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Chapter 153, The Final Solution to the United States
Western Australia, Port of Perth, the modified version of the battleship Yamato after being corroded by the ship mother

The warm sunshine of autumn in the southern hemisphere sprinkles down from the clear blue sky without clouds, bringing everyone a trace of lazy warmth.

From time to time there are seagulls singing in the distance, making this port, which is the farthest from the flames of war in the world, look extraordinarily serene, peaceful and quiet.

Since the end of the last sweeping operation in the southern Indian Ocean, the "Blue Mermaid" Japanese Navy Women's Fleet with the Yamato as its flagship has been moored here for more than a year because it has not received new missions and has nothing to do for a long time. up.Since the sound of guns and explosions has not been heard, gunpowder smoke and blood cannot be seen, the daily life is full of food and clothing, and there is nothing to do. Whether it is the female soldiers on board or a few passengers with special identities, if not, they can still get the latest information through some channels. When it comes to war news, they almost forget that the world is still in the midst of an unprecedented and brutal war.

"...above the foggy and choppy Skagerrak (outlet to the Baltic Sea) flames flared, guns echoed, and ships burned into bright balls of fire amidst explosions. Commander, United States Atlantic Fleet, Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr., nicknamed 'The Bull', after his last long journey across the Atlantic, finally paid his respects to his team, which had suffered so much and was dying of radiation sickness. The fleet has found a burial place that fits the sense of honor of soldiers... and the glorious journey belonging to the U.S. Navy seems to be coming to an end..."

Bathed in the warm sunshine of autumn in the southern hemisphere, Wang Qiu sat on the small sofa in the captain's cabin of the Yamato, leisurely reading a German newspaper that was delivered halfway around the world by a postal plane and translated by professionals. ——Among the war news published in this newspaper, a certain German reporter used a rather literary style to describe in detail the final battle of the US Atlantic Fleet under the command of Admiral Halsey.

——At this time, almost two months have passed since the battle of the Skagerrak Strait where the Halsey fleet was smashed into the sand and the entire army was wiped out.

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In fact, as early as when the Halsey fleet had just fled the nuclear-exploded Guantanamo Naval Base with its back facing the rising mushroom cloud, the traces of this fleet had been detected by the orbiting reconnaissance satellite (Wang Qiu) Doraemon world black technology props) noticed.But the problem is that at the time everyone thought it was just a group of defeated remnants who fled spontaneously, so they didn't pay much attention to the Halsey fleet at first.

Later, through satellite surveillance, it was discovered that the US fleet at the Guantanamo Bay Base in Cuba, after leaving the Caribbean Sea, did not head north to ports on the east coast of the continental United States, nor did it head to the US-occupied areas in South America, but crossed the Atlantic Ocean eastward. , which has attracted some attention.But most people at the time believed that the reason why this dilapidated small fleet crossed the Atlantic was to go into exile in South Africa-at Guantanamo, Admiral Halsey assembled a battleship, a light cruiser, two There are four regular aircraft carriers, one light aircraft carrier, fourteen destroyers, five ocean-going supply ships, twelve coastal defense ships and eight fast tankers.But after he escaped from the nuclear-exploded Guantanamo, only one battleship, one light cruiser, eight destroyers, one ocean-going supply ship, two fast tankers and his flagship "Valley Forge" remained in the entire fleet. No. [-] aircraft carrier, the rest of the ships were either destroyed in the nuclear explosion, or were seriously damaged, unable to carry out long-distance voyages, and had to be abandoned on the spot after the withdrawal of manpower.

Obviously, with such a pitifully small fleet size, even if it can reach the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, it can't do much in the face of the powerful Soviet Red Navy.Moreover, after all, these ships escaped from under the mushroom cloud of the nuclear explosion, and no one can tell how much damage they suffered.

In fact, according to the assessment of Soviet and Japanese naval professionals, this "dying fleet", which is "only half breathed", will not be able to survive the stormy Atlantic Ocean in winter, let alone engage in naval battles with the Soviets. I'm afraid it's all still unknown—but, I have to say, Admiral Halsey, who was born in a family of the US Navy, is still a bit strong. With tenacious perseverance, he overcame many difficulties including the shortage of supplies and the outbreak of radiation sickness, and led his fleet through the last part of the expedition.

