Rear Admiral Sato, acting commander of the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy, stood in the command cabin of the flagship "Asahi", looking at the independent division fleet surrounded by both wings with an expressionless face, with a fearless general style

Sato can only do this, to stabilize the morale of the army, other than that, he has no way, to get out of the current situation, up to now, Your Excellency Chief of the General Staff, there is no news coming, it turned out that his own judgment, it is not the case at all, the fleet of the independent division, did not suffer any losses, then, it is the joint strangulation of the Imperial Sea and Land Air Force failed

He was bent on rushing in the direction of the Strait of Malacca, but he brought the fleet into the mouth of the tiger, and Sato suddenly hated Prince Jaehito, the chief of the General Staff, "Why didn't he inform himself of the news of the defeat of the Imperial Sea and Army Air Force?" Or, if it weren't for this temptation, the Third Fleet would have been able to retreat south to the Indian Ocean and avoid the encirclement of the Independence Division."

"Whether you can get out of danger in the end, that is the will of God, it is much better than throwing yourself into the net" Now, it's too late, you can't fight, you can't run away, foreign aid? Sato smiled miserably, if there were, it would have appeared a long time ago, as for the third batch of reinforcements from Okinawa, Sato did not hold out any hope, he was too disappointed

A staff officer said cautiously: "Your Excellency Acting Commander, the Shina fleet has sent a signal for us to surrender unconditionally, otherwise" The staff officer glanced at Sato's face, and Sato asked in a lifeless voice: "Otherwise, what?" "Otherwise, all our warships will be sunk and no prisoners of war will be treated," replied the staff officer

The muscles on Sato's face convulsed involuntarily, "All sunk?" No, otherwise, the Third Fleet would not have existed until now, it was already destroyed yesterday, why did that devil of China go to great lengths and make such a move that his purpose was the warships of the Third Fleet, the proud navy of the Great Japanese Empire, how could they be captured by inferior Chinese people, and treated as prisoners of war? There will be no prisoners of war."

Sato's eyes emitted an iron-gray glow, and he said to his staff officer: "Answer to the people of China, there is no precedent for the Imperial Navy of the Great Japanese Empire to surrender and convey my orders, and the time has come for each ship to fight separately, and the time has come to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and the Great Japanese Empire."

Then, he bowed deeply to the officers behind him, "Gentlemen, today we are all people who have witnessed the spirit of the Imperial Navy, Sato, please everyone, fight to the end" After speaking, Sato walked into his cabin under the gaze of the Japanese officers, leaving the dazed officers "Each fights, what kind of battle?" ”

Colonel Xin Xiguo, chief of staff of the fleet, came in and whispered to Tang Qiuquan: "Commander, the 'Day' himself refuses to surrender, and, with a desperate posture" Tang Qiuquan smiled disdainfully and said to Xin Xiguo: "It's still the same old thing, I thought that the 'Day' Navy could come up with some tricks, it's nothing more than some bullshit bushido, Chief of Staff, order the fleet to start attacking immediately"

"At the same time, remind the captains of the ships to prevent the mad dogs from biting people, and leave a group of carrier-based aircraft to cooperate with the Marine Corps to board the ship, the speedboat group, close combat, and solve the Third Fleet with the fastest degree."

Tang Qiuquan had long expected this situation, and he was unwilling to surrender, and he was anxious and persuaded the Japanese ships to surrender, just to save time and organize air defense, otherwise, once the Japanese aircraft group broke through the interception of carrier-based aircraft, it would be difficult to achieve a perfect result for the next thing, although he believed in his pilots, but where was the difference in strength, and he had to plan for the worst

On the sea, the Japanese sailors gathered on the deck, holding all kinds of weapons, no guns, and carrying a fire axe in their hands, putting on a desperate posture, while the Japanese warships, with full horsepower, like mad cows, collided with the warships of the independent division that surrounded them

The two speedboat groups of the fleet immediately caught up, and the guns on the boats sent dense shells to the decks of the Japanese warships, and the flesh and blood of the Japanese sailors were blown up

I don't know if it was the stupid Japanese captain who gave such an order to seek death, but as a result, the Japanese ships rushed to follow suit, fearing that they were not bushido enough and not loyal enough to His Majesty the Emperor, so they drove all the sailors to the deck, and fought hard with rifles, light machine guns and independent division warships, but gave the speedboat brigade the opportunity to sweep away the leaves in the autumn wind

The 40-millimeter caliber guns could not damage the deck of the Japanese warship, but for the Japanese sailors on the deck, it was undoubtedly a catastrophe, the cannon rumbled, the fire flashed, the speedboat deftly dodged the collision of the Japanese warship, and turned around the Japanese warship lightly, and in the sky, more than 20 carrier-based aircraft also joined the battle, and on the deck of the Japanese warship, all moving objects would attract a shuttle bullet

