Chapter 907

Every nation has its own heroes. If a nation does not even have heroes, then even if it exists, it is just a humble group. If you want to read a book, then as a powerful country, the United States of America naturally has its own heroes, and many, many heroes.

Auden didn't know whether he was a hero or not, because when his battleship was besieged by two Japanese changmen class battleships, he was as embarrassed as a lost child. When a shell hit his bridge and flew half of his tower, the captain was seriously injured in the head.

Simple dressing can't make his wound heal, so the blood on his head soon dyed red gauze, but now he is very tall, at least in the eyes of the living American soldiers, he is a hero.

Mississippi is also an old-fashioned battleship. Although it was launched not far away from Japan's changmen battleship, it only used the pitiful 356 mm main gun. Although the Mississippi was equipped with 12 such cannons, it could not pose a fatal threat to the Japanese because of its range and power.

In addition, in order to make sure that it is the target of Japanese warships, it protrudes forward for two kilometers, which makes the formation of US Navy battleships very bad. However, it also makes Japan really determine its attack target and concentrate all its firepower on the "poor formation" US battleships.

"With only two battleships, the US Navy's battle formation can have problems, and this Navy really has no future." Yamamoto triumphantly put down his telescope. Now he seems to have the chance to win. It seems that he can feel the tail of the victory of the naval battle.

Although the voyage of Yamamoto fleet in eastern Japan has been delayed by the U.S. military because it crossed the bow, the U.S. battleship troops responsible for the delay have not had a good time. The Mississippi battleship in front of it has been in flames, and has been shelled by the Japanese Navy.

This time, the Japanese Navy's naval gun had an advantage in caliber. Although the Mississippi battleship of the United States had 12 main guns, its caliber was only 356 mm, while the Colorado battleship of the same caliber could not fire intensively because of the strength of the ship.

However, Japan's two battleships, changmen and 6ao, are all cutting-edge battleships equipped with eight 4o6mm caliber main guns, which have completely defeated the US Navy in the power of naval guns.

The artillery battle between the two sides was dark, and both sides were using the water planes on the battleships to carry out artillery fire correction, so the hit rate was significantly improved. The American warship even miraculously hit the Japanese warship first, but the American aimed at the battleship changmen, but hit a Japanese Light Cruiser not far away.

Although the U.S. Navy has made a good start, it does not mean that the U.S. Navy has been so lucky. Then it became a shooting training course for Japanese Navy battleships. Changmen and 6ao battleships shot almost four volleys in one breath, and finally hit the Mississippi battleship in front of the US fleet in the fourth shooting.

Fortunately, the US battleship has always put armor protection in front of the ship, which is designed as the main index. Although the caliber of the gun is backward, the Mississippi has no obvious disadvantage in the main armor. Its 13 inch armor made it withstand the ravages of the Japanese Navy.

When the Japanese Navy launched the eighth round salvo, the Mississippi, which was hit by two large caliber shells, was still fighting back with its only two main turrets in smoke.

As time went by, Yamamoto 56 gradually lost his patience. After all, if he could not win the two US battleships quickly, his fleet would not be able to get close to the US Navy. For Yamamoto's dominant fleet, it was undoubtedly a loss business.

"Baga! Keep firing! Take out your usual shooting training skills, and hit a higher percentage of hits After all, this war is too important for him and the Japanese Empire, and no accident is allowed.

Of course, he still does not know that behind the sturdy Mississippi battleship, the Colorado, which has been firing to disturb the firing of the Japanese battleship, is actually a "fake" which is not very strong.

However, in the second round of its slow firing, it hit Yamamoto 56's changmen battleship, and hit the changmen's side auxiliary gun with one blow, which directly caused the changmen battleship to catch fire. The 6 o battleship called to confirm whether Marshal Yamamoto was injured.

As the battle went on, the Mississippi battleship was finally unable to hold on. Another round of Japanese shells landed around it. One of them hit the side of the battleship and penetrated its armor. The huge explosion destroyed its boiler, which made the warship slow down to the level of standing still.

This made the hit rate of 16 4o6mm main guns of the Japanese Navy suddenly improve several grades. It is very easy for well-trained Japanese gunners to hit stationary targets. So in a few minutes, the Mississippi was hit by the Japanese again, and the whole warship began to roll.

What is different from the past is that this time, the US Navy did not abandon the ship immediately, but continued to fire in the same place, frantically fighting back with the only remaining turret. The final result of such hard work is that although they did not hit the Japanese warship, Yamamoto's assault fleet was delayed for two and a half hours here. In the end, the USS Mississippi sank in the waters of Solomon Islands, with more than 1OOO officers and men on board, and only 41o survived. What made Yamamoto's ship collapse most was that half an hour after the Japanese Navy sank the battleship Mississippi, they sank the colo. It was only at this time that they understood the real reason why the first fleet of the United States came to prominence. Yamamoto looked at the water surface where the USS Mississippi sank and disappeared. It took him a long time to recover from the shock and panic. He always thought that only the soldiers of the great Japanese Empire were the most self sacrificing soldiers in the world. But at this moment, he was wrong. He was a little wrong. The reason why the destroyer Xili finally replaced the US North Carolina was that the US Navy's destroyer fleet was inexperienced and not in a good position, and that the North Carolina was unable to avoid torpedoes due to the decrease of the degree of damage. All this was due to luck. But the U.S. Navy battleship Mississippi did not rely on luck to retain Yamamoto's assault fleet, but the true spirit of fearlessness. What makes Yamamoto most desperate is the waste of time: his fleet has been here for a long time, and now it's afternoon. If narumoto's fleet can't defeat the US carrier fleet, when the night comes, Yamamoto will have to choose whether to fight at night or to command the troops to run away. As long as it is delayed until sunrise the next day, Solomon Islands will become the grave of the Japanese joint fleet“ Don't waste any more time with the rest of the American ships, add to the West! We're going to bite the main US carrier fleet before dark! " Yamamoto finally recovered from his fear and confusion, and gave the order to continue westward. All he can do now is pray, pray that Zhongyi Nan Yun can defeat the US aircraft carrier fleet, and pray that his own assault fleet can catch up with the US fleet. Now, of course, it seems that the Japanese Navy has completed the script they designed in advance. At least 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 performance of the Japanese Army can be said to be almost perfect. The only pity is that the battle is far from over, and in order, it's time for the Americans to start fighting back. After all, at this time, the American carrier based aircraft had already rushed into the air defense circle of the first air fleet of the Japanese joint fleet. The next battle depends on the result of this collision. Spruance took the telegram from the guard and read it in a solemn and stirring mood. Then he stood at attention and took off his cap. Then he handed the message to his subordinates, and the telegram passed through everyone's hands in the command room in silence. The Mississippi battleship sank, the Colorado battleship sank, and three-quarters of the four battleships of the U.S. Navy lost after the war. It was an indescribable blow to the commander of the front line, Spruance. The mountain pressure was on his shoulder and made him feel difficult to breathe. If we shrink back at this time, then so many losses will only become worthless losses. So Spruance clapped his hand on the table, took out the momentum of breaking the boat, and gave the order to continue the attack: "the Mississippi has set an example, so we have no reason to retreat... After taking in the second wave attack fleet, immediately take off the fourth wave attack fleet, targeting the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet! Continue to attack until all Japanese aircraft carriers are sunk! "