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Nearly 200 deep-sea ships gathered in the northeast sea area from the northernmost tip of the Marshall Islands, of which all the deep-sea transport ships and light air carriers formed a follow-up team, with a number of more than 40 moored behind the main fleet headed by the water ghosts in the berth.

According to the final retreat plan of the Moordi Water Ghost, the 200 ships here can be left unwanted and evacuated by themselves and the Einsatzgruppen of the Air Defense Habitat Hime. Then it's time to return to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and prepare for Armageddon.

"Sato-kun, why did the water ghost of the land arrange the air defense perch in the rear? She is not afraid of a number of aircraft carriers plus land aviation at the makeshift airfield in the Marshalls? ”

"Have you seen Sousuke Takayanagi use aircraft on a large scale after the appearance of the air defense Suhime? Regardless of the fact that the enemy's two teams are separated by several thousand meters, it takes time for the carrier-based aircraft group to fly over, and it also takes time to start bombing, and the air defense Qiji is completely able to sail forward after learning that the carrier-based aircraft have taken off on our side on a large scale and deliver a devastating blow to the aircraft. Of course, this is also related to the characteristics of the hull of the air defense Qi Ji, which is not suitable for naval gun combat. ”

Sato Gonjun deliberately sold a pass, and immediately changed the subject. "Also, the Moored Water Ghost probably doesn't plan to really fight us here, and the ships left behind are the ones she plans to bring back. Transports can be sure to stay and delay time when necessary, and the transports of the deep sea are armed ships with cannons, no worse than their light cruisers. ”

"It's still durable!" During this time, Kii encountered the enemy's transport ships, which were not only equipped with 6-inch guns that would cause damage to the destroyers, but also had a large tonnage, and most of the transports only shook a few times with one shot. In order to sink a deep-sea transport ship, Kii used more than 8 shells.

"This time Sousuke Takayanagi's team is not involved, and the battleships that participated in the battle include King Kong, Haruna, Ise, Hinata, and you. The ready air carriers include Xianghe, Zuizuru, Daiho, Flying Eagle, Hayabusa, and three Eagle-class ships that serve as platforms for carrier-based aircraft. The only problem is the air defense that is pressed behind the enemy's array, and this tricky variable directly leads to the inability of our side to provide effective air support. The above is the main message of this operation. ”

Sato Gonjun integrated the information from several documents onto the map in front of Kii, especially the air defense perus. "When to send aviation support will be a crucial point in the final battle before this Armageddon. Presumably, Sosuke Takayanagi is not only worried about the loss of Yamato's combat power, he intends to spend his energy on the timing of the take-off of carrier-based aircraft and road aviation aircraft. ”

"I'll probably take off the road flight to attract the air defense roost when I can make direct artillery contact with the water ghosts in the mooring after the war, and then let the five aircraft carriers take off their carrier-based aircraft." Kii looked at the map full of small print, and suddenly felt that it was not easy to attack the water ghost of the berland.

"That means Sousuke Takayanagi won't use the tactics you just mentioned. His plan would definitely be an option that would be overwhelmed by common sense. ”

Although Kii was angry that the tactics he analyzed were degraded by Sato Gonjun, after thinking about it carefully, the two suhimes on the opposite side would definitely be prepared for the combined fleet to send carrier-based aircraft to bomb indiscriminately at a critical moment. She glanced at her pocket watch, it was 8 a.m. local time, and the blue sea outside the ship was shining brightly in the sun.

It's a troublesome sunny day.

"Let's go," Kii took the military jacket handed by Gonjun Sato and walked out of his captain's room. She used the ship's radio to convey the order to attack.

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"Coming?"

The moored water ghost woke up from a semi-stuporous state, and his gaze immediately switched to a spherical carrier-based aircraft hovering around the periphery of the fleet. In her field of vision, a group of old-fashioned carrier-based aircraft formations composed of 99 ship explosions and 97 ship attacks appeared, and the escort fighters were Zero fighters. When it was placed in Pearl Harbor, it was still eye-catching, but the current situation can only cause some damage to the ships outside of Suhime.

"There are about 100 of them, and they are carrier-based aircraft from the two light air carriers, the Skyhawk and the Hayabusa?"

There were very few clouds in the sky, and the water ghosts were not afraid of the other party's plan to secretly control Chen Cang, and what they saw through the carrier-based aircraft was all the enemies that were approaching.

"Moored water ghost, there are a large number of carrier-based aircraft approaching you." Air defense Qi Ji also found out that the first wave of crews composed of old carrier-based aircraft, 100 of them was a little tempting to her, but they were all old-fashioned carrier-based aircraft, and the pilots on it were just a group of second-rate goods.

"I also found them, don't worry about this, as long as it's not a new carrier-based aircraft formation based on meteors, no matter how many of them come, they won't be able to shake my hull."

The maniacal laughter of the water ghost quickly spread, and since Kaga was not here, she could have used her fear of the carrier-based aircraft from other carriers.

"The whole fleet is in a state of readiness to meet it, and the enemy is about to attack from the sky." Under the orders of the moored water ghosts, 200 deep-sea ships formed several detachments, and all anti-aircraft machine guns began to warm up.

