"Boom", "Boom" sounded, and then a high column of water rose into the sky. Most of the torpedoes were avoided by warships, but there were also unlucky people who were trapped in the thunder, such as the two heavy cruisers, Dekena and Turville. Nominally, they belonged to Free France, but everyone knew that Free France relied on the British and American breath, and he would never dare to go west when he went east. These warships were also pulled out to fight and joined the aircraft carrier formation. It is actually quite easy to avoid torpedoes at their speed and size, but since they served as the knife guards of two Essex-class aircraft carriers, they had to sacrifice their courage to face the thunder at critical moments. Now the opportunity has finally come.

The French were also unlucky enough. Before World War II, they built a total of 7 treaty heavy cruisers of three levels, and their performance was not particularly bad. They had great advantages over those of the British slim ones. Unfortunately, they didn't get the last one. The Alliance and the Axis divided the legacy respectively. The former got 2 ships and the latter got 5 ships. As a result, 4 ships were lost today. The Axis lost the Sufferen and Algeria, and the Alliance lost the Dekener and the Tourville.

It is very interesting to summarize it in one sentence: the Japanese commander and the British commander competed in the Atlantic Ocean, using American and German aircraft to sank warships that originally belonged to France and Italy respectively. Who is the loss?

Faced with the loss of two light aircraft carriers in one breath and two heavy cruisers, everyone, including Cunningham, took a breath. The German attack efficiency was too high, right? But soon they had no time to think about it. The next round of attack wave continued to pounce. The focus of this attack was the left wing with a somewhat disordered course after adjustment. Frank grabbed the fleeting fighter jet and ordered 36 He-218s to pounce down together, aiming at the left wing's light cruisers and light aircraft carriers to continue attacking. The focus was on the three light cruisers with dense air defense firepower, the Santa Fe, Birmingham and Mobile (both of which are of the Cleveland class). After careful observation, he found that their existence posed a great threat to subsequent aircraft group attacks and must be taken first.

After the dive bomber attack, taking advantage of the chaos and air defense fire transfer, the ju-98 also took the opportunity to drop the height and gathered to the forefront of the US fleet to drop the torpedo. Now, the sea is full of torpedoes that make people scalp tingle and the continuous whistle of bombs.

Although the regional air defense firepower formed by these three light cruisers has been fired in total, its own destiny is destined at this moment: Santa Fe was severely damaged after 3 bombs and a torpedo; Birmingham has ate two bombs and one torpedo, and struggled to overturn the water; the worst thing is that Mobile, who ate three torpedoes in a row, was blown into several sections and directly sinking, and more than 1,200 officers and soldiers have rescued less than 100 people. After losing the air defense firepower group composed of these warships, the remaining air defense firepower of the left wing of the US aircraft carrier formation has been greatly weakened. Now it is easy to deal with the remaining warships. 9 He-218s finally rush down and simply use 4 bombs to send the light aircraft carrier Coubens to the bottom of the sea...

Frank had used up two-thirds of the attack power in his hand at this time. After looking around, he targeted several fleet aircraft carriers in the core of the British and American fleets, especially the most prominent and most prominent Bunker Mountain and Yongmeng. However, he made some mistakes in the selection of the target. He instinctively thought that these two huge aircraft carriers were the flagships, but he turned a blind eye to the Unicorn, which actually had the flagship logo, and failed to paralyze the command center at the first time. Instead, he allowed him to issue instructions one by one. Under the command of the flagship, the remaining British and American warships accelerated to form a wheel-shaped air defense formation. The three light cruisers, Denver, Montpellier, and Biloxi (all of which were of the Cleveland class) quickly formed a regional defense center according to Cunningham's requirements, and used dense firepower to cover the core airspace of several aircraft carriers, which made Frank, who was commanding in the air, felt a headache.

After thinking for a full half minute, he neither wanted to rush down and die, nor did he dare to ignore the power of these light cruisers. He had to send all the remaining 20 he-218 dive bombers to attack the surrounding area, and then let the last 18 torpedo attack aircraft to assist in the attack, hoping to use torpedoes to solve the two Essex-class in the center of the wheeled air defense array from the gaps and chaos opened by the dive bombers. Although the dive bombers used bombs to blow these light cruisers to dying,

Shi Sanshi couldn't sink, and they still blocked several torpedoes. Frank's last blow with high hopes only sunk 2 light cruisers and severely damaged one. At least, the Yongmeng hit a torpedo at the last moment. Unfortunately, all the special mines carried by the joint attack aircraft were consumed, otherwise the lethality would be greater. The aviation torpedo used now is relatively weak to the Essex class, and barely considered to be a mid-break. The Essex class's solidity is recognized as well as well in the German army, and Frank believes that it is acceptable...

