I asked you to escape, but you became a soldier in World War II

Chapter 164 The Battle of Leyte Gulf Ends
Lin Chen knew very well that although his swimming skills were good and his speed was first-rate,
But it depends on who you compare with.

In the ocean, this kind of shark is definitely the king.
Swimming competition with it?
That's simply comparing treasures with the Dragon King of the Sea.

Therefore, Lin Chen did not choose to escape at the first moment, because he would never be able to escape.

He chose to carefully observe this "perverted killer" in the sea.
At this time, the Japanese army who had fled not far away were still looking at this side with gloating.

Some people were still cursing loudly in Japanese, as if they were gloating over someone else's misfortune.

In their opinion, Lin Chen was doomed to die.

And they will die miserably.
Once the sharks are full, they may not attack them.

Human nature is undoubtedly revealed at times like this, especially when it comes to the Japanese army, which is known for its bestiality?

When Lin Chen was serving in his previous life, he participated in the underwater self-rescue training course.

He had heard many veterans talk about the horror of giant sharks.
They have three main killer weapons to deal with prey:

It has a speed comparable to that of a motorboat, powerful bite force, and terrifying impact force.

Therefore, humans are absolutely unable to fight sharks head-on in the sea.

If you really can't escape, your only chance is to grab the other's dorsal fin, swim with it, and then take the opportunity to attack its eyes with a sharp object.

The grasp of timing and angle is extremely demanding, and the success rate is pitifully low.

But does Lin Chen have any other choice now?
So he was concentrating on the direction where the shark was rushing, and his personal information panel was beeping loudly:

[Danger! Extremely dangerous!]

[Danger! Extremely dangerous!]

[Danger! Extremely dangerous!]

The shark's dark eyes revealed a terrifying ferocity, and its exaggerated huge mouth had begun to slowly open, revealing its sharp white teeth.

With its powerful tail fin, it is approaching at an incredible speed.

10 meters,
9 meters,
8 meters,
Closer, closer.

When there was only about the last meter left, Lin Chen suddenly moved.

He almost tensed all the muscles in his body, then exerted force instantly and moved about half a meter to the side at an extremely fast speed.

It was this half-meter difference that allowed him to brush past the shark's slippery, cold body.

He could even feel the fierce killing intent from the shark.
But this is not the time to admire the other person's "professionalism".
His right hand suddenly shot out like lightning, tightly grasped the shark's dorsal fin, and then took advantage of the situation to get on the high-speed "motorboat".

Only when I swam quickly along the shark's back did I realize how terrifying its speed was.

The water whizzed past his ears, and the waves hitting his face made it impossible for Lin Chen to open his eyes.

Now he can only roughly feel his physical condition through his information panel.

Judge the water depth based on the water pressure near your ears.

The shark tried desperately to get rid of the "uninvited guest" on its back.
It has always been the one that is riding on others, when will it be its turn to catch its prey?
But how could Lin Chen let it succeed?
He pulled the dagger from his boot and stabbed it into the shark's eye with all his strength.

In fact, he wasn't sure whether he had stabbed it or not. He just knew that he had stabbed it randomly and the strong smell of blood went straight into his nose.

A fierce battle between man and shark broke out on the sea. The Japanese officers and soldiers who fell into the water in the distance were dumbfounded. For a moment, they even didn't know whether they should cheer for Lin Chen, who was also a human being.

Seeing that it could not break free and in great pain, the shark very alertly began to dive into the deep sea.

Now Lin Chen couldn't continue.
It is absolutely impossible for a person to dive to the same depth as a shark without protective measures.
His lungs would be crushed by the strong water pressure.

So when he felt he couldn't bear it anymore, he had to let go, but before leaving, he still stabbed the shark's soft belly many times.

I quickly surfaced and breathed in big gulps of fresh air.

The Japanese were also surprised to see that Lin Chen was still alive. Although they were a maritime nation, they asked themselves that facing such a terrifying shark would definitely be like sushi delivered to their doorstep.

Lin Chen did not feel any joy. He could feel the shark's fury.
But sharks have many hunting techniques, the most common of which is to kill them on the surface of the water, so that we can at least see the dorsal fin swimming towards us.
There is also a more vicious method, which is to drill out from underwater. The buoyancy plus its powerful tail fin are enough to approach the prey at high speed and catch the prey off guard.

