readx; The Amagi, which had been billowing in smoke and lost power, attracted the attention of a large number of Chinese bombers in a short time, and it didn't take long for the Chinese group of planes that beat the water dogs to drop torpedoes on the Amagi again, and two minutes later the Amagi was hit by a torpedo again, and this time the hit was added to the previous torpedo hit, resulting in more than 4,000 tons of water on the Amagi, and it is still in the water. However, the explosion of the ammunition depot and the fire caused it had already turned the Amagi into a living hell, with heavy casualties among the crew and serious damage to the internal cabins, and the Amagi had no power to return to the sky. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

By the time the second wave of Chinese planes had dropped their bombs and retreated, the Amagi, still billowing with smoke, had tilted thirty-five degrees to the right, and by this time it was said that "I had already abandoned the ship, and an hour later, the Amagi sank completely into the icy waters under the watchful eye of a destroyer behind the palace, and before the Amagi, there was an aviation battleship, as well as an aircraft carrier Fengxiang and a heavy cruiser that had sunk."

"During the air raid, at least two enemy battleships were sunk, three enemy battleships were seriously damaged, one enemy aircraft carrier, two aviation battleships, and two heavy cruisers were sunk! In addition, at least three or more enemy cruisers were seriously damaged! "Colonel Feng Haoran, the commander who commanded the air raid operation in real time, got off the plane and went to Vice Admiral Guan Shijie, commander of the First Air Fleet, to personally report the results of the battle to him.

Moreover, there was a big difference between this result and the actual situation, because the scale of the air raid at that time was so grand, and the combat planes involved in the two waves combined exceeded 280. After the air raid, although some reconnaissance planes were left hovering over the fleet to continue monitoring, due to the limited endurance time, these surveillance planes also returned after half an hour, and then the First Air Fleet was limited by the approaching night, so it could not continue to send reconnaissance planes to monitor.

Therefore, at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the First Air Fleet was still unable to accurately know the results of this air raid, and could only rely on the reports of the pilots themselves during the air raid to make judgments. And this method of judging the outcome of the battle is extremely flawed, because the pilots are in a state of high tension during the war, and they do not pay attention to other things at all, and there are cases where multiple pilots attack the same target. Even after a large number of eliminations, there is still a huge gap between the results of the reported battle report and the reality.

First of all, the First Air Fleet reported sinking two enemy battleships, and the naval aviation was convinced that it was two large ships that were sunk, one of which was Amagi, and the other was either Tosa or Kaga, but in fact it was said that "only one was sunk, and that was Amagi, and although the Tosa and Kaga were also attacked, they were not very damaged."

In addition, naval aviation was convinced of serious damage to three enemy battleships, including the Nagato, Yamashiro, and one of the Tosa or Kaga. In fact, only the Nagato was badly damaged, and the others were only slightly injured.

It is a fact that the aircraft carrier Fengxiang sank, and only one of the two air warships was sunk, and the other one was heavily damaged but could still follow in the footsteps of the main fleet.

It is said that only one Kinugasa was sunk, and the other two were injured, but the main force still exists.

In a word, the 1st Air Fleet grossly exaggerated the results of this air raid! So when this battle report reached Wen Tinghe of the First Battle Fleet, Wen Tinghe breathed a sigh of relief, and learned that Ben's main fleet had been hit so large-scale, and under the drastic drop in strength, he felt that he might just turn around and escape, even if it was a direct hit, he would have the strength to fight.

However, he did not expect that the two 40,000-ton capital ships of the Navy, the Kaga and Tosa, the 35,000-ton Kii battleship, and the Nagato-class sister Yamashiro, were still intact and maintaining their combat effectiveness. And these four battleships alone were enough to fight against China's First Battlefleet, and in addition to saying, "I also have one Amagi-class sister ship, the Kaohsiung Battlecruiser, and two Kongo-class battlecruisers." They were followed by two Fuso-class battleships and the Nagato, whose speed had been greatly reduced.

Even if it was subjected to a fierce air attack, which caused the Amagi in the Navy's Arsenal to sink and caused Nagato to suffer heavy losses, the main force of the Navy's still exists, at least much stronger than the First Battleship of the Chinese Navy.

Moreover, after the fleet suffered heavy losses, Eisuke Yamamoto did not retreat, but continued to lead the main fleet at high speed, and the Nagato, which was a high-speed general, was formed into a second echelon with two Fuso-class battleships.

He knew very well that as long as his fleet could get up, it was not certain who would win in the end in this large-scale sea and air battle!

With this mentality and determination, he continued to lead the capital ships of the 1st and 2nd Fleets without hesitation, and continued to move southward towards the main Chinese fleet.

