Chapter 906

"Boom!" With a huge explosion, the hull of the battleship Rihao suddenly burst into flames, and then began to sink. The U.S. Navy leveled the score at this moment. At present, two Japanese battleships have been sunk by the U.S. military, and two American aircraft carriers have been sunk by Japan. Just now, the Yorktown aircraft carrier has lost the necessity of rescue and can only open the sea for self sinking.

Just after receiving the telegram, Sanpu Dazuo, who was promoted to major general of the Navy, stood on the shaking bridge and looked at the mess around him. The fire on the pierced a-gun tower was blazing into the sky, and the smoke had blocked most of his vision, so that he could only see part of the water.

He gave a wry smile and threw away the telegram of official promotion, as if he had lost a piece of unimportant rubbish. Sanpu did not know the difference between being a great assistant or a major general at this time, and he did not know whether it was worth his death with thousands of troops.

The whole warship vibrated violently again, and then the harsh explosion came again. He knew that the fire was out of control, and that there must be a huge explosion in the ammunition depot. In short, everything was over, at least his life would end here.

"Go on... Fire back! Each turret fight for its own, free to shoot! Long live the Empire of Japan! Long live your majesty In the end, Sanpu called out his order that he would hold down the U.S. fleet. Only by holding down the U.S. fleet can all these sacrifices be meaningful and valuable.

The ship has begun to tilt because of the large-scale water inflow, 30000 tons of huge objects are making the squeaking sound of steel distortion, there are explosions everywhere, and soldiers are crying. The main gun turrets of the "Ri" have either been destroyed or have lost their firing angle. The whole warship has basically stopped firing. There are floating bodies and fallen soldiers all over the sea nearby.

Just in the direction of the tail of the battleship Rihao leaning towards the U.S. fleet, a Japanese destroyer is speeding up madly and rushing towards the U.S. Navy Fleet. In the middle of the side of the destroyer, the name of the destroyer "Xili" is written in Japanese.

The destroyer, as the escort of the decoy fleet, has been following the battleship Rihao. At the moment when Sanpu decided to go back to the first World War, the destroyer also made the same choice. At its highest speed, it began to approach the battleship North Carolina, and finally succeeded in approaching the range of the Japanese torpedo.

On the one hand, it was because of the thick smoke of the Japanese battleship, and on the other hand, the US Navy did not expect that the crazy Japanese soldiers would dare to challenge the battleship with destroyers. So in a moment of carelessness, let the Japanese destroyer hit all the torpedoes at one go.

When the U.S. Navy soldiers wildly opened fire and beat the destroyer Xili into a sieve, the torpedoes of the Japanese destroyer finally caught up with the disabled North Carolina and beat the wounded U.S. battleship into a sieve. The huge battleship ate three torpedoes at a time, and the whole ship began to tilt because of the water.

Because the damage control personnel on the US battleship were all recruits and there were not many experienced maintenance technicians, the North Carolina failed to repair and began to sink slowly because of the unfavorable damage control.

The destroyer Salomon mad dog Xili made more contributions this time. Before sinking itself, it sank the seriously injured US battleship North Carolina, completing the most worthwhile exchange in the whole Salomon naval battle.

Unfortunately, before the destroyer Xili was sunk, there was no time to send out a distress signal, and the whole Solomon sea area was too chaotic for rescue, so all the soldiers on the Xili did not wait for their rescue team. The most pitiful people were found floating on the sea for four days and three nights. At that time, they were all white bodies.

All 1387 officers and men on the Japanese battleship were killed, and 226 on the Xi Li destroyer were also killed. If we add in the soldiers of other warships, such as the ISI battleship, who suffered heavy losses, the number of Japanese soldiers killed in the battle has now exceeded 3000.

This successful torpedo attack also achieved the only result of the decoy fleet of the Japanese Navy, which sank the newest US battleship, the North Carolina. The two sides' record of sinking the other side was also reversed because of this surprise attack, and the Japanese Navy took a temporary lead again by 3-2.

