The War of Resistance Against Japan: Special Operations Battalion Traverses Shanghai and Slaughters

Meanwhile, Yamamoto Isoroku, just as he was anxiously leading his fleet back to the mainland, suddenly received a telegram from the Imperial General Headquarters.

In a telegram, Hideki Tojo told Isoroku Yamamoto that the Ame-no-Kage had decided to surrender unconditionally, and instructed him to lead his fleet to halt its advance, turn towards the Ryukyu Islands, and wait for the arrival of the Chinese army before surrendering to them.

Moreover, the General Headquarters also sent the same telegram to troops in Southeast Asia and other regions.

When Yamamoto Isoroku received the telegram, he could hardly believe it. Japan had achieved an unprecedented victory in the Pacific theater, causing the United States to suffer heavy losses and retreat.

Yamamoto Isoroku even began to envision the scene of leading his fleet to drive the United States back to their homeland from the Pacific Ocean.

Therefore, if we order him to surrender now, he will be unwilling and will not agree.

To avoid demoralizing his troops, Yamamoto Isoroku tore up the telegram and then telegraphed Tojo Hidekichi, saying that he would lead the fleet to fight to the last moment and would never surrender.

When Tojo Hideki received the reply, he could only smile wryly. He knew Yamamoto Isoroku; he was an extremely stubborn person.

Moreover, a general in the field may disobey the emperor's orders, and now that the other party is defying orders, there is nothing he can do.

Isoroku Yamamoto believed that his fleet currently consisted of 15 aircraft carriers, more than 500 aircraft, and a large number of battleships and light and heavy cruisers, with a total of nearly 200 ships.

Most importantly, Yamamoto Isoroku's fleet had just received the world's largest battleship, the Yamato, which was the source of his immense confidence.

Therefore, he believed he was fully capable of fighting a decisive battle against the Huaxia Kingdom and the Longyan Army.

Moreover, the situation in the Pacific theater is currently very favorable; it would be better to kill him than to force him to surrender.

However, Yamamoto Isoroku was unaware that the newly formed Pacific Fleet of the Dragon Flame People's Army Navy was already on high alert.

Yamamoto Isoroku's fleet had just entered the 300-kilometer detection range of the phased array radar on the Dragon Flame Pacific Fleet destroyer when it was detected and tracked by them.

Although Sun Haitao knew from radar that the other side had no less than two hundred warships of various types, he was not worried at all; on the contrary, he became excited.

Sun Haitao's Pacific Fleet has ten guided-missile destroyers, each with 64 vertical launch cells, which means 640 missiles of various types.

With about two hundred enemy warships, each could be hit with three YJ missiles. These high-powered missiles, capable of killing with a single shot, were simply too much for warships of that era to handle.

In Sun Haitao's mind, the only thing that might cause a little trouble was the "Yamato".

This battleship is the largest battleship in human history and is also known as the world's number one battleship.

This 70,000-ton steel behemoth is equipped with three triple-mounted Type 94 460mm naval guns.

At the time, this was the largest caliber naval gun in human history, with a single shell weighing 1.5 tons and containing 330 kilograms of explosives. A single shell could destroy an ordinary ship.

此外还有12门155毫米舰炮，以及4座3联装155毫米副炮。

In terms of air defense weaponry, it has 12 127mm dual-purpose guns, 52 25mm triple anti-aircraft guns, a small number of single-barreled 25mm anti-aircraft guns, and 2 twin-mounted 13.2mm machine guns.

Frankly speaking, the Yamato was second to none in terms of both offensive and defensive capabilities during that period.

Back then, the Yamato was attacked by US carrier-based aircraft in the waters southwest of Kyushu Island. It was hit by 10 torpedoes and 24 bombs, and then the forward ammunition magazine was detonated, which is why it sank to the bottom of the sea more than 300 meters deep.

This resulted in the deaths of 2498 Japanese soldiers, including Captain Ariga Kosaku, with only 269 soldiers rescued.

Moreover, Sun Haitao learned through the subsystem Sun Xiaobai that the "Yamato" was now the flagship of the Japanese Pacific Fleet, and Commander Yamamoto Isoroku was on board.

Sun Haitao secretly vowed in his heart: "Today is the first battle after the establishment of the Pacific Fleet. The first battle must be won. I must sink the Japanese's proud 'Yamato' first."

"Order: Lock onto the Japanese battleship 'Yamato', launch six YJ anti-ship missiles, and sink it."

The YJ anti-ship missile has a range of 600 kilometers, and all Japanese warships are now within its range, so we can hit whichever one we want.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

The vertical launch silo cover opened quickly, and six YJ anti-ship missiles soared out of the silo, flying into the distance with trails of fire.

In less than ten minutes, six YJ anti-ship missiles flew to a distance of 40 kilometers from the Yamato, then jettisoned their cruise missiles and launched a terminal attack on the warship at Mach 3 supersonic speed.

In less than a minute, six missiles struck the Yamato in succession at the front, middle and rear.

Six deafening explosions blasted the Yamato, leaving six large holes in its hull and causing the entire battleship to crack and become completely deformed.

Yamamoto Isoroku and Captain Ariga Kosaku were discussing battle plans in the command room when the sudden attack caught them off guard.

The massive shockwave from the explosion not only tore the ship apart but also killed many Japanese soldiers on the spot.

Isoroku Yamamoto and Kosaku Ariga were knocked unconscious by the shockwave.

A few minutes later they slowly woke up, by which time the Yamato had already sunk halfway into the sea.

Meanwhile, seawater was flooding into their cabin.

Ariga Kosaku's head was buzzing. He staggered to the hatch and reached out to open it.

However, the hatch was deformed and could not be opened at all. No matter how hard Yuga Kosaku tried, the hatch remained motionless.

As the water level inside the cabin rose higher and higher, Yuga Kosaku shouted at Yamamoto Isoroku.

"General Yamamoto, come quickly! Come quickly! We must find a way out, or we will drown."

Yamamoto Isoroku certainly didn't want to die; the will to survive is in his nature. He struggled through the thigh-deep water to reach Ariga Kosaku's side.

Then the two of them tried together, but unfortunately they still couldn't open the hatch.

The water level had reached their waists, and seeing that the hatch could not be opened, they gradually began to despair.

This despair eventually turned into fear. When the water reached their necks, Yamamoto Isoroku pressed his head against the cabin ceiling and then shouted with the last of his strength.

"Long live the Great Japan! Long live the Locust!"

However, Kosaku Ariga did not choose to do so. He used the last short time of his life to close his eyes and think of his family.

When the Japanese warships nearby saw that the Yamato had been attacked, they all ran to the deck to watch.

As the Yamato continued to sink, the morale and faith of many Japanese soldiers began to crumble.

"Wasn't it supposed to be an unsinkable behemoth? Why is it starting to sink?"

"My God, where are the enemy's warships and planes? I can't see them at all. How come the Yamato was hit?"

"What...what's going on? The Yamato is sinking..."

Amidst the horrified discussions of the Japanese soldiers, the Yamato finally disappeared from the sea, as if it had never existed in this world.