The Japanese Navy Combined Fleet was indeed defeated, and it was not ordinary miserable. This huge failure shocked everyone. Even Akado, who was far away in Germany, was shocked and could not speak for a moment when he knew that the Japanese had once again suffered a miserable defeat like Midway. He thought that he had changed the course of the war. Even if the Japanese Navy lost to the US Navy, there would not be such a blood-losing defeat.

But he really didn't expect that the Japanese who were more willing to give it a try would resolutely choose the crazy thing like Soha when he was in adversity. The guys who could do the tricks were almost thrown into the waters of the Pesme Islands by the Japanese Navy and fought the largest naval battle in human history with the US Navy.

The first one was the assault fleet led by Keno Kurita, who was frantically attacking the US Navy under the cover of the Japanese naval carrier-based aircraft, exposed the position of the US Navy, and then the US carrier-based aircraft beat the Japanese Zero fighter to recover the defeat and control air supremacy. Then the Japanese fleet was divided into three attempts to encircle the US fleet. All of this seemed to be still being performed according to the script of Koga Fengichi.

However, the situation took a sharp turn. The US Navy fought to the death to attack the Japanese Navy's aircraft carrier fleet, but before sunset, it completed the feat of sinking seven warships of the Japanese Navy's aircraft carrier fleet. The Japanese finally gathered the aircraft carrier assets, but the US Navy ate them all in one breath.

Tadashi Nagamoto, who had the most experience in aircraft carrier combat under Yamamoto Irosoft, died in the battle. All the aviation power accumulated by the Japanese Navy was almost wiped out... When this naval battle ended here, Japan had lost all its pants. Even if it wiped out the US Navy fleet, it seemed that it could only be considered a stagnant.

However, the crazy loss of Koga Fengichi chose to make a crazier bet. He ordered Keno Kurita's assault fleet and the intercepting fleet he led to continue attacking, attempting to take advantage of the gap that the US aircraft carrier fleet could not counterattack at night to complete the counterattack and continue to survive. He felt that there was no problem for the Japanese Navy to overwhelm the US Navy at night, and the current situation was still beneficial to Japan.

So Keno Kurita and Koga Feng, one or two fleets, began to attack the main American fleet on the left and right, and the decisive battle between the largest nighttime naval gun torpedo in history kicked off.

The essential difference from the German Navy is that the US Navy does not only have destroyers and aircraft carriers, and does not have much ability to counterattack at night. On the contrary, the US Navy has a large number of destroyers, cruisers and battleships, and the aircraft carrier fleet has relatively complete all-round protection capabilities. So when the Japanese fleet comes, what the Americans have to do is not to wait for death, but to start a heroic counterattack.

The sound of cannons in the seas of the Pesme Islands shrouded in the night. Both sides used radar as a guide to kick off the artillery attack at long distances. The Americans relied on their high radar accuracy to attack the longest distance first, but because of the lag of gunner training level, no shell hit their opponents in the first round of shooting.

On the other hand, after the Americans fired, there was no sign of Americans on the radar screen, so Keno Kurita and Koga Fengchi could only grit their teeth and continue to move forward, hoping to persevere until the time when their fleet discovered the American fleet. And their persistence finally achieved their goal, and the Japanese radar also discovered its own enemy.

So the Japanese Navy immediately began a counterattack, and the fleets of both sides began an extremely powerful artillery battle. However, due to luck, they fought until 8:30 in the night. The thunder was still loud and the rain was small, and neither of them could make any decent progress. At 8:34, the balance of the goddess of victory seemed to be biased towards the Japanese army. The King Kong, who was leading the fleet led by Keno Kurita, finally hit a US battleship, and the flames became the best means to indicate the attack. So the Japanese fleet took the lead in concentrating its firepower and sinking the US battleship that was first shot.

However, Keno Kurita's fleet escaped from the main flank of the US fleet due to the pursuit of this American battleship and the nearby U.S. Navy destroyer team supporting this battleship, and deviated a little from the position. This also laid the groundwork for the subsequent decline of the United States' escape.

Koga Fengichi's attack fleet was biting Halsey's fleet and attacking fiercely. This time, the Yamato battleship did not miss its naval battle because of the declining weather. The 460mm caliber cannon also showed full power in the night battle, sending the hit American cruiser directly into the seabed.

