In terms of carrier-based aircraft, the CV-67 "John F. Kennedy" is temporarily busy with damage management, whether it is released or the recovery work has been completely terminated, and the CVN-71, which has not suffered any injuries for the time being, has taken over from the "Kennedy" to recover a wave of aerial fighters, and as for the release of interceptors that are vital to the fleet's air defense, at least some air tankers must be sent to support several VFs and VFAs that have been fighting for a long time, and they can only be handed over to the CVN-73 "George Washington", which can barely operate with broadside catapults.

Organized into three heavy aircraft carriers, the current sortie and recovery capacity of fighters is actually equivalent to that of a "Nimitz" class, which is by no means good news for front-line combatants, and Lieutenant General William Pratt, who is in charge of "Theodore Roosevelt", is even more difficult to accept.

But in any case, after a wave of missile baptism, the aircraft carriers of the United States are still floating on the sea, and the losses of the main forces of the fleet are not severe, is this also a little lucky?

In the midst of a steel monster with a full load displacement of 100,000 tons, the lucky missile of the "Theodore Roosevelt" did not hit, and the commanders who were extremely nervous but did not feel much of the fighting atmosphere were shocked, but Lieutenant General William Pratt had a little inexplicable feeling for the rest of his life, to be honest, deduction on paper is one thing, and the pressure is completely different when it really encounters a huge number of anti-ship missile assaults.

This was probably the case, but as the ships reported their losses, the vice admiral's mood could not calm down at all.

A regiment of "Backfire" bombers, carrying more than 100 anti-ship missiles, faced such a serious threat. Even if there is a "tomcat" screen in the sky. The Aegis system of surface warships is also doing its best. The swarm of "return guns" still dealt heavy casualties to the U.S. Navy, and Vice Admiral Pratt soon realized that he had made a mistake in his initial judgment based solely on battlefield surveillance information.

At first glance, after the Russians' "return rifles" raged, not a single battleship of the United States has been sunk at the moment.

According to the hastily submitted report, except for one "Ticonderoga"-class cruiser, the CG-58 "Philippine Sea," which has suffered heavy damage and the crew has abandoned ship, the damage management personnel on the other warships are still working together. The Mach 5 AS-16 doesn't seem to be as terrifying as the legend says.

But on the other hand, whether the warship is still floating on the surface of the water and whether it still has combat capability in the real sense are often two different things for the weaponry of the modern navy.

Looking at the era of World War II a few decades ago, as far as combat ships with artillery as their main weapon and few and backward electronic equipment were concerned, even if they were severely damaged in battle, as long as the ammunition of each artillery was not destroyed and the sighting equipment was not completely destroyed, the combat effectiveness could still be basically guaranteed.

But what about modern warships, almost every weapon and equipment requires electricity, and in the case of damage to the hull itself. The normal power supply of the whole ship will also be interrupted, although the warship will have a complete emergency power supply system. But it can only maintain the basic control system and other key parts can still operate, and other things such as AN/SPY-1C, combat command center and the like are probably not able to be counted on.

Because of this, unlike the optimistic judgment just now, Vice Admiral William Pratt soon found that the strength of the three-aircraft carrier battle group under his command had fallen to the ground, and not only the escort ships on the periphery were greatly damaged - at least one would definitely be sunk, and another three or four would be completely incapacitated, and even the heavy aircraft carriers had eaten a lot of missiles, and now the CV-67 "John F. Kennedy" had almost become a scrap ship, plus the failure of the "Roosevelt" and the injury on the foredeck of the "Washington", The vice admiral, who fluctuated violently, found that he did not have a single aircraft carrier in good condition to fight.

Damn, if that's the case, there's only one way to retreat!

Standing in the combat command room of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the frustrated Vice Admiral looked up at the ceiling, although through the heavy cabins and the solid flight deck, Pratt seemed to be able to see a scene of the aftermath of the catastrophe at sea, the gray track in the sky had not yet dissipated, the U.S. Navy battleship cruising far away was billowing smoke, the CG-58 "Philippine Sea" where the crew had escaped was burning, and the speed of filling the sea valve could not catch up with the time when the battleship burned out......

At the moment of the war, the mood was a little inexplicable, from the nervousness and excitement when facing the "Backfire" group at the beginning, to the desperate mentality of watching the missiles attack, Pratt's heart was mixed.

The battle that broke out in the Northwest Pacific Ocean was never met once, although the main forces of the two fleets never met once, but the vice admiral knew very well that after a victory and defeat in the sky, he, the huge ship group he led, and even the century-old navy of the entire United States of America, were now only as thin as a piece of paper from defeat.

