Chapter 1148 Conspiracy
Five supply ships were sunk, and the sea area where the fleet was located was shrouded in fire. Yijuin's brows kept twitching, his face turned blue and white, and the pain in his heart was indescribable.

The order for the fleet to sail was given by Yamamoto, and he was not expected to be attacked by superior enemy planes, but he had to take responsibility for it. When he thought of this, he felt depressed and wanted to jump into the flames .

The airstrikes did not end there.Although two more Baiji dolphins were shot down, the attack of the group of Baiji dolphins on the five surviving supply ships has not stopped.And just to the east of the fleet, there are dozens of medium-sized bombers waiting for the order to attack.

The air strike lasted about 25 minutes, and in the end, after paying the price of seven fighters, the Xuebing Army Air Force sank a total of nine supply ships and three armed frigates of the Nagasaki Supply Fleet.No matter in terms of the ratio of battle losses or the ratio of consumption, the Xuebing Army still won the victory of this "cooking off" operation.

At around 10:[-], the swarm of Xuebing Army fighter planes began to return, and less than [-] minutes after they left, the watchmen on the King Kong howled again.The previous round of bombing had broken Yijiyuan's nerves. He was organizing the rescue of the drowning crew and he heard that another enemy plane was coming. He was so shocked that he almost sat down on the ground.

And when the "enemy plane" flew a little closer, the plaster flags on the fuselage of some fighter planes appeared in front of Yijiyuan. "Bage, since you are coming, why not come earlier?"

Shanbu flew along the way, and at a place about 100 kilometers away from the Nagasaki supply fleet, he first discovered five ships that were drifting with the waves.These ships belong to the Taiwan supply fleet, but they have been abandoned due to loss of power.At first, Yamabe thought it was the Nagasaki supply fleet, and couldn't help but startled the boss.Later, when no one was found alive on board, he realized that it was most likely a ship abandoned by the Taiwanese supply fleet.

Flying further east, within a few minutes, he saw thick smoke rising from the waters where the Nagasaki Supply Fleet was located, and he flew over following the thick smoke. Soon, the distraught Nagasaki Supply Fleet appeared in front of dozens of devil aviation soldiers. in the eyes.

"We're late!" Yamabe circled around the fleet, muttering to himself in frustration.

At that time, Yamamoto 56 had already received a telegram of the battle situation from Ijuin.Hearing that nine of the thirteen supply ships had been lost, and none of the three fuel supply ships remained, the old devil was so anxious that he couldn't catch up, and passed out again.

This telegram was handed to him by Koizumi himself, and he had known the content beforehand, so Koizumi seemed very calm.While calling for the military doctor to give Yamamoto first aid, he asked Sanada to find Tsukahara to discuss countermeasures with him.

Koizumi first expressed his opinion. He said: "The supply fleet from Nagasaki now has only one ammunition supply ship and two food supply ships left. These supplies can support the loss for about a week. However, there is no fuel. For supplies, the fleet can only stop here. Otherwise, if we can’t take Hainan, we won’t even have enough fuel to return home.”

Suffering heavy blows one after another, Tsukahara's fiery temper can't help but restrain a lot.Unlike Koizumi, who never forgot the Battle of Hainan, he set his sights on the mainland of Japan thousands of miles away.He said: "Whether it is necessary to continue the Hainan campaign has already been decided. Koizumi, what we should be concerned about now is the more severe issue. Even if we can return to Nagasaki safely, what should the commander do? The combined fleet and even the navy What should we do? The bastards in the army will never let this opportunity pass by. They don't want to take us under their command all the time. And if it becomes a reality, I'm afraid your idea of ​​a powerful navy will be ruined. "

Koizumi is still too young to be a political moron.Reminded by Tsukahara, he realized this problem and couldn't help becoming nervous: "Although the Hainan campaign failed, it wouldn't have such a bad impact, right?"

Tsukahara sighed, then squinted at him with the eyes of an idiot, then took out a cigarette and smoked, and did not speak for a long time.

"Please give me one!" Koizumi said, stretching out his right hand tremblingly to take the cigarette from Tsukahara.

As far as politics is concerned, Tsukahara's views are naturally more accurate than Koizumi's.As long as he thinks that Yamamoto will be forced to resign or even leave the Ministry of the Navy because of the failure of the Hainan Raiders, Koizumi will feel restless.Although the Hainan campaign was initiated by Yamamoto, he was the actual promoter.Yamamoto trusted him immensely, but what did he bring to Yamamoto?Yamamoto trusted him and expected him to contribute to a powerful navy.But now it seems that what he brought to the navy was destruction, which hit him too hard.

"Chi—" Koizumi struck a match and wanted to light the cigarette, but he couldn't concentrate because he was so restless, and he scraped more than ten matches in a row, but he couldn't spark the fire.

"Now I'm counting on Haneda and the others to kill Ouyang Yun with a surprise victory. In that case, there may be a turning point in the Hainan campaign. However, based on my observation of the Xuebing Army during this period, it is really difficult for Haneda and the others to do this Yes," Tsukahara said, snatching the matchbox from Koizumi and lighting the cigarette for him.

Koizumi took a deep puff of the cigarette, and then coughed violently.After finally calming down, he said, "Your Excellency Tsukahara, besides this, we have another chance."

"what?"

"Osaka Division!"

"Trader Division? What can you expect from them?"

"Your Excellency, although we all disdain the Osaka Division, have you noticed this? At least they have taken root in Hainan. In other words, we have actually won the initial victory in the Hainan Campaign."

"But—" Zhong Yuan wanted to say, "But this is the reason why the Xue Bingjun voluntarily gave up their positions", but Koizumi interrupted the words before he could leave his mouth.

He said: "We don't care about the future, at least for now, with the strong cooperation of our joint fleet, the Osaka Division has successfully gained a foothold in Hainan. Isn't the Army trying to snatch the results? We will leave them to them. Since the results are given to them , then should the army be fully responsible for the next battle?"

What Koizumi said is shameless, even vicious.Based on his understanding of the combat strength of the Osaka Division, Tsukahara was able to foresee the only fate of the Division remaining on Hainan Island.While surprised by Koizumi's vicious heart, he had to admit that this could indeed solve the crisis faced by the United Fleet and even the Ministry of the Navy.He took a deep breath and said, "Then let the commander wake up and ask him to make a decision."

Koizumi shook his head: "No, you must not let the commander know about this matter. You should be clear about the commander's character. He has a knife mouth and a bean curd heart. We can do this in secret. If something goes wrong, I will take the responsibility. gone."

Tsukahara thought about it and agreed to Koizumi's suggestion.As for the issue of admitting responsibility, he didn't say anything, but he made a decision in his heart. At that time, he will definitely take the responsibility to protect Koizumi, the star of hope of the navy.

(End of this chapter)

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