"It's over!" Seeing the aircraft carrier Shozuru explode in the distance, rising a brilliant flame, Nagumo Tadaichi also secretly said bad in his heart.

Because the explosion was so violent, he even saw the wings of a Zero fighter being lifted into the air and falling farther away near the aircraft carrier Zuizuru.

Several torpedoes, and the power of the explosion together with dozens of aerial bombs, suddenly lifted off half of the deck of the Xianghe, and also caused the ammunition depot of the Xianghe aircraft carrier to explode along with it.

The steel, which looked very thick, twisted and deformed by the force of the explosion, then broke apart and flew out like shrapnel, and many of them hit a destroyer next to the aircraft carrier Shozuru.

The destroyer was turning, because the Japanese sailors on the ship also saw the exploding Shozuru, and they wanted to avoid that their own boat would be damaged by the pond fish.

Even the rescue was spared, and the aircraft carrier Xianghe broke directly into two pieces from the middle, and capsized over the ocean in billowing smoke.

The speed of sinking made even the crew, sailors and aviation personnel on the aircraft carrier Xianghe have no time to organize the abandonment of ship.

More than 1,600 Japanese soldiers sank with the ship, and finally escaped from the ascension, not even 300 people.

For the Japanese Navy, these are all high-tech talents that cannot be replenished in a short period of time, and the Shozuru aircraft carrier is also a cutting-edge warship that the Japanese army cannot replenish in a short period of time!

You know, this battleship was only in service before the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. It and the Mizuru aircraft carrier, a pair of sister ships, are the few truly specially designed fleet aircraft carriers in the hands of the Japanese army.

"Let the destroyer hurry forward and salvage the soldiers who have fallen overboard! Fast! Looking at the broken and sunken aircraft carrier Xianghe, Nagumo Tadaichi ordered in despair.

At this time, the planes of the US military had not yet retreated. In the sky, these deadly killers are surrounding the aircraft carrier Akagi and the aircraft carrier Zuizuru, and the driver is attacking.

And Nagumo Tadaichi could only wait aggrievedly, waiting for these American planes to leave. After that, he can take off fighter jets to ensure the safety of his airspace, and take off attack planes to avenge the Xianghe.

Now, he, the commander of the air fleet, can only pin his hopes on the fact that the Japanese counterattack will be able to inflict heavy damage on the American fleet.

"The deck hasn't been cleared yet? Haven't cleared it out yet? After giving the order, Nan Yunzhong turned his head to the side and questioned the commander of the ground crew.

The commander's face turned pale when questioned, and he bowed his head and replied: "Your Excellency, General! The location of the plane is messy and it will take some time to get ready! ”

"Yaga!" As soon as Nanyun Zhong heard the other party's answer, he reached out and grabbed the collar of the opponent's military uniform, and roared through gritted teeth: "When you get everything ready, we are going to feed the fish!" ”

This is already the second aircraft carrier sunk by the Japanese Navy since the start of the war! Such a loss has already overwhelmed Japan!

You must know that within the existing shipbuilding program in Japan, that is, the Marugo shipbuilding program, there is only one aircraft carrier, that is, the aircraft carrier Taiho.

In this way, it is equivalent to saying that even if the Japanese Navy survives the service of the aircraft carrier Taiho, it will not be able to restore the number of aircraft carriers before the war.

In fact, at this moment, the Japanese Navy still has two aircraft carriers, the Xiangho and the Ryuchamp, carrying out defensive missions near the Hawaiian Islands, but these two aircraft carriers can only be regarded as light aircraft carriers and cannot be compared with the sunken aircraft carrier Shozuru.

Just when Nagumo Tadaichi was shouting in despair, the battleship Nagato, where Yamamoto Isoroku was, finally received the news that the aircraft carrier Shozuru had sunk.

The telegram was sent to the commander of the Combined Fleet, Isoroku Yamamoto, and then the officer who sent the telegram bowed his head and reported in a heavy tone: "Your Excellency, Marshal! USS Shozuru...... The battle is sinking! ”

In the telegram in Yamamoto's hand, there is actually a part of the content, which roughly means that the battleship is sinking too quickly, and the loss of personnel may be large.

Not in the mood to read the detailed report, Yamamoto fifty-six painfully threw away the message and closed his eyes.

The thing he feared the most finally came true. After the constant loss of carrier-based pilots, the losses of battleships and sailors also began to appear.

The Americans were able to build a fleet of considerable size in four months. Even if the U.S. fleet is completely annihilated here, four months later, Japan will still have to face an equally powerful or even more powerful opponent.

It's only been less than August, and it may not take 42 years for the American fleet to strike back again - and the combined fleet will only be able to rely on fewer and fewer existing forces.

In any case, Yamamoto Fifty-six knew that he had to get through the difficulties in front of him before he could think about the future.

So he bit the tip of his tongue and forcibly cheered up his spirits. Then the marshal looked at the officers in front of him and gave a loud order: "The fleet turns west...... Get ready to retreat. ”

No matter what the cost, Yamamoto Isoroku will have to withdraw the Combined Fleet from the theater of operations in order to regain its strength.

Before giving this order, he was ready to take the responsibility for this defeat himself.

After all, it is no longer possible to risk continuing to fight here, and if you continue to fight, the losses may become uncontrollable.

Intelligence shows that the number of attack planes in the second batch of the US military is about 40 or more. This strength allowed Yamamoto to give an approximate estimate of the number of aircraft carriers in the U.S. military - at least three!

If the Shozuru aircraft carrier had not been sunk, Yamamoto Isoroku would still have the confidence to compete with the American fleet, but now that the Shozuru aircraft carrier has sunk, the Japanese army's strength has obviously fallen into a disadvantage!

Just in terms of quantity, the number of carrier-based aircraft in the remaining two aircraft carriers of Nagumo Zhongyi is only 100 at most.

"Luck is not in my ......" Looking at the not so calm sea, Yamamoto Fifty-six muttered in pain, and closed his eyes with his chin high.

Here he was lamenting that luck was not in me, and Nan Yunzhong over there was almost crying. A military officer on the aircraft carrier Xianghe, who had just been rescued, confirmed that Takaji Shiroshima sank with the aircraft carrier Xianghe.

Before Nagumo could grieve for his colleagues, a torpedo dropped by an American TBD Ravaging Torpedo attack aircraft hit his flagship, the Akagi.

The side of the aircraft carrier Akagi was damaged, and the speed of the ship slowed down suddenly. This is definitely not good news for Nagumo Tadaichi, or for the entire combined fleet of the Japanese Navy!

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The dragon spirit is really sleepy, and he owes a chapter to make up for it tomorrow...... I'm sorry.