Nimitz watched like this, the six torpedoes swooped down fiercely, he couldn't do anything, the clumsy huge hull of the "Lexington" slowly made evasive movements, and the anti-aircraft machine guns on the deck, not caring about shooting at the Japanese planes hovering overhead, turned the muzzle of the gun, and shot at the torpedoes that pounced on them like crazy.

One torpedo was hit, and with a loud bang, it stirred up a column of water that soared into the sky, and the remaining five torpedoes, without any impact, crashed headlong into the hull of the "Lexington" under the horrified gaze of all the American sailors of the "Lexington" aircraft carrier.

"Boom, boom!" The sound of explosions in a row, the part below the waterline of the "Lexington" aircraft carrier, was blown out of several huge black holes, the turbulent sea water, suddenly poured in, the huge hull of the aircraft carrier, suddenly poured, and then, the explosion detonated the carrier-based aircraft, fuel and ammunition compartments in the hangar, Nimitz's last impression was that a cloud of smoke mixed with flames rushed towards him, and then, the boundless darkness, instantly overwhelmed him.

At 9:45 a.m. on 6 June, the USS Lexington, the flagship of the US Pacific Fleet's aircraft carrier formation, sank in the waters northwest of Midway Island in a violent explosion.

The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Admiral Nimitz, was buried in the Pacific Ocean with his flagship, and at the last moment of his life, he was not able to leave even a few last words, the famous general of the U.S. Navy, the commander of the Pacific Fleet, with his dreams and disappointments, with his good wishes to regroup, with the fact that it was too late for the United States of America. The ambition to expand the territory has fallen, and it has turned into a wisp of grievance in the sky over the vast Pacific Ocean.

The flagship of the aircraft carrier formation, right under the noses of other US warships, disappeared into the vast sea in an instant, causing even greater panic in the US fleet and the shadow of the Japanese army's strength and invincibility. The plague generally spreads in the fleet, and every warship tries to escape from this sea of death. The already precarious air defense system collapsed in an instant.

Commander of the aircraft carrier formation, Rear Admiral Hophikins, captain of the USS Yorktown. With a blue face, he gave the order, "Immediately hang up the fleet command flag!" Command all warships, move closer to us! ”

Rear Admiral Hofikins saw the explosion and sinking of the "Lexington", and he knew that Commander Nimitz was finished, and the thousands of people on the entire aircraft carrier were finished, and such a violent explosion, the aircraft carrier was reduced to pieces in an instant, and it was impossible for anyone to survive, the only thing he could do. It is to try to save a few warships, concentrate firepower to break out, or hold out until the arrival of land-based air rescue, otherwise, the Pacific Fleet will be truly annihilated.

Rear Admiral Yoshitomo Tani, commander of the Japanese Navy's task force fleet aviation. After witnessing the "Lexington" flying the command flag blowing up and sinking, he howled with excitement, "Empire air warriors, well done!" "Two American aircraft carriers had already been sunk, and the battle had only begun for more than fifty minutes, when the main force of the task force arrived. It's time for this massacre to end. My joke with Kobayashi-kun has become a reality!

Gu Xiong was high in the air, looking down at the sea with thick smoke, all the American warships were emitting black smoke and fire, because the hull was heavily damaged, and the speed was as slow as a snail crawling, at this time, he suddenly saw that on the mast of an American aircraft carrier, the command flag was hung, and Gu Xiong had a cruel smile on the corner of his mouth, and ordered: "The First Carrier-based Aircraft Wing, go all out to attack the aircraft carrier with the command flag, and be sure to blow it up!" ”

After hanging up the command flag and taking over the command, Rear Admiral Hofikins knew very well that if he did so, he would undoubtedly attract more ferocious attacks from Japanese planes, and while he had not yet fallen to the fate of the other two aircraft carriers in the sea, Rear Admiral Hofikins hurriedly sent a telegram to the Admiralty reporting what had happened in the waters off Midway.

After more than 50 minutes of fierce fighting, the flagship aircraft carrier "Lexington" and the "Saratoga" aircraft carrier in the formation were sunk by Japanese planes one after another, and Admiral Nimitz, commander of the Pacific Fleet, unfortunately died in the line of duty. ”

"Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, this is the second heavy blow to our Pacific Fleet, if we can't get the timely rescue of land-based fighters, the Pacific Fleet will face the fate of total annihilation, this attack, the Japanese carrier-based aircraft appeared very suddenly, moreover, it seems that the accurate position of our aircraft carrier formation has been grasped in advance, the battle situation is urgent, and I have taken over the command of the formation."

Rear Admiral Hophikins continued to write, but the Japanese planes did not give him time, and dozens of Japanese bombers surrounded the "Yorktown" aircraft carrier, throwing bombs like crazy, and the bombs whistled down from the sky, and the buildings on the deck of the aircraft carrier became a mess under the sweep of a flurry of steel fragments.