Hmph, or to admit it more happily, U.S. Navy has already lost.

As a senior U.S. Navy admiral with many years of service in the Navy and rich experience in warfare, William Pratt is no longer so obsessed with the concept of victory and defeat, but he really never thought and never foresaw this, the United States aircraft carrier battle group with sea and air superiority would not be able to withstand the "backfire" surprise attack of the Russians - of course, he did not think that as a fleet commander, if he could know in advance how Ivan would fight, how could he let the ship group approach the Kamchatka coastline, Taking risks to lure the Russian Pacific Fleet to a decisive battle?

With a huge force of 30 warships, the U.S. Navy's first independent battle in this world war was so unexpected.

Next, no matter what the Americans who are suffering from pain think, or what kind of action they want to take, it is already an impossible task to change the battlefield situation, just lost the CV-67, and several "Super Hornets" on it, the entire fleet was blown up by the stormy "return gun", the once confident United States fleet is now a little reluctant to protect itself, and it is even more of a luxury to fly a large group of aircraft to counterattack.

Beaten by a large Kh-15 with a blue nose and swollen face, the depression of the Americans is all-round.

From the appearance of "backfire" in the sky, to the batch of "return pistols" pierced into their heads, the fleet watch built by the Americans with a lot of money is actually a little clumsy; Now, without waiting for what the rich and politicians in the rear have to say, Lieutenant General William Pratt was furious and put most of the account on the head of the "sickle".

Damn "scythe", bullshit crazy Ivan, this guy is really hateful to the extreme!

The vice admiral's indignation is probably in line with the facts, if it were not for Viktor Rezenov's obstruction and harassing the US Navy's carrier-based aircraft everywhere, no matter how many "backfires" flew over land, there were "immortal birds" in the ammunition depots of aircraft carriers, and no matter how many bombers and heavy anti-ship missiles of the Russians were, in short, it would have been impossible to break through the air defense circle of the fleet, and a tragic defeat could have been avoided!

In the face of unfavorable war conditions, the Yankees had a lot of grievances, but Long Yun, who flew back, didn't care at all.

Just served as a fighter to escort the "backfire", in fact, he was in front of the road, two fierce battles, on the sky shape shì of the rapid change, the psychological pressure brought to him is really not small, but fortunately, the end of the battle is a qiē shun lì, in the face of the threat of F-14A+/D, the white twenty Su-27M2 is not bad, and now a guy has shot down a few "Tomcats" and returned to the sea is proof.

When the 317th Guards Regiment launched a salvo of anti-ship missiles, the mission was actually completed, Long Yun didn't have the heart to pay attention to the outcome of those American warships guarding around the aircraft carrier at this time, he was thinking about a very important question, and the piloting control in his hand was not delayed at all.

In a row with two waves of "Tomcat" and "Super Cat" hand-to-hand combat, the internal oil is in a hurry, and the white No. 20 must land as much as possible.

For today's battle, at the beginning, the An-124B was sent into the battlefield, and after the fierce battle and escape, theoretically Long Yun did not have to look for the heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser of the Red Navy in the vast sea, take the initiative to approach and then complete the landing, he could also choose to meet with the IL-78M air tanker of the Red Air Force after leaving the battlefield, replenish several thousand liters of fuel and fly directly back to the land base.

The facelifted Su-27M2, unlike the Su-27S, an early batch of the Soviet VVS, still has a retractable air refueling device, but this scheme was rejected by young people very early.

After the battle, the plane completed a refueling in the air, and then returned to the base after a long run for a few hours, this kind of thing is very easy to say, but it is not sure at all to really do, just now with the U.S. Navy's carrier-based aircraft repeated fierce battles, although the pilots of the United States have gained nothing, the combat effectiveness is not adulterated, the plane is flowing with the enemy, and finally quite chic to get out of the battle, the scene looks quite chic, but after really completing this qiē, even Long Yun, who has excellent physical fitness, is a little tired and tired.

Looking at the time, it was already past seven o'clock in the morning, and it had only been more than three hours since the attack, but in the pilot position, where you need to be energetic all the time and go all out when fighting, the concept of time is, of course, completely different from the perception of an idler who kills time.

Shun lì completed a battle, got rid of the enemy planes and flew westward, while maintaining contact with the "Ruslan" who was still stranded in the air - it was said that the An-124B had a long time to stay in the air after releasing the load, Long Yun soon received a call to confirm that he was going to land at sea, and the Red Navy's Pacific Fleet directly contacted the VVS number one ace through "Ruslan" to indicate the specific location of the two heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers. (To be continued......)