In the first battle of Laolao Bay, the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet, six battleships and 11 escort destroyers, were all destroyed by the Tang Army, and more than 13,000 elite Japanese naval officers were killed by Vice Admiral Takuzo Kobayashi and Rear Admiral Shinozuka, and only one Japanese soldier who fell into the water survived.

The dead bodies of Japanese soldiers were floating everywhere on the sea surface of Laolao Bay, the sea was stained red with blood for hundreds of kilometers, and the more than 100,000 tons of heavy oil leaked from the sinking of the battleship continued to burn, and the flames were monstrous and thick smoke was billowing out, which lasted for three days and three nights.

The Japanese troops stationed on Saipan Island hid in the fortified bunkers all day long, panicking all day long, and even dared to go out to and pee, for fear of being blown to pieces by the terrible aerial bombs of the Tang Army, and they were afraid of being like this, which shows how terrifying the battle was that day.

The smoke of gunfire over Saipan had not yet cleared, and in the Pacific Ocean on the eastern side of the Ogasawara Islands, the supply fleet of the Japanese Combined Fleet, consisting of more than 60 oil tankers, coal ships, and troop carriers, was retreating to the Japanese mainland under the escort of six Japanese destroyers.

Because these ships were too slow, they were quickly overtaken by the Tang Army's aircraft carrier battle group B.

When the two sides were less than 500 kilometers apart, the Tang Army's Raptor heavy carrier-based fighters and Hellfire heavy carrier-based bombers took off one after another from the aircraft carriers Changtianwang and Duowen Tianwang.

A sharp whistling sounded in the dim sky, and the six Japanese destroyers opened fire at once, trying to stop the attack of the Don aircraft on the supply fleet with limited anti-aircraft artillery.

But the anti-aircraft firepower of these six Japanese destroyers was too weak, and the Japanese Navy, which had always paid little attention to air defense. At this time, it was again devastated.

The Tang military aircraft group saw that there were Japanese destroyers escorting it, although the anti-aircraft fire of the Japanese ships was very weak, but for the sake of insurance. Or turn around and rush over to bomb the six Japanese destroyers first, because the Japanese supply fleet had no air defense, not even self-defense weapons, and could not escape at all, so the Tang army was not in a hurry, but focused on destroying six Japanese destroyers.

The shrill howling sound was getting closer and closer to the Japanese destroyer, and a Tang Army's Hellfire heavy carrier-based bomber carried out a high-speed dive on the Japanese destroyer Hakaze.

"Bah-"

The bombing of the pilots of the Don Army was significantly improved. Perhaps it was the successive victories that sublimated the battlefield psychological quality of the Tang pilots, and after the baptism of the Great War, they really grew up, and two 500-kilogram aerial bombs directly hit the destroyer Yufeng.

There was a loud "boom". The destroyer was blown in two in an instant, and the flames flew everywhere, and a huge mushroom cloud rose into the air, illuminating the entire dim sky in an instant. You can see it clearly from hundreds of kilometers away.

A destroyer of almost two thousand tons was blown up in one fell swoop. The shocking scene immediately stunned everyone on the Japanese supply ship.

Suddenly there was a wailing cry from the ships of each day, which came from the great fear in their hearts.

The Tang army would not pity them, and soon sank another five escort destroyers, only 36 aerial bombs of one squadron were consumed, and 54 Hellfire heavy ships of three squadrons flew over the ships of the Japanese supply fleet with 108 aerial bombs.

"Babble-babble-babble-"

The pilots of the Tang Army could calmly drop bombs, and no one could threaten them, and one after another 500-kilogram aerial bombs accurately hit the Japanese ships, and a fiery red mushroom cloud rose in an instant.

These Japanese supply ships and troop carriers were not armoured. A 500-kilogram aerial bomb is enough to blow up more than half of a megaship of several thousand tons. In order to maintain balance, the Hellfire Heavy Ship Bombardment was dropped in twos and twos. The devastating explosion sank a multi-thousand-ton giant ship in an instant.

The fire is scorching, and the smoke covers the sky and the sea.

In less than three minutes, more than two-thirds of the ships of the Japanese supply fleet were severely damaged, most of them exploded and sank directly, and a few large ships of several thousand tons were engulfed in fire and were about to sink.

An hour later, the Tang army aircraft group launched a second wave of air strikes, sinking the remaining dozen or so Japanese ships that were desperately fleeing.

Dozens of Raptors heavy ships flew at ultra-low altitudes skimming the sea, and their cannons opened fire fiercely, strafing the Japanese troops who had fallen into the water, and suddenly there was a rain of blood.

Don't let a single Japanese devil go back, because they are very likely to make a comeback in the future and harm more Chinese comrades.

After sweeping back and forth three times to make sure that there were no Japanese troops who had escaped the net, the Tang Army plane returned.

In this battle, the Japanese supply fleet was completely annihilated, more than 70 ships were sunk, and more than 30,000 Japanese soldiers died at sea, most of which were Japanese marines on troop carriers.

However, three seriously wounded Japanese soldiers survived, and they drifted at sea for three days and three nights, and were finally rescued by the Japanese submarine that arrived at the sea.

Although three survivors escaped, the Tang Army was very unhappy, because Japan used this as an excuse to strongly criticize the Tang Army for shooting and killing the Japanese soldiers who fell into the water as a butcher's behavior, and hoped to gain the sympathy of the international community, which caused a lot of negative international impact on the Tang Army.