"General! The battleship North Carolina was just sunk by a torpedo launched by a Japanese destroyer In the chaos of the USS hornet aircraft carrier command bridge, Spruance also got his own vanguard from his own hands, and the fleet suffered heavy losses.

Spruance, who got the news, was so angry that he almost spat out his blood, because it was supposed to be the US Navy who bullied the Japanese Navy on the front battlefield, and even let the Japanese Navy fight for each other. This is undoubtedly a very bad news for the US fleet which wants to bring down the Japanese Navy by changing its fleet.

"Now, we can only see whether our carrier based aircraft can sink the aircraft carrier fleet of the Japanese Navy. They're our only chance... If they do, we'll have another chance. If they don't, we'll be the sinners of America. " Spruance looked at his men and said, "let the fleet continue to move westward, keep the distance from the Japanese Eastern fleet."

At the same time, Yamamoto's assault fleet is accelerating forward, crazy close to the U.S. Navy Fleet. They want to get close to the U.S. fleet in exchange for greater advantage before the U.S. Navy's carrier based aircraft free to kill them. So they crazy to the direction of the U.S. Navy close, hoping to be able to a round of artillery to settle the world. On the bridge of the changmen battleship, Yamamoto received the last telegram from the Japanese battleship. The handwriting on the telegram cut Yamamoto's heart. After all, his fleet has sunk two battleships, which is absolutely bad news for the Japanese Navy. For the Japanese Navy, each battleship is a valuable asset, and is the foundation accumulated by the country's frugality. Now two ships have sunk here, which is an unprecedented loss for the Japanese Navy“ Marshal A staff officer bowed his head behind Yamamoto 56 and said: "the US fleet has been avoiding the frontal collision with our army westward. Although the speed of the other side is not low, we are still shortening the distance between the two sides. According to this time, we should be able to see the US fleet in half an hour. " Yamamoto knew of course that they would meet each other's fleet in half an hour, and he also knew that two American warships were approaching his fleet one by one under the cover of other warships. Based on his experience and the information provided by the seaplanes on the battleships, he will soon find out that the U.S. Navy has prepared a greeting for him, and he is confident of defeating the fleet ordered to intercept him“ My decoy fleet can sink a new battleship of the U.S. Navy. What can my main fleet, the Americans, do to stop it? " Yamamoto's heart seemed to be more than half down. After all, although the current war situation made him very sad, the Japanese Navy took the initiative in the battlefield and had a clear advantage. In Yamamoto's script, the assault fleet led by him can kill at least two American battleships and disrupt the operational deployment of the United States. The Japanese Navy basically wiped out the U.S. Pacific Fleet at the cost of two battleships and two aircraft carriers, which he could accept“ It seems that God bless the emperor. The winner of this naval battle is the United Fleet of our great Japanese Empire! " Yamamoto put his hands behind him, looking at the distant sea, quietly waiting for the moment when the American battleship entered his range On the U.S. Navy's battleship Mississippi, Captain Auden put down his telescope, looked back at the adjutant holding the latest war message, and then said slowly, "so, the Japanese fought back bravely and sank our battleship North Carolina?"“ Yes, sir! That's what the war report says. Now we have to wait for general Halsey's reinforcement. It seems to be a little later. " The adjutant nodded and replied to his officer. Auden went to the school and nodded. Then he said to the officers and soldiers in the bridge, "gentlemen, we should let the Japanese know that not only do they have brave soldiers, but we Americans also have our heroes! today! We will be our own heroes“ yeah！” All the beautiful people present waved their arms and yelled. Americans don't lack heroes, and they don't lack heroism. It's just that they need a reason, a reason to be a hero. Obviously, the Japanese gave them this reason. Now the US Navy has its own reason not to lose“ Speed up! The battleship Colorado can't withstand the attack of the Japanese Navy. We need to help her resist all the attacks! " Captain Oden gave a loud order to speed up: "attract the enemy's fire, we will do the friendly shield!"“ God bless America After the two sides got close to the distance of the artillery battle, Captain Oden raised a loud slogan. The Americans on the bridge are brave and courageous at this moment, and their morale is high!