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In addition, more than ten supply ships and warships were also seriously damaged!

At present, there are signs that the entire US fleet will withdraw from the waters of Saipan Island,..."

"What? Did we really make it?"

Ozawa Jisaburo's pupils constricted, this news was really shocking, it was the good news he had dreamed of hearing these days, but at this moment he couldn't believe it was true.

The communications staff officer nodded heavily: "Yes, Commander, we have won, an unprecedented victory!

General Nagumo also specifically mentioned that in the second round of attack, a large number of imperial warriors rammed the US ships with their flesh and blood, which caused such huge damage to the US fleet..."

"I see, they are all true warriors of the empire, and the people of the empire will always remember their names!"

Jisaburo Ozawa nodded silently. He naturally knew the kamikaze special attack team led by Guan Xingnan.

"So, in this battle, the empire still has the opportunity to continue to expand its results? Can it even seek a warship duel?"

Thinking of this, Ozawa Jisaburo's eyes suddenly brightened, and he quickly ordered the communication staff: "Quick, call General Nagumo immediately, and ask him to find a way to reconfirm whether the US fleet really wants to withdraw from the waters of Saipan Island!"

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"Pass my order, the fleet will immediately anchor and attack Saipan at full speed!"

After confirming the news, Jisaburo Ozawa immediately got up, and without hesitation, he ordered the entire fleet to attack and went to the waters of Saipan Island to seek a warship duel.

Well, it would be the best to have the opportunity to start a warship duel, once again create the miracle of the Japanese-Russian naval battle, and deal a devastating blow to the US fleet in one fell swoop.

It doesn't matter if the U.S. fleet doesn't dare to confront the warships and withdraw from the battle early, they can take advantage of the situation to attack the U.S. ground forces on Saipan and make the Americans bleed!

Tokyo Imperial Palace.

"What, Tojo-kun, Shimada-kun, Yamaguchi-kun, you are saying that the Empire of Japan won a complete victory in the naval battle in the Philippine Sea, the U.S. fleet was destroyed, at least 8 aircraft carriers were sunk and 6 were seriously damaged, Dozens of other ships suffered varying degrees of damage?"

"The U.S. fleet has fled, and Saipan has been saved?"

Hearing the news for the first time, Hirohito's brain was buzzing, and he cried out in surprise and joy.

This happiness came too fast!

In the past one or two years, the Axis Alliance has retreated steadily in various battlefields, and all kinds of bad news have continued, Hirohito's nerves have been completely numb.

This time, the strategic decisive battle against the Mariana Islands, on the surface, puts on a vicious aura of giving everything, or success, but everyone from top to bottom is very pessimistic about the final result, and they all think that this battle will be a disaster. .

It's just that Saipan is a crucial part of Japan's absolute defense circle, and they can't tolerate them not fighting desperately.

Shintaro Shimada nodded in an excited tone and said, "Your Majesty, the news is absolutely true, before this, Tojo-kun and I have checked it many times!

Although the warriors of the Imperial Aviation Corps paid a very heavy price in this battle, under the example of the kamikaze special attack team led by Captain Guan Xingnan, the imperial warriors launched a smashing attack with flesh and blood, inflicting unprecedented heavy damage on the US fleet!

Emperor Shenmu once again blessed the Empire of Japan, presumably in the future wars, the warriors of the Empire of Japan will continue to create miracles, and they will definitely save the Empire from danger..."

"Fuck!"

After listening to the explanation, Hirohito took a deep breath and said heavily, "Yes, the brave and fearless people of the Japanese Empire are invincible. Emperor Jimmu and Amaterasu will definitely bless the Yamato nation forever!"

At this time, Tojo said with a sigh: "This battle once again fully proves the core position of aircraft carriers in modern naval warfare. As long as the empire can develop aircraft carriers and air forces in another year or two, the battle situation may not be reversed!"

Speaking of this, Tojo paused with a guilty conscience, "At least the empire can achieve a very decent ending, and it will never fall into a situation where it cannot be controlled."

