As the battle went by, the battleship Mississippi finally couldn’t hold on. Another round of Japanese artillery shells fell around it, hitting the side of the warship directly and penetrating its armor. A huge explosion destroyed its boiler and reduced the warship’s already very slow speed to a level close to marking time.
This made the hit rate of the Japanese navy’s 16 main guns with 46 mm caliber suddenly rise by several grades. It was very easy for trained Japanese gunners to hit static targets, so in a few minutes, the Mississippi was hit by the Japanese again and the whole warship tilted.
The difference is that the US Navy didn’t abandon the ship immediately this time, but continued to stop fighting in the same place. Only one turret fought back so hard. The final result was that although they didn’t hit the Japanese warship, the mountain assault fleet was delayed for two and a half hours.
In the end, the battleship Mississippi of the United States sank, and there were more than one officer and soldier in the Solomon Islands. Fortunately, the most devastating thing was that they sank the Colorado half an hour after the Japanese navy sank the battleship Mississippi.
It was only at this time that they understood the real reason why the first American battleship was convex. It took a long time for Shan Fifty-six to recover from the shock and panic when he watched the American battleship Mississippi sink and disappear from the water. He always thought that the Japanese Imperial Army was the most self-sacrificing soldier in the world, but at this moment he found that he was wrong.
The destroyer Xili finally replaced the USS North Carolina because of the inexperience and poor position of the USS North Carolina, and because the USS North Carolina was injured, it was all due to luck.
However, the US Navy battleship Mississippi did not rely on luck to keep the mountain assault fleet, but the spirit of true fear made the mountain despair the most, or it was time to wave his fleet here for too long, and now it is noon.
If Nan Yun Zhong-yi’s fleet method defeats the American carrier fleet, when night comes, he will be able to re-choose whether to fight hard at night or command the troops to take the opportunity to run away-until sunrise the next day, then Solomon Islands will become the tomb of the Japanese joint fleet.
"Don’t wave with American residual ships again. Accelerate westward! We must bite the main US aircraft carrier fleet before dark! " Mountain 56 finally recovered from the fear and chaos, and quickly reached the order to continue westward. All he can do now is pray that Nan Yunzhong can defeat the American aircraft carrier fleet and that his own assault fleet can chase the American fleet.
Of course, it seems that the Japanese navy has completed their pre-designed dramas. So far, they have sunk three American battleships and two aircraft carriers, while they have sunk only two old battleships. This is an acceptable price. If the battle is ended now, the Japanese performance can be said to be almost perfect.
The only pity is that the battle is far from over, and the order is the time for the Americans to fight back. After all, at this time, the American warships have already rushed into the defense circle of the first fleet of the Japan United Fleet, and who will win or lose the battle depends on the result of this collision.
Spruance took the newspaper from the guard troops and read it in a tragic mood. Then he immediately took off his head and wore a military cap before he handed it to himself. Then the newspaper silently passed through everyone in the operation room.
The battleship Mississippi sank, the battleship Colorado sank, and four battleships of the US Navy lost three quarters after the war. This was a huge blow to the frontline commander spruance, and the pressure on his shoulders made him feel difficult to breathe.
At this time, if you retreat so many losses, it will be worthless. spruance took out the cross-the-rubicon momentum on the desktop and reached the order to continue attacking. "The Mississippi has set an example, so we have no reason to retreat … put away the second wave of attack fleet and take off the fourth wave of attack fleet target-Japanese aircraft carrier fleet! Continue to attack until all Japanese aircraft carriers are sunk! "
Chapter 9 99 Commander Flag
General Nan Yunzhong has always regarded him as the commander who has the deepest understanding of naval airmen in the world. He and Yama worked hard for the Japanese naval airmen, who used to be the first in the world with the most powerful fighter and 2,000 elite pilots who have experienced the test of war.
However, in the face of the US Navy’s numerous attacks on the echelon, a sense of pallor made him almost unable to keep his body in a standing position.
Just now, his flagship carrier Chicheng was hit by a bomb dropped by an American plane, leaving a huge hole on the deck. Although it did not cause a fire and an explosion, it completely lost his ability to continue taking off.
Although his warship didn’t sink like the Mississippi battleship and didn’t capsize like the Sunward, it was doomed that there would be no more Chicheng aircraft carrier on the stage in this naval battle because it was out of the game because of this bomb that didn’t hurt the bones.
"Ga ah road! It’s just a bomb. Can’t it really be repaired? " Nan Yunzhong frowned and asked the commander of the aircraft carrier damage management of Chicheng, "You should know that this battle is important for the Japanese Empire!"
The officer stood at attention and bowed his head and solemnly replied, "General Pavilion, I can repair the damaged deck in a short time, even if I try to repair it every day … it’s almost dark for two hours, but you still take off the fighter plane."
