At dawn, the sky was overcast, and sometimes it would rain. The fleet sent out reconnaissance planes to search. It seemed that the sea battle was over. Before sunrise, the Fifth Fleet sailed northward on the dark sea at a speed of fifteen knots. Okay, after a night of chasing and finally finding Spruance's main force, Fang Minghao ordered the fleet to start returning in the early morning.
In fact, there was a brief artillery battle at night. The heavily damaged "Antidan" and "Princeton" were overtaken by Fang Minghao's fleet. Spruance left six destroyers to protect the two seriously injured ships. The aircraft ships retreated eastward, trying their best to save these two large ships. "Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!" The Fifth Fleet caught up with them at 11 o'clock in the evening, and the battleship was 30,000 meters away. They started firing outside, which scared the Americans away. After transferring the personnel, the destroyers fired several torpedoes at the two severely damaged aircraft ships and quickly retreated.
When the Fifth Fleet approached Shihou, the two abandoned aircraft carriers were burning with raging fire, and the hulls were tilted, and they were about to sink into the sea. Fang Minghao ordered the fleet to continue chasing in the direction in which the enemy destroyers escaped, which made them Going astray, getting farther and farther away from Spruance's fleet.
On the gray sea, the two destroyed American aircraft carriers appeared in front of the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Fleet. It was a miracle. The two aircraft carriers, which had been burned for a whole night and had long been beyond recognition, were still floating stubbornly. On the water surface. The anti-sinkability design of the "Essex-class" is really excellent. Their warships all have a large margin of reserve buoyancy. Two of them were hit by at least six torpedoes. But they still persisted on the water surface. ruguo If it weren't for the attack by the Republic Fleet last night, these two warships would not have sunk at all.
However, as it is now, there is no way they can be saved. The two destroyers circled the two still-burning hulls for a brief observation, and then were ordered to launch four more torpedoes at the wreckage, completely destroying them. .
Spruance was forced to abandon the two heavily damaged aircraft carriers, which was a helpless move. The Republican Fleet that caught up behind him had eight battleships (actually six, and the Americans did not know that the Himalayan and Rome were severely damaged. ), ruguo was overtaken by the Republican fleet and forced to engage in a night artillery battle, which would definitely lead to disaster.
The naval battle in the Santa Cruz Islands ended. Spruance, who carefully planned the attack, ultimately failed. The turning point of the entire battle was the bombardment by the submarine force. This made the Americans think Ziji had the illusion that he had broken into the ambush circle of the Republican Navy battle fleet, which caused great panic. It was precisely because of this confusion that the aviation unit was able to easily break into the enemy fleet's air defense circle and attack.
The fact is that the emergence of a new type of weapon is enough to affect the outcome of a battle.
About 500 nautical miles northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands, Cheng Yaoheng led the main force of the Second Fleet to pursue the US-Japanese "bait fleet" commanded by Ozawa Jisaburo. In the end, the "Xianfeng" and "Wright" were sunk.
"Two light aircraft ships. However, the enemy's main force was still able to escape from the attack range under the cover of night.
At a tense moment in the sea battle southwest of Nauru, the strength gap between the two sides was too obvious. Only more than 200 carrier-based aircraft were left on the enemy's five light aircraft carriers. Cheng Yaoheng could only escape with all his strength.
They kept chasing after him and fighting fiercely, but the enemy had no power to fight back.
On November 13, Admiral Chen Shiying's Third Fleet fought a battle against the American fleet in the Coral Sea, severely damaging Kincaid's Southwest Pacific Fleet. In the afternoon, they had another decisive battle with Halsey. Both sides suffered losses.
It was very big. Two aircraft ships on Chen Shiying's side were severely damaged, two were slightly damaged and
One cruiser and three destroyers were lost. The losses of the U.S. fleet were even greater. Two "**"-class light aircraft carriers were sunk, three aircraft ships were severely damaged, and three aircraft ships were lightly damaged.
Injured. Halsay temporarily lost more than half of his aviation force, and could only temporarily adjust his retreat to Port Vila.
After the setback at sea, the US military adjusted its strategic deployment. The defenders on Malaita and Tulagi islands were evacuated to Guadalcanal overnight. The US military intended to concentrate all its forces on Guadalcanal.
The result of the battle in the Coral Sea made Lin Shuo, who was far away in Beijing, breathe a long sigh of relief. At least in the next year, the US Navy has lost its offensive capabilities, and most of their maritime power will be contained in the South Pacific.
Between the islands, this freed up the Republican Army to deal with the war situation in Europe.
Completely opposite to the hot summer in the South Pacific, at this time, the entire city of Beijing was covered in a vast expanse of white snow.
"The identity of language and culture will form closer economic and political ties. The hegemony formed by military control will collapse sooner or later. The identity of culture and language is the foundation for ensuring long-term prosperity. The Han nation has never been
a purely unitary nation
, the unique inclusiveness of Han culture has allowed most of the extinct ethnic groups in history to be integrated into us. Our interests are closely related to culture and economy, and cultural and language identification can promote mutual exchanges.
, which will make the economic guānxi
It is more close and reliable, and it promotes political and military cooperation. This is also one of the reasons why we vigorously provide educational assistance while promoting the economic recovery plan in the areas under our control. This will be a long-term basic national policy, simple and
Unconditional financial aid does not qualify
It is in our interests." At the State Council meeting, Lin Shuo repeated his concept to the State Councilors present. After the large-scale strategic adjustment of the Republican Army, the current focus shifted to how to restore the economic development of the occupied areas and how to
Better control over these areas.
Lin Shuo advocated gradually abandoning colonialism, giving the occupied areas a certain degree of autonomy, and then gradually allowing all countries to achieve independence. Of course, there are still great differences in treating countries and nationalities in different regions. For West Asia and Africa, in addition to retaining some military
Outside the base, the Republican Army will gradually begin to withdraw its troops after the Difāng regime stabilizes after the war. But it is different in Southeast Asia and Australia where there are more Chinese people. Several countries will be established here with mainly Chinese people, and of course there will also be some indigenous people.
The country in power.
Now Lin Shuo's interest is focused on how to enter and dominate Europe.
The war between Hitler and Zhuyashvili will consume most of the military strength of the two military powers, and the existence of a hostile Soviet Russia under the rule of the Iron Curtain is absolutely beneficial to the republic's control and influence on Siberia and Central Asian countries.
The wēixié Soviet Russia will make them more firmly surrender to the embrace of the Republic.
Lin Shuo did not reveal his interest in Europe easily, and even showed a reluctance to intervene in the European war. When the Germans suffered a major military defeat, Hitler would implore the Republican Army to enter these areas and willingly sacrifice
out of everything he had gained at the beginning of the war.
No one can save him except the Republic of China.
Now Hitler is begging the Republican Army to enter Ukraine and Eastern Europe. When the Americans and British launch a counterattack in Western Europe, Hitler will also invite the Republican Army to enter France. In this way, Lin Shuo's goal will be achieved.
It is in the interests of the Republic to support Latin-speaking countries to confront English-speaking countries, which will be very beneficial to the Republic's future cooperation and contacts with Latin America. When conditions are ripe, the Republic will not hesitate to support France's return to a powerful country.