Chapter 44 MH Decisive Battle - Gamble and Break the Retreat
The crew from Zuihe consisted of 32 carrier-based aircraft, of which all but 14 Gale fighters were newly put into combat use Meteor attack aircraft. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
As soon as the fleet led by the moored water ghosts changed to a compound formation, they encountered this group that was approaching rapidly. Zuihe maximized the flight speed of all carrier-based aircraft before the crew entered the discovered airspace, and both aircraft had enough fuel to support high-intensity consumption.
“Wow! It was the support of friendly forces that actually got ahead of us. King Kong saw the crew flying rapidly in the sky, and the black teacup in his happy hand was also thrown on the carpet.
"Be determined to win and take part in the final feast before Armageddon Hawaii! BurningLove!! ”
King Kong fired a round of fire from a heavy cruiser-class outside the team, and the ship was directly pierced through the hull by King Kong's main gun, causing an explosion.
[Bastard! Actually...... Actually...... I took another sister that I cherish the most. I'm absolutely absolutely going to sink the Mooring Water Spirit! 】
"Admiral, the carrier-based aircraft supported by our air carriers have made contact with the enemy. Let me see ......"
Through the water reconnaissance plane that took off in advance, King Kong could already vaguely see the team where the water ghosts were located. The carrier-based aircraft did not rush straight at the moored water ghosts, but dropped a large number of aviation torpedoes. A magnificent "sweep" was provoked among the ships of the enemy's own fleet.
According to the situation witnessed by King Kong, at least 5 battleship-level deep-sea ships could be seen catching fire and sinking, and it is estimated that more than 15 deep-sea ships were sunk by this round of aviation attacks.
However, on the surface of the sea, a lot of broken fragments of carrier-based aircraft can also be seen, and even if the crews of the Sky Aquila and Hayabusa Eagle did not attract air defense habitats, the more than 100 carrier-based aircraft that flew away also suffered a lot of losses.
"Are you alright? I rushed to your side at once to support, and the carrier-based aircraft that our light air carrier group had taken off had approached the makeshift complex on the Marshall Islands. It will soon be able to blow up the enemy's stronghold. "The rear fleet where the air defense Qi Ji is located, there are 33 light air carriers in the team, and this force has been kept unused before, and both of them know that the light air carriers that are two grades worse than the enemy's many regular air carriers will definitely be defeated all of a sudden.
"Chaichai's tactics...... It's true that you can't be unprepared. "The Moorland Water Ghost commanded a number of high-speed warships and surrounded the warband led by King Kong and Haruna, who were cannon fodder. She herself was still in the center of the fleet, surrounded by large escort fortresses forming an umbrella, and did not intend to engage the emerging ships such as King Kong.
"Abukuma, you lead the 4th and 17th destroyers to stop the enemy." Tsuchigomon Moriga is also anxious at the moment, because he is the first to encounter the enemy, and the follow-up allies do not know when they will arrive, even if they fight on the periphery, they must beware of being surrounded by the deep-sea fleet. In terms of the quality of a single ship, he is confident that he can solve several times the enemy, but the enemy's 200 ships still put a lot of pressure on him.
As soon as he gave the order, King Kong saw a black dot in the distance, the source of which was the enemy fleet.
The spherical carrier-based aircraft of the Moored Water Ghost took off after the Zuihe crew returned, avoiding a confrontation with the Gale fighters. Her plane's targets were Kongo and Haruna, and only the two destroyers of the 4th Destroyer Group were not far from each other.
"King Kong, Haruna, turn on all the anti-aircraft machine guns, and the No. 21 electric detector determines the distance of the enemy aircraft, and prepares for the air attack."
The Moordi Water Ghost is still all bomb-carrying aircraft, and probably she only has that kind of carrier-based aircraft, and if she is sent to fight the Gale fighters, she will definitely be shot down in turn.
Haruna recalls the battle in the Solomon Islands that day, when the Moorat Water Ghost used her carrier-based aircraft to directly shatter Nagara and Yura, and she herself was nearly hit by a rain of bombs.
That time it was because it was dark, and the enemy didn't seem to be locating, but this time the Moored Water Ghost obviously wouldn't blow up again on a sunny day.
Just as the two ships were about to try to evade the air attack, another group of seaplanes flew past them. Both the Ise and Hyuga ships appeared on the battlefield at the same time, and the seaplanes were coming from their modified rear deck.
The two ships that have been converted into aviation warships are each equipped with 23 seaplanes -- Ruiyun, which is originally far inferior in performance to the new carrier-based aircraft, and is just used to deal with the crew of the moored water ghosts who are not matched by fighters.
Air combat is fought between two types of aircraft that are not suitable for air combat, and relatively speaking, Ruiyun wins with its agility and machine guns, and the carrier-based aircraft of the Moored Water Ghost do not have a second means of air combat except for suicide attacks.
Tracer projectiles fall into the air from the other side of the battlefield, and a conspicuous signal draws everyone's attention to the battleship that launched it.
"Admiral Kii, I think we're here at the right time." Sato Gonjun saw King Kong and Haruna performing evasive maneuvers through the binoculars, and he stood behind Kii, unhurriedly sorting out the telegrams even when he came to the critical battlefield frontline. "A large number of deep-sea planes have been spotted at the temporary berth, and this time Sousuke Takayanagi's estimate is still correct."
