The seven warships share thirty-six torpedoes, each with seven torpedoes and one more. Not to mention the heavy cruiser Kaohsiung, which has a displacement of only more than 13,000 tons, and the Yamato and Wuwei aircraft carriers, which have a displacement of nearly 70,000 tons. He couldn't bear it, and in order to get the Kaohsiung and another heavy cruiser to the bottom of the fish belly, he was really willing to succeed. He sent eight Chinese sturgeons to each ship to take care of them. So despite Goto's various efforts, but in the Under the siege of as many as eight torpedoes, the Kaohsiung was unable to escape in the end. Fire burst out, huge waves set off, and then there was a violent explosion. In the explosion, the Kaohsiung shook violently and was being dragged on the deck. The Japanese soldiers who used nylon hoses to put out the fire fell to the ground one after another. The more unlucky ones fell directly from the ship into the sea, and screams rang out.
Violent explosions, huge waves, Japanese screams, the whirlpool rolled up when the ship sank to the bottom of the sea... In less than ten minutes, the attack on the Success Department was completed. Thirty-six Chinese sturgeons attacked, and only one was lost. The fighter plane was shot in the abdomen while it was climbing after dropping torpedoes. Then, under the control of the student pilot flying the aircraft, it crashed into the Japanese light cruiser that hit it, directly knocking the light cruiser to the ground. It smashed a big hole in its body, and used a heroic method to complete its first and final battle. At that time, the Kaohsiung had not suffered a fatal blow. Goto was lucky enough to see this scene, and his eyes couldn't help but shrink. , and then said to the adjutant beside him: "The Chinese have aircraft carriers and advanced fighter planes. This is not terrible. What is terrible is the Chinese people's fighting will. The population of China is far more than ours. If all the Chinese people are willing to risk their lives, the empire will We will never be able to defeat them. Mr. Koizumi's fifty special attack aircraft is a good idea. We should be more cruel than the Chinese. Only in this way can we defeat their will..."
Different stances lead to completely different attitudes towards this matter. As the commander-in-chief of the air raid group, Xu Sidong also saw this scene. He was confused at that time and burst into tears in his eyes. As overseas Chinese, they returned home When joining the army to serve the motherland, the first choice is basically the GCD Army. The reason is that on the one hand, the propaganda work of the GCD Army is very good, and on the other hand, it is because of Chiang Kai-shek's strategy of "to fight against the outside world, we must first settle the internal affairs." Already well known and resisted by the overseas Chinese community, Xu Sidong was a former civil aviation pilot. Due to technical limitations, if he returned to China to join the army, he would have had the only option of joining the aviation force of the GMD Army. However, with Ouyang Yun The sudden rise of the Xuebing Army, especially after the Xuebing Army Enterprises entered the United States in a big way, under the auspices of Gu Lianyun, the overseas Chinese community was promptly informed of every war. The Xuebing Army began to be well known to overseas Chinese, and gradually became a Gu Lianyun became the first choice for overseas Chinese young people to return to the country and join the army. Gu Lianyun promptly informed the overseas Chinese community of all the wars. It was through their publicity that the images of brave and fearless student soldiers were erected, which also encouraged those who wanted to return to the country. The overseas Chinese young people who join the army to serve their motherland subconsciously regard these students as their role models in joining the army.
"Good job, Feng Aokong, there is another enemy ship, go up and blow it up and sink it." Xu Sidong suddenly shouted on the intercom. Feng Aokong, who had been jealous for a long time, received the order and immediately ordered the remaining tiger sharks to join the battle. He He shouted on the intercom: "The little devil has only one warship left. There are too many monks and too few people. Brothers, seize the opportunity."
What he said was a bit redundant. One Japanese ship was not enough to divide the remaining eleven Tiger Sharks. So something big happened that made Xu Sidong and Feng Aokong feel uncomfortable. The question of who to attack first, the eleven captains, including them The squadron commanders got into a quarrel, and finally Feng Aokong had to step forward and ordered an attack based on the fighter number.
The remaining Japanese ship was a destroyer of more than 2,000 tons. This small ship was simply unable to bear the heavy weight of 300 kilograms of aerial bombs, so after only two Tiger Sharks passed by, the destroyer was blown into pieces. Two cuts. At this point, if you don’t count the submarines that escaped into the seabed, the air attack group has achieved a complete victory.
All the fighter planes began to return home, but Lian Xiao, who was still unfinished by shooting at the drowned Japanese on the sea, sighed when he pulled up the fighter plane: "It's a pity that the Japanese submarine escaped."
"Don't worry, they won't give up here. This battle still has to be fought." Xu Sidong comforted him in the command channel,
About twenty minutes after the Xuebing Army's fighter jets left the combat sea area, a Japanese submarine slowly poked out its periscope from a distance of ten kilometers. It was about to surface when suddenly several seaplanes appeared in the lens. , and quickly dived down again. The seaplanes were sent by Chen Shichang to rescue the parachuting HNA cadets. As they appeared, several columns of colorful smoke rose from the sea. These seaplanes immediately dived towards the place where the colorful smoke rose, and then They landed on the sea. There were five parachuting Haihang cadets. One of them failed to untie the parachute bag in time and died unfortunately. The others were rescued by their comrades. When the seaplane rescued the parachuting Haihang cadets, they landed on the sea. , three submarines came to the surface one after another, but after discovering the figure of the seaplane, they immediately dived down again, learning from the mistakes and gaining wisdom. After experiencing an air attack, the Japanese soldiers who raided the fleet were already frightened. Therefore, even in the face of seaplanes that were not armed enough to threaten them, they did not dare to expose their targets rashly. The rescue operation of the seaplanes lasted for about a quarter of an hour, and then they circled at low altitude for several times over the combat sea area. , then Shi Shiran flew away,
About half an hour after they left, all Japanese submarines surfaced, including Min 02 and Min 03.
