"Good news?" Zhang Cheng put down the pen in his hand, raised his head to look at Xiao Hongbao, who ran in with a happy face, and asked with a smile. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Yes!" Xiao Hongbao, who had a deep look of joy between his eyebrows, nodded vigorously and shouted loudly, "Your Excellency! The Navy has just received the latest battle report, and the attack aircraft group of the 11th Task Force has successfully damaged four large aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy! The Navy confirmed that four Japanese aircraft carriers caught fire and burned. ”

"Okay." Zhang Cheng stared at him and nodded vigorously.

The strength of the Japanese Navy is not weak, on the contrary, it is relatively strong. It can also be ranked on the top of the world. Although Zhang Cheng doesn't look down on the so-called capital ships of the Japanese Navy, even if it is a Yamato-class super battleship, he doesn't care about it. However, the power of the more than a dozen aircraft carriers in the hands of the Japanese was very powerful.

As a mobile platform at sea, the power of an aircraft carrier lies in the fact that it can deliver a large number of bomb-carrying aircraft to the enemy's head at any time and in any sea area. Not only can it hit surface targets, but it is also very sharp when dealing with land targets.

Those Japanese aircraft carriers might run to the coastal area at any time, send planes to bomb them indiscriminately, and then fly away.

Although it is said that the Ming has a large number of fighters on land. But the coastline of the Ming Dynasty is so vast, how can the Japanese aircraft carriers chase after the Japanese aircraft carriers come and blow up a round? Where is the vast sea so easy to find?

In addition, the Japanese Navy was so close, and a large number of forces were contained, so that Da Mingkong had a lot of strength but couldn't fight it. Therefore, the Japanese aircraft carrier has always been a problem for Zhang Cheng.

Today, this heart disease has finally been cured. Although the Japanese still have quite a few aircraft carriers in their hands. However, the battle losses of six large fleet aircraft carriers in succession almost lost most of the strength of the Japanese naval aviation. As for the remaining light, small and wounded aircraft carriers, there is no longer anything to worry about.

Starting today, the Ming Navy will completely occupy the initiative in the western Pacific. The strategic offensive posture of the Japanese has been thwarted, and it is time for the Ming to counterattack.

"The Navy is doing a great job." Zhang Cheng stood up with a smile and said in a brisk tone, "I want to award them medals!" ”

The large-scale naval battle in the waters west of the Ryukyu Islands completely changed the situation in the western Pacific. The Japanese Navy lost four large regular aircraft carriers in the battle under the surprise attack of the Ming naval aviation.

The returning carrier-based air force had to make a forced landing on the sea because there was no aircraft carrier to land, and hundreds of fighters were lost. Even greater losses came from the death of a large number of elite HNA pilots in the battle. The essence of Japanese naval aviation was destroyed in one fell swoop.

The Yunlong aircraft carrier was hit by four torpedoes, and the massive flooding could not be suppressed. After the defeat of the tube, the battleship capsized on its side and sank.

The Daiho, the Wyvern, and the Amagi were all destroyed by the explosion caused by the fire ignited by an armor-piercing shell. The battleship was completely incapacitated and turned into a flaming torch after being forced to abandon the ship.

In the end, these battleships were sunk by one of the three auspicious ships, the Replenishing Gun Wang Ye Branch, and several other destroyers firing heavy shipborne torpedoes.

Vice Admiral Bunta Yamaguchi, commander of the First Air Fleet of the Japanese Navy, Rear Admiral Takakijiro Onishi, the captains of the ships, and the young staff officers who were unwilling to accept defeat chose to apologize by sinking with the ships.

Yamaguchi was actually more aware that after the loss of the main combat force, the Japanese Navy could not avoid the fate of complete defeat. Unwilling to witness the tragic moment of defeat, he refused the advice of his men to leave, and eventually sank to the bottom of the sea with the battleship.

In addition to these four carriers, the subsequent supplementary attack by Task Force 11 was carried out. Two Kongo-class battle cruisers were wounded, and the Mogami was sunk. In addition, a number of destroyers were sunk and damaged. The wild semicolon is unscathed.

It was not until the shore-based fighters that took off urgently from southern Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands flew overhead that the Ming naval aviation gave up the pursuit, and the remaining warships of the First Air Fleet were able to escape. But in reality, the battle did not end there.

The aircraft carriers Shozuru and Zuizuru, who had been heavily damaged by the attack of Task Force 12 and had left the battlefield ahead of schedule, were ambushed by a Ming submarine on their way back to Japan. This submarine is the submarine commanded by Fang Renxu, who previously sent information that was crucial to the entire battle situation.

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"I really got caught!" Fang Renxu, who was lying on the periscope, had an excited look on his face. After dodging the depth charges dropped by a Japanese destroyer, he did not rush to escape, but boldly chose to follow the Japanese fleet and chase forward.

Fang Renxu originally planned to see if he could have a chance to pick up the leak, but who thought that he really caught a big fish for him. No, these are no ordinary fish, these are two big whales that have been injured!

