"U.S. forces are turning?"

"The No. 7 reconnaissance plane reported that the US military course had turned to 285 degrees, but the speed was only 16 knots."

"It seems that they have injured quite a few boats." Ozawa smiled slightly, "Change the course to 25 degrees and rush over." ”

"Hintz them?"

"Let's meet halfway."

"The attack group is approaching, at a distance of 160 km."

"Let's attack"

"Assault of the whole army!"

"Long live the Führer!"

"Long live freedom!"

At 12:37 p.m. on March 15, two attack groups with different ideals and goals, shouting completely different slogans, roared towards their opponents.

In the air, fighter planes flew, shrapnel flew everywhere, and gunpowder smoke filled the air;

On the surface of the sea, the waves are turbulent, the dragon roars, and the fire is blazing.

The deadliest aircraft carrier fleet engagement of the World War began.

Not only are both sides fully aware of the strength and position of their opponents, but they also play all the cards they can play!

Fleet aircraft carriers: 4vs6 Since the Grudge does not have attack aircraft, it is actually 3vs6;

Escort aircraft carriers: 3vs0 Due to the destruction of a large number of Casablanca-class, the U.S. military was forced to use fleet aircraft carriers to contain a large number of aircraft, although Mitchell knew that he would reduce his speed, but he could never do it to abandon these aircraft;

Battleships: 8vs4

Cruisers: 5vs9

Destroyers: 17vs33 The U.S. military has an overwhelming advantage, and although the mass-produced Keeling class and Fletcher class are not as effective as the Hedgehog class, they are really numerous

Torpedo boats: 24vs0 A large number of S boats haunt the storm, catch the pilots who have fallen into the water, and catch a good dragonfly.

Aircraft: 189VS224 BTD carrying 2 torpedoes into the battlefield won the United States a firepower advantage, and the presence of super purple electricity and super gale won the German army a volley advantage, and the two sides had their own advantages in their respective understandings.

At present, the commander-in-chief's factors such as formation, strategy, and strategy are no longer able to exert their strength, and the two sides are competing for the value and role of officers and men at the grassroots level and the value and role of technical personnel.

"Well, if only the Bermuda detachment were here." Mashal sighed, "This is basically guaranteed to eat the opponent." ”

Crake smiled: "If the Bermuda Fleet is here, it is impossible for the US military to engage us at war now." ”

"Sir, our army has taken Bermuda!"

"Inform the whole army! Boost morale! ”

"Long live victory!"

Mitchell and others, who also received the news of the fall of Bermuda, turned pale for a while, and Bermuda was lost, and if it could no longer occupy a clear advantage in this naval battle, the US Navy would completely lose its strategic mobile forces.

"The country is facing a life-and-death crisis, and we must go all out!" Mitchell thought for a moment, "Inform the whole army, move forward bravely, I am invincible!" ”

The ships soon shouted: "Go forward, I am invincible!" ”

"Inform the Air Force that the Navy is ready to fight to the death, and ask them to send all the planes they can send out and not consider returning home. America's success or failure, in one fell swoop! ”

As soon as this "decisive telegram" was fired, Washington was also shaken, and the head of the army and navy, who had been anxiously waiting for news, "brushed" his eyes on Arnold, and Dewey even stood up directly, his eyes fixed on the commander of the Air Force, if Arnold dared to say the word "no", he estimated that he would be able to run away on the spot.

"Our Air Force," Arnold cried, "all the remaining 249 planes that can fight on the island of Haiti have been dispatched!" Plus Puerto Rico's remaining aircraft, the Air Force can put in 400 more! ”

"Good!" Dewey praised, "At the moment of decisive battle, the navy and air force are all good." ”

Only they didn't talk about the army, and the army generals also drooped their heads and didn't dare to say anything, they originally boasted that Bermuda could at least keep watch all night, but they didn't expect it to collapse at noon. This made Dewey furious, but he couldn't have a seizure, so he could only sarcastically say it verbally.

