Tuya Jinguang looked at the sky in shock. The blue-gray planes representing Japan fell one after another, but even one of the other's planes did not shoot down. The dive bombers' combat capability exceeded Tuya Jinguang's expectations, and their planes could only deliver vegetables. In just eleven minutes, all twenty-seven Japanese aircraft fell, without achieving any decent results. Only one dive bomber was seized by the opponent when turning, and a bullet from a Lewis machine gun penetrated the upper wing, but it had little impact on flight.

Just when Guan Wenhai led his team to conduct an air battle, Wang Yongzhi, the commander of the fifth torpedo bomber, had already discovered the problem of torpedo depth. He quickly contacted Guan Wenhai. After discussing, the two immediately decided on a new strategy.

The dive bomber with ammunition turned the target into destroyers and cruisers, while the battleships were all handed over to torpedo aircraft. This decision was quickly supported by Yang Wenxiu and Cao Chongjun. The four division commanders issued orders in the channel of their division and immediately changed the offensive tactics.

Diving bombers began to turn the heads and dive towards the light ships, while the torpedo planes continued to release torpedoes hundreds of meters away in batches, using squadrons. For a time, the torpedo tracks crisscrossed, like chessboards.

The torpedoes were too dense, and those bulky battleships could not completely avoid them. The first one was torpedoes on the outside. They were hit by two torpedoes on the port side, which caused about 3,000 tons of sea water to pour into the cabin. If the damage manager had not tried his best to rescue them, and the captain's order was timely to take the water balance on the starboard side, it would have been estimated that the battleship would have sank long ago.

Even so, nearly 4,000 tons of sea water were already loaded into Hazel's body. Not only was the navigation speed as slow as a snail, but the deck was almost stuck to the water surface. Now Hazel's name just barely floats on the water surface. Unless it enters the dock for overhaul, even if the sea breeze is strong, it may sink.

Unfortunately, the cruel wolf bit the sick duck. After being shot down four torpedo planes one after another, a squadron behind approached a distance of 600 meters. With a sound of puffing into the water, four red tassel 1-type torpedoes drifted across four straight water lines and rushed toward the flank of the Hazel.

At this time, the Hazel was unable to turn at all. The Japanese sailors could only watch three of the torpedoes hit the port side accurately. The violent explosion completely tore up the side armor of Hazel. Although it was boasted as a battleship, the Hazel, which was not armed, was just one of the King Kong-class battle cruisers. Its armor was thin, so how could it withstand the continuous strikes of 533 mm torpedoes?

After the three torpedo hit again, many cracks and damage appeared in the hull, and the influx of sea water could not be blocked by the damage manager. The giant ship, which had more than 27,000 tons, turned over and turned back into the sea water.

The name of Hazel was sunk, as if it sounded the horn of the doomsday of the Japanese Navy. As torpedo planes desperately approached to launch torpedoes, more and more battleships and cruisers were severely damaged. When the ammunition of the four Aviation Divisions of the Sit Army was exhausted and they had to return, the sea was already in a mess.

Kirishima, Hiei, Kwang and Fusang successively sank. Ise was penetrated by an aviation bomb and a torpedo was also hit by the bow of the ship. The Hinata was even worse. An aviation bomb exploded its turret No. 3, and another bomb smashed a large hole in its rear deck, and a boiler bay was exploded.

There were only two of the thirteen cruisers floating on the water, and there were still thirteen destroyers. Looking at the combined fleet that suffered severe damage, Lieutenant General Touya Jinguang looked like earthy, and his mouth felt heavy in his heart. Who could know that the planes in the Western Special Administrative Region had developed to such an extent that they almost wiped out the Japanese Navy at a very small price.

Tuya Jinguang knew that he could not stay for a long time. Although it was almost dusk, who knew if the enemy had any new movements. After asking the destroyer to rescue his own soldiers who fell into the water, Tuya Jinguang entered and ordered the fleet to return at full speed.

Major General Kinshita Mitsuo, the commander of the troop transport fleet, received the order that the troop transport fleet did not have to follow the navy to move, and immediately turned the bow of the ship to return as quickly as possible. Kinshita Mitsuo was very willing to implement this order. It would be good to leave this dangerous place wherever it goes. This is a true portrayal of his heart.

After receiving the order, the troops transported the fleet immediately turned the bow and headed towards Japan without saying a word, without any intention of waiting for the navy. Toyo Jinguang sighed. The reason why he issued such an order was to protect the navy.

The Japanese navy suffered a great loss in combat power and had no power to fight again. It is still two hours before dark. If the Sit Air Force returns, how can they resist? What's more, who knows how many air forces there are in the Western Special Administrative Region? Maybe the second wave of attack echelons is on the way or even in a flash. If it is dragged down by a very slow troop, the navy has no hope of escaping. Therefore, Lieutenant General Tooya Jinguang had to get rid of his burden and lead the naval fleet to escape back to Japan as quickly as possible.

Facts have proved that Toya Kinami's concerns were unnecessary. This time, in order to teach the Japanese joint fleet enough lessons, the SAT Navy Air Force dispatched all dive bombers and torpedo aircraft, and they had no reserve force available.

If Touwu Jinguang could think calmly, he should have thought that no matter how many planes the Site Army had, it would be impossible to deploy so many in Guanghai City. More than 400 aircraft were the limit, otherwise wherever they could find so many airports. It was because Touwu Jinguang's unsatisfactory evacuation plan caused the troop transport fleet to suffer undue losses.

Fifteen minutes after the evacuation of the troops, the remnants of the Japanese joint fleet also embarked on their way home. They did not sail directly on the coastline of Japan, but turned toward the Ryukyu Islands. Many Japanese navy warships were seriously invaded, so they had to go there for simple repairs before they could return home. In addition, Toya Kinakura was also afraid that the other party's subsequent planes would pursue along the route, so that they would suffer any more. Major General Kinishi of the troops transport fleet was confused. The main fleet had abandoned them and headed towards Naha Port in the Ryukyu Islands at a speed of 18 knots.

A few minutes after the Japanese Navy left, a squadron of A-type seaplanes arrived at the battlefield, and they quickly slowed down and landed on the sea. These Sit army seaplanes came to clean the battlefield and rescue their own water-fall pilots. The four rescuers on each plane ventured onto the float and pulled the pilots back one by one with a rope-tie lifebuoy. After half an hour of busyness, all the seven surviving Sit army water-fall pilots were rescued on the plane.
Chapter completed!