General Kurita stood on the bridge of the Battleship of the USS King Kong, feeling the constant trembling of the battleship under his feet.↖ His command ship had just been hit by a bomb dropped by an American plane. At the position of a high-fire artillery on the port side, flames were still burning, and thick smoke was pouring out.

The Battleship of the Hazel was seriously injured by the US Navy's carrier-based aircraft an hour ago. How serious was it? Even the Shiyu destroyer, which wanted to rely on to rescue some people, was unable to get close to this behemoth due to violent combustion and explosion.

The entire hull was covered with thick smoke, and the flames spread from the boiler room to the chimney and the group of anti-aircraft guns above the hull. The huge explosion lifted the tail turret of the Hazel Name. The originally slender and majestic gun barrels now drooped on the deck of the warship at a strange angle.

The once arrogant 356mm caliber main gun had no chance to meet its opponents from beginning to end. Those powerful shells could only stay in the ammunition depot in the core part of the warship hull because they had no targets and could not make achievements with a devastating explosion.

The explosions coming from time to time can be heard clearly on friendly warships in the distance. Although everyone is not interested in caring about Haruna's life or death in order to avoid American planes, Kurita, as the commander of the fleet, clearly knows that the Haruna battleship can now be said to be completely finished.

"The radio station on the Hazel-Name battleship is still silent, and we cannot contact Colonel Tanaka." Rikita's adjutant walked behind his superiors, bent down, and reported another bad news that made Rikita collapse. Tanaka was Kurikita's confidant Keno's confidant and enthusiastic supporter of the giant ships and cannons. At this time, another senior general of the Japanese Navy sank with his warship, which is definitely a matter of worsening the current unfavorable situation.

"Your Excellency General, the Commander-in-Chief called and ordered us to leave the battlefield north, join the flanks of the warning fleet, and leave the battle waters." Another officer from the telegraph room hurriedly walked in from outside the bridge, bent down and respectfully delivered the telegram in front of Keno Kurita.

When he heard the call from Koga Fengichi, Kurita's anger came without any trouble. His fleet was bombarded by American carrier-based aircraft for a full 40 minutes, but Koga Fengichi still failed to expel American aircraft and escort his fleet into the US fleet formation. The direct consequence of the weak attack of the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet was that his battleship attack fleet was now losing troops.

The Japanese Navy's hematopoietic ability is not much stronger than its naval aviation, and because the navy is all expensive, it is even worse than the naval aviation in terms of equipment replenishment. Unlike the American warship that sinks a warship and adds a warship, the Japanese Navy's large warship basically has the rhythm of sinking one ship less.

Occupying the dock modified warship is a luxury, and you have to desperately squeeze the remaining production capacity to barely do it. Therefore, the modification of four King Kong-class battlecruisers in one go is a major measure that the Japanese Navy hopes.

The old-fashioned battleship of Yama Castle sank in a daze offshore Australia. Hinata and Ise lost in the Battle of Solomon. The Hazelne battleship that has just been modified is about to sink. The battleship advantage that the Japanese Navy barely maintained will be destroyed with the Naval Battle of the Pesme Islands.

After looking at the sea not far away, the Hazelite battleship, which had lost all its speed and could only wait for death, was overtaken by the Hiei who was following the King Kong after stalling, and was further and further away from the main force of the fleet. Kurita gritted his teeth and finally issued a combat order to run away: "Let the Kirishima turn, don't worry about the cruiser of Aoba, leave the waters of the reservation No. 4 at full speed and leave the combat area!"

"The American carrier-based aircraft have been in dispersed. Whether we can leave depends on the aircraft carrier fleet behind." After giving his combat order, Kurita stood in his command position and sighed. What he didn't believe the most now was the aircraft carrier fleet behind him, because the results achieved by the Japanese Navy Air Force from the battle between the two sides to the present are really not satisfactory.

Just as Kurita was in a panic, he was turning with his battleship fleet, Koga Fengichi and his second battleship fleet were also turning. He knew that his fleet could not be close to the US aircraft carrier fleet, so he had to give up this decisive battle plan and quickly change his tactics when the losses were still tolerated.

