Chapter 336 Victory Return
~.-~ The anti-aircraft artillery of various calibers roared in a mess, aimlessly shooting shells into the dark night sky. A few seconds later, the messy explosion sounded continuously at the altitude, and balls of fire were swept upside down, causing the airspace of tens of thousands of meters and the lowest two thousand meters to be as scrambled like the smoke and clouds after the volcano eruption.
After the two huge airships threw down a bomb like a fat pigeon that they did not forget to shit during the flight, they swept across the second Japanese fleet without stopping. When the two battleships and two heavy cruisers opened fire to block the attack, they had already rushed to a relatively safe place and did not take the risk to continue hunting the tempting targets below.
Even so, he still hit the messy anti-aircraft artillery seven or eight times. Fortunately, his skin was thick and his design was exquisite, but he broke some of the surface armor and several helium compartments, which did not cause fatal damage. He pulled away with him very smoothly without a trace of love.
The "Hairui" and "Kijima" turned around and ran away desperately without hesitation. The decisiveness surprised everyone. The Japanese themselves could not understand it first. The Chief of Staff of Mikita City changed his face and shouted anxiously: "Master Commander! Why give up so easily?! We can catch the main battleship of the Chinese people immediately, even if there are only two battleships left, we can still kill them!"
Mine Mitsumasa almost shed tears and roared with his fists: "We have failed! Do you understand?! Failed! From beginning to end, all the combat situations are under the control of the Chinese people. We have fallen into a passive position from the beginning! If we don't withdraw immediately, all the waiting for us is to complete destruction!"
"This is impossible!" Miki Taichi could not believe the idea of this overly conservative chief. He rushed up with his neck out of control, staring and shouting, "That kind of thing would never happen! Everything is just a trick of the Chinese people! They are all cowards who dare not fight head-on! As long as we chase them closely, as long as we ask the First Fleet to send out support, they can be completely eliminated! It is wrong for you to give such an order! You will definitely be held accountable by the General Staff and the Cabinet!"
Mine Hiromasa said dejectedly: "I will take the responsibility I deserve, but this battle must end as soon as possible. Miki Jun, please recognize the reality! We seriously estimated that the opponent's strength was wrong! Haven't you figured it out yet? There are only two Chinese main battleships ahead, where did their other ships go? Where did their air force fighter jets come out? Their submarine troops and powerful torpedoes were not dispatched. Do you think they would leave it alone?"
Miki Tashi seemed to have a pot of cold water poured on his head, and he was in a cold war, and he was speechless.
Yes! The other party has hidden a lot of things! There has not been any trace of submarines so far, but I believe that the most advanced submarines made by the Germans cannot be dealt with casually, and the Germans think their torpedoes are very powerful, fighter jets, those fighter jets that suddenly appear and disappear suddenly...!
He suddenly turned his head back to the chart and browsed back and forth quickly, his hands trembled suddenly, and he looked up in surprise and stared at Mine Mitsumasa and asked, "Does... do they want to wipe out us all?"
Mine Mitsumasa seemed to have grown older in his teenage years, and had been tough and courageous for half his life until now. He said in a hoarse voice: "If we continue to pursue, what is waiting for is not just high-altitude bombing. The lurking submarines and torpedoes will become their hunting ground! Miki Jun, the night battle we are proud of has come to this end. The future is the era of technological equipment, and we must have such awareness!"
Return! Return!
The aggressive Second Fleet suddenly turned around at an amazing speed and decisive speed, and fled in a large circle in the channel without hesitation to escape to the north at full speed.
When Zhu Bin and others saw this reaction, they were stunned. The sound of cheering for sinking a battleship and abruptly stopped. After a while, they repeatedly checked the investigation report in disbelief: "The Japanese ran away like this!? No way!"
Chen Shaokuan couldn't believe that he had been planning for half his life to deal with the Japanese. Therefore, he had a very deep understanding of the Japanese Navy. In his consciousness, these stubborn guys all had a elm-headed personality that had hit the south wall and never turned back. Even if they fought until they died, they would not escape in the battle. Maybe this was another move to show the enemy's weakness. Then counterattack halfway?
"Well! It's very likely! Not only are we good at playing tricks, but the Japanese are not stupid! We have to be careful." Zhu Bin deeply agreed. The whole fleet was as careful as facing a great enemy and was careful to deal with the enemy. He made up his mind to deal with these guys to the end.
Wang Wenda smacked his lips unwillingly and sighed: "It's a pity! Our attack plan cannot be completed! Otherwise, most of his fleet could be kept."
Eighteen destroyers ventured through the Xisha Islands to detour the rear of the Japanese fleet. One was to destroy the supply ships and destroyers behind them, and the other was to further attack the two aircraft carriers. With the firepower of the high-speed destroyers and the high range and lethality of the carrier-based torpedoes, they could definitely completely kill these biggest threats. Then, they would turn around and block their main ships in the waterway. Cooperate with the submarine forces for a whole night, they could beat them to death!
