"God, all the four Iahua class ships are finished, so fast... Is this true?"

"That's Yiahua-class, such a large battleship, in a few minutes..."

"It's so scary, it's so scary!"

At 4:50 pm on September 6, 1944, on the battlefield of the decisive battle between the fleet about 500 nautical miles southeast of the Bermuda Islands, not only Halsey and his American freedom fighters were scared by the remote control missile of the "Death" 2 TV, but also the Nazis and fascists in the EC Fleet were frightened by their own brutal weapons. Even Admiral Hoffman, who personally issued a missile attack order, did not expect that the saturation strike of the Death 2 missile would have such power.

After all, before this, the two missiles, the Type 2 and Type 1 of Death, were not used in actual combat. Even the target was a target, but the target was just an abandoned merchant ship. There were not many targets like the "Iahua"-class battleship in the world. Of course, it was impossible to use them for the Type 2 missile to play with.

Therefore, in the imagination of Hoffman and others, the first round of missile saturation launched by two missile ships would cause up to four IAVA class to be severely damaged, and they would not completely lose their combat effectiveness. They also need to use the cannons of the battleship to finally solve them.

But now, one Iahua class has been sunk, and the other three fireboats burned to fire, will definitely explode the ammunition depot if they continue to burn. The only way to save themselves is to pour water into the ammunition depot.

But once water is poured into the ammunition depot, the remaining three IAhua class ships will become target ships.

In other words, with just one round of missile attack, four battleships that were the third most powerful in the world (according to the Germans' judgment, the second in the Hindenburg class, and the third in the Iahua class) were finished. They either sank the war or completely lost their combat effectiveness.

"Sir, the enemy's destroyer is casting smoke!"

"Sir, the American lightning strike formation is accelerating its charge!"

The voice of the staff member awakened General Hoffman from his shock, and he turned his head and looked at Major General Mayer, Chief of Staff.

"Admiral, the Americans are going to run!" Major General Mayer said.

"Can't let them run away!" Hoffman waved his fist, "Let the battleship Provence, the Deutsche, the Earl Spee, Admiral Schell and other three heavy cruisers join the Second Destroyer Cruise to disperse the American lightning formation."

He paused, and then issued an order to reorganize the fleet: "Hindenburg, William II, Prince Eugen, Hamburg, z47, z48, z59, and z60 formed the first missile team to pursue the enemy battleship formation No. 5 (Washington).

Gneisenau, Bismarck, Blücher, Frankfurt, z38, z40, z41 and z42 formed the second island bomb team to pursue the enemy battleship formation No. 6 (Soviet).

The Venetto, Vittorio, Imperial, Admiral Hippel, Hanover, z43, z44, z45 and z46 formed the first battleship fleet to pursue the enemy battleship formation No. 7 (Soviet Ukraine).

The Hamburg and Danze formed the first cruiser fleet to track the No. 8 of the enemy battleship formation (Soviet Belarus).

Vienna, Digee Truan and Cologne formed the second cruiser fleet to track the enemy battleship formation No. 9 (Soviet Russia).

"Admiral, what should I do if there are three IAVA class floating on the water?" Major General Mayer found that his boss "ignores" three IAVA class that had not yet sunk. Although these three ships were half dead, even if they were dragged back by the Americans, it would take 6-12 months or even longer to repair them.

But I’m always unwilling to accept it if I don’t fight!

"Let the bv138d be responsible for surveillance, and then notify the 1st submarine group and let them solve the problem." Admiral Hoffman did not intend to let the three Iowa-class return to the United States for overhaul. He handed over the task of destroying them to more than a dozen Type 21 submarines of the 1st submarine group.

These submarines have been following the activities of the 21st Task Force of the EC Combined Fleet, and after the convergence of the 21st Task Force and the 20th Task Force were under command.

However, Hoffman did not allow them to participate in the fleet decisive battle, and ordered them to ambush near the battlefield, responsible for picking up the 21 U-boat underwater. Although the speed of the Type 21 U-boat is very fast, it is impossible to catch up with the main battleship that is traveling at a speed of more than 20 knots, so it can only be used to deal with the battleship that is severely damaged and slowed down.

...

"Sir, the Germans have also disbanded the formation."

In the commander tower of the battleship "Iahua" that was severely damaged, the staff reported the situation that the lookout post had just discovered.

"Sir, their target seems not to be us." Major General Callahan held up the telescope and observed for a while before breathing a sigh of relief to Halsey.