Seeing that it had not yet surfaced, Lin Chen did not dare to be careless.
The system panel was sending out warnings frantically.

So I could only take a deep breath and dive below the sea surface to observe.

Since he was wearing a life jacket, the time he could see was very short.

But even in just a moment, he saw that the furious shark was less than two meters away from him.

The shark's left eye was broken, but its right eye was still fixed on Lin Chen.

It was determined to tear Lin Chen into pieces to vent its hatred.

Lin Chen was so frightened at the moment that he pulled a dead body of a Japanese soldier wearing a life jacket nearby.
He pushed it downwards, right into the shark's bloody mouth, and was brushed to the side by the shark's huge impact force.

Even so, his left arm was instantly dislocated and several ribs were broken.
It's so scary.

The worst thing is that the shark is obviously still unwilling to let go of Lin Chen, the guy who hurt it.

After cruising around for a while, it turned around and attacked again.

Lin Chen suddenly felt a little desperate. His left arm was dislocated, but the dagger in his right hand had been knocked away in the collision.

What should we do now to deal with sharks?

"System, come out quickly! Give me a mecha enhancement gift package!"

Lin Chen shouted repeatedly.

However, the system did not respond at all, instead it issued extremely dangerous red alarms over and over again.

Hey!
What a son of a bitch.

Am I really going to die here?
Just then, the shark's dorsal fin disappeared again, which meant that it dived again and decided to attack from underwater.

This inexplicable fear before death has always been the killer weapon of sharks.

Lin Chen knew that this time he would have to fight to the death, so he quickly took off his life jacket, took a deep breath, and planned to dive down to fight the shark.
Although the probability of success is extremely low.

He could even feel the shark right at his feet.

But when he dived down and opened his eyes under the sea, he found a shocking scene.
The shark that almost made him collapse disappeared.

Could it be that he is hiding in some corner, preparing to deal a fatal blow to himself?
This unknown fear gave Lin Chen goose bumps all over his body. But he checked again and again, but still couldn't find any trace of the shark. What was going on?
Just when he was full of doubts, the sound of a Catalina seaplane came from the sky.
Under the envious and jealous gazes of the Japanese army, the Catalina seaplane landed smoothly on the sea, and Lin Chen swam over with all his might.

"Major Lin, if your companion plane hadn't repeatedly confirmed the coordinates of where you fell into the water, it would have been difficult for us to find you." The rescuers on the plane also looked tired. The cabin was filled with many rescued pilots, and there were several seriously injured people lying in the back.

"There was a shark just now, you have to be careful!" Lin Chen quickly reminded.

"What? A shark? How big is it?" The machine gunner looked at the dark sea very nervously and pulled the bolt.

"It was about three meters long, and I stabbed its left eye."

"Hahaha~ Major Lin, although we all know that you are an ace pilot, you can't just brag without thinking, right? You can survive a three-meter-long shark?"

Faced with the rescuers' ridicule, Lin Chen could only choose to shut up. It was indeed difficult to understand, and where did the shark go?

This will probably remain a mystery forever.

After rescuing Lin Chen, the plane was ready to take off.
"What about those Japanese soldiers?" Lin Chen suddenly thought, aren't these all very good prisoners of war laborers?
"We have no way to contain them now. We can only let them fend for themselves. This is war."

The rescuers shrugged, seeming to be accustomed to it.

If it was Japanese planes coming to rescue, it would have been good enough if they did not shoot at the American soldiers who fell into the water.

When Lin Chen was rescued and brought back to the USS Intrepid, the ship welcomed him and other survivors back.

Lin Chen's dislocated shoulder was diagnosed and treated promptly.

Because of his injury, Lin Chen is temporarily receiving treatment and recuperation in the field hospital on the aircraft carrier.

His military achievements were reported to his superiors and he waited for their approval.

The rumbling sound of artillery could still be heard at night. It was undoubtedly the Japanese army advancing towards the vicinity of Leyte Gulf, but the US fleet would never allow them to launch an attack on the landing troops.

So there will inevitably be a crazy exchange of fire.

The sound of cannons rang all night long, and the flames of war burned the entire sky red.

Although the officers and soldiers on the dreadnought did not participate in the night battle, they were all nervously preparing for tomorrow's attack, and the top brass were intensively discussing and deducing the upcoming battle situation.

