The third wave of attacks by the Southern Flight Group of the Division was completely beyond Sato's imagination, and he could not understand how the air commander of Shina had precisely and accurately designed such a combat method, one after another, first destroying all the carrier-based aircraft of the fleet, then consuming anti-aircraft fire and ammunition, and finally, destroying the fleet with bomber groups.

From the very beginning, the Third Fleet fell into the trap of the Chinese people, and the fleet without carrier-based aircraft and anti-aircraft fire was a lamb to be slaughtered, which could only be slaughtered.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, heavy aerial bombs fell on the deck of the flagship of the "Asahi", Sato saw with his own eyes that the main gun turret, protective steel plates and naval guns on the front deck flew into the air like a blow, this was just the beginning, one after another aerial bombs, constantly falling on the warship, the fire was everywhere, black smoke was filled, and the huge warship was like being hit by a violent boxer, and the bow was continuously slammed left and right.

As a veteran commander of naval aviation, Sato knows too well what the final result will be when a warship that has lost its ability to defend itself hits several times without interruption by hundreds of bombers, and this is just the beginning, and next, torpedo bombers, horizontal bombers, and dive bombers will attack in turn, especially torpedo bombers, two torpedoes, and you can send the "Asahi" into the boundless sea.

Sato closed his eyes, the earth-shattering explosion outside seemed to be far away, he waited, waited for the warship under his feet, was violently lifted up, and then, fell back to the sea, the boundless sea water and darkness, instantly drowned himself, at this time, he actually had a sense of relief, is the calm in the face of death. It is also the helplessness that cannot change fate.

The hull shook violently, and the adjutant stumbled over to him and whispered, "General, Commander-in-Chief Ito is calling." Ask how the fleet is doing now? In addition, he said in the telegram that the Imperial Southeast Asia Dispatch Army Air Force had already taken off more than 300 fighter planes and was rushing to the air combat area at full speed. ”

Sato shook his head with a wry smile, sighed, and said to the adjutant, "Call back to Commander-in-Chief Ito." The fleet is being fiercely attacked by the bomber group of the ** division, and it is only a matter of time before all the jade is shattered, thank you for the great help of Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief," after the order, he said to himself dreamily, "What are you doing here, are you here to see the Imperial Navy joke?" ”

Sato is a connoisseur, a fighter that took off from an airfield on Hainan Island. It will take more than an hour at the earliest to reach the airspace over the Andaman Sea, this time. The bombers of the Chinese people were able to bomb the Third Fleet twice, and when the army fighters arrived, they could only see the oil stains on the sea and the floating corpses of sailors, drifting with the tide, and they could not even see the wreckage of the warship.

Sato, who had already embraced the heart of death, calmed down instead, and asked the adjutant expressionlessly, "How many warships are left that haven't been sunk?" Are the three aircraft carriers still there? Knowing that it was the result of the annihilation of the whole army, he still couldn't help but ask. It's subconscious.

The adjutant replied: "Commander, so far, our warships, although they have been injured strictly, are all superficially damaged. None of them were sunk, including the three aircraft carriers, and the power system was not damaged, and they could still keep sailing, but the bombers of the China people, the key target was the troop transport fleet, and where the main attacks were concentrated! ”

Sato stood up and asked in disbelief, "What?" Our warships, not a single one of them was sunk? You read that right? "Sato was confused again, the aviation unit of the ** division, made a big move, successively dispatched three batches of nearly 1,000 fighters and bombers, in the Andaman Sea, attacked the Third Fleet for more than two and a half hours, and did not sink a single warship, who can believe it?

Is it just for the sake of the troop transport fleet? It is unreasonable, whether from a military or political point of view, the value and influence of killing the Third Fleet is more than a hundred civilian ships, although there are four divisions of infantry on it, but can it be compared to the warships of the empire and the entire Third Fleet?

Sato's head shook like a rattle, "Don't comfort me, it's come to this, I can accept any outcome, and I'm ready to live and die with the fleet." ”

Seeing that Sato didn't believe his words, the adjutant picked up a telescope, handed it to Sato, and said, "Commander, if you look at it with your own eyes, you will understand everything," Sato looked over from the command room, the entire Third Fleet can be said to be unbearable, every warship is emitting billowing black smoke, and the three aircraft carriers he cares about the most are no exception, and it is worrying to watch.

However, judging from the navigation attitude of the warship, it is obvious that it has not suffered heavy damage, although the posture of dodging the bombs falling from the sky is very wolf-bèi, but it is still agile, rushing left and right, using all his strength, Ito put down the binoculars, his eyes are straight, and he muttered to himself: "Impossible, how can it be that none of them have been sunk, more than two hours of attack and bombing, could it be that the fighter planes of the people of China did not carry torpedoes?" ”

Sato absolutely did not believe that the commander of the Shina Air Force, who had designed such a perfect battle plan, would make such a low-level mistake, there were no torpedo bombers in the bomber formation, but the fact happened, although the warships of the empire, although they were beaten to pieces, none of them became a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron at the bottom of the Andaman Sea, it was a miracle!

