"Boom---Crash!"

The surging waves followed again and again under the strong Atlantic wind, slapped hard on the side of the tilted bow of the warship, smashing to pieces, splashing a dozen or so high snow waves, and they all turned back and fell on the next wave. The fine water foam was swept upward by the cold wind, spreading upwards like smoke on the wooden surface of the flight deck, leaving layers of salt stains, and was washed away immediately.

With a full load displacement of 33,000 tons, the largest aircraft carrier in the history of the US military, the USS Essex, is like a whole piece of flattened steel plate spreading flat on the sea surface. The densely packed planes lined up in four neat columns occupying most of the upper floors of the deck, squeezing the island to the right, making it look particularly lonely.

The steel giant carrying more than 2,600 sailors, officers, and more than 100 fighter jets of various colors were pushed down by the waves. The bow of the ship kept splitting the waves, trying to maintain the stability of the upper layer. A loud command swept across the deck through the horn, and then was blown away by the wind.

Countless sailors and officers, wearing thick cold-proof clothes, insisted on the exposed positions, erecting the eight 127mm high-level dual-purpose cannons, 8 4-component 40mm anti-aircraft cannons, and 46 20mm machine cannons, and were always alert to attacks that might come from other places, as if the huge battleships that were advancing in two rows of advances did not exist at all.

Need to be so nervous?

Major General Mark Mitchell took back his eyes from the command room above the bridge to the hazy sea. His face was cold and he could not see any excitement that led the largest fleet in history to attack. He was full of confidence, or heroic and exciting.

If it were two years ago, he must have a different mental outlook, but now, he can't be happy no matter how he is. Even under his leadership, the 19th Task Force has two similar main aircraft carriers, two "independent" light aircraft carriers, two "Yamato-class" battleships, and two "Iowa-class" battleships that have been launched and put into service!

Just this huge front-line combat unit. Just the terrifying firepower delivery ability, just the group's maximum speed of 32 knots and the main force's displacement of more than 300,000 tons should have been enough to sweep the world a few years ago. But now, not only do they not have the confidence to look down on everything, but they must be careful at any time and be killed by the elusive enemy for no reason.

It has a 20-inch main turret, bridge armor, 18-inch main cannon, and a steel monster full of more than 70,000 tons. It will be easily killed. If you tell this before, who would believe it!

Mark Mitchell looked at the shadowy battleship of Shinno on the left again, and sighed in his heart, unable to tell what it felt like.

"General! The message sent by Commander Nimitz!"

A combat staff member walked over quickly and handed a folder to his hand. His voice was slightly trembling, obviously nervous.

Mitchell glanced at him faintly, reached out to take it, and said casually: "Relax. Major! The enemy is still far away from us! Most of the oceans in the world are still under the rule of the US Navy! Even if you encounter an enemy here, victory must belong to us!"

"Yes! General!"

The young major blushed and tried to straighten his back with a little embarrassed look.

Mitchell shook his head helplessly, still too young. But there was no way to do this. Since the defeat of several consecutive naval battles last year, the US Navy suffered too serious losses. A large number of officers who grew up slowly during the 20-year naval holiday were sacrificed and had to promote younger men to fill in.

Nowadays, the navy is rapidly expanding, the officer system has become a very bad dumbbell type. The senior executives are basically complete. There are also many old sailors in the lower class, but middle-level officers are extremely lacking in the ability to serve as destroyers, cruisers and even aircraft carrier captains, so the process of forming joint combat power is awkward.

Major General Mitchell recalled that it seemed that it was the Chinese who caused this situation by themselves? Yes, they released hundreds of thousands of prisoners with great magnitude, but why did the proportion of officers be so small?

Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that contemporary naval commanders are generally staying on the bridge. With the attack methods of the Chinese Navy, the superstructure of the warships often comes up first, so it is not surprising that the officer command system is in trouble first.

Well, it must have been intentional.

Mitchell thought fiercely. As a traditional naval general, they still maintained the style of inheritance from Britain. It is normal to stay in the command room of the Rocchia Bridge most of the time, and it is normal to be exposed. Now, the newly built ships of the Navy have to consider moving the command system downwards, just like despicable Chinese, and even let the captain hide in the core parts with the thickest armor and the most complete protection facilities.

Shaking his head and getting rid of distracting thoughts, Mitchell opened the file and read it carefully.

The words are not many, and the content is simple and concise. It was issued by General Nimitz himself, giving the latest enemy information and instructions to the 19th Task Force led by Major General Spruins.

Although it is not very detailed, Major General Mitchell could guess that the army fighting far away in Asia, the coalition formed with Britain, France and Japan, failed again!

No wonder the young major staff officer was so nervous. The more they knew, the more they felt cold in their hearts. They knew that before, the Air Force sent the most advanced and most powerful fighter jet formations to take on the heavy responsibility of attacking and blocking the Chinese navy. According to previous estimates, even if they could not succeed, they would at least force the other party to give up on moving forward temporarily.

