When the Japanese aircraft carrier formation encountered a catastrophe, the four capture battleships of the main fleet could not draw out even one ship to support them. The four light and heavy cruisers behind them sank and injured one. The four capture battleships, one heavy cruiser, and two Zhongshan-class battleships of the Central Navy, six heavy cruisers have reached a critical moment of life and death.

Chen Shaokuan was not greedy for merit. After the six rounds of artillery were over, the four aircraft carriers lost most of their speed or had obvious overturns, two new Zhongshan-class battleships joined the artillery battle against the Japanese Emperor-class battleships.

Although the surface was still four to four, the three main turrets of the Xiao Ming had been abandoned after the second round of artillery attacks, and the Renxiao was in a state of inaccuracy because of the water inlet of the hull. Now the Central Navy's artillery attack was hit and overwhelmed the Japanese for the first time, but the Japanese also exhausted their blood and did not let go as they followed the target just now. The Hou Taoyuan battleship finally made a contribution in a few dozen minutes of artillery battle, and one shell injured the Qingling's second main turret. Although the Qingling's second main turret was not penetrated by the front armor, the personnel and equipment inside suffered heavy casualties. The two main cannons of the entire turret have lost their combat effectiveness.

However, the craziest thing now is not the Japanese capture battleships, but the remaining Japanese aircraft flying in the air. After all four aircraft carriers were severely damaged, the Japanese pilots knew that there was no way out - the remaining oil would definitely not fly back to the airport of the island. They launched suicide attacks one after another, and the target they chose was naturally the Central Army aircraft carrier with slightly thin armored and larger targets.

The two aircraft carriers of the Central Army, Shanghai and Guangzhou (the naming rights of the aircraft carrier were sold), were under a group of guards of cruisers and destroyers, and the sky was filled with carrier-based interceptors. The safest place was originally the safest, and it became unsafe to face the Japanese deck. Four or five Japanese planes broke through layers of fire protection nets and crashed on the aircraft carrier deck.

Such sacrifice did not make the Japanese frightened, but let them see that there was still a way to go after the bullets were exhausted. One by one, the Japanese pilots chanted slogans such as "onboard" and crashed into their respective target ships. But this kamikaze attack was also divided. If the skills were not good, the plane was disintegrated by the anti-aircraft guns on the way.

A few minutes later, in addition to the several holes on the deck of the USS Shanghai aircraft carrier, the Central Navy also had a destroyer sunk by the Japanese aircraft, and a heavy cruiser was severely damaged. However, as the cost of the Kamikaze attack, dozens of remaining aircraft disappeared into the air. More than half of the Central Navy's carrier-based aircraft were shot down or crashed, and the remaining aircraft were either circling in the air as reconnaissance or calibration.

At this time, it is no problem to have enough time to destroy this Japanese squadron. Although the battleships often last for several hours, the winner will always be decided, but Chen Shaokuan knew that things were not that simple. Sure enough, after three or four minutes, another Japanese fleet also appeared between the sea and the sky.

The tortoise fleet led by the Chief of Staff of this fleet, Yamamoto Iroji, encountered dozens of submarines ambushing on the road, and most of the escorted cruisers and destroyers blocked the torpedoes for the main battleships. In this way, the Muro and the King Kong also each suffered a torpedo. Fortunately, the warships, especially the battleships, were relatively solid. One or two torpedoes were not enough to send them to the bottom of the sea.

The Japanese carrier-based aircraft retaliatedly used aviation bombs to sink and injured several submarines, but the fleet still chose to take a detour and run away in shame. The Japanese warships' anti-submarine capabilities are extremely weak. After the submarine is completed for the second filling, it will be difficult for them to run without an escort fleet to block the torpedoes.

This detour and the water intake of the Muao took a little time, and just a few more than ten minutes were enough to change a lot of things. When the Japanese turtle fleet arrived on the battlefield, they found that it was already the home court of the Central Navy. Four battleships and ten heavy cruisers surrounded their own four capture battleships and a heavy cruiser with only fruitful results opened fire on both sides.

Seeing this scene, the Japanese thought about not retreating but attacking. Yamamoto, chief of staff of the King Kong fleet, pointed at the injured and smoked Zhongshan and Qingling, shouting: "The Emperor is holy and long-lived, fire the artillery."

As soon as Yamamoto Irojuku finished shouting, the Mu Ao made a loud noise not far away. The Mu Ao turret 3 flew into the sky, and the hull broke into two pieces from the part of the turret No. 3. The two parts of the hull quickly sank into the sea.

The Japanese officers and soldiers on the decks of several nearby ships were all shocked when they watched this scene. This battleship of the Lu Ao was built by many of them when they were young and donated money to go to school. It is also the strongest battleship designed and built by their own country. This is the darling of the navy, a symbol of national strength, a symbol of national pride. Unexpectedly, an accident occurred when they were pulled to the battlefield for the first time. This was too shocking.

Many people, such as Yamamoto Fifty and Sixty, thought that the ships in the Xingcheng shipwreck were also designed and built by the people themselves (of course, it is inevitable to absorb the advantages of foreign ships) and they all fell for no reason. Could it be that we are really inferior nations? The ships we designed and built by ourselves are really unable to get on the table?