Under his command were the more elite Yamato battleships, as well as Nagato and Muro who had recovered their combat effectiveness after emergency repairs and modifications. These three battleships were originally intended to serve as the troops to support them, and later they followed Kurita's fleet into the US aircraft carrier fleet. But now Koga Fengichi can only lead these giant warships to turn in a hurry to avoid the edge of the US Navy aviation.

The only thing that supports Koga Fengichi now is not the Japanese naval aircraft carrier that is still fighting behind him and the air force that has suffered heavy losses on it, but the sky gradually began to darken. From the time of fighting with the US fleet at noon, it has been through the current situation. The five or six hours of suffering have caused Koga Fengichi to be extremely painful. However, the night is coming, as long as he persists, he can get a long night to cover the next actions of the joint fleet.

"Send another telegram to Kurita Jun! After he joined the Fusang on the flank, he turned again, and used the night sky as a cover from the flank to return to the battlefield! He attacked the American fleet with our two wings!" Thinking of this, Koga Feng issued another combat order, and then began to anxiously look forward to good news that would be beneficial to the battle situation from the air force.

The second batch of suicide planes entered the center of the US Navy's fleet, which really caused countless troubles to the US Navy. These Japanese planes crashed into various warships they could see, causing the US Navy to lose a total of seven combat ships in one breath.

Halsey's fleet was already ready and lined up to hang up Kurita's assault fleet, but because of the Japanese suicide plane, they had to retreat again to ensure that the aircraft carrier fleet was foolproof. On the vast sea, Japanese planes were falling with thick smoke everywhere, and groups of US Navy pilots taking off to fight.

"Yoxi!" After receiving a telegram from Koga Fengichi, Kurita finally regained some confidence. He also saw that time seemed to be beneficial to the Japanese Navy. As long as he struggled to drag it into the night, any number of warships in his fleet rushed into the US fleet could cause immeasurable losses to the other side.

At this time, he simply forgot the battlecruiser of Hazelne that had begun to sink slowly. He forgot that the heavy cruiser of Aoba, which was sieve by American planes, was sieve by a US plane. He began to fantasize about his Wolf of the King Kong into the flock of sheep, and his majestic scene began to appear. After a while of fantasy, Kurita pulled out his thoughts from the beautiful nothingness, began to reorganize the fleet full of wounded soldiers, and moved closer to the flank Fusang battleship.

At this time, Koga Fengichi, who claimed to attack the US Navy with the Kurita fleet, also began to speed up in the other direction with his huge fleet, preparing to find a better attack position before dark to annihilate the US Navy.

At this moment, the Japanese fleet seemed to be a giant. It opened its arms and swung two heavy punches from left to right, preparing to beat the US Navy in front of it into a pig's head. However, the US fleet is still responding to changes in the same situation and sending carrier-based aircraft madly, hoping to sink more Japanese warships before dark and lay a foundation for its own victory.

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On the bridge of the US fleet, General Spruins received the information brought back by the aviation reconnaissance plane from his assistant. He knew that the Japanese Navy's forward fleet was defeated, and the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet behind the fleet had exposed its position.

"General! Now we have begun to retreat. We have achieved the result of sinking an enemy battleship..." The staff next to him looked at the chart and suggested to his superiors with some concern: "Time is very unfavorable to us. If we continue to attack recklessly, then the night will cause us to suffer greater losses."

Spruins looked at the Japanese naval position marked on the chart, and then turned his attention to the empty waters on the other side. He guessed that there would be another Japanese naval fleet there, and that fleet was also a fatal threat. Retreatment is obviously very beneficial to the US Navy, but the order he just received made it difficult for him to make a decision to retreat - the situation on the Atlantic battlefield deteriorated, and the terrible opponent of the German Navy finally recovered and began to dispatch trouble.

"Tom, I heard that the USS Essex will be launched soon?" Suddenly, Spruins asked another topic: "And we are building this type of aircraft carrier very quickly, and there are ten ships under construction at the same time?"

"General?" Staff Officer Tom was stunned by Spruins's question, and then looked at his commander with confusion.

"I mean, even if we all die here in battle, the United States will be able to form such a huge fleet in a few months?" Spruins asked calmly.
Chapter completed!