Chapter 934 Hunter and Prey (1/2)

Chapter 934 Hunter and Prey

In order to bring the island nation's navies together as soon as possible, Australasia chose to ignore the possible mobilization of the island nation's navy and concentrate on dealing with the island nation's air force that emerged on its own initiative.

Although the island country's Army Air Force has mobilized more than 400 aircraft on Kyushu, Honshu and Shikoku, less than half of these aircraft are newly produced aircraft, and the rest are obsolete products.

They are meant to attract attention, so it is naturally impossible to expect these aircraft to cause too many casualties to the Australasian Air Force.

that's the truth. The entire air battle lasted for more than three hours. In the end, almost all the island nation's aircraft dispatched were wiped out. Only a few aircraft that were originally hovering on the edge of the battlefield were able to escape.

On the Australasian side, with the advantage in both quantity and quality of aircraft, less than 30 aircraft were used to annihilate more than 400 aircraft formations in the island country.

Although the island country's government is also feeling sad about the loss of aircraft, at least the sacrifice of more than 400 aircraft is not in vain. Most of the navy in Hiroshima waters have successfully escaped from the strait between Honshu and Shikoku islands and are currently on their way to Tokyo.

This also means that Yamamoto Isoroku's first step plan has been successful, and the main warships of the island nation's combined fleet can finally be brought together, which also greatly enhances the strength of the combined fleet.

Now that the warships have gathered together, the next purpose of the island nation's navy must be to find a way to make the planned naval battle proceed smoothly.

The location of the naval battle was chosen in Tokyo Bay, which also represented the island nation's navy's determination to resist and fight to the death.

More importantly, Tokyo Bay has the largest number of coastal defense artillery among island countries. If used well, it can also be used as a boost in naval battles.

There is also the terrain of Tokyo Bay. Only the southernmost side faces the Atlantic Ocean, and the northwest and east three sides are all land.

In a large sea battle in such terrain, the only two outcomes faced are life and death, and there is no third option at all.

In order to cooperate with the navy in this battle, the island government mobilized all available domestic air forces and deployed more than 600 fighter jets and bombers at the military airport outside Tokyo.

If you add in the aircraft on the seven aircraft carriers, the number of aircraft that the island country can use in naval battles can barely exceed a thousand. This can be regarded as the island country's last asset in aircraft.

Yamamoto Isoroku decided to launch the entire naval battle on August 15. Before that, it is necessary to lure the Australasian navy to Tokyo Bay as much as possible to promote this large sea battle.

If the Australasian Navy stands still, Yamamoto Isoroku can only stare blankly. After all, if he wants to have a greater chance of winning, he must rely on the coastal defense forts in Tokyo Bay and a large number of aircraft in the suburbs.

If it were just the island nation's navy itself, it would be difficult to defeat the Australasian Navy. What's even more terrible is that if it continues to be delayed, the strength of the Australasian Navy will become more and more powerful.

The current economic and industrial conditions of the island country do not allow them to build a large number of main warships every year while maintaining an army of more than 4 million.

On August 10, a battlecruiser, three light cruisers and five submarines led by Rear Admiral Kondo Arata set out from Tokyo Bay in a mighty manner and entered the Pacific Ocean in search of targets.

The battlecruisers and light cruisers that make up this fleet are all fast ships, and they have the fastest cruising speed among all warships.

Since submarines have the best concealment, the purpose of forming such a fleet can be easily seen, which is to become a bait to lure the Australasian main fleet.

"General Kondo, where should we go to find the main fleet of Australasia?" On the leading battlecruiser, Kondo Arata's assistant and the deputy commander of this small fleet, Tanaka Yuukou, asked respectfully.

"Go to Kyushu Island first." Kondo Arata pondered for a moment and then ordered: "Even if the main force of the Australasians is not near Kyushu Island, Kyushu Island definitely has a large number of transport ships.

As long as we sink a few troop carriers, we will definitely attract the attention of the Australasian Navy. "

In this way, this small warship headed to the vicinity of Kyushu Island to find Australasian troop transport ships transporting troops.

