Seeing that there were not many fighter jets over the US military and had already flew over to intercept, he immediately ordered: "Sashiaki Akamatsu, you are responsible for clearing the enemy fighter jets..."

"Hayi!"

The poor American F4F carrier-based pilots are brave, but in fact they are unwise. The most important method they should take is to hover over the fleet and deal with the Axial Army with air defense firepower, rather than rush over to intercept. ★★ In order to achieve the best offensive effect, Fletcher has sent all the best fighters and pilots to cover. There is no F6F in the direct cover aircraft, and there are only less than 5 experienced pilots left. The technology is obviously at a low level. They bravely rushed forward and rushed towards Akamatsu Sadaki's mind, and then fell as fast as possible.

In just 5 minutes, all 32 air defense fighter jets were shot down, and Akatsumatsu Sadaki killed 3 alone, while the attacking B-219 lost 4. At first, the officers and soldiers on the US ships were applauding the planes falling in the air. When they saw all the American planes painted with white stars, they were speechless. Seeing such a huge difference in score, Fletcher and Cox took a breath of air conditioning. They finally knew why Air Six went on a row to pay hundreds of planes and the axis fleet to fight for consumption, and the enemy still had such strong power: the technical gap between the two sides was too big.

Taking advantage of the moment when the fighter group swept through the enemy's air defense aircraft group, Mizuho Shizu made up his mind: the enemy's existing strict formation must be broken, otherwise it would be very difficult to force an attack. He passed the order to Shigeji Murata, asking the lightning strike team to take the attack first. He led the he-218 to break into the fleet without diving and dropping bombs, firmly attracting the US air defense firepower.

The first batch of 36 torpedo aircraft immediately lowered their altitude and dropped torpedoes as required while the US military's firepower was attracted to the sky. This abnormal offensive routine caused the US aircraft carrier formation to be in chaos. In order to avoid the torpedoes, the ships began to turn freely, and the tight wheeled air defense array immediately appeared in a gap.

Taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the three groups of he-218 immediately rushed down and dropped bombs. Their targets were the USS Boise light cruiser, the USS Denver light cruiser (Cleveland-class) and the USS Princeton light aircraft carrier on the right wing of the fleet. The two light cruisers each were hit by a 5oo kilogram bomb, and the USS Princeton two were hit by two. As a result, the independent class No. 2 immediately struggled and sank. This was not the end. Half a minute later, due to the sharp reduction in the flight after being shot, the USS Boise light cruiser was hit by a torpedo. The light cruiser with a displacement of more than 97oo tons could no longer support it and could only sink.

After Boise and Princeton sank, a big gap suddenly appeared in the right wing of the entire aircraft carrier formation. The Houston heavy cruiser (Northampton class) rushed to fill the seats. All the US high-fire firepower was diverted here, but Yuantian did not continue to focus on this. He turned his attention to the US ship on the left. In the torpedo attack just now, the Astoria heavy cruiser (New Orleans class) was hit by two torpedoes to cover the flagship Lexington. How could this poor treaty heavy cruiser withstand such a heavy attack? After capsizing, it began to slowly sink.

In order to continue to protect the flagship, the Colombia light cruiser refused to replace the Astoria position, but the chaos on the left wing could not be solved for a while. This was enough for the He-218 to attack. A total of 2 groups of 6 He-218s dived from high altitude. Although the anti-aircraft gunners shot down one of them very vigorously, three bombs penetrated the deck and exploded. The light cruiser was immediately paralyzed on the water and dying, and looked like it might capsize at any time.

After the two cruisers either sank or paralyzed, the Bellow Forest on the left wing was immediately exposed. Mizuo Tsuda immediately commanded three formations to pounce. Nine aircraft bombed and pulled up at the same time. A total of 4 bombs fell. What made people feel even more numb is that the four bombs were less than 25 meters apart from each other, and they exploded almost in a short time. The violent and continuous explosion blew the Independence Class 3 ship into two pieces, and only 11 naval officers and soldiers escaped by chance.

The Axis Army's air strike process made Cox's eyelids twitch: the opponent was not rushing up to attack blindly, and he wanted to throw bombs or torpedoes into the first place to calculate the calculations. This is something that the young men of the carrier-based aircraft on this side often do. Instead, they hovered in the air, accurately calculated and analyzed various possibilities. Once the target was determined, they launched an attack with fast, accurate and ruthless strategies. Moreover, the attack routine was rich. Fighters in the air fired at the sea, desperately suppressing air defense firepower. The dive bomber repeatedly hovered over the warship to attract attention, and then the lightning striker launched an attack while taking advantage of various unprepared conditions.

