The Americans were obviously too happy, and the land-based attack group on Azore Island did not want to let him go. In the afternoon, the first wave of joint attack aircraft arrived. At this time, there was not even a cover-up aircraft over the entire US fleet. Although the warships had full air defense firepower, they could not stop these gods of death falling from the sky.

The joint attack aircraft launched an attack almost in a training manner to target shooting. After the two attack teams went down, they simply sank the aircraft carrier of the terrible target on the left wing and slow movement. Spruins made the fleet desperately keep the Indomitable on the right wing, but this could not stop the German aircraft group that was preparing to kill. After paying the price of three aircraft being shot down, the three attack teams sent the Anson battleship, which continued to block the gun for the Indomitable, to the bottom of the sea.

After the Anson sinks, the battleship of the same class, the Hero, who had been hit by a lightning yesterday and was injured, rushed forward to fill the position. In terms of gun blocking, the German army is far inferior to the US military. No matter whether the German aircraft team sways left and right, they cannot find a perfect attack gap against the Inor, and can only deal with other enemy ships honestly. 419, the Hero battleship ate another torpedo, and the angle of the tilt to the right increased to 14 degrees, and the speed dropped to less than 11 knots. It is obvious that it is impossible to perform the heavy responsibility of covering. The New Orleans heavy cruiser went to replace this position one after another. In the end, the two attack teams had no choice but to continue to throw the torpedo. The 10,000 heavy cruiser sank quickly after eating two torpedoes. More than 1,000 officers and soldiers on the ship escaped, with less than 90 people.

After the first wave of joint attack group retreated, the unlucky indomitable still failed to hit the thunder. All the senior leaders of the fleet, including Spruins, had no time to feel sad, immediately asked the ships to rescue the officers and soldiers who fell into the water, and then retreated resolutely.

The situation of the North Sea Fleet was also very bad. The deck of the Zeppelin aircraft carrier, which was restored to balance after water injection, was in a mess. Although the horizontal armored belt on the main deck above the power compartment showed complete defensive performance, the runway, hangar and other parts were destroyed. Although the flight deck after emergency repairs had vacant space, it could not guarantee the safe landing of the aircraft. Even if it landed, there was no place for these aircraft to be placed, and the carrier-based aircraft could not take off again. Considering that the emergency landing on the sea was too dangerous, Ozawa had no choice but to give the pilots the order to abandon the plane and parachute. Units 218 and 98 jumped first, and finally it was the 219's turn.

In this way, the North Sea Fleet's aviation combat effectiveness was completely wiped out like the US Fleet. The only thing that is thankful is that most of the pilots were retained.

"Send a report to Berlin and inform the situation. Given that the Strait of Gibraltar has not been opened, the fleet can only go to Spain or France for emergency repairs." Maschar sighed and gave the order helplessly.

"Are you preparing for artillery battle?" Lieutenant General Bei sent a telegram, "I heard that there are still enemy unsinkable ships on the sea."

"Add to the shelling formation!" Crank gritted his teeth, "Except for the aircraft carrier and Admiral Schell, the rest of our battleships remained basically intact, and these US ships could no longer let them go back alive." Mashar and Ozawa agreed with the proposal.

The attack on that day was not completely over. 537, taking advantage of the last ray of sunset, Lieutenant Colonel Schiller led the third and last wave of joint attack aircraft to the battlefield, giving the US fleet a fatal blow to almost everyone, including Spruins, was desperate.

The plane simply sank the battleship Howe and the Minneapolis heavy cruiser, and then sent two torpedoes to the Incompassing ship. A strange situation occurred. The Incompassing ship just refused to sink. It still floated tenaciously on the sea surface with more than 3,400 tons of water and a roll of 12 degrees. It even slowly drove westward at a speed of 5 knots. At this time, all the torpedoes of the joint attack aircraft had been dropped. Faced with this situation, Schiller obviously had no choice but to sigh and leave, thinking that he would definitely come to sink the tenacious battleship again tomorrow morning.

However, there is no need to wait until dawn. In the early morning, a boat discovered the Indomitable Rover floating on the sea like a dead fish. After careful observation through the periscope, the captain discovered something even more strange. The entire warship seemed to be empty. He did not take the risk of approaching the enemy ship, nor did he want to launch torpedo to sink the tempting target, but sent a telegram with ecstasy: "Our ship captured an enemy ship, which is a severely damaged aircraft carrier."

The news caused a huge sensation. Even after Redell and Hoffmann, who were far away in Berlin, were alarmed, Hoffman immediately issued an instruction: "Save the ship as much as possible and drag it to the right place nearby."

