Large and small air raids have been carried out one after another since before the arrival of Xianghe and Zuihe, and after the arrival of the two armored air carriers, the extent has been even worse. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Not only the losses in the berths were severe, but even the pilots suffered many losses in the war of attrition. Sosuke Takayanagi seemed to have thought of something good before this, but because he was dismissed from his position, Kii could only worry about the reports that arrived one by one.

"What should I do?"

Kii couldn't help it after enduring it for a day, and directly asked Sato Gonjun, who was also frowning beside him. In her subconscious, there must be a better way for Sato Gonjun.

"We didn't have enough cards in our hands, we didn't even have a chance to participate. Sousuke Takayanagi is not a cautious type who doesn't know the general situation, and his silence in the past few days can only mean that his previous 'good' method will definitely be vetoed by Shozuru and Zuizuru. Kii, my intelligence network has long found out that Sosuke Takayanagi and the Imperial Academy are conducting some anti-human research in other countries in Southeast Asia,...... I think it's better for you to give up and let Sosuke Takayanagi solve the current difficulties. ”

Sato Gonjun said this does not mean that he does not seek the help of Sosuke Takayanagi, he just doesn't want Kii to know the too cruel truth, as long as Kii gives the order, he will contact Sosuke Takayanagi and his faction on behalf of Kii and find a way to survive the current predicament first.

"No, you can't! As long as it is a way to increase the odds of winning, what's the difficulty? Tell me, Sato-kun, what exactly did Sosuke Takayanagi do? ”

Kii, who became serious, and Kii, who dared to face the cruelty of war, made Sato Gonjun unable to refuse, and an air raid siren sounded outside. When Kii set off to return to the command room to direct the air defense counterattack, Sato Gonjun stopped her.

"Let me ask you once first, can you do anything to win?"

Kii just said in a hurry, "In order to expand the chance of winning, you will use all means", but now that she has calmed down a little, she can't fully agree. "What's your answer?"

"Absolutely. I think you understand how cruel I am, who can eat human flesh raw in order to survive. But you are different, you are our hope. "My Hope ......]

"I'm not going to let that happen, forcing someone to make a cruel choice, maybe my 'mother', the will of the deep sea, would like to see it, but I won't."

Sato believed that the naïve Kii would really put himself in a desperate situation for the sake of so-called "justice", but most people would not, and like himself and Sousuke Takayanagi, he would be happy to treat other people's lives as death figures.

"Before retreating from Shortland, Sousuke Takayanagi requested Dr. Kitamura of the Imperial Research Institute to have their research results called. And it's going to use suicidal tactics to resist the strong suppression of the regular air mother first.。 Hundreds of lives are not as good as a ship's mother, for him human life is just a simple inequality, but because of the arrival of Xianghe and Ruihe, his suicide tactical plan cannot be proposed. If you want to use his methods, convince Xianghe and Zuizuru. That won't be a difficult thing. Yesterday the Zuihe was blown into a crater in the armored deck by a bomb, and they understood the situation. ”

The truth is often the most boring answer, and after Kii was surprised, he had to admit that Sosuke Takayanagi's method was the most realistic move at the moment.

"Report, Kii-sama, an urgent call from the Shozuru. The stern of the Xianghe was bombed, and the northern section of the port area suffered heavy losses. The Myoko also sent an urgent telegram, several ships were damaged, and the Hatsuki lost contact. ”

Before a civil servant could finish speaking, Sato Gonjun took the page and took a cursory look at its contents.

"The Hatsuki is currently the newest Akizuki-class destroyer, and there are 315 people on one ship, and they are probably all unlucky."

Although Sato Gonjun is unwilling to persecute Kii, someone has to stand up and be a villain now, and as long as Kii gives the order, he is willing to become a cold-blooded war criminal along with Sosuke Takayanagi.

"Come with me to the command room. The whole ship sailed to the north. ”

Kii can remember those newcomers who only have a one-sided relationship, and she is probably hot-headed again, thinking that she can relieve the pressure on that side by sailing to the north.

Sato Gonjun chased away the civilian official with a slight look and grabbed Kii by the collar. "Heading north? Please consider the current chaotic situation in the port area, as the size of the Kii could cause a collision if it moves. Moreover, the regular air carriers of the ヲ class are different from the previous light air carriers, and they want to accurately hit ships with ease, and the number of aircraft they carry is enough to be consumed by your anti-aircraft firepower. You're just one person, and there are more than 100 regular carriers in the ヲ class. ”

Unconsciously, the numerical superiority of the deep-sea fleet has become a huge threat, and once more than a hundred enemy ships were less powerful than the Kii one, but now it is different. Any ヲ-class regular air carrier has the strength of the old Xianghe-class, and at present, there are only four regular air carriers in Rabaul Bo.

