"Send a Telegram to the Essex and tell them the Germans have dispatched aircraft to attack us. We urgently need fighter cover for air defense!" Admiral Husband Kimmel's expression was grave.
"Commander, the Germans have only sent a little over a hundred aircraft to attack us. With our anti-aircraft firepower, we should be able to hold them off. After all, among those hundred-plus aircraft, the Dive Bombers and Torpedo Bombers that truly threaten our warships should account for only about half." Rear Admiral Corville said.
Every American Navy warship was equipped with massive amounts of anti-aircraft firepower. The Montana-class Battleships and Iowa-class Battleships in particular each carried dozens of Anti-aircraft Guns. They were practically armed hedgehogs. For an ordinary enemy to threaten them would be as difficult as climbing to the heavens.
"Hmph! Would the Germans let us go? That is simply impossible. This batch of aircraft they have sent is only a portion of their forces. I dare say that more German aircraft will appear very soon!" Admiral Husband Kimmel said.
Rear Admiral Corville nodded. He had thought the matter through as well. The German Navy would never let slip such an opportunity to wipe out the American Navy's Capital Ship formation in one stroke. Therefore, the German Navy would certainly dispatch large numbers of aircraft to attack them. These hundred-plus aircraft were merely an appetizer. The real feast was still to come.
The Battleship Montana once again sent a Telegram to the aircraft carrier Essex. However, the American Navy's Aircraft Carrier Formation was still maintaining radio silence. Even though they had received the Telegram, they gave no reply.
In fact, just after dawn, the American Navy's Aircraft Carrier Formation had already launched its Carrier-based aircraft.
From each of the four Essex-class aircraft carriers in the American Navy's 1st