Chapter 21: Everyone's Crazy
"My God, this is the most heroic navy I have ever seen!"
Patton was on the bridge of the Admeralti Islands, the escort aircraft carrier he was in. He could see the relatively old and weak fleet of the US Navy, entangled with the Italian Navy's artillery fleet.
He could see a series of "Razor-z" rotor attack aircraft, and when it was emitting blue smoke on the escort aircraft carrier he was located, if there were backup fighters or if the fighter was not damaged, there would be screams from below.
"You guys, damn it. I want to go back to help my brothers. It will be too late. Those spaghetti raised by dogs and mothers...!"
Due to the increase in adrenaline on the battlefield, there were endless screams of screams. Even pilots who were injured and could not return to the sky were screaming shrill.
"Ah, don't stop me! Even if you die, you will die in the sky. Don't you understand that it is the fate of a pilot!"
Looking at the pilots who returned to the sky without hesitation and the soldiers who screamed and roared, Patton's eyes were wet. He always had the most respect for the warriors. However, during the time he spent in the Chinese Federation, he had already known that the pressure of life and death on the battlefield would cause mental illness. I believe that this time, he would not slap in the face.
Because according to the explanations of the officers of the Chinese Federal Defense Forces, every soldier deserves respect. Whether he is captured or unable to fight due to illness, these are not the basis for consideration. Even if it is an unrighteous army, the soldiers cannot bear the subsequent considerations because they cannot control the consequences of the policy.
The only thing that should be responsible for war is those politicians for the sake of interests, or those beast-like troops that wantonly massacre innocent people. In addition, we can only blame the country's desire for resources, or the need for survival of a nation.
Some people may say that according to scholars' research, how... how... enough resources on the earth are. It is only one question, what are the mined?
At this time, as the distance between the fleets of both sides became closer, the number of Italian fleets finally had a decisive effect. The huge number of artillery kept ejecting balls of smoke during shooting. Although the close distance made them entangled, the close distance also made the cruelty of the war the most perfectly reflected here.
The battleship hit by it will immediately burst into smoke. The debris of equipment on the battleship flew around with sharp roars. Along with these debris, there are torn limbs and lives. U.S. cruisers or destroyers have turned into bright torches under the fire of the opponent's warships.
They either stopped in place with loud explosions, that is, they stopped firing or asked for help. Or they simply went deep into the sea amid everyone's shouts. After sinking one of the opponent's battlecruisers, the two Nevada-class battleships, the USS Nevada and the USS Oklahoma, immediately became the main targets of the opponent's heavy warships.
First, the "Nevada" completely terminated its struggle with a loud explosion. The fire ignited by Xiong engulfed the bridge and everything. However, there was no firepower to resist or a distress signal on the entire warship. In this earth-shaking tragic tragedy, it quietly sank into the Mediterranean with its nearly 1,500 sailors and naval officers.
Following closely behind, the "Oklahoma" like a couple in distress was also hit by the ammunition depot in a salvo of the main gun of the Italian battleship "Caesar". The violent explosion caused Patton's escort aircraft carrier Admeralti Islands to feel the hot flames that were blowing towards him, with smoke.
As the two main battleships sank, the US fleet lost unified command. Although cruisers and destroyers were still struggling to resist the attack of the Italian fleet, they were already in a state of failure to turn things around.
The Italian artillery fleet reorganized the formation of heavy ships in a very short period of time, and then rushed towards the transport fleet's transport ships in a fierce manner.
“Do we need to surrender?”
Captain Admeralti Islands asked Patton that although Patton was an army officer, the rank of lieutenant general was already the highest officer surviving this naval battle.
Patton looked at the naval battle in pain, and the scarred cruisers and destroyers. After emergency repairs, he committed the mortal impact of blocking the Italian Navy's artillery fleet. At this time, the fighter jets in the sky had almost no shadow, whether they were fighters or bombers.
The Italian and Spanish fighters, which had a dominant position, had almost shot down all the planes in the entire transport fleet. Fortunately, they were still entangled in the attacks of the fighters of the British and French joint fleets that arrived, and could not spare any hands to deal with them.
At this time, even the "Razor-z" rotor attack aircraft, which were brave and repeatedly committed to air strikes, had completely disappeared from the sky.
The losses of these loyal and brave warriors made Patton's heart feel like a sharp knife was piercing his heart desperately. Especially their losses could not prevent this huge US army from surrendering to Italy at sea.
What a cruel reality for Patton. But now he can't consider his feelings. What he has to do now is to command the transport fleet to surrender. To the far away, rushing towards the desperate blocking of the surviving American cruisers and destroyers, the Italian heavy fleet that was rushing towards the transport fleet.
"Okay, I order...hell, are those bastards looking for death?"
At this time, the most tragic scene appeared on the battlefield since the beginning of this naval battle. Several rapid transport ships that were rebuilt with simple aircraft carriers were rushing towards the squadron of the Italian heavy warships that were attacking.
The "hawkeye" also in the sky - the girls on the reconnaissance/command the airship, because of the continuous radio interference, they did nothing and witnessed the entire tragic duel. Now, they can see the tragic challenge that is happening with large-caliber telescopes.
They could see that behind this sub-leader fleet, the Italian light warships were gathering. They were even planning to detour the US transport fleet from the flank, and it seemed that they were planning to capture prisoners.
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These rocket attack ships, because of the wide deck of the simple aircraft carrier and the cabins that reinforce below, can easily be modified into such a 122mm rocket launcher system. They are lined up on the deck of the simple aircraft carrier and can perform horizontal and longitudinal shooting. They also use a vertical loading system. When the barrel is erected, the support plates in the lower cabin can be semi-automatically loaded.
Of course, these things are not used to deal with enemy fleets. But the fleet that the US Navy covers this transport fleet is obviously planning to fight to the death. The maximum range of these 122mm rockets is about 32 kilometers. Of course, this is really an insignificant range for Italian battleships.
The Army's 105mm self-propelled artillery, which was rushed to the Italian warships with them. Although they were less powerful, the space on the deck of the fast transport ships was very wide, and usually these self-propelled artillery could discharge about 20 vehicles on the deck.
Moreover, these self-propelled artillery derived from the "** cannon" of the Chinese Federation use off-road vehicle chassis, which is light in weight and fast in speed. Of course, this has no effect on naval combat.
"These bastards of his mother must be crazy!"
Yes, when the navy's rocket attack ships went crazy first, the army troops also went crazy. Not only were the automatic artillery, but even transport ships loaded with anti-aircraft guns, and transport ships loaded with tanks. They even saw soldiers pulling Hummers in front of the battleship and erecting 12.7mm machine guns on it.
Seeing this, Patton unknowingly shed tears. This scene that seemed quite ignorant and fearless can only be described in one word - tragic!
The situation on the battlefield is obviously that not to mention the Italian heavy artillery fleet, even light fleets mainly composed of cruisers and destroyers, they will not be opponents.
Seeing his subordinates' actions, Patton was helpless. Even infected by these passions, he thought that if it weren't for the heavy drag guns' recoils that he would have the heart to try and see if he could not surrender.
Although his emotions made him cry, he still used a rational voice to shout loudly at the sender.
"Are you all crazy? Do you guys who don't know anything want to steal the job of the Navy? I order you..."
But before his words could be finished, the Italian heavy warship had already spoken. In the heavy sound of cannons, the heavy shells on the battleship rushed over from the sky with a roar.
Below are crazy, and they don’t even have a formation, the mad fleet of the US Army and Navy.
Chapter completed!