"Sir, those are the battleships and cruisers of the Ming Navy...there are more than ten 10,000-ton ships, we can't let them go!"
"But what will happen if the enemy planes on Kwajalein come again? Some of them still have torpedoes on them!"
"But those 10,000-ton ships are all emitting black smoke. They must have been damaged. If we work harder, we can keep them all in Kwajalein Atoll!"
"But we must destroy the airport on Kwajalein first, otherwise the aircraft there will pose too great a threat to our aircraft-carrying armored cruisers!"
"But the airfield on Kwajalein is too big. If we must completely destroy it, the enemy fleet will slip away!"
"But if we don't destroy the airport, our fleet will always be in danger..."
Before George Elliot could decide whether to blow up the ship or destroy the airport on Kwajalein Island first, his staff officers were already arguing. Some advocated bombing the ship and some advocated bombing the airport. It all makes sense...but who should you listen to?
"Sir," the fleet's aviation staff suddenly asked loudly, "the flight deck asked, what type of bomb should be hung?"
It turns out that none of the "pigeon planes" that participated in the first attack wave were shot down at this time. Now they have returned, and have been refilled with fuel and bullets. They are also lined up on the flight deck, just waiting to hang bombs. Can take off again to form the third attack wave.
"Hang on high-explosive bombs for bombing the airport!" George Yilu said thoughtfully, "Wait for the second attack wave of planes to come back, and then hang on them armor-piercing bombs... I believe those battleships and cruisers of the Ming Dynasty are not ready yet. You’ll run too far!”
As he spoke, George Elliot looked up again at the Ming Dynasty ships that were smoking thickly on the sea - they did not come towards George Elliot's D fleet after leaving the Kwajalein Lagoon, but instead Running westward, it seems that he wants to evacuate the battlefield.
Seeing this scene, George Yilu also breathed a sigh of relief. He was a little worried just now that the Ming Navy fleet composed of old battleships and new cruisers would come for a decisive battle with his six aircraft-carrying armored cruisers!
If we really want to fight a decisive battle, his aircraft-carrying armored cruisers are no match. To deal with those battleships, we still have to let the main fleet come in!
Thinking of this, George Yilu loudly ordered: "Give General William Baga power and tell him that the Ming fleet that rushed out from Kwajalein Island is evacuating to the west... There are at least 100 people among them. There are 10 old warships, and all of them have been damaged by aircraft, so the speed is not very fast, only 10-12 knots!"
"Yes, sir!"
In fact, before receiving the telegram from George Elliot, William Baga had already led his large fleet in pursuit - after all, there were more than a dozen large ships of more than 10,000 tons, even if they were mainly Laoye battleships, then It’s also big meat. Apart from anything else, why are there hundreds of sailors on this old battleship? A dozen ships are equivalent to less than 10,000 people!
Moreover, William Baga was also worried that the Ming army fleet rushing out of the Kwajalein Atoll would come to George Yilu's fleet to kill them all. If all six of George Elliot's aircraft-carrying armored cruisers were lost, it would be troublesome.
William Baga only has a total of 8 aircraft-carrying armored cruisers and only more than 200 carrier-based aircraft pilots, while George Elliot has 6 aircraft-carrying ships and 144 carrier-based aircraft pilots... Then But the spark of the British Royal Naval Air Force!
Now that he received the telegram from George Elliot, William Baga finally breathed a sigh of relief. But it’s okay to relax, but not to relax! So William Bagga immediately transferred 4 Monmouth-class ships, 4 Cressey-class ships, 2 Duke of Edinburgh-class ships, 2 Devonshire-class ships, and 16 fast destroyers from the A Fleet that he personally led. The new B fleet, commanded by the Duke of Edinburgh-class captain Rear Admiral Dundas, pursued the Ming fleet protruding from the Kwajalein Atoll with all its strength.
...
The Pacific Ocean is like a huge piece of blue silk, undulating with the wind, stretching as far as the eye can see. Cotton-like clouds drifted past the cabin window of the Thunder Dragon torpedo bomber driven by Xiao Chaogui, giving people a sense of tranquility and serenity. But Xiao Chaogui hates it the most now
It's such a peaceful and peaceful feeling... It's been more than an hour and almost two hours of flying, why haven't you seen the British fleet yet? Could it be flying in the wrong direction?
Thinking of this, Xiao Chaogui began to pray: "God bless us, Heavenly Father, and let me find Yingyi... Amen!"
Xiao Chaogui's face will definitely be given by the Heavenly Father and Emperor. He is the Heavenly Brother Jesus, the Ming Dynasty's "Fan Jesus", so after he finished saying "Amen", Hu Yihuang in the passenger seat started shouting: "Chao Brother Gui...it's 11 o'clock ahead, thick smoke!"
Xiao Chaogui quickly looked up, and sure enough he saw more than a dozen plumes of thick smoke, and vaguely saw several aircraft that looked a bit like birds... The ones that made the aircraft look like this were the British pigeon aircraft.
"Found it! Found it!" Xiao Chaogui roared, "Quickly signal to the brothers behind!"
"I know, we're already fighting!" As Hu Yihuang spoke, he had already taken out a red "command flag" and started waving it vigorously.
When Hu Yihuang started to wave the red flag, the twenty or thirty "pigeon planes" that were staring at the Kongming large light cruiser of the Ming Dynasty to drop bombs also saw more than 90 Sea Flying Dragons, Ssangyongs, Thunder Dragons, etc. flying from the west. A large fleet of fighter planes.
This frightened the British pilots in the sky. Their "Pigeons" were no match for the Ming Dynasty Dragon fighters. They had been beaten up by several Dragon fighters that had taken off from Kwajalein Island before. The losses were considerable. Hundreds of them flew in this time, and the sky was filled with darkness. How could we fight? Run!
John Wright, who had lost his good brother in the previous battle, no longer had the courage to face the Dragon fighter. The latter was so powerful that it could crush the Pigeon aircraft in terms of speed, maneuverability and firepower. Moreover, the pilots of the Ming Army especially like to go around and shoot behind the enemy. The only way for the pigeon aircraft to fight back is for the pilot to pull out his pistol and shoot back... Thinking that his good brother died so miserably, John... Wright quickly moved the joystick and flew his pigeon plane toward the east in the direction of his D fleet.
Seeing the pigeons and planes in the sky flying eastward one after another, the Ming army aircraft groups in the sky were not in a hurry to attack, but instead slowly nipped behind them. Not long after, Xiao Chaogui, who was piloting a Thunder Dragon torpedo attack aircraft, saw thick smoke that made his blood surge!
"Damn it, he finally found you!"
After a while, on the blue sea, the British fleet appeared one after another in three columns. The left and right columns were small boats of thousands of tons, and the one in the middle of the three columns was That’s 6 aircraft-carrying armored cruisers!
"Six aircraft carriers..." Xiao Chaogui's voice trembled a little, "Quickly, send power to the Shu Zhongwang and tell them that the Thunder Dragon 8 has discovered the enemy fleet, the number... 20 More than 1,000 ships, including 6 aircraft carriers!"
Hu Yihuang, who was sitting behind him, was already filming the telegram. When Xiao Chaogui finished speaking, he was almost done, so he opened his throat and said: "Brother Xiao, the telegram is finished... what should we do now?" ?」
"Of course it's an attack!" Xiao Chaogui shouted while pressing down the control stick, "The target is the Yingyi aircraft carrier, go ahead, God bless us!"