Although the Panamanian side launched a counteroffensive against the army, Bradley's strategy was very cautious, and the results achieved so far were not great, let alone taking Panama, and even entering the main Panamanian defense circle has not been able to do so

At the beginning, the defensive battle was carried out step by step, the German fighters took the lead in the defense, and the American fighters did their best to cover the breakthrough of their attack aircraft, but the charm of the war is that it is always full of accidents, after a BTD dropped a torpedo, the Germans began to turn to evade, and most of the warships escaped the attack unharmed, except for the heavy cruiser Hipper, which hit the torpedo in the bow and suddenly lost speed.

This is not the end, exactly 6 BTD dive bombs, the remaining 4 dropped bombs did not hit the warship, but the downed 1 plane lost control and impartially crashed into the seriously damaged Hipper, the bow of the ship that had just been plugged and improved was knocked open again, and the speed suddenly dropped by 4 knots. By the time the leak plugging was successful again, the bow was buried deep in the sea, and not only was the wave extremely severe, but the drag also increased greatly, and the speed fell to only 9 knots. It simply can't keep up with the pace of the whole fleet.

When the U.S. forces found the lone Hipper, they swarmed over to attack, and in just four minutes, the ship again ate one torpedo and four bombs.

Although the Hipper-class had a better level of defense than ordinary treaty-type 10,000-ton heavy cruisers, this kind of lethality was obviously not something they could bear, and at 12:41, the old ship of the Third Reich finally sank after the order to abandon the ship

"Damn it!" Faced with the loss of 1 heavy cruiser at the beginning, Machar could not help but curse viciously.

The second result of the U.S. military was that after the Litorio broke away from the fleet on the Hippelle, the Litorio on the periphery of Zeppelin became the target of the U.S. military's key attack, and countless torpedoes and bombs beckoned to this gap. The good times did not last long, and soon the ship ate 1 torpedo and 2 bombs, as its speed slowed down, more and more American planes rushed over like moths to a fire, and everyone on the Zeppelin, who was watching the battle, was highly nervous, and in order to help the defense of the Litorio, the Zeppelin's anti-aircraft fire also began to tilt to this side, and at the same time, the sister ship of the Litorio, the Veneto, also began to move closer in this direction.

The surrounding destroyers also desperately poured all their firepower to help, but there were too many American planes flying in the air, and some planes saw that the Zeppelin's anti-aircraft fire was deflected to one side, so they began to attack the ship, and the missable bombs brought up one column after another of the water that rushed into the sky, and at the same time, some torpedo planes diverted their targets to try to find a gap to attack the Zeppelin.

In order to strengthen its own defenses, the Zeppelin could only collect the firepower that helped the Litorio and concentrate on dealing with the besieging aircraft, while increasing the speed and increasing the distance between the two ships.

At 12:59, the good fortune of the Litorio finally came to an end: two torpedoes were hit in a row on the starboard side, and three bombs were also eaten on the aft deck, and under such continuous destruction, the ship finally faltered, and a large influx of sea water caused a 15-degree tilt to the right, and after flooding, it barely recovered to 8 degrees, but the speed was less than 11 knots.

On such a high-speed and mobile battlefield, losing speed means being beaten passively. At 13:14, Littorio's nightmare finally came, the ship was again found by 2 torpedoes and 2 bombs, the Italian battleship could not withstand this devastation, and began to sink slowly due to excessive flooding.

Hearing the news of the sinking of the Litorio, the command on the Zeppelin was even more solemn, but soon a greater crisis came.

At 13:17, a U.S. BTD risked its life to attack the Zeppelin, and a 1,000-pound bomb accurately hit the bow elevator, not only directly destroying this vital position, but also drilling into the hangar and causing a violent explosion.

Ozawa shook his head and sighed.

Cranke roared: "Strengthen damage management, this aircraft carrier must be saved!" ”

Today has lost the Tireless Ship, if the Zeppelin is also thrown here, the loss will be too great, and the more important thing is that the command is also all on the Zeppelin, in case of forced transfer, regardless of casualties, the entire fleet will have a gap of ten minutes, without the command of the flagship, the result of the fleet fighting separately is not good.

The judgment of fate was given to the Germans first, and then it was the turn of the Americans

:,,!!