Chapter Twenty-Six: Turn around and run away

The sun is slanting westward, and the remnant sun is like blood.

The sea 200 kilometres northeast of Majuro Atoll is in shambles.

The corpses of Japanese soldiers floated everywhere, fuel was spread all over the sea, the fire was scorching, and the smoke obscured the sky.

The aircraft carrier Kaga unwillingly sank into the sea after spitting out a buzz of zuihou.

Two large Japanese aircraft carriers and three destroyers were sunk by Tang carrier-based bombers here, and the Japanese lost the only Liliang that could compete with the Tang aircraft carrier battle group.

At 5:17 p.m., on the sea hundreds of kilometers away from here, the ships of the Tang Army's aircraft carrier battle group split the waves and marched all the way.

Just 10 minutes ago, dozens of Nakajima fighters of the Honda Xiong Air Force were also shot down by the Tang Army's escort carrier-based fighters and anti-aircraft artillery.

Honda Xiong's face was full of shock until the moment he died, and he marveled at the strength of the Tang Army's anti-aircraft firepower, which was obviously a variety of escort warships specially built for air defense needs.

What kind of military talent could have foreseen all this?

Honda remembered a person's name in his ears, and he really wanted to meet him in person and ask him face to face.

But he didn't have a chance, seeing that the two 30-kilogram aerial bombs that were desperately dropped fell on the flight deck of the Tang Army's aircraft carrier, only shattering a layer of non-slip wooden planks on the surface, and the deck steel armor below was unscathed, he collapsed, he understood that the Tang Army's aircraft carriers were even more terrifying, and since they knew that they could destroy the horizontal deck armor protection of any Japanese ship with 500 kilogram aerial bombs, they would obviously additionally strengthen the horizontal armor protection of their own aircraft carriers.

Honda was eager to tell the Japanese commanders everything he knew, reminding them to be careful. But he didn't have a chance, he was bitten to the death by a Don Army Raptor ship. The other party is obviously a master, and no matter what kind of superb tactics Honda uses, he can't dodge it. Zuihou was pulled by the opponent and burst with rows of 20 mm shells.

With a loud bang, Honda Xiong's plane exploded in the air, accompanied by the fiery red fireworks, marking the complete loss of the Japanese combined fleet to resist the Tang Army's Liliang and loss of air supremacy.

On the bridge of the aircraft carrier Tianwang, Zhang Meng specially opened ten bottles of 20-year-old Bordeaux wine. He celebrated with Li Haichen, Zhao Changzhi, Li Jianhui and other major generals of the aircraft carrier battle group and representatives of combat heroes.

Destroying two Japanese aircraft carriers, the 1st Marine Division of the Tang Army had already captured Majuro Atoll 10 minutes earlier, and eliminated a stronghold of Tomomi Inada in Zuihou.

The Japanese airfield in the Majura Atoll is intact. The Don army did not shell it, to ensure that the airfield was not destroyed.

After seizing this airport, Zheng Shaoqiu followed Zhang Meng's order and immediately mobilized the engineers of the 1st Marine Division to quickly start renovating and expanding this airport.

Although the airport is not big. The Japanese built only an improvised airstrip. But all around is flat open land. The Tang Army had the ability to quickly build a field airfield, and the sappers quickly spliced together the steel plates, turning the airport into a 1,500-meter-long military airfield that could take off and land multiple fighters at the same time.

The Don army began to clean up the corpses of Japanese troops on the islands of Majuro Atoll, and the destroyed fortifications were rebuilt and strengthened.

Although Majuro Atoll is on the periphery of Zhang Meng's absolute defense circle, it is an important strategic base, and since Zhang Meng has obtained Majuro Atoll, it is impossible to lose it. It is also preparing to use the Majuro Atoll as a springboard to conquer the entire Marshall Islands one after another.

But. Before that, the 1st Marine Division of the Tang Army had another difficult task, which was to hold the Majuro Atoll. Because the Japanese combined fleet brought a full 15,000 marines, they were originally going to attack the mainland of the Tang Empire, but now that the Majuluo Atoll is lost, the Japanese army should recapture it first.

Time was pressing, the Japanese combined fleet had already appeared 800 kilometers northwest of Majuro Atoll, and soon reached Majuro Atoll, and the Tang Army needed to build fortifications overnight to deal with possible Japanese counteroffensive actions.