"Can the empire survive for a year or two?"

Hirohito twitched the corners of his mouth with a bitter expression, and turned to look at Yamaguchi Tawendao. "Yamaguchi-san, the Imperial Air Force has made great achievements in this battle. It has greatly consumed and restrained the US air force, and created the prerequisites for the victory of the strategic decisive battle.

At the same time, I also know that for this battle, the imperial air force can be said to have devoted all its resources, and the consumption is very serious. The imperial air warriors have already gone all out.

However, I really want to know how long the Imperial Air Force can last, and whether it can guarantee the safety of the imperial airspace within a year or two? "

"His Majesty!"

Yamaguchi Tamon gritted his teeth, and said honestly, "Over the years, under His Majesty's key care, the Imperial Air Force has achieved unprecedented development over the years.

Not only have several combat aircraft with advanced performance come out one after another, but the production of aircraft has also gradually increased, and the scale of pilot training has also expanded several times.

But just as His Majesty said just now, the military pressure that the empire encountered on the Huaxia battlefield and the Pacific battlefield is increasing, and the consumption of the imperial air force far exceeds the replenishment.

Especially excellent pilots with rich experience and strong actual combat ability have long been unable to make ends meet, and it is really difficult to maintain the current fierce war consumption! ..."

"Okay, I naturally know the difficulties of the Imperial Air Force!"

Before Yamaguchi Duowen could finish speaking, Hirohito waved his hands in disbelief and said, "But Yamaguchi-san, the empire is already on the brink of life and death, and air dominance is the most important thing, so I ask Yamaguchi-san to do your best, don't worry about it." Let me down!"

"Hayi! Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will do my best to serve the Great Japanese Empire before I die!"

Yamaguchi Tawenli quickly ordered the leader to order in awe. Although he could not give a satisfactory answer, it was still very easy to say a few beautiful words and show his loyalty.

"Yo Xi!"

Hirohito nodded, glanced around the crowd, and said in a fierce tone, "The empire has only won a phased victory in this battle, which is far from enough. We must seize the opportunity and try our best to expand the results of the battle." !

We must let the damn Yankees know how powerful the Great Japanese Empire is and how terrifying the anger of the Great Japanese Empire is! "

Tojo immediately nodded his head in understanding: "Your Majesty is wise, the Empire of Japan must make these damn Yankees heartbroken, and let them deeply understand that the Empire of Japan is still extremely powerful!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Those Western bandits have been bullying the weak and fearing the strong since ancient times. As long as they are completely hurt, things will turn around!"

"That's right, the next step is to beat the dog in the water, and let the Yankees know the fate of being an enemy of the Great Japanese Empire!"

Driven by waves of rhythm, everyone in the room became murderous and hideous. They wished they could organize an extremely powerful counterattack now and kill all the tens of thousands of US landing troops on Saipan in one go.

……

"Report to the captain, it is found that the Japanese fleet is sailing at full speed, and it is expected to arrive at the sea where our boat is lurking in 40 minutes!"

"Report, a Japanese aircraft carrier was spotted at nine o'clock!"

"Gentlemen, prepare to fight, and let these damned invaders go to God."

Although the carrier-based aircraft of the U.S. Task Force 58 won an overwhelming victory over the Japanese carrier-based aircraft, they also paid a very heavy price, and they were unable to find the Ozawa fleet and attack it from the beginning to the end.

However, at this time, the Huben Army submarine force and the U.S. ship force cruising in the Philippine waters discovered the Japanese fleet one after another, and locked their targets on Japanese aircraft carriers.

Although the risk factor of forcibly attacking an aircraft carrier in front of many escort ships is high, you can't miss it when you pass by. The submarine forces of the two armies did not hesitate, but played the key role of underwater killers one after another.

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The first attack was the USS Albacore submarine.