Tokyo Bay is more than 800 kilometers away from Kyushu Island. According to the normal cruising speed of this small fleet, it will take almost 20 hours to reach Kyushu Island.

Fortunately, they had 5 days to complete the task, and the time spent on the road was barely negligible.

After 20 hours of sailing, the fleet finally approached the vicinity of Kyushu Island. Kondo Arata did not rush to get the fleet closer to Kyushu Island, but ordered the submarine to start diving, and the fleet spread out to find suitable attack targets.

It is unrealistic to rely on such a small fleet to attack the main force of the Australasian Navy, even if the fleet is all fast ships.

Therefore, they can only target scattered patrol fleets or troop carriers.

The small fleet is still capable of fighting. After all, no matter how arrogant Australasia is, it is impossible to send out all the main warships to patrol.

If a naval battle occurs in this way, the main warships are likely to miss the naval battle due to lack of timely support.

Soon, Kondo Arata and the others found their target.

This is a transport ship that is responsible for transporting troops back and forth, and can transport at least 3,000 to 5,000 people each time.

Because the waters from Hiroshima to the Ryukyu Islands are patrolled by Australasian warships every day, and the air force's reconnaissance aircraft are constantly scattered in this sea area, there are no protective warships around the transport ship.

However, one transport ship is obviously not enough for Kondo Nitta and others.

After all, their purpose is to attract the main force of the Australasian Navy. At least they have to sink a few official warships to attract the attention of the Australasian Navy.

However, this transport ship has made a good start, not to mention that there must be corresponding communication equipment on the transport ship, which can be used to attract other Australasian warships.

In order to prevent the main force of the Australasian Navy from being attracted directly, Kondo Nitta decided to send a warship there.

Because the fleet was not large in size, the task of sinking the transport ship was given to a light cruiser.

The light cruiser has a range of less than 4,000. Such a small warship should not attract a main warship of more than 20,000 to deal with the enemy's troop transport ship.

As long as the warships coming to support are not main warships of more than 20,000, Kondo Nitta's fleet can easily deal with it.

After all, he has a battlecruiser, which has a range of more than 20,000, but is a main warship in the true sense.

Not long after, the light cruiser that was dispatched appeared in the field of vision of the Australasian troop transport ship.

The captain of the light cruiser looked very excited. As long as he could successfully complete this mission, his rank should be able to be raised by one level. How can the captain of a light cruiser be satisfying? As an ambitious naval officer, of course, it is more attractive to be the captain of a main warship.

The cruiser approached the transport ship very slowly, which was also ordered by Kondo Nitta, in order to give the troop transport ship more time to report to the country and then attract more warships.

About a few minutes later, after standing on the light cruiser and being able to fully see the whole picture of the troop transport ship, the light cruiser chose to open fire.

Boom! Boom!

Although the caliber of the artillery carried on the light cruiser is not large, for this kind of troop transport ship, such a caliber of artillery is deadly enough.

More importantly, in order to transport troops more effectively, some weapons on the transport ship have been dismantled, and there is no way to face this light cruiser.

Just over ten minutes later, the troop transport ship was hit by several bullets, and the cabin broke and a lot of water entered, and then sank in the ocean.

As the troop transport ship slowly sank, a large number of soldiers on the ship chose to jump into the water. This scene was also seen by the island country cruiser, and they were completely relieved and looked forward to the troop transport ship to bring them more gains.

The island officers immersed in the initial victory of the plan did not think at all whether their actions would first attract the Australasian Air Force.

Will it attract the Air Force?

Of course not.

Even this troop transport ship was a target deliberately set by the Australasian Navy. There were indeed soldiers on the troop transport ship, but these soldiers were disguised natives of Kalimantan.

Even the sailors who drove the troop transport ship were mostly Filipinos.

The island fleet thought they were bait to attract the main fleet of Australasian, but they didn't know that they had already bitten the real bait and were bringing a tiger into their home.

The distress message sent by the troop transport ship quickly reached Kyushu Island and then the combat command of the Ryukyu Islands.