Yamamoto Izuru knew that this idea was extremely dangerous. Now there was a spy from the ten people in the navy. Yamamoto Izuru who shook his head and shook this idea out of his mind immediately ordered: "Save people."

There are many rumors about the explosion and sinking of the Luao bomb in the future. The official report of the Japanese was still spy-destroying. This statement has no credibility. After two investigations, they were basically all the Japanese officers and soldiers who remained on the ship. How could there be spies? The diaries of the surviving fleet officers and soldiers also had many differences and different opinions.

The Central Navy also had its own opinions in order to compete for merit. Chen Ce wrote in his memoirs: As the commander of the fleet, I ordered the Qingling to launch artillery attacks the enemy. The first success caused the Lu'ao turret to explode and sank.

Chen Shaokuan's memoirs are almost the same, but the commander of the fleet became Chen Shaokuan and ordered the Qingling to turn the gun and fire the enemy.

In Gui Yongqing's memoirs, he did not admit that he had temporarily handed over the command to Qingling, but instead, as the deputy commander of the fleet, he ordered Qingling to launch artillery attacks the enemy.

Even Sun Yuanliang, who was still in the army at this time, said in an interview and diary of a hundred years later that he was the number one hero who sank the Mu Ao. At that time, he was the cannon leader of the No. 1 turret of Qingling, and he personally ordered the firing. When he spoke, Sun Yuanliang looked at the distance and held the seat tightly with his hands, as if he was still on the battlefield. Of course, when Sun Yuanliang said this, most of the parties involved could no longer stand the wind and frost of time and could only let him say it.

In fact, the time when Qingling was firing the enemy was about two minutes ahead of the memoirs of these people. While the Japanese were busy saving people, Qingling turned the guns and fired, but the first round of six shells only brought a certain degree of chaos to the rescue work.

The superstructures of the four captured battleships that were crazyly besieged were almost completely wiped out, and the main guns of several ships except Komaki were also damaged to varying degrees. The accidental sinking of the Muroo brought a huge blow to morale. At this time, Jiro Saito, as the commander-in-chief of the fleet, ordered a fleet led by Yamamoto Izuru. It was too uncomfortable to be beaten on both sides.

But how could Chen Shaokuan let them go easily? The two sides immediately entered a state of melee. The Zhongshan and Qingling had turned their guns to attack the Japanese reinforcement fleet. Chen Shaokuan also had two battleships here, with a group of younger brothers, and he tightly bit the four capture emperor-class battleships and bombarded fiercely.

The Central Navy's destroyer caught up and used torpedoes to send the seriously injured Japanese aircraft carrier into the seabed. The Central Navy's battleships and heavy cruisers were designed without torpedo launchers. If this thing is hit in the artillery battle, it would be too dangerous.

After the four capture battleships and reinforcement fleets merged, the four capture battleships had been hit by hundreds of shellings, including dozens of shelling from the main guns of the battleships, which can be said to have temporarily lost most of their combat effectiveness. Look at the Central Navy opposite, there are two lively Zhongshan-class battleships, and two Zhongshan-class battleships that are seriously injured and unable to leave the line of fire, which are still firing.

The Japanese now have complete combat power, only three protective Emperor-class battleships and the Light Battleship of the King Kong with water inlet at the bottom, are gradually at a disadvantage in artillery battles. However, no Japanese officer dares to say the word retreat. Whoever says it is afraid of death, and finally generates power to the base camp for combat guidance.

Hirohito received a report of almost myocardial infarction. Four aircraft carriers, the Mu Ao and other five main ships sank. The four Emperor-class soldiers were seriously injured and temporarily lost their combat effectiveness, and the escort fleet was almost gone. The sinking of these were half of the Japanese. They were all ships built from the compensation for the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. The most important thing is not their sinking, but their sinking did not exchange for the planned strategic goal - to wipe out the main force of the Central Navy. Not only were the two Zhongshan-class ships not sunk, but the Central Navy also brought two Zhongshan-class battleships at some time.

Hirohito, who was anxious and angry, couldn't come up with a good solution after being rescued. Now the task of annihilated the main force of the Central Navy will definitely not be completed. If this group of people can be completed, they would not have a combat guidance. However, more than 80% of the ocean-going navy in the country are already in their hands, so how can they still have combat guidance (reinforcements).

The base camp also did not want to take responsibility and wanted to make it a sage. Of course, Hirohito would not be stupid, and he pushed this matter to the cabinet, because the emperor was the greatest and would not announce a retreat. After the cabinet discussed, it believed that the current strategic goal of annihilation of the main force of the Central Navy could no longer achieve the deterrence of existing battleships. It was the most important decision to protect the ship and ordered the fleet to retreat.

Chen Shaokuan chased after the Japanese retreated symbolically and retreated. Both sides suffered heavy injuries in this battle, but the Central Navy achieved the results of sinking five opponents in the battleships (of course no one would say that the Muao exploded itself), and injuring the five main battleships.
Chapter completed!