The current American air power is a bit exaggerated, but it is absolutely fine to change with each passing day. Various new aircraft are updated every month, and the speed is getting faster and faster, even exceeding the perception of most people. God knows that twenty years ago, the aircraft were just some air toys, and the weak wooden body could be killed with just a heavy machine gun.

Now, a bomb and torpedo carried by p38 or p61 may easily destroy a cruiser! This huge gap is simply indescribable to describe its rapid development!

But that's all, the air force that the US Navy itself could not stop, was defeated twice at night and during the day.

It's okay at night, but it's hard to see the situation and is easily ambushed. But during the day, the carefully planned attack plan was finally shot down by more than one-third. Before I could even make sure that I had sunk an enemy ship... This loss was too much.

Mark Mitchell knew his subordinates’ concerns. Because his car, the carrier-based aircraft on the USS Essex aircraft carrier, was not as good as those roadbed fighters! In terms of quantity, it was not as good as. If you rushed up, not only would the chance of winning be extremely small, but you might be more dangerous, right?

After closing the folder and handing it back, Mitchell said with a normal expression: "Record, call General Nimitz back, I already know the situation. The 19th Task Force continues to enter the Indian Ocean as planned. If there is no accident, it will arrive in Colombo in seven days."

"Seven days?" The young major quickly appeared in his mind. A bunch of data was calculated and he couldn't help but take a breath and screamed, "General! We may find it difficult to achieve such a speed! After all, most warships have only been in service for a short time, especially those two Japanese battleships. They will drag their backs!"

Although they are about to enter the Strait of Gibraltar, they are still more than 5,000 nautical miles away from the target battlefield Bay of Bengal. Even if all the ships are rotating in a row and do not repair them along the way, they have to maintain a speed of 25 knots or even 30 knots to travel day and night before they can arrive.

This is not a cruise speed, it is a life-threatening effort! Especially the two "Yamato-class" battleships, the designed speed is only 28 knots. It means that they have to sail at full speed. Can they withstand it?

Major General Mitchell waved calmly: "Call back."

As the commander of the fleet, he is still aware of this. Although several aircraft carriers were built using segmented manufacturing methods and were rushing to work, their strength and power system were absolutely guaranteed. The continuous rapid navigation of 30 knots will greatly shorten the lifespan at most. The two Japanese battleships were also greatly updated because they were built in the United States, and the power system was greatly updated, and there was no problem with 30 knots.

In fact, he had no intention of telling the young lower-level officers that no matter how powerful or new these warships were, it was unknown whether they could survive this war.

Disdainful? No. Anyone who has seen the mysterious attack method of the Chinese naval battleship and the terrifying strike accuracy and destructive power will produce similar depression. Naval warships will fight steel collisions, but if they don’t work, they won’t work. There is nothing to do with this, there is no room for fraud.

Many previous battles have proved that if you want to kill the opponent in the shelling, the chances are too small. You can only rely on the Air Force to open up the situation first to have a chance of winning. Otherwise, you will be abused a hundred kilometers away. Thinking about this, Mitchell will have a headache. How did the damn Chinese do it?

The vast 19th Task Force, a huge camp of hundreds of ships, openly passed through the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean.

Their actions first scared the Germans! If they launched an attack on France and Italy, there would be no way to do it at all, and they would be completely unbearable! Even the situation on the entire European battlefield would undergo tremendous changes!

Hitler personally stared at it and ordered Gorene to mobilize all air forces to ensure the naval base without losing it. More than 100 U-boats were concentrated and ready to fight to the death. More than a thousand of the most advanced fighter jets were distributed along the coast and ready to go at any time!

However, good news came later, they were heading for the Chinese! The huge fleet of ships did not challenge the Germans, but went straight south across the Suez Canal.

Hitler then breathed a sigh of relief, and then suddenly realized when was he so worried about being attacked by sea?

He was so angry that he was so angry! Basically, the head of state who swept across Western Europe unconsciously regarded himself as the world's number one leader. In his eyes, there was no one, and any power was stronger and more shocking than him. Now, he had to worry about a group of Americans passing by... he lost points!

So the angry and angry head of state immediately summoned the navy general, and said a full two hours of grand strategy, and finally asked with a stern request: "I don't care what you think of, I must complete the Z plan in the shortest time! I want to see the powerful German navy appear on every inch of the world as soon as possible!"

Everyone understands that the Head of State is being offended! But no one will refuse such a good thing. Especially the navy, which was constrained by the bastard Gorene, now has the head of death and tilting all kinds of production forces. The construction of the new warship will only be faster and better.

