The east was exposed to the white belly of the fish, and in a tunnel, the captain of the special combat team, Jie Zhenbang, and the US Army Major Baker, and the squadron leader Li Gang discussed together. Li Gang said: "Listen! The cannon fire in the strait continued one after another, and it seemed that the naval battle was very fierce. Major Baker, how's it going? Baker said helplessly: "I'm really sorry, my level is limited, and I can't know the real situation." Jie Zhenbang said: "There is no doubt about the tragedy of the naval battle, and you can imagine a miserable scene. But naval battles are fair duels for both sides, and whoever plays well will be the winner. ”

At this time, there was a roar in the direction of the airport, and the three of them hurriedly walked to the lookout to check. "The cactus bombing team has taken off, and it is bombers and torpedo planes that are dispatched, and they will definitely go to war." At present, the Kuah Island American Aircraft Squadron is named the Cactus Air Squadron. "Kuah Island is an unsinkable aircraft carrier that can support naval operations at any time, and now it can be seen why the Japanese are desperately trying to recapture the airfield??????。"

Major Mangren led a group of bombers and soon arrived at the waters of the battle on Sa'ao Island, where he immediately spotted the Japanese destroyer Congyun as reinforcements. What's more? Mangren gave the order for a free attack. The Cactus Air Team bombed indiscriminately, and the Cong Yun was blown up in a mess in an instant, and the propeller was bombarded and spun around on the sea. If it weren't for the delay in time, the US bombers would have sunk it in one fell swoop. Seeing this scene, the sister ship Xia Yun was worried that Cong Yun would be captured by the US military, so she had to launch a torpedo to send it to the bottom of the sea.

But the fate of Xia Yun was even worse, as soon as Cong Yun was sent to the bottom of the sea, the Cactus Air Force's bombardment fighters flew into the sky again. The U.S. pilots soon spotted the Xiayun on the sea filled with smoke and fire. Several U.S. bombers attacked in turn, and one aerial bomb concentrated on the vital point of the Xia Yun, accompanied by a violent explosion, Xia Yun accompanied its sister ship Cong Yun to sleep in the steel bottom cemetery. The Japanese fleet was defeated, and the remnants of the Japanese ships carried the body of Rear Admiral Muto and retreated to their home port in despair.

The initial victory of the US military in the naval battle was greatly boosted, and the commander of the Combined Fleet, Sanben 56, was very angry. Retaliation is the nature of the Japanese army, and for the shame of the naval battle of Ichisaao Island, the 3 Ben 56 ordered the Combined Fleet to dispatch in a big way, and the main force of the Combined Fleet was 5 aircraft carriers, 5 battleships, 14 cruisers, and 44 destroyers, and covered the landing of 10,000 reinforcements led by Vice Admiral Budweiser on Kuah Island, and carried out a devastating artillery bombardment of the US military airfield on the isolated island. Although the U.S. fleet won a small victory, in order to avoid its edge, it did not take the initiative to meet it for the time being, but looked for opportunities.

On the night of October 20, the Japanese artillery fleet appeared in the sea on the south side of the American defensive position, and the Japanese battleships poured 356-mm and 304-mm shells into the airfield and the American defensive circle like splashing water. The Japanese cruisers' 8-inch shells and 5-inch shells were as dense as machine guns, and the Japanese troops on Kuah Island also took the opportunity to bombard them with field guns. After an hour and a half of shelling, the US positions were shaken, and many US soldiers were so delirious that they could not even speak.

To make matters worse, the airfield suffered heavy losses of fighters, with 34 dreadnought dive bombers, 16 Wildcats and all torpedo planes blown to pieces, scattered and smoking. However, on the runway that was beaten like a sieve net, the US ground crew braved the heavy artillery fire of the Japanese army, desperately repaired the few fighters that took off into the air, and went to attack the landing force of Budweiser. With such a fierce shelling, the Japanese warships can be said to have made a bloody investment, and they used artillery shells to solve the battle situation.

