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Sakamoto stood on the flagship Haruna (Kongō-class battlecruiser), sitting on this huge ship with a full load of tons of displacement.

Sakamoto just felt very heroic in his heart, although the annoying air raid sirens rang in his ears, slightly affecting his good mood at the moment.

"Commander! Do we still need to continue approaching the Chinese waters?" Captain Nobue Morishita asked from the side.

In fact, the captain believed that the 11th Fleet should leave the sea area at this moment and arrive at QingD Port as soon as possible to join the fleet there!

The fleet has no large aircraft carriers or small escort carriers, which means the fleet can only passively defend when facing threats from the sky.

Although according to information from the intelligence department, China's powerful air force has not yet been used to launch torpedo planes to attack warships.

The only dive bomber was the Stuka, which had a small combat radius and was developed to target land targets rather than high-speed moving sea targets.

"No need! Let's sail another 20 nautical miles and then turn northwest to Qing D Port. Otherwise, the Chinese will laugh at us and we will flee in embarrassment after being discovered by them!"

Sakamoto was very respectful to the captain in front of him. Japanese naval officers were different from those in the army. They retained the basic creed and honor of the navy.

Generally, they would not engage in large-scale massacres like the army, and as the commander of the fleet, Sakamoto had to force himself to accept such a concept, although he was unwilling in his heart.

The Chinese fighter plane was always looming around, and in fact, a fighter plane was launched from the battleship (during World War II, battleships and cruisers could launch aircraft) to chase it away.

However, the ejected fighter jets were no match for the Chinese reconnaissance plane. In fact, although this type of P51 is a reconnaissance plane, its firepower is still very fierce!

Seeing the annoying reconnaissance planes always around, Nobue Morishita had a bad feeling in his heart, as if something was going to go wrong!

"Sir! It's almost time. There's no need to gamble the lives of naval officers and soldiers on whether the Chinese Air Force has the ability to attack ships."

Hearing the obvious emotion in Morishita's words, Sakamoto knew that he couldn't be so willful. He was just a locust, and that was why they had been cooperating with him.

Now these senior naval officers have begun to express a little dissatisfaction with their own adventurous behavior!

"Morishita-san! I'm sorry to have caused you trouble! I was willful! Let's change course and head to Qing D Port!"

Sakamoto still has some sense. He is just a vase, a Bodhisattva! Usually he is willful and reckless, and these generals just turn a blind eye.

Now faced with possible dangers, these senior military officers will no longer allow themselves to act on their own.

"Right! Northwest! Full speed ahead!"

The fleet made an almost 90-degree turn at sea and began to accelerate away from the area.

However, in the sky 100 kilometers to the west of them, a group of 15 SB2C dive bombers, 10 TBD torpedo bombers, and 12 F6F Hellcat escort fighters were heading towards this squadron.

"Crows calling to the bird's nest! Crows calling to the bird's nest! The prey has begun to turn northwest and leave the sea area. The coordinates are XXX east longitude and XXX north latitude! Report completed!"

Lu Rong, the pilot of the P51 reconnaissance plane who had been accompanying the flight, once again reported the information about the Japanese fleet. The value displayed on his fuel indicator had reached the warning line.

He now had to return, but fortunately another reconnaissance plane that had just flown into the area could continue tracking the Japanese fleet.

Seeing that annoying crow finally flew away in the distance, all the officers and soldiers of the entire fleet breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that China did not intend to continue following after seeing them leave.

Of course, it is also possible that they did not have enough fuel, but either way the result is good.

However, this good mood only lasted for a few minutes, as another P51 reconnaissance plane of the same type from China appeared from the other side of the airspace.

"Damn it! These nasty flies! As disgusting as a dog-skin plaster!" Sakamoto couldn't help but curse when he saw the plane appear again.

Seeing another reconnaissance plane appear, Morishita became even more worried.

"Attention all warships! All anti-aircraft gun positions on alert! Keep a close eye on the surrounding airspace!" This time the captain did not ask for instructions from Sakamoto, the nominal commander, but gave the order directly.

When Sakamoto heard that Morishita actually gave orders to the fleet directly without going through him, a trace of displeasure flashed across his face. He felt that his dignity was challenged.

Sakamoto was thinking in his mind how to use his identity as a locust to give this hateful guy a good beating.

At this moment, the urgent alarm sounded again, scaring Sakamoto who was concentrating on thinking.

Then a voice came from the warship's radio that made his hands and feet numb.

"A large number of fighter planes spotted in the southwest! Direction XX! Estimated number is over 30!"

The observation post at the top of the bridge sent the early warning information immediately after hearing the report of the sighting of enemy aircraft.

Morishita immediately ran out of the captain's command room and ran towards the observation post at the highest point of the bridge. In less than a minute, Morishita reached the top of the bridge.

Through the telescope, Morishita saw a large number of fighter planes approaching in the southwest airspace, and it seemed that they were heading for his fleet.

"Anti-aircraft operations! Load the main guns with Type 3 normal ammunition!" Morishita issued combat orders through the ship's loudspeakers.

Now they are sailing in battle formation, so there is no need to adjust the formation for the time being. They just need to start turning to facilitate the aiming of the four twin-mounted 356mm 45-caliber main guns.

At the same time, the destroyers and light cruisers on the periphery of the entire fleet began to prepare to release smoke, and at the same time began to move to the front of the direction of the attacking aircraft group.

At the same time, tasks began to be assigned within the attacking fleet, and the first wave of attacks would be launched by fighter jets.

They will be responsible for attracting the air defense forces of the Japanese fleet, while using machine guns and mounted rockets to straf the anti-aircraft firepower points on the Japanese warships.

"Boom boom boom" the orange-red muzzle flames of the battleship's 10 main guns after firing could be clearly seen by the pilots in the fleet more than ten kilometers away.

"Disperse! All teams disperse according to the predetermined plan!" Commander Wu Jianwei gave the order.

The fighter groups quickly began to break away from the formation and began to disperse and approach the Japanese fleet from all directions.

"Boom boom" huge fireballs exploded in the air, forming a large barrage of bullets!

In particular, the shells fired by this large-caliber battleship artillery can basically cover the airspace within 300 meters around with one shot.

Any fighter jets in this airspace will basically be shot into sieves. Of course, this is only theory.

In reality, the main gun air defense of battleships is more of a deterrent than a real act. With its slow gun speed and lack of accuracy, it can only fire shells for air defense after simple measurement, and will basically have no killing effect on fighter planes in the sky.

Of course, if you are extremely unlucky, or the distance is not too far, and the opposing gunner is favored by the goddess of luck, that is another matter.

A large barrage of bullets covered the airspace ahead. The bombers and torpedo planes had also dispersed. They formed small combat formations of three and advanced from four directions.