At this moment, in the southwest of the Azores, the remnants of the American troops, with only a few destroyers, were retreating rapidly towards the US coast.

"Sir, I understand that you gave up on the Indomitable, but why don't you send a destroyer to sink him?"

Spruins replied sadly: "To save ourselves."

"Save?" Chris showed a confused expression. "This warship will cause great harm to our honor after being captured by the enemy."

"He was too heavy to be saved or repaired." Spruins looked up at the east, as if he could still see the Indomitable, "but he could attract the attention of the enemy and let them check the warship first, so that the Germans would not care about us."

"But"

"I will take these naval officers and soldiers as much as possible." Spruins pointed to the crowded and depressed crowd behind the sudden influx of soldiers. "They fought with the Germans with the surviving pilots, and had sufficient experience and skills. They are precious wealth that we cannot regenerate. I must bring them back to our country. Compared with their lives, these glory does not matter."

"You mean, we defeated, Spruins lost all the battleships and came back with only a few destroyers?" Roosevelt couldn't believe his ears after hearing the news.

"Yes, it seems like this on the surface, but I don't think it's a complete failure, there are some positives in it." Admiral Kim spoke, "We sank an aircraft carrier, severely damaged Zeppelin and a heavy cruiser, and destroyed the German fleet's attempt to break the diplomatic relations in the South Atlantic."

"But we lost a total of 5 battleships, 4 aircraft carriers and 4 heavy cruisers."

"We have lost tactically, but not strategically." Admiral Kim's tone was firm. "President, at least we have achieved the expected target. The enemy has no aircraft carrier that can be used in the Atlantic Ocean. We have three more aircraft carriers available for use. At the end of this month and mid-nex next month, the Berrowwood Independence and the York City Essex class will be put into use. In less than three months, we will have five aircraft carriers available for combat. At the same time, the USS New Jersey battleship will be put into service at the end of next month, and we are far from being a failure."

"We sank two George V-class battleships and three precious armored aircraft carriers supported by Britain. How do you plan to let me explain to Winston?"

"He has nothing to complain about. His troops lost 300,000 tons in the North Sea, and only sank one German heavy cruiser. We killed at least two German aircraft carriers." Admiral King strengthened his tone. "If he had to worry, we could give him the Berrowwood Independence Class and York City, and at the same time promised to support 10 British escort aircraft carriers and 500 naval carrier-based aircraft aircraft. In addition, fuel and tanks would do everything possible to meet the needs of the British."

"What should we do next? We are inferior to the enemy in terms of military strength." Roosevelt sighed, "The Navy is ready to lie dormant for 35 months before working with the Germans?"

"No, I want Turner to command the plan."

"You" Roosevelt pointed his finger at Admiral Jin, "Are you crazy?"

"I'm not crazy, really president, you have to believe me, Turner has revised the plan, and now there is a better and more complete plan, which is very suitable for Germany's situation after losing its aircraft carrier." Admiral Kim quickly explained the plan in concise language.

After hearing this, Roosevelt was skeptical, and his expression changed for a long time. Finally, he said: "This plan must be carefully discussed and studied by the Joint Conference, and must be supported and agreed by the majority."

"Of course." Admiral Kim smiled confidently, "I believe they will agree with the revised plan."

"The situation is not ideal," Frick reported with a sad face. "After an emergency assessment, it will take at least 56 months for the injury of Zeppelin to be repaired. Admiral Schell lost its repair value. We recommend finding a place in the Azores to sit on the beach and let those artillery exert their power."

"Okay." Hoffman waved his hand upset, "So we don't have aircraft carriers available on the Atlantic Ocean?"

"It's all the blame for that damn Portuguese merchant ship, otherwise"

"I will instruct Ribintrop to negotiate with the Portuguese." Hoffmann forced a smile, "No matter what, we killed five battleships, four aircraft carriers and four heavy cruisers this time, and it was still cost-effective to lose less than a quarter of the opponent. By the way, can that Indomitable be dragged back?"

"I'm afraid I can't withstand too many winds and waves, so Tilpitz has been dragged to the Madeira Islands." Frick glanced at Hoffman and whispered, "Repair may be possible, but it's more expensive and wasteful than rebuilding."

"Don't waste your energy on repairing, let our ship designers study hard and observe. This is our good publicity material. Minister Goebbels will understand what to do in the future."

"yes."

"This incident shows that the armored aircraft carrier has strong vitality. Combined with the Japanese Dafeng's drawings and the learning of the Indomitable, we draw on the results and prepare to build two armored aircraft carriers in the local area." Hoffman said viciously, "If Americans have it, we must have it too." To be continued.
Chapter completed!