At this time, the inner section of the tunnel, Zhenbang, Baker, Li Gang and others covered their ears and opened their mouths. "Damn, little Japan's shells don't cost money, it's really bloody!" Li Gang shouted hoarsely, but his voice was almost like a mosquito. Jie Zhenbang saw a US soldier next to him holding his head and trembling all over, and realized that this US soldier had never experienced such a fierce shelling. He dragged the American soldier up and motioned for him to open his mouth wide and cover his ears to avoid eardrums. Other US soldiers who had suffered a lot also immediately followed suit, and their conditions immediately improved.

Seeing this, Major Baker hurriedly got up and called the American soldiers in the tunnel to respond to the deafening sound of artillery in the correct way. The stormy shelling finally stopped, and everyone seemed to be rejuvenated from a hellish state. The east showed the white of the fish's belly, and the soldiers of the Japanese Sendai Division were greatly boosted when they saw the support of the fleet, and immediately launched a fierce attack after dawn. The Japanese thought that the American soldiers had collapsed under the heavy shelling, so the Japanese soldiers boldly and without scruples launched a charge, but they were wrong.

Jie Zhenbang fired one after another when the Japanese were close to 400 meters, holding a sniper rifle in his hand, and an eight-shot rifle and a carbine on the side. Jie Zhenbang's bullets did not miss a shot, and every shot accurately hit the target. Baker also took a sniper rifle, but his shooting skills were so bad that he almost emptied the gun. The Japanese charge was contained, and Jie Zhenbang said: "Major Baker, you still use a rifle or carbine, and the sniper skills are very demanding, and you can't train them overnight." "I have to admit that you are the best sharpshooters in the world."

The sharpshooters of the Eighth Route Army once again showed their might and helped the U.S. Army to stabilize its defense. From the 21st to the 23rd, the Japanese attacked fiercely for three consecutive days, and more than 2,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, half of whom died at the guns of the special combat team members. The Japanese attack was fruitless and defeated, so they had to stop the attack, and it can be said that the Sendai division exhausted the last bit of strength. On the 24th, the weather changed dramatically, and a storm descended on Kuah Island and the surrounding seas. The Japanese warships tried to take advantage of the tropical storm and took advantage of the fact that the fighters from the Kuah airfield could not take off to approach Kuah again.

On October 25, when the sky cleared, the Cactus Air Squadron bombers took off from the muddy runway and severely damaged the Japanese second-class cruiser Yura, which was covering the troop carrier destroyer, and the Japanese were forced to sink the Yura because it was a ruined ship. At the time of the bloody battle on the isolated island, a brutal duel between the US and Japanese aircraft carriers broke out again on the ocean about 500 nautical miles east of Kuah Island. The location is the British Santa Cruz Islands. When the ground battle on Kuah Island fell silent, the battlefield quickly moved to the east.

After the naval battle in the eastern Solomon Islands, the task force aircraft carrier fleet commanded by Nagumo Nagumo has been looking for opportunities in the eastern sea area to try to wipe out the remaining aircraft carrier fleet of the US military. Nagumo was born as a surface ship officer and held various positions in the Ministry of the Navy. The sneak attack on Pearl Harbor was a stroke of genius, and Nagumo was in his prime. However, after the defeat at Midway, he became cautious and conservative again, and he lost his self-confidence and became old. The war between the United States and Japan cannot afford to lose, and Nagumo carries a heavy burden for this.

Despite the defeat at Midway, Nagumo was still reused by the three books, and his carrier task force was still the core force of the Combined Fleet. Its four aircraft carriers: the 21,400-ton Flying Eagle-class mothership, the Flying Eagle and the Falcon Eagle have just completed training and are eager to try. The Xianghe is an enlarged version of the Canglong ship with a displacement of 25,675 tons. Converted from a submarine carrier, the Ruifeng is slightly smaller, with a hull of 11,000 tons barely enough to accommodate 30 fighters. Nagumo divided the huge fleet and carefully conducted aerial reconnaissance as he advanced.

