Fortunately, the fighter plane that landed on the deck of the "Pinghai" aircraft carrier was a fighter plane...... The fighter meant that it did not carry more bombs on it, and the deck of the aircraft carrier was thick enough, so its explosion did not cause much damage to the aircraft carrier. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Unfortunately...... When the fighter plane exploded, the fuel in the fuel tank flew in all directions, and the two Chinese soldiers who were close were killed on the spot, and the twelve soldiers were burned before they could dodge, and two "wildcat" fighters were set on fire, but this was only a trivial matter, and Zhang Junhua did not hesitate for a moment to order the staff to push the two burning fighters into the sea.

Many pilots expressed pity for this, because the fire of the two Wildcat fighters was not very large, and it was possible to save it if it was rescued in time.

But Zhang Junhua's order was undoubtedly very correct.

Another meaning of having the potential to rescue is that it may not be too late to be rescued.

And for an aircraft carrier, it makes little sense to rescue two fighters...... Even if these two fighters are rescued, they are still two burned out planes, and they will also not be able to fly into the sky, and will even occupy deck space to block the way of other fighters.

But if the rescue is not enough...... That would be a big problem, the fuel and ammunition of the fighter could explode, and the explosion could cause a chain reaction that could spread to other fighters and even the entire aircraft carrier.

To put it simply, the benefits of salvage in this case are completely disproportionate to the risks to be taken, and it is undoubtedly wise to push them overboard.

Then, after several Japanese fighters were shot down, the sky returned to calm, leaving only the aircraft carrier and two destroyers on the sea emitting black smoke, and occasionally you can see the slowly sinking fighters on the sea with their tails cocked, and even a few Japanese soldiers escaped and swam desperately on the sea......

At this last moment, they didn't care about any orders not to surrender, and shouted in stiff Chinese in the direction of the Chinese warship while paddling in the water: "Surrender!" Help me! ”

But no one paid any attention to them, and a few of the soldiers, annoyed by their shouting, simply picked up their guns and fired a round of bullets at them, so that only a bright red was left on the sea.

"Count the casualties!" Zhang Junhua said to the adjutant: "Then report to the division!" ”

"Yes!" The adjutant responded.

Zhang Chi couldn't help but be shocked when he heard that the "Pinghai" had been attacked by a group of Japanese planes, and it was only then that he realized that the Sino-US coalition forces had fallen into the Japanese army's plan to attack the east and the west, and the focus of the Japanese army's attack was actually the "Pinghai."

However, when he saw the casualty report, he let go of his hanging heart...... "Pinghai," "Desheng," and "Weisheng" were slightly wounded, five fighters were damaged, 10 were wounded, three pilots were killed, and 55 other personnel were killed or wounded.

This casualty can be said to be insignificant compared to the destruction of nearly 100 Japanese fighters, especially since Zhang Chi also knew that these fighters were the last capital of the Japanese army, and they were also the same fighters that caused heavy casualties to the US military in the Kwajalein air raid not long ago...... From this point of view, Zhang Chi was quite surprised by this result, the Chinese Navy, which had hardly participated in the battle, actually fought a beautiful battle in the first battle.

In fact, it was Halsey who was even more surprised, and when he heard this report, he couldn't help but be stunned on the spot, and then said to the staff officer: "How is this possible? The Chinese took out the Japanese swarm? Are you sure they didn't lie about the military? ”

It's no wonder that Halsey would ask this question, one is that Halsey knows that it is common to lie about military intelligence and exaggerate great military exploits on the Chinese battlefield, and the other is that this result makes him a little unbelievable.

The staff officer replied: "General, I don't think the Chinese lied about the military situation. I'm so sure for two reasons. One is that our 'Durant' also detected two waves of Japanese aircraft, and the time coincided with the Chinese report...... They're back and forth. The other is that I checked with the US military advisers on the aircraft carrier, and they also confirmed it. ”

Halsey nodded wordlessly, and then said, "God, they almost easily defeated the enemy we had been worried about. This almost declared the victory of the Marshall Islands...... How do I report to General Nimitz? He hoped that the U.S. military would play a major role in this war and compare with the Chinese army, but now ......"

The staff officer couldn't help but be silent, because as an American, he also felt that his face was gloomy.

Halsey guessed correctly, with the destruction of the Japanese fighters, Koga Mine completely lost the capital to fight against the Sino-American coalition forces in the Marshall Islands.

Koga Mineichi knew that Michiyuki Yamada's flying division had been wiped out, and even Michiyuki Yamada was loyal to the emperor, his face turned pale as if a cold wind had blown through it.

After a long time, he gave the order with difficulty: "Withdraw from the Marshall Islands!" ”

This information was both unexpected and reasonable for Koga Mineichi.

It was said that it was an accident because he could not believe that the Chinese troops could defeat Michiyuki Yamada's flying division in such a situation, especially the total annihilation of Michiyuki Yamada's flying division.

It is reasonable to say that it is because accidents like this have happened too many times, and every time they face the Chinese troops, they can always give themselves some "surprises", so that now Koga Fengichi is a little numb or can be said to be accustomed to it.

Koga Mine secretly left the Marshall Islands on a submarine, and before leaving, Koga Mine wanted to say like MacArthur: "I will be back!" ”

But Koga Mineichi didn't have the confidence to say that, because he knew that this time he was leaving...... The Japanese may never be able to land in the Marshall Islands again.

Before leaving, Koga did not forget the Nakatani garrison, which was still desperately charging at the Chinese army's defense line on Kwajalein Island...... It's just that instead of asking them to organize a retreat, Koga Fengichi once again gave the order to fight back desperately, and encouraged in the telegram: "The hope of the Great Japanese Empire depends on you!" ”

Nakatani looked at the telegram in despair.

Although at this time he did not know what was going on...... Koga didn't tell him anything about the fall of the Flying Division, but Nakatani Kawakami knew that his troops, including Koji Kimura's, were almost at a loss.

Therefore, if the counteroffensive continues, there will only be one end: the annihilation of the entire army.

What made Nakatani even more angry was ...... He couldn't see at all what the desperate counterattack of the 61st Garrison had to do with the "hope of the Great Japanese Empire", could it be that his own people could save the Great Japanese Empire by rushing to death in vain?

"Let's take it as if it's okay!" Nakatani said to himself, then raised his pistol to his head......

(To be continued.) )