"The Americans are out of luck again!" Meng Xiang grinned and sighed with the battle report of the Battle of the Fiji Sea sent by Rat Er.

Without the foreshadowing of Midway and the Coral Sea, and without Meng Xiang's golden fingers, Americans did not know the Japanese so thoroughly.

When the Germans were rising strongly in Europe, the Americans paid more attention to the situation of the Germans, and the Japanese, who in their eyes belonged to a despicable and indecent second-rate country that could only sneak attack, surprised them with the world-famous machine of the Zero.

It was by relying on the Zero-style fight that the Yamato-class Hyuga sent the battered Iowa to the bottom of the sea.

Although the Hyuga also suffered three 225-kilogram bombs from the Americans and a heavy blow from a mark-13 aviation torpedo, and had to leave the field early when the Japanese main fleet encountered a storm and it was difficult to arrive on time, the US-Japan naval contest, the Japanese won another game after Pearl Harbor.

In service, the Americans fell 23 wildcats, plus 27 were damaged by barely driving back. Of the 24 large buffaloes that arrived later, 18 were shot down in a short period of time, which was already clumsy. The Avenger torpedo machine crashed 4 in the Zero and anti-aircraft guns, which was much better than the Destroyer, which lost 11 units.

Even the dreadnought dive bomber lost only 5 units of the Japanese rudimentary anti-aircraft artillery because of the thick skin and the release of the Japanese Zero fighters, but they had the merit of sinking the destroyer Frost Moon.

In this battle, although the Americans damaged the Kumano Heavy Cruiser and the battleship Hyuga, only two Japanese destroyers remained. Instead, they lost a Brooklyn-class light cruiser, a destroyer, and the USS Iowa, which had just been commissioned.

"Huh?" Meng Xiang swept one of the lines and couldn't help but be surprised.

In this rhetoric about the Americans' statement, it only acknowledges the loss of one Iowa-class battleship, not the lead ship, the Iowa.

"The USS Wisconsin? Interesting! Meng Xiang couldn't help laughing.

Because of the strong support of the Americans, not only did the Iowa-class battleships enter service early, but also 4 as soon as they entered service, and 4 more were built on the slipway.

The USS Wisconsin and USS Missouri, which were supposed to be commissioned in 44, also became the main warships of the US Navy in 42 years as early as possible.

After the USS New Jersey and USS Missouri rushed to the island of Great Britain, the USS Iowa and USS Wisconsin joined the Pacific Fleet.

This time, Fletcher rode on, at least in the Vanguard intelligence, the Iowa was going to Australia to cheer, but after sinking, it suddenly became the Wisconsin.

Meng Xiang did not hesitate to speculate that this piece of Indian meadow might be pushed out of the top tank.

After all, the news of the sinking of the Iowa will deal a heavy blow to the confidence of the American people. Of course, there is also a question of interest involved, at least as the mascot of the Garden State, the USS New Jersey is unlikely to suffer from this top tank incident.

This time, 11 of the 21 cargo ships of the American fleet were sunk. Although Nimitz had already transferred some of the supplies, the loss still caused a lot of noise in the United States.

At this time, even Nimitz could only acquiesce to the top cylinder case from Washington, and tacitly acquiesced that his flagship Iowa was parked in Pago Pago.

He was hiding on the new Iowa at this time, studying the advantages and disadvantages of both sides in this battle.

"Their carrier-based fighters of this kind are strong, and the Wildcat is not an opponent." Spruance said with a frown.

Although there are also tactical and jerky problems for many pilots who have first experienced the battlefield, the main thing is that there is a large gap in the performance of fighter jets, so he simply does not even say the name of the big Buffalo fighter that has been disappointed by everyone.

In this regard, it is clear that the intelligence of the Americans is lagging behind.

They just thought that the Chinese were weak, so they naturally ignored the fighters that had been repeatedly deflated in the hands of the Chinese people.

Who knows, the balance of this battle is on this fighter.

Six aircraft carriers were dispatched to fight an ambush, and before they could touch the main Japanese fleet that was trapped in the storm, they suffered first in the hands of their forwards.

Although Nimitz had booked the soon-to-be-completed Montana-class superbattleship as the flagship, the sinking of the temporary flagship, the Iowa, was an absolute disgrace.

"How much did they lose that kind of fighter?" Nimitz asked suddenly with his head up.

"The intelligence we have gathered is 27 aircraft. However, this one is a bit inaccurate, and some photos are being analyzed! Knowing that Nimitz only asked about the Zero, Spruance frowned.

In order to accurately record the exploits of the war, the fighters began to be equipped with camera systems one after another, but some did not, and some of the images were not clear. Moreover, some of the damaged fighters were also reported as destroyed, and even the fighters that shot down their own side were also reported as meritorious.