As night approached, the cumulus clouds in the sky finally couldn't hold the rain and poured down, and the Tang Army aircraft carrier battle group originally planned to harass the Japanese army for a wave, but it was also canceled due to the deterioration of the weather.

The Tang aircraft carrier battle group did not dare to get too close to the Combined Fleet, and withdrew 500 kilometers overnight, demanding that the 1st Marine Division hold on to help and hold back the Japanese Combined Fleet.

Is it cannon fodder or decoy to attract fire?

Many veterans of the 1st Marine Division think so, but they can't help it, since their superiors have ordered them to hold the atoll, they have to prepare for the worst and step up the construction of fortifications.

"Report, the Don Army aircraft carrier battle group has been evacuated!"

"Count them as shrewd, or tonight will be their end!"

When they learned that the aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga had been sunk and that three destroyers had been buried together, they were extremely angry.

Kobayashi was worthy of being an elite, and as soon as he learned the news, he ordered the first detachment of the first detachment to attack the Tang Army's aircraft carrier battle group to immediately cancel the operation and leave that sea area.

Originally, after hundreds of fighters of the Tang Army returned triumphantly, they were filling fuel and bombs and taking off again to attack the Japanese First Fleet, but the Japanese fled faster than rabbits.

If it weren't for the rapid deterioration of the weather, the Tang Army would not have let them go.

At night, in order to avoid being surrounded and attacked by the Japanese Combined Fleet, the Tang Army's aircraft carrier battle group fled 500 kilometers away.

However, the Japanese Combined Fleet did not pursue the Tang Army, relying on the moonlight to look at the Majura Atoll, Kobayashi Jizao shook his head.

"General, tomorrow at dawn, I will personally lead the team to take back the Majuro Atoll."

"Nope! We retreat! ”

"General, are you afraid?"

"Bastard!"

With a slap in the face, Kobayashi Jizao got angry for the first time, losing his former self-cultivation, and frightened the Japanese generals into snorting.

For a long time, Kobayashi sighed.

"The enemy is waiting for us to attack Majuro Atoll, and tomorrow at dawn the bomber group of the Tang Army will definitely rush over, and they will destroy our landing force with impunity, and it will be a river of blood."

The 500-kilogram aerial bombs used by the Tang Army to bomb the Majura Atoll and destroy the aircraft carriers Kaga and Akagi have already been known to the Japanese reconnaissance planes, and their terrifying destructive power has aroused strong concern from Takazo Kobayashi.

"Before, we didn't know how the Tang Army destroyed the fleet of General Ono Sannori, and we naively thought that it was attacked by the Tang Army's submarines, but now it seems that it was the Tang Army's naval aviation that did it undoubtedly."

"At that time, their naval aviation had not yet been formed!"

"This shows that they also have an army aviation unit that can also carry large aerial bombs, oh my God, how can this group of damn China people be so strong, they are just a group of slave China mud legs."

"We, the Yamato nation, only admire powerful enemies, and from now on, don't compare them with the mainlanders!"

"And what do we call them?"

"They claim to be Tang people!"

"Just call them the Tang people, the Great Japanese Empire only recognizes that the Chinese before the First World War at Yashan are nobler than us, and can defeat us, and only the Tang are worthy."

The Japanese generals were just looking for some steps for themselves, and they didn't dare to disobey Kobayashi's order, but it was too embarrassing to retreat like this, and the face of the Great Japanese Empire was thrown to Mars. They didn't want to admit that they were defeated by the Shina people, so they changed their words and said that the people who defeated them were Tang people, knowing that they were deceiving themselves, but there was no way to do it.

That night, the combined fleet of the Japanese turned around and ran, and there was no longer a limit on the speed of the fleet, and any warship would leave the sea at full speed.

In Kobayashi's worried words, it is as much as possible to run away, it is all for the future of the Great Japanese Empire, and it cannot be wiped out by the Tang Army. It is better to be defeated than to be annihilated, and it is better to retreat on your own initiative than to retreat after being defeated.

Kobayashi made this decision, and his own heart was dripping blood.

"I hate it!"

Poof!

A mouthful of blood spurted out from Kobayashi and he fainted to the ground. (To be continued......)