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　Yamato and Musashi saw all the ship girls covered with blue light.

　No more, everyone sneered: "Only cowards dare not confront the real body head-on, and switch to ship suit mode to escape reality!"

　It is extremely difficult to hit the ship girl in ship-mounted mode with the main gun at this distance, but it is more than enough to hit human warships. They switched their targets to ordinary ships.

　While enduring the bombardment of bullets that escaped their net, Yamato and Musashi used their particle beam main guns to massacre the ordinary American ships.

　An Arleigh Burke was hit by the Yamato's triple-barreled rear main gun. In just three seconds, three 460mm particle beams easily tore through the thin skin of the modern ship, detonating the ammunition magazine of the 127mm main gun, triggering a violent explosion.

　"Look at the fireworks! Hahaha!" Yamato was very excited when he saw that he had blown up a Burke-class destroyer.

　Saturation strikes were still useful—but not very useful. The missiles that broke through the air defense network only damaged the Musashi, destroying her rear turret and damaging her secondary battery on one side.

　The fleet commander was overwhelmed. His own fleet had just damaged a battleship in the deep sea, and he had sunk a modern missile destroyer and damaged two battleships.

　The commander began calling his superiors for help, hoping to get support from strategic bombers or long-range ballistic missiles.

　"Laffey (DD-459), come back! Do you know how dangerous this is? You are acting on your own!" Cleveland grabbed Laffey who was about to rush forward without saying a word.

　Rafi (DD-724) grabbed his senior's shoulders and warned, "Senior! This isn't Solomon, and it's not a night battle. Please calm down!"

　"Well... the enemy is killing me unilaterally, and Lafite feels aggrieved..." There was less fatigue and more sharpness in Lafite's eyes, and he stared at Yamato Musashi in the distance with murderous intent.

　If looks could kill, Yamato and Musashi would have sunk eight or ten times over.

　A dozen minutes later, the temporary presidential office of the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, USA.

　"What? The remaining fleet returning to the mainland was attacked by the Deep Sea Yamato and Musashi?! Isn't the Deep Sea Navy in the Atlantic Ocean?" Kamala found it unbelievable.

　"It's absolutely true, otherwise they wouldn't be asking the Air Force for tactical nuclear strikes, and the Air Force wouldn't be asking you for nuclear launch authority," said General Glenn Van Heck.

　After the initial confrontation with the East Coast Deep Sea Navy, Kamala had a better understanding of the Deep Sea Navy. Even when the Second Fleet was fighting with the East Coast Deep Sea Navy, the Navy never requested a tactical nuclear strike.

　This time, even with the presence of ship girls, they called for a tactical nuclear strike, which shows that the opponent is no small matter.

　Although Kamala had a strong prejudice against the ship girls, she did not want them to die in vain before they had played their due role in defending America. Without any hesitation, she said seriously, "Bring me the nuclear bomb code box, quickly!"

　After a few minutes of tossing and turning, two nuclear missile silos in North Dakota's nuclear missile silo complex were undergoing work for the first time since their construction.

　Two Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles, each carrying a tactical nuclear bomb with a yield of 50,000 tons, rose from the well with huge noise and flames, and soared into the sky.

　At this time, both Yamato and Musashi had suffered moderate damage from the attacks of ordinary ships and ship girls of the US task force.

　On the US side, the task force's anti-ship ammunition had run out, and during this period, two Burke-class ships were severely damaged and one was destroyed.

　Sad news also arrived from the ship's mother: Hamman had died heroically while saving Yorktown. She had bravely flown to Yorktown's front, shielding it from Musashi's particle cannon fire. How could a small destroyer withstand a 460-class particle beam?

　The brave and selfless Hamman became the first shipgirl to be sunk in battle. War... is so ruthless, always with blood and sacrifice.

　Chapter 274: Encounter in the Eastern Pacific (2)

　After Hamman sank (died in action), the American ship girls were filled with grief and anger. At this time, all of Enterprise's carrier-based aircraft had been retrieved and replaced with anti-sea mounts.

　"Sister Enterprise! Send those two Japanese boat bitches to hell! Avenge Harman!" Bumblebee roared. She and Yorktown hated that they were now covered in helicopters and could not effectively attack the enemy.

　(The US military, lacking the funds and shipyards to retrofit WWII aircraft carriers, simply replaced all the aircraft on the Yorktown-class and Lexington-class carriers with helicopters, using them as helicopter carriers. They could also carry Marines and serve as amphibious assault ships if necessary.)

　Enterprise didn't say anything. She stared fiercely at Yamato Musashi in the distance on the horizon, pulling the composite bowstring with her right hand. When the bowstring was pulled to the bottom, a golden arrow appeared between the bow arm and bowstring.

