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?General Nagumo Chuichi has always believed that he is the commander with the deepest understanding of naval aviation in the world. With the efforts of him and Yamamoto, Japan's naval aviation was once the number one in the world, with the most powerful Zero fighter, and Two thousand elite pilots who have experienced the test of war. [Read the full text..]

But when facing the dense attack echelon of carrier-based aircraft of the US Navy, a pale sense of powerlessness made him almost unable to keep his body in a standing posture.

Just now, his flagship aircraft carrier Akagi 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 exploded, it made his aircraft carrier completely lost. The ability to continue taking off aircraft for combat.

Although his battleship did not sink like the battleship Mississippi, nor did it capsize like the Hinata, but in this naval battle, it is doomed that there will be no stage for the aircraft carrier Akagi, because it has been because of this one. The bomb that doesn't hurt muscles, is out.

"Baga! It's just a bomb, so it really can't be repaired?" Nagumo Takaichi frowned and asked the damage control commander on the Akagi aircraft carrier: "You have to know that this battle will affect the For the Great Japanese Empire, it is very important!"

The officer stood at attention and bowed his head, and solemnly replied: "Your Excellency, I really can't repair the damaged deck in a short period of time. Even if I try my best to repair it, God, God...it's almost dark, and you still won't be able to take off after two hours. Battle planes."

Yes, even if the damage control soldiers rush to repair the aircraft carrier, the aircraft carrier cannot fight at night, so the Japanese Navy's fleet still has to use two aircraft carriers to fight against the superior force of the US military. Nan Yunzhong was shaken, he didn't know whether to retreat at this time, or stick to this position.

"Send a telegram to Marshal Yamamoto and ask him whether we should continue to fight in place, or can we retreat temporarily?" Chuichi Nagumo couldn't make up his mind, so he had to come up with a trick that was stupid but never wrong: Ask his superior, Marshal Yamamoto Fifty-Six.

If you ask your superiors about everything, you can never go wrong, right? This is what Chuichi Nagumo is thinking now. Little did they know that the pressure on Zhanmoto's side was greater than his side's. At least he was still fighting, while Yamamoto's side was biting their teeth and desperately approaching the US fleet.

Nagumo Tadaichi didn’t know the United States. He didn’t know how terrible the United States was in World War II. He didn’t know that at the end of World War II, the United States mobilized more than 10 million soldiers and produced hundreds of aircraft carriers. Tens of thousands of tanks were produced by American factories, flooding the Empire of Japan like a flood.

Now he even finds that he doesn't know his opponent. He only knows that the commander of the US fleet is called Spruance. This is already one of the few US intelligence he has obtained. The commander of the Japanese naval aviation was covered in hairs, and he felt an indescribable sense of danger.

The Japanese are good at understanding their opponents,

Before they fought the Sino-Japanese War with the Qing government, they sent thousands of spies to sneak into China to collect intelligence. Even the things reported by these spies are not well understood by most Chinese.

From the total amount of weapons produced by the Jiangnan Manufacturing General Administration, to the mobilization mechanism of the whole of China at that time, the war preparations of the bureaucrats and the army, and the determination of the high-level power class to fight, etc. Collected by these spies all-encompassingly, it was assembled into a set of detailed reports on China's situation, which became the first-hand information for the Japanese military to study China.

Relying on such detailed intelligence, Japan won the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1995, and completed its rise. But now Japan doesn't know the United States, it doesn't even 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 US fleet.

From the news fed back by the first attack aircraft formation just now, Nagumo Chuichi got a piece of information that he did not know before: the aircraft carriers of the US fleet are not 4 or 5 as estimated by the Japanese army in advance, but a total of 7 aircraft carriers As much as this made it impossible for Zhongichi Nagumo's fleet to complete the ongoing mission-he underestimated the American air defense force and underestimated the American attack force.

After the Americans went to war with the Japanese, counterintelligence measures were taken. The first is to control all the Japanese population in the United States to prevent them from conducting sabotage activities and to prevent opponents from conducting espionage activities. Even Chinese and Southeast Asian travelers in the United States have been restricted in their scope of activities, and all Asian populations have lost the right to move freely in the United States.

As a result, all the intelligence networks built by the Japanese in the United States were paralyzed, and it was no longer possible to detect the slightest bit of American intelligence. This disparity in intelligence made Japan a completely blind wolf. Although it was fierce, it could only bump around like headless chickens.

