The defeat was decided, and even in the heyday of the Pacific Fleet, which had not suffered heavy losses, it was powerless to return to the sky, and Vice Admiral Fallwood knew this very well, and the Japanese carrier-based aircraft, like ghosts, appeared in the sky over the fleet, and this end was already doomed.

The only thing Vice Admiral Fallwood could do was to command the remaining warships to move as close together as possible, shoot down or drive away those crazy Japanese planes with the help of cross-air defense fire, and then, before the second wave of Japanese planes attacked, retreat along the route from which they came, and get closer in the direction of the land-based fighter group.

And the carrier-based aircraft of his own fleet were shot down by the anti-aircraft fire of his own warship, Vice Admiral Fallwood, who also saw it in his eyes, in his heart, there was only sadness left, this is the Pacific Fleet, which he has high hopes for, when facing the Japanese planes, the combat effectiveness is so unbearable, it is really strange, where does the confidence in a head-to-head confrontation with any fleet of the Japanese Navy come from?

Vice Admiral Fallwood ordered: "The carrier-based aircraft immediately withdraw from the battle, and all the warships, centered on the flagship, move closer to me, form cross-anti-aircraft fire, alternate cover, and return to the Los Angeles military port!" He also understood that his carrier-based aircraft were shot down by the anti-aircraft fire of his own warships more than they were shot down in air battles with Japanese aircraft!

Vice Admiral Fallwood was fortunate that the second aircraft carrier formation, covering the troop carrier formation, had been out of the battle scene and there were no Japanese planes to chase after it, and it seems that the commander of the Japanese naval fleet, whose main goal, was to attack the Pacific Fleet, if more than 60,000 infantrymen. Killed in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the lieutenant general is not going to live anymore!

With the remaining warships, we will attract the targets of the Japanese attack, hoping that the troop carrier formation can reach Hawaii Island safely, and all I can do is to use the main fleet as the target to attract the attention of the Japanese, hoping that when the land-based aircraft group arrives, it will be the Pacific Fleet. Keep some blood!

Vice Admiral Fallwood's tactics had a certain effect, and with the Pacific Fleet, the carrier-based aircraft of the only aircraft carrier, out of the air combat zone, the anti-aircraft fire of the American fleet, after dozens of minutes of confusion, began to conduct organized firing, the loss of the first attack wave group of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy. Immediately increase dramatically!

On the flagship of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy "Nagato", Commander Yamamoto. With an expressionless face, he asked the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Matsuda, "Chief of Staff Matsuda, what are the results of the first attack wave group, and is there a report?" ”

Chief of Staff Matsuda replied: "Your Excellency, Commander, I have just received a telegram from the commander of the formation that, after more than 40 minutes of rapid attack, two aircraft carriers of the US Pacific Fleet and 18 warships of other types have been sunk. In the telegram, it was also reported that the formation with a US Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier as the core, covering the troop carrier formation, retreated in the direction of Hawaii Island, while the main fleet of the US army retreated in the direction of the US mainland! ”

Admiral Yamamoto frowned slightly. Said unhappily: "That's all? "He has reason not to be satisfied, the well-planned raid, with only such a small result, Ling himself is too disappointed!

Chief of Staff Matsuda hurriedly replied: "The results of the battle do not include the submarine squadron. The fifteen US warships sunk, in total, the first wave of attacks, the sinking of two aircraft carriers of the US Pacific Fleet, and 33 warships of other types, the combat effectiveness of the Americans has been weakened to less than one-half, and this does not include the damaged US warships! ”

General Yamamoto smiled with satisfaction and said, "Report on our losses?" ”

Chief of Staff Matsuda looked at General Yamamoto's face and replied cautiously: "The first attack wave group has lost eighty-six aircraft of various types, which is close to half of the number of aircraft in the formation. ”

General Yamamoto seemed to be very emotional and said: "Warriors, they are all real warriors of the empire!" Order the first attack wave group to leave the battlefield, and the second attack wave group to take off immediately and continue to attack the remnants of the US Pacific Fleet, and order all warships in the headquarters to pursue the US fleet at maximum speed, and inform the commander of the first aircraft carrier formation, Rear Admiral Masakage, that his prey is about to enter the net. ”