Rear Admiral Hofikins struggled to control his body swaying from side to side, and said to the adjutant: "Send this telegram out at once, and remember, no matter what happens, you must let the Admiralty and the Joint Staff know what a heavy loss our formation has suffered!" ”

As soon as the adjutant stumbled out, a bombshell exploded near the control tower, setting off a wave of air, shattering the glass, and several pieces of shrapnel with a metal trill, roaring in, taking away the lives of several staff officers, one of the shrapnel wedged into the back of Major General Hofikins, and the impact threw the Major General far away.

The surviving staff officers screamed and pounced on the commander and lifted the body of Major Admiral Hofikins, who was horrified to find that the shrapnel had penetrated the general's chest, revealing a hideous corner from the front chest, and the irregular shrapnel was still carrying red blood, and Major Admiral Hofikins did not leave a last word, becoming another senior officer of the US Pacific Fleet who died in battle after General Nimitz.

Twenty minutes later, the aircraft carrier "Yorktown", under the siege of Japanese bombers, slowly sank, unlike the sinking of the other two aircraft carriers, it was not torn to pieces, and the American sailors on the aircraft carrier, still having a chance to escape, jumped into the sea floating with the corpses of their comrades, oil stains, and debris, but they were wrong, and they could not escape the tragic fate if they left the sunken warship.

More than a dozen Japanese fighter planes rushed over and aimed at the American sailors on the sea, which was like a splash of bullets, beating the sea as if it were a boiling pot, and the red blood stained the sea water, and the floating corpses of the American sailors drifted helplessly on the sea surface with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

The Japanese Navy Task Force, under the command of Rear Admiral Kobayashi Hidesen, Chief of Staff of the Fleet, pounced on it as fast as possible, Rear Admiral Kobayashi stood on the control tower, and witnessed the sinking of the last aircraft carrier of the US Pacific Fleet from the telescope, he shook his head and thought with a wry smile: "Gu Xiongjun, this guy, is really a battle maniac, the joke he made with himself has come true, the main force of the fleet has arrived, and he only has to clean up the battlefield?" ”

The Japanese naval task force's more than 70 warships, divided into left and right routes, surrounded the remaining US warships, and the Japanese warships, which were stimulated by the huge achievements of the carrier-based aircraft, pounced on them like hungry wolves, fearing that they would not be able to share much meat in their mouths.

Those Japanese warships that did not catch the target turned their guns on the American sailors on the sea, and the escape boats, raining shells and machine shells, harvesting the lives of the American sailors, and getting bloodthirsty excitement from the slaughter of these American sailors who had no ability to resist.

Forty minutes later, there was not a single U.S. warship or living U.S. sailor in sight on the sea, only the remnants of the sunken warship, layers of corpses of U.S. sailors, and a faint red oil stain.

Kobayashi Hideizumi forcibly suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and ordered: "The fleet will return at full speed immediately!" The aircraft carriers are ready to receive carrier-based aircraft for landing! ”

Rear Admiral Yoshitomo Tanixiong, who was the last to fly back to the aircraft carrier, was preparing to land the ship after circling over the aircraft carrier, when he suddenly found an American Star-Spangled Flag, floating freely on the sea.

As soon as Gu Xiong Liangyou jumped out of the cabin, the chief of staff, Major General Kobayashi Hidezumi, and the intelligence Kono Yohei Daisa, hurriedly rushed over, the hands of the three people were tightly clasped together, and Xiao Lin said in a trembling voice: "Gu Xiongjun, you have created a miracle!" On the military calendar of the Imperial Navy, this stroke will be written down thickly, you are the hero of the Imperial Navy! Please accept my respect! ”

After speaking, he saluted Gu Xiong Liangyou with a military salute, Gu Xiong took Xiao Lin and Kono's hands, shook his head and said: "Xiao Lin-kun, Kono-kun, it's not me who created a miracle, but the three of us who created a miracle together!" Honor belongs to you and me, to the task force, to the invincible Imperial Navy! A smug and unbridled laugh, with the smell of blood, echoed across the Pacific Ocean.

The three Japanese naval officers, who were stimulated by the tremendous victory, would never know until they died, and it was Tang Qiuli, the commander of the Chinese Independent Division, who was feared by the Japanese military circles and called the "devil of China" who gave them brilliant achievements.

Indochina Peninsula, Yangon, Independent Division Rear Headquarters, Division Commander Tang Qiuli did not make any comments after receiving Bai Luoyu's call, put down the phone, his deep gaze, crossed the clear sky of the Indochina Peninsula, and looked at the distant Pacific Ocean!

The U.S. Pacific Fleet, which hindered the Japanese ambition to move south, is completely finished, and next, the United States and Japan should fiercely compete for Hawaii Island and Luzon Island!

(To be continued) ......)

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