This naval battle at night fully demonstrated the fierce combat effectiveness of the Japanese Navy. In terms of traditional naval power, the Japanese Navy did have a superior training level. If it weren't for the number and replenishment speed of naval aviation, the Americans would have to pay a heavier price on the Pacific battlefield.

However, as the fleets of both sides gradually approached, the destroyers of the US Navy stepped forward and exchanged their sacrifices for the fleet's chance to escape. They rushed to the Japanese Navy fleet and launched torpedoes to force the Japanese Navy to focus on these small ships like mad dogs.

"Compared with torpedo bayonets, the Japanese are the ancestors of Americans!" I don't know who said this in the chaos, so Keno Kurita's squadron made the second wrong decision to decide his fate with a slightly deviated course: they estimated the speed of the US fleet's navigation, and then fired all the spear torpedoes that could be fired at an inclined angle.

Unfortunately, the speed of the US fleet they estimated was wrong, or Keno Kurita greatly underestimated the US fleet's determination to escape. With General Halsey's fleet behind the fleet, Spruins led the aircraft carrier fleet to drive the highest speed that could be driven regardless of the formation. In order to maintain the speed, even abandoned the three escort aircraft carriers.

So the spear torpedoes launched by these Japanese hit the backward scattered ships of the US fleet, including 11 warships including three escort aircraft carriers. However, the remaining off-target torpedoes rushed to the intercepting fleet of Koga Fengichi, who was chasing the main force of the US fleet due to angle problems.

So, dozens of Japanese spear torpedoes rushed into the middle of the Japanese Navy fleet, blocking the Japanese Navy fleet's path to continue pursuing the US Navy. After Koga Fengyi was hit by the Nagamon battleship outside the fleet, he forgot to issue an order pale face. It was not until another cruiser was sunk that the Japanese fleet began to panic to avoid these fatal threats.

So at midnight, the US fleet easily broke away from contact with the Japanese fleet and began to move northward to avoid the pursuit of the Japanese Navy. The Japanese Navy's Keno Assault Fleet was rejoicing for its shocking results. The Koga Fengyi Intercepted Fleet was doing various snake-shaped maneuvers because it was "ambushed by the US Navy submarine" and could not pursue the enemy in front at full speed.

Before dawn, the Japanese Navy had to leave the battlefield and retreat to New Guinea Island. Keno Kurita reported his feat of severely damaging the US fleet. Koga Fengichi was sadly cut off the belly of the commander's cabin of the Yamato battleship, using death to escape the blame for his defeat. Unfortunately, he committed suicide too early and closed his eyes before the base camp investigated the truth of the torpedo attack.

No wonder he committed suicide by septum. Who would have thought that his own torpedo passed through the enemy's fleet and attacked his own people? That is, because the range of spear torpedoes is really amazing, even if another country launches torpedoes, it may not have such a long range.

After the Japanese fleet returned to New Guinea, the Nagamon, who was first shot in the Koga Fleet, and the Muro battleship that was then hit by a spear torpedo, were both sunk by a counterattack by a serious injury and were sunk by a US carrier-based aircraft. The news came back to the base camp and the Japanese Navy completely collapsed. The two battleships were injured by the United States in the night battle and finally sank. The fleet's losses were mostly unwilling for the arrogant Japanese Navy.

Although Keno Kurita performed remarkable in the entire naval battle and achieved the results of sinking most American warships, he fell into a passive position in the subsequent investigation of accidental injury of torpedoes. In fact, he was really unlucky. The dud, which had never been seen in a century, hit the Yamato battleship. The Yamato took the torpedo back to Wugang, and the truth surfaced.

Keno Kurita died, it was really no complaint. This torpedo was actually launched by the Shiyu destroyer in his fleet. The number on the torpedo body made the investigation go very smoothly. If Keno Kurita knew about the later stories about Shiyu, maybe he would not have brought such a friendly army like a beast even if he died.

In short, the battle in the seas of the Pesme Islands caused the Japanese naval fleet to die in an instant. The powerful joint fleet was declining, and the Japanese navy could no longer find a commander who could take the lead. So when Yamashita Fengfu learned that the 2nd Division was rushing to assist Malay, Yamamoto Iroku met the "Qiuwa" envoy sent by senior naval officials in his office.

"Master Iry Six! I am ordered to continue to command the joint fleet and continue to serve His Majesty the Emperor... Our navy has now reached the most dangerous moment. Please be sure to let go of your prejudice and serve the Great Japanese Empire..." The man bowed in front of Yamamoto and persuaded sincerely.
Chapter completed!