"Damn it! Those cursed Germans! Next time, I'll definitely avenge this!" Aboard the light cruiser Kuma, Lieutenant General Takasu Shirō and Major General Suzuki Yoshio watched helplessly as the German Navy's Carrier-based Aircraft Unit sank the battlecruiser Amagi.
Although the battlecruiser Amagi was a colossal warship with a displacement exceeding forty thousand tons, it still failed to hold out under the Encirclement Offensive of German Navy carrier-based aircraft. After taking numerous torpedoes and aerial bombs, it was forcibly sent to the bottom.
Under the Island Nation fleet's anti-aircraft fire, the German Navy's Carrier-based Aircraft Unit also suffered some losses in its effort to sink the battlecruiser Amagi. Two BF-109 fighter planes, one Dive Bomber, and one Torpedo Bomber were shot down.
However, compared with an Amagi-class battlecruiser, such losses were utterly insignificant. The cost of building one Amagi-class battlecruiser could have built an aircraft carrier along with all its carrier-based aircraft. This loss made Lieutenant General Takasu Shirō feel as though his heart were dripping blood.
Besides the sinking of the battlecruiser Amagi, the other three Amagi-class battlecruisers also paid a grievous price under the Encirclement Offensive of German Navy carrier-based aircraft.
Although the battlecruiser Akagi had not been sunk, after taking two torpedoes, it was flooding badly and its hull had begun to list. Its superstructure had been blasted full of holes. If the carrier-based aircraft from the aircraft carrier Taurus had not already expended their bombs and torpedoes, a continued attack could easily have sunk the battlecruiser Akagi.
The battlecruiser Atago was in no better condition than the battlecruiser Akagi. It too had been struck by several torpedoes and bombs. Its speed had fallen from over thirty knots to less than twenty-five knots.
The battlecruiser Takao was relatively better off, but it had still taken a full eight