Chapter 103 Qianlang died on the beach

The lifeboats were packed to the brim.Genda was sitting with the photographer Makishima at the time. Mushima's camera, film and other things were all lost, and all his life was left. When he was panicking, he heard Genda whisper: "If 'Xianghe ''Ruihe' is here, so it won't be such a disastrous defeat." The first half of the sentence is irrelevant. After suffering such a big loss, it will inevitably remind people of "Xianghe" and "Ruihe" who were supposed to participate in the war.The most terrible thing is the second half of the sentence, because it reveals a word that everyone knows, but no one dares to mention - "fiasco", the mobile unit will also fail miserably!

Ever since the successful attack on Pearl Harbor, mobile units have been like upstarts who once gained power. Slaughtering fat ducks, fighting from east to west, from the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean, not to mention a disastrous defeat, Xiao Sheng felt ashamed. But suddenly one day, the nouveau riche were also devastated, and even the table where they ate was unceremoniously pushed down.For a man used to a life of luxury, this was downright terrifying. Everyone knew the tables had been turned, but no one except Genda would tell it.After Mujima heard it, he looked around nervously, trying to see if Nagumo or Kuolu had heard the word "fiasco".

I don't know if Nanyun and Caolu heard it, but a naval officer obviously heard it very clearly.He looked at Genda and said calmly, "The outcome of this battle will definitely determine the fate of Japan." The Admiral's voice was very loud. Hearing what he said, the people on the boat suddenly raised their heads, but no one said anything. The grass deer made no sound.He regards himself as the heir of the Japanese sword sect and a believer in Buddhism, even if he is pretending, he has to pretend to be calm. Only when others observe carefully can they find that the muscles at the corners of his mouth are twitching uncontrollably.

Nagumo didn't say anything either.He stared intently at the bridge of "Akagi" first, then lowered his head again.Makishima couldn't see any ripples in the heart of this mobile unit boss, but he noticed that the wrinkles on his face seemed to be getting deeper. Nagumo boarded the "Nagara" in a lifeboat and used the light cruiser as his new flagship.However, before that, he had handed over the temporary command to Major General Koki Abe, the deputy commander of the mobile force, and authorized Abe to continue operations with the only remaining "Flying Dragon" aircraft carrier as the core.

After receiving the order, Abe gave an order to Major General Yamaguchi Tamon, commander of the Second Air Fleet: "Attack the enemy aircraft carrier." Yamaguchi was Yamamoto's fellow apprentice. When he graduated from the Naval Academy, his grades were second in his class, and he was once considered to be Yamamoto's successor.This person is hot-tempered, pretentious, and has a bad relationship with Nanyun.Others regarded Nagumo as a person, but he dismissed it, thinking that if he were to be the commander of the mobile unit, he would definitely be more competent than Nagumo.

After learning that the U.S. fleet had an aircraft carrier, Yamaguchi sent a signal to Yamamoto through the destroyer, requesting that bombers be sent to attack the task force immediately without the cover of combat power, but Nagumo ignored him. The tragedy of the three aircraft carriers being hit made Yamaguchi's staff terrified, but they hit Yamaguchi's heart: ignore me?There must be retribution, isn't this my chance to show my talents and turn the tide? Yamaguchi was very emotional, and he seemed to have seen that when the mobile unit returned to Japan, he was at the forefront as a hero who fought alone and turned defeat into victory, while Nagumo, who was once arrogant and arrogant, followed behind in despair.

The back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, and the front waves died on the beach. It should have been like this! Of course, others don't have his good mood of gloating. The pilots of the Hiryu, the only carrier undamaged, were taken aback when they were told they were the last pilots in the mobile unit. Yamaguchi decided to let Captain Kobayashi Michio lead the attack.Before Kobayashi's fleet set off, he and Captain Kalai Shio shook hands with the pilots on the bridge.Yamaguchi was ambitious, and he always had an amiable look on his face. The captain was more knowledgeable than him. He told the pilots: "I won't just let you sacrifice."

The Japanese are very easily affected by emotions. Kobayashi, who led the team, was so excited that his teeth chattered. The officer who accompanied him was also affected, saying: "I have never seen such a touching scene." At 10:58 in the morning, Kobayashi's fleet took off. There were 18 dive bombers and 6 fighters in total. This was all the fighters that Yamaguchi could send under the current situation. At 11:30, Nagumo arrived on the "Nagara" and resumed his duties, but because he was busy drawing up a new battle plan, Yamaguchi was still the actual air combat commander.

Due to the lack of new reconnaissance information, it was not easy to find the task force by the Kobayashi fleet alone, but Kobayashi thought of a method similar to his opponent.