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"Boom......."

Two more flares exploded in the air in front of the USS Bayarn. For the officers and men of the US-French task force, tonight's night battle with the Japanese was somewhat inexplicable. After the Japanese fleet quickly rushed to a distance of 18,000 meters from the U.S.-French task force, it fired a flare, and then turned the bow of the ship and began to retreat, firing flares at the U.S. and French fleets while escaping!

What kind of tactic is this? Could it be that the Japanese gunners panicked and took the wrong shell and fired the flare as an armor-piercing shell?

Thinking of this, let. Vice Admiral Sur shook his head with a smile and ordered, "Order the USS New Orleans to fire flares over the Japanese fleet, so that we can also see what these little devils' warships look like." ”

"Submarines! There are torpedoes! 2000 meters away! ”

Let. As soon as Sur's words fell, a terrible shout rang in his ears.

"Left full rudder! Dodge the torpedoes, turn on the searchlights, and hurry! "Let's. Sur didn't have time to figure out where these submarine torpedoes came from, and hurriedly ordered evasion. A torpedo with a speed of 30 to 40 knots can cover a distance of 2,000 meters, which is more than a dozen seconds, just a few blinks of an eye.

"Boom, boom......."

Two loud bangs, let. Everyone in the command center of the Soulr and the Bjarn felt a jolt, and then two dazzling fireballs rose from the amidships and bow of the aircraft carrier. Although the USS Bayar was built very strongly, it was vulnerable to the most powerful Type 93 "Spear" torpedo of this era (the human-operated torpedo was modified with the Type 93)! Two huge breaches appeared on the hull of the Béarn, tons of sea water rushed in, and in just a few minutes, the hull appeared slightly tilted.

"Report the damage!" Let. Sur shouted.

"One torpedo in the bow and one in the amidships! The sea is pouring in, and the waterproof hatch is closed. The rest of the losses are still being counted. ”

"Hell, there must be a submarine nearby! Ordered the destroyer to search. "Let's. Suer's first thought was the submarine, and just as he gave the order to search for the submarine, three loud noises were heard.

"Sir! The Xiafei and the Banvi reported a bomb, and the Xiafei was hit by a torpedo in the stern, and the Bervi was hit by a torpedo in the bow! ”

"Damn, there is more than one enemy submarine! It's a trap, the destroyer fires depth charges, quick! "Seeing that his own aircraft carrier was hit by torpedoes in a row, let. Suer took it for granted that he was caught in the vicinity of the Japanese submarine, so he hurriedly ordered the destroyer to attack with depth charges, and in any case, it would be better to make some noise first.

"Sir! The lookout post reported the spotting of a pocket submarine 4,000 meters on the port side...... It's fast heading towards our ship! The nautical staff officer put down the telephone and shouted.

"Pocket submarines? Heading towards us? "Let's. Sur suddenly turned his head and looked at the sea outside the port side, he suddenly had a ridiculous idea that it was not a torpedo that hit the aircraft carrier Bayar just now, but this "pocket submarine", which was a new type of suicide weapon for the Japanese! "Left full rudder! Get out of the way of these damn submarines, order all the guns on the port side to open fire and intercept it, be sure to block it! "Let's. Sur shouted hoarsely. He knows how good the Japanese spear torpedo is, his aircraft carrier has already taken two shots, and if it is hit a few more times, it will not sink before there is a ghost!

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"Akong, Miss Akong, I really want to see you again, even if it's only for ten minutes......"

At this time, in the cockpit of this man-operated torpedo that rushed towards the Bayarn at a speed of 30 knots, the second lieutenant of the Japanese Navy, Shinsuke Anayama, thought that it was not the emperor of their Great Japanese Empire, but a 19-year-old comfort woman named Akong! It turns out that His Majesty the Emperor is not as good as a military prostitute in the eyes of his samurai! In this regard, Second Lieutenant Anayama also felt a little ashamed...... But I can't help but think of the girl who once brought him the happiest time in his body, with a plump body and a sweet appearance.