Under normal circumstances, the Air Force should have been dispatched long before the Navy was dispatched. After all, the speed of the aircraft is much faster than that of the warship. Even if the opponent dispatched the main warship, the aircraft can still cope with it for a period of time.

But at this time, in order to perform a good show with the islanders, Australasia not only did not send any air force, but even the navy chose old and broken warships, which were retired ten years ago.

The main force of the Australasia Pacific Fleet will follow these warships. After the islanders sink these old and broken warships, the main warships will continue to send communication signals to remind these islanders that it is time to do business.

The purpose of doing this is to minimize the casualties of Australasia naval soldiers on old warships. If the warships are just silent, the naval soldiers can also float on the sea for a short time.

As long as the rescue is timely, most of the naval soldiers can still be rescued.

Both sides are acting according to the plan, and their expressions are very relaxed. When seeing that only Australasia's small and medium-sized warships came to support, and the number was not large, Kondo Nitta finally breathed a sigh of relief, and with a smile on his face, he confidently ordered all the warships to go out and sink these warships in a short time.

As long as these small and medium-sized warships can be destroyed, it will definitely attract the attention of the main fleet of the Australasia Pacific Fleet.

By then, the mission of their squadron would be basically completed.

The battle went unexpectedly smoothly, and the Australasian Navy was indeed fighting back, but the problem was that these old and broken warships had been retired for a long time, so it was good enough to be able to start, and it was even more difficult for them to participate in such a naval battle.

But this is also good news. At least the navy soldiers don't have to act. The current situation is that they really can't beat the island navy on the other side.

On the other side, after the warships of the two sides exchanged fire, the island navy has always taken the initiative. After sinking an Australasian cruiser first, the island navy has taken a comprehensive advantage and defeated the Australasian navy step by step.

Although the naval battle was a bit easy, for Kondo Nitta and others, they would not think that the Australasians had problems.

Especially when the opponent's counterattack was still fierce, the islanders would only think that their combat effectiveness was stronger. After being overwhelmed by the joy of victory, no one would think about some of the loopholes.

This naval battle lasted for more than two hours. Two of the three small and medium-sized warships supporting the Australasian side sank and one was seriously injured. The seriously injured one had obviously lost its combat effectiveness.

When the islanders wanted to sink the last cruiser in one go, the communication signal from the Pacific Fleet finally sounded.

After hearing the report from his men, Kondo Nitta showed an excited expression on his face. They finally attracted the main force of the Australasian Navy, and the current mission has been half completed.

"Continue to sink the cruiser, and then all warships return to Tokyo Bay at the maximum speed." Kondo Nitta quickly ordered.

The best way to attract hatred is to sink all enemy warships at all costs when the enemy's main warships are about to arrive.

In this way, as long as the soldiers of the Australasian Navy have a sense of honor, they will definitely not let Kondo Nitta's squadron go.

Kondo Nitta is exactly this plan. As long as the hatred of the main force of the Australasian Navy can be attracted, these fleets can be attracted to the vicinity of Tokyo Bay smoothly.

The next thing is the matter of Yamamoto Isoroku and other senior naval officers. At least for Kondo Nitta, the mission of his squadron has been completed.

The island country warship responded quickly and fired at the already seriously injured light cruiser without any hesitation.

In a few minutes, the seriously injured and powerless light cruiser was sunk on the sea.

The island fleet, which had achieved significant results, did not hesitate at all and quickly turned around and headed towards Tokyo Bay.

And dozens of miles away, the main forces of the Australasian Pacific Fleet gathered here. On the radar signal display, the movement of the island fleet can be clearly seen.

After seeing them all evacuate towards Tokyo, Pacific Fleet Commander-in-Chief Jon Odell showed a mysterious smile on his face and ordered the messenger to convey his order: "Leave a few small warships to rescue the soldiers who fell into the sea, and all the remaining warships will keep a certain distance to pursue the island navy.

I want to see what the people of the archipelago want to do. I hope they can prepare some good programs and don't let people down too much."