Lin Chen's injuries were not actually serious. His left arm had been reattached long ago, and the broken ribs in his chest had actually recovered as well. It was just that there was no CT scan in that era, so outsiders would not know this clearly.

But the medical staff insisted that he stay in bed and rest. After all, if someone else had such an injury, they would not be able to get out of bed for ten days or so.

Lin Chen sneaked out of the hospital bed and went to the cabin where his squadron was.

Before I even entered the door, I could hear people singing inside. Many people were drinking Coke and the atmosphere was very lively.

After all, it was a great victory.

But when the squadron leader came in,

Instantly everyone stood at attention.
It is okay to indulge yourself appropriately, but it must be done without your superiors.

"Take a break!"

"I just came to see how you were doing. You can't stay in the hospital." Lin Chen felt bitter. It seemed that after he was promoted to major, many things would no longer be the same as before.

"Sir, our losses were not great, but our results were brilliant!"

"Yes, sir, you are showing off your power today!"

"Yes, I followed you to drop the bomb, it was really fun."

Everyone started praising Lin Chen, and everyone liked to hear the flattering words.

Besides, this is true.

Lin Chen smiled, then asked about everyone's combat experience, gave some encouragement, and then tactfully withdrew.
No one felt comfortable with him in there.

However, after what he had just learned, it seemed that his squadron did not suffer much loss. In fact, there were many people in the squadron whose names he could not remember, as the turnover of personnel was too fast.

After walking around, he didn't see Kirilenko, which made him feel very strange.

So he went to Colonel Sinclair,
The colonel was very happy to see that he seemed to be alright.

He highly affirmed the results of Lin Chen's attack today, and said that although the Japanese army was fighting at night, they could not cause any big waves.

Speaking of Kirilenko, Sinclair explained that, upon his own application, he was transferred to the Marine Corps and participated in the ground offensive against the Philippines.

He couldn't say which unit he would be transferred to, after all, they were two different systems.

Lin Chen was not surprised, because Kirilenko could not master flying as quickly as he did. Instead of doing nothing here, it would be better for him to make achievements in the Marine Corps.

Although the Japanese navy has been badly damaged, the island's defense force is still very strong.

Wish him good luck!
"Major Lin, our next move will definitely be to support the ground offensive in the Philippines. What are your plans?" Sinclair handed Lin Chen a cup of coffee.

He doesn't like drinking Coke, maybe because he's getting older.

"Colonel, I plan to fight with the team. The Japanese ground resistance will definitely be very fierce."

"Well, I think so too. However, they are doomed to fail because they ran into us." Sinclair laughed.

Lin Chen also smiled slightly, but he was thinking in his heart, in less than 10 years, there will be an ancient Eastern country that will teach you a lesson about the "iron fist of the proletariat."

The next morning, news came in about the battle situation at the front.
Last night's naval battle was the last naval battle between battleships in human history, and it was also the most successfully organized night battle in naval history.

美国海军的六艘战列舰和四艘重巡洋舰在苏里高海峡以逸待劳，以1艘鱼雷艇为代价，获得了击沉日军2艘战列舰、1艘重巡洋舰、3艘驱逐舰，伤1艘重巡洋舰1艘驱逐舰的骄人战绩。

In particular, after the Japanese battleship "Fuso" was hit by a torpedo, the ammunition depot exploded, the hull broke into two and sank, and all crew members were killed.

By this calculation, the Japanese army lost a total of four of its last aircraft carriers in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, as well as three battleships, Musashi, Fuso, and Yamashiro. Six heavy cruisers, four light cruisers were sunk, and 4 destroyers.

The US military only paid the price of one aircraft carrier and two escort aircraft carriers, and other losses were negligible. As the two sides gained strength, the US military completely grasped the air and sea supremacy.

If the Battle of the Marianas destroyed the air force of the Japanese Combined Fleet, then the Battle of Leyte Gulf completely broke its backbone.

The Japanese 14th Army in the Philippines was completely isolated.

Sure enough, after dawn, it was confirmed that the Japanese army had been defeated.

The next step is to focus on dealing with the "Malay Tiger".

Yesterday's 162nd chapter was blocked by the review. It's really not easy to write a novel about World War II, so starting from the 7th, new chapters will be released at 7: a.m., so that I have enough time to adjust. Otherwise, you may not be able to see it.

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