"The Germans don't want to let go of our battleship!" Halsey sighed, "I would rather they sank the Iahua."

"Sir, the light cruiser of Little Rock has already come up." Colonel Mikelay, the captain of the Iahua, hurried into the commander's tower, saluted Halsey and reported, "Please transfer immediately with the fleet headquarters."

The battleship Iowa can no longer bear the responsibility of the fleet flagship. As the fleet commander, Halsey must transfer with his own command. After ordering the four Soviet-class and Washington battleships to retreat immediately, Halsey chose the Cleveland-class light cruiser Little Rock, which was escorting the battleship nearby, as the new flagship of the fleet.

Halsey nodded and said to his chief of staff Major General Callahan: "Let's go... and go up to Little Rock to see what else can be done."

...

"What are their speeds?"

"Around 28 knots, it should be the maximum speed of the Soviet class."

“How much can we keep?”

"Knight 25, before the missile deck is filled, we can only drive so fast. However, once the missile is filled, we can chase it at a maximum speed of 31 knots."

“How much time will it take to complete the filling work?”

"At most 30 minutes, 20 missiles can be in a state of waiting to be launched after 30 minutes."

After listening to the report of the captain of the USS Gneisenau missile battleship, Admiral Hoffman nodded with satisfaction.

Complete a series of tasks such as missile filling, fuel filling and pre-launch testing in 30 minutes is not slow for the current automation level.

In other words, if Halsey did not order the disbandment of the formation, but chose to fight to the end, the five battleships in his hands could still be at a loss with both sides of the six battleships of Ryfman.

However, Halsey had no idea about the reality of the German missile ship. After suffering two rounds of strikes and suffered major losses, it was understandable to choose to retreat.

"It will be dumped at most 1.5 nautical miles in 30 minutes, and you can recover it with just a little time." General Hoffman calculated, "We can kill the Soviet class in at most 2 hours, and William II should be able to kill Washington. The three Venetto class in the First Battleship Team should also sink one Soviet class, so that there will be only two Soviet class left..."

Speaking of the two Soviet-class ships without battleships and missile ships, Admiral Hoffman couldn't help but frown.

Halsey's decisive retreat also created a big and small problem for Hoffman. According to the original plan, Hoffman's fleet would first use missiles to severely damage four Iowa-class ships, and then use the naval guns of battleships to destroy the four Soviet-class and Washington. Although the strength of the four Soviet-class and Washington on paper is greater than that of Hoffman's six battleships, Hoffman knew that the Soviet-class armor was very heavy, and it was actually a first-class battleship that was strong outside and was in the middle.

As long as you are not afraid of losses, you can use the 6 battleships of the 20th European Community Task Force to defeat four Soviet-class and the Washington.

Moreover, it only takes 30-40 minutes for the Gneisenau and William II to complete the loading, and launch 40 Death 2 missiles again. By then, the nine American battleships will be wiped out.

But Halsey decisively let his battleship disband and run away.

"Admiral, why not report this to the Atlantic Front Command." Major General Mayer said, "Maybe you can use the 3rd Fleet or some other force to intercept it."

Hoffman nodded, "Let the First and Second Cruiser Teams follow closely, don't lose it, but there is really nothing you can do if you lose it."

...

"Have you run two Soviet class ships?"

Tsoson, the Joint Intelligence Center of the General Staff. Hessman, who was in high spirits, immediately frowned slightly when he heard that two Soviet-class ships might have escaped the net.

According to intelligence, the Americans will soon have two new Iowa-class ships in service. If two more Soviet-class ships are running, their super battleship fleet will reach 4 more.

This is not good news for the Caribbean war that will begin soon!

"Can you catch them?" Hessman asked.

"At least one can be taken." Raidel took over the topic, "The Soviet Union's speed was 5 knots slower than the William II class, 3 knots slower than the Gneisenau and 6 knots slower than the Venetto class. If they cannot avoid William II, Gneisenau and the three Venetto classes far away, then William II, Gneisenau and the three Venetto classes can pursue two Soviet classes after solving their goals.

According to the current report, William II, Gneisenau and three Venetto classes are pursuing westward, that is, pursuing Bermuda Islands. The two Soviet classes are fleeing northwest and southwest respectively. We can mobilize the aircraft carrier "Zepplin" to pursue the Soviets fleeing northwest and launch an air strike after dawn tomorrow."

"Where is another one?" Hessman asked, "Is there any way?"
Chapter completed!