He saw with his own eyes a team of four torpedoes lowered their height to a place only 25 meters above the sea, approaching the warship and then secretly dropping the torpedo. He couldn't help but shout "Be careful!" in the commander's tower, but in the ever-changing and complex battlefield, no one could hear this reminder. He could only watch the new service not long after, and even many parts were not completely drying out of paint in many parts, hitting three torpedoes and then sank. Although the newly-in-service heavy cruiser broke free from the shackles of the treaty and had a displacement of nearly 15,000 tons, no matter how powerful it was, it was just a heavy cruiser. How could it withstand the consequences of eating three torpedoes on a single side?

Mizuo Fujita, who had been almost cleaned up on the outside, can finally be bold and strongly attacked with confidence. The Cleveland-class ship No. 2, the light cruiser Columbia, immediately attracted two teams of dive bombers. Under the "care" of three 5oo kilogram bombs, he also followed the footsteps of other warships and slowly sank in the Caribbean Sea.

After both wings of the US military formation suffered heavy damage, the second round of lightning strikes and dive bombing were almost simultaneously deployed. The goal of this round was the largest and most significant target flagship Lexington. There were 7 lightning strike aircraft, and 9 He-218s rushed to attack to protect the attack aircraft group to launch smoothly. There were 12 b-219s aimed at the deck and anti-aircraft gun positions and quickly poured out firepower, causing ghosts and wolves to cry and howl on the deck.

A moment later, the captain described the situation of the entire ship to Fletcher: a bomb was caught in the bow and a bomb at the rear lift. Although it destroyed the take-off and landing capacity of the warship, it was not fatal to Lexington, which is nearly 30,000 tons. The real damage was the 5oo kilogram bomb on the rear deck, which penetrated several layers of decks and fell into the hangar and exploded, which not only blew the internal structure, but also ignited the death of aviation fuel. The two subsequent muffled sounds inside the warship were not because of the thunder, but because of the continuous explosion after the leaked oil and gas encountered an open flame.

Now the entire ship's degree has fallen from the festival to only 17. The captain's sad face made Fletcher feel heartbroken, but he still asked: "Is this ship still saved? Do you need to abandon the ship?"

"It's not enough to abandon the ship, but your command is better to move to other warships."

Fletcher pointed to the enemy planes flying up and down the sky and smiled bitterly: "Please tell me which other ships are safe?"

While he was talking, he suddenly exclaimed: "Torpedo!"

Cox saw it very clearly. Two white lines flew towards the port side. Although the Lexington turned desperately, the warship with a sharp reduction was extremely clumsy and could not avoid it in the end. The ship was hit by a torpedo at each of the rear, and the sea water poured in. Fletcher only felt the warship tilted to the left quickly.

At this moment, the captain's voice became extremely frightened: "Sir, the damage can't be blocked anymore. Please retreat immediately. I want to dismiss the ship."

At 11:17, Fletcher and a group of staff from the headquarters witnessed the slowly sinking of the Lexington in a kayak. Everyone's eyes were filled with tears. This was the second sinking Lexington since the war began.

The kayak rowed desperately, trying to get close to another aircraft carrier, the Essex, but Fletcher soon lost his use. More than ten He-218s were rushing down in the air to attack. Although the fierce anti-aircraft artillery fire shot down two of them, the rest of the bombs successfully completed the bomb drop. The bow, stern, bridge, main deck, etc. all ate bombs, and there were 3 near-lost bombs. A bomb that was farther away aroused the soaring water column, pouring Fletcher, Cox and others on the kayak all over.

Looking at the firepower gushing out like a volcano and the debris of warships sputtering everywhere, Fletcher knew that the warship was beyond help. Even if it was not sunk, he had lost the qualification to continue to act as an aircraft carrier. Moreover, he dared to conclude that the damage of the York City was so serious that even if it was towed back, it would take no time to repair a new ship.

As the bombing was coming to an end, Mizuo Fukuda suddenly appeared on the ship of the USS Glory aircraft carrier hiding under the smoke. Except for the pilots, the ship was all British officers and soldiers, who were much more experienced than their American counterparts. Now that the axle attack aircraft group is large, the number of air defense fighters on the side was insufficient, the captain made a quick decision to order the release of smoke. This was not counting. He also burned abandoned aircraft tires and other combustible materials on the deck, and lit a fire near the bridge. It looked like the flames were soaring into the sky, as if they were seriously injured, but in fact there was nothing wrong.

This cunning response strategy successfully deceived the Axis Group. Everyone thought that the ship was almost blown up, so they did not continue to "waste" ammunition on it. As a result, when the results of the battle were finally evaluated, Mizuo Furuda showed something wrong: he had traces to command the attack on the aircraft carrier, and the Glow seemed to have never ordered an attack. How could the smoke fill the gun? After lowering the altitude, he could see the problem. (To be continued.) 8
Chapter completed!