The current situation is that both sides use non-armor-piercing bombs to kill time. When Benson's fleet is in place, the Japanese fleet can still ensure that the armor-piercing bombs can be enough to fight another battle. The 343mm side-string armor of the strongest battleship of the US fleet is not so reliable. Considering the US fleet's small circle of artillery, poor artillery skills, and worse walking, Su Xiong was really worried about something unexpected. Therefore, based on the principle of conservatism, Su Xiong suggested that Benson just drive away his opponent and don't continue to fight.

Of course, this is the case from the battlefield, but Su Xiong must not say it out, otherwise it would be a political mistake. Think about it, the Americans suffered such a big loss tonight, so you let him give up? Is it possible? If you can't meet, then forget it. If you encounter it, you will definitely have to fight! Even if Su Xiong's fleet can no longer help at that time, Benson must fight to the death for the final face of the US Navy!

Therefore, Su Xiong didn't want to get involved with these very complex political issues. Even if he figured it out, he would not do it. All he had to do was try to hold back his opponents, but wait for the arrival of Benson's fleet.

"Actually, I think, the Japanese fleet seems to be waiting for Benson's arrival?" Raidel said to the Japanese fleet who was also absent-minded in the distance. He was not sure of his thoughts, because this idea was too incredible! The Japanese fleet was also paddling against Su Xiong. They kept a distance and occasionally released smoke, and the salvo was very slow. This was obviously delaying time. It was the kind of thing I don't expect to hurt you, but don't expect to hurt me. Drag the Awakening Fleet to consume with them. Another Japanese fleet was also hunting transport ships slowly, but now, they are more inclined to get closer and attack with secondary guns rather than main guns.

"If we follow the normal script, the Japanese should have evacuated at this time. They must know when the Benson fleet will return, and then calculate the time based on the presumed flight. It should be almost now, but they still haven't evacuated. This is very abnormal." Raidel said.

"This idea is a bit crazy." Su Xiong said. "Order all naval guns to lower their fire again, and take a round and a half-volley every minute and a half. If the Japanese attack, we will evacuate. Ensure that each cannon can use has a lot of 2o armor-piercing bombs!" Although Su Xiong was also shocked by Radell's statement, he also adopted Radell's suggestion to further save ammunition in order to deal with the possible counterattack of the Japanese army.

"His Excellency Commander, the German fleet has lowered its shooting again. They are just keeping in touch with us now." Soon the German actions fell into the eyes of the Japanese. Yoshimatsu Shigetaro looked at Betty after receiving the report, meaning, what do you think?

"The Germans realized our thoughts, and it would be meaningless to stay." Betty sighed and said. Redel was right. Betty and the top leaders of the Japanese Navy were indeed more courageous! They are now deliberately reducing their ammunition consumption in order to let the Su Xiong fleet use all the ammunition first and then withdraw from the battlefield, and then they still have the ability to compete with the US fleet!

The Japanese knew very well that the US fleet's ship condition was very bad. After a long period of pulling, the old ships of the US fleet would definitely be left behind. If the US fleet had only 9 warships on the scene, then the Japanese fleet would really dare to turn back and bite the US fleet after Su Xiong left the battlefield!

In fact, the Japanese had this idea largely because of the additional effect brought by the shocking explosion of Hazel’s name just now! The sinking of Hazel directly stimulated the Japanese’s idea of ​​wanting to die to the end. What? Is it surprising? Think about the behavior of Yamaguchi Tatsuki rushing towards the US fleet during the Midway Battle in history when the situation was unfavorable. In fact, the Flying Dragon released the carrier-based aircraft at this time and tried to distance it as far as possible to escape. As a result, Yamaguchi Tatsuki stormed the charge with an extremely iron head. This behavior is difficult to explain rationally.

As a result of this battle, the Japanese did win strategically, at least sink or destroy all kinds of transport ships over 80! Hundreds of thousands of tons of ships, supplies on them, and five-digit casualties! The Japanese army won this time, which is true, but at the same time, it must be seen that the Japanese Navy also paid a heavy price!

The battle cruiser of Hazel name was sunk, the only two remaining quasi-fair battleships of Satsuma-class were sunk, and the Haiwu Gaozhun Dauntless Battleships were sunk. The light cruiser has sunk 4 now! One Ryuta and three Ballma-class light cruisers. The destroyer has lost 2o ships! That's right, 2o ships! Half of the destroyers that followed the Japanese Navy to fight can no longer go back. In addition to the contributions of the German fleet, in the final stage, although the US fleet cannot cause too much damage to the Japanese main battleship, it is still possible to fight some destroyers!

So what about the losses of the US Navy? Although the US Navy's transportation fleet suffered heavy losses, the fleet's losses were really not great. It only sank one dreadnought, three quasi-fair, and four armored cruisers. (Fletcher then tried to continue to stop the Japanese army's massacre, but in the end, a Baltimore-class armored cruiser was sunk.) Many destroyers and torpedo boats died, but unfortunately, the Americans didn't care about these miscellaneous fish!

From this perspective, the losses of the Japanese fleet are actually not less than those of the American fleet. If it depends on the impact, the war loss seems to be greater for the Japanese fleet, because after this battle, the Japanese light cruiser was just a squadron, and the destroyer fleet lost half of it! It can be said that in addition to the fact that the main fleet is still preserved, the auxiliary fleet was almost destroyed! This is such a painful thing! You must know that according to Japan's industrial level, replenishing destroyers may be faster, and it is not easy to replenish light cruisers! Because, now a large amount of materials and manpower are still ensuring the construction of the two Nagato battleships and aircraft carriers.

So, Betty's previous prediction was verified. Even if the Japanese fleet achieved a fairly good result, it would only play a delay. It would be difficult to completely change the situation. Because with the support of the German fleet and the help of the strong American industry, the US fleet would definitely recover much faster than itself! The Japanese could win this wave, but they would not win the next wave. So, even though the situation of the Japanese fleet is already very bad now, thinking about the situation that may be faced in the future, the Japanese think it is a good idea to fight with the Benson fleet now?
Chapter completed!