——After leaving Guantanamo, which was destroyed by the atomic bomb, Halsey's fleet did not cross the Atlantic directly eastward, but sailed northeastward, reaching deep into the arctic waters covered with drift ice, while taking advantage of the thick fog and snow in the North Atlantic , successfully covered his tracks.Then, the Halsey Fleet, which was almost reaching the waters of Iceland, turned south, bypassed the island of Great Britain from the north, and then stuck to the east coast of Britain, plunged into the Norwegian Sea in one breath, and killed the Soviets outside their homes.It wasn't until this time that the Soviet Union, who captured the traces of the Halsey fleet again, suddenly realized that this small American fleet that escaped the nuclear explosion at Guantanamo Bay really ran to the other side of the Atlantic to seek their own lives!

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Therefore, the next thing was naturally that the Soviets dispatched troops angrily, preparing to siege and kill these daring Yankees.

Reluctantly, the Soviet side, which was planning to slap the Halsey fleet to death, soon found out very embarrassingly that they were temporarily in a state of extreme emptiness of available troops in the Norwegian Sea—due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland The catastrophic impact on the global climate and environment, the severe destruction of European countries by large-scale nuclear wars, and the horror of long-term famine, most of Europe is now in a tragic world of chaos and death. Therefore, in view of the severe difficulties of logistical supplies , the collapse of the European social order across the board, and in order to avoid too many troubles that cannot be shaken off, the current deployment of the Soviet Red Army in Western Europe, Central Europe, and Northern Europe is very weak, and the main ground forces are currently deployed on the Middle East battlefield. , Fighting with Turks, Iranians, and Arabs day and night, and stuffing all kinds of terrorists and "suspected terrorists" into labor camps by the way.

The forward bases of the Soviet strategic air force bombing the Americas are located in southern Spain and Morocco in North Africa, very far from the Norwegian Sea.Then, around the Norwegian Sea, Britain is in the dark age of cannibalism and anarchy, and France, Belgium and the Netherlands are basically back to the Middle Ages.The Soviet Union had no garrisons in France and Belgium, only symbolic garrisons in Germany and the Netherlands, and each had a flying squadron in Denmark and Norway. After discovering that the Halsey fleet had entered the Norwegian Sea, they immediately took off to meet the enemy—however, Since they are not naval aviation, they have not received training to attack ships, and they dare not dive at low altitudes, but only drop bombs at high altitudes, so their bombing effect is very poor, and not even a single bomb hits the enemy ship.

Moreover, the northern hemisphere is now in winter, and the Norwegian Sea is a high-latitude sea area. The days are short and the nights are very long, and the days are generally only a few hours a day.By the time the Soviet planes in the first attack wave dropped their bombs and returned home, the battlefield would be dark. Most of the military planes these days lack the ability to fight at night. It's really impossible, so I can only wait for the next day.

In addition, the authentic Soviet naval aviation unit, which specializes in dealing with warships, has just been ordered to make an emergency transition from other places to the front line in the Norwegian Sea. It will take some time before they actually arrive at the front-line base.In addition to the insufficient number of aircraft and the lack of professionalism, the naval ships can't catch up for a while-now, the Baltic Fleet of the Soviet Red Navy is basically empty, because the main ships are not in the Baltic Sea: Leningrad, Both Tallinn and Stockholm have suffered nuclear explosions before, and have not yet fully recovered. Looking around the entire Baltic Sea, it is almost impossible to find a well-equipped military port.As a result, most of the remaining ships of the Baltic Fleet of the Soviet Red Navy had to be moved to Murmansk, an ice-free port in the Arctic Circle, for the winter before the military ports of Leningrad and Kronshtak were repaired. Even the Fleet Command has moved there, and it will not move back to Leningrad for at least a few years.

Although after hearing the news of the Halsey fleet's invasion, two Soviet aircraft carriers, a Soviet battleship and five cruisers stationed in Murmansk, plus a large number of destroyers, all urgently lifted their anchors and went to snipe Kazakhstan. Ercy Fleet, but it will take a lot of time to reach the sea area.

In short, the use of the Soviet Red Army to control most European countries is relatively weak, and the governments and armies of these countries are also shaky, and the border guards have a huge loophole with a name, and God knows how to get it. Perhaps it is a blessing from God With good luck, the Halsey fleet, which was on a desperate expedition from Cuba, finally staggered to the Skagerrak Strait at the exit of the Baltic Sea, barely touching the gate of the Soviet Union.

——However, the good luck of Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr. "The Bull" only ended there.

In the Skagerrak Strait, Admiral Halsey and his fleet finally came to their final dead end and came to their burial place.

At the same time, they also used their passionate sacrifices to draw a successful conclusion to the journey of the Federal Navy of the United States of America.

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When the Halsey Fleet arrived in the Skagerrak Strait, the emergency Soviet naval and air forces had already set up their nets.

