While the Development Bank was settling an agreement with the British and was busy appraising the artifacts and jewels, the prisoner deal was completed at Tung Ku.

It took three days from the arrival of the American freighter, and all the lathes needed for Dong Ku were in place, most of which were unloaded in San Diego and shipped inland.

Some of the equipment was transported to Manzanillo, where the ship was unloaded and the ship was struggling to leave the harbor.

A pair of eyes hiding in the shadows looked through the binoculars, carefully examining the docks, inspecting the forts, and inspecting the surrounding defenses.

The U.S. military did not rush to attack, just wondering why the six battleships disappeared quietly? The enemy's combat effectiveness makes them uncertain, and they must know the opponent to the greatest extent, otherwise, it will be an uncertain battle.

It was agreed to exchange prisoners for equipment, one for the purpose of exchanging the prisoners back, and the other was to take the opportunity to understand the enemy's combat effectiveness, or at least the defense of the harbor. They knew very well in their hearts that with the simple shore defense they had left behind, it would be impossible to sink six warships.

You must know that the Ludao battleship is not a small freighter, so the volume is sunk. Although the two destroyers in there are a little old, they are definitely not sunk by the old 200-caliber coastal defense guns on the shore, and I am afraid that without good armor-piercing shells, the defense will be difficult to break.

Aircraft, these two days also launched a high-altitude reconnaissance. But nothing was found. All they saw was the few soldiers wandering, and the troops digging trenches along the Holguin line. As for the specific defense, judging from the conclusion they have reached, the one that rushes up is the formation of positions. Not even long-range artillery support was seen.

With the return of the freighter, the news had reached Roosevelt, who, after reading the report, agreed with Harry's suggestion to urgently find out the enemy's firepower and the number of troops in the afternoon when he received the prisoners.

In the evening, I got all the information, that is, the opponent's marksmanship was very accurate, all sniper rifles with scopes, and the caliber was also 7.62. Apparently a Garand modification. However, the number of artillery pieces and the number of troops of the opposing side are unknown. There is artillery.

This information illustrates the fact that the weapons of the other side were not seized from their own side, but were supported by outside countries.

Roosevelt sat there quietly with a gloomy face. He didn't know who was dealing with him, against the United States. But obvious. The other side is the behind-the-scenes force that supports this so-called independence army.

"Blockade of the Panama Canal!"

"Blockade of the Caribbean. and the waters around the Tesque Islands. Keep it under surveillance! ”

Roosevelt ordered with a gloomy face: "Attack at dawn tomorrow!" ”

With Roosevelt's finalization, the mixed fleet of two aircraft carriers left Jamaica and headed for Manzanillo. Prepare for the dawn attack on Manzanillo.

The reason why Santiago was not attacked was that the generals believed that the defense there was denser than that of Manzanillo, after all, a large number of lathes were transported there, and it was obviously a key defensive area.

Holguin is also in the main direction of the offensive, which is the passage for the army's advance, so five hundred bombers, three hundred attack aircraft are ready, and although the airfields are a little smaller, several airfields take off, which can still meet the needs of the formation.

As soon as the aircraft carrier formation moved, Dong Ku received the news. He knew that Roosevelt was ready to do it.

There was also the airfield opposite Holguin, which was also loading planes with bombs overnight, apparently preparing for an overwhelming bombing.

After reading the two telegrams, Dong Ku smiled and said, "Inform all departments to get ready, we have to receive all planes!" ”

Time passed slowly, and the air seemed to freeze a little because of the depression before the war. Both sides are preparing for the big war.

In the city, all the residents have been evacuated to the woods on the outskirts of the city to avoid damage caused by the bombing of unstoppable planes. Anti-aircraft guns are already in place, set up in various positions where there is a possibility of low-level. Those mobile anti-aircraft guns add up to one hundred and twenty twin guns, and there is no problem supporting each node.

In the sea breeze, the morning star rises, and dawn is coming.

On the sea, battleships, destroyers, and frigates surrounded the aircraft carriers and closely monitored the surroundings. On the aircraft carrier, the lights were bright, and one after another fighter planes roared off the deck and circled in the air to assemble.

Outside Holguin's forward position, planes were also gathering, preparing to enter the sky over the bombing target at dawn and bomb at full load. Anyway, it is impossible for the other side to have planes, at most anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns.

The planes were assembled quickly, one after another left the deck, and in just half an hour, all the attack planes were lifted into the air, and then the bombers took off, quickly formed formations, and rose high in the darkness of dawn, and in the clouds, flew towards Manzanillo.

