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At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, with Midway at his fingertips, Yamamoto Fifty-six unexpectedly gave the order to retreat.

The Japanese generals were puzzled by this, and Yamamoto Isoroku did not explain much, and before locking himself in the cabin, he said: "That's it, I will personally apologize to the emperor." ”

After losing five large aircraft carriers, what could the Japanese do if they occupied Midway. The entire Midway Island was bombed into ruins by Japanese naval guns, and it was difficult to take off and land planes even for half a month, let alone three or five days.

Although there was a light aircraft carrier Fengxiang in the main team of the Japanese army, the fighters carried by the poor Japanese on this aircraft carrier were only old-fashioned Type 96 carrier-based aircraft. And the ship is a new ship, after the aircraft carrier Fengxiang was sunk by the Naval Resistance Force last year, the Japanese devils transformed a fast merchant ship, and in order to cover up their shame, it was renamed the aircraft carrier Fengxiang. This aircraft carrier has just been installed for a short time, and the pilots are not elite, and the combat effectiveness can be imagined.

Yamamoto judged that the US military still had two aircraft carriers capable of combat effectiveness at this time. Yamamoto's judgment was wrong, and he was right. The reason for the mistake is that in the waters of Midway, the only thing that the US military has combat effectiveness at this time is the USS Enterprise. The reason for this is that the US aircraft carrier USS Saratoga is now almost at Pearl Harbor and will be able to participate in the battle in three or four days.

If the Japanese army had enough aircraft carriers, the occupation of Midway would be to force the American army to fight a decisive battle. But without aircraft carriers, Midway would have become a decoy for the U.S. military to strangle the Japanese army. Without aircraft carriers, Midway Island could not take off and land fighters for a short time, and the Japanese Navy would only send them to death no matter how many warships they filled in.

Already heavy enough, Yamamoto Fifty-six had to be wise, he regretted, very regretted the division of troops. Suppose there are still a few aircraft carriers. Even if it is a light aircraft carrier, he will not retreat. General Yamamoto finally understood that the former staff officer he relied on was not a genius. The most unsuccessful battle plan planned by the Black Island Turtle People was the division of troops. However, if we really judge the mistakes in the battle plan, the real reason is Yamamoto Isoroku. Yamamoto Isoroku is too good at being an official to know how to refuse, and this Midway strategy is the result of the balance of all parties within the Japanese army. The so-called everyone's satisfaction is essentially to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall.

For the next three days, Yamamoto Fifty-six locked himself alone in the cabin.

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In the early hours of June 5th.

The aircraft carrier Hiei sank completely into the sea.

Yamaguchi is mostly heard on the Wyvern. Serving a glass of water, he used water as wine and said his final goodbye to his men.

Yamaguchi did not commit suicide because the battleship was sunk.

He was out of despair.

That's right, despair.

The Japanese Navy lost five heavy aircraft carriers. It seems that there are still powerful warships, but their core combat power has been exhausted. With Japan's national strength, if you lose this game, you will never have a chance to turn over. Japan's national strength cannot afford to build five large and medium-sized aircraft carriers (don't look at the fact that Japan had twenty-five aircraft carriers in World War II. But there are actually not a few regular aircraft carriers. ）。

Knowing the industrial strength of the United States, Yamaguchi knows that the U.S. military has a large number of aircraft carriers. It's just a matter of time.

The gap in economic power between the two countries. It was decided that Japan could not be defeated, and that defeat once would be a complete defeat. The Imperial Japanese Navy had no chance of turning over.

Yamaguchi has seen the future of Japan – failure.

Yamaguchi's final order was to use the Japanese destroyer's own destroyer to launch torpedoes and sink the aircraft carrier Wyvern. After the Japanese destroyer fired a torpedo, Yamaguchi slowly sank into the sea with the aircraft carrier Wyvern.

in Japan. There is a saying: "Flowers are cherry blossoms, people are samurai". The cherry blossoms are at their most beautiful, when they are about to wither. If you look up to the Japanese devils, you can call it the "artistic conception" of pursuing a tragic beauty. Normal evaluation words. It's a perverted "quest for abuse". The samurai or the Japanese army are the most representative group of people, and what they pursue is a kind of tragic beauty.

Now Yamamoto Isoroku has been "tragic", and Yamaguchi Tawen has gone one step further - "tragedy is beautiful".

