At this moment, Koizumi Toshiichiro was quite confused because of the two battle reports with completely different contents in front of him. One battle report came from Hatoyama Shipaki. He claimed that as long as one more attack was carried out, he could completely annihilate the China Nanhai Fleet and most likely capture the Nanhai Fleet alive. The flagship of the fleet, the Spring and Autumn aircraft carrier; a battle report came from the Southern Front Command: After the fourth line of defense was penetrated, Hyakutake Haruyoshi confessed that he was unable to prevent the Chinese armored forces from approaching the Chinese Army on the unknown position. The two armies would They will rendezvous in about twenty minutes, because Hyakutake Haruyoshi's battle report mentioned this: At present, only by dispatching the Yamato Soul Standing Team to attack the China heavy tank group, can it be possible to block the China army's attack, so it is the last A wave of fifty special attack aircraft was immediately transferred to the unknown front line or continued to be used to attack the South China Sea Fleet. Koizumi Toshiichiro was in a dilemma.
In terms of temptation alone, Koizumi Toshiichiro would naturally be more pleased to be able to annihilate a Chinese fleet and capture a Chinese aircraft carrier alive. However, if the Chinese army is allowed to smash through the southwestern front of Kambang, the consequences will be extremely serious. It is possible that all his years of hard work may be wasted, which is something Koizumi Minichiro never wants to see.
After thinking for three full minutes, Koizumi Minichiro made a decision. First, he ordered the third wave of fifty special attack aircraft from the Yamato Spirits to immediately support the unknown battlefield. Then he called the Minato aircraft carrier fleet and asked them to dispatch immediately. In the battle waters, the entire China South China Sea Fleet must be annihilated.
In the middle of the Battle of Malan, after the main battlefield was transferred to Gambang, the commander of the Minato aircraft carrier fleet, Colonel Egami Tomodo, once actively requested the war, hoping to take the initiative to attack the long supply line of the Third Expeditionary Army. At the beginning, Koizumi Toshiichiro Agreeing to his request, however, just one day later, as the two destroyers sent by Egami Tomoto to reconnoiter the enemy were successively sunk by Chinese submarines, Koizumi Toshiichiro was worried about losing the safety of the Minato aircraft carrier, and said that "China submarines are ferocious" The reason is to allow the Watergate aircraft carrier fleet to temporarily hide on Diaomen Island, "as long as the sea lanes near Diaomen Island are blocked."
The Southern Front had only the last line of defense left, and the situation was extremely urgent, so Koizumi Toshiichiro directly issued an order to the air controller of the Yamato Spirit Team. As a result, Hatoyama Funaki was about ten minutes late in receiving the relevant news. At that time, the fifty special attack aircraft of the Yamato Spirit Team that participated in the second wave of attacks had all completed their combat missions or returned home or disappeared forever. Therefore, there was only a solitary fifty special attack aircraft on the side of Hatoyama's ship in the sky above the battle sea area. Before receiving the news from the rear, Hatoyama Funaki was calculating what to do to achieve a quick victory. He suddenly learned that all fifty special attack aircraft participating in the third wave of attack missions had been transferred to the direction of the unknown formation. Even though he was facing Koizumi Toshiichiro was in awe and fear, but he still couldn't help but uttered a curse word: "Hagaya road."
Xu Kai and others did not know about the changes in the Japanese army. In fact, even if he knew that the Japanese army had 50 special attack aircraft for the third wave of attacks on the South China Sea Fleet, he could only wait and be bombed.
After two consecutive rounds of bombings, the air defense capabilities of the South China Sea Fleet were almost completely destroyed, and the "Gunner" missiles equipped by the guided missile boats have also been exhausted. For the Chinese naval officers and soldiers of the South China Sea Fleet, the worst thing is that, because Because there were too many wounded, the massive bandages and medicines carried by the fleet were all consumed, so that the medical soldiers had to use clothes and other substitutes when bandaging the later wounded...
"...This was the worst battle in my military history. At that time, everyone in the fleet, including Commander Xu Kai, thought that this time it was doomed. Of course, we had long been ready to sacrifice for our country. Therefore, when the Japanese attack was suspended, from Commander Xu Kai to us ordinary soldiers, we were able to maintain a peaceful mind, as if we were in the middle of a journey. Until now I still remember what Commander Xu Kai looked like at that time. He had a bandage on his head and his left hand was hung up. He walked among us as if he were visiting us, with a demure smile on his face and his right hand holding A big knife, he said as he walked: Come here, take a puff, what, you can't smoke, this is not good, didn't you listen to the little officer, if a man doesn't smoke, it means a woman doesn't have breasts, hehehe , come on, let’s share it, this is a big sword, specially provided to our navy.” The above text comes from the "South China Sea War Records" written by a naval officer named Yang Huairen more than ten years later. It is not difficult to see from it that at that time Everyone in the South China Sea Fleet was ready to sacrifice, and what Xu Kai did was just to make everyone feel better when they left.
There was also a danger during the South China Sea Fleet's escape. About 20 minutes before the Japanese stopped bombing, the main engine of the Spring and Autumn aircraft carrier actually broke down.
The follow-up attack of the Japanese army was delayed. The South China Sea Fleet did not know that the army of the headquarters helped them attract the last wave of fifty special attack aircraft. In twenty minutes, even if all the ships of the South China Sea Fleet were at full power, the fastest ones The torpedo speedboats and missile speedboats can only travel about 40 kilometers, and at this distance, the Japanese 50 special attack aircraft only need three or four minutes to catch up.
The air defense capabilities of all ships in the fleet have been almost destroyed. If the Japanese fighter planes appear again, the South China Sea Fleet will only be passively beaten. At this time, it makes no sense to keep the formation sailing and let other ships escort the Spring and Autumn aircraft carrier. Therefore, Under Xu Kai's strict order, the fleet began to retreat in batches. Among them, the fastest torpedo boats and missile speedboats formed a team; the slightly faster destroyers and supply ships formed a team; and the slowest cruisers also formed a team. The aircraft carrier Spring and Autumn was trailing behind.
"What's going on? Why isn't it moving?"
"Report, host, the host is broken."
"What." Even though Xu Kai had prepared for the worst, he couldn't help but his expression changed when he heard this, "It rained all night when the house leaked." This sentence flashed through his mind, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Hurry up. Time to repair, brothers, the follow-up attack of the Japs has been delayed, this is the opportunity God has fought for for us, hurry, hurry, hurry."
After saying these words to the chief engineer, he picked up the microphone and called several nearby cruisers, ordering them to evacuate first.
Afterwards, everyone secretly exclaimed that despite Xu Kai's stern orders, the captains of the only four remaining cruisers in the fleet did not accept this order. And precisely because of their escort, they became captains of the USS Watergate aircraft carrier fleet. When the pioneer formation arrived, the Spring and Autumn aircraft carrier was able to withstand this round of attacks.