"Boom! Boom!"
Violent explosions rang out. Warship after warship was burning, billowing black smoke shooting straight into the sky until the entire heavens seemed blanketed beneath a thick layer of dark clouds.
The German carrier-based aircraft group was still launching attacks against the American fleet. They clearly had no intention of returning empty-handed; they intended to expend every last bomb and torpedo.
The American aircraft carriers remained the primary targets of the German carrier-based aircraft group. However, those carriers sheltered at the heart of the formation were not so easy to deal with. Not only did the escorting warships have to be destroyed first, but even when attacking the carriers directly, they had to beware of the carriers' anti-aircraft fire.
After all, these American aircraft carriers were not weak lambs. Every carrier carried a vast number of anti-aircraft weapons. Even though the German carrier-based aircraft pilots were all veterans, a moment's carelessness could still get them shot down. In such a brutal battle, being shot down often meant death.
Although the German carrier-based aircraft group had achieved excellent results, it had also paid no small price. In order to sink these American warships, especially the aircraft carriers, quite a number of their carrier-based aircraft had been shot down.
"Boom! Boom!"
Another American aircraft carrier was swallowed by flames and smoke soaring into the sky. There was no need to think about it—the German attack had detonated its fuel tanks or ammunition magazines. For a massive aircraft carrier, such damage was undoubtedly fatal.
"Admiral, the aircraft carrier Hornet is finished!" a staff officer reported to Admiral Nimitz.
Admiral Nimitz nodded. As more and more aircraft carriers were sunk, he seemed to have lost all feeling toward the fate of carriers on the battlefield. Or rather, he had become completely numb.
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