First of all, there was a wave of large-scale air raids by the Soviet Naval Air Force. Unlike the previous symbolic harassment by the Army Aviation, this time there were more than 100 dive bombers and torpedo planes of the Soviet Naval Air Force. Under the cover of fighter jets, they massacred Come.On the other hand, although Admiral Halsey still has an aircraft carrier "Valley Forge" in his hands, he can only get 9 F[-]F "Black Panther" carrier-based fighters-most of which are tethered on the deck. They were all thrown into the sea by the shock wave in the nuclear explosion, or at least severely damaged, and the pilots generally suffered from radiation sickness. Now there are not many healthy enough to fly the plane to the sky.Even among the fourteen people at present, there are several crumbling sick men.

In all fairness, the F9F Panther fighter jet with straight wings and a blue fuselage is indeed a good carrier-based aircraft.Unfortunately, this performance advantage is really not worth mentioning in such a huge disparity in quantity.The physical disadvantages of the pilots further widened the gap between the offensive and defensive sides-after only a few minutes of fighting, the fourteen F9F "Black Panther" carrier-based fighter jets of the US "Valley Forge" aircraft carrier were all killed. Shot down, and subsequently, the "Valley Forge" aircraft carrier, which lost its aircraft cover, became the prey of wanton massacres by the Soviet naval aviation.

Although these prey are not lambs and fat pigs that are easy to slaughter, but hedgehogs that are difficult to eat-in the face of the incoming Soviet aircraft, the battleship "Vermont", the aircraft carrier "Valley Forge", and the light cruiser "Phoenix" And various US destroyers, as well as transport ships equipped with anti-aircraft guns, dragged long white trails one after another, launching large-scale air defense evasive maneuvers on the sea surface of the battlefield.The 40MM anti-aircraft guns, 20MM anti-aircraft guns, and 127MM naval guns on each ship also fired violently into the air. The shells and colored tracer shells equipped with radio proximity fuzes dragged out a long rain of fire. Flying from the front, rear, left, and right of the Soviet dive bomber, the fierce anti-aircraft firepower hit the sky with smoke from the shells.

However, the pilots of the Soviet Naval Air Force were all experienced veterans, and they quickly activated the radio jammers proficiently, causing the radio proximity fuzes that the US military was proud of to explode in pieces at low altitudes.Then, they continued to fly skillfully through the blasted anti-aircraft gun smoke and dense ballistic trajectory, although from time to time there were unlucky Soviet planes slowly falling from the sky dragging black smoke, or even more unlucky volleyed It exploded into countless fine pieces of aluminum, but more planes successfully broke through the US fleet's anti-aircraft firepower net, and successfully dropped aerial bombs or torpedoes...

Immediately afterwards, a dazzling white light suddenly flashed on the deck of the "Valley Forge" aircraft carrier.An aerial bomb weighing [-] kilograms directly hit the flight deck of the aircraft carrier, penetrated the top armor plate in an instant, and then continued to penetrate the layers of compartments below the deck, piercing through layers of decks of the hull, The last one got into the pilot's rest cabin in the middle and lower part of the aircraft carrier, and there was a loud noise inside the "Valley Forge" aircraft carrier.

At the same time, another dive bomber of the Soviet Naval Air Force luckily rushed to a place less than 100 meters away from the "Valley Forge" aircraft carrier, and pulled off after successfully dropping a bomb.The dropped aerial bomb continued to fly forward due to inertia, landed on the water, bounced off the sea like a stone floating in water, and hit the hull of the "Valley Forge" aircraft carrier from the side. Just drilled into the belly of the ship...

In the blink of an eye, a series of deafening explosions came from the inside of the "Valley Forge" aircraft carrier. Thick smoke and flames rushed out of the aircraft carrier's hull, which quickly triggered a fire in the aviation fuel depot inside the aircraft carrier. The fire at the fuel depot soon spread to the ammunition depot of the "Valley Forge" aircraft carrier. With a flash of dazzling red light, several anti-aircraft turrets of the aircraft carrier were lifted to a height of more than 100 meters together with the radar director. In the air, like a light matchbox.Shards of hot steel and scorched human flesh fell into the sea one after another, splashing a large amount of water.

Next, a huge fuel tank in the cabin of the "Valley Forge" aircraft carrier seemed to be pierced directly by steel fragments from the explosion, and a large amount of fuel leaked out quickly filled the decks below. Wherever the fire went, it filled the air with black smoke and scorching flames.