Not to mention anything else, it is just that the submarine group casts high-speed torpedoes underwater more than ten nautical miles away, which is enough for them to drink a pot.
Now, everything has not been deployed yet. If the destroyer comes out and just encounters the battleship and heavy cruiser returning to the flight, the outcome will be bad.
"Forget it, it's good to be able to fight like this. Just run away." Zhu Bin ordered the destroyer to turn temporarily, detour from the left side of Yongxing Island towards Hainan Island, waiting for the airship to arrive and advance together. The two main battleships continued to advance eastward, and looked around the right side of the Zhongsha Islands, and would head north with the submarine group, and finally meet near the Dongsha Islands.
It is not daring to catch up and find fault directly. Zhu Bin was not so reckless that he used two small boats worth more than 10,000 tons to fight against other 30,000 tons of battleships. The range of a few kilometers extra by the turret is not safe, and his ability to resist strikes is even worse. Just stop when it is better.
After running east for two hours, he saw that the Japanese army did not catch up. The night reconnaissance report showed that the two injured aircraft carriers had already left their place. Under the escort of a heavy patrol and several light patrols, destroyers, hurried westward and the main fleet, fleeing to the north without hesitation. At that speed, even if the task force starts at full speed, it is afraid that it will not be able to catch up, let alone leave behind a submarine force that has broken back.
Chen Shaokuan couldn't believe it at first. When it was dawn, he was sure that the Japanese fleet had already escaped hundreds of kilometers. He couldn't help but sigh: "If we had battleships of the same tonnage, we could leave them here in one fell swoop and cut off one of the Japanese army's arms! Such an opportunity would be hard to get!"
Wang Wenda's slogan: "Isn't it! It's so frustrating to always use this asymmetrical small warship to play with the Japanese. Boss Zhu, please hurry up and let us have a few super battleships to play with! Kill all the Japanese with drums in front of you, how refreshing it is!"
Zhu Bin also felt enough and nodded cautiously: "If you go back, do it! His uncle is a leg! If you don't do it, just give him some solid ones first. Two years! At most two years, I can create the largest battleship at present. Next time, I will definitely bombard the Japanese fleet head-on!"
"That's great! Hehehe, let's just look forward to that day!" Wang Wenda never doubted his promise and rubbed his hands happily. Then //The fastest text update - no ads //, why do you have to even order him?
Chen Shaokuan remembered the model of the battleship that Zhu Bin showed him at the beginning, and his heart was full of passion. If there were four such giant ships, it would definitely make the navy bid farewell to humiliation and helplessness completely?
He patted Zhu Bin on the shoulder heavily: "Hanchen, I'll ask you for this matter, I'll watch it."
"Don't worry, Chief Chen." Zhu Bin bared at him with confidence.
Riding the wind and waves, singing and playing. When it was almost noon, the entire fleet gathered again. Under the pressure of two airships in the sky, they opened a formation of twenty kilometers wide and headed towards the north, and arrived at the Taiwan Strait the next day.
At this time, the Japanese fleet had returned to the Ryukyu Islands, and did not even stay in Taiwan, nor did they rely on the natural danger of the strait to stop it. Because at this time, as many as 60 two-seater long-range bombers came to the strait to escort under the protection of three brigades of fighter jets. If the Japanese army dared to come out to find fault, they would face the overwhelming air strikes!
This is also the reason why Mine Hiromasa did not make another attempt. He knew very well that as long as he broke through the South China Sea defense line and approached Guangzhou, the fleet would no longer be isolated and helpless. The powerful Chinese Air Force's power that could not be cracked will become the most powerful guarantee. He did not have the determination to burn all the jade and stones, and risked to pay the price of the entire fleet's sacrifice to test Zhu Bin's determination.
On the third day, the fleet arrived at the waters of the Zhoushan Islands. The two large ships affiliated with the training fleet went out to the sea to welcome them under the leadership of the Deputy Minister of the Navy Chen Jiliang and Commander Wang Shouting. Following Chairman Jiang's instructions, they came to pick up the task force back and went to Shanghai for inspection.
Zhu Bin tilted his mouth and said unhappily: "The Huangpu River is too small to put down such a large fleet. The chairman wants to inspect it. Why not invite him to the ancient town entrance base, which is very spacious!"
Chen Shaokuan smiled angrily and said, "Why are you so reckless? Are you sincerely trying to prevent the Chairman from coming to Taiwan?"
Zhu Bin ignored this pickle lump and didn't even want to stop in Zhoushan Port. He took the fleet to the north. What chairman really took himself seriously! He gave you enough face. He really thought I could just let you take it? Let's play!
Ignoring Chen Shaokuan's advice, no matter how bad Chen Jiliang and Wang Shouting looked, and no matter how embarrassed Ouyang Ge, who had originally planned to get involved, took the fleet directly north and returned to the ancient town entrance base! (I haven't finished waiting for it
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Chapter completed!