Devil's Army

Captain Hu learned from the intelligence transmitted by the Golden Eagle II that the flagship of the Japanese reinforcement fleet was the Yamato. Its nine main guns reached a terrifying 460mm and had a range of 42 kilometers.

The range of any warship or coastal defense gun in the First Army Navy cannot be compared with it.

Faced with the approaching threat, the Air Force prepared first.

The First Army Air Force now has only nine combat drones left, and many of the drones have fired their air-to-ground missiles.

However, each Golden Eagle II has two spare air-to-ground missiles under its belly.

Captain Fan ordered the soldiers to hang all the unused spare air-to-ground missiles on the belly launcher of the Golden Eagle II and prepare for battle with all their strength.

The Golden Eagle No. 2, which was in charge of reconnaissance, sent a message that the Japanese fleet was less than 20 nautical miles away from the First Army fleet.

Captain Fan ordered that all nine combat-capable Golden Eagle IIs take off, hide in the dark clouds, and be ready to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese fleet at any time.

Just as the navy and air force were preparing for battle, the pursuing Japanese fleet suddenly stopped chasing and turned around and retreated.

The Japanese fleet's outrageous actions also confused the navy. They didn't fight but chased after us, and when they almost caught up with us, they retreated again. What on earth was going on?

It turned out that Commander Yamamoto of the Navy had received the report of this encounter and believed that the navy of the Devil Force was not a threat. The biggest threat was their small aircraft.

Many of the Empire's warships were damaged and sunk by their small aircraft.

Before we develop a small aircraft to deal with the Devil Forces, it is not advisable to engage in a large-scale naval battle with the Devil Forces’ navy.

Moreover, the destroyer that was withdrawn to Jinzhou Port was seriously damaged and had received nearly 100 crew members from the sunken destroyer, so it could sink at any time. Ask the Yamato fleet to go over and pick them up.

When Captain Hu and his men saw the Japanese fleet retreating, they felt confused but also relieved.

At present, their fleet has no advantage over the Japanese fleet in terms of tonnage, firepower or range.

This battle will be a bloody one, and it will be questionable how many of their warships can return.

Captain Hu ordered the fleet to continue retreating to Huludao.

During the retreat to Huludao, three seriously wounded Japanese naval soldiers on the captured Soryu heavy cruiser accidentally fell into the sea.

The soldiers of the First Army guarding the naval prisoners on the Soryu acted as if nothing had happened.

The remaining 18 naval prisoners did not speak either. It seemed that without the groans of the three seriously injured men, their ears were much quieter.

The First Navy successfully returned to Hulu Port, and the Canglong, which was captured by the Chaoyang, was towed to the dock for emergency repairs.

Since Fox Wolf's last suggestion to Leng Feng was approved, Fox Wolf transferred one hundred Japanese naval prisoners from Tiaobinshan County Coal Mine in three batches.

These naval prisoners were freed from the dirty, tiring and dark coal mining work and cherished their current work of repairing warships. Soon, many of them became the technical backbone of the dockyard.

However, there were still problems with language communication, so Leng Feng had to send two student soldiers who knew Japanese to work at the dock.

After the last incident in the Navy camp where a soldier discriminated against and insulted a Japanese instructor, Gray Wolf criticized that Navy soldier in a big way and issued a circular criticizing him to the entire army.

Gray Wolf also launched a campaign in Huludao to respect teachers and value education. Therefore, these naval prisoners did not suffer discrimination or insults while working in the dock.

Captain Hu also drove the Chaoyang cruiser and three other warships to the dock.

In this naval battle, the four warships of the First Army Navy were damaged to varying degrees. Captain Hu asked the technicians to repair these four warships first.

This can prevent the embarrassing situation where the army and navy have no ships to send out when the Japanese attack Huludao.

The Air Force used nearly 40 air-to-ground missiles in this naval battle. Currently, the Air Force has only eight air-to-ground missiles left.

If Colonel Murata insisted on pursuing the First Army's fleet, the Air Force's remaining air-to-ground missiles would be distributed, and each Japanese warship could only be attacked with one air-to-ground missile.

This cannot support an army or navy in combat at all.

After an army's air force runs out of air-to-ground missiles, the battle will become one-sided.

An army's navy may even be completely wiped out.

When Gray Wolf and Leng Feng thought about this, they felt a chill running down their spines.

Leng Feng ordered the soldiers to send the damaged Golden Eagle II back to the tribe for repair, and telegraphed Wen Lang to send the manufactured air-to-ground missile to Huludao as soon as possible.

Wen Lang sent the twelve air-to-ground missiles to Huludao on the same day and launched a campaign at the Arsenal to "Defend Huludao, Make Air-to-Ground Missiles!"

The entire research department put aside other work and focused on manufacturing missile engines and Golden Eagle II.

The entire arsenal also gave priority to manufacturing air-to-ground missiles and 260mm coastal defense artillery shells, and produced a small number of 460mm coastal defense artillery shells in advance.

This encounter at sea initiated by the First Army Navy also effectively delayed the attack of the Jinzhou Japanese Navy on Huludao, buying precious time for Li Gong to build the 460mm coastal defense gun.