Finally, on the flight deck of the "Valley Forge", a dazzling flame rose up with a "boom", and the damage control team members of the aircraft carrier who were busy on the deck were suddenly submerged in the fire that swept like a tsunami. The fire also detonated the ammunition piled up on the deck, and the sound of one after another explosion suddenly sounded like firecrackers in a festival, but there was no joyful joy at all, on the contrary, it only made people feel extremely depressing and terrifying.

Despite this, the sailors on the deck of the aircraft carrier continued to fight the fire desperately. Due to the extremely high temperature of the fire caused by gasoline, the water sprayed by the fire hose immediately atomized, like adding fuel to the fire.Several destroyers around also tried to gather around to put out the fire, but basically it was of no avail—the raging fire was burning in the bilge of the aircraft carrier, and the steel plates in the compartment were burned red. Just watering it from the outside was really useless.Moreover, these U.S. Navy destroyers spraying water to fight the fire themselves are also facing the indiscriminate bombing of the Soviet Naval Air Force at this moment. It is hard to say how much attention can be devoted to fighting the fire.

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While General Halsey's flagship aircraft carrier "Valley Forge" was struggling amidst thick smoke, explosions and flames, the ocean-going supply ship and two fast tankers in his fleet, which had weaker anti-aircraft firepower, had already It turned into bright giant torches, the flames soared into the sky, and the sun was covered by thick smoke. Some people on the deck could dive to escape, while the people in the countless compartments below the deck could only be burned to death in the fire. died, or even suffocated to death after being directly closed the watertight hatch by his own people... In addition, two destroyers were also sunk during this wave of air strikes.

After the first wave of air strikes, the "Valley Forge" aircraft carrier struggled for a while, but in the end it failed to control the fire. The spreading internal fire and successive ammunition explosions directly burned the power cabin, causing the aircraft carrier to lose power. Will spin around.Slowly, the hull that had stopped moving began to tilt to one side, and various vehicles and people on the deck were dumped into the sea like toys.Even on the "Phoenix City" light cruiser, which is quite a distance from the "Valley Forge" aircraft carrier, the sound of continuous explosions from the hull of the "Valley Forge" can be heard continuously. Hundred-pound, one-thousand-pound aerial bombs are making terrible noises while biting the broken body of the "Valley Forge" aircraft carrier.

At the same time, the bridge near the central elevator of the "Valley Forge" aircraft carrier was burned red by the fire, and all the people inside who had not had time to escape were all sealed by the fire. Due to the power outage of the entire ship, the lighting system basically collapsed, and there was darkness. In the process, it is very difficult to find another way to withdraw.Then, the fire pumps also lost pressure and the automatic sprinkler system failed.After a while, all the flammable materials including the cables and signal flags on the outside of the island bridge of the "Valley Forge" aircraft carrier were completely burned, leaving only a solitary charred flagpole, like a Bare ugly dead tree.When Admiral Halsey, who was in a state of distress, was dragged by the sailors into a small boat and escaped from the Valley Forge, the antenna of the aircraft carrier was twisted and bent, the funnel was torn, and flames were everywhere on the huge hull. Emerging from the breach, the soldiers in the engine room seemed all burned to death.

The next moment, as if to see off General Halsey, as if to confirm the determination of the pilots, suddenly, a loud noise erupted inside the "Valley Forge" aircraft carrier, and a blast rose into the sky on the rear deck of the ship. A pillar of fire hundreds of meters high.The hull shook violently, and the shock wave of the explosion instantly blew away the sailors on the deck who were waiting to release the lifeboats.Following the huge explosion, the huge aircraft carrier first raised its bow, rushed suddenly, and then began to sink rapidly from the bow, while the stern lifted high, the huge copper propeller rushed into the sky, and finally submerged into the sky forever. seabed……

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When the "Valley Forge" aircraft carrier sank amidst explosions and flames, the battleship "Vermont", with thick skin, strong armor, fierce anti-aircraft firepower, and strong survivability, was in the first wave of air strikes by the Soviet Naval Air Force. It did not become the main target, but the loss was relatively slight.

But the problem is that when almost all the US Navy officers and soldiers on the Skagerrak Strait battlefield are attracted by the burning "Valley Forge" aircraft carrier, the "C- The two Soviet submarines, No. 13" and "C-11", took the opportunity to launch a lightning strike on the battleship "Vermont"!The white traces of eight torpedoes suddenly appeared on the sea surface, leaving no time for the Americans to react!

In an instant, the port side of the "Vermont" battleship, which had no time to evade, was hit by three mines in a row, and the icy seawater poured into the cabin like a waterfall.Although the U.S. military damage control team tried their best to rescue them, the pumping speed of the water pump was far behind the speed of pouring in seawater, and the angle of inclination was still increasing.

