There are not many warships left in the American fleet, except for the dead dog-like aircraft carrier USS Hornet, there are only about two dozen destroyers and cruisers. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info 48 dive bombers and 48 torpedo attack planes of the Imperial Navy, and in order to sink all these American warships, it was necessary to save bombs and torpedoes. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to sink all the American warships.

Four dive bombers and four torpedo attack aircraft, under the cover of four fighters, launched an attack on the aircraft carrier USS Hornet. The anti-aircraft firepower of the USS Hornet had also suffered great losses in the previous battles, and it was no longer able to stop the attack of the Imperial Navy's carrier-based aircraft, so it just fired shells into the sky in vain and watched the aerial bombs fall one after another.

Because there is too much water ingress, and at the same time the power is affected. The USS Hornet was no longer able to evade those aerial bombs, and all four of them hit the USS Hornet. Heavy bombs fell from the tattered flight deck and exploded inside the aircraft carrier. The hangar was blown up, and the USS Hornet suffered even more trauma.

The aircraft carriers of the US Navy, before the 'Essex class', were not very well designed. Not only in terms of anti-aircraft firepower, but also in the internal structure, there are many flaws. In normal times, these deficiencies may have little effect. However, in battle, these flaws are often fatal.

An aerial bomb exploded after it penetrated the multiple bulkheads of the USS Hornet. What's worse is that at this moment, the oil storage tanks of the USS Hornet have begun to leak. A large amount of jet fuel leaked out and ignited in the explosion. The fire burned along the jet fuel and soon spread to the fuel storage tanks.

"Boom!" A violent explosion sounded, and several thousand tons of aviation fuel exploded in the tank. The fire spread inside the ship's hull, destroying the internal structure in an instant. At the same time, the high temperature from the burning of the fire melted even the steel inside the aircraft carrier.

"General, the oil storage tank has exploded, and the 'Hornet' is finished, please transfer it immediately." An officer reported to Brigadier General Spruance. After suffering such terrible trauma, the USS Hornet is clearly dead.

"Okay." Brigadier General Spruance nodded, then evacuated the aircraft carrier and got into a lifeboat.

As soon as Commodore Spruance's lifeboat was far away, the USS Hornet exploded even more violently. This is an explosion at the ammunition depot of an aircraft carrier. The entire aircraft carrier was almost blown apart in the explosion. The fire engulfed all the U.S. Navy officers and sailors who had not had time to evacuate.

In fact, an aircraft carrier is primarily a platform for carrier-based aircraft to take off. In addition to carrying carrier-based aircraft, there is also a large amount of aviation fuel, weapons and ammunition, plus the heavy fuel required by the aircraft carrier itself, and the entire mobile oil depot and ammunition depot. Once hit, the consequences will be very serious. Therefore, as long as the aircraft carrier is attacked by the enemy's carrier-based aircraft, and the anti-aircraft fire is not able to stop the enemy's carrier-based aircraft, it will be very dangerous. Especially if the oil depot or ammunition depot is detonated, the aircraft carrier will be even more doomed.

The Chinese Navy has long noticed this problem, so it equips aircraft carriers with full-fledged anti-aircraft fire. The escort warships are almost all anti-aircraft types, ensuring that even if they are attacked by the enemy's carrier-based aircraft, the escort warships can resist the enemy's carrier-based aircraft with their powerful anti-aircraft firepower. In addition, the defense of the aircraft carrier itself is also very important. Key parts such as oil storage tanks and ammunition tanks need to be specially reinforced to ensure that they will not be easily killed in an attack, thus causing heavy damage to the aircraft carriers of the Imperial Navy.

In this regard, the Americans are clearly not inferior to the Chinese Navy. Their escort warships do not have strong air defense capabilities at all, and the aircraft carriers themselves have many design loopholes. This directly led to the fact that the US aircraft carriers were very easy to be sunk by the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy during the battle.

After the sinking of the USS Hornet, the US Navy had no aircraft carriers that could fight a war. In addition to the 'Essex-class' aircraft carriers under construction, all eight aircraft carriers of the US Navy have been sunk by the Imperial Navy. After losing these aircraft carriers, it is simply impossible for the US Navy to compete with the Chinese Navy for supremacy in the Pacific Ocean and to counterattack the Chinese Navy in the Pacific Ocean.

