Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Without even figuring out what attack method the enemy used, nearly half of the destroyers were lost in vain; what's even more terrible is that the opponent's attack did not end there, and the fleet's losses continued to increase, except for the outermost destroyers. Several cruisers have been hit one after another.

Fletcher's eyes were cracked, he was shocked and angry, and could hardly stand. Even a fool can see that this is a carefully laid trap. It is obvious that the Germans have already known about their surprise attack plan and set up this terrible ambush in advance.

But Fletcher no longer cared about how the news leaked or how the Germans learned about it; now he just wanted to escape from this terrible trap as soon as possible, even if he was sent to a military court after returning, he would retreat.

"Turn around immediately and retreat quickly. Leave here and leave immediately!"

To hell with any surprise attack or occupation of Greenland!

But a battleship is not a bicycle. You can turn around by lifting the handlebars and turning in a circle. It takes about 3-5 minutes for a large battleship to make an emergency U-turn, and the arc required to turn is several kilometers long; not to mention that now it is an entire fleet. A U-turn cannot be completed in two or three minutes.

As the fleet turned, the sound of explosions from all directions continued continuously, and Fletcher was on the verge of tears. What kind of torpedoes did the Germans use? They couldn't even maneuver for evasive maneuvers? Could it be that they launched thousands and tens of thousands of torpedoes to cover this entire sea area? !

Isn't this too arrogant? !

While frightened, he suddenly noticed a detail. Almost all of the warships that were hit had their sterns hit, losing power and paralyzing on the sea. In other words, the German torpedoes specifically attack the stern of one's own ship. Once the stern of the ship is damaged and unable to move, it will basically not be hit by torpedoes again.

"??"how did you do that?

Before he could think about it, with another loud noise, the battleship Ramillies in the distance was shot in the stern, and its speed slowly slowed down. There are not many destroyers and cruisers left that are intact on the periphery, and now it is the turn of the battleships in the center of the fleet. Just a few seconds later, the Yorktown and Enterprise aircraft carriers not far away were hit almost simultaneously.

Fletcher was about to collapse, how he wished this was a terrible nightmare!

Just then a report came from the radar room. "There are at least a hundred enemy aircraft." Before he finished speaking, Fletcher felt the Colorado he was on tremble violently. He was unsteady and almost fell to the ground. He hurriedly held on to the handrail next to him.

Hit!

"Damage report!" However, he vaguely guessed that they were also shot at the stern of the ship. He felt that the speed of the battleship suddenly dropped, and it obviously lost power.

"Oh God!" Once a battleship loses power, it is like a piece of meat at the mercy of others. The enemy has dozens of ways to easily deal with them!

At this time, the German fighter group was already approaching the fleet.

"Ha! How spectacular!"

Nearly a hundred warships were paralyzed on the sea with thick smoke billowing out. The scene was very spectacular.

Hovering in the sky, they could only watch helplessly as their own warships were hit one by one. They were already frightened and grief-stricken. When they saw the German fighter jets flying in the distance, they swarmed forward gnashing their teeth. The following aircraft carriers were shot and tilted, and it was impossible for them to land. When the fuel ran out, they would have to make an emergency landing on the sea; it was better to fight to the death now and pull a few backs.

Looking at the U.S. fighter jets charging menacingly, the German pilots couldn't help but have mocking smiles on their faces. "The Americans' F2F Buffalo and F4F Wildcat carrier-based aircraft are really ugly, and the Americans have terrible aesthetics. Are these ugly things worthy of flying in the sky?"

Not to mention the F2F Buffalo, even the F4F Wildcat completely lags behind the FW190 in terms of performance. For example, the maximum flight speed of the F4F is 515 kilometers per hour, while the maximum flight speed of the FW190 can exceed 700 kilometers per hour. The climb rate of the F4F is 594 meters/minute; while the climb rate of the FW190 is more than 900 meters/minute.

Compared to the FW1 cannon (different models), the F4F Wildcat is four Browning M2 heavy machine guns. But this kind of machine gun is not reliable, and the M2 machine gun also has some problems in actual combat - some pilots found that this kind of machine gun often jams for no reason. This kind of failure has not occurred in many tests before the war. .

Later, after comprehensive analysis and inspection, technicians found that the M2 with the ammunition in the drum was likely to have a jamming accident caused by poor ammunition supply when the fighter aircraft vibrated too violently; in order to solve this problem, the designers added some ammunition to the drum. A decoupling device was added to the drum to isolate the ammunition belt. It wasn't until the spring of 1942 that the jamming problem was completely solved.

After a scuffle, the US carrier-based aircraft were slaughtered.

After eliminating the air threat, the next step was the A-1 attack aircraft.

There are three large main pylons on the centerline of the belly of the A-1 attack aircraft and under the inner wing sections on both sides. The belly pylon can carry 1,633 kilograms of external stores, and the inner wing pylons can carry 1,361 kilograms of external stores. In addition, there are 6 small pylons under the outer wing sections on each side, each of which can carry 227 kilograms of external stores. However, due to structural strength, the total weight of the small pylons on each side of the outer wing section cannot exceed 1134 kilograms.

In this way, the entire aircraft has a total of 15 pylons, with a theoretical total loading capacity of 6,622 kg. However, due to the tight arrangement of the outer wing section pylons, only small weapons can be mounted, which cannot reach the ultimate loading capacity.

These A-1 attack aircraft now carry three 454-kilogram aerial bombs and three 227-kilogram aerial bombs, with a total external weapons weight of 2,043 kilograms.

The specialty of the A-1 attack aircraft is the swooping bomb attack at an approximately vertical 85-degree angle, with an accuracy comparable to that of a Stuka. And now those immobile warships on the sea are simply perfect targets. Every dive of the A-1 attack aircraft can accurately drop bombs on the battleship.

Although the anti-aircraft firepower on the battleship fought back desperately, the A-1 attack aircraft with thick armor protection was comparable to the Il-2 in terms of resistance to beating, not to mention the anti-aircraft machine gun, even if it was hit by a few small-caliber anti-aircraft gun shells Safe and sound.

Watching the battleships sinking to the bottom of the sea, Fletcher even wanted to die, and gave the order to surrender in grief and anger. "Surrender." Then the Colorado raised the white flag.

Seeing the flagship hoisting the white flag, the other ships followed suit and hoisted the white flag.

But what is desperate is that the German army did not stop attacking. A-1 attack planes still swooped down one after another, sinking those warships flying the white flag.

"!!" Fletcher realized that the Germans wanted to kill them all and would not accept surrender.

"You are violating international law!!" In Fletcher's desperate scream, two 454-kilogram aerial bombs and four torpedoes hit the Colorado at the same time.

The dive bombing of the A-1 attack aircraft, coupled with the torpedoes launched by the surrounding destroyers, torpedo boats, and submarines, all the U.S. fleets paralyzed on the sea sank to the bottom of the sea.