Chapter 793: The Aircraft Carrier Formation Forced to Retreat
In the presidential office of the Pentagon in Washington, Defense Secretary John Marshall could not help but say with a gloomy face when he heard President William Colby ask about the damage: "I didn't expect the Huaxing Society to react so quickly, it just stole hundreds of planes from our Clark Air Force Base, and then the Huaxing Society used the fighters, electronic planes, and early warning planes in it to launch an attack on the two aircraft carrier battle groups of our US Navy, headed by the Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Kennedy and the USS Enterprise. Although the carrier-based aircraft on the USS Kennedy and the USS Enterprise intercepted them, unfortunately the two interceptions failed, and caused the two aircraft carriers to lose a large number of carrier-based aircraft, and finally let the fighters of the Huaxinghui fly over the two aircraft carrier formations. ”
After a pause, Secretary of Defense John Marshall continued: "According to the losses just counted, the USS Kennedy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was hit by 2 aerial bombs and 1 missile, fortunately, the injuries were not serious, but its flight deck was seriously damaged, and it was impossible for fighters to take off and land normally on the flight deck, relatively speaking, the injuries of the USS Enterprise nuclear-powered aircraft carrier were much more serious, and a B-1 strategic bomber stolen by Huaxinghui was loaded with ammunition and hit the flight deck of the Enterprise directly. Not only did the flight deck of the Enterprise be seriously damaged, but it also caused a series of explosions, resulting in damage to the nuclear power system, but fortunately there was no nuclear leakage, but the Enterprise was no longer able to sail on its own, and the Enterprise nuclear-powered aircraft carrier had no way to perform its mission without more than one year of overhaul. ”
At this time, US Vice President Edmund Randolph, who was next to Secretary of Defense John Marshall, asked: "In this case, wouldn't the flight decks of the two aircraft carriers, the USS Kennedy and the USS Enterprise, be unusable?" So what is the situation with the remaining carrier-based aircraft of the 2 aircraft carriers? How many more? ”
Secretary of Defense John Marshall said with a wry smile: "After the remnants of the Huaxinghui Air Force left, there were still 30 F-35C lightning fighters, 4 EA-6B Prowler electronic planes and 4 E-2C Hawkeye early warning aircraft left in the sky above the two air squadrons. However, because the flight decks of the two aircraft carriers were damaged, the remaining carrier-based aircraft are currently flying to the Subic Naval Base. ”
Hearing Secretary of Defense John Marshall say that the remaining carrier-based aircraft of the USS Kennedy and USS Enterprise had gone to Subic Naval Base, President William Colby, Vice President Edmond Randolph and Secretary of State Timothy Pickering couldn't help frowning, after all, there have been two strange disappearances at Subic Naval Base, and these carrier-based aircraft have gone to Subic Naval Base, it is difficult to guarantee that Subic Naval Base will not have a third disappearance, if Huaxing would know that there are more than 40 carrier-based aircraft at Subic Naval Base, I will definitely use that mysterious trick again.
However, as long as the planes are on Philippine soil, they will face the danger of being stolen by the Huaxing Society, and if it were not for the fact that hundreds of planes of the Third Aircraft Wing of the US Marine Corps were stolen by the Huaxing Association at the Clark Air Force Base, where would any attack on the aircraft carrier formation occur, perhaps the entire strength of the Huaxing Air Force would have been wiped out today, and there would be no way for more than 40 carrier-based aircraft to enter the Subic Naval Base.
Then Secretary of Defense John Marshall continued: "In the air raid on our two aircraft carrier formations by the Huaxing Hui Air Force this time, although the two aircraft carriers were not sunk, the other warships suffered considerable losses, one missile destroyer of the USS Kennedy aircraft carrier group and one missile frigate of the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier group were sunk in the air raid, and one missile cruiser of the USS Kennedy aircraft carrier group was also seriously damaged, the power system was damaged, and it could only float on the sea, and several other warships were also damaged to varying degrees. ”
President William Colby asked in a deep voice, "So have the USS Kennedy and USS Enterprise aircraft carrier groups now retreated to the mainland?" ”
Secretary of Defense John Marshall nodded and said, "The USS Enterprise, which lost power, and the missile cruiser, which also lost power, have been dragged by other warships and withdrawn together in the direction of Guam." ”
Guam is the southernmost island of the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, about 7,000 kilometers away from Hawaii, with an area of 549 square kilometers.