"Thunderbird 1 reports that a group of enemy aircraft was found, at a distance of forty kilometers! Three formations, flying towards Manzanillo! ”

The silent early morning was awakened by this report, and then the anti-aircraft guns pointed in the predetermined direction, ready to attack at any time.

Thirty kilometers, only a few minutes, here to transport ammunition, waiting for the fire Del soldiers are still very nervous. They stared at the sky that was about to reveal the whiteness of the fish's belly, waiting for the order to fire.

"The goal is near! Distance 15! Speed 240, height 5,000!! ”

With the report of the second voice, all the anti-aircraft artillery positions immediately shouted: "Speed 240!" Height five thousand, ready!! ”

As soon as the shouting fell, a third report sounded from the radar.

"Distance 5, speed 240, height 5,000!"

The voice of the report fell, the commander looked at the watch, the machine selected the amount in advance, and when the time arrived, he just heard the roar, and shouted: "Ready...... Put!!! ”

As the roar fell, the silent dawn was immediately noisy. The sound of tom tom cannon rang out intensively, and strings of red balls flew into the sky.

The US fighter plane was passing through the clouds, also calculating the distance, and seeing that it had reached the vicinity of the coastline, the handheld plane leading the team had not yet given the order to lower the altitude and enter combat readiness, when suddenly, the pilot of the plane saw a dense fire flashing below in front of him.

What is that place? What kind of fire is that?

Everyone looked at the location of the firelight through the gap in the mist, and no one thought that it was their nightmare.

Before the grandmother's head fell, suddenly, a loud bang sounded next to the head of the plane, and the violently expanding pressure immediately broke the wings, and before the pilot could react, the plane rolled and fell under the clouds.

"I was hit!!"

The pilot had only time to shout this sentence and parachuted.

The moment he left the cabin, his ears were immediately deaf. The explosion rang out above his head, and luckily he was not hit by shrapnel, but he lost his sense of hearing, and only felt the air squeezing in bursts.

Is this an anti-aircraft gun......

He opened his parachute dizzily, and when the bag opened, he couldn't see the flash in the clouds above.

As he parachuted, a dense explosion immediately sealed off the area. The bomber group of one of their formations was all enveloped in shells.

Twenty bombers and fifteen attack planes were damaged in the dense explosion, and they did not even have a chance to dodge. Those explosions were all around us, and there was no way to dodge them.

The furious pressure directly tore through the bomber's fuselage, and in the frightened shouts of the pilot, the plane shattered with this memory.

The moment the cold wind poured in, everyone panicked and parachuted to escape.

The plane had broken its wings, and there was no way to control it, and no matter how big and stupid they were, they couldn't fly the plane with this wing.

Rumble!

A loud bang drowned out all the explosions, and a bomber was in a dive, trying to dodge the shelling, when it was hit directly by a shell, and the violent explosion detonated the bomb on the plane, followed by an even more violent explosion.

In a dazzling fireworks, the hapless plane was torn apart, and when the flames were gone, only fragments of writing were left scattered and fell.

"Pull up !!"

"Oh God!!"

The planes behind were frightened by the dense explosions, and they didn't know what kind of shells the other party was, so they tightened their joysticks in horror, trying to pull up the planes and dodge the fire of the anti-aircraft guns.

It's a pity that those shells exploded like long eyes, in front of and behind planes, left and right, whether they climbed or turned, without delaying the explosion. In the dense explosion, several planes did not even have a chance to parachute, and were directly torn apart by the agitated pressure in the air, throwing the pilot's body out.

In less than two minutes, all 35 planes in a formation were shot down, and smoke was constantly rising from the sky, and planes lacking wings burrowed out of the clouds and fell to the sea.

The white clouds were so elegant in the sky lit up by the white belly of the fish, but most of them were dead. They were either shocked to death or hit by shrapnel, and even their parachutes were mostly tattered, unable to hold back the wind, and quickly chased after the wreckage of the falling plane.

The other two formations had the same fate, although the number of planes was not as large as this one, but the shells were not less than enough, and in the same short period of one or two minutes, all the planes crashed, and there was not one left.

On the aircraft carrier, the generals of the US military were dumbfounded at this time. They kept hearing that I had been hit, but no one answered the calls. Those violent explosions did not give the pilots of the plane time at all, and the frantically jolting fuselage made it impossible for everyone to describe what was going on except to shout in horror.

It is impossible to know the reason for this, but one thing is certain, they were bombarded by anti-aircraft guns in the clouds.

What is this air defense power? Who are they? How to use such means of air defense?

Question marks pop up, but they don't get answered. Nearly 100 planes were lost, and all of them lost contact in just a minute or two, and this huge change made the hands and feet of the aircraft carrier admirals cold.

How else can this be an air raid? (To be continued......)