Yes, even if the damaged soldiers repaired the aircraft carrier at night, it was a French war, so the Japanese naval fleet still wanted two aircraft carriers to fight against the superior strength of the US military. Nan Yunzhong wavered, and he didn’t know whether to retreat or stick to this position at this time.
"Send a telegram to Marshal Shan and ask him whether we should continue to fight in situ or temporarily retreat?" Nan Yunzhong couldn’t make up his mind himself, so he came up with a stupid, but absolutely error-free trick to ask Marshal Sishan 56.
You can’t go wrong by asking more questions, can you? This is what Nan Yunzhong thinks now, but he is under more pressure than he is here. He is still fighting less, and the other side of the mountain is biting and desperately approaching the American fleet.
Nan Yunzhong doesn’t know the United States. He doesn’t know how terrible the United States was in World War II. He doesn’t know that at the end of World War II, the United States mobilized more than 10 thousand soldiers to produce hundreds of aircraft carriers, and he doesn’t know that tens of thousands of tanks were produced by American factories and flooded the Japanese Empire like a flood.
Now he finds that he doesn’t know his opponent very well. He knows that the commander of the US fleet is called spruance, which is one of the few American intelligence he has received. This efficiency of intelligence collection makes the Japanese naval aviation commander stand on end with a sense of unspeakable danger.
The Japanese are good at understanding their opponents. Before the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, they sent tens of millions of spies into China to collect information. Most people in China don’t know much about these spy reports.
From the total amount of weapons produced by Jiangnan General Manufacturing Bureau to the whole China, the mobilization mechanism, bureaucrats, military preparations for war and the determination of the high-level class to fight were all collected by these spies and gathered into a detailed report on the situation in China, which became the first-hand information for the Japanese military to study China.
Japan won by relying on such detailed information, and the difference in strength is not great. The Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 completed its rise, but today it doesn’t know much about the United States. It doesn’t know that the new aircraft carrier produced by the United States is about to be built, and it doesn’t know the actual size of the American fleet
From the news that just came back from the first wave of attack aircraft formation, Nan Yunzhong-yi got a previously unknown intelligence. The carrier ship of the American fleet is not estimated by the Japanese army to be four or five, but has more than seven ships, which makes Nan Yunzhong-yi’s fleet complete the root method-he underestimated the American civil air defense force and the American attack force.
Americans and Japanese took anti-espionage measures after the war. First of all, the Japanese population department in the United States was controlled to prevent them from sabotaging activities and to avoid their opponents from spying. Even China and Southeast Asian people living in the United States were also restricted in their activities. All Asian population departments in the United States lost their freedom to move.
As a result, the Japanese-American intelligence network department was paralyzed, and there was no way to detect the slightest American intelligence. This kind of intelligence asymmetry made Japan completely blind. Although fierce, the wolf could bump around like a fly
"Intelligence agencies can. Americans already have such a huge aircraft carrier fleet, and they even promised me that Americans have four aircraft carriers!" Nan Yunzhong gave a wry smile, looked around the crater on the deck of the rescue workers to repair and damage the deck of the carrier Chicheng, and muttered, "I have lost four planes, so it’s really over."
The aircraft carrier Chicheng took off with its own plane, which made the strength of the Japanese navy sailors drop by one-half. Today, it is lucky that the second wave of attack echelon can gather enough three planes. However, according to the scale of the current US navy sailors, it is estimated that these three planes will almost return to the field if they really take off and attack.
You can’t back down at this time! This is Nan Yunzhong’s idea. In this situation, even if he is determined to escape from the scene, it is absolutely not much better. It is better to fight for a life-and-death battle with his opponent. At any rate, he can still keep a reputation for fighting to the death and not be called a coward by later generations.
Nan Yunzhong unconsciously shook his hand with a command knife slung over his waist, and then made up his mind that this fleet would be destroyed and come to Mountain 56 for a better chance. So he looked at his adjutant and reached the order to continue the attack. "Order the two aircraft carriers, the Dragon Boat and the Kaga, to take off and make a second raid on the US Navy’s aircraft carrier fleet! Long live the Great Sun Empire! Long live the Emperor! God will bless the Japanese martial arts for a long time! "
At this time, the first attack fleet of the United States has returned, and the Japanese naval fleet is also on the battlefield to save itself. Two destroyers are burning with smoke, and a cruiser can now be seen. The Japanese naval escort ship has paid a heavy price to ensure the safety of the aircraft carrier, and several sailors are waiting for the rescue boat to salvage it.
Nan Yunzhong-yi doesn’t know how far the second wave can attack the fleet of three planes, but he still prays that these planes can easily sink two American aircraft carriers and complete the great reversal of the whole battlefield. At this time, his hands are sweaty, and he doesn’t know whether it is because of nervousness or because of the hot weather.