Secretary of State Timothy Pickering sighed and said, "After the retreat of the USS Kennedy and USS Enterprise, our attack on Huaxing in the city of Laoag has failed, and this is absolutely shocking news for the whole world!" It is really a fantasy that our powerful United States of America should be defeated in front of such a small Chinese gang as the Huaxing Society, but the reality is real. ”
President William Colby is not willing to admit defeat now, if this attack on Huaxinghui ends in this way, then he, the president of the United States, will face a very bad situation, the news of the destruction of the USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier group, the whole United States knows, the American people also know that the government sent two aircraft carrier groups and marines, ready to exterminate the Huaxinghui terrorist organization, and now tell the American people that the powerful United States not only did not take revenge, With two more nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, the scene will be absolutely mesmerizing, and President William Colby will feel trembling when he thinks about it.
Then President William Colby gritted his teeth and said: "We have not failed, after the air force of the Huaxing Association has achieved a victory after the air attack on our two aircraft carrier formations, although they have achieved a victory, but their fighter losses are also very large, and their strength is equivalent to another heavy loss, we still have three aircraft carrier groups in the South China Sea, and there are more than 40 remaining carrier-based aircraft on the USS Kennedy and Enterprise. The 18,000 men of the 3rd Marine Division outside the city of Laoag basically have no losses, and the remaining more than 100 helicopters and more than 2,000 operational support troops of the 3rd Aircraft Wing of the Marine Corps are also outside the city of Laoag at this moment, and counting the Philippine troops outside the city of Laoag, we still have a chance to liberate the city of Laoag from the hands of the Huaxing Association this time, and we must not give up like this. ”
Vice President Edmond Randolph, Secretary of State Timothy Pickering, and Secretary of Defense John Marshall looked at each other, and they couldn't help but show helpless expressions, they knew what President William Colby was thinking, and they knew why he insisted on continuing to fight, but the three aircraft carrier groups of the US Navy in the South China Sea were confronting the three aircraft carrier battle groups of the Chinese Navy, and it was impossible to concentrate all the carrier-based aircraft to go to the sky above the city of Laoag to compete for air supremacy with the air force of the Huaxing Society.
If you want to completely eliminate the Huaxing Air Force, you mainly have to rely on the more than 40 carrier-based aircraft that retreated to the Subic Naval Base, but these more than 40 carrier-based aircraft are facing the danger of mysterious disappearance.
There are a lot of US troops outside the city of Laoag, and they have a large number of helicopters, but if they can't eliminate the fighters of the Huaxinghui Air Force, let the US helicopters against the fighters of the Huaxinghui basically not much different from sending them to death, but the question now is, with the forces that the US military can mobilize at present, can it completely eliminate the Huaxinghui Air Force? Not everyone is as optimistic as President William Colby.
President William Colby saw that after he finished speaking, the other three people did not react, and sighed secretly in his heart, how could he not know the current bad situation in the Philippines, but he must not admit defeat, otherwise a series of serious consequences will be forced into his mouth.