"Well done. Brothers, continue to attack those cruisers and destroyers of the Americans, let them also be killed, not a single one will be left. The Wing Commander of the 11th Carrier-Based Aircraft Wing of the Imperial Navy ordered.

Another 'St. Louis-class' cruiser of the U.S. Navy became the main target of the Imperial Navy's carrier-based aircraft, the cruiser named "Helena", despite its strong anti-aircraft firepower. However, in the face of the indiscriminate bombardment of the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy, it still could not hold on.

The American sailors on the cruiser "Helena" watched the aircraft carrier "Hornet" sink before their eyes, and their morale fell to the bottom. Although, the desire to survive drove them to manipulate those anti-aircraft firepower and fire fiercely at the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy. However, it was simply not able to withstand the attack of the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy.

After shooting down a dive bomber and a torpedo attack plane, the cruiser Helena hit two aerial bombs and one torpedo. This caused heavy damage to the cruiser Helena, which ignited a raging fire, and at the same time the side was flooded with too much water, which affected the speed of the battleship. The carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy seized this opportunity to launch an even more fierce attack on the cruiser "Helena".

In the following five minutes, the cruiser 'Helena' was hit with three aerial bombs and two torpedoes. After suffering such heavy losses, the cruiser 'Helena' was sunk.

It can be said that the 'St. Louis-class' cruiser is the first class battleship with the strongest anti-aircraft firepower among these cruisers and destroyers of the US Navy. It's just that even so, it still can't escape the fate of being sunk by the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy. Carrier-based aircraft are much smaller than these warships. It's like a toy in front of a behemoth. However, the heavy aerial bombs and heavy aerial torpedoes carried by carrier-based aircraft pose a deadly threat to these warships.

After sinking the cruiser Helena, the Imperial Navy's carrier-based aircraft continued their attacks on the U.S. Navy warships. The cruisers and destroyers, which had weak anti-aircraft firepower, were simply unable to withstand the attacks of the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy, and were sunk one after another.

Rear Admiral Halsey, commander of the US Navy's 1st Aircraft Carrier Task Force, who was already on the lifeboat, watched all this with pain. His huge fleet is crumbling and disintegrating step by step under the blows of the Chinese navy.

"Slaughter! This is simply a massacre. The Chinese are brazenly using their powerful carrier-based aircraft and advanced tactics to slaughter the warships of the United States Navy of the United States of America. And until their slaughter, we simply could not resist their attack. Major General Halsey said bitterly.

Originally, he had great confidence in this attack, and he was full of hope that he could defeat the Chinese navy in one fell swoop and become a hero of the United States. However, reality slapped him hard and made him completely realize how cruel reality is. In the face of the formidable power of the Imperial Navy, the little money that the US Navy had managed to accumulate was defeated by them. The next time, if you want to challenge the Chinese navy, you will have to wait at least until next year.

Brigadier General Spruance closed his eyes in the same pain. Now he has some regrets. If he had known, he should not have advised Major General Halsey to launch this attack. If they had seen through the trap of the Chinese navy and fled immediately, none of this would have happened. It's just that they are too greedy, full of thinking that they have seized the loopholes of the Chinese Navy and want to launch a fatal blow to the Chinese Navy. The result was good, not only did they not inflict heavy damage on the Chinese Navy, but they paid for themselves.

Of course, the reason for this is entirely because the gap between the Chinese and American navies is too large. The gap is too big for the US Navy to bridge. That's why they came up with this decision.

"Let's hope it's going well for General Robert's side. If he can inflict heavy damage on the Chinese and sink those aircraft carriers of the Chinese in one fell swoop, then we still have a chance. Major General Halsey thought secretly. He has now made Major General Robert his last hope. If they can complete the task, it will be worth it, even if they lose a lot.

But was the battleship detachment under Rear Admiral Robert really able to complete the task? This is obviously unlikely.

The carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy sank most of the American warships. When the last dive bomber dropped the bomb, there were only two destroyers left of the American warships on the sea. The two destroyers were lucky enough not to be attacked, so they escaped. And the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy have already dropped all the bombs and torpedoes. Therefore, only these two destroyers can be spared.

However, on the whole, the two aircraft carrier battle groups of the US Navy can be regarded as almost completely annihilated. Two aircraft carriers and nineteen cruisers, as well as thirty-four destroyers, were sunk, and only two remained. If it's not all annihilated, then what is it? (To be continued.) )