"It's over. It's all over! I am a sinner of the Royal Navy of the British Empire!" Admiral John Tovey watched his own aircraft carriers being sunk one after another, tears streaming down his face.
The British Empire was no longer what it had once been. They had spent a very long time building up these assets. Yet in this one battle, they had suffered devastating losses.
Admiral Andrew Cunningham's face was equally ashen. Anyone who saw the fruits of their labor reduced to nothing would probably feel the same way. As deputy commander of the British Empire Atlantic Fleet and commander of the Aircraft Carrier Formation, Admiral Andrew Cunningham felt as though his heart were bleeding.
Boom! Boom!
Violent explosions rang out. Another aircraft carrier exploded, billowing smoke rolling forth as flames shot into the sky.
The German carrier-based aircraft group continued its rampage. While evading the dense anti-aircraft fire, they dropped bombs and Torpedoes upon the aircraft carriers, sending those enormous vessels to the bottom and further adding to the British Royal Navy's losses.
"The British are finished too. I'm afraid there will be nothing left of their eight medium aircraft carriers," Admiral Husband Kimmel said.
Admiral Ernest King nodded. In this battle, the American Navy had suffered grievous losses. Likewise, the British Navy had suffered grievous losses. It could be said that even combined, the two nations' navies had been dealt a crushing blow by the German Home Fleet. Although the German Navy had lost a Capital Ships formation, that was no small loss either. But compared with their gains, it was undoubtedly entirely acceptable. The American Navy had lost nine large fleet carriers, while the British Navy had lost eight medium aircraft carriers. This was practically the complete annihilation of both nations' Aircraft Carrier Formations!
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