"Boom!" As for Nan Yunzhong, he was considering whether to change his flagship to be able to fight the carrier Kaga, when the carrier Chicheng exploded slightly. I don’t know why a plane suddenly exploded and damaged the important elevator of the carrier.
"There is nothing to hesitate to signal the extras. I want to transfer the headquarters there." Nan Yunzhong looked at the smoking aircraft carrier deck elevator and glanced at his hands behind him. "Go and put the boat! We don’t have much time. "
After the order was finished, he looked at the captain of the carrier Chicheng again and arranged, "I have arranged that the destroyer Shiyu will cover and protect you, and retreat all the way west to return to the soil. Please wait for our victory news. Long live the Japanese Empire!"
"hey!" The captain didn’t know that he was excited to hear that he could get out of here and feel temporarily safe; Still excited by the slogan "Long live the Great Japanese Empire", he was always very excited. He stood at attention and bowed his head to Nan Yunzhong and said, "Take care of yourself, General Pavilion!"
Nan Yunzhong waved his hand, and then he was surrounded by people and walked out of the command bridge. His commander’s flag dropped slowly bit by bit from the flagpole of the Chicheng aircraft carrier, and then it was neatly folded by two sailors and stacked together into a square. Nan Yun watched his flag being put away before turning around. He jumped out of the boat with his entourage and guard staff, and sailed slightly toward the Kaga aircraft carrier.
他没有料到是这是他最后一次从赤城号航母离也是赤城号航母最后一次他旗舰太平洋战场崭露头角
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随后是一个难得好消息加贺号舰机击沉了一艘美国护航航母但是紧接着日海军就等到了他们舰机军覆没消息除了伴随赤城号离战场5架舰机外日海军参战舰机此差不多已经部损失殆尽
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当然日海军坏消息并非有这么一个接来事情简直让整个日海军崩溃美国舰机最终突破了兵力不足日航兵防线将炸弹还有鱼雷丢中了不停做着s型机动加贺号
首先是一枚鱼雷不偏不倚撞了加贺号侧面装甲这艘战舰侧舷留了一个巨大窟窿紧接着第二枚鱼雷彻底报废了加贺号航母船尾两个螺旋桨因爆炸扭曲成一团进水让加贺号一度侧倾到了2度
The damage management personnel of the Kaga aircraft carrier frantically rescued their warships. In the end, they succeeded in blowing two holes in the deck by the bomb and the roll reached 21 degrees. The Kaga was rescued and shocked Nanyun Zhongyi.
However, this is not a repair exercise, but it is true that the Kaga base on the battlefield has lost all power. As the fleet continues to escape, even if the Kaga does not sink, everyone is not happy.
Finally, Nan Yunzhong ordered the destroyer to fire torpedoes and "shoot" himself off the surface of the water, struggling and unwilling to leave the carrier Kaga. As his four torpedoes hit the target, two carriers of the first fleet were wiped out.
A few minutes after the Snow Wind left the battlefield, Nan Yunzhong, the flagship Kaga of the first fleet of the joint fleet, was sunk by the American ship. Nan Yunzhong, the famous mountain, finally did not stubbornly choose to commit suicide by cutting his belly, but was transferred to the No.1 heavy cruiser with the help of hands, leaving his battlefield in a panic.
When the sun was about to fall to sea level on Mountain 56, he received the news from Nanyun Zhongyi newspaper, which completely plunged him into despair. The destruction of the bait fleet could not shake the heart of the mountain decisive battle, but the loss of the first navigation fleet made this Admiral of the fleet seem to be ten years older.
"The U.S. Navy was sunk by three aircraft carriers, and one was hit hard … The Kaga and Fengxiang were sunk, and the aircraft carriers of Chicheng were seriously damaged. The remnants of the first flight fleet merged, and some of the bait fleet remnants were retreating to the Philippine Islands." Shan repeated the article and then handed it to his adjutant. After all, the naval battle was "won" by himself, but it was too ugly to win.
Fengxiang aircraft carrier is nothing to lose, and it will be lost … But the Kaga aircraft carrier is one of the few main aircraft carriers in hand today. Such a loss is absolutely regrettable for the whole Japanese navy, but fortunately, it has stabilized the situation by winning less scenes-he really doesn’t want to think much about it now.
Mountain 56 doesn’t know yet that one of his submarines, which is responsible for detecting the movements of the US Navy, has accidentally infiltrated the core circle of the US fleet, and fired four torpedoes in one breath to sink the US Navy carrier Bumblebee while the US Navy was in chaos.
In this battle, four aircraft carriers in the United States were eventually sunk by the Japanese navy. If three battleships were added, the Solomon Islands could be said to be the grave of the US navy-seven capital ships were sunk, and the US navy’s Pacific fleet lost almost three-fifths.