If you have to find a reason to explain this miracle, it can only be the manifestation of Anameasu, and the blessing of His Majesty the Emperor, but does Sato believe this kind of nonsense? He didn't even know it himself, and when he heard General Sato's self-talk, the adjutant was speechless, "What do you mean?" Does the Third Fleet have to be bombers of the Chinese to kill a few warships before His Excellency the Commander feels normal and satisfied? Who is this? His brain won't be broken like Commander Hasegawa Kiyoshi, right? ”

If Sato knew that in a humble house in a small town northwest of Yangon, Tang Qiuli, who commanded this major battle, had already regarded the Third Fleet as his own thing, he would be able to fully understand the current situation of the Third Fleet, how could he be willing to fight to the death with his own things?

Sato shook his head, for the first time in his life, he felt that his brain was not enough to explain this weirdness, he looked at the direction of the troop transport fleet again, the adjutant was right, there, is the key target of the Chinese bombers, from his point of view, in the sky, no less than 100 bombers of the ** division, in turn to drop bombs, dive, on the sea, stir up a column of water that soars to the sky.

And their own warships, in order to avoid such a ferocious bombardment, are far away from these troop carriers, for fear that the bomb will not have long eyes and fall on themselves, not to mention, there are also bombers of the ** division, come over from time to time to take care of it, although the accuracy is not good, but when an aerial bomb falls, there will be a burst of fire and smoke, which can only be seen, and more specifically cannot be seen clearly.

Actually, you don't need to see it clearly, Sato also knows what kind of tragic scene it is, the civilian ships that are unarmed and have no self-defense ability, in front of the bombers, are similar to young beauties, ** in front of a group of big men, only the part of being ravaged, there is no power to resist, the Third Fleet is too busy to take care of itself, and it is itself in the point of being beaten, so it still has the ability to protect the civilian ships, those infantry, can only ask for more blessings.

What is the fate of the infantry on the troop carrier, Sato doesn't care, and he has no time to care, jokes, he is about to drown, and he cares about others capsizing? Although he was also a soldier of the Empire, he was thinking about the next step for the Third Fleet.

It was rare for Le Yiqin not to personally lead the first echelon to meet the fighter group that took off from Hainan Island by the Southeast Asian Dispatch Army Air Force, which was very uncomfortable for Le Yiqin, who was accustomed to fighting face-to-face and watching the little devil's plane blow up to pieces in front of his eyes, but he had to stay in the Myitkyina Airport command tower.

Right now, the battlefield has been divided into two parts, the last wave of attack on the Third Fleet, Le Yiqin is not worried, the little devil's warship has been disarmed, it is a piece of meat on the board, no matter how he gets a knife, the only thing that makes him uneasy is that he is afraid that those bomber pilots will send the little devil's warships to the bottom of the sea with red eyes, in that case, the division commander will not pick his own skin?

The second battlefield is the first echelon to face the small devil fighter group from the direction of Hainan Island, although their own fighter numbers have an advantage, but the advantage is not big, this is a hard-fought air battle, the whole operation, because of the emergence of this unexpected factor, the battle damage will also increase a lot, but this is a battle that must be fought.

Otherwise, the bomber group on the way back, halfway, will be caught up by the little devil's fighter group, not to be wiped out, the loss will definitely be beyond imagination, it seems that when formulating the entire battle plan, he still did not consider it comprehensively, missing a key link, no wonder the division commander always warned himself, "You are the commander, you must stand in the perspective of the overall situation, to consider the battle problem, don't always think about your own pleasure, rush, kill or something!" ”

Le Yiqin blamed herself a little, and her mood became more and more irritable, and a communications staff officer ran over, "Commander, the division commander is looking for you by phone!" Le Yiqin was stunned, at this time, what is the teacher looking for himself? According to the habit of division commanders, after the battle starts, there is no emergency, or there is a serious change in the enemy's situation, and there will be no interference with the normal command of the front-line commander.

Le Yiqin arrived at the communication room and picked up the red telephone receiver, "Commander, I'm Le Yiqin, do you have any important instructions?" ”

On the other end of the phone, Tang Qiuli laughed heartily and said: "Yiqin, the confidence seems to be a little insufficient, it's rare that when you are on the phone, you didn't deaf my ears, the Japanese planes have increased the Andaman Sea, how about it, can you afford it?" Don't have any worries, if you fight, you have to die, of course, as a good commander, it is to minimize the casualties of the soldiers. ”

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