Nagumo's opponent is Admiral Halsey, the newly appointed admiral of the US South Pacific Theater. At the Nouméa military conference, Van der Grift, commander of the 1st Marine Division, repeatedly stressed the critical situation on Kuah Island and asked Halsey for full support. Halsey, who had a bullish personality, roared, "I'll give you all my money!" "The so-called all the family is the only combat-capable aircraft carriers Enterprise and Hornet. They split into two branches, each advancing from the Saint Lux Islands to Kuah Islands. Halsey instructed his subordinates: Attack, attack, attack!

At 7 a.m. on 26 October, the USS Hornet was spotted by a carrier-based reconnaissance plane of the USS Rixiang Crane, and Nagumo ordered three carrier-based planes to take off and raid the USS Hornet. At the same time, the US aircraft carrier reconnaissance plane also discovered the Nagumo fleet. Kim Kelly, commander of the US aircraft carrier fleet, ordered the dreadnoughts to take off urgently to bomb the Japanese ships, and the US bomber group penetrated the Zero fighters to intercept them and pounced on the Ruifeng ships. Despite the smoke released by the Refine Ship, it is still difficult to protect itself. Soon the Ruifeng ship was hit by two bombshells and was forced to withdraw from the battlefield.

At this time, the aircraft carrier Hornet was also surrounded by a swarm of Japanese planes, because he was exposed to the scorching sun, there was no cover. A Japanese suicide plane crashed headlong into the deck of a bumblebee and turned into flames. A few minutes later, two torpedoes dropped by two torpedo planes hit the Hornet again. Before the violent explosion could catch its breath, eight bombshells landed on the deck of the Hornet. The once-majestic Hornet burst into flames, blasting across the deck and sending the plane into the sea.

A heavy cruiser rushed to the aid and slowly withdrew the aircraft carrier Hornet from the battlefield at a speed of three knots. But the Hornet ran out of luck, and a torpedo plane appeared on the side side. The Japanese torpedo planes threw torpedoes at very close range, hitting the vital point accurately, and the dying Hornet was accompanied by a deafening explosion, and the hull of the ship quickly tilted. This famous ship, which participated in the surprise attack on Tokyo and established immortal feats in the Battle of Midway, finally fell to the bottom of the sea.

Because the sky over the USS Enterprise was overcast and tropical clouds were shrouded, Japanese fighters were unable to discover the location of the USS Enterprise for a while. The USS Enterprise took off a large number of fighters and bombers, and one after another dropped bombs on the battleship Sho Crane. The aircraft carrier was always wrapped in flames, but the Xianghe activated advanced fire extinguishing equipment, was not sunk, and was withdrawn to its home port to heal its injuries. At the same time, the 8,500-ton Japanese cruiser Tsukuma was hit hard and struggled out of the battlefield.

There is a way that God is fair, and soon the wind blew away the dark clouds, and the aircraft carrier Enterprise was exposed to the sun, so his good luck came to an end. The Japanese planes finally found their rivals, and dive bombers and torpedo planes attacked in succession. The saturation attack worked, and two bombshells fell on the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier battleship. At the same time, underwater crises followed, and a large number of torpedoes flew to their targets in the sea foaming in the sea. The captain of the USS Enterprise is experienced in a hundred battles and has rich experience, and he commanded the aircraft carrier battleship to evade the serpentine and resolve them one by one.

Japanese submarines fired torpedoes continuously, but none of them hit the aircraft carrier Enterprise. A battleship that served as an escort took down 26 Japanese fighters with heavy anti-aircraft fire, but it was also heavily damaged. Fleet Commander Kim Kelly had no choice but to order a retreat after losing the Hornet and the Enterprise with wounds. The two sides were unable to fight any longer, and each returned to his home port to heal his wounds. In this battle, the Japanese army trumpeted its achievements, but the Japanese army also paid for the loss of more than 100 fighters and excellent pilots.

After the end of the naval battle, Nagumo was removed from his post due to poor command, and he later committed suicide in defeat in the battle of Saipan.