At 9:15 in the morning, the U.S. submarine USS Albacore discovered Team A of the Ozawa Fleet while submerging, and was eyeing the largest aircraft carrier Taiho in the Japanese army.

However, just as the Albacore was about to launch torpedoes at Taiho, it was spotted by Japanese surface ships and attacked. In addition to the failure of the submarine's sight, it could only blindly send out 6 torpedoes and dive to escape at the same time.

A Japanese pilot blocked one of the torpedoes with himself and his plane regardless of his life, and one was still lucky enough to hit the aircraft carrier Taiho.

Due to the ship's strong armor and special emphasis on defensive capabilities, it did not cause a big impact for a while.

But after all, this aircraft carrier was designed to protect against the rather strong dive-bombing attacks of the US military in the early days of the Pacific War, and the hull below the waterline was insufficiently protected against torpedoes.

Moreover, the initial Japanese aircraft carriers did not pay much attention to the design of the compartments, and once they were attacked by torpedoes, they would easily capsize directly.

These hidden worries have long been revealed in a series of naval battles.

It was not until more than a year ago that the Japanese Navy realized the seriousness of the problem, and this problem was fundamentally improved in the subsequent construction of aircraft carriers, but those aircraft carriers built before were difficult to upgrade.

At 10:22 in the morning, the fleet of Ozawa Fleet A broke into the latent waters of Huben Navy's No. 045 XXI submarine.

Soon, the No. 045 Type XXI submarine was eyeing the Xianghe aircraft carrier in the fleet.

After more than 20 minutes of careful adjustment, the Type XXI submarine fired 6 torpedoes at the Xianghe aircraft carrier in one go.

Since Type XXI submarines are very concealed and do not need to surface to launch torpedoes, the torpedoes launched by Type 045 XXI submarines can be described as fast and ruthless. In just over a minute, at least 4 of them directly hit Xianghe. aircraft carrier.

The Xianghe aircraft carrier suffered a fatal blow immediately. Not only did it lose its combat power on the spot, it also sank to the bottom of the sea in just over 2 hours, becoming the first Japanese ship to be sunk by the Allies in the Philippine Sea naval battle.

At this time, the situation of another aircraft carrier Taiho, which was hit by a torpedo earlier, deteriorated further.

Due to the leakage of oil and gas pipes, oil and gas permeated the entire hull of the aircraft carrier.

At [-]:[-] p.m., due to the high concentration of oil and gas, and sparks caused by the personnel in the ship, a fire broke out in the ship.

Immediately afterwards, as the fire spread, the ammunition depot was detonated, causing big explosions in Taiho's belly one after another.

As a last resort, Jisaburo Ozawa could only abandon his flagship Taiho and leave with the heavy cruiser Haguro, but its communication facilities were far from sufficient to take on the important position of the flagship.

A few hours later, the Taiho also sank in the Philippine Sea along with the Shokaku.

In addition, several Allied submarines launched attacks one after another. However, due to the enhanced defense potential of the Japanese fleet, especially the key protection of main warships such as aircraft carriers, battleships, and cruisers, it was difficult for the Allied submarines to obtain Opportunities for melee attacks.

There were even several submarines that were attacked by Japanese warning ships in advance when they were approaching the Japanese fleet, and they had to evacuate immediately after making a hasty move.

In this way, the effect will naturally not be very good. In the end, only two destroyers and two supply ships were killed, but the US submarine force paid the price of one being sunk and one being damaged.

Just as Ozawa lost two large aircraft carriers, Japan's third wave of 97 carrier-based aircraft was still flying to the Mariana Islands to attack the US fleet.

Since the U.S. fleet began to evacuate at full speed after encountering the second wave of air strikes, the Japanese fleet of the third wave failed to find the target at first.

After an extended search, they found the US battleship group in the rear.

Although the U.S. aircraft carrier group that they wanted to bomb most was not found, the excited Japanese carrier-based aircraft group did not retreat in spite of difficulties, but rushed up in unison.

