For Lieutenant General Wagnadze, the chief of staff of the British and Australian armies, who led 100,000 troops to retreat, it was not a single trip that best suited his current situation.

Before he could react from the nightmare of the fleet's telegram, the captain burst in panting and panicked, bringing another bad news that was enough to break all the spirits of the chief of staff of Wagnerdze, "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, no, on the left side of our fleet, a large number of Japanese warships have been found, and they are surrounding!" The captain shouted desperately.

As soon as the captain's words fell, there was a roar in the sky, and immediately, the crew outside the cabin exclaimed, "Oh no! It's a Japanese plane! ”

Not only did the crew see it, but the soldiers on the ship also saw the Japanese planes in the sky, under the two wings, sprayed with a round of blood-red sun patterns, staring at bloodthirsty eyes like devils, getting closer and closer, accompanied by bursts of engine roars, psychologically and visually, to all the British and Australian soldiers, causing great fear, as if the end of the world was coming.

The soldiers all knew that the steamer they were on was an unarmed civilian ship, and under the attack of Japanese planes and warships, they had no ability to fight back, and if it was on land, the soldiers could still fight back with the guns in their hands, but now, they were tied up, the asymmetrical balance of power, panic, fear, dazedness, and despair spread in the hearts of all the British and Australian soldiers, and the troops began to riot.

On the deck of the troop carrier, there were soldiers running around like headless flies, in fact, even they didn't know what they were shouting, driven by the survival instinct, the British and Australian soldiers subconsciously thought. To get out of this extremely dangerous ship quickly, many British and Australian soldiers, grabbing everything they could catch around them, jumped headlong into the choppy sea, regardless of the shouts of the officers, could not stop the soldiers' movements.

Lieutenant General Wagnardze, with a face like ashes, stared blankly at the soldier who jumped into the sea like a dumpling, he was numb and his brain was blank. He has completely forgotten about it, and the fleet of the independent division is coming!

The Second and Fourth Fleets of the Japanese Navy have been lurking in the Coral Sea for more than two days. Just waiting for the British and Australian troop convoys to take the bait, according to the original plan. Second and Fourth Fleets. After the British task force joined up with the troop carrier formation, it encircled from the left and right directions, and buried the British naval forces in the southwest Pacific region and 100,000 British and Australian soldiers at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean in one fell swoop.

100,000 British and Australian soldiers evacuated from Luzon to the Coral Sea. It did not escape the tailgating and monitoring of the Japanese carrier-based reconnaissance planes, but the troop carrier formation did not have air surveillance equipment, and the pilots of the Japanese reconnaissance planes were added. Received a strict order that the target was never allowed to be exposed, alarming the British, therefore, doubly careful, it has not been discovered, and also made Wagnerdze Chief of Staff come to a wrong judgment.

The original plan was perfect, two fleets, six aircraft carriers, more than 140 warships, encircling more than 30 warships of the British task force without aircraft carriers, and hundreds of unarmed troop carriers, and the battle had no suspense at all, just like two strong men with martial arts skills, murdering two babies.

Vice Admiral Yoshitetsu Shirakawa, commander of the Second Fleet of the Japanese Navy, and Vice Admiral Masao Okamura, commander of the Fourth Fleet, both knew very well in their hearts that the Navy's mission of destroying the enemy this time was taken from the mouth of the Army by the bigwigs of the Navy Department.

Therefore, Shirakawa Yoshizhe and Masao Gangmura both have a common mind, if they don't fight, they will fight, and if they do, they will fight an extremely beautiful battle of annihilation at sea, after a few telegrams. The two men reached an agreement, and when the British and Australian troop carriers formed a rendezvous with the British task force, the two fleets suddenly struck out and completely sent 100,000 British and Australian soldiers and more than 30 British warships to the bottom of the sea in the shortest possible time with the most ferocious firepower.

In the words of Vice Admiral Yoshitsu Shirakawa, commander of the Second Fleet, "Tiger fights rabbit, do your best!" We will not be as arrogant as the army, and every battle, even if the enemy is weak and vulnerable, we must go all out to deal with it, this is the fine tradition of the Imperial Navy! ”

Vice Admiral Masao Gangmura, commander of the Fourth Fleet, said more directly and murderously, "Our navy is to let those guys in the army see that they need to fight for days and nights on land, and pay heavy casualties before they can achieve the results of the battle, in the hands of the imperial navy, it only takes a few hours, at the cost of zero casualties, it can be done!" ”

The plan was seamless, but when it came to the most critical moment, seeing that the British had become meat in their mouths, something went wrong, and I don't know what the reason was, the British task force that came to escort the ship did not arrive at the rendezvous area on time, and moreover, there was also the meaning of turning around and returning home.

