Nine Hundred and Seven God Bless America

"Boom!" With a huge explosion, the battleship Hyuga suddenly burst into flames, and then began to sink. The US Navy evened the score at this moment. Now two Japanese battleships were sunk by the U.S. Army, and two U.S. aircraft carriers were sunk by Japan—just now, the Yorktown aircraft carrier also lost the need for rescue and could only open the sea to sink itself.

Just received a telegram, knowing that he was promoted to Rear Admiral, Miura Miura was standing on the shaky bridge, looking at the mess around him, the pierced A turret was burning into the sky, thick smoke had blocked most of the vision , so that he can only see part of the water.

He smiled wryly, and threw away the telegram that formally promoted him, as if throwing away a piece of trash that was not important at all. Miura no longer knew the difference between a major general and a major general at this time, let alone whether it was worthwhile for him to lead thousands of his subordinates to death like this.

The entire battleship shook violently again, and then the harsh explosion sound came again. He knew that the fire was out of control, and that there must have been a huge explosion in the ammunition depot—in short, everything was over, at least his A lifetime will end here.

"Continue... fire and fight back! Each turret is fighting independently, fire freely! Long live the Empire of Japan! Long live His Majesty the Emperor!" In the end, Miura still shouted his order. All sacrifices are meaningful and valuable.

The hull of the ship has begun to tilt due to the large-scale water ingress. The 30,000-ton behemoth made the sound of twisted steel, explosions and soldiers' cries everywhere. Several of Hinata's main gun turrets were either destroyed or had lost their shooting angles. The entire battleship basically stopped firing, and the nearby sea was full of floating corpses and soldiers who fell into the water.

Just as the tail of the battleship Hyuga was leaning in the direction of the US fleet, a Japanese destroyer was accelerating crazily, rushing towards the US Navy fleet. In the middle of the side of the destroyer's hull, the name of the destroyer "Yutachi" is written in Japanese.

As the escort ship of the decoy fleet, this destroyer has been following the battleship Hyuga. At the moment when Miura decided to turn around and fight, this destroyer also made the same choice. It began to approach the battleship North Carolina at its highest speed, and finally successfully approached within the firing range of the Japanese torpedo.

On the one hand, it was because of the thick smoke of the battleship Hyuga as a cover, and on the other hand, the U.S. Navy really did not expect that the crazy Japanese soldiers dared to challenge the battleship with destroyers. So under the circumstance of being paralyzed for a while, let the Japanese destroyer shoot up all the torpedoes in one go.

When the soldiers of the U.S. Navy opened fire frantically and smashed the destroyer Yudachi into a sieve, the torpedoes fired by the Japanese destroyer finally caught up with the inconvenient USS North Carolina and smashed the wounded American battleship into pieces. up the sieve. The huge battleship ate three torpedoes in one go, and the entire hull began to tilt due to the water ingress.

Because the damage control personnel on American battleships are recruits,

There are not many experienced maintenance technicians, so in the end due to poor damage control, the North Carolina failed to repair and began to sink slowly.

The destroyer Solomon Mad Dog Xili contributed even more this time. Before it sank, it sank the seriously injured US battleship North Carolina, completing the most worthwhile exchange in the entire Solomon naval battle.

It is a pity that because the destroyer Xili did not have time to send a distress signal before it was sunk, and the entire Solomon Sea area was too chaotic on both sides, no rescue was launched, so all the soldiers on the Xili did not wait for their rescue team. It took them four days and three nights to float on the sea before they were discovered. At that time, they were all soaked corpses.

All 1,387 officers and men on the battleship Hyuga died in battle, and all 26 on the destroyer Yudachi were also killed. If the soldiers of other warships such as the battleship Ise, which suffered heavy losses, are added, the number of Japanese casualties now exceeds 3,000.

And this successful torpedo assault also achieved the only result of the Japanese Navy's decoy fleet, sinking the US's most cutting-edge battleship, the USS North Carolina. The record of the two sides sinking each other was also reversed again because of this raid, and the Japanese Navy temporarily led again by 3 to 2.

"General! The battleship USS North Carolina was sunk just now by a torpedo launched by a Japanese destroyer!" In the chaotic command bridge of the USS Wasp aircraft carrier, Spruance also let his subordinates There got to be a heavy loss of their own vanguard fleet.

