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The Nobu destroyer was originally a very ordinary warship in the Japanese Navy. It's just that this battleship didn't achieve any results in the previous battle with the Ming Navy, but it sank its own warships many times. Among them, there are many famous large warships such as Chicheng and Dafeng. Because he often shoots at his own people, he is known as the king of the gun.

This time, the U.S. Navy's Task Force 59 encountered an unprecedentedly powerful attack, and all eight aircraft carriers were lost under heavy losses. The loss of these sturdy warships, with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons, does not mean that they will sink into the sea immediately. They usually stay on the surface for a while.

These large warships have very tight watertight compartments and strong military armor, and they are very large, and they are not simply going to sink.

According to naval tradition, even if one's own warships are no longer able to fight and are forced to give up, they must never fall into the hands of the enemy. It is an extremely shameful thing for the Navy to have their own battleship fall into the hands of enemy troops. Therefore, when a battleship is abandoned, the navy will take the initiative to sink it to avoid falling into the hands of the enemy and suffering humiliation.

The Noji often did this job when he was in the Japanese Navy, and he is still doing this job after being incorporated into the U.S. Navy. They had even been re-equipped with a torpedo.

The other cruiser destroyers that had been destroyed in the previous attack had now sunk, and several aircraft carriers, such as the Wasp, which had been attacked earlier and whose underwater armor had been torpedoed, had disappeared from the sea. However, at this time, there were still two aircraft carriers that were damaged by aerial bombs and the fire was uncontrollable, and they were stubbornly and unyieldingly burning, unwilling to enter the submarine graveyard.

"Come closer." Captain Moriya of the Noji (Haven't been able to find the man's full name, only one surname.) This man can be called one of the top captains in the history of the Japanese in the tactical command of the Combined Fleet during World War II. With a mere 2,000-ton destroyer of the Nodo-Branch, the 34th Task Force led by Halsey himself was resisted, and a huge fleet of six battleships, including the Iowa-class, eight cruisers, and twenty-six destroyers, shelled each other for forty-five minutes. This is something that Yamato can't do. Under this kind of brutal shelling, which was really a rain of bullets flying in the sky, he was able to command a destroyer that could be finished with a single bullet for 45 minutes, and the captain's command ability was beyond doubt. Give the order to get your battleship close to a hull tilt that looks like it will sink soon, but it's the unsinkable Essex-class aircraft carrier, "ready to launch torpedoes." ”

Captain Moriya's gaze was complicated. During his time in the United States, he saw the true power of power. Whether it is from warships, fighters, radar fire control systems, and so on, the Americans have comprehensively surpassed Japan. In particular, the strong industrial production capacity, which was the envy of the Japanese, made all the Japanese who came to the United States stunned.

Looking at the Essex-class aircraft carrier in front of you, you can know that it is stronger than the Japanese own aircraft carrier in all aspects. And the U.S. Navy, which was able to mass-produce such powerful warships, was still defeated by the Ming Dynasty. How strong is Daming, who is stronger than the Americans in all aspects?

Thinking of this, Captain Moriya shook his head helplessly. I think of the fanaticism and self-confidence that the Japanese Navy had when it took the initiative to provoke a war more than two years ago. Now that I think about it, I realize that all this is. Japan is far inferior to the Americans, but the Ming is much stronger than the Americans! But in the end, it was the Japanese who took the initiative to challenge the Ming Dynasty, which angered the titan giant.

"The ignorant are fearless." Captain Moriya sighed heavily. Now it's useless to say that these things are gone, and they, the Japanese, don't even have their own country. Now there is only the Eleventh District left in the Japanese archipelago, and it is not even a country. The Japanese, who are unwilling to be slaves of the country, can only do everything to wait for a miracle to happen.

"Launch the torpedo!"

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"I'm going to take him to court-martial!" San Diego, Command of the Pacific Fleet of the U.S. Navy. Several Marines standing guard turned their heads in surprise to look at the door of the conference room behind them, and the angry roar of Admiral Nimitz, commander of the Pacific Fleet, was coming from inside.

It was indeed a roar, and any naval fleet commander would have roared angrily when he received a telegram from his subordinates that he had lost eight aircraft carriers, four battleships, and more than thirty other ships in half a day. Nimitz didn't have a heart attack on the spot, which is already the reason why he is relatively young and has a super good mental quality.

Nimitz couldn't believe his eyes, eight aircraft carriers were gone? Even if the Americans have a lot of money, industrial production capacity, and a sufficient supply of various resources, they can't stand such a loser.

