Chapter Seventy-Two - The Fall of the Second North American Fleet

Rumble~!

On the surface of the Pacific Ocean, the originally calm environment was broken by a roar.

The North American Navy's Atlantic Second Fleet is the largest and most conspicuous in the ranks, and the representative of the North American Navy's proud military power is the USS Chester Nimitz nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which once led them to victory in the Pacific War.

At this time, its hull had been shattered by the cannon energy beam that shot from the depths of the seabed, and small explosions were constantly generated inside from time to time.

With a length of more than 300 meters, a width of more than 70 meters, and a displacement of more than 100,000 tons, the huge body has begun to show signs of sinking at this time.

Thousands of officers and men on board tried to rescue the brother they had been standing guard on for many years, but found it in vain.

In the ship's command room, the shrill sirens sounded constantly.

"Commander, the mothership's hull structure is already more than 50% damaged,"

The commander of the fleet, Colonel Gabri, was already dead at this time, and more than 20% of the damage of the aircraft carrier was already a heavy loss.

More than 30% have already lost all their combat effectiveness unless they are towed on the spot.

As for more than 50%, or in the absence of any rescue ships at sea, then there is only one end.

The invincible fortress that once crisscrossed the sea is now crumbling.

The pride of being a soldier made Colonel Gary stand up straight in pain.

Boom!

Gary slammed his fist on the table, and the deafening sound woke up the officers and soldiers in the headquarters who were still stunned.

"As soldiers, even if we die, we must die standing up!"

Lieutenant General Gary roared into the command microphone: "All units listen to my orders, unlock free fire, and remember, if you die, you will also give me a piece of meat off them!" ”

As the words fell, beams of energy rose again from the bottom of the sea, turning the already damaged Nimitz into a hornet's nest again.

The entire command room was instantly vaporized by a high-concentration energy beam, and all the officers and soldiers died collectively.

And the most important reactor power reactor was also swallowed up by the energy beam, without making a sound at all, and the entire aircraft carrier completely lost the slightest combat effectiveness.

Rumble!

The Nimitz sank directly into the sea in a series of explosions and fire.

The frigates, air defense ships, cruisers, destroyers, and missile destroyers of the Second Fleet of various classes, a total of more than 100 ships, were also destroyed in the dense energy beam barrage that had already been locked just now.

Under the detonation of various ammunition and missiles, the entire Second Fleet sank into the water in the blink of an eye.

Hundreds of ships were sunk in huge whirlpools on the surface of the sea, and those who jumped ship to try to escape were also involved, and none of them were spared.

The only thing that fortunately was that the carrier-based aircraft on the mothership had already pulled up into the sky at the first time and avoided this intensive attack.

At the bottom of the sea, eight nuclear-powered attack submarines belonging to the Second Fleet quickly pulled away at maximum speed, avoiding the low-pressure water area formed by the sinking of the huge hull.

But before they could move and retreat, they found that they were surrounded by underwater ships like sea bats.

Before the submariners could launch an anti-submarine torpedo attack, they were pierced by beams of energy, and then sank to the bottom of the sea in an explosion.

So far, the North American Second Fleet, with a total of 128 ships, 105 carrier-based warplanes and helicopters, eight nuclear-powered submarines, and a total of 36,000 officers and men, have all been killed.

White House Command Office.

Looking at this devastating scene on the big screen, the hearts of everyone in the entire command room seemed to be grabbed by an invisible hand, and it became difficult to breathe.

Everyone's faces were extremely ugly, and President Ellis's face was even twitching.

The destruction of the Second Fleet meant that if he did not achieve anything in this war, he could wait to be court-martialed and sentenced.

It can even be said that it is the heaviest loss of the U.S. Admiralty fleet since the X Fleet docked at Pearl Harbor in World War II was attacked by the Neon Nation.

Swanwick next to him was twinkling in his eyes, thinking about something.

"What are the ground forces doing?" Ellis roared.

"Commander-in-chief, the ground forces have cooperated with the attack as soon as possible, but they said that there is no way to cause casualties on the other side."

Hearing the staff officer's words, Ellis gasped.

Even if this sea is not the opponent of the other party at all, why is it that the land is also hung and beaten?

Is this still the strongest army on the planet?

And on land at the same time, with the advance of the Atlantean army, the ground forces also showed a crushing advantage.

Those tanks and armored vehicles that are deployed on the defensive line are the primary targets of energy cannon combat vehicles.

Cannon or plasma beams sniped down these tanks and armored vehicles with precision.

Even when hiding behind cover, the beams of energy can easily melt and penetrate, and then completely destroy them.

The automatic rifles, sniper rifles, howitzers, RPGs, etc., fired by the soldiers, the physical bullets fired could not even break through the armor on the opponent's body, as if they were tickling the opponent.

As a result, the U.S. defense line began to retreat passively, and for a while it was unable to form even a decent counterattack.

At this time, on the edge of the roof of a building.

Batman, dressed in pitch-black Kevlar armor, looked at this scene, and his eyes began to look very solemn.

He watched the whole battle, and even anti-materiel sniper bullets could not break through the individual armor of these Atlantean soldiers.

By this time, he had understood that it was impossible for him to stop the advance of these armies by his own strength.

If you want to block the opponent, you either have force beyond ordinary people, or you have energy equipment of the same level.

Bruce Wayne sighed helplessly, after all, he was not the Batman with many Superman teammates in the Justice League.

So, he had no choice but to leave this place.

Even if Gotham is his home base.

White House Command.

The heavy atmosphere in the entire room was suddenly broken by a staff officer.

"Commander-in-Chief, I recommend that all ground forces be withdrawn from Gotham City at once, so that the other side can fully occupy the entire city."

"And then at this time, the opponent's defensive turret will not be able to fully spread out in the city due to its size, and this is a good opportunity for us!"

"We can have a large number of fighters in the Navy and Air Force carrying missiles and decoy missiles for cover, so that the opponent's air defense can be reduced to a minimum for a certain period of time."

"Then at this time, you can let the ships of the Navy and the army artillery and missile departments carry out intensive bombardment!"

Listening to the counselor's advice, President Ellis's eyebrows wrinkled into a Sichuan shape.

"Mr. President, given the current state of the war, I personally think this is a good battle plan at this time!" Swanwick prompted.