On the bridge of the Min 02, Morikawa picked up his binoculars and looked towards the battle waters, but found nothing. The little devil's face turned pale at first, and then turned red, "Bageya Road, I will not be a man unless I take revenge." ." He suddenly cursed fiercely, and then ordered all submarines to rush towards the combat sea area immediately.
The distance got closer and closer, and finally the wreckage of the sunk Japanese ship appeared in Morikawa's field of vision, but more of them were the bodies of Japanese soldiers who were killed by bombing or shooting, and eleven floating ships, except for some wreckage , had all been swallowed up by the sea water at this time, there were no lifeboats, and among the many corpses, only twenty or thirty sailors in life jackets were still alive. When they saw the submarine, they immediately shouted for help. There were eleven floating ships, and all the personnel combined were enough. There were four thousand people. Even if some of these people sank with the battleship, they should not be the only survivors. So there is only one explanation for why this happened. The Xuebing Army finally used fighter planes to straf them. It happened that a few corpses floated over not far ahead. Morikawa saw the obvious bullet holes on their bodies, and his anger burned brightly. "Ba Ge, the cruel Chinese people, cannot be forgiven." He said bitterly, completely forgetting that it was him. His army colleagues once massacred unarmed civilians in China.
"Your Excellency, you must avenge Goto Colonel. The Chinese people. The Chinese people didn't stop after they sank our warship. They sent out fighter jets to shoot at us..." Among the thirty or so Japanese who were rescued, there was the latter. Fuji’s adjutant, after he was brought to Morikawa, he cried to Morikawa with tears streaming down his face,
Morikawa looked cold and silent at first, then suddenly said viciously: "Don't worry, I will make the Chinese people pay a heavy price, Bageya Road."
In the command room of the Huangdi in Cambridge, Xu Sidong, wearing a flight suit, stood in front of Chen Shichang and reported to him the entire air raid process. At the end, he said in a worried tone: "Lian Xiaosheng reported that there are at least ten Japanese submarines. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, we didn't catch any of them, Commander, we have to be prepared for their sneak attacks."
Chen Shichang nodded, his eyes fell on the chart in front of him, and said: "We can reach Mindanao in four hours at most. If I were the commander of the enemy submarine force, considering the strength of our defense force, I would not be able to reach Mindanao." Choosing to launch a sneak attack during the day will be the biggest test for our army this year at night. Everything has advantages and disadvantages. The sonar soldiers lack actual combat, so it would be good to let them experience it."
"Commander Guo and the others are ready? If not, we might as well spend the night in Sarangani Bay." Xu Sidong suggested,
Chen Shichang shook his head: "No, the faster the evacuation, the better. The Japanese army has a large number of land aviation troops on the surrounding islands. If they carry out air attacks on our army regardless of the cost, our fleet will be able to protect itself. What will happen to the ground troops? Sidong, our main task is to help the Americans withdraw their troops, we cannot reverse priorities."
The dock where the Pacific Fleet will dock will be General Santos Port in Sarangani Bay. As early as a week ago, about 20,000 US troops stationed in the Philippines evacuated here, and three days ago, Guo Kui The Second Expeditionary Army also withdrew in full. At this moment, the small General Santosi City had been completed and turned into a military camp. Just as Chen Shichang was worried about, after all the U.S. troops and the Xuebing Army withdrew to General Santosi City, How to defend against air has become Guo Kui's biggest concern.
After the Japanese Army replaced the Navy as the leader of the Philippine war, Japanese Commander-in-Chief Masaharu Honma initially seemed ambitious. He even sent a telegram to the base camp stating that he would resolve the Philippine incident within three months and completely control all Philippine islands. However, the facts gave him A painful slap in the face, he organized three major offensives in a row. As a result, not only did he fail to attack the southern Philippine Islands occupied by the American and American coalition forces, but he lost nearly 20,000 people. His troops suddenly became stretched. He realized that fighting in the jungle Japanese and mountain warfare were no match for the Japanese and American coalition forces, so they had no choice but to request air support from the base camp. They wanted to use air support to offset the advantages of the Japanese and American coalition forces in this area. Tojo Hideki was determined to use the Philippine War to completely seize the navy's dominance in the Pacific War. , so he successively dispatched two additional flight groups with a total of more than 300 fighter planes.
Guo Kui's method to deal with the Japanese aviation reinforcements was to break them into parts, switch from positional resistance to step-by-step resistance, and make full use of the complex terrain to attack the Japanese army. However, now, in order to retreat, all the troops were concentrated in General Santosi City. , this undoubtedly gave Honma Masaharu the opportunity to use air superiority and complete the victory in one battle.