Chapter 340: Give up

The Zhenguo Army J-2 aircraft had eliminated the hindering enemies along the way and rushed to the vicinity of the aircraft carrier. At this time, there were only twenty-one aircraft left. Five aircraft were hit by multiple bullets in the air battle and crashed. The remaining four were shot down by US air defense artillery. The US military lost nearly fifty dark horse fighter jets and nearly twenty expensive fù fighter jets.

At this time, there were still 48 of the four bomber formations of the Hong-II WWII aircraft, and twelve of them had been shot down, four of which were shot down by US fighters and bombers, and the remaining eight were shot down by US air defense artillery.

Five US aircraft carriers also suffered multiple blows. The Los Angeles Washington was hit the most violently, with seven and nine shots and torpedoes respectively, but they still stubbornly supported them and did not stop moving forward.

The New York and Chicago and Fulton were bombed later. They were shot twice, three times and five times respectively, which was not a big deal. However, an oil leakage accident occurred inside the Fulton, which was very dangerous. Once it was penetrated again and hit the oil leakage area, internal explosions were very likely to occur, causing the aircraft carrier to sink. US military service personnel were urgently repairing and cleaning up the overflowing fuel.

The US planes that rushed to participate in the war discovered that the huge fleet of Zhenguo Army was bombing the aircraft carriers in intensive bombing. After annihilated the US dark horse fighter jets, the J-2 plane slightly moved away from the airspace above the aircraft carrier because they wanted to avoid being hit by air defense artillery, and they had to face four other US fighters coming from all directions. Only by annihilation of all US planes can the US aircraft carrier be sunk.

Twenty kilometers away, another aircraft formation of the South China Sea Fleet was coming. From a distance, it was like a group of eagles flying with wings, galloping by at a glance. Soon, the fighter pilots flying in front could gradually see scattered fighter planes flying through the airspace ahead.

Luo Zhigang, the leader of the Nanjing aircraft carrier flight brigade, arrived with four bomber squadrons and a fighter squadron. A dozen kilometers away from their left and five kilometers away from their right, there were two dark horse fighter squadrons, a total of five bomber squadrons and about seven torpedo squadrons approaching the aircraft carrier.

So far, almost all aircraft of the two huge fleets have appeared one after another. The South China Sea Fleet has only left ten fighter jets and several anti-submarine aircraft, and rescue aircraft perform defensive missions on the aircraft carrier.

Li Guoqiang also chose to take a gamble at this time and sent almost all of his air force. A few minutes ago, after receiving a report from the scouts, he found that all carrier-based aircraft of the Edel fleet were moving towards their aircraft carriers, and the South China Sea Fleet no longer had to worry about being retaliated by the US military.

Li Guoqiang ordered the South China Sea Fleet to start moving south slowly, and to the northeastern region of Hawaii, gradually approaching the Aidel Fleet, but the Aidel Fleet was also moving southeast at this time, and a certain speed difference was maintained between the two sides. Overall, the South China Sea Fleet was about five knots faster than the Aidel Fleet.

Half an hour ago, Li Guoqiang did not dare to order the fleet to approach the Edel fleet because he was worried that the US military aircraft would abandon its protection of aircraft carriers and chose to fight against the South China Sea Fleet, so that if they were too close, they would be in danger, so they could only keep it five hundred kilometers away from the US fleet.

In order to avoid other troubles, Li Guoqiang ordered the fleet to sail along the area where the aircraft had previously reconnaissed, and sent aircraft to reconnaissance the Atlantic Fleet and keep track of the location. At this time, the fleet had no strength to deal with them, so they could only concentrate their efforts to attack the Edel Fleet.

Soon the second formation appeared in the airspace near the aircraft carrier. The pilots had heard the rumbling explosion and saw the thick smoke from the US aircraft carrier in the distance.

