Although the US officers and men tried their best to resist, the three aircraft carriers without the protection of the aircraft were quickly sent to the bottom of the sea by Japanese bombs and torpedoes, and the frequency of Japanese planes being shot down was less than 30% of the previous US fleet when it was protected by fighter planes

Since the losses were not large, the Japanese planes naturally did not accept the good news, but as a matter of course, they continued to expand their results, successively blowing up and sinking dozens of US ships, large and small; what was particularly painful for the Americans was that almost all of the troop carriers carrying almost two divisions of marine units were sunk by the Japanese planes, and it was impossible for the US fleet, which was eager to flee northward, to stop and patiently search and rescue them, resulting in the death of more than 20,000 elite US marines

Yamaguchi was overjoyed to learn that he had successfully sunk all 12 US aircraft carriers, and while he encouraged the carrier-based aircraft unit and the land-based air force on Midway Island to overcome fatigue, fight continuously, and completely wipe out the US Pacific Fleet, he excitedly reported the good news to Emperor Takahito and Isoroku Yamamoto, who had been waiting for news in Japan. However, to Yamaguchi's surprise, Yamamoto Isoroku actually demanded in a telegram that he terminate his original plan and not continue to bomb US warships, on the grounds that the sinking of all US aircraft carriers was enough to eliminate the threat of the US Navy in the Pacific, and there was no need to kill them all, so as not to block the door to peace talks

He knew that Yamamoto was very afraid of the United States in his heart, but he did not expect him to have such a naïve idea, "Hasn't he heard the famous words of that great man in China, 'Seek peace through struggle.'" then and peace; If you seek peace through compromise, you will die peacefully. 'Is it?' Only by seizing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to completely eliminate the Pacific Fleet of the United States, so that the United States Navy will not be able to recover within three years, can it be possible to force them to sue for peace; If these experienced naval officers and men and numerous auxiliary ships are allowed to return to the United States, with the huge industrial capacity of the United States, the loss of only 12 aircraft carriers will be made up for in a short time, how can they possibly sue for peace? At most, it's just a matter of delaying time! ”

But in today's Japanese army. The practice of "going down and going up" is already a great taboo. Even Yamaguchi Tawen, who has already achieved great achievements, did not dare to openly disobey the order, coupled with the fact that the pilots were exhausted after continuous battles, and the losses were very huge, Yamaguchi Tawen could only unwillingly punch the wall. Sit back and watch the remnants of the U.S. ships return north safely

Although Yamaguchi Tashi was unable to cut down that zuihou with a knife. But the U.S. Navy's losses in the Battle of Midway were so great that Roosevelt's cerebral hemorrhage prematurely attacked. According to the post-war statistics of the US military, a total of 6 heavy aircraft carriers, 6 light aircraft carriers, 3 light cruisers, 25 destroyers, and 38 non-combat ships (more than half of which were troop carriers and supply ships) of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet were sunk by the Japanese army, 803 planes were shot down or blown up, and more than 600 outstanding carrier-based aircraft pilots were killed. More than 50,000 U.S. troops were killed and missing, including the landing force escorted by the fleet, an unprecedented and probably even unparalleled fiasco in the history of the U.S. Navy

When the news spread, there was a great deal of grief in the United States, and Americans' resentment against the Japanese intensified, and Japanese Americans were generally treated more harshly in various concentration camps, and even small-scale massacres took place in concentration camps. Although Roosevelt, as president, knew that this was wrong, he saw that the people were raging, and it was difficult to suppress it strongly, which eventually led to an even greater tragedy.

Although the promotion of the assembly line shipbuilding method has greatly accelerated the speed of the construction of warships in the United States, the capital ships such as aircraft carriers will have to be completed and put into service for nearly two years no matter how fast, and these 12 aircraft carriers will be completely wiped out as soon as they form combat effectiveness, which means that the carrier-based aviation units of the US Navy will not be fully reinvigorated until the end of 1944 at the earliest, considering that the Japanese Navy will definitely have new aircraft carriers launched during this period, The five German aircraft carriers are still in existence today, and the carrier-based aviation units of the US Navy at that time were at best able to barely compete with the Axis powers, and if they want to completely turn the tide of the war, they must either fight a big turnaround battle on the battlefield, or they have to wait for the next batch of capital ships to be launched to form combat effectiveness, and then they will have to wait for another 2 years!

In this grim situation, Roosevelt could only further increase his mobilization, especially the construction of aircraft carriers, which he paid greater attention to. In addition to the 10 Essex-class aircraft carriers already under construction, it was also ordered to convert the two Baltimore-class heavy cruisers that were about to be completed into light aircraft carriers for emergency purposes, which became the Saiban light carriers, due to the fact that the Baltimore-class heavy cruisers were much larger than the Cleveland-class light cruisers, coupled with the continuous improvement of the design and construction capabilities of American aircraft carriers, the performance of this light aircraft carrier was much stronger than the Independence-class light aircraft carriers that were destroyed in World War I.

In addition, Roosevelt also urgently terminated the construction of three of the seven battleships under construction (two of which have already been completed) of the Iowa battleships, freeing up the resources it occupied for the construction of the Midway-class supercarrier with a full load displacement of nearly 60,000 tons. That is, the number of aircraft carriers in the fleet under construction in the United States at the same time has reached a staggering 15

In addition, the United States has 50 escort aircraft carriers under construction, and this escort carrier, known as the Borg-class, is converted from a merchant ship larger than the Liberty, so it is much better than the previously modified Casablanca-class escort aircraft carrier in terms of displacement/number of aircraft and endurance. In particular, it is worth mentioning that with the continuous progress of the American catapult Jishu, the restrictions on the take-off and landing of aircraft on the Borg-class escort aircraft carrier have also been greatly reduced, although it is still not enough to compete with the fleet aircraft carriers, but at least it is no longer completely powerless to fight back, if they are lucky enough to encounter other enemy ships without aircraft protection, they may even pretend to be a fleet aircraft carrier to act as a prestige

Originally, Roosevelt also wanted to abolish the construction of four Montana-class battleships and transform the aircraft carrier, but a bad news made him dismiss this idea. The USS Raider, a U.S. aircraft carrier that had initially returned to the East Coast to be mothballed, but received a new order to go to the South Atlantic for anti-submarine (Note 1) after the defeat at Midway, and more than 30 accompanying ships, including three battleships, were ambushed by the German Wegener fleet as they passed through the Strait of Magellan

Note 1: After the defeat at Midway, the U.S. government has wisely given up the Pacific theater for the time being, after all, it is already at an absolute disadvantage in strength, and if it insists on fighting, it will only cause the navy, which has already suffered huge losses, to continue to lose a lot of blood needlessly. (To be continued......)