　"The bottom of this ocean is your eternal home!" Enterprise said harshly. As soon as she finished speaking, she stretched out her right hand, and the golden arrow shot out transformed into two F-35cs.

　Then, she repeated the same shooting action several times, releasing F/A-18s one after another, with several F-35cs interspersed in between.

　Lexington (CV-16) dryly sneered at Hornet, "All you're saying is 'Enterprise', as if the only carrier-girl capable of modernizing aircraft carriers is Enterprise."

　As she spoke, she did the same as Enterprise, launching the F/A-18 that had just been reloaded and releasing it through the ship's armor plate.

　"If only I had a ship-mounted bow..." Lexington (CV-16) watched Enterprise raise her bow and release it.

　Arrow, I feel a little envious.

　By the way, the Enterprise's armor deck can also launch aircraft, but she rarely does so. Most of the time, she launches with her compound bow, and the deck is responsible for landing and recovering the aircraft.

　The planes launched from the aircraft carriers filled the firepower gap left by the anti-ship ammunition of other ordinary warships which were running out.

　More importantly, the air-based anti-ship missiles, which are as small as a pen, can effectively conceal and penetrate the air defense system when facing deep-sea air defense.

　The vast majority of missiles launched by the carrier girls hit the Yamato and Musashi, in stark contrast to the 80% to 90% of missiles launched by human warships that were intercepted.

　After receiving the hit feedback, Jiao Tai and Qiye breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that this saturation attack would severely damage the opponent.

　"The captain (referring to the first ship Essex) once served as your terminator. Today, I am honored to end you again in the way of modern naval warfare." Jiao Tai looked at the direction of Yamato Musashi with a look of disgust and said lightly.

　Bumblebee gnashed his teeth and said, "If real naval battles could be played on the public screen like in WoW or WT, I would definitely let those two little bitches experience the full range of American swear words."

　The ship girls' missiles hit Yamato and Musashi one after another. Even if their deep-sea materials science was very advanced, they still couldn't withstand such a saturation attack.

　In addition to the air-based missile rain from the aircraft carrier ship girls, the four Iowa sisters also provide auxiliary output to the deep-sea Yamato and Musashi with continuous main gun bombardment and missile finishing attacks.

　Under such a severe blow, the Deep Sea Yamato and Musashi were nearly severely damaged, and their humanoid figures in the bridge were also correspondingly covered with bruises and ripped clothes.

　"Damn it... As long as you have the Klein stance shield, you won't be able to hurt even a single piece of my steel!" Yamato, enduring the pain all over his body, covered his wound angrily.

　She wanted to fight back, but a warning came from the 3D projection screen next to her, saying that the main gun was currently overheating due to continuous high-intensity output, and if it continued to output, it would likely cause an overpressure explosion.

　"We've only sunk a dozen or so human destroyers and one destroyer girl on the opposite side, and you're already overheating?! Damn..." Yamato was obviously not satisfied with this record, because the original goal of sinking the battleship girl was not achieved.

　After all, the distance between the two sides on the battlefield this time is quite far, and for weapons like particle beams and lasers, the shooting distance and power are inversely proportional.

　If it is like stealing the Seventh Fleet before, within less than ten kilometers, Yamato Musashi is absolutely confident that it can destroy them with only the particle beam main gun.

　She turned to Musashi and asked, "Musashi, is your cannon still working?"

　"Mine is overheating too!" Musashi sent bad news.

　Yamato watched helplessly as he had finally torn open the formation of the American task force, and human aircraft carriers such as the USS Carl Vinson were exposed to his artillery line.

　The big fish in their mouths can't just fly away like that. Yamato and Musashi prepare to use their super-gravity cannons to wipe out the opposing American task force before the next round of attacks from the American warship girls arrive.

　Enterprise has the reconnaissance advantage brought by the E-2D early warning aircraft. She was the first to notice that something was wrong with the Deep Sea Yamato Musashi. She connected the optical reconnaissance equipment on the early warning aircraft and then focused and magnified the observation.

　"WTF!!!" Enterprise's pupils shrank suddenly, she was terrified. She saw that the hulls of Yamato and Musashi were deforming - the changes in the Yamato-class in "Arpeggio of Blue Steel" when it deployed the super-gravity cannon mode.

　The sea area around Yamato Musashi is also warmed up by the super gravity cannon.

　Enterprise immediately reported this urgent report to the fleet commander, who felt as if a huge rock had struck him. He immediately asked his superiors:

　"Has the tactical nuclear strike not arrived yet?! If we were to attack Trident from San Diego Naval Base, it should have arrived by now! If they don't come soon, the enemy will launch a major strike!"