Watching the huge battleship keep tilting to one side, the American captain of the USS Vermont, in desperation, ordered to open the watertight hatch and fill part of the engine room on the starboard side with water to balance the entire hull.More seawater surged into the cabin in a blink of an eye, and a considerable part of the American crew members in these cabins had no time to evacuate, and their superiors had no time or could not notify them, and these people were submerged in the icy seawater in a blink of an eye— —The hatches for them to return to other cabins have been tightly closed and sealed. There is no way out. They can only drown and suffocate little by little in the sea water.

Relying on this method that was close to self-mutilation, after some hard work, the tilt of the battleship "Vermont" was stopped, but the speed of the battleship dropped by nearly half.The still-shocked U.S. military was just about to start anti-submarine operations, but the ships of the Soviet Red Navy had already pierced through the fog and appeared from the sea level.

——Although, what arrived at this moment was only a small reconnaissance formation composed of four Soviet destroyers that set sail from Gothenburg, Sweden.

Since the light cruiser "Phoenix City" is busy rescuing its own personnel who fell into the water—in the icy Skagerrak Strait in winter, the sailors who fell into the water can only survive for half an hour at most before being frozen to death, so, next, a A naval battle between six American destroyers and four Soviet destroyers rumbled across the Skagerrak.After some intense chasing and fighting, although a considerable number of sailors suffered from radiation sickness, and the sighting facilities on the ship were also severely damaged by the nuclear explosion at Guantanamo Bay, they relied on more troops and richer experience. , the ships are also more cutting-edge, and there is also a battleship providing long-range fire support. The US destroyer formation finally managed to win a dismal victory. An incoming Soviet destroyer forced the remaining Soviet destroyer to escape wounded.

However, at the same time, the "Vermont" battleship, which was an eye-catching target, was hit by a torpedo again unluckily in the melee due to the drastic reduction in speed and difficulty in avoiding it. Lost power, turned into an iron shell floating on the sea.

For this reason, Admiral Halsey, who had just escaped from the sunken aircraft carrier "Valley Forge" and was still sitting on the lifeboat, had to give up his plan to transfer to the battleship "Vermont" and changed to "Vermont". Phoenix" light cruiser, hoisted his flag of the commander of the Atlantic Fleet.

Then, to make matters worse, the US Navy officers and soldiers who had just beaten away the Soviet destroyer, were also scarred and exhausted, before they had time to take a breather, the second wave of offensives by the Soviet Naval Air Forces followed. More than 200 dive bombers and torpedo planes, from different directions, rushed towards the remaining ships of the Halsey fleet, which had been seriously downsized and in a hurry...

At this point, the end of the Halsey fleet has finally landed...

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More than ten hours later, when the main fleet of the Baltic Fleet of the Soviet Red Navy set off from Murmansk, the anchorage for the winter, and hurried all the way to the Skagerrak Strait, the misty sea had already There are no US Navy warships in sight to fight against.

As far as the eye can see, in the turbulent cold waves of the Norwegian Sea, there are only large oil stains left, as well as many floating objects such as clothing fragments, table and chair parts, life buoys and charred corpses, showing that this piece of water has been destroyed not long ago. There was a fierce naval battle.In addition, there were a number of scattered American sailors, huddled on more than [-] lifeboats, shaking and beckoning to them for help.

——"The Last American Admiral" William Frederick Halsey, Jr., died in the second wave of air strikes by the Soviet Naval Air Force, and all the ships under his command were in the southeast of the Norwegian Sea outside the Skagerrak Strait The waters sank and no one was spared.Since the battlefield in the Skagerrak Strait is located at a high latitude, and it is the cold winter season, the seawater with floating ice is close to zero, and the sailors who fell into the water can only survive for a short time before they will be frozen to death.However, the number of lifeboats that the U.S. military had enough time to release was seriously insufficient. Therefore, among the fleet officers and soldiers led by Admiral Halsey, only 950 five sailors were rescued by the Soviet Navy, but more than [-] people died in succession within a year. Frostbite, burns, bacterial infections, and radiation sickness from Guantanamo.

At this point, the tragic Battle of Skagerrak came to an end. Admiral Halsey, commander of the US Atlantic Fleet, died in battle. The last large-scale tactical counterattack of the US Navy in World War III, It also ended with the annihilation of the entire attack fleet...

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PS: The magically modified version of the World War of Ship Girls is written here, and there is only one end waiting for the unconditional surrender of the United States. The battles that should be fought are almost all fought, and the damned people are almost dead. If I continue writing , The earth in this plane is almost completely empty by me (laughs).

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