Before the Battle of Midway, the Japanese Navy was brilliant, and after the Battle of Midway, it was like a cherry blossom withering.

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June 5th. Early in the morning, the USS Hornet sank into the sea.

In the evening, when the Japanese submarine Yi 168 returned home, it saw the Yorktown on the sea, and a US destroyer was rescuing the Yorktown. The I-168 submarine fired two torpedoes, sinking the U.S. destroyer and adding another fatal wound to the scarred Yorktown.

In the early morning of June 6, the town of York sank into the sea.

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Battle of Midway.

The Japanese lost five aircraft carriers, one destroyer. The US-Tang coalition lost three aircraft carriers and one destroyer.

The Japanese lost more than 350 fighters of various types. The US-Tang coalition lost more than 300 fighters of various types.

The Japanese lost more than 3,500 crew members and more than 300 pilots. The US-Tang coalition lost more than 1,400 personnel (including the loss of Midway. More than 400 pilots.

Judging from the ratio of equipment and personnel to battle losses, the US military won a narrow victory.

But strategically, the U.S. military kept Midway and completely annihilated the main Japanese aircraft carriers. The Japanese army did not achieve the goal of forcing the American army to a decisive battle. The U.S. military was a complete victory.

Compared with the historical Battle of Midway, the US-Tang coalition lost two more aircraft carriers, while the Japanese lost one more aircraft carrier.

Almost as important as a strategic failure, there is another thing. The Japanese Navy had never taken human life seriously, and they had no idea that in the Battle of Midway, the Japanese had lost thousands of well-trained crews and hundreds of their most elite pilots. This kind of loss is actually no less than the loss of five aircraft carriers for the weakening of the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. These elite pilots are all elites who have been trained for many years on the Chinese battlefield, and Japan is unable to cultivate either technical or psychological quality, or the will to fight. More importantly, the war situation will not stop the US military because of the setback of Japan, and the Japanese army will not have time to train a group of elite pilots. And as the consumption of the war becomes more and more huge, the Japanese army will also lose enough financial resources to train a group of elite pilots.

On the other hand, although the losses of the US military are heavy enough, these pilots who have gone through hard battles will soon become the backbone of the US military, and with a steady stream of rookie pilots, the combat effectiveness of the US military will be rapidly improved. In fact, in the Battle of Midway, the U.S. military did a perfect job in almost all aspects, lacking the skill of kicking the door and the sharp blade of armor. As long as the shortcomings of pilots and fighters are made up, the combat effectiveness of the US military will be qualitatively enhanced.

In this naval battle, although the naval resistance army suffered heavy material losses, the capture of an aircraft carrier Kaga was enough to make up for all the losses. However, the losses of pilots and other personnel of the Naval Resistance Army were almost unbearable for the Naval Resistance Army, and more than half of the pilots were lost in this battle, and more than 60 brothers, including Major General Yuan Zi, were also lost. These shipwrecks and pilots who have experienced the flames of war are the essence of the Naval Resistance Force.

There are no immortals in war, but the ability to replenish the soldiers of the Naval Resistance Force is very lacking, especially the ability to supplement the technical arms. After experiencing this battle, Li Guang also had a new idea for the construction of the air force.

But no matter how heavy the losses, everything is worth it. The defeat of the Japanese army was a foregone conclusion. From then on, the Allied forces were no longer blindly and passively beaten in the face of the Japanese Navy, but began to gradually grasp the strategic initiative.

After the Battle of Midway, there was an unusual move by the Japanese Navy, which is very telling. In the Pacific War for more than half a year, the Japanese Navy basically truthfully reported the results of the war to the domestic public. Even if there is a slight discrepancy in the results, most of them are caused by difficulties in confirming the results or problems in reconnaissance, rather than intentional fraud.

Of course, there seemed to be no need for the Japanese Navy to fake at that time, although there were battle losses, but the previous battles were basically won.

After the Battle of Midway, the Japanese Navy blocked the news of the defeat from the domestic population. Instead, it preached the Japanese army's victory over the American ghost animals in the Battle of Midway. So much so that the Japanese people were stupidly happy to carry lanterns in a parade to celebrate.

With the news of the defeat of Midway, Japan was blockaded until the end of the war. Even the Japanese Navy deceived itself by still installing several sunken aircraft carriers in the Japanese Combined Fleet, becoming a powerful "ghost" fleet. From then on, the general public in Japan could no longer know the progress of the war. (To be continued......)