16:28, Frank led the attack aircraft group to sink 2 heavy cruisers, 3 independent-class light aircraft carriers, 5 light cruisers, 3 destroyers, severely damaged 2 light cruisers, and 1 light aircraft carrier (Batan); Zhongchuang 1 fleet aircraft carrier (Yongmeng), and also shot down 64 enemy air defense fighters. The price paid by our side is not small. The fighter jets lost 19 and 23 attack aircraft lost, and the overall casualty rate was nearly 20%. This was the "peeling onion" tactic with a relatively low casualty rate, attacking the inner layer from the periphery one after another. If he came down, he would directly attack the Essex-class in the core, and perhaps he would have greater casualties, which was something he didn't want to see.

However, he regretted it on the way back. After he sent a telegram to report the results of the battle, the mothership sent him a telegram. After hearing the telegrapher report that "The Elbe River sinks, the Sky Eagle is severely injured and has lost its ability to take off and land." He was stunned... and then his expression suddenly became solemn. Although he had caused 3 sinking and 1 injury to the US military just now, the core combat power of the US military was two Essex-level unmoved, which means that the US military can still retain the combat power of the two major and one aircraft carriers, and is still stronger than itself.

"The formation members should note that due to the Elbe River, the Skyhawk aircraft carrier was damaged, and all aircraft originally belonging to the ship will return to the Newfoundland land-based base with the joint attack aircraft..."

Under the completely dim sky, the returning German formations silently divided into two groups and returned to their respective destinations. Half an hour after they left the Cunningham fleet, the British and American attack aircraft groups that had returned first had begun to land on the mothership one after another.

Both sides suffered heavy losses in this round of battle. The German army lost a total of 103 aircraft, with an overall combat loss rate of 34%, and an additional 71 pilots (groups), 2 aircraft carriers and 2 heavy cruisers; if the losses of Britain and the United States were accumulated, it would be even greater. Including the calculation of the Canadian Air Force with the China Airlines, a total of 489 aircraft were lost, with an overall combat loss rate of 60%. The pilots of the carrier-based aircraft alone lost nearly 50% of the original organization, and 4 independent-class light aircraft carriers were also built. If the losses on heavy cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers were added, it was so serious that they could hardly be seen.

At night, the top leaders of the two fleets discussed countermeasures and considered the next action plan.

"By calling other warship crews and backup aircraft, the Zeppelin and Harrier Eagle aircraft are now fully equipped, and there are 89 aircraft, including some carrier-based aircraft with insufficient capacity at the Newfoundland base due to insufficient mothership capacity... In the morning, I mistakenly thought that the missing ace pilot Hartman also landed successfully on the island and was in good health." The aviation staff reported the current combat readiness and emphasized that Hartman's current situation. Although the latter did not break the record of Marseille's 17 results in a day, the news of 13 results in a day of attack also shocked everyone, at least in the history of HNA. Marshal instructed him to search for it at all costs, and later learned that the kid had gone to Newfoundland.

The embarrassing situation for the German army is that there are more aircraft than warships, and the carrier-based aircraft cannot be arranged and can only go to Newfoundland to take refuge.

On the other hand, the Cunningham fleet is now immersed in a tragic atmosphere. The remaining two large and medium-sized warships can accommodate a total of 204 aircraft, but there are only 148 aircraft left to return to the warship. Even though more than 20 backup aircraft were urgently called, the establishment was not fully integrated, and it looked a little empty. What is even more uncomfortable is the loss of the pilot. Many of the comrades who were still vaguely watching in the afternoon did not come back. At the last moment, Cunningham ordered the adventure to turn on the lights to attract the planes to return, but after waiting for more than half an hour, only one was recovered. As time went by, the possibility of other pilots returning safely was getting smaller and smaller. The ground crew in the reservoir area was crying, holding back the tears.

"Everyone, we have not failed. The fleet's losses are of course significant, but the enemy's losses are not minor. What's more important is that we can make up for these losses relatively easily, but the enemy cannot do them..." Faced with the dejected staff members, Cunningham encouraged them, "The Joint Conference has sent us reinforcements. The special mixed fleet composed of the Yongmeng and San Jacinto has set off from the east coast. They will join the fleet. We should not be afraid of sacrifice and continue to work with the Germans and send them all to the bottom of the sea!"

When they heard reinforcements arrived, everyone seemed to have been given a shot of a heart attack and began to calculate. Now the fleet has three aircraft carriers, two large and one small, plus two aircraft carriers, which can generally be restored to the scale of nearly 300 aircraft carriers, while the German army has only 2 aircraft carriers. Even if the aircraft carrier on the British-Canada route is only 3, and our side can also get cover from the land aviation, which can completely defeat the opponent in terms of combat effectiveness.

Everyone's revenge suddenly rose... (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!