Chapter 1092

General Kurita stood on the bridge of the King Kong battleship, feeling the constant shaking of the battleship under his feet. His command ship had just been hit by a bomb dropped by an American plane, and the position of an anti-aircraft gun on the port side was still burning with smoke.

The battleship hazelnut had been seriously injured by US Navy carrier based aircraft an hour ago. How serious is the injury? Even the destroyer Shiyu, who wanted to rescue some people, couldn't get close to the huge object because of the fierce combustion and explosion.

The whole ship was shrouded in thick smoke. The fire light spread from the boiler room to the chimney above the ship and near the anti-aircraft gun group. The huge explosion lifted the tail turret of hazelnut. The slender and majestic gun tube now seemed to have lost its soul and hung down on the deck of the warship in a strange angle. / > the ship's body was covered with smoke

From the beginning to the end, the once invincible 356 mm main gun did not have the chance to meet its own opponent. Because of no target, those powerful shells could only stay in the ammunition depot in the core of the warship from the beginning to the end, and could not make contributions with the decaying explosion.

From time to time, the sound of explosions can be heard clearly even on the distant friendly warships. Although everyone has no mind to care about hazelname's life and death in order to avoid American planes, Kurita, as the commander of the fleet, clearly knows that hazelname's battleship is completely over now.

"The radio station on the hazelnut warship is still silent. We can't contact Daisaku Ueda." Kurita's aide walked up to his boss and bowed down to report another bad news that made Kurita collapse. Tanaka is Kurita Jiannan's favorite general, and he is also a warm supporter of big ships and huge guns. At this time, another senior general of the Japanese Navy sank with his warship, which is definitely a matter of adding insult to the current unfavorable situation.

"Sir, the commander-in-chief is calling to order us to leave the battlefield northward, join the flanking guard fleet, and leave the fighting waters." Another telegraph office officer came in from outside the bridge in a hurry. After bending over, he respectfully delivered the message to Kurita Kennan.

When he heard the call from Guhe Fengyi, he was not angry. His fleet had been bombarded by US carrier based aircraft for 40 minutes, but he was still unable to expel US aircraft and escort his fleet into the formation of the US fleet. The direct result of the weakness of the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet's attack is that its battleship attack fleet is now at a loss.

The hematopoietic capacity of the Japanese Navy is not much better than that of its naval air force, and because the navy is expensive, it is not even as good as the Naval Air Force in terms of equipment supplement. Unlike the powerful capacity of the United States to sink one warship and add another, the Japanese Navy's large warships are basically sinking one warship and losing one warship.

It is a luxury to occupy the dock and refit the warship. We have to squeeze the remaining capacity to do it. Therefore, refitting four King Kong class battlecruisers at one go is a big move to place the hopes of countless people in the Japanese Navy.

The old battleship Shancheng sank off the coast of Australia in a muddle. The Japanese and the Isis were lost in the battle of Solomon. Now the newly refitted battleship hazelname is about to sink. The Japanese Navy's advantage in maintaining battleships will be wiped out with the battle of Bismarck island.

Looking at the sea not far away, because it has lost all its speed, it can only stand still and wait for death. After stalling, it was overtaken by birui, which followed the King Kong, and was farther and farther away from the main force of the fleet. Kurita gritted his teeth, and finally gave the battle order to run away: "let the fog Island turn, don't worry about the cruiser Qingye, leave the sea area of No. 4 at full speed, leave the fighting sea area!"

"The carrier based aircraft of the Americans have been haunted all the time. Whether we can get away depends on the aircraft carrier fleet behind us." After giving his battle order, Kurita stood in his commanding position and sighed. What he doesn't believe most now is the aircraft carrier fleet behind him, because from the fighting between the two sides until now, the results of the Japanese naval aviation are really not satisfactory.

Just as Kurita was turning with his own battleship fleet, Guhe Fengyi and his World War II battleship fleet were also turning. He knew that his fleet could not get close to the US aircraft carrier fleet, so he had to give up this decisive battle plan and change his tactics when the loss was tolerable.