Zuo Yunfeng had already seen the second formation of aircraft flew towards him from west to east. He had already learned the message through radio, but he had to guard until they arrived before his bombers could leave. The fighter jets had to stay here to deal with the US military's continuous dark horse fighter jets. This time the bomber returned without any fighter escorts. They could only rely on the advantage of speed to get rid of possible aircraft entanglements.

"Captain Luo, you are finally here. Here we have given it to you. The bombs and torpedoes on our bombers have been used almost all, so we must return to supply." Zuo Yunfeng contacted Luo Zhigang and said to Luo Zhigang with a hint of fatigue.

"Captain Zuo, thank you for your hard work. Give us the southern area, let your brother be intercepted by the US military plane. Our bomber can carry out the bombing mission immediately. Let your plane withdraw." Luo Zhigang's eyes flashed, responding to Zuo Yunfeng, while staring at the airspace ahead, preparing to lead the team over.

Zuo Yunfeng and Luo Zhigang are both outstanding players among the first batch of pilots in the Zhenguo Army, and are relatively old in qualifications. The two have become the core forces of the aircraft carrier fleet and are more familiar with each other.

The second formation flew towards the area south of the US fleet, and dozens of US aircraft flew over from the southwest, and met with the second formation. The distance between the two sides quickly approached, staring at each other from five kilometers away, and then rushed over without fear with a huge roar, as fierce as a crazy bull.

"Fighter jet squadrons block US fighter jets, bomber squadrons perform bombing missions, and pay attention to the interference of US aircraft." Luo Zhigang immediately began to arrange troops and quickly put the five squadrons into battle as a whole.

The twenty fighter jets led by Zuo Yunfeng met up to the north, and about fifty fighter jets had already flew there, including about two dark horse fighter jet squadrons and two bomber squadrons.

Zuo Yunfeng looked behind the US plane. There were nearly a hundred planes flying from the north that the scout had just reported to him. At this time, he only saw about fifty planes.

Zuo Yunfeng frowned slightly and looked away carefully. At this moment, he did not dare to be careless. After all, the US aircraft still poses a certain threat to the South China Sea Fleet aircraft carrier. He only left ten fighter aircraft defense. If the US military takes advantage of the opportunity and sends aircraft to bomb the aircraft carrier, the consequences will be very serious.

"No. 106, pay attention to reconnaissance in the northwest region. I can't see the shadow of the US military torpedo planes. Let's see where they went?" Zuo Yunfeng's eyes became more and more serious. After thinking for a moment, he decisively turned the radio frequency to the channel that he contacted the reconnaissance planes and immediately issued an order.

"I received it on 106, and I will take someone to check it out." The other party quickly replied.

The Pacific airspace is so vast that it is difficult to monitor all areas. US military aircraft may find a bargain and launch a raid.

Zuo Yunfeng did not dare to neglect, so he moved the frequency band to the channel that communicated with Luo Zhigang, informing Luo Zhigang of this discovery, and asking him to pay close attention to the trends of the US military.

Soon Luo Zhigang also discovered that there were only about seventy or eighty US aircraft coming from the south, which was not as large as previously expected. He immediately became more vigilant and informed Zuo Yunfeng and other scouts about the situation.

Then they made a preliminary judgment that the US military had not all returned to the fleet. At this time, they only saw several aircraft carrying torpedoes passing by, and did not see the shadow of a large number of torpedoes. It is estimated that the US military would have allowed the torpedoes to fly out of this airspace to perform other combat missions, and the target was likely to be the aircraft carrier of the South China Sea Fleet.

Zuo Yunfeng immediately warned the remaining forty fighter jets of the four bomber squadrons that had just left, asking them to return to the aircraft carrier as soon as possible and pay attention to evading the aircraft during the middle. He replaced several dangerous areas where US military aircraft might appear, and asked them to avoid these areas as much as possible and fly back as soon as possible.