President William Colby hesitated and asked Secretary of Defense John Marshall, "Can you mobilize some fighter jets to the battlefield in the Philippines near the Philippines?" ”
Defense Secretary John Marshall thought for a moment and said: "From the South Korean garrison, we can draw some fighters, but the number is not much, we have only deployed less than 30 fighters in the entire South Korea, and most of the troops stationed in Japan have been transferred to the Philippine battlefield, and it is impossible to draw fighters from Japan into the Philippine battlefield, so it is impossible to add too many fighters and other types of fighters to the Philippine battlefield in a short period of time." ”
President William Colby then asked, "Can you send some fighters from Guam into the Philippine theater?" ”
In recent years, in order to threaten East Asian countries, in fact, aimed at China, the US military has upgraded and renovated its military base in Guam on a large scale, building a new dock for nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, a missile defense system, and a number of bases for actual combat exercises. In addition, the US military is also expanding the air base on the island, adding a number of fighter jets and strategic bombers, but at this time, the dock of the Guam military base does not have an aircraft carrier group of the US Navy.
Secretary of Defense John Marshall nodded reluctantly and said: "We have deployed a large number of strategic bombers on Guam, and there are also quite a few fighters, but some of them can be sent to the Philippine battlefield, but which airport should the fighters drawn from Guam be placed?" You must know that all the airports in the Philippines are not safe, and it is very likely that as soon as the fighter jets we pulled from Guam enter the Philippines, they will encounter strange disappearances. ”
Vice President Edmond Randolph also said: "President, the kind of strange means that Huaxing will have is really unguardable, not to mention the transfer of fighter jets from Guam to the Philippines, and even the more than 40 carrier-based aircraft flying to Subic Naval Base are facing the same danger, should we really consider temporarily stopping the attack on Huaxing in the city of Laoag?" We need some time to rework a plan for Huaxing! ”
Secretary of State Timothy Pickering also nodded and said, "President, I think we should rethink it." ”
After the heavy damage to the USS Kennedy and the USS Enterprise, several high-ranking American officials did not agree on whether to continue the attack on Huaxing in Laoag, but it was not long before several high-ranking American leaders received another piece of dismal news, which shook President William Colby's firm confidence.
The remnants of the more than 40 carrier-based planes on the USS Kennedy and USS Enterprise that had just arrived at the Subic naval base were once again disappearing one after another under the noses of many US Navy officers and men.
The Americans were completely correct in their guesses, and after the Freikorps Air Force completed the air raids on the USS Kennedy aircraft carrier group and the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier group, the fighters that were finally able to return to the Laoag airfield were only 1 A-10B Intruder fighter, 2 F-35C Lightning fighters, 12 FA-18 Super Hornet fighters, 10 AV-8B Harrier attack aircraft, 1 EA-6B Prowler electronic aircraft, and 2 E-2C Hawkeye early warning aircraft.
Although the Air Force of the Free Corps has achieved victory, but its own losses are also very large, Lin Daxin saw nearly 100 fighters, only came back less than 30, the first thought is that we should continue to add some fighters to the Air Force of the Free Corps, now the Air Force of the Free Corps in addition to the above 25 fighters, 1 electronic aircraft and 2 early warning aircraft, the remaining fighters are only 10 F-16 fighters, 2 electronic aircraft and 2 early warning aircraft, the overall strength is much lower than before the air attack on the 2 aircraft carrier formations.
When the USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier sank the US Navy, Lin Daxin took the opportunity to steal the remaining carrier-based aircraft of the USS Eisenhower.
This time, Lin Daxin knew that although the two aircraft carriers of the US Navy were not sunk, the flight deck was seriously damaged, and he immediately hit the idea on the remnants of the carrier-based aircraft of the USS Kennedy and the USS Enterprise.
Soon Lin Daxin received news from the members of the Huaxing Association who were in charge of monitoring the Subic Naval Base that a large number of warplanes had landed at the airfield of the Subic Naval Base.
As soon as Lin Daxin heard this, he knew that these fighters that landed at the Subic Naval Base must be the remnants of the USS Kennedy and the USS Enterprise, so what else could Lin Daxin have to be polite, he immediately set off for the Subic Naval Base, and then easily transported 34 F-35C Lightning fighters, 4 EA-6B Prowler electronic planes and 4 E-2C Hawkeye early warning aircraft from the Subic Naval Base to the time and space of the Chinese Empire. (To be continued.) )