As the second son of an ordinary Japanese farmer, Anayama does not care about his parents at the moment, and in Japan, where the primogeniture system is practiced, it is the eldest son who looks up to both parents inheriting the family business. And most of the second sons are going out to have a good time, and in the current Japan, enlisting in the army and becoming an officer is undoubtedly the best way out, and becoming a kamikaze suicide team will bring supreme glory to the family, and of course, there are corresponding benefits.

The only thing that makes Anayama regret now is that beautiful girl, and when he thinks about the time he spent with Gun, Shinsuke Anayama knows what a mistake he has made. He shouldn't have gotten into this cramped, gloomy and desperate cockpit, let alone piloted a torpedo with 780 kilograms of TNT to ram an aircraft carrier that looked a bit like a battlecruiser. If he could choose again, even if it was the Japanese Emperor Hirohito kneeling in front of him, he would not do such a stupid thing again.

It's just that there is no regret medicine in this world!

"Miss Akong, please take care......" Shinsuke Anayama didn't know what the other kamikaze fighters thought in the last moments of their lives, but he really regretted it! But it's too late to say anything now. Seeing the mountain-sized enemy ship through the periscope, Shinsuke Anayama closed his eyes in despair, and finally sent a blessing to his beloved.

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"Fire, fire!"

"Stop him! God, stop this madman ......"

Seeing the human-operated torpedo piloted by Nobusuke Anayama getting closer and closer to his aircraft carrier, a sense of despair now enveloped Jean. Lieutenant General Suer's heart. He shook his hands, pointed to the white waves in the water, and roared loudly in desperation. As if his screams could stop that mad torpedo.

Just let. Neither Sur's shouts nor the Béarn's dense and frantic side-fire could stop the torpedo, and before it could wait. Suer's shout landed, and the huge hull seemed to have been struck by something, and the stern seemed to jump to the right suddenly, and everyone in the command tower was suddenly shaken, and when everyone regained their footing, the damage report came from the telephone as scheduled.

"Sir, the stern of the ship was torpedoed, and the explosion opened a huge hole in the bulkhead of the power compartment, and now the sea water is pouring in rapidly, and the entire power compartment is about to be submerged!"

"Oh God!" Let. Sur drew a cross on his chest, and the flooding of the power compartment meant that the aircraft carrier was about to lose power! The only fate of a battleship without power in a naval battle is to be abandoned.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, we want you to transfer the flagship, and it is likely that the Béarn will not be able to assume the responsibility of the flagship." The captain of the Béarne, a handsome French man in his forties, with a dashing demeanor, came to ask Jean with a sad face. Sur has changed its flagship.

What he meant by this was that the USS Bayar was about to sink! Let. Although Sur was reluctant to accept this reality, after thinking about it for a while, he decided to change the flagship to the less damaged Xiafei.

No one thought that this naval battle, which was obviously an absolute advantage, would become like this because of the appearance of another suicide weapon, and a valuable aircraft carrier was boarded!

"Order the entire fleet to form an anti-submarine formation and withdraw from the battle."

"Send another telegram to Vice Admiral Halsey and tell him that we are under attack by a Japanese suicide submarine! The Bjarn was heavily damaged...... The Xaffy and the Companion were wounded. ”

After giving these two orders, let. Sur let out a long sigh and bowed his head and left the Béarn's island. After that, the unlucky aircraft carrier wrestled with death for two more hours before reluctantly sinking into the bottomless Pacific Ocean. The other two aircraft carriers of the US-French task force, the USS Xiafei and the USS Companion Fleet, each suffered a suicide torpedo during the retreat. Although the two aircraft carriers were not sunk due to the efforts of the damage control team members, they basically lost their combat capability and became two burdens to the US-French task force.

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"What? Suicide submarine !! ”

Inside the Enterprise, Vice Admiral Halsey jerked to his feet, rushed to Strance like a real bull, snatched the telegram from the 2nd USF-Frat, and the muscles in his face twitched slightly.

