On American Navy's 'Essex' aircraft carrier, Vice Admirals Admiral Nimitz and 'Halsey' have returned to this aircraft carrier. As the first ship of the 'Essex-class' aircraft carrier, the 'Essex' aircraft carrier was undoubtedly very lucky in this naval battle.
In the fierce naval battle, Carrier-based aircraft, which did not have German military, launched an attack on the aircraft carrier, allowing the aircraft carrier to survive the fierce naval battle safely. Even in the entire American Navy 1st Carrier Fleet, only one aircraft carrier was lost. Compared to several other Aircraft Carrier Formations, their losses are considered very slight.
Of course, this is not because German carrier-based aircraft group does not want to attack this Aircraft Carrier Formation, but because this Aircraft Carrier Formation is located at the westernmost point of the entire fleet. Aircraft Carrier Formation is also the farthest from German Navy. Therefore, German carrier-based aircraft group did not regard Aircraft Carrier Formation as the main target of the attack.
Admiral Nimitz and Lieutenant General Halsey returned to the aircraft carrier "Essex", but they were not happy at all. Because they suffered too much losses in this naval battle.
"General." Lieutenant General Halsey came to Admiral Nimitz's office.
"Have the battle damage statistics been calculated?" Admiral Nimitz asked.
"Yes, General." Lieutenant General Halsey nodded.
"So, how much were our losses in this battle?" Admiral Nimitz asked.
Obviously, he knew that the loss would be terrible, so he was prepared for this result.
"General, in this battle, a total of 15 aircraft carriers were sunk, including the USS Randolph, the USS Ticonderoga, the USS Lexington, the USS 'Saratoga', the USS Hancock, and the USS Hornet. 'Yorktown', 'Raider', 'Enterprise', 'Wasp', 'Prince ton', 'Bellowood', 'Cowpens', 'Independence' and 'Monterey'," Lieutenant General Halsey reported.
Listening to the names of the aircraft carriers being sunk one after another, Admiral Nimitz closed his eyes in pain. For him, these sunk aircraft carriers undoubtedly represent the strong strength of American Navy and their hard work! But now, these aircraft carriers have all sunk into the sea. This makes all their hard work over the years wasted!
"In terms of Capital Ships, we lost nine Capital Ships, including the 'New Hampshire', the 'Louisiana', the 'Illinois', the 'Wisconsin', the 'Kentucky', the 'South Dakota', the 'Indiana', the 'Massachusetts' and the 'Alabama'." Lieutenant General Halsey continued.
"Two 'Montana-class' Battleship, three 'Iowa-class' Battleship and four 'South Dakota-class' Battleship!" Admiral Nimitz said helplessly.
American Navy In this naval battle, not only the Capital Ships formation suffered heavy losses, but Aircraft Carrier Formation also suffered heavy losses. It can be said that they were completely defeated. All ambitions were sent to the cold Atlantic Ocean seabed in this battle. It is almost impossible for them to compete with German Navy for sea control on Atlantic Ocean. Even more, you have to worry that German Navy will attack United States East Coast. This is not a good thing for American Navy.
"In terms of cruisers and destroyers, we have a total of 19 heavy cruisers, 28 Light Cruiser and 63 destroyers sunk." Lieutenant General Halsey continued.
Admiral Nimitz nodded. Under the attack of German Navy's Capital Ships formation and Aircraft Carrier Formation, American Navy suffered extremely heavy losses. They have already suffered extremely heavy losses in this battle.
"In terms of Carrier-based aircraft, our losses are also very heavy. Almost all Carrier-based Aircraft Unit on the 24 aircraft carriers have been lost. The number of remaining Carrier-based aircraft is less than two hundred." Lieutenant General Halsey said.
"Alas!" Admiral Nimitz sighed helplessly. No matter from which aspect, American Navy suffered heavy losses. In a short period of time, they even lost the ability to compete with German Navy. Especially the losses to Carrier-based aircraft and the pilot made it difficult for American Navy to regain its strength in a short period of time. It will be very difficult to compete with German Navy again.
"General, in this naval battle, we were once again defeated by the Germany people. They are stronger than we previously expected!" Lieutenant General Halsey couldn't help but say.
"How much damage have we caused to Germany people?" Admiral Nimitz then asked.
"Preliminary estimates show that we sank one German aircraft carrier and one battleship, and severely damaged three German aircraft carriers and five battleships. As for cruisers, we sank four German heavy cruisers and 13 light cruisers. We sank about 18 destroyers. Another In addition, we also severely damaged some German cruisers and destroyers. In terms of carrier-based aircraft, the Germans lost about 600 to 700 aircraft. In addition, we also shot down 400 German shore-based aircraft. Overall, our losses were much greater than the German losses," Lieutenant General Halsey said.
Admiral Nimitz nodded. "This is inevitable. Compared with the results we have achieved, our losses are too great. Those German military battleships that were severely damaged will appear again on Atlantic Ocean soon. This is undoubtedly a great threat to us."
"Yes, General." Lieutenant General Halsey said.
"General, if we want to defeat German Navy in a short time and compete with them for sea control on Atlantic Ocean, it is probably impossible. Let alone threaten Europe." Lieutenant General Halsey continued.
"From now on, our main focus will have to be on the defense of our homeland. After returning to United States, I will ask the shipyards to further speed up the construction of warships. We need more aircraft carriers to deal with Germany people." Admiral Nimitz said.
"Yes, General. If we can get a batch of replenishments quickly, we may be able to defend the eastern coastline. In addition, the production of F4U fighter plane must also be accelerated. At the same time, the next level of more powerful carrier-based fighter jets also need to be developed faster." Lieutenant General Halsey suggested.
Admiral Nimitz nodded. "In addition, we also need a specialized air defense cruiser. The Germany aircraft carrier, under the protection of the air defense cruiser, defeated our Carrier-based aircraft attack. We must also have such a warship!"
Lieutenant General Halsey is convinced of this. The power of German Navy's anti-aircraft cruiser has made every US carrier-based aircraft pilot afraid of it.