Shirakawa Yoshitsuchu and Masao Okamura were both anxious, in case the British task force turned around and ran back, wouldn't it destroy the plan of encirclement and annihilation, and the cowhide was blown out, but in the end, the British warship ran away, so that the two commanders, Your Excellency, could hang on to their faces?

The two discussed in the telegram and decided that the fourth ship would be responsible for solving the British task force, and the second fleet would be responsible for solving the British and Australian troop carrier formations.

When Le Yiqin led the group to the sky above the British and Australian troop carrier formation, he happened to see this chaotic scene, he frowned, and in his heart, he greatly despised the British and Australian soldiers, if it was the infantry of the independent division, when they encountered this situation, the first thing that came to mind was definitely not to be busy jumping into the sea, but to concentrate all the weapons and organize anti-air shooting, even if it was blown up and sunk, it could not let the little devil plane be unscrupulous bombing and strafing.

At the same time, Le Yiqin was also secretly glad that he finally arrived in front of the little devil and arrived at the designated airspace, if it was ten minutes late, the formation of British and Australian troop carriers below would be attacked by the first round of Japanese aircraft.

Le Yiqin ordered: "The second echelon fighter formation, immediately attack the Japanese aircraft group, they have been holding back for more than half a year, this time, sprinkle all the anger on the head of the little devil!" ”

More than 120 carrier-based planes that took off from three aircraft carriers under the command of the commander of the air formation, Kiyoichi Kaga, pounced viciously on the British and Australian troop carrier squadrons.

Looking at the incoming attack range, Kaga Osa viciously ordered: "Attention all squadrons, free attack, Imperial air warriors, under your wings, are the British and Australians who are like lambs to the slaughter, pour all the bullets on your fighter planes on these white-skinned pigs, this piece of ocean, will turn bright red, remind you to pay attention, don't let the rifle bullets in the hands of those white-skinned pigs hit your buttocks!" Start attacking! ”

The pilots of the Japanese carrier-based planes laughed unbridled and howled like hungry wolves, and soon, the Japanese pilots found that things were not as simple as they imagined, and a large group of fighters suddenly swooped down in the sky, killing their formations like sharp arrows.

Kaga Osa had just given the order for a free attack, he was also a guy who was not willing to be lonely, and was about to press down the nose of the plane and dive to attack, when suddenly, his wingman shouted loudly: "Your Excellency Osa, you have discovered the enemy plane, you have discovered the enemy plane, and you are rushing towards our formation!" ”

Kaga Osa hurriedly stopped his movements, looked up, and his scalp was numb, "Hani? Damn the Shina fighter, how could it suddenly appear here? He remembered that in the fleet's enemy briefing, it was mentioned that the aviation unit of the devil Tang Qiuli might come to escort the British and Australian troops, but he didn't take it seriously!

Which Cheng thought, he really let himself meet, Kaga Daisa's desire to kill turned into a cold sweat, why?

The number of fighters of the independent division aviation that appeared in front of him far exceeded his own formation, and Kaga Osa judged that the number should be more than 300, more than double his own, and Kaga Osa immediately shouted: "Fleet air command, Kaga reports, when our formation was attacking the British and Australian troop transport fleet, it found that the independent division's fighter group, about 300 planes, was attacking our formation and asking for reinforcements!" Request reinforcements!

The fighters of the two sides immediately bit together, more than 400 fighters mixed together, flew up and down, chased each other, the nose sprayed tongues of fire, and the "gurgling" airborne machine guns rang out one after another, and the white clouds in the blue sky were immediately cut into fragmented pictures.

The pilots of the independent division, who had worked hard in groups of two, cooperated with each other to catch the Japanese carrier-based planes, and then fought to the death, and they had the advantage in numbers; coupled with the fighting spirit of the pilots, as soon as they fought, the second-echelon fighter group of the Southern Flying Group obviously had the upper hand, and more than 20 Japanese carrier-based planes, with thick smoke coming out of their buttocks, staggered into the sea, or "boomed" and exploded into pieces in the air.

In this kind of large-scale air battle, the pilots of the independent division have extremely rich experience, and they have explored a whole set of tactics in how many air fights, first breaking up the formation of the Japanese carrier-based aircraft with the most ferocious actions, and then, taking advantage of the numerical superiority, they will divide the Japanese carrier-based aircraft into several parts that are not connected with each other and deal a severe blow!

Le Yiqin piloted his own fighter plane, hovering in the air, mastering the entire air combat situation, seeing that the pilots were fighting hard and tricky, he had the upper hand and smiled with satisfaction.

(To be continued) (To be continued.) )