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    At dawn, the sky was overcast, and it would rain occasionally. The fleet sent out reconnaissance planes to search. It seemed that this maritime battle was over.  Before sunrise, the Fifth Fleet sailed north on the dark sea at a speed of fifteen knots. After a night of chasing and finally finding Spruance's main force, Fang Minghao ordered the fleet to start returning in the early morning.

    In fact, there was a brief artillery battle at night. The heavily damaged "Antidan" and "Princeton" were overtaken by Fang Minghao's fleet. Spruance left six destroyers to protect the two seriously injured ships.  The aircraft ships retreated eastward, trying their best to save these two large ships. ""Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!"  The Fifth Fleet caught up with them at 11 o'clock in the evening. The battleships started firing from 30,000 meters away, which scared the Americans away. After transferring the personnel, the destroyers fired at the two severely damaged aircraft carriers.  After several torpedoes were fired, they quickly retreated.

    When the Fifth Fleet approached Shihou, the two abandoned aircraft ships were burning with raging fire, and the hulls were tilted, and they were about to sink into the sea.  Fang Minghao ordered the fleet to continue chasing in the direction in which the enemy destroyers fled, which led them astray and farther and farther away from Spruance's fleet.

    On the gray sea, the two destroyed American aircraft carriers appeared in front of the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Fleet. It was a miracle. The two aircraft carriers, which had been burned for a whole night and had long been beyond recognition, were still floating stubbornly.  water surface.  The anti-sinking design of the "Essex-class" is really excellent. Their warships have a large margin of reserve buoyancy, and two of them were hit by at least six torpedoes.  But he still insisted on staying on the water.  ruguo If it weren't for the attack of the Republic Fleet last night, these two warships would not have sunk at all.

    However, as it is now, there is no way they can be saved.  The two destroyers made a brief observation around the two still-burning hulls, and then were ordered to fire four more torpedoes at the wrecks, completely destroying them.

    Spruance was forced to abandon the two heavily damaged aircraft carriers. It was a helpless move. The Republican Fleet that caught up behind him had eight battleships (actually six. The Americans did not know that the Himalaya and Rome had been severely damaged.  ), ruguo was overtaken by the Republic fleet and forced to engage in a night artillery battle, which would definitely bring disaster to him.

    The naval battle in the Santa Cruz Islands is over.  Spruance, who orchestrated the attack, failed.  The turning point of the entire battle was the shelling carried out by the submarine force.  This gave the Americans the illusion that they had broken into the ambush circle of the Republican Navy battle fleet, which caused great panic.  It was precisely because of this chaos that the aviation unit was able to easily break into the enemy fleet's air defense circle and attack.

    The fact is that the emergence of a new type of weapon is enough to affect the outcome of a battle.

    About 500 nautical miles northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands.  Cheng Yaoheng led the main force of the Second Fleet to pursue the US-Japanese "bait fleet" commanded by Osawa Jisaburo.  In the end, two light aircraft carriers, the Shoho and the Wright, were sunk.  However, the enemy's main force was still able to escape from the attack range under the cover of night.

    At a tense moment in the sea battle southwest of Nauru, the strength gap between the two sides was too obvious. There were only more than 200 carrier-based aircraft left on the enemy's five light aircraft carriers.  He could only run away with all his strength, but Cheng Yaoheng kept chasing after him and fighting fiercely. The enemy had no power to fight back.

    On November 13, Admiral Chen Shiying¡¯s Third Fleet fought a battle against the U.S. fleet in the Coral Sea, severely damaging Kincaid¡¯s Southwest Pacific Fleet. In the afternoon, they had another decisive battle with Halsey.  The losses on both sides were heavy. On Chen Shiying's side, two aircraft ships were severely damaged, two were slightly damaged, and a cruiser and three destroyers were lost.  The losses to the U.S. fleet were even greater. Two "**"-class light aircraft ships were sunk, three aircraft ships were severely damaged, and three more aircraft ships were slightly injured.  Halsey temporarily lost more than half of its aviation force, and could only temporarily adjust its retreat to Port Vila.

    After being frustrated at sea, the US military adjusted its strategic deployment. The defenders on Malaita and Tulagi islands were evacuated to Guadalcanal overnight. The US military intended to concentrate all its forces on Guadalcanal.

    The result of the battle in the Coral Sea made Lin Shuo, who was far away in Beijing, breathe a long sigh of relief. At least in the next year, the US Navy has lost its offensive capabilities, and most of their maritime power will be contained in the South Pacific.  Between the islands, this freed up the Republican Army to deal with the war situation in Europe.

    ?? In contrast to the hot summer in the South Pacific, at this time, the entire city of Beijing was covered in a vast expanse of white snow.

    "The identity of language and culture will form closer economic and political ties, and the hegemony formed by military control will collapse sooner or later."?, a sense of identity with culture and language is the foundation for ensuring long-term prosperity.  The Han nation has never been a pure single nation. The unique inclusiveness of Han culture has allowed most of the extinct ethnic groups in history to be integrated into ours.  Our interests are closely related to culture and economy. Cultural and language identification can promote mutual exchanges, which will make the economic relations between them closer and more reliable. It also promotes political and military relations.  The gu¨¡nxi.  This is one of the reasons why we vigorously provide educational assistance while promoting the economic recovery plan in the areas under our control. This will be a long-term basic national policy. Simple and unconditional economic assistance does not serve our interests.  "At the State Council meeting, Lin Shuo repeated his concept to the State Councilors present. After the large-scale strategic adjustment of the Republican Army, the current focus has shifted to how to restore the economic development of the occupied areas and how to better control these  regionally.

    Lin Shuo advocated the gradual abandonment of colonialism, giving certain autonomy to the occupied areas, and then gradually allowing all countries to achieve independence.  Of course, the treatment of countries and ethnic groups in different regions is still very different.  For West Asia and Africa, in addition to retaining some military bases, the Republican Army will gradually begin to withdraw its troops after the post-war dif¨¡ng regime stabilizes.  But it is different in Southeast Asia and Australia, where there are more Chinese people. Several countries will be established where Chinese are the main people. Of course, there will also be some countries where indigenous people are in power.

    Now Lin Shuo¡¯s interest is focused on how to enter and dominate Europe.

    The war between Hitler and Zhuyashvili will consume most of the military strength of the two military powers, and the existence of a hostile Soviet Russia under the rule of the Iron Curtain is absolutely beneficial to the republic's control and influence on Siberia and Central Asian countries.  A w¨¥ixi¨¦ Soviet Russia will make them more firmly surrender to the embrace of the Republic.

    Lin Shuo did not reveal his interest in Europe easily, and even showed a reluctance to intervene in the European war.  When the Germans suffered major military defeats, Hitler would implore the Republican Army to enter these areas and willingly give up everything he had gained at the beginning of the war.

    There is no one who can save him except the Republic of China.

    Now Hitler is begging the Republican Army to enter Ukraine and Eastern Europe. When the Americans and British launch a counterattack in Western Europe, Hitler will also invite the Republican Army to enter France. In this way, Lin Shuo's goal is achieved.

    It is in the interests of the Republic to support Latin-speaking countries to confront British-speaking countries. This will be very beneficial to the Republic¡¯s future cooperation and connections with Latin America.  When conditions are ripe, the Republic will not hesitate to support France in returning to the ranks of great powers.  (To be continued.)
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