Of course, at this time, the Japanese navy is not very comfortable. Two battleships, Yi Shi and Sunward, were sunk, and two aircraft carriers, Fengxiang and Kaga, were sunk. So the Japanese navy was sunk with four warships. Overall, it really won a big victory
However, the weather is unpredictable, and people are doomed to misfortune. Mountain 56 does not know that the American Hornet aircraft carrier was sunk by itself. What he knows is that there are still four aircraft carriers in the United States eyeing up. Unfortunately, the Japanese submarine sank the American Hornet aircraft carrier, and then it was sunk. Until the end, the news that the Hornet was sunk did not reach the ears of the mountain.
"report! Marshal pavilion! Just … just came to the news and returned home … The carrier ship Luchicheng was found to have hit four torpedoes by an American submarine, and finally the evacuees sank … "The double whammy never rains but it pours, and the mountain 56 received a worse news-the same army was wiped out at the last minute of the first flight fleet.
"…" Americans are really lucky to a certain extent. At this time, they can sink another Japanese aircraft carrier. I really want to scold Ga Ya Lu, but he gritted his teeth and finally didn’t scold this classic Japanese curse.
Forced to swallow the swearing words, Shan finally overcame the impulse. He glanced at the bridge and the officers reached the order to end the naval battle in Solomon Islands. "Turn around the fleet and leave the US navy for the night. We will leave Solomon and return to the Philippine waters overnight."
Shan knows that it is not good for him to fight at night. He has two battleships and the Americans have a new battleship. The outcome of the battle at night is unknown, but if the Americans want to hold on until dawn, then he will have no chance with two battleships in Nagato and Lu Ao.
Suoshan decisively gave up the idea of continuing to fight. At this time, he can still "win" to prevaricate. If Nagato and Lu Ao are really buried, then he will have a way to go.
However, Yamayama didn’t know that he decided not to fight the midnight oil before the American ships equipped with a large number of radars, which probably saved the Japanese navy. So when night fell, Solomon Islands returned to its former calm, and the whole battlefield was so suddenly silent.
The American fleet suffered heavy losses, but it occupied the whole battlefield. The Japanese naval forces retreated in despair and finally gave up the quiet waters that they most seemed to want to fight to the death.
At this time, everyone seems to remember that the two sides of the war launched this naval battle. The Japanese navy wanted to annihilate the main force of the US navy in World War I and win a breather in the Pacific Ocean. The Americans paved the way for the strategy of taking over Solomon Islands.
Suddenly, an interesting thing happened, and the Japanese achieved their attempt to hit the US Navy hard. The U.S. Navy has also fulfilled the idea of seizing the Solomon Sea for sea control in advance.
As a result, the Japanese battalion received a report from Yamashita on the way to retreat that the Solomon Islands naval battle was a great victory. In the end, three aircraft carriers and two battleships sank the three aircraft carriers and three battleships of the United States and successfully annihilated the main force of the Pacific Fleet of the US Navy. Such a "great victory" may be the worst victory for the Japanese navy over the years, but it really gave the Japanese navy a short break.
However, the heavy losses must be borne by someone, and this person must have enough "weight" to return to the Philippine waters. On the way, Shan 56 received a report asking him to return to Japan and ordered him to hand over to the joint fleet command immediately.
The joint fleet of Mountain 56 drew an end to this, and the navy also ushered in the longest large-scale rest after their attack on Pearl Harbor. Of course, this rest has a price and the price is very huge
With the joint fleet once again never looking back to Solomon Islands, the Japanese army faced supply difficulties as soon as it arrived, and there was tremendous pressure from the US Navy. Seven days later, the US Marine Corps landed in Solomon Islands on a large scale, and the two sides fought fiercely.
In the end, the Japanese army troops were isolated and lost the Solomon Islands, and hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops were raised on the flanks of Australia. At the same time, 100 thousand American troops landed in Australia, and the good time for Australian troops finally came to an end.
Strategically speaking, spruance gritted his teeth and persisted. In the end, the US Navy achieved their goal of counterattacking Australia and taking back Solomon Sea. So spruance also reported that they won the Solomon Sea Battle despite heavy losses.
After such a development, later generations of historians discovered an interesting phenomenon, that is, both sides insisted that they were winners in this naval battle-of course, after the sinking of the Bumblebee, Japanese historical researchers became more convinced of their own ideas.
However, Solomon, the sun set at sea level on time on this day, bringing all the soldiers here darkness. There were still a large number of Japanese navy bodies floating on the sea surface. American navy rescuers delayed the exhibition at noon the next day, and the survival rate of Japanese drowning people was very low.
Arcado, who was preparing his own news speech, frowned when he learned the news of the end of the naval battle, because he felt that the Japanese navy had squandered its fleet and almost lost to the US navy. He smiled bitterly and said, "The sun has set."
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