"Rise the periscope. Very good, the six tail waves are very beautiful! The little Japanese, it's time for you to get beaten up. OK, everything is normal, lower the periscope! Diving to 120 meters!"

At this time, on the sea, a Japanese bomber that had just taken off found six torpedo tracks on the sea that were shooting towards the Ruihe aircraft carrier. The pilot pressed the nose to destroy one of the torpedoes. Initially, the aviation commander on the Ruihe and the service personnel on the deck believed that a takeoff accident occurred, but then the escorted "Daofeng" sounded the sirens. The personnel on the aircraft carrier discovered the torpedoes that were fired at them.

Since the Ruihe was taking off the carrier-based aircraft, it was impossible to effectively avoid it. Although the "Daofeng" bravely intercepted one torpedo, two torpedoes hit the hull near the front elevator on the starboard side of the Ruihe and the rear shutdown area. The entire aircraft carrier immediately ignited a fire.

The Japanese disaster was not over. The 1205 submarine immediately broke through the Japanese ship's warning and launched an attack on the aircraft carrier "Shokhe". Because the sonar equipment of the destroyer responsible for protecting the "Shokhe" was relatively backward, the approach of the US submarine could not be found in the waters where many warships were active, so the 1205 boat calmly occupied a favorable launch position 1,100 meters ahead of the starboard side of the "Shokhe", and fired six torpedoes. Three torpedoes hit the target directly, and seawater surged in from the explosion, and a large fire ignited inside the aircraft carrier, and explosions occurred from time to time, and the hull quickly tilted.

The 1201 submarine took advantage of the chaos of the Japanese fleet to get rid of the enemy's tracking. The 1205 boat was not so lucky. They were tracked and attacked by Japanese destroyers for more than two hours, and several Japanese destroyers dropped more than 100 deep-water bombs. However, the 1205 submarine, with the calm command of the captain and the excellent performance of the submarine, suffered only minor damage under the bombing of the Japanese army. It cleverly got rid of the Japanese ship's pursuit and returned safely to the temporary anchorage of Miyako Island.

Ozawa's bad luck was not over yet. After resisting the three waves of attacks from Japanese carrier-based aircraft, Sa Shishou commanded the fleet to advance quickly towards the northeast of the Japanese aircraft, while constantly sending combat reconnaissance aircraft troops to expand the search range. By noon, no trace of the enemy was found.

At 12:05, he received a report from the submarine force that the Japanese fleet was located in the east of him, so Sa Shijun ordered the fleet to change its course and pursue it to the east.

At 2 p.m., a plane finally reported that a Japanese fleet was found about 240 nautical miles northeast and was retreating.

Sa Shijun was determined to attack immediately!

As a result, the nine aircraft carriers belonging to the entire fleet turned towards the wind, and each aircraft carrier also moved very quickly. Within 15 minutes, 15 squadrons and 246 fighter jets were in the air, including 106 fighters, 97 bombers and 43 torpedo aircraft. Then the first attack wave formation flew towards the Japanese fleet in a mighty manner. The entire aviation fleet continued to advance east at full speed, trying to shorten the return distance of the carrier-based aircraft to respond to the landing of the aircraft that completed the attack.

At 2:45, Sa Shijun sent another 264 fighter jets from the second attack wave.

At 4:27 pm, the first attack aircraft group first caught up with the Japanese supply fleet. Some coalition fighters immediately attacked, sank three Japanese tankers, and injured two tankers and a transport ship. Most of the remaining fighters continued to advance eastward, and soon discovered the Japanese fleet and launched an attack.

Ozawa knew from 15 o'clock that the coalition aircraft carrier formation was pursuing the rear, and his position had been exposed and would definitely be attacked by US aircraft. So he ordered a retreat to the northwest at full speed and organized a rear-end formation with some surface ships to cover. Then he sent out all the 79 remaining fighter jets in the entire fleet to cover the air. At the same time, the three aircraft carrier formations moved closer to each other and narrowed the distance in order to promote the air defense firepower of the escort warships.

After the coalition fighter jets arrived in the air, they had a fierce air battle with the Japanese fighter jets intercepted in the air. Although the number, performance, and quality of the pilots were worse than that of the coalition, they still fought tenaciously and fought hard, and coordinated the air defense firepower on the water surface to shoot down a total of 22 coalition fighter jets. However, most coalition fighter jets still broke through the air interception of Japanese aircraft and launched fierce attacks on the Japanese fleet, sinking the Flying Eagle and the Ryugao aircraft carriers, and once again severely damaged the injured Ruihe. In addition, the "Kijima" battleship and the "Mayah" heavy cruiser that covered the fleet were sunk, and the "Haruna" and "Hairui" battleships were severely damaged.

As Ozawa retreated to the northwest with all his might, the group of the second attack wave of the coalition forces found the wrong direction. When they returned, the enemy was already 4,50 nautical miles away from the combat radius. Because they were worried that they could not return, the aviation commander ordered the abolition of the attack. The Ozawa fleet eventually survived the disaster and avoided the fate of the entire army's destruction.

Seeing that it was too late to search and rescue the pilot who fell into the water, Sa Shijun ordered the cancellation of the original third wave of attack. At this time, there were only 41 carrier-based aircraft left in the Japanese fleet, and the only three aircraft carriers were also severely damaged, almost completely losing their combat effectiveness, and no longer pose a threat to the coalition transport fleet landing in Okinawa.
Chapter completed!