In order to protect the Takeku, other Japanese warships almost completely opened their defenses to the Chinese fighter jets. However, unless the Chinese fighter jets were hit by anti-aircraft fire and hit other ships in order to make money before crashing, other times, those Japanese warships would
It seemed to be completely transparent and was completely ignored by the Chinese pilots.
Many Japanese ship captains realized this. They were secretly happy because at least their own safety seemed to be guaranteed, but most of them felt their hearts sinking to the bottom, knowing that the Imperial Japanese Combined Fleet was in trouble this time.
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Xia Quanyong and his pilots carried out the command of the headquarters very thoroughly, that is, they would only target the Japanese aircraft carriers. Therefore, even though Yamaguchi mobilized all his forces to protect his own aircraft carriers, he could only watch helplessly.
One by one, our own aircraft carriers were besieged by Chinese fighter jets, and then exploded and caught fire until they turned into violently burning fireballs.
At a quarter past nine, after receiving a telegram from Xia Quanyong on the Huangdi aircraft carrier, they learned that they had severely damaged at least seven Japanese aircraft carriers and were attacking the remaining five Japanese aircraft carriers. After discussing with Bai Chongxi, Chen Ce made a decisive decision and decided to turn around.
The heading is to head towards the Palau Islands at full speed.
The reason why Chen Ce and Bai Chongxi made this decision was related to the two telegrams they had just received. A telegram came from a fixed-point reconnaissance submarine. This submarine detected the latest position of the US Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier formation. According to this telegram
, the Pacific Fleet staff calculated that if nothing happens, the U.S. Pacific Fleet will arrive at the current Sino-Japanese war battlefield around two o'clock tomorrow morning. Another telegram came from the Kaohsiung Air Force Base. This telegram is correct.
It was definitely an unexpected surprise for the officers and soldiers of the Pacific Fleet headed by Chen Ce. In Chen Ce's words: "Who would have thought that Xiaoxue and the others would really attack overnight. Now it's better, after we completely abolished the Japanese aircraft carrier's martial arts
, the Japanese combined fleet became a turtle in a urn, and could only be bombed."
At this time, Chen Ce still wanted to annihilate the Japanese Combined Fleet first, and then confront the US Pacific Fleet. However, Bai Chongxi had different opinions on this. Xiao Zhuge was not in vain. When he expressed his thoughts, Chen Ce immediately
The officers and soldiers of the headquarters headed by Ce were immediately enlightened, and their ambitions immediately increased by three points. Bai Chongxi's idea was that instead of letting Xue Changkong's flying fortress cluster beat up the lost dogs, it would be better to let them directly attack the US Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier formation.
, "With our reconnaissance submarine providing the accurate location of the Americans, Xue Changkong and the others can definitely re-enact the 'sink' this time. Let's first assume that our aerial fortress cluster can severely damage the US aircraft carrier formation, then the next step is simple. The US
If the Japanese fleet loses its aircraft carrier, it will be like a tiger losing its teeth. Then we will be stuck among them. Relying on HNA's advantage, we can attack whoever we want. If we handle it well, it is not impossible to decide the outcome in one battle.
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Bai Chongxi really dared to think, but under the current situation, his idea was definitely not an unfounded conjecture. Chen Ce had great trust in Bai Chongxi, so he immediately ordered the fleet to turn to the northeast, regardless of whether it was only two days.
The Japanese combined fleet, hundreds of kilometers away, headed straight for the Palau Islands.
When the Chinese Pacific Fleet turned around and headed towards the Palau Islands, on the US Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier Hornet, Li Mei was in the command room in a daze looking at a chart with the Palau Islands as the center.
Li Mei's current mood is very subtle. According to the information he currently has, everything seems to be developing in the direction set by him and Jin. But for some reason, as he is getting closer and closer to victory, his Instead, my mood became uneasy.
"Did the Chinese really not realize that this was a trap? Then why did they wait until now to launch an attack on the Japanese, and chose night attacks? Night attacks. Are the Chinese fighter technology sufficient to support all-weather operations? If China People are determined to gain something, so what do they rely on?"
Perhaps inspired by the Chinese fleet's night attack by fighter jets, or perhaps in order to train his aviation forces, after nightfall, Li Mei did not ask to take back the reconnaissance planes that were hovering around the fleet to provide warning for the fleet as before, but asked them to Conduct reconnaissance missions overnight.
Li Mei's actions once caused dissatisfaction among his pilots, who believed that he did not cherish the soldiers. However, at about 10 o'clock in the evening, a reconnaissance plane detected a Chinese aircraft carrier in the northeast about 100 kilometers away from the US aircraft carrier fleet. After the torpedo boat, all doubts about him immediately turned into praise.
As a veteran naval force, the Americans originally disdained China's small ship tactics as much as the Japanese. However, after the attack on Jiwan, the Americans, from gold to ordinary American sailors, no longer dared to hold such a view. Therefore, the discovery of this reconnaissance plane immediately aroused great concern from Li Mei to ordinary American sailors. Li Mei deduced that "the Chinese small ship formation that sneaked into Jiwan may have After he came to the conclusion that he was just following our aircraft carrier formation, the uneasiness in his heart became even more intense.
At this time, he had been sitting in front of the chart for more than an hour and a half. It must have been this discovery that made him make up his mind. He suddenly stood up and shouted: "Send my order to organize anti-submarine operations immediately, and order all escorting submarines and destroyers to immediately Expand the search scope, I suspect that there may be Chinese submarines following us, and order the captains of each ship to prepare to move forward at full speed immediately."
At this time, Li Mei's thinking was already very clear, that is, regardless of whether the Chinese had detected their whereabouts, they should rush to the combat sea area as quickly as possible and provide support to the Japanese as soon as possible.
"The Chinese want to defeat them one by one. No matter what they rely on, the most important thing we should do now is to help the Japanese retain their fleet. Only in this way can we have the capital to continue to compete with the Chinese in the Pacific."
The torpedo speedboat detected by the American reconnaissance plane was the pioneer of Huang Tianxun's raiding fleet. Due to the sudden military action taken by the US aircraft carrier fleet, the torpedo speedboat was quickly found by three American Golden Eagles, and behind them It was sunk under sustained attacks and became the first ship of the Chinese Pacific Fleet to be sunk in this naval battle.
Twenty minutes after the torpedo speedboat was sunk, Chen Ce received a report from Huang Tianxun, and about five minutes later, he received a farewell message from the reconnaissance submarine that had just reported the specific position of the U.S. Pacific Fleet not long ago. After receiving the telegram, he learned that the U.S. fleet was accelerating towards the southwest battle waters. After handing the farewell telegram to Bai Chongxi, he shouted to everyone in the fleet through the radio, first telling everyone that so far, two ships had been lost, and two ships were on board. None of the brothers survived, and then all ships were asked to move forward at full speed immediately, and they must reach the designated sea area before the Americans and Japanese reunited.
"This is a race. We must not let the Americans get ahead. Brothers, show your courage and determination. The Chinese Navy will win."