Traveling through 1937, I came to fight against the Kwantung Army

For Jiang Xiaofan, captain of the Jingpo Lake battleship, the only thing left to do after refitting and replenishing supplies is to look for the US aircraft carrier battle group!

This time, Jiang Xiaofan is no longer a lone hero.

The Navy’s five aircraft carrier battle groups are all near him!

After receiving the information from the reconnaissance plane, the Jingpo Lake battleship immediately sailed at full speed towards the eastern Pacific Ocean!

The USS Roosevelt,

Bridge command room,

Vice Admiral Pride, commander of the Seventh Fleet, smiled bitterly as he looked at a telegram in his hand. It was from the commander of the Asia-Pacific Theater, Lehman, urging the various aircraft carrier formations to move closer to Busan.

Today, the pressure on Busan is really too great. In just two days, the most advanced F100 fighter jets of the Army Aviation stationed in the Asia-Pacific region have been basically exhausted!

The captain of the USS Roosevelt, Colonel Holloway III, said, "The naval strength of the Haizhou Kingdom is currently far stronger than ours. If we go to Busan, it will probably be a dead end!"

Vice Admiral Pride originally led four aircraft carrier battle groups to besiege Yokosuka. However, after only one day of fighting, the Forrestal aircraft carrier battle group was eaten up by a battleship of the Haizhou Kingdom. Pride was scared to death!

The other aircraft carriers also immediately evacuated the battlefield and ran 300 nautical miles to the east to evade. Pride believed that Haizhou State already had more aircraft carriers than the United States. If Haizhou State was equipped with powerful anti-ship missiles, its own aircraft carriers would almost be sitting ducks!

No chance of winning!

"Colonel, you are right. What can I do? Order all ships to turn to Busan!" Pride sighed!

He still has three aircraft carrier battle groups left in his hands, while the main aircraft carriers of the United States have all gone to Europe, and there are only two aircraft carriers left in the country!

"General, the military development of Haizhou Kingdom has been very rapid in recent years. Not only does it have an advantage in quantity, but it is also far ahead in technology!" Holloway III said pessimistically!

Regarding the war with Haizhou Kingdom, the U.S. Navy is now filled with pessimism from top to bottom. Of course, this is also related to their disastrous defeat in Australia that year, which left an indelible psychological shadow!

"A large water target has been spotted! Direction: southwest, 200 nautical miles away! Speed: 35 knots!" the radar soldier suddenly shouted!

"A ship?"

The two of them seemed to have thought of something, their faces were pale, but they were muttering in their hearts at the same time,

"Could it be the Jingbo Lake battleship?"

"It can be confirmed that there is only one ship! Judging from the reflected waves, it is a large ship over 30,000 tons!"

A ridiculous idea suddenly popped up in Pride's mind, that is, turn around and run away!

His lips moved, and he saw that everyone in the command room was looking at him, waiting for the next order, but in the end he didn't dare to say it!

The atmosphere was awkward. After a full minute of silence, Pride finally gave the order with difficulty.

"If it's the Jingbo Lake, we must kill it!"

Holloway III said,

"General, our aircraft carrier battle groups are going to Busan for reinforcement. If we suffer too much loss due to a fierce battle on the way, I'm afraid it will be difficult to report to General Lehman!"

Pride was secretly delighted when he heard this.

"Then what should we do?"

"This warship is heading from south to north, and we are heading from east to west. We will ignore it for now. If it keeps chasing us, we will fight it back!"

"Okay, order all ships to continue to speed up as planned! Send a reconnaissance plane to confirm!"

The detection range of the US military's shipborne radar is 200 nautical miles, while the maximum speed of battleships and aircraft carriers are around 33 knots. Therefore, theoretically speaking, it is impossible to catch up!

At 11:29, the radar soldier reported again that the warships of Haizhou State began to turn and chase after the aircraft carrier!

At 11:33, the reconnaissance plane reported that it was indeed a battleship! It should be the only battleship in Haizhou State, the Jingbo Lake!

At this moment, on the ocean surface, 100 nautical miles behind the Jingpo Lake, there are five aircraft carrier battle groups of Haizhou State. Seeing that the US aircraft carrier did not take the bait, the warships of Haizhou State had no choice but to follow!

15:17,

On the leading aircraft carrier USS Roosevelt,

The radar soldier reported a bad news: a large surface ship was spotted 200 nautical miles ahead!

At 15:25, radar soldiers confirmed that there were three aircraft carrier battle groups coming towards them and the distance between the two sides was getting closer!

These three aircraft carrier battle groups are the Jinlong, Tiezhou, and Wen Tianxiang aircraft carrier battle groups located in the second line. They were originally planned to launch landing operations in Okinawa.

However, Ding Shan believed that the US aircraft carriers posed a greater threat, so he gave priority to encircling and annihilating the US aircraft carriers. These three aircraft carriers had been operating in the southern waters of Japan, and as soon as they received the report that the reconnaissance aircraft had discovered the US aircraft carriers, they immediately rushed over and collided face to face halfway!

The radar detection range of Haizhou’s warships is 40 nautical miles farther than that of the US military’s radar. This is because Haizhou’s weapons and equipment are updated much faster than those of the US military!

Take radar for example. Almost every year, the radars equipped on all warships and aircraft are replaced. The technology of this electronic equipment is iterating too fast. If it is not updated for three years, the gap with the opponent will be huge!

Don’t underestimate these 40 nautical miles, this means that Haizhou’s reaction time is one hour faster than that of the United States!

At 15:30, US military planes began to take off. Pride had no choice but to go ahead!

At 15:38, the U.S. radar soldier reported again that a group of 149 aircraft were flying behind their aircraft carrier, that is, from the east!

At this time, 87 aircraft had taken off from the decks of the three US aircraft carriers to attack the three aircraft carrier battle groups of Haizhou State.

When Pride heard the radar soldier's report, he was stunned as if he was struck by lightning. He understood that there must be Haizhou's aircraft carriers in front and behind!

At 15:45, the American aircraft that took off and the Yue Fei 2 fighter jets that took off from three aircraft carriers including the Golden Dragon began to engage in air combat!

Three minutes later, almost all the remaining US military planes took off and started air combat with the Yue Fei 2 fighter planes that arrived from the rear!

At this time, Pride realized that the situation was hopeless and they were surrounded!

15:59,

The USS Enterprise was attacked by seventeen M-2 attack aircraft.

The fun of hunting aircraft carriers has officially begun!

16:03,

The US military's "Independence!" aircraft carrier encountered a torpedo attack from five attack aircraft!

At 17:11, the air battle was basically over, and Haizhou State naturally won a great victory, shooting down a total of 115 US carrier-based aircraft! The US side lost 41 aircraft!

17:12,

After the USS Enterprise was hit by a bomb and a torpedo, thick black smoke rose from the deck!

At 17:15, the USS Roosevelt was hit by two bombs! The speed dropped to 15 knots!

At 17:18, the USS Independence was hit by multiple bombs again, and the hull began to take on water and tilt!

The sky gradually darkened!