　Command replied: "Uh... the nuclear missile was launched from a silo in North Dakota."

　"I..." The fleet commander wanted to hit someone, "Don't we have strategic missile nuclear submarines in San Diego Harbor? Why do we have to launch missiles from a silo in remote North Dakota?!"

　"Because currently, our strategic missile nuclear submarines are all anchored in ports along the eastern coastline of the Gulf of Mexico. Don't worry, the nuclear missiles are almost here."

　Although the headquarters gave the commander a reassurance, the fleet commander still prepared for the worst. He said to the ship girls through the public communication channel:

　"Girls, you are the true force of the United States Navy that can withstand the deep sea. If the worst happens, all of us naval officers and soldiers will escort your evacuation until the last ship and the last man standing! God bless America!"

　While Yamato Musashi was warming up his supergravity cannon, he suddenly received an emergency call from Admiralty Code over his mental network. Admiralty Code barked, "Hey! You two, retreat immediately! According to satellite remote sensing, the US military's nuclear bomb is about to hit you!"

　"What? This..." With just one shot of the supergravity cannon, the outcome would be decided. Yamato naturally didn't want to give up this victory that was about to be achieved. He was very dissatisfied: "How long is the estimated time for the en route nuclear strike to land?"

　"60..."

　"?"

　"59, 58..."

　"Kuso! Seconds?!" When AC said 59, she instantly understood. At this time, even at the lowest power output, the super gravity cannon still needs to warm up for two minutes.

　Only OK.

　Yamato faced the American fleet, his eyes furious with reluctance, but no matter how angry he was, he had no choice. After all, he didn't have the Klein Field Shield he had in the previous world, capable of withstanding a nuclear explosion. Without a shield, facing a human nuclear bomb head-on, he had to give in.

　"As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood! Musashi, let's retreat!" Yamato gritted his teeth and could only retract the hull with the super-gravity cannon mode activated, and then dived at the fastest speed.

　On the US fleet side, because a nuclear warhead attack was imminent, all ships were speeding away from the nuclear explosion point in the opposite direction, and all officers and soldiers on board were hiding on the spot to avoid being exposed to the strong light of the nuclear explosion.

　These two nuclear bombs are two-phase bombs (hydrogen bombs), and the fleet is far away from the nuclear explosion point, so there is no need to worry about the hazards of nuclear radiation.

　As for the shipgirls who could openly face the Japanese and were not afraid of nuclear radiation, it didn't matter at all. They only had to worry about the shockwaves of the nuclear explosion. However, the shockwaves of two 5-ton nuclear bombs would be exhausted by tens of kilometers away, so there was no need to worry at all.

　The two nuclear warheads arrived as expected, and the mushroom cloud produced by the air explosion covered the sea area where the Yamato Musashi was located. The Yamato Musashi had just sunk at this time. Although the water offset most of the shock wave, the Yamato Musashi still suffered some damage and was directly destroyed.

　"Damn it, luckily we retreated in time, otherwise we would have been dead if these two guys had hit us... We really have to thank Admiralty Code and the satellite for saving us. It's great to have satellites." Yamato was still in shock.

　After the nuclear explosion, Enterprise's early warning aircraft reported that the target had disappeared. In order to confirm the situation of the deep-sea Yamato Musashi, the task force quickly turned on the sonar search again.

　The bad news is that the Yamato sisters are still alive, and the good news is that they are getting farther and farther away from the task force, and their movement trajectory seems to be retreating.

　Finally, everyone in the task force, from the ship girls to the humans, breathed a sigh of relief and were glad that they had escaped.

　"Will the enemy launch a counterattack?" A sailor on the USS Carl Vinson worried.

　"Shut up!" Several comrades nearby rushed forward and almost beat him up.

　The tense nerves of the ship girls can finally relax a little, but everyone is still in shock, after all, the sinking of Hamman is still fresh in their memory.

　However, everyone only mourned briefly for Harman's death, and it didn't significantly affect the team's morale. You have to remember that the girls present had all experienced World War II. They had not only witnessed the smoke and boiling seas, but also the flying blood and severed limbs.

　Some of them usually act like children, little girls, or people who are ignorant of the world, but when they really face the real battlefield of iron and blood, it can be seen that they cannot be regarded as ordinary young women.

　Pennsylvania said: "It seems that we may owe Kamala a favor. If the nuclear bomb had been delayed a little longer, we might all be together in heaven."

　Bumblebee thought it was unnecessary and said, "Owe someone a favor? I think this is what she should do as the president and the person holding the nuclear button.

　If her duty was to not deploy nuclear weapons in an emergency, she would bear immense responsibility for the annihilation of dozens of warships, including ours."

