Nagumo Tadaichi lost his last glimmer of hope - his First Air Fleet was finished, completely finished!

Both the Kaga and the Hiryu are still being repaired on the mainland, and now the Shozuru and Akagi are no longer able to fight: only God knows what is left of the Japanese Navy.

What's even worse is that the precious Japanese pilots have all been buried in the sea with the destruction of the aircraft carrier fleet.

"Rush repair...... Repair! Getting up from the floor, Nagumo Tadaichi was still chanting such a word.

No matter what he says, it's too late to rush to repair. The jet fuel on the battleship was exploding, igniting the ammunition depot of the USS Akagi and detonating the torpedoes and bombs inside.

The Akagi is over, and of course it's over. A violent explosion tore the hull of the ship, and sea water poured into the compartments, drowning everything.

Just a minute later, more than half of the entire battleship was without power. The sea water flooded the transformer unit and destroyed the power compartment.

Most of the emergency repair personnel returned to the west in the explosion, and the rest of the people were powerless to return to the sky, so they could only watch the fire spread.

Nagumo kept chanting, as if he had lost his soul. And the battleship under his feet sank to the cold bottom of the sea little by little in the constant explosion.

"How can I be worthy of His Majesty the Emperor? How can I be worthy of the Great Japanese Empire? Finally, under the smoke and fire, he finally regained some consciousness, and suddenly let out a strange scream.

After letting go, his eyes fell on his command knife, and he pulled out the command knife with a "click", and then aimed it at himself in reverse.

On the increasingly inclined battleship, Nagumo Tadashi looked at the first mate of the Akagi aircraft carrier beside him.

Then, with an apologetic look on his face, he said, "I'm sorry! That's all I have to go! Please be my intermediary, this is my last request. ”

Seppuku is a very complex set of rituals, and the duty of the person to do so is to alleviate the pain of the suicidal person and help them die as soon as possible.

The first mate looked at him and shook his head with a pale face. Chopping off his commander's head was not something he wanted to do.

"Come on! Use your pistol ......" He knew that not everyone had the guts to wield a long knife and cut off someone's head. But it's different with a pistol, at least a pistol doesn't require much specialized operational knowledge.

In real history, when the Japanese senior commander committed suicide by seppuku during the defeat of World War II, there were many examples of mishandling with pistols.

"I'm sorry!" The first mate drew his pistol with a painful expression, and it could be seen that he had been struggling in pain inside.

Nagumo Zhongyi seemed to remember something, and ordered the first mate: "After I die, you will order the ship to be abandoned, and you can't sink with the ship, understand?" ”

Seeing the other party crying and nodding, Nanyun Zhongyi ripped off his military uniform, revealing his abdomen and chest inside.

Then he closed his eyes and knelt on the floor, holding the blade of the command knife in both hands and aiming the tip of the knife at his abdomen.

"His Majesty the Emperor...... Banzai! He let out a loud shout, and then plunged his command knife into his stomach.

The first mate, who was standing behind him, aimed his pistol at Nagumo Tadaichi's head and pulled the trigger.

On July 26, 1941, Tadaichi Nagumo, commander of the First Air Fleet of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, was defeated in the Battle of the Solomon Islands and committed suicide by seppuku on the aircraft carrier Akagi.

On the same day, two aircraft carriers, Akagi and Shozuru, of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, sank on the outskirts of the Solomon Islands.

"Nani?" Hearing the news of the sinking of the aircraft carrier Akagi, Yamamoto Fifty-six was stunned in place, not knowing what to say for a long time.

The U.S. Army's P-40 fighter jet crashed on the way back after running out of fuel.

The remaining U.S. Navy carrier-based aircraft also quickly left after the bomb dropping. The crisis of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy was temporarily lifted, but everything was no longer under the control of Isoroku Yamamoto.

"The USS Akagi sank? Are you sure there is nothing wrong in the message? Looking at the officer who delivered the news, he was stunned for a long time before he asked.

"The message came from the aircraft carrier Zuihe, and the 7th Destroyer Fleet was salvaging the overboard...... You can't go wrong with it. The officer replied awkwardly.

This is the first time since the start of the war that the Combined Fleet has suffered such heavy losses - you know, even in the Battle of Midway, only one aircraft carrier was sunk.

Although the Kaga and the Wyvern were seriously injured, the serious injuries were not sunk, and the shock brought to the Japanese top brass was far less huge than at this moment.

"What about Nagumo? Where is he? What about Hasegawa? What about him? Did these two people find it? Yamamoto Fifty-six continued to ask painfully.

Both Takaji Shiroshima and Kiichi Hasegawa are experienced captains in the Japanese Navy's aircraft carrier force.

The losses of these people are also irreparable losses for the Japanese Navy. After struggling with the pain, Yamamoto Fifty-six thought about the most in his mind was actually "minimizing the loss"!

After all, he is a cunning and experienced naval commander, and of course he will not cry and cry like a resentful woman.

After cheering up, the first thing that came to his mind was to save as many precious seafarers as possible.

Whether it is a carrier-based aircraft pilot, or a sailor engineer, for the combined fleet, it is valuable and almost impossible to replenish.

"The news of the death of Jojima Daisa has basically been confirmed." The officer bowed his head and replied, "There is no news from General Nagumo and Hasegawa Osa yet!" ”

No news, probably the worst news. Just to Yamamoto's right, black smoke was billowing off the horizon. Even the naked eye can see it, which is enough to explain the brutality of the explosion.

Although he could give the order to let the remaining fleet counterattack, Yamamoto, who knew that his general situation was gone, finally gave up the opportunity to counterattack and gave the order to retreat: "Retreat!" ”

God knows what kind of tragic mood he had in mind to give this order. The U.S. lost hundreds of planes and hundreds of pilots, and Yamamoto knew that if he persisted, he might be able to turn defeat into victory.

At least, on the Solomon Islands side, there are not many aircraft left to continue to act as death squads to attack the Japanese fleet.

But he did not insist, and ordered the entire fleet to retreat and return to Truk to rest: "Get out of here...... Sail at full speed and get out of the fight! ”

On the same day that Nagumo committed suicide, that is, on July 26, the Battle of the Solomon Islands, which lasted two days and one night, ended, and the U.S. Navy won its first victory since the start of the war!