In the midst of the melee, where is it so clear? Especially when it is linked to many interests, the merits of war are always a little different from the facts.

Nimitz knew that there was a lot of water in these 27 planes after listening to him, and perhaps the internal statistics that Meng Xiang got directly from the Japanese were more accurate.

In the final stage, the Japanese Zero fighters tried to close the palace perfectly, except for the two aircraft carriers, which only left four Zero Alert, the other fighters were sent out.

A total of 45 Zero and Super Zero aircraft participated in the battle, and in the second half of the race, the pressure was greater, but only 15 were lost, and another 6 were damaged. On the contrary, in the final stage of the 97 ship attack, when the Zero was entangled by the wildcat, it lost one after another, losing a total of 9 planes. The 99 shipburst also lost 6 units under the double blow of the anti-aircraft fire of the Americans and fighters.

The losses of torpedo planes and bombers of the Japanese were about the same as those of the Americans.

However, compared to the deep-pocketed United States, such reciprocal losses are not good for Japan.

But for now, it's the Americans who are passive.

"It's too late to wait for a new fighter!" Nimitz said tiredly.

The Americans have long been developing new fighters, and the F6F Hellcat has been successfully tested in the first half of the year, but it has not yet been officially put into production, let alone equipping the current American aircraft carrier.

"The Chinese and the Japanese have fought many times, and they may have good experience!" Spruance said on the side.

Since the Japanese Zero style is deflated in China, and even the Super Zero cannot be pulled back, it shows that the Chinese must have a certain advantage to suppress them.

"Washington also plans to buy some fighters from copycat companies to deal with the current situation!" Nimitz nodded slightly.

U.S. arms have always crowded out forces from the outside world, even copycats and umbrella companies. In addition to the shadow agencies in the shadows who pick up some soup and water, the oligarchy in the United States controls the biggest profits.

Under the struggle of several major airlines such as Boeing and Grumman in the United States, it is okay to occasionally borrow foreign products, but it is obviously impossible to use them on a large scale.

This time, one is that the copycat company does not belong to any country, and the other is in need of emergency. Rather than the trouble caused by the huge casualties of the pilots, the top level of the United States would prefer to solve the problem with money.

Of course, the game makes this plan of the Americans may have to be delayed, and now the Australian continent and South Asia are already in danger.

The Japanese in India were surprised to find that they were more submissive than the Chinese. Although the recruited puppet army was less than the Chinese puppet army, the British also did not get much help from the Indians.

Great Britain was in a tight situation, and even the more obedient Indian servant army cultivated by the British was transferred to North Africa and the British mainland. This made the British even less powerful in India, and half of India was occupied by the Japanese. It is even beginning to threaten the Middle East.

The Indian-Americans can't get involved, but they won't give up in the Middle East. Middle Eastern oil had already become a trophy that the American oligarchs intended to take from the British, and the Japanese could not afford to sabotage their plans.

This requires striking at the Japanese and dragging them in Southeast Asia or Australia.

But things are not going well in Australia.

This time, the troop carriers in the center of the protection were fine, and a regiment of troops was transported to New Zealand, where after a short stay, would cross the Tasman Sea to Sydney.

However, many of their weapons and military supplies have sunk into the Fijian Sea, and they are not even equipped with equipment.

In this decoy mission, one-third of the materials transported were lost, and the other half of the materials are still in East Samoa, but this part of the materials is already difficult to transport to the Australian mainland.

The main fleet of the Japanese southbound had already passed through the storm in the Coral Sea and reached Noumea, New Caledonia.

The Americans, having just lost one Iowa-class battleship and being at a disadvantage in fighters, were clearly unable to penetrate the blockade of a huge fleet consisting of two Yamato-class, three Nagato-class, and four aircraft carriers.

There has been news from Washington that they are on standby in Eastern Samoa, but the official order has not been issued.

With the arrival of Japan's main fleet moving south, the target of the attack is no longer limited to the US support fleet, and I am afraid that there will also be the coastal defense line of the Australian mainland.

This is undoubtedly fatal.

With the exception of Northern Burma, the rest of Southeast Asia has basically fallen into the hands of the Japanese. If the counteroffensive base on the Australian mainland is lost, it will be difficult for the Americans to intervene in Asia in the next step.

It is not ordinarily difficult to cross the Pacific Ocean to pick fruits, even if the Americans are not sure, especially in the north there is a gradually rising China.

"There are already people in China who are contacting the Chinese people, hoping that they will make a move on land!" Nimitz sighed as he thought of the domestic controversy over the huge shadow that had spread to the vicinity of Alaska.

At the same time, Meng Xiang from afar had already issued an order to Fan Chong: "Start Plan C to go south!" It's our turn to beat up those little devils! ”