"The fleet was suddenly ambushed by a suicide pocket submarine while engaging Japanese ships, and the Bayane was heavily damaged, and the flagship has been transferred to the Xiafei, the Xiafei Zhongchuang, and the Ervi Zhongchuang, requesting to withdraw from the battle!"

"These damn Japs!" Lieutenant General Halsey threw the telegram to the ground and roared loudly, "All the Japanese should be killed!" Not a single one! Can't stay!! ”

Seeing the old boss's thunderous appearance, Strance also sighed, picked up the telegram, and read it carefully.

The Japanese are really crazy, just a few days after the suicide plane came out, they started playing suicide pocket submarines again! But how did this suicide pocket submarine work? How fast? Was it launched with a large submarine or carried on a cruiser? The telegram did not make it clear, and it seemed that when we returned to San Diego, we would have to ask the Frenchmen about it, and it would be better to set up a special suicide weapons research group...... It is better to study what other tactics have not yet been adopted by the Japanese army, so as to prevent trouble.

But that's all for the future, I'm afraid the current battle is going to be bad, and now that the Bjarn has been heavily damaged, it is likely that it will not be able to be saved...... Xia Fei and Ban Erwei Zhongchuang are estimated to be unable to become meat shields, and maybe they will become two burdens.

"Lieutenant General, the current situation is not in our favor, we should give up the fight and withdraw to San Diego first......"

"Nope! You can't withdraw like that! Halsey interrupted Strance with a heavy wave of his hand. Order all carrier-based aircraft fleets to prepare for an attack, and tomorrow we must let the Japanese devils know how powerful we are! ”

"Also, tomorrow at three o'clock in the morning, we will send seaplanes to search for Japanese aircraft carriers, and we must find the opponent first!"

"But ......"

"Nothing." Halsey glanced at his cautious assistant and sneered, "Although I am angered by the madness of the Japanese devils, it does not mean that I have lost my mind. I know that the present situation is not suitable for a decisive battle with the Japanese fleet...... However, I still have to fight! Hit hard! It doesn't matter if you defeat it. Because, the Japanese devils are using 2 million tons of steel against our 60 million tons of steel! We should not compare conspiracies and tricks with Japan, but should compete with them for national strength, even if it is to exchange three aircraft carriers for one of their aircraft carriers, it must be Japan that will collapse in the end! ”

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"Kill the Americans! Kill all the Americans! Your Majesty the Emperor, onboard! Onboard! On-board !! ”

On the deck of the USS Akagi, Kengoro Hetofu stood in front of a brand-new BF-109T carrier-based aircraft and shouted loudly in front of the 21 Japanese boys of the Akagi kamikaze squadron (one of whom was a squadron leader who did not have to commit suicide).

Today, he will assume the post of air commander in charge of air strikes, commanding four kamikaze squadrons, including the kamikaze squadron of the USS Akagi, and other squadrons of fighter and torpedo planes to launch air strikes against the US-French task force. And the main force of the air strike is 80 kamikaze special attack aircraft on four aircraft carriers.

Unlike another time and space, Japan did not come up with suicidal tactics such as kamikaze attacks and torpedoes until it was about to be defeated. From the very beginning, Japan has used suicidal tactics as their killer weapon to defeat the enemy!

On the deck, the 21 members of the kamikaze squadron of the Akagi were all shouting with tears in their eyes, as if they were all ready to serve the emperor, but they didn't know if they would regret it the moment they drove the plane into the enemy ship. But at that time, I'm afraid there will be no place to buy regret medicine.

After glancing at the "cannon fodder" out of the corner of his eye, Kengoro Hefu secretly wondered in his heart, are these Japanese devils really not afraid of death or are they pretending to be not afraid of death because of the herd mentality? But no matter whether they are really not afraid of death or pretend not to be afraid of death, today is inevitable!

"Gentlemen! Today is the time for you to dedicate your life to His Majesty the Emperor and to the great cause of the Great Japanese Empire. ”

Kengoro Liver Fu waved his hand, signaling the team to be quiet, and was just about to make another pre-battle mobilization, but suddenly remembered the sharp battle siren on the deck. Liver Fu knew that the seaplane sent out half an hour ago had already spotted the American aircraft carrier!