"But we ...... That's how I defeated the Deep Sea Fleet, whether it was the battleship Suhime or the Moorland Water Ghost, we all won. The weak rebuttal only exacerbated Kii's own anxiety, the war was no longer a one-on-one knightly duel in the Middle Ages, but the ships of the Deep Sea Fleet in the past could not be put on the table.

"So the Combined Fleet had to choose to retreat. After winning the Second Battle of Santa Cruz, abandon half of the Solomon Islands. Now is the real war. It's useless to run away, a choice must be made. ”

Kii could see the tragic situation of the spherical carrier-based aircraft flying outside, just because of her existence, this mooring area was rarely "patronized", and in the invisible place, how many ship girls were praying to survive this air raid.

"I'm going to convince Shozuru and Zuizuru. You go talk to Sousuke Takayanagi and find out what kind of 'big killer' he has hidden first, and it's worth his bet on Rabaul Por, which lacks air defense facilities. ”

Gonjun Sato nodded in agreement to Kii's request, and ran quickly to the command room, he didn't tell Kii everything, but he couldn't take care of others for the sake of victory.

Looking at the back of Sato Gonjun running away, Kii rushed to the upper deck from the other direction, even if her strength was limited, she didn't want to hear the return of the ship's mother. As we stepped onto the deck, a number of spherical carrier-based aircraft flew over the Kii, aiming at the Kaohsiung-class heavy cruiser adjacent to Kii.

Gale fighters from the Taiho quickly circled back to intercept the intruding enemy formation, and Kii turned his main guns, only to find that he had not had time to correct the enemy planes before they flew away from his optimal range. In the distance, the planes of both sides kept sweeping bullets towards each other, and even the Gale fighter with the best performance at the moment was still not low in the face of the ball fighter from the regular air carrier of the ヲ class.

None of the 15 enemy planes could get close to the Atago, but three Gale fighters also crashed into the sea with black tail smoke, and the only thing that was fortunate was that the pilot was able to parachute and survive.

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After running some distance, Sato turned around to check the surroundings, he was near the officer's room on the ship, and most of them were on combat duty at the moment.

"Kii agreed?" Oi, who was hiding in the shadows, asked in a low voice.

"Yes."

"She's so susceptible to words—it hurts!" Oi suddenly reached out and covered his left shoulder, and red blood oozed from under his clothes. "The ship was blown up sideways by a bomb, and the ヲ-class regular air carrier hit it very accurately!"

"After all, it's the masterpiece of the two daughters of the deep sea in the previous generation, and it's two concepts with the ヌ-level light air mother that can only be used as a target." With his back against the bulkhead, Gonjun Sato pulled out a cigarette from his watch pocket and put it in his mouth.

The sound of burning matches was drowned out by the roaring of artillery outside, and it was likely that Kii was firing three shells to drive away enemy planes in the sky.

Since following Kii, Gonjun Sato has rarely smoked, and this time the situation gave him a headache. "The selfish shipwreck only suffered a near-miss, but she could watch an admiral come to an end. I think it's a good deal. ”

"Don't talk cool here, disgusting guy! You try the feeling of being smashed on the shoulder bone with a hammer! Cold-blooded creatures! Oi tied her left shoulder firmly with a cloth hanging from the aisle, her injuries were not serious, and the wounds soon began to heal.

"Am I wrong? Miss Oi? Leak the information of your superiors to me, and I, as a cold-blooded person, will certainly be happy to watch the demise of Sosuke Takayanagi. To you, the entire IJN Combined Fleet is less important than your journey north, and although you are not a person who seeks victory, once you go crazy, you are even more cold-blooded than our group of cold-blooded creatures. ”

"No matter what you want to say about me, I don't want to die here with Lord Kitakami. Waiting for Akagi's support? God knows how many shipwives will be needed to fall victim to waiting. They're going to die anyway, so let you damn war criminals go and die first! I'm afraid of death, but Sousuke Takayanagi's subordinates aren't either, so wouldn't it be a great thing to give them a chance to be loyal to the country? ”

Oi followed Sosuke Takayanagi in the past just to ensure his own safety, and there was one more naval officer who could be relied on, but now he needs to use the other party naturally without any guilt.

"Whenever I see Kitakami-sama thinking alone at the sea, I panic. Especially after learning that there were more than 100 regular air carriers of the ヲ-class in the enemy fleet surrounding us, I was eager to flee back to the mainland with my lord immediately......"

"Correct a little," Sato didn't want to listen to the other party's complaints, but he still spat out a puff of smoke and shook his finger. "Run? Where to run? Even if your people can hide in the deep mountains and forests, your ships can only stop in the harbor, and you will die if the hull is damaged. Ship mothers and humans also have nowhere to retreat. ”

"That's better than dying now, right? Anyway, I gave you the information you need, and it's up to you to make Sosuke Takayanagi willing to choose to use his 'trump card'. The brutal battle situation made Oi's mental state gradually collapse, and her sneer made Sato Gonjun feel disgusted.