During this time, the First Air Fleet was limited by the fact that night was about to fall, and it was no longer able to launch a third wave of attacks, and after recovering the fighters, the First Air Fleet immediately soared its cruising speed to 25 knots, and turned its course to the southwest about 40 degrees, trying to avoid the main fleet that was galloping from the north.

In night battles and close-range artillery battles, the aircraft carriers in the First Air Fleet were targeted one by one, and Guan Shijie, as a qualified naval aviation general, naturally knew very well what the most important task of the First Air Fleet was now? That's how far you can escape!

Otherwise, what would the aircraft carriers in the First Air Fleet do at such a high speed, isn't it just to be able to escape for their lives at such a time?

When the First Air Fleet retreated to the southwest, the First Battlefleet also followed behind and retreated to the southwest, but at this time it was already a little late, and when China's First Air Fleet launched an attack on the main fleet in the afternoon, the main fleet was already galloping towards the southwest at full speed, and although the Chinese fleet was also advancing to the west, in order to recover the combat aircraft, it did not maneuver too far away, otherwise it would have galloped down at high speed for several hours. The aircraft carriers of the First Air Fleet ran away, but all the planes that had been issued before had to fall into the sea. By the time the First Air Fleet had recovered all its combat aircraft, it was said that the Kaohsiung, Kirishima, and Haruna of the 3rd Fleet of the 3rd Fleet of the main fleet of Ben were only about 20 nautical miles away from the main Chinese fleet.

He said, "The 3rd Sentai of the 1st Fleet is under the command of battle cruisers. The above three battle cruisers, plus the Amagi, which had already sunk, were the only four battle cruisers that had been sunk.

In addition, the Kaga, Tosa, Nagato, and Mutsu of the 1st Sentai of the 1st Sentai and the Kii directly under the 1st Fleet formed the main fleet of the decisive battle.

In addition, there are four old battleships from the 2nd Sentai Fleet, including the Omi, Suruga, Fuso, and Yamashiro.

As for the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th warships, these are all cruiser fleets, whether they are heavy or light cruisers, they can only be regarded as auxiliary forces, not the main force.

After more than three hours of naval and air fighting in the afternoon, the 3rd Sentai finally approached the Chinese main fleet by relying on its high speed, and the 3rd Sentai was accompanied by a large number of cruisers and destroyers.

Vice Admiral Hasegawa, commander of the 3rd Sentai Squadron under the 1st Fleet, looked at the vague shadow of the ship in the southern twilight with a telescope, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: "After all the hardships, I finally caught up. ”

As soon as his 3rd Sentai discovered the main Chinese fleet at about 1 p.m., he received an order from Eisuke Yamamoto to have his 3rd Sentai sail at full speed to intercept the main Chinese fleet. Of course, along with the 3rd Sentai were the four heavy cruisers of the 6th Sentai and a number of destroyers of the 1st Mine Squadron, which together formed the avant-garde fleet, but in the subsequent air raids, the Amagi of the 3rd Sentai of the 3rd Sentai led by him was sunk, and then the heavy cruiser Kinugasa of the 6th Sentai was also sunk, which was already a heavy loss before it reached the main fleet of China.

However, he still quickly approached the Chinese's main fleet according to Yamamoto Eisuke's order, and in this way, he finally saw the Chinese's main fleet.

"Order the 6th Sentai and the 1st Mine Sentai to increase their speed and conduct lightning strikes against the enemy!" Vice Admiral Hasegawa Kiyokawa did not immediately approach the main force of the 3rd Sentai to engage in an artillery battle with the four Chinese battleships, but first dispatched his cruisers and destroyers to prepare for a lightning attack.

He has always attached great importance to lightning strikes, and the design of his heavy cruisers, light cruisers, and even destroyers is centered around lightning strikes. In terms of the design of auxiliary ships, China is quite different from that of the United States and the United States; apart from China's auxiliary ships, all of them attach great importance to air defense operations, while heavy patrols attach importance to artillery battles on secondary fronts, light cruisers pay attention to avant-garde reconnaissance capabilities, and destroyers attach importance to antisubmarine warfare and lightning strike operations.

The Americans, on the other hand, pay more attention to endurance and artillery firepower.

Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that Lieutenant General Hasegawa chose to conduct lightning strike operations at the first time.

Just as Vice Admiral Kiyokawa Hasegawa ordered his subordinate ships to carry out lightning strike operations, the auxiliary troops of the main Chinese fleet also began the same action, and they also wanted to carry out lightning strike operations against their own warships, and at the same time they also needed to stop the enemy's lightning strike forces. In this way, before the capital ships of the two sides began to fight, the auxiliary ship units of the two sides had already begun a brutal close confrontation!