"Your Excellency Commander, the 'Hotaka' has been sunk!" Major General Ryunosuke Kusaka reported.
"I know!" Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo clenched his hands into fists, and his knuckles were a little white from the exertion. The nails were even embedded into the flesh of the palms, and they were already bleeding. However, Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo seemed not to feel any pain at all.
In the sky, Carrier-based aircraft of German Navy continued to launch attacks, and some escort warships of Island Nation Navy were burning or sinking. This time, the Island Nation Navy task force suffered heavy losses. Capital Ship Squadron sank three Capital Shipss, and another one was severely damaged. On the aircraft carrier team's side, two aircraft carriers have been sunk. It is very difficult to say whether the remaining two aircraft carriers can escape safely. No one knows how much losses German Navy's aircraft carrier Carrier-based aircraft will cause them in the next team.
"Boom!"
A destroyer was hit, and the entire bow was enveloped in smoke and fire.
There is no doubt that this ship has been severely damaged. Maybe it will be sunk soon.
Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo couldn't help but feel his heart in his throat. Because this destroyer is the outer escort warship of the aircraft carrier "Ibuki". Once German Navy's Carrier-based aircraft sinks the outer escort warships of the 'Ibuki' aircraft carrier, then they will definitely take action against the 'Ibuki' aircraft carrier. When the time comes, can the aircraft carrier 'Ibuki' be able to withstand it? In this regard, Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo has no confidence at all. The sinking of the aircraft carriers 'Togakushi' and 'Hotaka' had already cast a huge shadow on his heart.
"Where is our Carrier-based aircraft? Haven't you found German aircraft carrier yet?" Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo asked.
In the case of Island Nation Navy 1st Carrier Squadron's heavy losses, Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo particularly hopes that their Carrier-based aircraft can succeed. This may allow them to avoid failure.
"Your Excellency Commander, our Carrier-based aircraft group failed. Both waves of Carrier-based aircraft groups were intercepted by German Air Force fighter planes. Carrier-based aircraft was almost completely lost. Only more than twenty Type 99 dive bomber and Type 97 attack aircraft are returning. The other Carrier-based aircraft have been shot down by Germany people." Major General Ryunosuke Kusaka reported.
Upon hearing the news, Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo stumbled and almost fell to the deck. This news was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for him. The sinking of the two aircraft carriers has caused heavy losses to Island Nation Navy's Naval Aviation. Now, the loss of more than three hundred Carrier-based aircraft has undoubtedly made them worse again. In the last naval battle, Carrier-based aircraft and the pilots of Island Nation Navy's aircraft carrier team had already been lost. I finally returned to China and replenished Carrier-based aircraft and the pilot, but I didn't expect that this time I would lose everything again. You know, Island Nation Navy's carrier-based aircraft pilots are very valuable. If you want to replenish it again, it's not that easy. In addition, Island Nation Navy will soon have a new aircraft carrier in service. At that time, I'm afraid there will be an embarrassing situation where there are aircraft carriers and Carrier-based aircraft, but no Carrier-based aircraft pilots!
"It seems that the gap between us and the Germany people is really too big, so big that we were completely unexpected. In fact, we are not prepared for this war at all. Can we really win if we start a war with the Germany people in this state?" Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo has already had doubts about this war.
Major General Ryunosuke Kusaka did not speak. Island Nation declared war on Germany. It was not their decision. That is something that upper-level rulers should consider. What they have to do is work hard to help Island Nation win this battle. However, judging from the current situation, it may be very difficult for Island Nation to win.
"Your Excellency Commander, although we have suffered a lot, we will soon have a new aircraft carrier and Capital Ships in service. By then, our strength will definitely be stronger than the Germany people. We can still defeat them!" Major General Ryunosuke Kusaka is full of confidence.
Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo didn't say much. Although he also knows that Island Nation Navy's strength will soon be further strengthened. However, no one can guarantee whether German Navy will reinforce Pacific Theater. In that case, it might be even more difficult for Island Nation to win the final victory.
The third wave of aircraft fleet German Navy was ultimately unable to sink the aircraft carriers 'Ibuki' and 'Kurama'. There were too many escorting warships. After one was sunk, other warships immediately took over. This forced Island Nation Navy's carrier-based aircraft group to spend a lot of ammunition on these escort warships. At the same time, the number of Germany Carrier-based aircraft sunk by intensive anti-aircraft firepower is also increasing.
After dropping all the bombs and Torpedo, German carrier-based aircraft group had to return.
This also made Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo and others breathe a sigh of relief, and quickly ordered the fleet to speed up their evacuation.
In order to further cause greater losses to the Island Nation fleet, the two aircraft carriers of German Navy took off the fourth wave of Attacker groups. However, by this time Island Nation Navy 1st Carrier Squadron had already fled a long way north. It is almost reaching the strike radius of German carrier-based aircraft group.
In the end, the fourth wave of German Navy's Carrier-based aircraft group had no choice but to launch a hasty attack and then return. Because if they don't return, they may run out of fuel and fall into the sea.
This round of attacks did not achieve much results. It only caused the aircraft carriers 'Ibuki' and 'Kurama' to suffer some Aerial Bomb and Torpedo. Although it caused serious damage, it was not actually fatal.
After this round of attacks by German carrier-based aircraft group, this naval battle is over. Because Island Nation Navy's fleet has left the strike radius of German Navy's Carrier-based aircraft. Even if he wanted to attack again, it would be impossible.
Although in the end they were not able to sink the aircraft carriers 'Ibuki' and 'Kurama'. But German Navy still won a great victory in this naval battle. In this naval battle, they not only sank three German Navy and Capital Ships, but also severely damaged another one. Two of Island Nation Navy's four aircraft carriers were also sunk, and the remaining two were also severely damaged. In terms of heavy cruisers, four were sunk, and 11 Light Cruiser were sunk. Countless destroyers were lost.