"Do you know his plan?" Kii sped up and headed in the direction of the second Sentai team, relying only on the 46 seaplanes of the Ise Hinata, and most of the enemy planes would always rush through the blockade.
"I can probably already guess it. He was indeed a genius worthy of the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet. Sato Gonjun still deliberately didn't say it, and maybe saying it now will make Kii find it hard to believe.
When Kii joined up with the 2nd Sentai team, a large number of spherical carrier-based aircraft also flew into the range of their anti-air defenses. Without saying a word, Kii fired three rounds from her main gun, which, together with her own triple machine guns, knocked out the enemy planes into the sea.
Kii...... You've finally made it here! "The moorat water ghost speaks directly to the ship's girls in Japanese, and her voice makes people instinctively uncomfortable. If it weren't for Kii's presence, she would have passed on her unique fears to the shipwives and humans around her.
The central suhime told Kii that the Moorland Water Ghost who fought the Combined Fleet several times was also her old friend during her lifetime. Now that the battle is taking place in the waters leading to the Hawaiian Islands, it is likely that the tragic scene of the decisive battle of the New Hebrides will be repeated.
Kii was not as arrogant as the other party, and she sank the high-speed battleships sent by the Moorland Water Ghost one after another with heavy artillery bombardment. The silent resistance has already shown Kii's determination, even if it is because of Yuli's matter, she will not spare the water ghost lightly.
"North, Oi. You lead the team to join up with Abukuma's mine team. The moored water ghosts will be dealt with by our warships. ”
After Kii gave the order, he began to drive to the right, according to the information that Sato Gonjun received from the survivors of the second Sentai team, the single flight runway of the Moordi Water Ghost was on its own left, and it was possible that the protection on the left side would be relatively weak.
At the same time, a berth was established on the Marshall Islands with an adjacent temporary airport. It can already be described as empty, there is not a single parked plane in sight on the airport, and the berths are full of soldiers who are ready to sacrifice their lives for the country. The air raid sirens sounded, and the more than 300 people who remained here immediately began to counterattack with the only anti-aircraft machine guns in the mooring.
There are thousands of deep-sea carrier-based aircraft from 33 light carriers, and although they are fragile, they are powerful enough to crush the soldiers left here.
"The time has come to serve His Majesty the Emperor, and you can't lose your backbone if you fight to the last man!"
Sousuke Takayanagi specially selected a few enthusiastic young captains to serve as commanders here, he himself originally wanted to directly blow up the empty berth to the deep sea, but the selection of hundreds of useless marines to die here and send it back to China will highlight the hardships of this battle, maybe more politicians will consider his reinforcement proposal.
"Anyway, ordinary people will die on the battlefield, and transforming into an enhanced person with a lifespan of 75 days may bring double the benefits. In order to convey this conclusion, Yamato, which Marine do you say is appropriate to pick to stay here?' When he said this, Yamato and the other shipwives who played bridge with him were stunned.
The bombs swept through the temporary berths like a torrential rain, almost turning the island where the moorage was built. Without fighter jets to stop them, these vulnerable deep-sea carrier-based aircraft were at full capacity. The sporadic resistance that was organized was like a meteor streaked across the night sky in the face of thousands of bombs, and it was fleeting.
After the tragic explosion, there were no objects more than 2 meters high on the temporary moorings that had been reduced to rubble, and the cries of more than 300 people who had been fighting before their deaths were mixed with the rubble along with the explosion.
After receiving the message from the Light Air Carrier, and looking through several aerial photos before and after the bombing, she immediately realized that the Combined Fleet had not only sent the reserve fleet out of the berth, but also the Army Airlines had all taken off before the bombing. What she ordered to be blown up was just an empty shell, a target reserved for the bombing of the Light Air Carrier Brigade.
"It's not good, there's a conspiracy." The air defense Qi Ji hesitated and chose to drive in the direction of the team where the water ghost was located. No matter how many mass-produced ships sink, they will not feel distressed, but friends must not encounter danger. Her way of thinking is not analyzed strategically.
"The enemy's temporary moorings have been blown up. But the building was empty, with only a few abandoned soldiers. ”
When the water ghost heard the news, there was also confusion in his eyes. If her opponent plans to go out and besiege her, only the battleships will work, and no matter how many cruisers and destroyers there are, they will be the ones who will be shelled by her. Based on the evaluation of the central suihime, it is impossible for Sosuke Takayanagi to do such a thing.
"Presumably, the enemy's army and aviation will soon arrive on the battlefield, and I will turn these planes into brilliant fire butterflies."
When the two were talking, Kii had already repelled more than 20 ships blocking her, and on the other side, the four battleships of King Kong, Haruna, Ise, and Hyuga also beat the battleship formation in a corner of the fleet to the point of powerless. The old crews that had previously braved death had varying degrees of impact on these ships, and now they were deadly.
"Target, that large spherical escort fortress!" Kii's armor-piercing shells left multiple bullet holes in the Guardian Fortress, and a single blow cost the Guardian Fortress its ability to fire.