The Japanese pilots circled in despair over the vast sea, helplessly calling out to the mothership, but received only the same answer from the mothership: we have seen you, please land immediately. In this case, the pilot can only suspect that he has hit a ghost today.

The 419 UAV did not use much power to interfere with the entire formation of Japanese aircraft, because all Japanese aircraft use 3 main channels and 3 backup channels in the short-wave frequency band, and the radio transmission power is very small, and the UAV's adaptive jamming pod sends Qin Xiaosu's recorded audio to them in addition to interference, in order to let them reduce their altitude so as not to be seen by the radar of the mobile force. As for Nagumo's fleet, he didn't dare to deceive with fake audio, which was easy to expose, but only used weak interference to make them receive a noise and unable to judge the position of the group.

The sky was completely dark, and the Japanese fleet, lacking radar, was completely blinded. Nagumo was ready to turn on the deck lights at any time to let the plane down, these pilots were too expensive for him to really lose, but at least he had to see or hear the plane approaching before he could turn on the lights.

Although Makino's interference with history has led to the Tone's heavy cruiser being equipped with experimental radars, and Hitachi's engineers have been stationed on board, these radars are still far from reliable. Nagumo couldn't get any information from these things called the No. 13 electric detector, in fact, the jamming equipment of the 419 was a weak point for these meter-wave radars, but the Japanese magnetron technology was still far behind, there was no need for interference, and the low-altitude aircraft group 100 kilometers away could not be seen.

Nagumo helplessly kept looking at his watch, mentally calculating the time it would take to run out of fuel. The Zero fighter that took off and attacked first should have run out of fuel by this time, and this is still calculated according to the fuel consumption rate of the standard of a general cruise mission, not counting the cases where the fuel tank is thrown away early or the throttle is used frequently during the battle.

At the same time, at a distance of about 100 km, the first Zero fighters began to make a forced landing, as they received new telecommunications to land them on the surface, and soon there would be submarines to save them. At the last minute, the pilots chose to trust their fleet one more time, believing that they would send a large number of submarines to save themselves.

They also knew that the only plan that the Japanese Navy had ever developed to save a drowning pilot with a submarine was the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor a year ago. The plan was formulated for half a year, and everything was very detailed and complete, but in the end, none of the pilots who were shot down were rescued by the submarine. To put it simply, the Navy was never prepared for this.

The plane approached the sea with the faint light on the skyline, but once it entered the dark zone, nothing could be seen. The planes fell into the sea. Some run out of fuel and the engine stops and falls straight from the sky. There are very few who have made a successful forced landing and are able to climb out of the cabin. Fortunately, the Zero fighter was relatively light, and the plane was able to float on the surface of the sea for a while, and a few pilots finally escaped to the surface.

The second batch that ran out of fuel was about 16 dive bombers. It was more difficult for these aircraft to make a forced landing on the surface of the sea because the landing gear could not be recovered. As soon as the angle or speed of the approach to the sea surface is too large, the plane will roll over in the sea. And since the plane is armored, it is relatively heavy and sinks quickly. In the end, only one or two crew members left the plane alive.

The most insistent were the horizontal bombers with a crew of 3 people, whose radio calls continued until an hour later, when they finally disappeared.

The reconnaissance of the drone has no way of knowing the final fate of this group of pilots, the sonar of 419 can detect that both fleets are moving away from them, and there are no submarines of any side nearby, the sea temperature is not the coldest this month, and the pilots may be able to hold out for a day or two, if they do not encounter sharks.

In the end, the mobile force did not wait for anything, and Nagumo got up from his seat and ordered the fleet to speed away. He knew in his heart that the plane had run out of fuel and would not come back. The only thing he is thankful for is that he didn't risk taking off more planes, and now his three carriers are still combat-ready, while the two light carriers, as well as the other two special combat ships equipped with Sakura*, are almost there.

Nagumo believes that no matter what, tomorrow he will still maintain a big advantage of 5 to 2 aircraft carriers, and he firmly believes that he sank a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier in the United States, in fact, the Enterprise did not sink after being shot, and even recovered eighty percent of its combat effectiveness.

Nagumo wanted to leave the command cabin and go back to rest, but there was no news from the Wyvern, which really worried him, although he hated Yamaguchi, but this mothership was still precious, especially its deck and hangar were almost undamaged, and it might be able to quickly repair and restore its combat effectiveness.

At present, the Wyvern has not landed near the battlefield, and I don't know if there is any possibility of repair, will there be a US submarine nearby? For Nagumo, no news is good news, and he made an agreement with Captain Calais that the Wyvern would remain radio silent if nothing happened, and would only make radio communications when the carrier's power could not be restored and the aircraft carrier needed to be sunk.

On the Wyvern, Commander Yamaguchi and Captain Calais remained behind, trying to regain power.

