Chapter 423: What New Weapons Are Good to Exchange?
At 8:35 a.m., the Essex-class aircraft carrier fleet, including "Oriscany", "Essex", "Vespa", "Chishaji", "Lake Chamberlain"; "Cunnington", "Yorktown", "Randolph"; and "Hornet", "Valiant", "Franklin"; "Ticonderoga", "Randolph", "Lexington", "Bunker Hill"; The carriers Hancock, Bennington, Boxer, Good Richard, Antidan, and Shangri-La have all received reports of losses following the attack on the German I-400 series supersubmarine group.
Of course, it also includes the remnants of the aircraft carrier fleet sent by the Germans under the command of Field Marshal Richthofen, as well as the Qinglan strike aircraft group sent out by the I-400 series underwater carrier submarine group, and the attack casualty reports of the F8D carrier-based aircraft group on the German aircraft carrier fleet.
"These dog-day Germans, we only fought with them for a little more than a day, and we lost 120 carrier-based aircraft! And all types of ships together were also damaged and sunk more than 10 ships! ”
"Although only a lot of these ships were destroyed by the torpedo groups and minefields they fired, without the assistance of these damn submarine groups and carrier-based aircraft groups, these Germans would never have been able to inflict such heavy casualties on us!"
As soon as they saw the report of such a large loss, all the captains of the aircraft carriers were angry and insulting the Germans.
"Do we want to continue fighting now?"
But in the end, the last thoughts of all the aircraft carrier captains, and all the high-ranking naval officers of the U.S. military; But whether to continue to fight with the German submarine forces and aircraft carrier forces.
"Hit! Even if he dies, he can't be so brutalized by the Germans in the waters of his allies! ”
Lieutenant General Kincaid responded very resolutely to the officers' thoughts.
He also ordered all ships to be refueled, and continued to prepare for a desperate battle with the Germans.
For the Americans, who have always been in a peaceful era, many of them are not very suitable in the face of such desperate orders, but in the face of red eyes and when they are facing the dignity of their own country, the performance of these American troops has actually played ahead of time, and many of them are determined to fight to the end.
Of course, in the face of their determination, the German Marshal Richthofen was also fearless and prepared to continue the final round of general attacks.
Because Field Marshal Richthofen had received the information on the evacuation after the end of the Battle of Sicily and Chen Yanlong's victory, and the order for Chen Yanlong to retreat after he asked him to launch one more round of general attacks.
In this regard, Field Marshal Richthofen was also thinking quickly about how to sink more American ships and carrier-based aircraft groups, and then evacuate.
At the beginning of World War II, according to the information on the Internet, the air group of the Essex-class aircraft carrier of the US military was composed of the following squadrons: 2 fighter squadrons (36 aircraft) and 1 reconnaissance bomber squadron (18 aircraft); 1 squadron of dive bombers (18 aircraft), 1 squadron of torpedo bombers (18 aircraft), 1 dive bomber for liaison missions, a total of 91 aircraft; There are also 9 in reserve (3 each for fighters, dive bombers and torpedo aircraft).
But in order to deal with Chen Yanlong's sudden appearance of the aircraft carrier fleet, and after getting the development of advanced radar technology; The aviation group of the Essex-class aircraft carrier includes: 1 fighter squadron 40 fighters, 1 fighter-bomber squadron 40 bombers, 1 dive bomber squadron 20 dive bombers, and 1 torpedo squadron 20 torpedo aircraft, for a total of 120 aircraft.
So in the face of such a large carrier-based aircraft group of the US military, and the aircraft carrier fleet; The casualty reports of Field Marshal Richthofen and the I-400 series underwater aircraft carrier submarine group, as well as the Qinglan strike aircraft group, also made Chen Yanlong and all the German Navy smash their tongues.
With the assistance of a large number of minefields, they even lost one-third of their submarines, ships, and carrier-based aircraft in a little more than a day of fighting.
As for the minefields deployed by the German army, only some of them are lethal to the US forces, and most of the remaining minefields are not where the route passed by the aircraft carrier fleet, or they are deployed in too haste, so they are not lethal at all, or even useless, and no ships pass through them at all.
Therefore, the combat effect of the minefield deployed by Chen Yanlong under the command of the German army was not very great.
When both Germany and the United States had made up their minds to fight to the death, they each hurriedly prepared for a new round of battle.
"This time we will send all the bomber groups and carrier-based fighter groups out, and those German troops who have changed their lives should be annihilated by us this time! Unless they get support again, or if some new and powerful weapons come to their aid; Otherwise, they will have only one way to be wiped out by our aircraft carrier army! Vice Admiral Kincaid said nervously and angrily as he stood in the command room on the aircraft carrier he sat on, staring at the sea where the German aircraft carrier fleet was located.
Because of this naval battle, it was the best performance of his promotion and wealth.
Originally, when President Roosevelt was suddenly promoted from a small lieutenant general to a commander who could command the largest aircraft carrier in the history of the US military, he felt that he was as unreal as a dream, and secretly resolved that no matter what happened, he would show his best combat ability in front of the people of the whole world and make a blockbuster.
Of course, before the war, he didn't pay much attention to the German navy, but the sudden attack by the German navy instantly hit his contemptuous mentality, and his self-confidence and self-esteem were all hit hard.
"The Germans are still 2 really surprised to me, for such a powerful enemy navy, we must not let them continue to grow, otherwise our United States of America will be in trouble!"
After being destroyed by the German Navy with a lot of ships and carrier-based aircraft, Vice Admiral Kincaid secretly made up his mind and showed a fierce light.
"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander! If the Germans didn't have reinforcements, we would have been able to blow them up with ease! And we can also send a large number of submarine forces to support us in the battle, and annihilate them all here, and not a single German army will be left! In this way, we will not only avenge the soldiers who died heroically, but also the reputation of our aircraft carrier fleet of the United States of America will be known to the whole world! Major Richard, Lieutenant General Kinkaid's aide-de-camp, also smiled and hurriedly agreed.
"Hey! Your idea is good! I like it! And our submarine forces have less than half an hour to reach us and assist in the operation, and then those German submarine groups, I see how they will compete with us! It's just to send you to death! ”
Lieutenant General Kincaid also said with a bright smile.
"That's right! Although I was not caught off guard by these insidious German attacks, we are now fighting them in British waters, so we have no need to fear them with home advantage! We will kill as many German soldiers as we don't know if they are alive or dead! It's better to bury all the German Navy here, and I'm sure that Hitler's face when he knows about it will be wonderful! ”
Adjutant Major Richard continued to echo with a smile.
"Well said! That's what I want! We will definitely be in this battle, a battle to make a name for ourselves, to shock those damned German troops, and to shock the whole world! ”
Hearing this, Lieutenant General Kincaid laughed in a good mood.
Seeing Lieutenant General Kincaid laughing, Adjutant Major Richard also echoed with an unbridled laughing voice, so soon the two of them laughed like madmen.
At this time, Chen Yanlong was also wondering if there were any new weapons and equipment that could help the remnants of the aircraft carrier fleet commanded by Marshal Richthofen; and the Iran-400 series of underwater aircraft carrier submarine groups to inflict some heavy damage on the huge US aircraft carrier fleet in British waters.
"What kind of weapons and equipment can be exchanged to severely damage and deter those American aircraft carrier fleets in British waters!"
Chen Yanlong, who had been far away from the battlefield in Sicily, was on the aircraft carrier Midway, thinking hard about this question.
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