The US military torpedo plane also carried a ting machine gun, which was the special feature of the aircraft during this period. No matter what function, aircraft must be equipped with machine guns to increase the probability of survival. They gave up to block the Zhenguo Army aircraft and chose to bomb the fleet aircraft carrier. This is probably a kind of luck-taking behavior that Edel had no choice but to do.

Because Aidel didn't want the US aircraft to fight to the Zhenguo army to death in this airspace, the results of the previous air battle were already very obvious. The excellent Xìng of the Zhenguo army aircraft would not have much chance of US aircraft, and they would not be able to obtain the final air supremacy. After all the US aircraft were destroyed, Aidel's fleet would be inseparable.

The overall navigation speed of the Edel fleet is not as fast as that of the South China Sea Fleet. After losing all the fighter planes, they will be chased and beaten by the South China Sea Fleet at any time, and there is no chance of returning to the mobile phone. Before they arrive at the Panama Canal east, it can basically be concluded that the aircraft carrier fleet will definitely be destroyed and hit, unless they have reinforcements.

So Edel made a dilemma during the most difficult period of the fleet. He dispersed some of the fighter jets and gave up protecting the aircraft carriers, and let six torpedo squadrons quietly leave the US military formation and fight towards the South China Sea fleet. At this time, it had been more than ten minutes since they set off.

The four Zhenguo Army bomber formations that had completed the bombing mission have flew back at high speed. It only took about 40 or 50 minutes for them to fly back to the aircraft carrier at full speed, while the US aircraft took about two hours to arrive. This has bought a certain amount of time for the South China Sea Fleet to allow some of the bombers to land and replenish bombs first, and then take off to perform combat missions. At least, the chances of winning by using bombers to fight for torpedoes are still high.

After the arrangement was made, the two formations began to devote themselves to air combat. In terms of number, the number of Zhenguo Army aircraft has increased to more than one to two against US aircraft. At this level of magnitude, the US aircraft will have more opportunities. However, in Edel's view, the result of the air combat is no longer suspense. The US military has almost no chance of winning, and the general defeat has been decided.

However, in Edel's mind, although they were unable to defeat the powerful South China Sea Fleet aviation, at least they used their own aircraft to fight off some of the Zhenguo Army aircraft, which greatly reduced the efficiency and accuracy of their bomb drops. The purpose of protecting aircraft carriers has been achieved. In theory, the US aircraft carrier still has the possibility of escaping.

The anxious Aidel was on the phone with Australian fleet commander Bill and Philippine fleet commander Hook to discuss further countermeasures with them. Bill and Hook were both commanding the battle on a destroyer in their respective fleets.

Edel's rapid tone also made the heartstrings of the two fleet commanders tense even tighter. His hands that tightened the microphone highlighted the veins with clear blood.

"Anyway, we must preserve part of the strength of the US aircraft carrier fleet, and we are unwilling to accept the defeat of the entire army." Edel gritted his teeth and said to Hook and Bill on the other side of the microphone.

"What the commander is going to do, we all listen to you." Hook, who had a rough voice, first said firm words. At this critical moment, they had lost their opinions. All they had left in their hearts was panic, and they had to accept the orders issued by their superiors unconditionally.

"Let your scouts contact the Atlantic Fleet as soon as possible. The distance between us should be within four hundred kilometers. At this moment, we must prepare to sacrifice the Atlantic Fleet to protect our aircraft carrier from being destroyed." Edel's eyes turned quickly, his eyes flashing.

"What does the commander mean?" Bill and Hooker asked almost at the same time on the phone, and they immediately understood Edel's intention.

"It's time, we can't take care of so much. We can only sacrifice the Atlantic Fleet, let them stop the South China Sea Fleet, hold their pace, and give our planes and aircraft carriers more time to escape, so that we have the chance to escape back to our homeland." Edel continued to say in a deep voice.

