"General, the Ticonderoga is finished! Its fuel tanks have been detonated." Lieutenant General Halsey looked utterly dejected.
The Ticonderoga was an Essex-class aircraft carrier, one of the American Navy's mainstay carriers. Yet now, it had still been sunk by the German Navy.
Admiral Nimitz's face remained expressionless, but his heart seemed to be bleeding. Watching his own aircraft carriers get sunk by the enemy right before his eyes was undoubtedly a tremendous blow to him.
Although the American Navy had twenty-four aircraft carriers in total, losing two Essex-class carriers in succession was already a devastating setback. Worse still, the German carrier-based aircraft group's offensive had only just begun. Under the attacks of the German carrier-based aircraft group, they would surely lose even more carriers.
"May God bless the Republic of America!" Admiral Nimitz said silently.
Even though he was the fleet Commander, there was nothing he could do now except pray to God. In such a fierce battle, the role he could play was not even equal to that of an ordinary sailor. After all, even an ordinary sailor could operate the anti-aircraft fire and attack the German carrier-based aircraft group, protecting their warships. Admiral Nimitz, however, could only watch from the sidelines.
The ones that destroyed the American Navy's Ticonderoga were the first wave of carrier-based aircraft from the German Navy Mediterranean Fleet. The first wave from the Atlantic Fleet had already dropped all their bombs and had no choice but to return.
But before returning, they had already inflicted grievous losses on the Ticonderoga's escort fleet. Only then could the Mediterranean Fleet's first wave of carrier-based aircraft deliver the fatal blow to the Ticonderoga.
At the same time, the Home Fleet's first wave of carrier-based aircraft also arrived at the battlefield. This enormous carrier-based aircraft group, composed of