"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Explosions rang out without cease as warship after warship burned and sank, carrying their glory down into the frigid depths of the Atlantic Ocean.
These warships had all been built with mountains of money. Yet now, they were being destroyed with ease.
"Thud! Thud! Thud!"
Facing attacks from the sky, the warships on the sea stubbornly returned fire with their anti-aircraft guns. Even so, their resistance appeared exceedingly weak. The entire battlefield seemed to be completely under the German Navy's control.
"Damn it! Those damned Germans, are they trying to wipe us out to the last man?" On the flagship of the American Navy's Capital Ships formation, the Montana-class Battleship Montana, Admiral Ernest King's face had gone pale.
The German Navy's carrier-based aircraft had targeted every one of the American Navy's fleet carriers. Therefore, the Capital Ships were safe for the moment. After Essex came under attack, Admiral Ernest King had moved his command headquarters from Essex to the Battleship Montana.
Yet as he watched his own carriers being sunk one after another and their strength steadily dwindling, Admiral Ernest King felt as though his heart were bleeding. Although the losses in this naval battle seemed somewhat smaller than those in the Battle of the Azores, the American Navy had only this little foundation left! If it was all lost, it would be tantamount to handing the Atlantic Ocean over to the German Navy on a silver platter.
"General, Essex, Intrepid, Bennington, and Boxer are all under the Germans' Encirclement Offensive. This time, I'm afraid they won't escape disaster." Admiral Husband Kimmel's voice carried unmistakable lingering fear. Fortunately, the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft groups had primarily targeted their carrier formation. If they had attacked the Capital Ships formation instead, the American Navy's remaining six Capital Ships likely