Chapter 1009
Under the order of Marshal Yamamoto Isoroku, the remaining warships of the Eastern Empire Navy's combined fleet immediately turned around and prepared to escape from the Great Sea of Food. After their desperate plan went bankrupt, the Eastern Imperial Navy Combined Fleet has become very clear that they can no longer be the opponent of the Third Reich Navy. If they continue to fight to the death, they will only die more miserably and the entire army will be annihilated.
If the army encountered such a situation, they would probably ignore it and shout for everyone to fight against the Third Reich.
However, the navy is different. They are more rational. Knowing that everything is irreversible, naturally no more unnecessary sacrifices will be made.
Rather than letting everyone die here, it would be better to allow more people to escape back to the homeland alive. In this case, no matter what the outcome is in the future, at least more people can survive. Maybe, some seeds can be saved for the Eastern Empire Navy.
After giving the order, Marshal Yamamoto Isoroku locked himself in the cabin. He knew very well that this time he was dead and would never have another chance.
This also means that his life is coming to an end.
Even if he escaped the pursuit of the Third Reich Navy, he would still die. Someone must take responsibility for such a disastrous failure of the Navy. Is there anyone more suitable than him, the commander of the combined fleet? Even if he is already a naval marshal, he still cannot escape this fate. If he chose to commit seppuku, he might be able to save his family. Admiral Shitaro Shittaro, Minister of the Navy, and Admiral Hayao Shimamura, Chief of Naval Command, will also find ways to ensure the safety of his family. Otherwise, those angry ronin would definitely kill his entire family. Marshal Yamamoto Fifty-Six did not want his family to be implicated by him.
The combined fleet of the Eastern Empire Navy began their escape journey, and their fighting spirit was no longer as high as before. In fact, in order to escape as soon as possible, they chose the shortest route, that is, across the Tianzhu Ocean and fled to Nanyang. Once entering Nanyang, they can avoid the pursuit of the Third Reich Navy. Most of them will be able to survive.
As for what the outcome will be after returning to the homeland, and whether he will be held accountable, that will be discussed later.
When the Eastern Imperial Navy's combined fleet fled for their lives, the Third Reich Navy would naturally not let them go.
At 6:30 in the morning on March 14, just after dawn, the pursuit of the Third Reich Navy had already begun.
From the cruiser of the Third Reich Navy, seaplanes were ejected one after another, focusing on searching the southern, southwest and southeastern sea areas to find the Eastern Empire Navy Combined Fleet.
Now that the aircraft carrier formation of the Eastern Empire Navy Combined Fleet has been eliminated, their reconnaissance has been greatly restricted. At the same time, the anti-investigation capabilities have also been greatly reduced. At least, now the Eastern Imperial Navy Combined Fleet can no longer take off carrier-based aircraft to drive away the Third Reich Navy's reconnaissance aircraft.
Therefore, in order to increase the search intensity, a small group of dive bombers were launched from each of the 13 aircraft carriers of the Third Reich Navy, carrying auxiliary fuel tanks, to join the reconnaissance search.
At the same time, the fleets of the Third Reich Navy also began to move south in large numbers. The faster light cruisers and destroyers deliberately set off part of their way south at high speed in order to find and annihilate the combined fleet of the Third Reich Navy as much as possible. In this way, the Third Reich Navy can successfully win this naval battle.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the reconnaissance plane has been dispatched. Each aircraft carrier also dispatched dive bombers for reconnaissance. This time, it is absolutely impossible for the Japanese to escape."Marshal Albrecht was smiling.
After spending a night without any danger, the initiative has returned to the side of the Third Reich Navy.
Next, they only need to move the Eastern Empire Navy's combined fleet step by step. It is enough to find out and launch an attack. Victory will undoubtedly belong to them
"Well, if the Oriental people weren't stupid, they would have started running for their lives by now. It is impossible for the Japanese capital ships to escape. However, if those cruisers and destroyers are faster, we will not be able to kill them. Therefore, when carrier-based aircraft launch an attack, try to kill those destroyers and cruisers first to expand the results. Those battleships, at best, are the DM guided missile cruisers and battleships left to us."Marshal Dönitz said.
After it was determined that he would win this naval battle, Marshal Dönitz naturally wanted to expand the results as much as possible, or to kill as many battleships of the combined fleet as possible. In order to further test the strength of the Eastern Imperial Navy and prepare for the next battle.
After the Third Reich Navy destroyed the main force of the Eastern Imperial Navy's combined fleet in this battle, it will next have to attack the Eastern Imperial Army. Control the area, and even attack the Toyo Empire itself.
The existence of these remaining warships of the Toyo Empire Navy can pose a certain threat to the Third Reich Navy. This is especially true for these destroyers equipped with 610 mm torpedoes.
Therefore, it is undoubtedly the most beneficial thing for the Third Reich Navy to eliminate them as much as possible.
Seaplanes have already taken off one after another. Although these seaplanes are slow, they have a larger range. , and the convenience of recovery, these seaplanes have become the main force of reconnaissance.
Subsequently, dive bombers also took off one after another to carry out reconnaissance, ensuring that the Toyo Empire Navy could be discovered in the shortest time, and then launch an attack.
In During this process, the main fleet of the Third Reich Navy also began to move south quickly.
Compared with the main fleet of the Combined Fleet, which was slowed down, the speed of the Third Reich Navy was much faster. Even those battleships, the lowest speed was often Above 28 knots. Under such circumstances, the faster cruisers and destroyers of the Toyo Empire Navy may be able to escape. However, those battleships will never escape.
If you are lucky, maybe the third The Imperial Navy can also use carrier-based aircraft to eliminate the cruisers and destroyers of the Eastern Imperial Navy Combined Fleet, thus completely wiping out the main force of the Combined Fleet.