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In the command room of the bridge of the Taiho, the five aircraft carrier mothers gathered here, and this time Sousuke Takayanagi, at the suggestion of the Taiho, wanted to try the strategy of this mothership girl from the army. In order to prevent the communication band from being eavesdropped, the five aircraft carrier Niang agreed to stay on the flagship Taiho, and the only destroyer Niang Fuyuki, who conveyed the order, also stood at the round table.

"It has been confirmed that it was discovered by the enemy, and one of the pilots of my crew saw a spherical UFO, and it can basically be concluded that it is a carrier-based aircraft from the Moored Water Ghost."

Sky Eagle reported the latest situation to Dafeng, and she and her best friend Hayabusa, as the first group in the Marshall Islands decisive battle, directly took off ninety percent of the carrier-based aircraft under their command through the three Eagle-class light air carriers that were recently shipped. The lives of more than 200 pilots are equivalent to being used to test the enemy's strategy, and once the air defense is in a hurry, they will have no return. Even if there is no air defense to catch up, relying on old carrier-based aircraft to fight, the amount of battle losses will not be small.

"And the front Zero formation has a few minutes left to make contact with the enemy's fleet?"

Aquila estimated for a moment and replied decisively, "Five minutes, and the bomb will be dropped in 20 minutes." ”

Taiho took the pen handed by Yoshiko Kanda and quickly recorded this information on the chart.

"Xianghe, what about your reconnaissance plane?"

Hearing the call, Xianghe cut back his gaze and replied to Dafeng. "No enemy reinforcements have been detected, the range has been extended to a safe distance. In this battle, there is no possibility of enemy reinforcements. ”

Even when Dafeng learned that all the deep-sea fleets in the Marshall Sea area had been assembled, he was still worried that there would be a lurking detachment, so he specially asked Xianghe to send 9 Caiyun reconnaissance planes after dawn.

"Dafeng, you're too cautious." Yoshiko Kanda was also surprised by Dafeng, who devoted herself to battlefield analysis, not to mention that she felt that with reinforcements, it could only be a small group of harassing troops that could not be formed.

"No, this time, make sure nothing goes wrong."

Zuihe is completely out of tune with the meticulous Dafeng, she even dares to talk back to Kaga, not to mention a junior with the appearance of a little child, or from the army. But because Xianghe and her admiral repeatedly asked her to obey Dafeng's dispatch, she had to stand obediently at the round table today, waiting for her to take off the carrier-based plane.

"Blowing snow! Sober up! Don't doze off!! ”

Dafeng suddenly roared, it was completely different from the atmosphere in the busy command room, probably Dafeng had committed the occupational disease of being a gendarmerie in the past, and he was very concerned about violating military discipline. She directly knocked the pen in her hand on the blowing snow, "Next time, I will directly pronounce the punishment of you in wartime!" ”

"Ahh......h It's going to be stupid......" Fuyuki held his hands on the top of his head and retreated to the wall aggrievedly. She dozed off in front of Sousuke Takayanagi and was never beaten, at most she was pulled out and scolded by Shentong and Yamato afterwards.

"It's okay, it's already stupid to blow Yuki-chan anyway." Kasumi, one of the members of the 18th Destroyer Team who belongs to the new Fourth Sentai Team, is snickering on the sidelines. Her Admiral Dafeng was serious and merciless, and it happened that the blowing snow hit the muzzle.

"Kasumi, shut up!"

Dafeng shook the pen in his hand, and the latter walked up to Blowing Snow and helped her rub her head.

"Aquila, Hayabusa. This air attack is dominated by the enemy's peripheral ships, so you don't have to force yourself and your pilots. After Dafeng instructed the two who were about to enter the battle, he turned his gaze to Ruihe. After the Aquila sisters enter the battle, you first take off a batch of carrier-based aircraft, and you can break away with one blow. The quantity is controlled within the range of everything you can control. ”

“…… Understand. Ruihe faced Dafeng, who was pointing fingers in front of him, and because of the face of others, he had to pretend to obey the adjustment. According to the plan of "Black", the next step will be that the two ships of the Fifth Air Fleet will also return to the mainland for mother-loading and modification, and it will take a long time to attack Hawaii, and it seems that "Black" does not need their two ships to contribute.

Zuihe only likes the arbitrary command like "black", and first of all, he must tell himself what the benefits are, and then talk about a bunch of orders that cannot be disobeyed. Dafeng is such a rigid person, she Ruihe hates it very much, and she doesn't know how to show grace to others.

"You know better than me how difficult it is to operate, and it's a bit unrealistic to get out of it with one hit. My pilots, although they are all excellent, have only been used for twenty days of training......"

Dafeng directly interrupted Zuihe's grumbling. "If you don't want to, I'll do it for you. No need to talk nonsense here. ”

"You ......" Ruihe was so angry that his double ponytail almost cocked, if he hadn't seen Xianghe standing next to him, he would have argued with Dafeng, who was a child in front of him. She is Dafeng's predecessor by generation, and being criticized by her juniors is enough to make her unbearable.

"According to the report, the Ninth Sentai and Maizuru Garrison have already attacked, and it is expected that they will arrive in the combat area after 10 a.m. as soon as possible." Dafeng's subordinates sent deciphered messages, two copies each from the two main teams.

"Very well, it's up to us to provide them with air support."

Perhaps among the people standing at the round table, only Dafeng himself was excited, enthusiastic about the upcoming battle.