While the frontal situation had not deteriorated significantly, the IJN's fleet and aircraft began to withdraw from the battle in an orderly manner. Zhao Jian did not chase after them as relentlessly as he did for the broken dawn, and the Star Castle side also followed Ming Jin to collect his troops, allowing the other party to leave on their own, and the battlefield quickly returned to calm.

The battle lasted nearly four hours, and the losses on the Japanese side were not significant, with only one heavy aircraft carrier (Shozuru) being damaged, one battleship (Hyuga) being damaged, and several ships being slightly damaged.

Compared to the damage suffered by these ships, it was the pilots of the Fifth Air Force who really felt distressed. On the way home, the commander of the Fifth Air War counted the losses on the two aircraft carriers, and a total of 77 of them failed to return, and most of them were carrier-based aircraft on the Zuihe.

With this loss, the war against the United States in June was basically nothing to do with the Fifth Air Campaign.

However, the safe return of the Japanese fleet made some people happy and some worried. And among these people, the most inexplicable anger is the Japanese Emperor Hirohito.

After the other side learned that the navy had failed in the battle, but not a single ship had been lost, and all friendly forces had been wiped out, the first thing that this second-year young man thought of was that the navy was cheating and playing tricks and fighting passively. Hirohito sharply questioned the Minister of the Navy, Yoshida Zengo, what is the loyalty of the Satsuma sect as the emperor!?

And the Army, the navy's sworn enemy, naturally will not let go of this opportunity to fall into the ground. Hideki Tojo took the opportunity to fan the flames next to Hirohito, making the navy eager to rush up and smash the four-eyed winter melon, but in the end they gave up because of the court.

In order to save the supreme "face" of the Japanese Empire, Hirohito ordered the navy to regain its strength within a month, and to sweep away any gangsters who tried to use their mantis arms as a vehicle before the war against the United States began.

The implication is to let the navy fight the Star Fort again.

At the same time, unlike the IJN, who was scolded for no reason, the Star Fort Fleet, which had fought another beautiful battle, was receiving a commendation from the Admiral. A group of Frenchmen who visited Castle also congratulated Zhao Jian, and de Gaulle even called it the first great victory on the anti-fascist front.

For this reason, Zhao Jian held a grand celebration banquet. By the way, I picked up the wind and washed the dust for my French friends. But when the banquet reached the second half of the dancing time, Zhao Jian regretted it a little!

"Tsk! Look at these French guys, who look like they have a national hatred and family hatred, they are all around the beauties with their eyes in every way, and these girls are all Lao Tzu! ”

"Okay boy, don't be so small-bellied, don't you just do a ballroom dance, and you won't get pregnant. Besides, other people's girls let you sleep, what do you want? ”

On the edge of the dance floor of the banquet, Zhao Jian looked at the French guys who were dancing with their own shipwives in the audience. I couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable in my heart. And Chi You next to him persuaded him to relax, after all, the scale of a ballroom dance is far from being comparable to the "great health care" he did for Richelieu.

At this time, Chiyou noticed that Joan of Arc, dressed in a white evening dress, was walking towards them.

In terms of physical appearance alone, Joan of Arc's figure is slender and thin, with a girl-next-door style of a small jasper, unlike Chiyou, who is convex and backward, and her body is full of wild atmosphere. The other party's "pure white" suddenly formed a distinct visual impact with Chiyou's "bright black".

"Hello. Miss Joan of Arc. ”

"Hello, Admiral Zhao, can I invite you to a dance?"

"Uh...... Absolutely, but this is the first time I've been invited by a woman. ”

"That's a coincidence. It was also the first time I had taken the initiative to invite a man. ”

Joan of Arc said, and made a gesture of please, Zhao Jian saw that many people around him were paying attention to this, and Zhao Jian, who didn't want to lose face, also returned the salute. Then he took Joan of Arc's hand and walked onto the dance floor. As soon as they were gone, the other people on the dance floor suddenly gave up the center in a sense of interest.

With the addition of handsome men and beautiful women, Zhao Jian and Joan of Arc soon became the most eye-catching pair on the dance floor. And Joan of Arc's dancing skills are really good. On the contrary, Zhao Jian couldn't let go of it, and almost stepped on his dance partner's feet several times, but he was cleverly used by Joan of Arc to dodge.

"Admiral Zhao, you seem to be a little nervous?"

"Sorry! I just need a period of adaptation to unfamiliar dance partners. ”

"Hehe, you're such a cautious person."

"There's no way, the family business is big, it's not okay to be cautious!"

"But it's too cautious, and it's not good."

"It depends on what you're dealing with."

From Joan of Arc's tone, it was not difficult for Zhao Jian to hear that there was something in the other party's words.

During the daytime battlefield observation, Joan of Arc found that the strength in Zhao's hands was far more powerful than she had imagined at the beginning! The ground armament seems to have obvious shortcomings in troops, but this problem is not worth mentioning at all in the Shattered Star District, where there are not many places to stay.

With the existing strength of Star Castle, they can completely take a more active attack, and it is easy to achieve overwhelming superiority in the local battlefield. But they are now low-key and safe, with a defensive posture that does not want to contact the outside world, which shows that the other side is still waiting.

But the fallen France obviously does not have this calmness, and they now not only need the weapon support provided by Zhao Jian, but also need the opponent's fleet to directly participate in the battle against the fascists. That's why Joan of Arc took the initiative to contact Zhao Jian, wanting to test the other party's true intentions.

However, Joan of Arc also knew in his heart that they were now in a disadvantaged position, and they did not have the capital to force the strong Zhao Jian to send troops. If you want the other party to help, you have to use more gentle means. So Joan of Arc glanced at Richelieu not far away, and whispered in Zhao Jian's ear with a smile.

"Speaking of which, Admiral Zhao, how did you capture our family's 'Miss Bishop'?"

"Uh...... How can you see it? ”

"Don't be so surprised, although I have never been in love, I have seen a lot of girls in love. That little girl can deceive others, but she can't hide it from my eyes. ”

“……”

In just a few words, Joan of Arc plunged Zhao Jian into unspeakable embarrassment. Looking at the embarrassed look of the other party, Joan of Arc smiled even brighter. Fortunately, at this time, the dance music had just come to an end, and Joan of Arc saw that the "results" achieved in the first contact were not bad, so he let Zhao Jian go first.

Anyway, de Gaulle has already appointed her as the commander of the "new French army", and she will be on the Star Castle for a long time in the future, and there will definitely be more opportunities to tease Zhao Jian in the future.

"I should continue to bother with you for a while, let's talk next time."

After a dance song, the two left the dance floor, and as soon as Zhao Jian came back, Chi You came over with a wicked smile and stabbed Zhao Jian with his elbow and asked.

"What's going on? How does it feel to dance with a French saint? ”

"Honestly...... The breasts are too small and easy to step on. (To be continued......)

PS: I wrote 4 versions of the dialogue between Joan of Arc and Xiaoshipman, but either the twist was too hard, or the commotion was too much, and in the end, this paragraph looked slightly better. I counted the time, and it took me longer to ponder these sentences than it took to write the other parts in total...... ORZ！