Departing from Manila, passing through the waters of Palawan, crossing the narrow Sibuyan Sea, sailing out of the Philippines to meet the main fleet of the Deep Sea Fleet. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The assembled deep-sea fleet has blocked the waters off the coast of the Philippines and may move north to attack the Japanese mainland at any time. At least many of the veterans of the Navy Headquarters felt that the Deep-Sea Fleet had directly threatened the main island of the Japanese Empire, but they did not know that the Deep-Sea Fleet had no interest in the Japanese mainland, and only planned to get rid of the only IJN Combined Fleet that could hinder the implementation of the plan.

With Sosuke Takayanagi as the commander-in-chief of the fleet, he cooperated with 5 warships including Yamato, 8 heavy cruisers such as Maya, Myoko, and Aoba, 3 top-class aviation cruisers, 7 light cruisers such as Kiso, Agano-class, Kawauchi, and Kamitsu, and 21 destroyers such as Shimakaze, Shiyu, and Yukikaze. The submarines include two of the latest I-400 class, and a total of 30 submarines sailed ahead of schedule to escort the reconnaissance of this fleet.

Even after suffering huge losses in the Marshall and Rabaul naval battles, Sosuke Takayanagi, who was once again in command, was still able to organize a strong main fleet.

The task given to the entire fleet is to cooperate with the mobile fleet of air carriers departing from the mainland, flank from both sides, inflict heavy damage on the deep-sea fleet, and take on the task of attacking when necessary.

The battle did not begin when the fleets met, but before the fleets left Manila's harbor. The submarines carrying the "reformed soldiers" transported these death-defying warriors in large numbers and approached the deep-sea fleet, and those people relied on the powerful flesh and blood of the transformed to destroy the perfect outer detachment of the deep-sea fleet. Even on July 16, the Yi-400 and Yi-402 joined forces with the remaining ten submarines to carry a total of 220 people deep into the enemy's air carrier detachment, and directly destroyed the exposed deep-sea air carrier detachment at the cost of all the modified men and six submarines. 8 ヲ-class regular air carriers and more than 40 ヌ-class light air carriers were sunk, and the rest of the deep-sea ships were countless.

Without these foreshadowings, which were accompanied by great sacrifices, Sousuke Takayanagi would not have been able to organize this fleet—a battle without the possibility of victory, and the sheer act of death would not have been easily approved by most people. A small number of people carried out suicide attacks one after another, not only sinking a considerable number of ships of the deep-sea fleet, but also bringing an illusory image of victory to the ship's mother and crew.

"Report, the guerrilla flagship Haruna returns. Samar Island was lost at 0:00 on the 23rd, that is, in the early hours of last night. All of our defenders may have been killed. ”

"Dead in battle? Yamato, you're so optimistic. The kind of romance that fights to the end as a samurai? After surviving the saturation of artillery bombardment and aircraft bombardment, they were strangled one by one by humanoid monsters that landed on the coast, and humans were not qualified to claim to be able to fight deep-sea ships. At best, we've lost a sortie point for submarines to transport 'transhumans'. ”

Sousuke Takayanagi pointed out Yamato's "mistakes" without the slightest loss or sadness.

"The garrison is your former right-hand man, Saito Daisa, have you forgotten him?" How could Yamato forget the heroic general, who fanatically demanded that his troops carry out the execution of the front line of the garrison and launch a suicide attack. In the eyes of the other party, only his former superior, General Sosuke Takayanagi, could turn the situation around and bring the glory of victory to the empire. For this reason, we can dedicate the troops that we have built up single-handedly.

"I remember that I was about to choose a chip to put on Samar Island, and he took the initiative to take the task. I can't ask for it, after all, it is destined to be a lifeless mission. ”

Now Sousuke Takayanagi could no longer bother with gaining benefits for his cronies, but instead he would only oppress those who followed him more brutally. "In terms of results, I made a small profit. Saito Daisa can also be regarded as realizing the value of life. ”

Yamato's headdress rattled, and she hesitated for a moment, then immediately warned Sosuke Takayanagi. "We have been discovered by a deep-sea submarine and our whereabouts have been exposed."

"Don't worry, there are so many ships in our fleet, how can we not be discovered?"

Although it is not specified, Akagi's purpose this time is obvious, which is to let Sousuke Takayanagi's fleet attract a part of the deep-sea fleet, and the declared double-sided attack tactics are fake, and the real tactic is to attack the east and the west. Including the fleet's exposure of the whereabouts of the project, it is also in the battle plan that Sosuke Takayanagi has read.

"But we don't have an air carrier to accompany us, and once the carrier-based aircraft of the deep-sea fleet fly, we can only defend passively."

"Defense? You are wrong, Yamato. All we need to do is attack and attract enough deep-sea ships for the carrier fleet. ”

The key to victory or defeat was not on Sousuke Takayanagi's side, but on the Air Mother Mobile Fleet, which Akagi personally commanded. The Deep Sea Fleet could not ignore the warships under Sosuke Takayanagi's command, but the number of ships they assigned to meet them would be a matter of deciding the outcome of the battle.

Yamato has now fully understood the so-called "Jet-1 operation", and their entire fleet is a decoy, a tempting enough bait to serve as a visible feint force to expose the flaws of the deep-sea fleet. Everyone's hopes converged on the six armored carriers led by the Shin-Akagi.

