining US officers and men. It's just that this is an army, and no one dares to run away without receiving an order.

Dozens of minutes later, the aircraft group of the second attack wave of the Ming army came to the sky above the American fleet. As Higgins thought, they simply didn't have the time and the chance to escape. In a few tens of minutes, the battleship can drive out for a maximum of twenty or thirty nautical miles. But the plane can fly two or three hundred nautical miles. There was no chance of a successful escape at all.

The ensuing battle was uneventful. The second attack wave of the Ming army concentrated its forces on blowing up two aircraft carriers that were still operational, including the U.S. flagship Oriskany. This was followed by a round of bombing of the unsunken aircraft carriers. After that, he flapped his wings triumphantly and left.

Admiral Higgins, commander of the U.S. fleet, ordered the ship to abandon when the Oriscani was blown up and began to sink, and then gave the order for the entire fleet to disperse and break out. All the aircraft carriers have been killed, and there is no need for those escorting warships to continue to fight.

Admiral Higgins refused to evacuate his flagship, and together with the captain, he chose to sink with the ship. In fact, from the moment he saw the fighter group of Daming HNA aircraft, Higgins never thought that he would be able to leave alive. His dignity as a soldier made it impossible for him to accept that he would flee and be court-martialed.

In the end, in this whole day, the Atlantic Fleet of the Ming Navy dispatched five waves of attack aircraft to sink a total of 10 aircraft carriers, 6 large air defense cruisers, 4 heavy cruisers, 11 light cruisers, and dozens of destroyers in the US Navy receiving fleet. The U.S. Navy lost thousands of warplanes and nearly 30,000 casualties!

Because it was a very perfect raid operation, the Ming Navy, which had been flying fighters more than 200 nautical miles away, did not suffer any losses from surface ships, and they only lost less than 300 fighters in total. Even many of the pilots were later rescued by search and rescue ships rushing to the battlefield. Moreover, the search and rescue ships of the Ming army also salvaged a large number of US officers and soldiers.

The huge loss gap between the two sides shook the whole world.

The destruction of the U.S. Navy's response fleet was a catastrophic loss for the U.S. Navy. Their fleet on the east coast of the mainland was almost wiped out, and the entire mainland was exposed to the attacks of the Ming army. However, at this time, the Pacific Fleet, which still had great strength, could not mobilize the fleet to return to the east coast, because the Ming Navy was about to launch an attack on the American continent.

The Americans now have more than 100,000 aircraft of all kinds deployed on their homeland. The number of jets in it is increasing rapidly. However, if there were no naval warships cruising the sea as a mobile Great Wall, the Ming Army's aircraft carrier squadron would have been able to choose the location they saw fit anytime and anywhere and carry out a fierce bombardment of important cities on the east coast of the United States at night. And then before the Americans could react, they walked away.

Under such an urgent situation, the Americans were already looking forward to the arrival of the European Combined Fleet. It's just that the combined fleet at this time fell into a fierce quarrel.

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1,400 nautical miles southeast of Greenland, the huge Combined European Fleet is slowly moving towards the American continent.

"We can't just run headlong into the trap of the Ming army." Danish Navy Commander Wilhelm. Admiral Vest propped his hands on the table in front of him, and expressed his will loudly with a red face: "We should go north at once, and go to Greenland first to avoid the limelight of the Ming army for the time being." Wait until the time is right before heading to the Americas. ”

"When you get to Greenland, the Ming army won't chase after you?" Royal Netherlands Navy Commander Jereman. Admiral Lens sat opposite West, and he looked at West coldly, "There are so many of our ships that Greenland can't fit at all, and there are not enough supplies over there. As long as the Ming army blockades, they can lock us up there. ”

"And." Lens looked around at the many senior admirals of various countries, and said in a deep voice: "I want to remind everyone that now that the Americans' Atlantic Fleet is finished, and if the British refuse to leave their homeland if they are killed, once we are blocked in Greenland, there will be no one to save us." (To be continued.) )