The soldiers of the Fifth Brigade of the Marine Corps, driving the assault boat, after approaching, hooked the cables one by one to the side of the Japanese warship, and began to forcibly board the ship

In a trance, there was a hot current surging in Qiuquan's chest, and after two thrilling days and one night, he finally lived up to his mission, and none of the more than 50 warships of the Third Fleet of the Navy, including three aircraft carriers, sank and completely fell into the hands of the independent division

Qiu Quan sat on the chair like this, motionless, and more than an hour later, Xin Xiguo, the chief of staff of the fleet, came in, looked at the commander who seemed to have a layer of tears in his eyes, was silent for a moment, and said: "Commander, Major General Gao Yanfeng, commander of the Fifth Brigade of the Marine Corps, reports that all the units of the brigade have taken control of all Japanese warships."

Qiuquan Huo Ran got up, his face was as cold as usual, and said: "Immediately receive the Japanese warships, and at the same time, order the fleet to enter the first-class air defense state, and report to the division that our fleet captured all the ships of the Japanese Third Fleet at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 20th, and none of them were damaged, please ask the fleet for the next move."

Soon, he received an order from the division commander Tang Qiuli: "The fleet and the captured Japanese warships will immediately move closer to Mawlamyine in southern Burma, and the air defense brigade of the Ma Chaoyang Corps will provide ground fire support."

Tang Qiuli's order is also the meaning of the question, after taking the Third Fleet, it should be a question of how to escape, with the strength of the fleet's carrier-based aircraft, it is difficult to prevent the breakthrough of the Japanese bomber group and fighter group, Mawlamyine's line, there is just the air defense brigade of the Ma Chaoyang Corps stationed, and the fleet's air defense fire and ground air defense fire cooperate with each other, adding an extra layer of insurance

Surrounded by a large group of staff officers and guards, Qiuquan boarded the "Asahi," the flagship of the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy, and walked to the command cabin on the bloodstains and the corpses of Japanese sailors

Lizheng reported, "Report to the commander, the commander of the Fifth Brigade, Gao Yanfeng, report that our brigade has successfully ended the battle" Qiuquan asked: "Brigade Commander Gao, what are the casualties?" Gao Yanfeng replied: "One hundred and sixty-seven people were killed, and three hundred and four were wounded" Qiu Quan frowned, the casualties were so large, and when he thought about it, he was relieved

Occupying a Japanese ship, the average casualties are less than ten people, this is no better than fighting on land, there is room for maneuver, the warship is so big, Gao Yanfeng can do this, it is already quite good, he nodded, and saw that Gao Yanfeng seemed to have something to say, so he asked: "Gao Yanfeng, do you have anything else?" ”

Gao Yanfeng hesitated for a moment and said, "Commander, more than 780 Japanese sailors have been captured, please ask the commander, how should I deal with it?" Qiu Quan glanced at him and said coldly: "Shoot on the spot, throw them into the sea to feed the sharks, from the moment they refuse to surrender, they lose their qualifications to be prisoners of war, Gao Yanfeng, you are also an old man of the independent division, follow your two commanders, Su Jingfeng and Han Tie, from North China to Jiangnan, is it possible that if you are restructured into a marine, you will forget the old rules of the independent division?" ”

Receiving the rebuke from the commander, Gao Yanfeng not only did not get annoyed, but smiled with relief, and said somewhat embarrassedly: "Commander, I'm afraid that you will get angry, the group of boys under my hands have made a real fire, and when they saw the casualties of the brothers, their eyes were red, plus the little devils resisted desperately, did not surrender, and destroyed the equipment on the warship, they didn't stop the fire for a while, and they were all sudden."

Tang Qiuquan was speechless for a while, daring to love, you Gao Yanfeng is the first to cut and then play, and killed the "day" himself, before he came to ask for instructions, if he doesn't agree, this Gao Yanfeng will also find a way to dispose of these "day" garbage "Gao Yanfeng, your hands are fast enough, but well done" Gao Yanfeng was a little proud

A large group of staff officers who followed behind, most of whom graduated from the Qingdao Command College of the Navy, experienced a large-scale battle for the first time, and already felt thrilled, seeing a fleet lieutenant admiral commander and a Marine Corps rear admiral and brigade commander, between words, the lives of nearly 900 prisoners of war were decided, and in addition to extreme shock, looking at Gao Yanfeng's eyes, it was somewhat strange, just like seeing a devil

Gao Yanfeng turned a blind eye to these eyes, and was very calm in his heart, "Hmph, a bunch of chicks, if you know that this is the rule set by the division commander, wouldn't you faint in surprise?" Rare and weird"

He led the way in front, and said as he walked: "Commander, in front is the cabin of that Third Fleet Commander Sato, that guy has already seen Lord Yama, can you go over and take a look?" ”