"The intelligence agency is incompetent. The Americans already have such a large aircraft carrier fleet, and they even promised me that the Americans only have four aircraft carriers!" Nagumo Tadaichi smiled wryly, watching the rescuers in the deck crater Surrounding him, rushing to repair the deck of the damaged Akagi aircraft carrier, he murmured: "I have already lost 40 aircraft, if this continues, it will really be over."

The Akagi aircraft carrier was unable to take off its own aircraft, which caused the strength of the Japanese naval aviation force to drop by half. Now Japan's second wave of attack echelons can gather 30 aircraft, which is already lucky. However, judging from the current scale of the U.S. Naval Air Force, it is estimated that if these 30 planes really take off to attack, they will almost have no return.

You can't back down at a time like this! This is Nagumo Chuichi's idea. Now in this situation, even if you run away with determination, the end will definitely not be much better. It is really better to make up your mind and fight your opponent to the death, and the fish will die. At any rate, he can still leave a heroic name of fighting to the death, so that he won't be scolded by later generations as a coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death.

Nagumo Chuichi unconsciously shook the command saber on his waist, and then made up his mind to use the destruction of his own fleet to win better opportunities for Yamamoto Isoroku. So he looked at his adjutant and gave an order to continue the offensive: "Order the two aircraft carriers Ryujo and Kaga to take off and launch a second raid on the US Navy's aircraft carrier fleet! Long live the Empire of Japan! Long live His Majesty the Emperor ! Eight hundred gods will bless Japan's martial arts for a long time!"

At this time, the first wave of attack aircraft in the United States has returned, so the Japanese naval fleet is also on the battlefield to save its broken fleet: two destroyers are burning with thick smoke, and a cruiser can only see one bow still floating on the battlefield. On the water, the escort ships of the Japanese Navy paid a heavy price to ensure the safety of the aircraft carrier, and countless sailors waited for the salvage of rescue ships.

Nagumo Chuichi didn't know how far the 30 planes in the second attack fleet could do, but he still prayed that these planes could easily sink the two US aircraft carriers and complete the unprecedented reversal of the entire battlefield. At this time, his palms were covered with sweat, and he didn't know whether it was because of nervousness or because the weather was too hot.

"Boom!" Just as Nagumo Chuichi was considering whether to replace the flagship with the Kaga aircraft carrier that was still operational, a slight explosion occurred on the Akagi aircraft carrier. I don't know why a plane suddenly exploded. , Also damaged the very important elevator on the aircraft carrier.

"There is nothing to hesitate. Send a signal to the Kaga, and I will transfer the headquarters there." Nanyun Zhongyi looked at the elevator on the smoking aircraft carrier deck, and glanced at the men behind him: "Hurry up Go launch the dinghy! We're running out of time."

After the order was finished, he looked at the captain of the Akagi aircraft carrier again, and then arranged: "I have arranged, the destroyer Shigure will provide cover to protect you all the way west, and retreat back to the mainland first. Please wait for our victory News, long live the Empire of Japan!"

"Hi!" The captain didn't know whether he was excited because he heard that he could get out and felt safe for the time being; or because he was excited because he heard the slogan "Long Live the Great Japanese Empire". In short, he stood at attention very excitedly, bowed his head to Nanyun Zhongyi and said, "Your Excellency, General, take care too!"

Nagumo Tadashi waved his hand, and then walked out of the command bridge surrounded by people. His commander's flag was slowly lowered from the flagpole of the Akagi aircraft carrier bit by bit, and then neatly gathered together by two sailors, stacked into a square. Seeing that his flag was put away, Nanyun turned around, followed his entourage, guards and staff, jumped into the small boat, and headed towards the Kaga aircraft carrier on the slightly wavy ocean. drive away.

What he didn't expect was that this was the last time he left the Akagi aircraft carrier, and it was also the last time that the Akagi aircraft carrier, as his flagship, emerged on the Pacific battlefield.

Half an hour later, the U.S. Navy's aviation troops swarmed in. The Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo was the first to be hit by an aerial bomb while avoiding torpedoes, and finally capsized in the waters of the Solomon Islands. The destroyer Yukikaze was ordered to rescue the people who fell into the water on the aircraft carrier Ryujo, and then left the battle area. The entire Japanese First Air Fleet suffered heavy losses, and the US Navy's attack planes attacked all targets they could attack like crazy.

Then came a rare good news: the carrier-based aircraft on the Kaga sank an American escort aircraft carrier. But then the Japanese Navy waited until the news that their carrier-based aircraft had been wiped out. Except for the 50 carrier-based aircraft that accompanied the Akagi to leave the battlefield, almost all the carrier-based aircraft of the Japanese Navy participating in the battle had been lost so far.