Under his command are the more elite Yamato battleship, as well as the long gate which has been repaired and refitted, and Lu Ao. The three battleships were originally intended to serve as the supporting forces, and then they joined the US aircraft carrier fleet with Kurita's fleet. But now guhefeng can only lead these huge warships to turn around in a hurry to avoid the edge of the US Navy aviation.

Now the only thing that supports him is not the Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that is still fighting hard behind him and the heavy losses of the aviation troops on it, but the sky that is gradually beginning to darken. At noon, he began to fight with the U.S. fleet. Now, five or six hours of suffering has made him extremely miserable. But the night is coming. As long as he sticks to it, he can get a long night to cover the next action of the United Fleet.

"Send another telegram to Mr. Kurita! Let him join the flank of Fusang, then turn again, from the flank to use the night as a cover, kill back to the battlefield! And we're flanking the American fleet! " Thinking of this, Guhe Feng issued a combat order, and then began to anxiously look forward to the good news from the aviation forces that is conducive to the war situation. The second batch of suicide planes landed in the center of the US Navy Fleet, which really caused countless troubles to the US Navy. These Japanese planes collided with all kinds of warships they could see, causing the US Navy to lose seven combat ships of all kinds. Halsey's fleet had been ready to line up to entangle Kurita's assault fleet, but because of the Japanese suicide plane, it had to retreat again to ensure the safety of the aircraft carrier fleet. In the vast sea, there are Japanese planes dragging smoke down everywhere, and groups of US Navy pilots taking off to fight“ Yo After receiving a telegram from Guhe Fengyi, Kurita finally recovered some confidence. He also saw that time seemed to be good for the Japanese Navy. As long as he dragged the loss into the night, any number of warships in his fleet would rush into the US fleet and cause incalculable losses to the other side. At this time, he simply forgot the hazelnut Battlecruiser that had begun to sink slowly, and the green leaf heavy cruiser that had been beaten into a sieve by American planes not long after the war started. He began to fantasize about his Wolverine entering the sheep, and the magnificent scene. After daydreaming for a while, Kurita took his mind out of the beautiful nothingness and began to reorganize the fleet full of wounded soldiers and draw close to the battleship Fusang on the flank. At this time, Koga Fengyi, who claimed to attack the U.S. Navy with Kuroda fleet, also began to take his huge fleet to speed up in another direction, preparing to find a better attack position before dark to annihilate the U.S. Navy. At this moment, the Japanese fleet, like a giant, opened his arms, left and right to swing two heavy fists, ready to fight the US Navy in front of him. However, the U.S. fleet is still responding to the changes with the same attitude. It is frantically sending out carrier based aircraft, hoping to sink more Japanese warships before dark and lay its own victory On the bridge of the U.S. fleet, general Spruance received the intelligence from the air reconnaissance plane from his assistant. He knew that the forward fleet of the Japanese Navy was collapsing just now, and the Japanese carrier fleet behind the fleet had exposed its position“ general! Now we begin to retreat, and we have achieved the result of sinking an enemy battleship... "The staff around him looked at the chart and suggested to his boss with some worry:" time is very bad for us. If we continue to attack recklessly, we will suffer more losses at night. " Spruance looked at the position of the Japanese Navy marked on the chart, then turned his eyes to the open sea on the other side. He speculated that there would be another Japanese naval fleet, which was also a deadly threat. It is obvious that the withdrawal is very beneficial to the US Navy, but the order he has just received makes it difficult for him to make the decision of withdrawal - the situation in the Atlantic battlefield has deteriorated, and the German Navy, a terrible opponent, has finally calmed down and started to fight“ Tom, I heard that the Essex will be launched soon? " Suddenly, Spruance asked another question: "and we are building this kind of aircraft carrier very fast, and there are ten under construction at the same time?"“ General Staff officer Tom was asked by Spruance, and then looked at his commander with a puzzled face“ I mean, even if we all die here, the United States will be able to build such a huge fleet in a few months? " Spruance asked calmly“ I see, general! Continue to take off carrier based aircraft and attack the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet! " Tom's staff, looking at general Spruance, burst into laughter: "general Halsey, this time, you won't be too careful."