On the other hand, on the bridge of the aircraft carrier Akagi, the flagship of the air fleet, Nagumo Tadaichi was anxiously waiting for news about the retreating wounded fleet.

About 25 minutes ago, he sent 10 Zero fighters to the scene of the accident, hoping to make amends.

And the Japanese escort fleet was also fighting desperately, desperately destroying American carrier-based torpedo planes.

The battle between the two sides can be described as tragic, and the battle has reached this point, and there is no possibility of retreating or stopping the loss.

Just as Nagumo was anxiously awaiting the result he had been waiting for but not daring to hear, an officer ran over from the telegraph room.

"Sir! Sir! Good news! Good news! The officer clutched the telegram in his hand and shouted loudly.

Hearing the shout, Nan Yunzhong suddenly wanted to close his eyes. He was afraid to hear bad news, afraid to hear that his wounded aircraft carrier had gone wrong.

But when he heard the word good news, he finally breathed a sigh of relief - fortunately, as long as it was good news, it proved that the situation did not deteriorate further.

If Japan loses three aircraft carriers in one go, it will really be a situation that cannot be restored.

"When the aircraft carrier Kaga was seriously injured and the American planes used up their torpedoes to retreat, the aircraft carrier Kaga only entered a large amount of water and was not in danger of sinking!" The officer stood beside Nagumo Tadaichi and reported loudly.

Hearing that the Kaga aircraft carrier was fine, Nagumo Tadaichi breathed a sigh of relief: one aircraft carrier that was hit first was saved, so the remaining two aircraft carriers may also be fine.

As long as these aircraft carriers are not sinkable, other results are bearable. After all, the sunken ones can't be salvaged, and the injured ones can be repaired and continued to be used, right......

Unconsciously, Nagumo Tadaichi had already moved the bottom line of his requirements from not being injured to a lower position of not being sunk.

"Send a telegram to General Yamamoto with the good news! Amaterasu bless the Japanese Empire! Long live His Majesty the Emperor! While Nagumo Zhongyi was overjoyed, he was also ready to hurry up to report the news.

It would be a more appropriate choice for Yamamoto to be able to command the landing operations on the front line with more peace of mind and concentration.

"Hey!" One of his men left the bridge of the USS Akagi with a smile on his face.

At the moment, it seems that the losses of the Japanese Navy are still within the acceptable range, so at least they can be counted as a victory report.

Although the losses were somewhat heavy, after all, the enemy's losses were greater. Moreover, the Japanese army accomplished the objectives of the campaign, taking Midway, an outpost in Hawaii, from the United States.

As long as the island is in hand, it becomes easier to attack Hawaii. With Hawaii, the American fleet would have to retreat to the west coast and at least triple the distance of the counterattack!

That's twice as much! Even if the United States has twice the number of troops, it will be weakened by more than half of its combat strength because of the distance, which will offset the huge military superiority of the United States.

"General, do you want to wait...... After all, the Canglong ......," an officer bowed his head and admonished Nagumo Zhong.

"......" Nagumo Zhongyi glanced at Dazuo who opened his mouth to persuade this sentence very unhappily, and his face was already very ugly.

In his opinion, isn't this obviously cursing the two aircraft carriers Canglong and Feilong?

With a cold snort, Nagumo Zhongyi finally held back and did not have a seizure, closed his eyes and waited for the news about the Canglong and the Flying Dragon aircraft carrier.

On the other side, in the sea near the wounded Japanese retreating fleet, Captain White piloted his Avenger torpedo attack plane, circling in the sky.

He reluctantly looked at the Japanese fleet under his feet, but there were no more torpedoes to throw bombs on.

Just now, an Avenger torpedo attack plane crashed into a Japanese destroyer, piloted by a close friend of Captain White.

Unfortunately, the Japanese destroyer escaped the impact of the American planes and was lucky to escape.

"Let's skydive! You two. While piloting his plane through the rain of anti-aircraft guns, White ordered his mechanics and bombardier to have a bombardier.

"Forget it! If we're unlucky, the Japanese don't want to take prisoners, we'll have to feed the sharks or soak them alive in the sea......" said the bombardier, leaning on the self-defense cannon on the belly of the plane, lazily.

He was already out of shells, and the torpedoes had been thrown. Now this plane is the same as a civil aircraft, unarmed.

So, as a weapons operator, there is nothing left for him to do now. He could only lean on his weapon and wait for his final moments.

The mechanical and electrical engineer was also helpless, he ripped open his collar and smiled at the driver White: "We have been working together for more than a year, and I still don't know your temper?" You choose your target, and we'll have a companion together. ”

There was silence over the radio, and White piloted his plane, circled the sky for another time, then looked at the bottomed out fuel gauge and flipped the plane's joystick.

The Avenger torpedo attack aircraft engine gasped and began to spin rapidly. Passing through the dense anti-aircraft artillery, it aimed its nose at a Japanese aircraft carrier in the distance emitting thick smoke.

On the side of the aircraft carrier, a slender Japanese destroyer cut through the water, leaving a white trail in its wake.

White stared at the body of the aircraft carrier facing the nose of the aircraft, and dived rapidly, like a dreadnought dive bomber, rushing towards his target.

"When! While! While! While! "On the thick fuselage, a row of machine-gun bullets of the Zero fighter was left. The sea breeze burrowed through the bullet holes into the cab, refreshing the chilly air.

White gripped the plane's joystick with his hand, trying to keep the plane in the same position as before.

The wings tore apart the airflow and made a screeching sound. In the blink of an eye, a huge cloud of fireworks rose from the deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu, and the sound of the explosion could be heard several kilometers away.

White couldn't hear the explosion, and neither the pilots, mechanics, and weapons operators of the 20 American carrier-based Avenger torpedo planes could hear it.

Because these planes have all been shot down, or they have been loaded into Japanese warships. They succeeded in aggravating the injuries of the Kaga aircraft carrier, and they also succeeded in doing something they did not dare to hope for.

Yes, the aircraft carrier Canglong began to sink slowly in the final explosion. The first Japanese aircraft carrier since the start of the war was finally sunk!