Sure enough, Jiang Haoran's guess was quickly verified, and in less than ten minutes, news came from the front again, the Iowa suddenly found the enemy Yamato battleship, but without waiting for the Iowa to adjust the Zhuyuan to correct the muzzle, the enemy's "Yamato" had already begun to shell, and the nine main guns fired at once, the target was directly aimed at the "Iowa" and "Pennsylvania", the latter escaped because of the remoteness, and the former was not so lucky, being hit by two shells weighing 1,224 kilograms, and one blew a large hole in the deckNimitz immediately issued an order to the "Iowa" to retreat immediately, and at the same time ordered the tugboat and rescue personnel to immediately move closer to the Iowa and prepare for the rescue. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But not long after the order was issued, the bad news came again, because the command system was paralyzed, and there was another panic on the ship, and no one noticed that the enemy submarine had secretly approached, and just when the Iowa made a big move and turned around, two torpedoes hit the battleship "Iowa" again one after the other, and the hull of the ship immediately tilted heavily, and sinking was inevitable, and all Nimitz could do was give the order to abandon the ship.

A few minutes later, the news came again, and the battleship "Iowa" had sunk.

The entire command headquarters was suddenly silent, this battleship that the United States spent a lot of money to build, was actually sunk in the first mission, and from the beginning of the war to the sinking of the fear, I am afraid it will not take half an hour, creating a myth in the history of battleships, and the initiator of this myth is Nimitz.

After a long time, Nimitz, who had a pale face and a cold sweat on his forehead, asked in a deep voice: "General Jiang, what should we do now?" ”

Nimitz could no longer see a trace of arrogance and superiority in his eyes, only endless regret and shame on his face, if he could accept Jiang Haoran's suggestion, focus on defense, try to widen the distance from the island army, use bombers to delay the attack speed of the island army, delay the time until the evening to start retreating, only a small area of contact with the island army, how can it lead to this disaster and embarrassment in front of him.

Now that the loss of the "Iowa" is still secondary, the destruction of the flagship will irreparably shake the morale of the military, and the Third Fleet has lost its most important heavy artillery firepower, and the island army will inevitably pursue it with all its might, and whether the Third Fleet can retreat in its entirety has become a problem, and Nimitz can no longer care about his identity, but only seeks to solve the current predicament.

Jiang Haoran spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders, responding to Nimitz's Mi-style humor, and said, "Maybe God knows better than me?" ”

Jiang Haoran's words were obviously emotional, Nimitz could of course hear it, and replied with a wry smile: "This joke is not funny at all, I don't think this is the time for us to pursue right and wrong and bite each other, it is the most important thing to come up with a practical solution to solve the current crisis, Jiang, do you say yes?" ”

In the face of Nimitz's sincere attitude, Jiang Haoran exhaled, as if he spit out the resentment in his heart, and said: "Now the only thing we can count on is that the bombers can pull us back, but the escort fighters must be reduced by half, and the remaining half must ensure the safety of the fleet." The sinking of the Iowa will undoubtedly bring a great boost to the morale of the island army, and it is entirely possible that they will split their air forces to sneak attack several aircraft carriers of the Third Fleet, and the rest, there is nothing to say, it depends on whether your air force can fight or not. ”

On the bridge of the island army's "Daiho" aircraft carrier, Vice Admiral Jizaburo Ozawa stood in the wind with a slight smug smile on his face. On the deck below, the locust warriors cheered.

The sinking of the flagship of the Mi army, the "Iowa", is undoubtedly great news, which is absolutely good for the campaign itself and the morale of the locusts army, and his first commando team has also laid a good start for the campaign.

Not far away, the artillery battle continued, and the locust battleships, cruisers, and destroyers were heading to the front with all their might, seizing the "T-shaped crosshead" position, striving to concentrate the most powerful firepower and crush the Third Fleet of the US Army as quickly as possible.

The front ship guns rumbled, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and countless shells rained down on the Mi fleet, the Mi army seemed to have lost the courage to fight, and there were few shells to return fire, and the reconnaissance planes also confirmed that they were retreating at full speed, at this time it was a good opportunity for him to make a contribution, Ozawa Jizaburo would never let go, maybe a battle that went down in history has begun, and victory certainly belongs to the locust army.

Although the artillery battle was in full swing ahead, there were almost no planes on the deck of the aircraft carrier "Dafeng", except for the occasional take-off and landing of a few reconnaissance planes and fighters from frigates.

The Hellcat of the rice people is too strong, so Ozawa has to avoid its edge, and the weakness of the Third Fleet of the rice army is not equipped with offensive weapons, so Ozawa can rest assured that he will put his sword and gun into the warehouse and fight a battleship duel.

Of course, before that, Jizaburo Ozawa had searched an area of nearly four hundred nautical miles, and had already determined that there was no more aircraft carrier fleet nearby, so he dared to be so bold.

There was good news from the front again, and another cruiser of the Mi Army was sunk by the Locust Army, which made Ozawa wave his arms in the air and get excited again.

However, before he could be happy, a staff officer arrived in a hurry, reported that the reconnaissance plane in front had discovered a group of Mi fighter planes, numbering about fifty or sixty planes, and that they would immediately fly over the fleet, and asked Ozawa Jizaburo whether he would send an air force to intercept it.

Jizaburo Ozawa was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then a playful smile appeared on his face, and he ordered the aviation alarm to be sounded, and all anti-aircraft fire was ready to welcome the guests.

Ozawa Jizaburo seemed to be in a good mood, and his words were relaxed and witty, which caused laughter from the staff officers behind him, and from beginning to end, Ozawa did not issue an order for the aviation to intercept.

In his opinion, it is impossible for Hellcat fighters to pose any threat to the fleet, and it is remarkable that they can carry a 60-kilogram bomb, but a 60-kilogram bomb is okay to hit a fishing boat, and any ship used against an aircraft carrier formation is almost like an itch, and there is really no need to intercept them.

Fighters against aircraft carriers, even if they are large in number, are tantamount to a group of toothless tigers, and it is enough to use the anti-aircraft fire on the ships to deal with them, and there is no need to use the locust army to fight them in a zero battle that is not dominant.

Ozawa even thought that the commander of the Mi Army was either poor in donkey skills or crazy, and even took out such unreliable methods.