"The Akagi was shot!" With a hysterical shout, the officers and men of the Japanese Navy destroyer looked desperately at the smoking Akagi in the distance, not knowing what it was like.

In front of them, the battleship, which was as huge as a mountain, was billowing out smoke, and it seemed that it was not lightly injured.

And the American planes in the sky are still like ghosts, haunting the surroundings of the USS Akagi.

At the same moment, Nanyun Zhong looked at the officers in a mess with anxiety, shouted loudly, and ordered them to plug the damaged hull as soon as possible.

If the sea water is allowed to keep pouring into the battleship, the battleship will sink soon after. And the water ingress also directly affects the speed, as well as the work of the engine.

Losing power on such a battlefield, or affecting power, is tantamount to declaring the battleship a death sentence. Nagumo Tadaichi refused to give up the Akagi aircraft carrier, so he naturally had to desperately repair it.

Fortunately, the damage management personnel on this battleship can be said to be the elite of the elite, and they quickly controlled the water ingress and even kept the power equipment installed at the bottom of the hull.

There was no time to rejoice, and the officer in charge of operating the aircraft carrier Akagi reported the damage caused by the torpedo hit just now.

He stood up and saluted, and reported to Nagumo Tadaichi: "Your Excellency, General! The power has dropped by a fifth, and the maximum speed can only reach about 20 knots! ”

Although the steam turbine was not damaged, it must have been unable to maintain its original high-speed navigation due to the damage to the ship's hull.

Thinking that the original battleship could reach a maximum speed of 30 knots, Nagumo Tadaichi's face became even more difficult to look at.

Apparently, the battleship is starting to drag its feet! The remaining Zuihe aircraft carrier can reach a maximum speed of more than 30 knots, and if it is to maintain formation, the speed of the entire fleet will have to be reduced.

"Shoot! Shoot! Wielding a command knife, the officer on the anti-aircraft gun emplacements of the USS Akagi pointed to the American carrier-based aircraft that was diving in the distance and shouted frantically.

Right next to him, the Japanese soldiers were desperately shaking the crank in their hands to aim the twin 25 mm anti-aircraft guns at distant targets.

This anti-aircraft gun is fed by a magazine, the rate of fire is quite slow, and its performance is better than that of the 37 mm caliber anti-aircraft guns used by the German Navy, but what is the use of this?

The German 37 mm anti-aircraft gun, nicknamed the "Hand Machine", was an inferior design that everyone laughed at. After Li Le became the Führer, the German Navy had already eliminated this anti-aircraft gun.

This kind of Japanese anti-aircraft gun has been in use all the time, and the rate of fire is not high, and the power can only be said to be average.

Compare the number of anti-aircraft guns of the Japanese Navy in real history, and you can see how weak the anti-aircraft weapons on the aircraft carrier Akagi are at this moment.

In real historical time and space, when the battleship Yamato sank, it was equipped with 156 25 mm anti-aircraft guns of the same type, while the Akagi aircraft carrier, which sank in 1942, was only equipped with 28 guns of the same caliber......

Such a comparison shows how weak the anti-aircraft defense capability of the Akagi aircraft carrier is.

It is no wonder that the Japanese Navy always has to pay some price when it is attacked by American carrier-based aircraft.

Comparatively speaking, Germany was lucky, the intensity of air combat in the Atlantic theater was very low, and the German aircraft had an absolute advantage in performance, so they won the Atlantic naval battle safely.

Japan was rather unlucky, because from the very beginning it faced the behemoth of the United States, and both sides used carrier-based aircraft as the main means of attack, so the tragedy of the air defense battle can be imagined.

"Suddenly! Dodo! "The twin 25 mm anti-aircraft guns were constantly pouring ammunition to prevent the American planes from approaching.

Just as this anti-aircraft gun position ran out of shells and changed the magazines, the American carrier-based aircraft rushed over and dropped a torpedo in the distance.

The Japanese officer, who saw the torpedo track, widened his eyes, and then shouted hysterically behind him: "Torpedo approach!" Torpedo! Torpedo! ”

His shouts did not attract the attention of others, or even if they did, there was nothing they could do about it - the speed had now been reduced to 20 knots, and it was impossible to turn to avoid torpedoes at such close range.

Seeing that, the torpedo made a white spray and crashed straight into the side of the aircraft carrier Akagi.

In the next second, a huge explosion distorted the ship's side, and the waves that burst out covered the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery positions above the explosion area.

The explosion of the second torpedo caused a large hole in the side of the originally sturdy aircraft carrier Akagi.

The waterproof compartment was badly damaged, and the seawater found a place to fill it, and quickly poured into the hull of the Akagi aircraft carrier.

The place where the shot was hit this time is not far from the damaged area that has just been hit. Therefore, the huge vibration caused the previous water intake area, which had been stabilized, to collapse.

In addition, the position of the hit bullet this time was relatively backward, and one of the outermost propellers of the Akagi aircraft carrier was also stuck and could not provide power.

As a result, the Akagi aircraft carrier's fleet was more affected, and its speed was further reduced.

"What's going on? What's going on? Feeling another huge shock, Nanyun Zhongyi leaned on the chart table next to him and asked loudly.

Standing with him was the captain of the USS Akagi, Kiichi Hasegawa, and he didn't know what was going on, so he could only guess: "I guess I was shot!" ”

The explosion was not too violent, and the listening position was relatively backward, not like an ammunition explosion. And in an optimistic way, another shot is better handled than an ammunition explosion.

As long as it does not affect the carrier-based aircraft in the hangar, which is like a powder keg, and does not affect the fuel and ammunition, everything can still be saved.

"Shot...... I was shot ......" There were words in his mouth, Nanyun Zhong was like a crazy demon, and suddenly roared: "Then hurry up and repair it!" Fast! Repair! Repair! ”

In fact, the weight of the pressure has brought his whole person to the brink of collapse - if the Combined Fleet suffers heavy losses, he will die ten thousand times, and he will not be able to escape the blame!

This is a real battle of national fortunes! If the Great Japanese Empire loses the war because of his mistakes, then even if he dies, he will not be able to atone for his crimes!

In fact, for a samurai of His Majesty the Emperor like Nagumo Tadaichi, death is not a terrible thing! Mistaking the big event of Japan's rise is the key that really scares Nagumo Tadaichi.

"I'll go myself!" Hasegawa Osa pushed away his adjutant and walked to the door of the bridge: "Please rest assured, General!" ”

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The remaining two are a little later, and you can watch it tomorrow morning.