The anti-aircraft firepower on the escort battleship of the aircraft carrier 'Bunker Hill' was firing frantically into the air, and dense rain of bullets roared into the sky, chasing German carrier-based aircraft group.
However, those Carrier-based aircraft were like seagulls, moving nimbly through the rain of bullets. It seems dangerous, but it can narrowly avoid these anti-aircraft fires every time. There are not many Carrier-based aircraft that were actually hit.
"Boom!"
A destroyer was hit by Torpedo. The warhead of the heavy aviation Torpedo exploded with amazing power, almost blowing the destroyer into two pieces. Seawater poured crazily into the destroyer's body, and soon the destroyer, which displaced more than 2,000 tons, sank into the sea.
After three aircraft carriers were sunk in succession, the remaining carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy, which still had bombs and torpedoes, began to attack the USS Bunker Hill aircraft carrier battle group and the USS Franklin aircraft carrier battle group.
One after another, destroyers and cruisers sank under the attack of German carrier-based aircraft group. This has caused the anti-aircraft firepower of these two aircraft carrier battle groups to be rapidly weakened. It is foreseeable that their air defense firepower network will be torn to pieces in a short time. By then, the two aircraft carriers at the core of the aircraft carrier battle group will also suffer.
"General, the Germany people are working on the Encirclement Offensive'Bunker Hill' and the 'Franklin'. They obviously want to sink our large aircraft carrier first." Lieutenant General Halsey said.
General Ernest Jin nodded. In fact, he could tell it without Lieutenant General Halsey saying it. The attack goal of the Germany people is very clear, that is to kill these large aircraft carriers first, and then deal with other aircraft carriers, solve the Aircraft Carrier Formation of American and British fleets, or do their best to weaken them. In this case, American and British fleets will suffer heavy losses and will no longer be able to pose a threat to German Navy.
Soon, the escort warships of the 'Bunker Hill' aircraft carrier battle group and the 'Franklin' aircraft carrier battle group suffered heavy losses. Their tight air defense net was also completely torn apart. Although their counterattack also caused German Navy's Carrier-based aircraft to suffer a lot. But compared to the results they achieved, such a small loss was completely insignificant.
"Boom! Boom!"
Aerial Bomb hit the USS 'Bunker Hill' aircraft carrier and the USS 'Franklin' aircraft carrier. The large flight decks of these two aircraft carriers have become the best attack targets for German Navy and Carrier-based aircraft. The flight deck was penetrated and the bomb exploded inside the hull, causing huge damage to both aircraft carriers.
United States How long did it take for the aircraft carrier 'Bunker Hill' and the USS Franklin to become scarred. Fortunately, by this time German carrier-based aircraft group had finished dropping bombs and Torpedo, and had to return. This left American Navy some time to repair the damaged battleship.
"General, the Carrier-based aircraft of the Germany people have retreated. They have no ammunition." Lieutenant General Halsey said.
There was no trace of joy on Admiral Ernest King's face. So far, three of their aircraft carriers have been sunk, and two more have suffered heavy damage. Moreover, these aircraft carriers are all large fleet aircraft carriers! This kind of loss seems to be even greater than the loss of German Navy. What's even more fatal is that no one knows whether German Navy will launch a second round of attacks. In that case, American Navy will definitely lose more aircraft carriers. This will undoubtedly make their losses worse.
"Order the fleet to speed up the evacuation! It doesn't matter whether the Germany people will launch a second round of attacks. But we no longer have the ability to launch a counterattack against them." Admiral Ernest King ordered.
American and British fleets's second wave of returning aircraft also began to land. However, the second wave of fleets also suffered heavy losses. The fleet of the two waves originally exceeded 1,200 Carrier-based aircraft. But now the total number of Carrier-based aircraft returning home is only more than 300 and less than 400. If we can find Aircraft Carrier Formation of German Navy and launch another round of attacks, we may be able to give German Navy some color. However, until now they still don't know where German Navy's Aircraft Carrier Formation is. Even if we searched in the direction in which German Navy and Carrier-based aircraft came, we couldn't find anything. This made it very clear to the generals of American and British fleets that Aircraft Carrier Formation of German Navy must be in another direction.
In addition, if American and British fleets attempts to launch a third wave of attacks, it will require more preparation time. And this may create opportunities for German Navy to continue launching attacks. By then, their losses may be even greater.
Another reason is that American and British fleets's carrier-based fighters suffered too much loss, so they simply did not have enough strength to escort Dive Bomber and Torpedo Bomber. Once intercepted by German Navy's carrier-based fighter jets again, their Carrier-based aircraft group will inevitably encounter a massacre.
American and British fleets began to turn, trying to evacuate this sea area. But unfortunately, just after the order was issued, their air search for Radar discovered the second wave of Carrier-based aircraft groups of German Navy.
German Navy's second wave Carrier-based aircraft group consists of 96 carrier-based FW-190 fighter jets, 144 Dive Bomber and 120 Torpedo Bomber. Compared with the first wave of fleets, there are nearly fifty less escort fighters. However, American and British fleets's carrier-based fighters also suffered heavy losses, and there were not many left. Therefore, they are sufficient to provide air defense protection for the fleet.
Although, in order to intercept German carrier-based aircraft group, American and British fleets once again took off a small number of F4U fighter plane to intercept. However, before they had time to launch an attack on Dive Bomber and Torpedo Bomber of German Navy, they were attacked by the escort fighters of German carrier-based aircraft group. Not only did they suffer heavy losses, they were also dispersed.
After German carrier-based aircraft group caught up with American and British fleets, the huge Carrier-based aircraft group immediately launched an attack. The aircraft carrier 'Bunker Hill', which was on fire and billowing smoke, was the first target of attack by the aircraft carrier 'Franklin'.
As Aerial Bomb and aviation Torpedo hit the two aircraft carriers one by one, they were quickly sent to the bottom of the sea.
After the aircraft carriers 'Bunker Hill' and 'Franklin' were sunk, German carrier-based aircraft group began to attack the aircraft carrier battle groups where several other large aircraft carriers were located.
The aircraft carrier battle group 'Essex', the aircraft carrier battle group 'Brave', the aircraft carrier battle group 'Bennington' and the aircraft carrier battle group 'Boxer' have all become targets of attack.