However, the problem is that some of the requirements of the head of state are a bit outrageous. Among them, the main gun of the "Hindenburg-class" battleship was clearly stated that it should not be less than 480mm. Given that the Japanese "Yamato-class" were sunk, the naval experts cleverly distorted it as "the design without scientific argumentation leads to excessive turret. The upper structure is too large, and the focus of defense leads to huge armor loopholes and is sunk." The German design, which has always emphasized the adjustment of the body defense, was naturally changed to 420mm.

420mm, it seems that according to information, no one has used such a big guy yet? The biggest ones of Chinese and Americans seem to be just 406mm (the caliber of Kunlun-class main gun is top secret, so of course they don’t know).

Since it is the world's number one caliber, let's use it first. After all, Hitler was dealt with, and the navy was sweating in a cold sweat. Then he happily joined the rapid construction work.

Of course, according to their usual habit of designing warships with the standards of making handicrafts, modifying drawings, redesigning and manufacturing main guns, strengthening keels, and thickening armor... Once a series of work is carried out, it will last for a long time and it is impossible to calculate when it will be completed.

Although they started construction of two ships since 1939, they have barely completed most of the main bodies. With this trouble, they will not be able to finish the Year of the Monkey and Horse Month!

Not to mention how the Germans were struggling. The 19th Task Force was rushing at full speed, and the battle in the Andaman Sea was still in the fierce competition!

The British and American coalition forces really took the initiative this time! They have guessed and determined Zhu Bin’s crazy plan, so how dare they leave him a little chance to succeed? When Bangkok Bay was trapped, Yangon and Chittagong became the last hope. They must not be occupied, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable!

Countless planes jumped from the United States, rushed to the Indonesian archipelago airport, and launched a day and night attack. They flew tens of thousands of kilometers. They directly completed the running-in period, and they didn't have to worry about mechanical failures on the road when they went to the battlefield. If there was any problem, they would most likely fall directly when crossing the ocean...

Learning from the previous lessons, the coalition fighter jets were not dispatched in more than 200 aircraft at a time. There was almost no attack gap. They were divided into dozens of small teams each time, with continuous impacts from all directions, and they were full of tricks and stubbornly struggling.

Their tactics are so simple and straightforward that they are unbearable to look at them---a word, it’s exhausting!

If you want to suddenly kill with bombs and torpedoes, there is no possibility of success. The aerial firewall formed by the terrifying turtle shell defense fire cannot be broken through. Even if it is a Japanese suicide impact, it is difficult to break through the last barrier of the near-defense gun and missile. In desperation, there was only one who dispatched countless fighter jets to continuously consume their ammunition on the periphery.

In any case, when the fleet attacks, the total amount of ammunition is limited, and no matter how strong the artillery is, it cannot be fired continuously. It always has to stop for maintenance. No matter how powerful the warrior is, it still needs to rest. If you fight him for a few days, you won’t believe that you can’t find any loophole!

So the Air Force is the nemesis of the Navy. This one can be established in this year. If you can't kill you, I will waste you to death!

Chen Ce had expected this trick. From the moment he launched the attack, he might encounter troubles that might be encountered by the army alone. After all, it is the hinterland of the British. Their defense deployment is too dense, and they have their spies in every sea. It is difficult to completely avoid it!

However, they were not passively beaten. Basically, every time they backed off an attack, they followed the situation to destroy one or two airports, bases, Americans and British were not suicide enthusiasts like the Japanese army who did not plan to go back. Under continuous losses, the coalition forces were forced to change their strategies, and the fighter jets that took off from Sumatra and Malaya returned to Thailand and Myanmar.

For three consecutive days, the coalition forces launched more than ten batches of attacks, with losses of more than 300, and successfully injured several destroyers. There were even several crashed fighter fragments falling on battleships and aircraft carriers. However, they were all knocked into slag by near-defense guns, and the losses caused were extremely limited.

This is not bad! And the coalition forces found that the fleet's air defense firepower was weakening, which means that their consumption tactics were working! If they continued to do it in one go, they might be able to achieve their goals in one battle. Before the navy arrived, they completely defeated the tenacious guy and became an iron coffin floating on the sea!

After hearing the news, MacArthur and Alexander breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the Chinese were seeking death by themselves, arrogantly and too arrogant, and finally fell into death. Now they ran to the Bay of Bengal, and they were in a dilemma, right? Haha, okay!

But they didn't know that on the night of the third day, the exhausted South China Sea Fleet received a message from the General Command of the War Zone. Chen Ce laughed after reading it: "I knew it was not that simple! The Americans are planning to get a bargain! Hehe, he didn't look at what kind of person the opponent is! If the order continues, the fleet will immediately turn to the hidden navigation mode and will not play with them!"

On the aircraft carrier, hundreds of flying sharks took off one after another, fiercely facing another wave of enemy aircraft that planned to pick up cheap, and launched the first fierce interception and blockade in four days, preventing them from passing by.

Below, all warships will reunite with the flagship and battleships. The mirage system will be turned on, and the light control will be controlled, and soon the trace will be lost from the US military's airborne radar scan.
Chapter completed!