Most of the ship's crew and pilots had moved to other ships, leaving more than a hundred people to try to rescue the carrier, who spent the afternoon pushing useless equipment into the sea, releasing excess fuel, controlling the water intake, and restoring power.

After nightfall, a miracle finally happened, and the aircraft carrier stopped sinking. Yamaguchi used the method of water ingress in the compartment, so that the balance of the mothership was restored somewhat. Then the good news came from the power compartment, the repair of the turbine pipes is expected to restore 30% of the power, that is, it will be able to restore the speed of about eight to nine knots. The news certainly brought joy to all. The Wyvern decided not to telegraph the good news to the fleet, so as not to expose himself, and drove straight back as soon as the power was restored.

However, the Nagumo fleet still received a telegram from Captain Calais that the aircraft carrier could not recover power and that we had abandoned the ship. The cipher used by Telegram is naturally unassailable.

Nagumo was helpless, and it seemed that Yamaguchi had done his best. He decided to send a special order to the destroyer Hagikaze to complete its "final mission".

The Hagikaze has always served as the Wyvern's escort, and since there are only two ships to escort it, it is so far away from the Wyvern that it is almost impossible to see the ship in the dark. After receiving the telegram, the captain of the ship, Yaheni Amano, immediately ordered the reload* and searched for the Wyvern in the distance. Finally, dimly saw the motionless Wyvern in the distance, he couldn't see the sampan on the sea for the time being, according to the agreement, since the telegram came, the members of the Wyvern should have already disembarked from the ship. So he decided not to use the lights and radio stations that could reveal his whereabouts to send the signal and send the dragon directly back to his hometown.

However, the captain observed that the ship seemed to be in better condition than before dark, and although the draft was larger, the deck was not very tilted. However, he may not be able to see clearly in the night, so he ordered to drive towards the target. Calculate the distance with a simple visual inspection of the length of the Wyvern's deck. Then 4 * were fired.

Below the deck of the Wyvern, all the repair crews were bursting into cheers, they had finally regained some power, and now the ship could move. Yamaguchi Tawen used the ship's radio to express his feelings, attributing the miracle to the loyalty of the navy and the Japanese military luck.

Of course, the movement of more than a hundred people shouting Long live the Emperor was still too small, and it was quickly drowned out by the roar of the rumbling machines. They each returned to their posts, hoping that their luck would continue forever. According to the common people's thinking, since a miracle happens, it will be smooth sailing afterwards. Because the favor of the gods must have a beginning and an end.

Yamaguchi, who was standing inside the bridge at an inclination of 20 degrees, had noticed a destroyer approaching very strangely, and he did not know what the other party's intentions were. The massive explosion caused by the first * hit threw him out of the bridge and onto the deck.

The next few pieces followed. Explode a huge hole in one side. The sonar of 419 recorded the alarming rate of sinking of the enemy ship. The ship, which had no buoyancy in reserve, was now sinking as quickly as a coffin cast in lead. At this rate of sinking, it is unlikely that any survivor will survive, because the huge vortex will sweep the insignificant human body into the sea and drown in an instant.

One kilometer away, the Hagikaze hit the target with all 4* shots fired at an angle of 0 and 10 seconds apart, sending the Wyvern and all its crew to the bottom of the sea. The destroyer remained in place, searching for the members who had left the mothership, and it was expected that all of them should be divided into a dozen sampans, which was not difficult to find. However, I waited for dawn, but still did not find the lifeboat, so I had to go home.

419 dominates the tilt of the balance of power, and so far everything is still going well, but Nagumo has received new additions, not just two light aircraft carriers and about 70 cutting-edge fighters, but also two ships that use Sakura*. This situation brings new variables.

Cheng Dayang preferred to observe the naval battle between the two sides first, and then help the Allies according to the situation, but the news from Australia was very bad. MacArthur's second counterattack ended in a crushing defeat.

This time, the U.S. forces again gathered 100 tanks to cover the attack of 15,000 men, but a wing of the 6th Division down the hill landed in Kennz, the rear of the Allied forces, on a transport ship. With heavy cruisers and the fire support of the aircraft carrier Ryuzuki, this force continued to advance, cutting off the vital railroad behind the Allied forces. MacArthur was forced to divide his forces to deal with it, but he was defeated in successive battles, and Cape York was not protected. Once the Japanese Army gained a foothold at Cape York, and the Allied support was cut off by the Japanese Navy and unable to get to the island, the Australian situation was very grim.

It seems that Chu Tingchang's victory in Burma did not stop the Japanese army's determination to attack Australia, and they have already gambled on this gamble, that is, to occupy Oceania.

As for the final solution, the decision-making level of 419 has discussed it more than once, and at present, it is still difficult to crack the ship's ballistics* only from a technical level.

According to Shuping's plan, a port with cranes had to be found. He has to take out * to change the password. This area of war, with its ports, had just been abandoned by the Allies and had not yet been taken over by the Japanese. But is the situation so urgent that 419 needs to leave the war zone quickly?