69novels Chapter 885
Chapter 885
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: 0.083s Scan: 0.109sWhen the battleship Fuso was hit by a torpedo, tilted to one side and quickly sank into the deep sea, the Soryu that was protected by it was like a princess who had lost the protection of her knight, and was completely exposed to the threat of hundreds of German fighter planes!
“Quick, quick, take off!”
Sanben Fifty-six’s eyes were wide open. Although the Fuso was not the strongest and most advanced battleship in the Combined Fleet, it was a specially modified anti-aircraft battleship. Its anti-aircraft firepower was better than that of Mutsu and Nagato.
As a result, the Fuso, which had such excellent air defense capabilities, was sunk in such a short time. How could he not feel terrified?
Moreover, after the Fuso was sunk, the Soryu also lost its protection. At this time, the German army would definitely not miss the opportunity to directly attack the Soryu.
As one of the three combat-capable aircraft carriers in their fleet, the existence of the Soryu was of great significance to the Combined Fleet. The combined fleet is crucial!
So Yamamoto Isoroku may not care about the life or death of the Fuso, but he can’t just watch the Soryu being attacked!
However, at this time, what Yamamoto Isoroku can do is quite limited!
The three Japanese aircraft carriers are desperately launching fighters from the decks of the aircraft carriers, trying to take off to intercept the German fighters that are attacking their fleet.
However, the German air fleet also has a group of fighter escorts, conscientiously protecting their own air attack fleet!
Therefore, after seeing the carrier-based aircraft on the three remaining Japanese aircraft carriers take off, some of the German fighters responsible for the escort mission They immediately left the formation and dived down towards the Japanese fighter planes that had just taken off!
The number of Japanese fighter planes taking off was relatively small. They were still gathering and forming formations at this time. They did not dare to confront the groups of German fighter planes. So after discovering that the German fighter planes were rushing over, the Japanese pilots had no time to protect their fleet. They only cared about running away!
After all, they had just taken off and their speed was still very slow and their altitude was very low. In this case, they could not threaten the German fighter planes diving from high altitudes. Instead, they would be occupied by the opponent’s attack position, posing a huge threat to themselves!
This kind of situation Under such circumstances, let alone counterattack, even if they wanted to launch the Kamikaze special attack tactics and die together with the opponent, they couldn’t do it!
After all, no matter how fearless they were, they couldn’t violate Newton’s law, right?
So, under Yamamoto Isoroku’s full expectation, the Japanese fighter planes took off, and then under his stunned gaze, these Japanese fighter planes didn’t even last a minute. They were either shot down by the Germans or dispersed by the Germans. They had no way to form a formation to fight against the Germans!
So, the last glimmer of hope in Yamamoto Isoroku’s heart was completely shattered!
Boom boom boom!
The German offensive continued, and the Combined Fleet was hit hard one after another.
After the battleship Fuso was hit, the battleship Ise was also hit soon, and then the battleships Kirishima and Hiei were hit one after another!
In less than half an hour, almost everyone in the dozens of battleships of the Japanese Combined Fleet was injured, and some unlucky battleships had even sunk to the bottom of the sea, leaving only some soldiers shouting and flopping on the sea!
At this time, the first round of the German attack had ended. After dropping all their bombs, they temporarily lost interest in this scarred fleet and returned to their mother ship to replenish fuel and ammunition!
However, Yamamoto Isoroku and the others in the Combined Fleet knew that the Germans would come back sooner or later. After severely damaging the Combined Fleet, they would never miss such an opportunity to wipe out the Combined Fleet!
As long as they waited until they had replenished their ammunition and fuel, they would fly again and then send the Combined Fleet completely to the bottom of the sea!
When he thought of this ending, Yamamoto Isoroku felt very terrified!
He had already understood that it was impossible to break out with the entire combined fleet. What he could do now was to preserve the combined fleet’s manpower as much as possible and escape in a dispersed manner, escaping as many as possible!
“Let’s take stock of our casualties. In addition, let the three aircraft carriers break out separately and try not to gather together!”
Yamamoto Isoroku felt very bitter. If the Combined Fleet was separated, it would be easy for the enemy to defeat them one by one on the sea. However, if they were not separated, the enemy bombers would come a few more times and they would be blown to pieces!
He didn’t want to see the Combined Fleet completely defeated, so even though he was reluctant, he had to give this order.
Hearing Yamamoto Isoroku’s words, Yamaguchi Tamon and Nanyun Chuichi were relieved.
Both of them had witnessed the fierce attack of the German army just now, so they knew very well that if the enemy launched such an offensive again, they would definitely not be able to withstand it!
Although their defense would be greatly weakened if they broke out separately, it would also disperse the enemy’s energy and prevent them from attacking all their own warships at the same time. As long as they could delay them for some time, a few more warships could escape from the foot basin!
For them, this was already a blessing in disguise!
“Commander, what about you? Aren’t you going to retreat with us?”
Yamaguchi Tamon had already accepted the order and was ready to retreat, but when he was about to leave, he found that Yamamoto Isoroku had no intention of retreating. His flagship, the battleship Nagato, was still in the center of the battlefield and did not intend to break out in any direction. This made Yamaguchi Tamon feel quite bad!
Could it be that the commander wanted to……
“The failure of this naval battle was caused by my improper command and underestimation of the enemy, so I should bear this responsibility!”
Yamamoto Isoroku’s attitude seemed quite resolute. He had made up his mind to live and die with the fleet here!
The Combined Fleet lost three battleships and two cruisers in the air raid just now. Watching these warships slowly sinking, Yamamoto Isoroku was extremely distressed.
As the commander of the Combined Fleet, he knew better than anyone else how difficult it was to form such a fleet!
This fleet condensed a lot of the country’s efforts, but under his command, it suffered heavy losses in less than half a day, and there was even the possibility of the whole army being wiped out!
With such a record, he would definitely not be able to face the elders of Jiangdong, so he did not plan to break out with the troops. He planned to stay here, use himself as bait, attract the firepower of the German army, and buy time for the retreat of other warships!