The U.S. fleet without aircraft carriers and heavy bombers was not taken seriously by Luo Chunjian at all, but Jin obviously did not have this awareness. Under his command, this round of bombardment by the U.S. fleet lasted for a full two hours, spending countless artillery shells, until
It was very popular to blow up what they thought was a garrison position into a trench.
"The Chinese offshore defenses should be cleared. Tomorrow, the Marines will launch a beach grab from here!" In the command room of Jin's flagship, the USS Alabama, after the bombardment stopped, Jin pointed at the map and directed the Marine Corps' attack
Commander Major General Helma said.
"Yes, General, but before launching a beach grab, I hope you can give us another fire reconnaissance!"
"Why, do you doubt that the Chinese defenses can survive such a heavy shelling?"
"No, no, Sir, I just heard from the Japanese that the Chinese are very capable of building fortifications——"
"Japanese? General Helma, I suddenly remembered that you seemed to have made a Japanese friend not long ago?! Listen to me, although we are allied with the Japanese now, the Japanese will never be worthy of being our allies. Can you
See what I mean? Of course, I will conduct fire reconnaissance according to your request. I hope that you Marines will not let me down tomorrow!"
According to U.S. military regulations, this conversation between Kim and Helma must be recorded as post-war evaluation data. What Kim never expected was that it was precisely because of his "heartfelt words" that the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff identified him as
It was the main culprit that caused the "U.S.-Japan alliance to be in name only" and directly led to another defeat of the U.S. Pacific Fleet in the Pacific.
The focus shifted to the battlefield between China and the United States. At 9:25, when the last Chinese fighter jet escaped the pursuit of Japanese anti-aircraft fire and disappeared into the night, on the deck of the Takeku aircraft carrier, Yamaguchi's knees softened and he knelt down.
On the ground, he spat out a mouthful of blood with a "wow" sound.
"A disastrous defeat! It was a disastrous defeat!" Yamaguchi murmured, and his hands began to fumble for the command knife at his waist. It was obvious that he wanted to commit suicide by caesarean section.
This night attack launched by the Chinese Pacific Fleet was a fatal blow to Yamaguchi. Think about it, I thought that with my own efforts, the appearance of the fleet had undergone earth-shaking changes, but in the end, it turned out that in front of the touchstone of the Chinese Pacific Fleet,
Being knocked back to his original form at once, for Yamaguchi, this is undoubtedly a denial of all his efforts - is there anything more cruel than this?
Ozawa Jisaburo had been staying with Yamaguchi. Seeing him like this, how could he not understand what he wanted to do? He immediately stepped forward and grabbed his hands and shouted: "Yamaguchi-kun! Cheer up! We have not failed yet! Our aircraft carrier is still there
Now, we haven’t lost a few battleships——”
Yamaguchi shook his head and struggled for a while but failed to break free from Ozawa's grasp. He lowered his hands and looked at Ozawa and said: "Ozawa-kun, do you think we still have a chance? You are the commander-in-chief of the Hainan Aviation Force!"
"Americans! Americans are coming with support soon!"
Yamaguchi laughed angrily and shouted sadly: "Americans?! Even we can easily defeat the Americans! Are they worth counting on? Why do the Chinese launch attacks overnight? They just want to defeat us before the Americans, and then
Give the Americans another head-on blow! Ozawa-kun, I have always insisted that we cannot be separated from the Americans! But whoever listens to me, whoever listens to me - poof!" Shouting, Yamaguchi spat out a mouthful of blood again.
Ozawa felt the same way that Yamaguchi was in such a miserable state. While calling for the medical staff, he held Yamaguchi's hands tighter and said: "I know, I know, this is not your fault. But it's not the final decision yet.
Isn't that the time? Although our aircraft carriers can no longer participate in the war, we still have battleships, heavy cruisers, and a large number of other ships. As long as we help the Americans in defense, the Chinese will not be able to defeat the Americans.
easy!"
After spitting out two mouthfuls of blood, Yamaguchi's breath calmed down. He looked behind him, watching a group of men busy fixing the tow rope running towards the tugboat, and said: "Ozawa-kun, haven't you been here until now?"
Do you see the true intention of the Americans? A bunch of self-righteous guys! They think they can find an opportunity to attack the Chinese fleet by using us as bait, but they have no idea how ferocious the Chinese people are! Mr. Ozawa, you know that I am now
What do you regret most? We still underestimated our opponents! After the attack on Jiwan, we should have realized that the Chinese were far ahead of us in the means of obtaining intelligence! I don’t know what the Chinese used
No way, but what is certain is that the Chinese people have always known our whereabouts, but we have always walked blindfolded! The Chinese people have always used the mind to calculate the unintentional! Poor! The Americans are still
They thought they could hide the Chinese people, but they didn’t know that everything they did was actually under the watchful eye of the Chinese people! Mr. Ozawa, do you dare to bet? The Americans have no chance to join us! If I am right, the Chinese fleet will
At this time, he is on the way to intercept the Americans! Bai Chongxi! China’s military god! Now it seems that the guys in the army are right about him! Bai Chongxi! Bai Chongxi..."
"Yamaguchi-kun, what are you talking about? The Chinese will intercept the Americans! Then, let's go over there and join them. If the Americans are defeated by them again, then we--"
"Don't worry, let me think, let me think -"
Three minutes later, Yamaguchi suddenly said: "Pass my order, except for the tugboats, the other ships will immediately move towards Palau at full speed! Send a message to the Americans and tell them that we will meet them in Palau to alert them to the Chinese sneak attack."
!”
"Yamaguchi-kun, you just said that the China fleet is heading towards Palau——"
"Just because the Chinese are heading towards Palau, we should rush there! Ozawa-kun, do you think we still have the ability to fight the Chinese alone?"
Ozawa was speechless.
Yamaguchi: "Although we know that the defeat of this war is certain, we still have to do everything we can to stop the Chinese. We must not let them win easily! Yes, we are destined to fail, and the Americans are definitely defeated, but the United States
People have the strongest national power in the world today. As long as we can cause the China Fleet to suffer heavy losses this time, we can win the opportunity for the Americans to fight again. In that case, the empire will face less resistance in Southeast Asia!
Mr. Ozawa, as you said, we have not failed yet, we still have a chance! Quick, let them do what I say immediately!"
Yamaguchi regained his fighting spirit, Ozawa was infected, and his waist could not help but straighten up again. He shouted "Hai" and then went to deliver the order in person.