"Commander, this method is indeed good, but the Atlantic Fleet does not belong to our direct command. It does not belong to the Pacific Fleet. We have no right to mobilize them at all. This order may be difficult for them to implement." Hook immediately expressed his concerns and questioned Edel's suggestion.

Edel held the microphone tightly, bit his mouth slightly, and then said: "I thought about this question for a while. At this time, we can only sincerely advise Major General Merck, the commander of the Atlantic Fleet, to carry forward the righteousness of the American nation, to abandon his personal interests, let him make his own decisions, accept our suggestions, and launch an active attack on the South China Sea Fleet."

"So that's the case. We can give it a try, but it's true, as Hook said, I wonder if they will buy it?" Bill agreed with Edel's suggestion, but at the same time he also made a sceptical voice.

"I thought of a solution, that is, to abandon some of the ships of the Joint Fleet and slower submarines, let them join forces with the Atlantic Fleet, and then drag the South China Sea Fleet down. It only takes about two days before we can get close to the coastline of the American continent. At that time, our US base stationed in Panama will send air force aircraft to support. The South China Sea Fleet will definitely not dare to continue to fight in depth at that time." Aidel paused slightly, continued to increase his tone, and his anxiousness was stronger than the moment.

"This?" Bill and Hook fell into a sinking yín. They were reluctant to leave the ships of their fleets. After all, the troops they brought down were too reluctant to abandon.

"I won't let my mother-in-law at this time. I tell you, if you don't promote the sacrifice of the god of sacrificial power, then none of our five aircraft carriers will be able to return to the United States. We will not only not be able to serve Commander Robert, but also not be able to serve the Navy Command, the Ministry of Defense, the President, and even the American people. They will not forgive us." Edel took a deep breath, relieved the heat on his cheeks that were flushed, and then said calmly.

"Since the commander has made up his mind, we have to do it. I personally think that we only need to send submarines to the South China Sea Fleet, which is enough to hold back the pace of the South China Sea Fleet. Our submarines can not get close to the South China Sea Fleet, but swim around them, so that they all have no mind and always beware of us. This will allow their fleet to consume a lot of time and strength in anti-submarine operations. If they cannot advance at full speed, they will gradually distance themselves from us and our aircraft carrier can be relieved." Bill agreed with Edel's suggestion, but put forward his own opinion.

Edel also agreed with Bill's opinion, but he believed that this was not safe enough, so he added: "We must ensure that this plan can be implemented smoothly and there is no need to be careless anymore. To be on the safe side, I order you to send at least half of the destroyers of each fleet to harass the South China Sea Fleet with the Atlantic Fleet. I believe that only in this way can we ensure that we have enough time to escape without being wiped out by the Chinese."

Seeing that Edel had made up his mind, Bill and Hook stopped advising him further. If the two of them were not aware of advancing and retreating at this moment, they would annoy Edel. From the phone, they already felt that the anxious Edel was forcibly suppressing their anger and trying to make themselves and their subordinates calmly speaking.

"Yes, Commander, I will do it immediately as you wish."

"yes."

After Edel put down the phone, he was still a little nervous. He didn't know whether his plan could be implemented successfully, and perhaps many unknown changes would happen during this period.

The flying planes continued to rush into the surrounding space. Almost every ten seconds, the plane crashed. Nearly two hundred planes were fighting wildly in this airspace. Some airspaces could hardly distinguish you and me. You have me and I have you. The situation of the hún battle has been formed.

US aircraft attempted to use the advantage of large numbers to deal with one aircraft of Zhenguo Army at the same time with two or three aircraft, but Zhenguo Army aircraft used the advantages of speed and maneuver to not fight in fixed airspace, but frequently broke into other US aircraft circles, causing US aircraft to suffer an unexpected blow.

Zhenguo Army aircraft deliberately created this kind of thing, effectively breaking the US military's tactics, making them unable to hold on to one aircraft to the end, and often not effectively locked the other party. The other party had already flew to another airspace and aimed at other US aircraft to fire.
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