"If only Miss Kii could form a separate unit and participate in this big battle together. Maybe Akagi will be less stressed. "To this day, Yamato also has to admire Akagi's courage, directly pressing the lives of half of the ships of the IJN Combined Fleet, and fighting another doomed and tragic battle with the Deep Sea Fleet. What made Yamato even more angry was that the commander of the decoy fleet was still her admiral Sousuke Takayanagi, a pure evil gambler who would not refuse such a genius who gambled heavily.

"Akagi may have had a better plan at first, but the Maizuru incident caused the Kii to need repairs, and Kii himself was deeply affected and has not been able to pull himself back until now." Sousuke Takayanagi seems to be lamenting that Kii missed the opportunity to participate in this battle. "In retrospect, the Battle of Rabaul was able to draw the battle because of Taiho, Kii and Akagi. It was completely different from the battle plan I had envisioned at the time, but it was true that the battle was like that, and it made sense to turn the situation around. ”

The sea conditions outside are starting to deteriorate, and deep-sea submarines are tracking in batches. Everything indicates that the attack of the deep-sea fleet will arrive.

didn't let everyone wait too long.,A 40-scale deep-sea force with the タ、ネ-class ships as the main force came from the front,Of which the タ-class battleships reached 4,The strength is far inferior to Yamato and other ships.。

Without Yamato's take-off reconnaissance planes, the Comet ships of the Hyuga and Ise ships launched a small-scale bombardment of the enemy in advance, and the Fuso-class Zuiyun series aircraft also took advantage of the enemy's formation to sneak attack two deep-sea destroyers.

Yamato's 46CM main gun fired shells in front of all the ships, shattering the hull of a タ-class battleship from a distance of 40,000 meters. In terms of combat power, Yamato's strength cannot be concealed, and none of the mass-produced deep-sea ships can withstand Yamato's naval gun salvo.

The blocking deep-sea ships also fought back before they all sank, causing a little damage to the bow of the Fuso. Negligible losses in exchange for the victory of the outpost battle of this battleship fleet.

But they didn't have time to rejoice, and after only 10 minutes, Yamato heard the sound of carrier-based aircraft coming from the sky, and as initially expected, the carriers of the deep sea fleet struck.

"The whole fleet is immediately ready for air strikes, do not send seaplanes to meet it, we cannot engage the enemy in the air."

Sousuke Takayanagi conveyed the instructions to the flagships of each warband, and the wheel-shaped array with the battleship as the center was quickly adjusted. Red and black spherical carrier-based aircraft continued to appear in the sky, and it is certain that they came from the ヲ-class regular air carrier, and the number reached more than 400 in just 3 minutes.

Maya, as a heavy cruiser with a special modification of air defense, was arranged in a position adjacent to Yamato this time to serve as a supplement to Yamato's air defense forces.

The spherical carrier-based planes, which seemed to be rushing towards them, failed to break through the anti-aircraft fire network, and they crashed into the strangulation barrage composed of anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns like moths to the flames, and the scattered fragments were zeroed out like snowflakes.

Eventually, Myoko failed to dodge a torpedo, and an explosion occurred on the side of the hull. After that, all the remaining spherical carrier-based aircraft flocked to Myoko, which was on course, intending to crash a breakthrough from there.

More than a dozen aerial torpedoes and countless bombs fell in the direction of Myoko, two destroyers were hit by bullets and slowed down, and two bombs were hit in the stern of Myoko, and the hull of the ship was slightly tilted.

Only 40% of the spherical carrier-based aircraft returned home, and the rest were shot down. However, the Myoko could no longer continue the battle in its state, and two slightly damaged destroyers were separated from the fleet to escort Myoko home. At the current position, there is still the possibility of retreat. Sousuke Takayanagi would not be embarrassed by the ships of other fleets, but his own team would obviously not have such preferential treatment.

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"See...... See! A fleet of warships without an air carrier escort. "The central suki is waiting in the sea off the coast of the Philippines, she is already impatient, she will not let go of Yamato and other ships that are trying to rush out to fight back, but she is not a mortal without a strategic vision. At a glance, he noticed the abnormality, and there was no air carrier escort, which meant that the air mother troops were going to launch a sneak attack from other directions.

But unfortunately, the air defense Qiji is stationed in the position next to the central Qiji, as long as the follow-up selection is correct, the central Qiji is unlikely to lose.

The central suhime also knew very well that if he blindly ignored this battleship fleet, the deep sea fleet part would be subjected to powerful artillery bombardment at close range. So she has mobilized enough mass-produced warships to ambush off the coast of Sibuyan, ready to cut off the rear battle of IJN ships at any time.

The bait should not be let go, and the main meal should not be neglected. The deep-sea submarine arranged by the central suki in the sea has obtained information that a number of air carriers are sailing.

There are still 59 regular air carriers in the ヲ class, which is enough to tie with Akagi's mother fleet. There are also a lot of Suhime left, but none of them are specially prepared for the battle of large ships, and the central Suhime only mobilized 8 ships to block Sosuke Takayanagi's fleet, which will not cause a large degree of deviation.