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

Chapter 78 Pursuit of victory
The JF2 "Duck" aircraft was obviously not satisfied with this achievement. After circling in the air, it dived down again, but this time it had no bombs. It only dropped a red buoy at another fast-fleeing I-class submarine and used radio to report the enemy ship's final location to the high-speed destroyer.

When the two Fletcher-class destroyers were traveling at full speed, at a speed of up to 37 knots, they approached the red buoy in a very short time. Using the information provided by sonar and patrol aircraft, they quickly locked onto the approximate location of the enemy ship.

The hedgehog bombs on the ship were fired quickly!
This ship-borne anti-submarine weapon was developed in the United Kingdom and was eventually successfully introduced by the US military's anti-submarine destroyers.

There are 24 gun barrels on its launcher, tilted forward 45 degrees. So many gun barrels close together, like the hard thorns on a hedgehog, hence the name.

The Hedgehog missile launcher is usually installed on the bow deck. When firing a salvo, 24 Hedgehog missiles are fired one by one at very short intervals, forming an elliptical barrage. If a submarine is caught in this elliptical barrage, it is basically doomed.

Sure enough, as the depth charges exploded one after another under the sea, the powerful shock waves stirred up dozens of towering water columns on the sea surface.

The sailors on the ship anxiously waited for the result of the attack. The sonar operator shouted: "The enemy ship's hull is broken, and there is a violent sound of water pressure from underwater! The target has been destroyed!"

As the good news that the enemy ship was destroyed was passed back to the aircraft carrier's command room, all the personnel in the command room cheered!

Colonel York finally breathed a sigh of relief. Now he had a chance to rescue the crew members who fell into the water.

He ordered a destroyer to rescue people, while the others were still fighting on the front line. He looked at Lin Chen with grateful eyes, and thousands of words turned into a short "Thank you!"

"Colonel, it's not time for us to completely relax! Don't forget, there is a Japanese submarine underwater!" Lin Chen still reminded him that the best way to deal with the Japanese army is to cut the roots and leave no future troubles.

If we keep this ship alive, it will still be a big trouble when the fleet returns.

"The destroyer behind has been looking for it, but it seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth." York said with a headache.

"It won't just leave like that. They must have sent a telegram to the Japanese land-based aviation force to report our location. The Japanese planes will be here soon. If I were the commander of the Japanese submarine, I would definitely follow behind quietly and take another bite when the Japanese planes attack us!"

"Oh my God, I'd be in trouble if I met an opponent like you. Fortunately, we are allies!" York shrugged helplessly.

"So should we continue heading south now?" John asked.

"Well, just keep going south and keep the speed low. The Japanese submarines will definitely chase us in a straight line to the west! They will quickly consume their power. When the power is low and the oxygen is exhausted, the Japanese planes will be almost here."

"Then won't we be attacked by the Japanese land-based aviation?" John was puzzled.

"Haha, let's head south to seize the opportunity, then head directly north to quickly escape their attack circle. When the Japanese planes run out of fuel and return, it will be time for us to deal with the submarine following us!"

The fleet followed Lin Chen's instructions and slowly moved south, apparently to avoid the attack of Japanese submarines.

At this moment, the commander of the Japanese submarine, Major Kagata, was struggling in the command cabin of the submarine. In terms of performance, they were already successful this time. The other two submarines he called over destroyed a lot of American cargo ships, with a considerable tonnage.

But he only followed behind and destroyed a medium-sized cargo ship. The attack on the escort aircraft carrier actually missed, which really made him angry.

And the most frustrating thing was that in order to keep up with the American fleet retreating southward, he could only follow the fleet at a low speed (it was easy for the destroyers to lock on his position at a high speed). The oxygen and batteries in the boat could last for a while, but sneaking around like this was not the way he wanted to fight.

"I hope those guys from the Air Force can get here quickly and deal a heavy blow to the U.S. military!" Major Kaga didn't know that his other two accomplices had already "set out" before him, so he kept muttering to himself.

The lieutenants around him didn't talk much. The Japanese Navy had a strict hierarchy, and this time the Japanese submarines broke with the norm and adopted advanced "wolf pack" tactics, which really yielded good results.

"Report, the US military formation is still sailing south at a low speed!" the sonar operator reported softly.

"Move slowly westward at 1/3 speed! Everyone observe silence!" Kaga gave the order coldly. Just as Lin Chen thought, he wanted to continue expanding the victory to the west.

About half an hour later, Lin Chen estimated that the time was almost right and immediately suggested that the fleet head north urgently.

Colonel York gave the order to turn at full speed and required the destroyer formation to conduct a focused search in the area designated by Lin Chen.

Kaga was very depressed. The U.S. fleet was right in front of him, but he couldn't launch an attack. What was most annoying was that the U.S. fleet was very fast, so when the air force arrived, there was not much time left to stay in the air and fight.

More than half an hour later, Lin Chen was nervously calculating on the nautical chart.

"I estimate that the Japanese planes will be here soon. Now our fighter planes can take off!"

York turned to look at his adjutant, John said awkwardly, "Two of them were damaged in the battle just now, one fell into the sea, and there are still five!"

"That's enough. The Japanese air force they can send here won't be particularly strong. Their Zero fighters have all been deployed to the Pacific front. Eighty percent of the escorts are their Nakajima I fighters, which have a range of more than 2000 kilometers. We are about 1000 kilometers away from the nearest Japanese air base. Their dogfighting time will not exceed 10 minutes. As for the attack aircraft coming over, it would be good if we could have a few Type 96 land-based medium attack aircraft. The speed of this aircraft is extremely low, far inferior to your army's Wildcat fighters."

"So as long as we delay the Japanese planes and waste time, it is estimated that not a single Japanese plane will be able to return!" Colonel York waved his fist excitedly!

After a while, a dozen small black dots appeared on the sea level in the south. As the distance got closer, it could be seen that there were twelve Japanese planes.

Among them, there were four Type 96 land attack aircraft and eight Type 1 Nakajima fighters.

"Mr. Lin, you are amazing! The types of Japanese aircraft are exactly the same as you predicted, but there are quite a lot of them."

(End of this chapter)