However, it was precisely because these three seriously wounded Japanese soldiers survived that after they returned to Japan, they described the Tang Army as the same as demons, and the survivors of the Battle of Laolao Bay were also described like that, which immediately made the Japanese army very afraid of the Tang Army from then on, and they were terrified when they heard of the Tang Army, and the morale of the Japanese army was far greater than the Japanese government imagined.

Kobayashi Takazo painstakingly ordered the Japanese army to retreat in three ways, and as a result, two roads were annihilated by the Tang Army's aircraft carrier battle group, especially the most important battleship detachment, six battleships are all the battleships in active service of the Japanese Navy, and their sinking is no different from the total annihilation of the Combined Fleet for the Japanese Navy, and the losses can be described as heavy.

It was also because of Kobayashi's keen military intuition that another Japanese cruiser fleet consisting of heavy cruisers and light cruisers was able to escape back to Taiwan. This can be regarded as a small luck in the great misfortune of the Japanese army.

As far as the Tang Army was concerned, the goal of inflicting heavy losses on the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet had already been achieved, and the destruction of six main battleships, two aircraft carriers, 23 destroyers, more than 60 supply ships and troop carriers of the Japanese Navy, and the destruction of more than 20,000 Japanese marines and their equipment were already an unprecedented victory. If you count the battle cruiser detachment of Ono Sakanori that was annihilated before, it is an unprecedented victory, and even the Battle of Jutland is dwarfed.

Three days later. The Tang Army's aircraft carrier battle group A and B converged in the West Sea of the Northern Mariana Islands.

On the deck of the aircraft carrier Tianwang, the Tang Army held a grand celebration, and Zhang Meng personally awarded medals to the brave pilots in this operation, and commended the relevant commanders and ground support personnel.

In this war, the naval aviation of the Tang Empire added 62 ace pilots, all of whom shot down at least five enemy planes or directly sank an enemy ship, and almost all other pilots shot down enemy planes. The experience of successfully bombing Japanese ships, compared with the naval aviation of other countries, all the naval aviation pilots of Datang can be regarded as elite pilots. After this battle, they are no longer inexperienced rookies, and they have become the only pilots with real experience in sea and air battles so far, and no one dares to underestimate them anymore.

"The first glass of wine. Everybody respects our Commander-in-Chief. Without his wise command, we would never have been able to achieve such an unprecedented victory, everyone said, isn't it? ”

"That's right! We salute Your Highness! ”

"Yes! Without Your Highness, we would not be where we are today! Everyone brings up the wine, and we salute Your Highness together! ”

……

Li Haichen shouted loudly, which immediately resonated with nearly 10,000 soldiers on the deck.

If there were still some of them who had a grudge against Zhang Meng before, after this battle, no one doubted Zhang Meng's ability and judgment anymore.

Zhang Meng standing in front of them. Like a god of war who has nine heavens and earths, they respect and worship them from the bottom of their hearts.

Zhang Meng's excitement was hard to hide. This is his army, an army that has just grown up after the baptism of war, a force destined to dominate the world.

"This first wine!"

Zhang Meng shouted, raised his wine glass, and the audience suddenly fell silent.

"To the soldiers who died for the Empire in this battle! Their spirit in heaven will bless us with invincibility! ”

The first glass of wine thought of the soldiers who died in battle, and Zhang Meng's feelings of cherishing his subordinates immediately won everyone's applause. Following such a commander to fight in the world, every officer and soldier roared like fire in their hearts.

"Invincible!"

"Conquer everything!"

"Respect them!"

Everyone spilled wine on the ground to pay tribute to the soldiers who died in battle.

Zhang Meng raised the second glass of wine again.

"This second drink! To our home - the Tang Empire! ”

The feeling of home is the closest, Zhang Meng compared the Tang Empire to a writer, and suddenly everyone had a deeper understanding of the four words of the Tang Empire.

That's right, it's their home, and it's worth their lives to protect.

"To our home!"

"Long live the Tang Empire!"

"Hooray! Banzai! Hooray! ”

Everyone drank it all, and Zhang Meng raised the third glass of wine again.

"This third glass of wine, toast our navy!"

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From beginning to end, Zhang Meng did not emphasize his personal credit, but always attributed the credit to the results of everyone's efforts. This made all the naval officers and men admire Zhang Meng even more, and made Zhang Meng's image in their hearts even greater.

True Leadership!

The whole army celebrated, hot pot and barbecue were set up on the deck, accompanied by fine wine, and it was very lively.

The dangerous period was finally over, and Zhang Meng suddenly felt relaxed. With this navy, the Tang Empire can finally gain a foothold in the Pacific Ocean, and there is no need to look at the faces of other countries.

However, Zhang Meng also knew in his heart that this time he had completely hurt the Japanese. The almost total annihilation of the Japanese Combined Fleet will inevitably cause the Japanese Navy to suffer a great loss of vitality, and it will not be able to recover for several years. However, from then on, the pattern in the Pacific Ocean will also be broken, and the sea power vacuum left by the Japanese Navy will inevitably attract neighboring countries to fill it.

At the same time, what Zhang Meng is most worried about is that the unprecedented victory of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire will directly prove the dominant position of aircraft carriers in future naval warfare, and the era of battleships dominating the sea will become a thing of the past, and the naval powers will inevitably vigorously develop aircraft carriers.

Although Zhang Meng was not sure to what extent the aircraft carrier Liliang of various navies would develop, it was obviously impossible to focus only on battleships and despise aircraft carriers as before.

"I wonder if the Yamato will appear again!"

Zhang Meng suddenly smiled bitterly, he was going to ravage the Yamato battleship fiercely, but now it seems that the possibility of the Yamato appearing is estimated to be very small, and Zhang Meng can't help but be a little disappointed. (To be continued......)