At this time, the U.S. fleet, which had already discovered that the pursuers were approaching, had sent hundreds of carrier-based aircraft groups from the aircraft carrier group in the rear to support them.

As a result, a fierce air battle took place again.

After a fierce exchange of fire, the Japanese combat fleet paid the price of 23 planes before breaking through the air interception and rushing over the 7th Detachment.

Then the Japanese combat aircraft group began to attack the battleship group on the sea, but was quickly shot down by 7 aircraft under the powerful anti-aircraft artillery fire of the 14th detachment.

A Tianshan torpedo plane crashed near the waterline of the battleship Indiana, but fortunately the torpedo did not explode.

12 comet dive bombers launched an attack on the 7th Detachment of the U.S. Army. Three bombs exploded on the Wasp and three bombs exploded on the Bunker Hill. The two ships were seriously damaged.

The 3rd Detachment was attacked by four torpedo planes, but fortunately, all four torpedoes were dodged.

The other planes were repulsed by American anti-aircraft fire, and no results worth mentioning were achieved, except for minor damage to several warships.

A total of 97 Japanese planes in the third wave lost a total of 46, and the other 51 escaped to Guam Airport for a transit landing. The U.S. fleet paid the price of 7 fighter jets, 2 warships damaged, and dozens of casualties.

The fourth wave of 138 attack aircraft arrived at the scheduled sea surface at around 14:20 pm, but at this time the US fleet had already moved away from Saipan waters.

Even if they expanded the search area, they failed to find the U.S. fleet, and only briefly exchanged fire with more than a dozen returning U.S. fighter planes, resulting in the shooting down of 4 Japanese planes and 1 U.S. plane.

After losing the attack target, the remaining Japanese aircraft could only fly to Rota Island Airport and land as planned.

The fourth wave of 138 attack aircraft finally ended with damage to four aircraft and shooting down one aircraft, which became the wave with the least loss and the smallest victory in the Japanese aircraft offensive that day.

As for the most powerful second wave of 279 attack aircraft groups, the final battle loss was 214, but at the same time it achieved quite brilliant results. It sank 5 US aircraft carriers, severely damaged 3 ships, and shot down 43 US fighter planes. 120 combat aircraft were destroyed on the carrier.

So far, the Ozawa fleet launched four waves of attacks, dispatched a total of 617 carrier-based aircraft, and eventually damaged 352 aircraft, and only 265 aircraft were able to escape.

In addition, if the loss of the land-based combat aircraft group is added, the loss of the Japanese combat aircraft is as high as more than 800.

For the Japanese army, this was indeed a very heavy and huge loss, which made their already stretched aviation power even worse.

In terms of air strike operations alone, the Japanese army's round of the Philippine Sea battle was indeed a complete victory, sweeping away the decadent trend of repeated defeats in previous battles.It caused huge losses and casualties to the US fleet.

But if you add the two aircraft carriers, two destroyers, and two supply ships that were sunk by Allied submarines, and from a strategic point of view, it can only be described as a loss to both sides.

"Reporting to the Chief Commander, Commander Liu of the Southwest Pacific Theater Fleet has sent an urgent call!"

When Yang Fan was playing badminton with his children at home, a phone call came in suddenly.

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"Okay, I'll be right over here!"

After roughly listening to Huang Hong's dictation, Yang Fan immediately hung up the phone, then smiled apologetically at his daughter and said, "Xue'er, Haoping, I have urgent military affairs to deal with, so I can't play badminton with you!

You two, play by yourself, and I will play with you when I come back tonight! "

"Okay, Dad, go ahead, I will take good care of my brother!"

Yang Xueyan nodded sensiblely.

Now 16 years old, she has long been slim and has become a lady with both civil and military skills. Now she has graduated from a military academy and has become an active soldier.

"Dad! Come back early at night, don't be too tired, your body is the most important thing!"

The six-year-old Yang Haoping is also very sensible, and waved goodbye to Yang Fan obediently.

"Okay! I will come back early to accompany you!"