Chapter 7: The World Is Silent
Macbeth trembled as he looked at the ships that had already sunk half of their hulls into the sea, and the corners of his mouth trembled for a while. The U.S. Pacific Navy, known as the most powerful navy in the world, has 3 aircraft carrier battle groups, 46 large combat ships, 5 attack submarines, 17 supply ships, landing ships, maintenance ships, and hospital ships, and 322 fighters. What a huge group of ships, this is replaced by the fact that in the civilized period, this military configuration can destroy a medium-sized country.
But now, looking at the remaining 13 ships that were not very badly damaged, as well as 7 or 8 scarred ships with raging black smoke, and 5 submarines that were not attacked underwater, this is what little of the Pacific Fleet's possessions were left after the air raids. Macbeth looked at the miserable scenery around him, and wanted to cry without tears, during the air raid, almost all the large ships and warships were violently bombarded, and the intact ships were almost all auxiliary ships, and the US submarines were all attack submarines, the attack was very powerful, but the defense was a little worse, and the air attack almost did not play a role in interception, of course, no one would have thought that under the protection of so many ships, the fleet could still be attacked so fiercely.
Macbeth took out a cigarette tremblingly, and lit it with a "snap", this veteran who is over the age of sixtieth is the most senior admiral in the United States, otherwise the United States Government would not hand over the most important Pacific Fleet to him. However, this old man has worked hard all his life and has never made a mistake, and this is the first time he has made a mistake, but he has buried the whole fleet. That's right, the destruction of the Pacific Fleet is not because of how powerful the Huaxia Air Force is, but because of a simple command error, otherwise, with the Pacific Fleet's powerful air defense capabilities and radar system, if the aircraft group that had been attacked had been discovered earlier, even if there were fish that slipped through the net and could have swooped in, at most the Pacific Fleet would have suffered relatively large damage, but it would not have shaken their overall strength.
But now, there are only 13 auxiliary ships left in the intact ships, 7 battleships emitting smoke have all lost their combat effectiveness, aircraft carriers and fighters have been completely destroyed, and the only ones with complete combat strength are only 5 submarines. But what can 5 submarines do? He didn't believe that all the inhabitants and economy of China were on the coast, and there was no strong defense network on the coast.
"How can I go back to my country, my people? And the relatives of these fallen soldiers, how can I deal with them? Macbeth looked at the sky, tears were in his eyes, as a veteran of the Navy for more than 40 years, a cursory glance knew how much damage, this battle, in addition to the destruction of dozens of ships, at least 70,000 people were killed, and the remaining less than 30,000 people were still unknown.
Everyone was silent, they bowed their heads and observed a moment of silence for their dead comrades. Suddenly, there was a muffled "bang", and everyone looked up in surprise, and found that Macbeth was holding a pistol and slowly fell to the ground, with a piercing on his head and temple, and the white brain was slowly flowing out with blood at this time. Silence, deathly silence, Macbeth was surrounded by senior officers of the fleet, they saw Macbeth commit suicide, but there was no trace of turmoil in their hearts, why didn't they want this? With such a big failure, they simply didn't have the courage to go home, and in the face of sad military families, they didn't even have the courage to explain.
On the other side, at the Silvermoon City Air Force Base, the triumphant fighter plane slowly stopped on the runway with a piercing scream. For the first time, the soldiers in the base disobeyed the military order and left their posts without permission to meet them on the lawns on both sides of the runway, but this time, the usually strict commanders did not stop them. The victory was won, the Pacific Fleet was crippled, and the coastline of China was safe, but no one cheered.
Of the 500 warplanes that went on an air raid mission, less than 40 returned...... Originally, during the sneak attack, the pilot only needed to drop the torpedo to complete the mission. But instead of returning home, they poured all the ammunition they carried on the fuselage on the head of the US Navy, which was reassuring. However, when they bombed, in order to accurately hit the target, they flew too low, and the heavy machine guns, and later the close defense guns, which were replenished in time, dealt a devastating blow to the group. There are also some planes on the way back, because of the lack of fuel and crash, in order to carry more ammunition, many aircraft have removed the auxiliary fuel tank, which greatly reduces their combat radius.
Zhou Qian slowly stopped the plane and took off his helmet, he was lucky to survive, but his eyes were moist, and tears kept sliding from the corners of his eyes. It is said that men have tears and do not flick, just because they did not reach the sad place, he successfully completed the task, but he did not feel the slightest pride, strictly speaking, this is a war without victory, the Pacific Fleet of the US army is almost completely annihilated, how can the regular arms of the Chinese Air Force not be disabled?
All the pilots silently climbed off the plane, one by one with teary eyes, they held helmets in their hands, hung their heads, and walked to the barracks without saying a word. All the onlookers slowly made way for them, no cheers, no applause, no noise, they just watched quietly, watching the return of these heroes.
This earth-shattering battle between the Pacific Fleet and the Huaxia Air Force shocked the whole world, and in one day, the Pacific Fleet was destroyed, more than 70,000 navies died tragically, and the Huaxia Guoyinyuecheng Air Base was abolished. US President Alex immediately announced in a televised speech that this day was the National Disaster Day of the United States, and observed a three-minute silence on the spot, and the Huaxia Air Force also held a grand collective funeral for the killed pilots. On the same day, two countries were plunged into great grief at the same time, and the war was cruel, but the great price could not prevent it.
After reading out the facts of the collapse of the Pacific Fleet, US President Alex immediately ordered the remaining two major armies to step up their offensive and send another US navy, the US Coastal Fleet, to the Philippines to support the US troops trapped there.
At the same time, King Vincent of the Chinese Federation released a televised speech, strongly expressing his determination to resist the war to the end and his confidence in the final victory. The whole country of China has a kind of blind worship of Vincent, after seeing the oath of their leader, the enthusiastic Chinese young people lined up in front of the conscription offices in various places, the Chinese people love peace, but they are never afraid of war.