"The fleet retreats!" Most of the Japanese Navy officers and sailors were full of confusion and confusion after seeing the signal flag raised on the mast of the Fuso, and even a little angry! The American fleet in the distance is already at an absolute disadvantage, even if the King Kong is damaged, as long as the Fuso works harder, the Americans will be completely finished! And then send them to the bottom of the sea with a destroyer's torpedo and finish it, how can you give up halfway? Some radical people already have the idea of "heavenly punishment of national thieves". Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the face of the doubts and even accusations of his subordinates, Kato Dingji naturally did not dare to say that he might be impulsive....... This is looking for death. Therefore, Kato Dingyoshi's explanation to the low-level officers and soldiers was that the King Kong was seriously damaged and needed to return to the Philippines to repair, and there were American submarines around, so in this case, the only way to cover the retreat of the King Kong was to do so. The explanation to the middle and high-ranking officers is much easier, and two days ago, the telegram just sent by the base camp clearly wrote that even if the gun is misfired, do not fight to the death. In the case that the "great martial arts of the Japanese Navy" have been demonstrated, it is the best choice to stop it at the right time and then leave it to the diplomats to deal with these things!

The Fuso suffered modest losses in this firefight, having been hit by three 14-inch shells, one of which had taken out a barrel and the other hit the armor belt, leaving a 5-inch dent before being ejected. The third shot hit the bridge and set fire. Other than that, there are no other losses.

And the situation of the King Kong is a bit tragic, the battleship was also hit by 3 shots, but the damage caused was a bit large. A group of boilers with fresh water tanks on the warring side were shattered by fragments, and 2 boilers were mixed with seawater, resulting in a direct shutdown. A shell knocked on the side of the side caused the ingress of water into the battleship of 500 tons, as well as water seepage in part of the boiler compartment. And the one that hit the No. 3 turret was even more lethal, directly destroying more than 60 Japanese naval officers and sailors inside! The two guns were completely scrapped. The turret is probably going to be replaced with a new one.

Although the Kongo was a little worse, judging from the results of the battle, there was no doubt that the Japanese navy had a greater advantage, and the Americans paid a higher price, with the Nevada flooding up to 2,500 tons, and half of the ship's capital being submerged in the water. The two masts of the battleship were almost completely destroyed. Two of the 4 turrets were scrapped. (I do not break down, but I cannot use it due to impact or other reasons.) More than 400 casualties on the battleship. The New York was not in good shape, although it was not taken care of, but the poor defense made him even worse than the Nevada, the turret of one turret was broken, the barrel of the other turret was shattered, and nearly half of the power was lost. More than 1,800 tons of water entered the hull, causing a tilt of about 12 degrees.

"If we had been fighting for half an hour, we would probably never have been able to return to Pearl Harbor." Looking at the mess of battleships and the officers and men rushing around on deck, Rear Admiral Sims let out a long sigh. Unexpectedly, more than ten years later, the U.S. Navy still doesn't give .......

It seems that the Japanese did not do everything in vain, and Sims still hasn't figured out what the hell is going on, and the Japanese battleship exploded in the middle of the voyage? And then there are American submarines next to it? Did the submarine move or not? What's going on here? Sims said he was confused.

At this time, in addition to returning to Pearl Harbor for overhaul with these two defeated warships, the first thing to do was to immediately inform the US government of these things, which was a little weird. Sims wasn't sure how the matter would end up, but he didn't think it was a big deal, the United States was not prepared, and Japan was now a member of the Entente. This is not a ...... between the United States and Japan.

"You're kidding, right?" When Katsura Taro looked at the telegram sent by the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Goro Ijiin, the expression on his face was wonderful, what he was most worried about was the misfire between the US and Japanese fleets, and now it really happened! And the reason for doing it is so chatty. It's unbelievable.

"It sounds hard to understand, but that's exactly what it is. One of our ships suddenly exploded, and then an American submarine was spotted next to it, and Vice Admiral Kato Dingyoshi thought that the American submarine did it, and there was also an American fleet next to it, which made Admiral Kato think that this was a long-planned trap, and in order to avoid falling into passivity, the fleet opened fire first. Ijiin Goro argued.

This situation, which seems a little incomprehensible to outsiders, is actually difficult to say if you put yourself in their shoes, and the warships of the two sides definitely did not fight after the declaration of war, at least the several wars in history in which Japan participated were directly confused before the war. The relationship between the United States and Japan itself is very tense, and the front-line confrontation troops on both sides are ready to start fighting at any time, and it is actually normal for a conflict to break out under such a coincidental situation.

"Now it's not a question of accountability, and what if it's really the Americans who do it first? Vice Admiral Kato has at least won, and we need to make two preparations now, first, immediately send two more Fuso-class battleships to the South Pacific, ready to meet the American fleet at any time, but before the situation becomes clear, we can withdraw the cordon a little bit. Second, get in touch with the British to see what their attitude is. Gongwang of Xiyuan Temple, who was sitting next to him, finally spoke.

In Xiyuanji's view, this question can actually be reduced to a multiple-choice question, that is, will the Americans fight or not? If it is a fight, then there is no need to say anything, Japan should honestly go back and prepare for the war. And if you don't fight, then the problem is very simple, find a third country as an intermediary, everyone takes two steps back, and the matter is over.

As for the explanation of whether the Stone was killed by American torpedoes or mines, or whether it exploded on its own, is this matter important? Japan must say that it was made by American mines or torpedoes, just like the explosion of the USS Maine in Cuba in history. The Spaniards said it was the problem of the ammunition depots of the Americans. And the Americans said that they hit a mine in Spain. This is an unsolved case, or the Americans don't really care about it, just an excuse.

Although the Japanese politicians of this era were quite reasonable, Japan still accumulated some confidence in the country on the other side of the ocean. At least so far, Japan has been superior to Japan in all kinds of conflicts between the two sides, such as the Battle of the Philippines, in which the U.S. Navy was wiped out for more than a decade, and then in the Russo-Japanese War, the Russians also lost. And this time. Well, if it weren't for King Kong, the Japanese fleet behaved perfectly.

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