Because they were wounded and retreated, Xianghe and Ruihe did not use anti-submarine formations, which gave Fang Renxu the opportunity and time to calmly arrange. Even if it's broad daylight, even if those two Japanese aircraft carriers that are still smoking are surrounded by a vote of destroyers!

"The bow torpedo is ready!" Fang Renxu's voice trembled a little, this is a warship of tens of thousands of tons! Sinking such a battleship is an exciting feeling that is difficult for any captain to describe in words.

The staggering Xianghe sister ship had no idea that there would be a Ming submarine lurking there waiting under the sea in front of them. While salvaging the battleship, they quickly headed in the direction of the mainland.

At this time, the news of a surprise attack on our fleet and the fire and destruction of four aircraft carriers has already arrived. The officers and men on the two sister ships were secretly glad in addition to their grief, and they retreated ahead of time but kept their warships.

"Which one to hit?" Fang Renxu, who was lying on the periscope, shook his head a little depressedly. Large enemy warships are clearly retreating, and there are neither anti-submarine formations nor ultra-high speeds. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is rare. It's just that there are two worthy targets, but the distance between the two battleships is not close. Fang Renxu only had one chance to attack, because the Japanese still had a destroyer escorting on their side. He won't have a second chance to attack.

"That's you!" After thinking for a while, Fang Renxu decided to attack the aircraft carrier that was the first to attack.

The first Japanese aircraft carrier to move was the Shozuru, and this battleship had no idea that danger was approaching. The fierce naval battle and the subsequent rescue of the battleship made the officers and men on board a little listless. At this time, the flight deck of the fighter plane, which was no longer able to take off and land, was full of wailing wounded, and sweaty medics were running back and forth to treat the wounded.

One thing that has to be said is that among the destroyers escorting next to the Shozuru is a destroyer named Shiyu. During the Battle of Java, the destroyer was escorting the Chicheng.

Captain Shozuru and commander of the Fifth Air Force, Takaji Osaku Shiroshima, is nervously contacting various shore-based forces, asking them to immediately send shore-based air defense forces to escort their fleet.

Shiroshima Takaji was very worried that the Ming Navy would continue to pursue his warships unrelentingly. Now the Japanese Navy can no longer afford the loss of a single battleship, let alone an incomparably important aircraft carrier.

Just as Jojima Takaji sat in his chair with his eyes closed, silently waiting for the reply telegram from the Ministry of the Navy. But suddenly I heard a heart-wrenching siren sound on the battleship!

"Torpedo! There is a torpedo coming from the starboard side!! "The shouting from the guard post made everyone on the bridge stunned!

Takaji Shiroshima, whose head was still wrapped in gauze, jumped up on his seat like a lion who had suddenly woken up, and rushed to the rudder of the ship with a single arrow while everyone was stunned. The short and thin Shiroshima Takaji pushed the burly first mate aside. The whole body lay on the rudder, and frantically beat the rudder to the right until death.

Although Takaji Shiroshima reacted quickly, because he was too careless, everyone's attention was focused on the sky. And because the wounded were not fast, anti-submarine navigation was not carried out. The Shozuru was unexpectedly hit by a torpedo, and there were three of them in one hit!

The torpedoes installed on submarines are not the kind of light aviation torpedoes carried by aviation torpedo machines, they use heavy torpedoes that are really loaded with a large number of high-explosive military explosives, which are powerful enough to tear the battleship's waterline armor!

The Xianghe, which ate three heavy torpedoes in one go, couldn't stand it, and it was still on the same side. The battleship's waterline armor was quickly torn apart, and the raging sea water poured into it in an instant. It was originally wounded, but it was hit hard by a torpedo, and the aircraft carrier was finished.

"Dive! Come on! After seeing that the target was hit, Fang Renxu, who was excited, ordered the submarine to dive. Those escorting destroyers will soon kill according to the torpedo trail.

When the Japanese shore-based fighters flying from southern Kyushu came to this sea area, they only saw the Shozuru, which was gradually sinking, and Zuizuru, which was speeding up.

These fighters could not attack the submarines that were diving, and could only stare dryly from the sky. After a group of Japanese destroyers bombed the sea indiscriminately, killing a large school of fish, they hurriedly left the still dangerous sea area, escorting the Zuizuru to speed up its escape.

Fang Renxu once again made great contributions, and escaped smoothly. Not only did he become the commander of the submarine in the history of the world's navy who temporarily sank the first tonnage of warships, but also was known as the lucky general in the Ming Navy. The luck that was able to get out of two large-scale destroyer sieges in a row is not something to be said casually.

The aircraft carrier Taihu, which had been hit hard by the second wave of attacks by the Japanese Air Force, struggled to return to its homeland, but it did not hold out to the end.

The Taihu Lake failed to rescue the Navy more than 100 nautical miles from Qingdao Port and finally sank to the bottom of the sea. It was also the last warship of both fleets to sink in this naval battle. (To be continued.) )