"Gentlemen! Kudanzaka! ”

"Kudansakami!"

"Your Majesty the Emperor! Onboard! ”

Amidst the shouts, the pilots of the 20 kamikaze squadrons boarded the flying coffins prepared for them one by one under the watchful eye of Kengoro Hetofu—the 96 kamikaze attack aircraft and the I-190 attack plane. Subsequently, the leader of the kamikaze special attack squadron of the Liver Fu and the Akagi kamikaze squadron, Nobuo Mi, also boarded their respective BF-109T carrier-based aircraft. In just a few minutes, the BF-109T piloted by Kengoro Hetofu was the first to rush into the blue sky.

"Sir, five aircraft carriers have been found, two of which are still smoking! In addition, there are 31 frigates of various kinds, the specific location is xx north latitude and xx west longitude. ”

While the plane was hovering over the Akagi, Saito, the telegraph operator and observer in the passenger seat, reported to him the latest information he had just received.

"Roar! Report to Commander Inoue, the kamikaze special attack brigade will definitely live up to the emperor's grace! Liver Fu nodded slightly, and at the same time turned his gaze to the Akagi below, the heavy aircraft carrier was racing in the wind, all the fighters had already taken off, and now it was the suicide plane of the kamikaze special attack group that was taking off.

Also watching the suicide planes take off were Fleet Commander Narumi Inoue and Chief of Staff Rear Admiral Kuroshima Kameto in the Ship Island. At this time, both of them looked full of ambition, and the results of last night's night battle had been confirmed by this morning's aircraft reconnaissance. The results of the man-operated torpedoes in last night's night battle were beyond their expectations, and only 48 man-operated torpedoes were fired to sink one aircraft carrier and severely damage the other two! Obviously, the Japanese Navy now has another powerful killer weapon. With torpedoes and kamikaze planes, this war should have a few chances, right?

"It was reported that the reconnaissance aircraft found an unidentified seaplane located about 20 kilometers from our fleet."

The staff officer's debriefing interrupted the two men's thoughts. Inoue Narumi and Kuroshima Kameto glanced at each other, and Inoue smiled lightly: "Kuroshima-kun, it seems that the Americans have also discovered us." ”

The turtle man of the Black Island sighed lightly: "These Americans are more advanced than we imagined!" After suffering so many setbacks in the past few days, I didn't expect them to still want to seek a decisive battle so much! ”

"If you want a decisive battle, you can fight a decisive battle!" Inoue Narumi took a deep breath and sneered: "Having lost one mothership and two heavy losses, now the Americans are no match for us." It won't be long before our kamikaze planes sink all their aircraft carriers! ”

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General! Just received a report from the Fourteenth Army. The communications staff officer's voice sounded with some excitement, "The 102nd Wing of the 158th Division has just attacked Managua, the capital of Nicaragua!" The Nicaraguan government has fled to Mexico in panic. ”

"Oh! Capture a country with just one wing! This Ishihara Waner is really a talent. Inoue Narumi took the telegram from the staff officer, looked at it, sneered again, and handed the telegram to Kuroshima Kameto. Yamashita asked us to send planes to attack Panama City after defeating the U.S. fleet in order to cooperate with the 16th Division in seizing the Panama Canal. ”

The turtle man of the Black Island pondered for a while, and then pondered: "Your Excellency Commander, Panama Bay is the best deep-water port on the west coast of Central America, and it has been operated by the Americans for many years, and the infrastructure is very complete, so it can be operated as the basic base of the Combined Fleet in Central America after it is captured. ”

"A fundamental stronghold in Central America?" Inoue Narumi was stunned when she heard this, "Isn't the attack on Central America to meet the demands of China and Germany?" The direction of the empire should be Australia. ”

"But the Empire's military operations in Central America went unusually well, and the British resistance in Australia was very stubborn!"

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