When Spruance got the news, he was so angry that he almost spat out his old blood, because it was supposed to be a frontal battlefield where the U.S. Navy bullied the few, but the Japanese Navy even made a one-for-one ending. This is undoubtedly very bad news for the US fleet that wants to drag down the Japanese navy through exchanges.

"Now, we can only see whether our carrier-based aircraft can sink the Japanese Navy's aircraft carrier fleet. They are our only chance... If they can succeed, we still have a chance. If they don't succeed, Then we will become the sinners of the entire United States." Spruance looked at his men and said: "Let the fleet continue to the west, and continue to distance itself from the Japanese Eastern Fleet."

At the same moment, Yamamoto Fifty-Six's assault fleet was speeding forward, crazily approaching the US Navy fleet. They want to get close to the US fleet in exchange for a greater advantage before the US Navy's carrier-based aircraft is free to kill them. So they frantically moved closer to the direction of the US Navy, hoping to use a round of bombardment to determine the fate of the world.

On the bridge of the battleship Nagato, Yamamoto Fifty-Six received the last telegram from the battleship Hyuga. The handwriting on the telegram made Yamamoto Fifty-Six heartbroken. After all, his fleet had sunk two battleships. This is definitely very bad news for the Japanese Navy.

For the Japanese Navy, every battleship is a precious asset, and it is a property accumulated by the country's frugality. Now that two ships have sunk here, that is already an unprecedented major loss for the Japanese navy.

"Your Excellency Marshal!" A staff officer bowed his head behind Yamamoto Fifty-Six and said, "The US fleet has been heading west to avoid a frontal collision with our army. Although the opponent's speed is not low, we are still shortening the distance between the two sides. .Based on this time calculation, within half an hour, we should be able to see the US fleet."

Of course Yamamoto knew that they would meet the other side's fleet in half an hour, and he also knew that the two American warships were approaching his fleet one after the other under the cover of other warships. Based on his experience and the intelligence provided by the seaplanes on the battleship, he will soon find out the meeting ceremony prepared by the US Navy for him, and he is also confident in defeating the fleet ordered to intercept him.

"My decoy fleet can sink a new battleship of the U.S. Navy, so what can the Americans use to stop my main fleet?" Yamamoto seemed to be more than half relieved, after all, the battle situation in front of him made him sad. Extremely, but after all, the Japanese navy occupies the initiative on the battlefield, and the advantage is obvious.

In the script that Yamamoto was planning in his mind, the assault fleet led by himself could kill at least two American battleships and disrupt the US's combat deployment. If Chuichi Nagumo's fleet succeeds in another sneak attack, then the Japanese Navy basically wiped out the US Pacific Fleet this time at the cost of two battleships and two aircraft carriers-this ending is acceptable to him.

"It seems that God bless my emperor, the winner of this naval battle is the combined fleet of our Great Japanese Empire!" Yamamoto Fifty-Six put his hands behind his back, looked at the distant sea, and waited quietly. The moment an American battleship comes within range of its own.

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On the battleship USS Mississippi of the U.S. Navy, the captain, Colonel Alden, put down the binoculars in his hand, looked back at the adjutant who was holding the latest battle message, smiled softly, and then said slowly: "So, The heroic Japanese counterattack that sank our battleship USS North Carolina?"

"Yes, sir! That's what is written in the battle report. Now we have to wait for the reinforcements from General Halsey, which seems to be later." The adjutant nodded and replied to his officer.

Colonel Auden nodded, and then loudly said to the officers and soldiers in the entire bridge: "Gentlemen, we should let the Japanese know that not only they have brave soldiers, but we Americans also have our heroes! Today! We will be our own heroes!"

"Yeah!" All the American soldiers present shouted, waving their arms. Americans have no shortage of heroes, and they have no shortage of heroism. It's just that they need a reason, a reason to let themselves into the hero role. Obviously the Japanese gave them this reason, and the current U.S. Navy also has its own reasons why it cannot lose.

"Accelerate forward! The battleship Colorado cannot withstand the attack of the Japanese navy. We must help it resist all attacks!" Captain Auden issued an order to accelerate: "Attract the opponent's artillery fire, we will do it Allied shields!"

"God bless America!" After the two sides approached the distance of the artillery battle, Captain Auden shouted a loud slogan. The Americans on the bridge were brave and fearless at this moment, and their morale was high!