Chapter 1276： attack

"General, several German light cruisers and destroyers have been following us. Do you want to drive them away?" Rear Admiral Suzuki Yoshio asked for instructions. If these light cruisers and destroyers of the German Navy are not driven away, their positions will inevitably be exposed. It is conceivable that the carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy will come straight to them.

Lieutenant General Takasu Shiro shook his head: "There is no need for this, it is a waste of time. The German light cruisers and destroyers are too fast, and our warships may be difficult to catch up. Even if we catch up, then we can How about it? Once the German carrier-based aircraft arrives, we will be in danger. It is better to leave as soon as possible. As long as we evacuate out of the strike radius of the German carrier-based aircraft, we will be safe."

However, Lieutenant General Takasu Shiro had no idea whether they could retreat beyond the German Navy's construction strike radius.

According to Lieutenant General Takasu Shiro, they should be at least three or four hundred kilometers away from the aircraft carrier formation of the German Navy's Pacific Fleet at this time. Now the fleet is evacuating at a speed of up to 30 knots, so they only need a few hours to be safe. Moreover, their fleet also has a complete air defense network, and the carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy may not be able to do anything to them.

What really regretted Lieutenant General Takasu Shiro was that he did not sink the remaining two aircraft carriers of the German Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet, but it was just a heavy damage. If all the aircraft carriers of the Indian Ocean Fleet can be sunk, even if the four "Amagi-class" battlecruisers are sunk, it will be worth it.

An hour later, the air search radar of the battlecruiser "Amagi" found that dense light spots were approaching them. The radar officer did not dare to neglect, and immediately reported the news to Lieutenant General Takasu Shiro.

"General, the target is found. There are at least hundreds of aircraft approaching us!" The officer reported.

"What? The Germans came so fast?" Lieutenant General Takasu Shiro's face suddenly became very ugly. He originally thought that it would be at least two hours before the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft wanted to catch up with them. They would undoubtedly be much safer that way. But I didn't expect that the carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy would kill them so soon.

"General, the aircraft carrier of the German Pacific Fleet must not be far away from us. Otherwise, they wouldn't have come after us so quickly." Admiral Suzuki Yoshio looked serious.

It takes time for a carrier-based aircraft to take off. After the take-off is completed, it has to be organized and then fly to the target. From this point of view, the aircraft carrier formation of the German Navy's Pacific Fleet is probably only more than two hundred kilometers away from them. This also means that they will be attacked by at least two rounds of carrier-based aircraft of the German Navy. At that time, it will be very difficult to say how many warships will be left in the second capital ship team.

"How long will it take for the German carrier-based aircraft to catch up with us?" Lieutenant General Takasu Shiro asked.

"General, with the speed of the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft, it will be able to catch up with us in less than half an hour." The officer reported.

The detection range of the air search radar of the navy of the island country is only 200 kilometers, so they only discovered the carrier-based aircraft returned by Germany at this time. If it were the German Navy's air search radar, the target would have been found long ago.

"Send a telegram to the flagship immediately, we need air defense cover!" Lieutenant General Takasushiro ordered.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander!" Major General Suzuki Yoshio nodded.

Anyway, their location has been exposed, and there is no need to conduct radio silence. Even if it is too late for the fleet's aircraft carrier team to dispatch carrier-based aircraft, if they can survive the first round of strikes by the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft. When the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft launches a second round of strikes, it may be able to get the cover of its own carrier-based fighter jets.

Admiral Yamamoto Fifty-Six, who was far away on the "Ibuki" aircraft carrier, couldn't help but feel aroused after receiving the telegram from Lieutenant General Takasu Shiro.

"The second battleship team is our hero. We must send carrier-based aircraft to cover them and withdraw them safely." Admiral Yamamoto Fifty-Six said.

In addition, the battlecruisers of the battlecruisers of the second battleship battleship of the island nation's navy suffered heavy losses. The four "Amagi-class" battlecruisers have become their important combat power. If the second capital ship team is lost, it will undoubtedly be another heavy blow to the Japanese navy. Therefore, General Yamamoto Fifty-Six hopes that the second capital ship team will be safe.

"Nagumo-kun, how many fighter jets can we dispatch to provide air defense cover for the second battleship squadron?" General Yamamoto Fifty-Six asked.

"Your Excellency, Commander, you can deploy up to 24 fighter jets. If there are more, there will be problems with our air defense network." Lieutenant General Chuichi Nanyun said.

The two aircraft carrier teams of the navy of the island country originally only had more than 400 carrier-based aircraft left. Now they have to dispatch a large number of carrier-based aircraft to attack the German Navy's capital ship force, search for the location of the German Navy's aircraft carrier, and provide cover for their own capital ship, which is really not enough!

"24? It's a little small, but that's it!" General Yamamoto Fifty-Six said.

"Nayun-kun, didn't Takasu-kun say that the aircraft carrier of the German Navy's Pacific Fleet is probably less than 300 kilometers away from them? That is to say, the German aircraft carrier is likely to be in this position. Do we still have enough? Carrier-based aircraft, attacking them?" Rear Admiral Takahashi Izo said, pointing to the location on the chart.

Lieutenant General Nagumo Chuichi looked at the chart, and then said: "It is indeed very likely to be in this position. I will arrange carrier-based aircraft to launch an attack. But it is hard to say whether it will succeed under the tight German defense. gone."

"Amaterasu will bless us! We will be able to defeat the Germans this time!" General Yamamoto Fifty-Six said. He is still very confident in the attack of the island navy. After all, there is already a precedent for the second capital ship fleet. Perhaps this time the island fleet will really be lucky and easily defeat the German navy.

Lieutenant General Nagumo Chuichi nodded and said nothing more.

In the southern waters, the carrier-based air fleet of the German Navy has already caught up with the second battleship team of the island navy. It is already a little past six in the morning, and the sky is already bright. Visibility on the sea no longer affects the launch of an attack.

"Squadrons, prepare to attack! Fighters suppress the anti-aircraft firepower of the islanders, and dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft prepare to penetrate the defense! Kill them!" The commander gave the order to attack.