Chapter 1,309 Continuous Fighting
Chapter 1309 Continuous Fighting
At this point, the Yamashiro as a battleship has lost its fighting capital. Its remaining main guns are not enough for corrective fire! And Kanji Kato finally realized that if he continued to stay, he would really be waiting to die! As a result, the destroyer Chushuang once again put out a smoke screen, and another destroyer rushed forward, trying to use torpedoes to cover the retreat of its flagship!
The only destroyer was shattered into pieces 7,000 meters away under the fire of more than 20 artillery pieces of various calibers from the two battleships. The Yamashiro can only survive with the help of smoke screens, but fortunately, the construction cost of the Yamashiro, which is more than 3 million pounds, is worth it, and the core cabin is still complete. The power system is quite powerful, and after all efforts were made to repair it, it can still reach a high speed of 24 knots.
At this time, Kanji Kato no longer dared to think about anything else. He didn't care about the life or death of the Kurama or the fate of the remaining transport fleet. Now he just wants to take this battleship and escape from the battlefield quickly. As for his personal fate, let’s talk about it later!
However, what Kato Kanji didn't expect was that the two German battleships did not continue to pursue him. After turning and running wildly to the southwest for half an hour, Kato Kanji found that he had gotten rid of his opponent and was not even within visual range. After discovering the other party's smoke column, it was obvious that the other party was not chasing him. So now the question is, what did the German fleet do?
"Maybe they are dealing with the Kurama?" Kanji Kato guessed. Let's turn the time back half an hour, when the Yamashiro decided to make a fuss. Su Xiong received another very important piece of information - two Japanese battleships and cruisers seemed to know their position and were speeding towards him!
"This is the best situation, isn't it?" Su Xiong let out a sigh of relief as he looked at the battleship Yamashiro going away. Finally, you don’t have to worry about being flanked! "Adjust the course, we are ready to welcome new guests!"
What Kato Kanji was most worried about finally happened. He had always avoided Yamaya's other fleets from facing the German fleet alone. And that's exactly what's happening now. The Kurama has been reached as a dead fish. Yamashiro's radio system was destroyed. Running in the opposite direction. Others in Shanwu, who were still unclear about the situation on the battlefield, happened to enter the battlefield...
How did the others in Shanwu discover the German fleet? The thing is like this. Lieutenant General Yamaya, who realized that he could not contact the Yamashiro, found that things were developing in a direction beyond expectations. He was sure that even if Kato Kanji wanted to contact him now, he probably wouldn't be able to contact him... Well, now there are only two options for the problem, one is to run away, and the other is to turn around as soon as possible. It took less than 2 minutes. Vice Admiral Yamaya decided to rendezvous as soon as possible because he had the general route map of the Japanese fleet. According to There shouldn't be much of a problem chasing after this picture. And Japanese battlecruisers also had seaplanes. So Lieutenant General Shanwu ordered the seaplane to go out for reconnaissance!
There is absolutely nothing wrong with this process! This process is no problem! But the problem-free handling and process does not mean that people cannot be deceived...
The reason still lies in the Japanese's miserable radio communication capabilities. The reconnaissance plane searching for the warring fleet along the expected route discovered the two fleets fighting fiercely in the distance. The four battleships were leaning crazily in flames and death from a distance of more than ten kilometers.
Second Lieutenant Taro Yoshida, who discovered this situation, wanted to send this information back. However, his radio communication equipment was interfered with and he could not effectively transmit it after seeing the situation. So if he wanted to let others in the mountain house know about this situation, he had to fly back and report... . However, the flight back is a full 20 nautical miles, and due to immature navigation technology and the movement of the Japanese fleet itself, you still need to keep searching. This delayed the whole process by about 40 minutes!
When Lieutenant Yoshida reported this information to Lieutenant General Yamaya, the situation on the battlefield had been fundamentally reversed! The Kurama is already on its knees, and the Yamashiro is already preparing to run away... When the King Kong recovered the seaplane and rushed to the battlefield at extremely high speed, he was no longer going to support the friendly forces in the battle, but to send... All the friendly forces have fled, but you still support me!
In the war, sometimes time really determines everything. If Yoshida had directly telegraphed to others in Yamaya when he found out, then the German fleet would probably have to leave, and there was a small chance that it would happen. And after 40 minutes, all I can do is haha...
Although the current situation is in good shape for Su Xiong, it does not mean that there is no pressure. After all, the German fleet was definitely not unscathed in the battle just now. Of the 16 main guns, only 12 are currently operational. And the ammunition consumption is even greater. There was also damage to the hull. If you want to leave, you will naturally leave at once, but there is a question that arises at the same time, that is, what if this new Japanese fleet takes the Kurama away? The other party will definitely bring a destroyer to solve the anti-submarine problem. Su Xiong is not sure whether the Kurama can still act independently.
Therefore, in Su Xiong's view, if he retreats from this matter, it is very likely to result in injury but not death, and the impact on the Japanese fleet will not be particularly great. This goes against the original campaign goal, and at the same time, there is a feeling of falling short. Of course, such a good fighting situation was wasted!
Therefore, after determining the position of the other people's fleet in Shanwu, the two German fast battleships began to turn their course and kill them. At the same time, Su Xiong did not forget to inform the submarine force to carry out the final execution of the Kurama battleship. This guy's speed has now been reduced to less than 8 knots. It will probably take a few torpedoes before the submarine feels it.
"Your Excellency, Commander, what do you think the current battle situation will be like?" Captain Keisaburo Moriyama, the captain of the Kongo, said to others in Yamawu with a somewhat guilty conscience. Judging from the news from the seaplane just now, it seems that the situation of the Japanese fleet is not very good.
"We entered the battlefield 30 minutes later. Even if the situation is not good, if Kanji Kato's luck is not particularly bad, he should still be able to hold on, right?" Others in Yamaya thought for a while and said.
"What about the German fleet?" Keisaburo Moriyama asked.
"If we are lucky, the German fleet should have left the battlefield. If we are unlucky, it will be hard to say." Others in the mountain house also said with some worry. Regarding the current situation, others in Yamaya also cast a dark eye. In fact, he and Kanji Kato had the same idea. After discovering that the communication was interfered with, they already realized that this operation was probably going to be a scam, because the other party may have been aware of his existence. . Now the Germans still dare to fight, either because they have something to rely on, or because they are in a great situation.
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