Chapter 379: Air Supremacy Secured

The howling engine sounds, accompanied by the black clouds filling the sky, the carrier aircraft squadrons roared forward with their machine guns firing, constantly shooting down or being shot down. In an instant, the sky continuously flashed with the light of flames, and the black smoke rising as the carrier aircraft fell.

Above the sea, this time the first battle for air supremacy against the Siren Tide began.

This scene appeared simultaneously above the five channels.

All the fleet commanders hurried along while looking up at the distant horizon where black smoke and flames rose, feeling a surge of excitement.

On the previous battlefield focused on defense, when had I ever paid attention to the fight for air supremacy in the sky? Each time I anxiously watched the approaching Siren fleet, wondering how to survive such an attack, while directing the shipgirls' counterattack.

Such a eager, battle‑hungry mindset had never appeared before; even last year, when the harvest was abundant, it was the same.

All this was due to that person's joining; perhaps someone truly can change the entire battlefield by their own strength.

On the other side, as the battle for air supremacy began, Qin Ge's eyes fixed on the screen without blinking.

"It's started, Commander Qin Ge, what should we do now?" Qinglong said to Qin Ge.

"It's fine; the first step is the most crucial, any orders are useless—this is purely a comparison of the carrier shipgirls' proficiency. If we secure air supremacy smoothly, then this battle is already a victory." Qin Ge said to Qinglong.

"Then what if we fail?" Qinglong asked.

"Fail?" Qin Ge chuckled, "Then we'll just seize air supremacy point by point!"

"Point‑by‑point air supremacy?" Qinglong asked doubtfully.

Qin Ge nodded, "Right now we have divided the carrier fleet into five task forces and opened air supremacy battles on the five channels. If we really fail, we will first concentrate all carrier aircraft and prioritize seizing air supremacy over three channels."

After securing air supremacy, we will then seize it on the remaining channels. We must keep air supremacy in our hands to ensure a complete victory in this battle.

"Heh, only success is allowed, no failure?" Qinglong nodded, "Indeed, we have no reason to fail."

"Yes!" Qin Ge nodded firmly.

Perhaps the Siren fleet had never experienced such desperate tactics in this world; from the start, the shipgirls' carrier aircraft occupied a huge advantage in the air supremacy struggle.

Until the flagship command ships of the fleet commanders reached their designated positions, the air supremacy battle had essentially reached its end.

"Report to headquarters: air supremacy secured in Channel Two."

As expected of the White Eagle leader Enterprise's elder sister, Yorktown was the first to report to headquarters the battle results of her assigned area.

At that moment, Essex, responsible for Channel Three, also reported to Qin Ge the combat results of the third carrier shipgirl brigade she led.

"Report to headquarters: air supremacy secured in Channel Three."

Upon receiving these two reports, Qin Ge immediately reacted, speaking into the communicator: "Received; next I will notify all fleets to begin the lure attack. While your carrier fleets secure air supremacy, provide necessary air‑strike support to the combat zone."

"Understood!" The voices of Essex and Yorktown rang out.

On the other side, Qinglong heard this and smiled faintly: "Heh, truly worthy of the White Eagle faction's elite awakened shipgirls—they've already secured air supremacy in the channels this quickly."

Qin Ge laughed and nodded: "So, since they've handed us such strong power, if we don't use it, wouldn't we be letting them down?"

At that moment, as Qinglong smiled, Qin Ge picked up the communicator in front of him and dialed the communication devices of several fleets: "Air supremacy is now secured; begin implementing the lure plan."

Fleet numbers 17, 20, 22, 24, and 26 begin the lure; the other fleets set up ambushes, and if pursuers appear later, they will quickly cut off.

"Understood!"

From the communicator immediately came the voices of the commanders of the fleets responsible for the Second and Third Channels.

Since this was the first time, Qin Ge worried that some fleet commanders might not fully grasp the specifics, so he later gave additional instructions, while keeping half of the forces behind to conduct rearguard actions and counter‑encirclement.

But Qin Ge was clearly overthinking; each fleet commander was a sharp‑witted individual. Upon hearing the order, they immediately formed their shipgirls into teams and moved toward the main force of the Siren fleet.

Since air supremacy had been secured, there was no need to worry about carrier aircraft in the sky; they could fully expose themselves under the enemy Siren fleet's radar.

Moreover, these people only exposed themselves at the edge of the radar and then stopped advancing, clearly waiting for the Siren fleet to launch an attack.

However, this proactive provocation was indeed effective; soon the main body of the Siren fleet split into five large task forces and attacked toward the directions where the fleets appeared.

Seeing the activity on the radar, the commanders of those fleets immediately ordered retreat; in an instant, all the shipgirls withdrew without looking back, luring the Siren fleet's large task forces to pursue.

But the Siren fleet did not expect that these shipgirls, while appearing to retreat, were actually steadily sailing toward the ambush circle designated by their own fleet commanders.

Heaven pities; when the Siren fleet chased to the vicinity of the ambush, in an instant two large task forces with radar signals shut down came from both sides, and the seemingly panicked fleeing shipgirls ahead also executed a reverse charge, rushing toward them.

Amid the booming of ship guns, the peace on the calm sea surface was shattered, instantly turning brutal.

However, this brutality belonged solely to the Siren fleet, because three fleets' shipgirls jointly dealt with a single Siren large task force—it was truly overkill.

Being a crushing battle, it started and ended quickly. Destroying one Siren large task force took less than a quarter of the usual combat time, not to mention that carrier aircraft occasionally dove in for bombing support above.

"Report to headquarters: the lured Siren fleet has been annihilated. Please advise!"

In headquarters, such voices began to rise and fall, leaving Qinglong and Qin Ge momentarily unable to respond.

At that moment, the carrier shipgirl fleet led by Guanghui also secured air supremacy in Channel One, and control of most of the sea's air supremacy had completely fallen into Qin Ge's side.

Furthermore, the carrier shipgirl fleets of the Fourth and Fifth, led by the Maritime Affairs Bureau, subsequently secured air supremacy in Channels Four and Five.

Within the entire sea area, not a single Siren carrier aircraft could take flight anymore.