These warships require a long construction period, and even with the adoption of new construction techniques and shift systems, it will take at least a dozen months for an aircraft carrier. Eight aircraft carriers were defeated by Fletcher in one day. Nimitz felt like he wasn't feeling good right now.

And not just the loss of these battleships. Because all the aircraft carriers could not recover their fighters, more than 800 carrier-based aircraft of the 59th Task Force were also lost. After the end of the second attack wave of the Ming Navy, all the US air defense fighters that had run out of fuel made a forced landing on the sea. The unrecoverable planes quickly sank to the bottom of the sea.

If these planes can be said not to be too concerned, then the loss of personnel is fatal. There are no complete statistics yet, but a rough estimate is that the personnel losses of the 59th Task Force are at least tens of thousands! And it includes a large number of elite Hainan Airlines pilots!

Not to mention the U.S. Navy, even if the Ming Navy encounters losses of this scale, it will be fried, and the commander of the Navy has the mind to jump off the building.

Not surprisingly, the first target was the commander of the task force, Fletcher. No matter what kind of mistakes he made in commanding the operation, he would certainly not end well for causing such huge losses.

Originally, if Fletcher could have brought heavy casualties to the Ming Navy, perhaps the guilt would have been reduced. Even if the losses of the Ming Navy were greater than those of the 59th Task Force, maybe he would not only have nothing to do, but also be rewarded or something. But he disappointed Nimitz again.

The estimated number of 200 ships and the sinking record of less than 10 warships, and there are no capital ships such as aircraft carriers among them. Such a result compared to the losses of Task Force 59 was a joke. No one could help Fletcher this time, not even his uncle Fletcher Sr. who crawled out of the graveyard.

Moreover, Fletcher has played such a desperate record, and it is not only him who has to be unlucky. Those who promoted and supported him as fleet commander were also unlucky. Nimitz, as Fletcher's immediate superior, must also be subjected to mountains of pressure and accusations.

"Command." After venting his anger frantically, Nimitz, who had ripped off his collar, sat on the table with red eyes, gasping for air. After a few moments, he commanded, "Give an order to Task Force 59 to immediately remove Fletcher from his command and return to San Diego with Task Force Chief of Staff Hewitt in his place." ”

It's a complete tear in the face. If the person is still in the fleet, he will directly order it to be taken, which is a great humiliation for the officer. Especially in the Navy, which attaches great importance to reputation. This is enough to prove that Nimitz was. There are no more naval traditions.

"Prepare the plane! I'm going on a trip to Washington. Nimitz quickly began to think about himself after arranging Fletcher.

This fiasco will inevitably have to be paid for and held responsible. The weight of a single Fletcher was too light, and Fletcher's shoulders could not afford such a fiasco. Nimitz was going to find a mitigating helper for himself. In particular, the help of Mr. President is needed.

The remnants of Task Force 59, thousands of miles away, soon received the latest orders from the Pacific Fleet Command. The Marines immediately imprisoned Fletcher, and Hewitt was not comfortable taking over the command. As the chief of staff of the 59th Task Force, although he does not need to bear direct responsibility for the defeat, he will certainly not end well.

Not to mention the remnants of the 59th Task Force that had just escaped the pursuit of the Ming Navy on the sea, nor to mention the miserable and remorseful Fletcher and Hewitt. Hurriedly left the Pacific Fleet Command in San Diego and rushed to the airport, boarded a transport plane to go to Washington to lobby, Nimitz, who kept his current position, was already on the transport plane that started the propeller, but when he was about to take off, he suddenly aborted the original plan and canceled the plan to go to Washington.

As for the reason, it was because Nimitz received a brand new telegram.

When the telegram was delivered to Nimitz before the ramp was removed, Nimitz immediately stood up and left the plane to return to the Pacific Fleet command. And this telegram came from the distant Johnston Atoll.

Just as Lin Luo was beating Fletcher, Spruance, who was far away in Johnston Atoll, commanded the 58th Task Force of the U.S. Navy and suddenly attacked the First Air Fleet of the Daming Pacific Fleet commanded by Tong Haifeng.

Tong Haifeng's command of the First Air Fleet was tasked with camouflage and containment, and he disguised himself as the main force of the Pacific Fleet and wandered south from Pearl Harbor to confuse the attention of the Americans. Waiting for the Second and Third Air Fleets under the command of Lin Luo and Han Dongwen to defeat Fletcher, they rushed over to converge and then attack Spruance. (To be continued.) )