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Chapter 680: The mantis stalks the cicada while the oriole follows behind

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    When Zhengang was attacked again, it was in the northeast of the Coral Sea and the south of the Solomon Sea.

    There is a dilapidated fleet sailing here. Judging from the fact that many ships still have bullet marks, it is obvious that the condition of this fleet does not seem to be very good.

    Of course, needless to say, this is naturally the fleet sent by Citigroup to support Port Moresby.

    By this time, Fletcher had returned to normal. Looking at the severely damaged Yorktown aircraft carrier, although his heart ached when he thought of the Lexington, his heart was enveloped by another aura.

    At the beginning, he was also frustrated by the sinking of the Lexington, and even thought that this time it was a complete defeat.

    But it reacted quickly and figured everything out.

    There is no doubt that they were a tactical failure, a complete loser.  Replacing a heavy aircraft carrier with a light aircraft carrier is not cost-effective in any way.

    The USS Lexington is a heavy-duty aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of 50,000 tons. The entire aircraft carrier carries about a hundred aircraft plus spare aircraft.

    "The Xiangfeng aircraft carrier is just a light aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of 13,000 tons. The entire aircraft carrier carries only about 30 aircraft plus spare aircraft.

    But strategically, Neon failed because they lost the opportunity to take Papua Guinea.  At the same time, they also lost the opportunity to support Solomon at this time.

    Unless they mobilize the aircraft carrier again.  And that gave Citi some time.

    "General Fletcher, you seem to be less sad!"

    Elliot Bookmas came over and chuckled.

    "certainly!"

    Fletcher nodded before continuing: "Although we failed tactically, we succeeded strategically. It is certain that the Neon People will not be able to capture Papua Guinea and the Solomon Islands in a short period of time."

    Elliot Bookmass shrugged and said: "So we should have a cocktail party after we return to Hawaii? This is the first time in our history that we have defeated a Neon carrier-based aircraft, isn't it?"

    "certainly!"

    Fletcher kept a faint smile on his face, but at this moment, an intelligence staff officer ran over in a hurry.

    "General Fletcher, something bad is going on. A large group of enemy aircraft has appeared eighty nautical miles to the west of us. There are almost one hundred and twenty aircraft!"

    A voice reached the ears of Fletcher and Elliot Bookmas, and they were stunned.

    More than eighty aircraft descended on their fleet?

    Now the situation of their fleet is not good to begin with, and their combat power is seriously damaged.  At the same time, there are not many carrier-based aircraft on the Yorktown.

    There is not even a fleet of carrier-based aircraft, and now there are only more than 20 carrier-based aircraft left.

    There should have been more than sixty aircraft, but there were still thirty-six carrier-based aircraft on the Lexington, which sank to the bottom of the sea with the Lexington.

    Now facing the attack of more than 80 planes, Fletcher feels like his head is getting big.

    But then he felt something was wrong.

    ¡°Neon still has two aircraft carriers in this area, this is confirmed.

    In the previous naval battle, Neon also lost many aircraft.  About eighty aircraft were lost in succession.

    "Neon's Zuihe and Xianghe aircraft carriers claim to be large aircraft carriers in Neon, but they are only compared to Neon.

    ¡°But compared to major aircraft carrier countries such as Citigroup and Huaxia, their two aircraft carriers are not that good. The full load displacement is only more than 30,000 tons, and they are just a medium-sized aircraft carrier.

    ??Among China's Yanzhou-class aircraft carriers and Citigroup's Lexington-class aircraft carriers, which aircraft carrier has a full-load displacement of less than 50,000 tons?

    The two aircraft carriers of Neon can only carry a total of 168 aircraft. Not to mention the previous Xiangfeng, all thirty aircraft were lost.

    And among these 168, about fifty were shot down.

    Many of the remaining 118 aircraft are damaged. It is impossible to repair these damaged aircraft in one day, and some aircraft require major repairs, which cannot be completed on an aircraft carrier.

    How could Neon send out 120 planes in this case?  Even if they are all sent out, it won¡¯t be enough!

    "Are you sure? Why did they send one hundred and twenty planes?Opportunity?  Their total number of aircraft is not enough for this number!  "

    Fletcher looked at the intelligence staff and shouted sternly. He hoped that the information the intelligence staff told him was false.

    "I don't know! But the radar shows it is indeed the case!"

    This sentence made Fletcher frown, but within ten seconds, his face suddenly turned pale.

    Elliot Bookmas saw Fletcher¡¯s face and couldn¡¯t help asking: ¡°General Fletcher, what did you think of?¡±

    "Immediately order all carrier-based aircraft that can take off to take off, and also order the fleet to immediately deploy air defense formations. We may have encountered a formidable enemy this time!"

    Fletcher shouted almost with all his voice.

    The intelligence staff left to convey Fletcher's order, but Elliot Bookmas was still puzzled.

    "General Fletcher, how could Neon possibly send out more aircraft than their total number? Is there something wrong with the radar?"

    Elliot Bookmas frowned.

    "No! Maybe they're not from Neon!"

    Fletcher took a deep breath and said.

    "Not from Neon? Could they still come"

    Elliot Bookmas stopped talking midway through, because he thought of a possibility.

    "We received intelligence before that China's Pacific Fleet had left their port before our naval battle broke out."

    Fletcher gave the answer. It is not just Neon and Citi that have aircraft carriers in the Pacific. Don¡¯t forget, China¡¯s Pacific Fleet is stationed in the Surabaya port in Southeast Asia.

    They want to participate in Pacific naval battles, which is much more convenient than Citigroup and Neon.  And their fleet has nine aircraft carriers.

    A squadron has nine aircraft carriers. Today, only China, an emerging country, can do such a feat.

    Fletcher was right, this batch of aircraft indeed took off from China¡¯s Pacific Fleet.

    Their mission is to sink all other ships except the aircraft carrier Yorktown and a supply ship around it.

    At an altitude of forty nautical miles to the west of the Citizen Fleet, a fleet of aircraft was flying smoothly there.

    On a command plane, a lieutenant colonel picked up the communicator with a cold expression.

    "Attention, all planes, we are about to arrive over the Citizen Fleet, and the escort group is preparing to cover the attack of the bomber group and torpedo plane group. At the same time, all planes lower their altitude and prepare to attack!" (Remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com
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