　"Okay, okay, as long as everyone is safe." Lexington (CV-2) tried to smooth things over and glanced at Bumblebee, asking her to stop.

　The greatest impact of this encounter on the US economy was the trade route in the eastern Pacific. The density of merchant ships on this trade route dropped to the lowest point in history. Almost no ship captain was willing to sail in the waters of the eastern Pacific, and few people dared to do it even if the salary was ten times higher.

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　After the ship girls returned to their homeland, throughout March, the US Navy finally relied on modern ships such as Enterprise, Lexington (CV-16), New Jersey and Missouri to launch a decent counterattack, causing the deep-sea navy to suffer some noteworthy losses.

　However, this still does not change the situation in which the United States is in a strategic passive position on the East Coast.

　The rest of the ship girls were repairing and modifying in the dock, or supporting the Marine Corps, Army and National Guard in defensive operations.

　Regarding the land battle, the United States mobilized the Army, Marines, and National Guard, and with the support of the Canadian Army, it finally managed to initially block the rapid offensive momentum of the deep sea.

　Although the swift attack was blocked, it still did not affect the Deep Sea's cautious advance along most of the entire front, slowly eroding every inch of American territory.

　Before the ship arrived to support, the US military had just lost Frederick on the western front, York on the northwestern front, La Plata on the southern front, and towns such as Pensburg and Newburgh on the northern front.

　According to the analysis of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, the deep-sea offensive has slowed down. In addition to the fact that our side has basically reacted, the more likely reason is that the deep-sea supplies and troops are unable to sustain a new round of offensive, and they need to rest and wait for supplies or rotation.

　So some people in the United States proposed to build a defense line along the entire eastern Appalachian Mountains from Winchester to Allentown, fortifying the cities along the line, and at the same time building fortifications in the mountains behind the cities along the line to provide mutual support with the fortress cities at the foot of the mountains.

　The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is that, can the US finances afford to build the Appalachian Line, which is like the modern Great Wall? You know, not long ago, because of the fall of New York, $4000 billion of gold reserves were given away to the deep sea for free, which made the US gold

　The reserves were cut in half.

　Opponents believe that instead of using the money to build fortresses, it would be better to use the money to revitalize the military and civilian shipbuilding industries, recreate the golden nation-destroying fleet of World War II and turn them all into ship girls, which would be absolutely a thousand times better than a static and passive fortress defense line.

　However, the loss of the United States' real industries is too serious, and the shipbuilding industry is one of the most obvious manifestations. Now the ordinary ships lost by the United States cannot be effectively replenished, let alone large-scale shipbuilding.

　Oh, by the way, since the United States suffered a large-scale deep-sea attack, the United States’ long-standing title of the number one in total tonnage of ships will be lost in a year or two due to ship damage.

　Just as the action of forces in physics is mutual, while people enjoy the sweetness of making financial money, high-end money, and comfortable money from deindustrialization, they also have to bear all the bad consequences brought about by deindustrialization.

　The United States, which was kicked in the face by the deep sea, is facing the concentrated manifestation of this evil consequence at this moment.

　Chapter 275 Deep Sea Nipple Fun

　US Deep Sea Occupation Zone Washington White House

　Inside the Oval Office, Admiralty Code was searching with great interest for intelligence recently received from his men behind the US lines.

　"Oh? It seems there's a disagreement within the US regarding their strategy towards us... This is another good opportunity to stir up trouble."

　As mentioned in the previous chapter, the US currently has two opposing strategies for the deep sea: one advocates a massive construction program, including building eighty or ninety forts along the Appalachian Mountains north of Harrisburg; the other advocates overhauling the shipyards and recreating the KanColle.

　For the deep sea, it is natural that they do not want to see more ship girls. Especially recently, the United States has used some modern ships such as Enterprise and Jiaotai to launch a decent local counterattack, which has attracted the attention of the deep sea.

　Although the United States is currently facing many difficulties in rectifying its shipbuilding industry, Deep Sea knows the importance of preventing problems before they arise and is determined to nip all unfavorable factors in the bud.

　Therefore, Admiralty Code intends to seize this opportunity to lead the US war strategy down a wrong path. She said to Deep Sea No. 1:

　"When there are ambiguous disagreements about the enemy's strategy, we can intervene. Now, you must instruct those council members who are subservient to us to firmly oppose the construction of the Fleet Spirit."

　Deep Sea No. 1 disagreed and asked, "If that's the case, then it's equivalent to supporting the construction of a fortress. However, anyone with a reasonable understanding of military affairs knows that building a fortress is a bad idea. France's spending 50 billion francs to build a mere decoration in Alsace-Lorraine is proof of this."