After Chief of Staff Matsuda conveyed the order, he asked very confused and puzzled: "General, the rank is a little puzzled, why don't you continue to delay the retreat of the US Pacific Fleet in the first attack wave group, and instead you order them to withdraw from the battlefield?" Also, why did the US Pacific Fleet, the remaining warships, not forget to retreat in the direction of Hawaii Island, but retreat in the direction of the mainland, wouldn't this leave more time for our fleet to pursue? ”

Admiral Yamamoto sneered sarcastically, obviously, the result of the battle made him very satisfied, so he patiently replied: "Matsuda-kun, that US Navy Pacific Fleet Commander Fallwood, has sent a signal for help to the US army's land-based aircraft group, and the reason why he did this is to try to get closer to the land-based aircraft group in order to escape the fate of being completely annihilated!" ”

"The withdrawal of the first attack wave group is to prepare for the US land-based aircraft group, although in terms of time, the Americans' Pacific Fleet will not wait for their land-based aircraft group, but we must make deployments in advance, so as not to be passive when the time comes!"

Lieutenant General Matsuda, with a look of sudden realization, said with admiration: "Your Excellency, on the battlefield, you have no omission of the enemy's psychological activities, and you have great admiration for your position, that American commander Fallwood, it is his misfortune and sorrow to meet you!" ”

General Yamamoto smiled indifferently, obviously, it was a similar compliment and sycophancy, and he had developed immunity, as for that American general Fallwood, Yamamoto himself, he had never regarded him as an opponent, the reason was very simple, the weight was not enough!

After receiving the order, the first attack wave group of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet quickly left the battlefield, looking at the Japanese planes gradually moving away, Vice Admiral Fallwood, let out a sigh of relief, the nightmarish situation finally passed, and before the second wave of attacks of the Japanese fleet arrived, he could finally take a breath and adjust the deployment of the fleet.

"Order, all warships wounded in battle, immediately break away from the formation and return at full speed, and the rest of the warships, form a ring of anti-aircraft fire, withdraw at full speed," General Fallwood ordered.

Then, he said: "Ask, where has the land-based reinforcement group arrived, and how long will it take to reach the battlefield?" ”

Soon, the communications staff officer reported: "Report to the commander, the commander of the land-based aircraft group formation replied that one hundred and sixty-eight fighters have reached the sea east of Midway, and in about two hours, they will be ready to reach the battlefield!" ”

Vice Admiral Fallwood, slightly comforting some, of the fleet and reinforcements; The time for the convergence of land-based aircraft groups can be shortened to less than an hour and thirty minutes, and as long as the fleet holds out for an hour and a half, the Pacific Fleet will not be in its own hands and will be completely annihilated!

After the order was issued, it took only ten minutes for all the warships of the US military to adjust their combat positions in accordance with the commander's order, and more than 200 planes of various types of aircraft of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet had already appeared in the sky above the fleet!

However, the battlefield, which had been silent for more than 20 minutes, became bloody again, and the targets attacked by the Japanese carrier-based planes were different from the last time, and the fighters used their speed and flexibility to attract the anti-aircraft fire of the US warships.

Horizontal bombers, bypassing the dead angle of anti-aircraft fire, flew at an extremely low altitude, and threw heavy bombs at the US warships, desperately throwing bombs, moreover, the targets of the Japanese carrier-based planes were all those US warships that had not suffered heavy damage, and all US warships that were smoking, and the speed of their smoke was greatly reduced, and they were all ignored!

It was another round of tragic fighting, and the withdrawal speed of the US Pacific Fleet was immediately greatly delayed, and Vice Admiral Folwood's anxious eyes were on fire, and he knew very well that the Japanese planes were using this method of play in order to hold themselves back, to catch up with the main Japanese fleet behind, and to gain time, while their own fleet was adjusting its position.

The warships have not yet reached the designated position, they cannot form an effective combat force at all, the battlefield is as chaotic as ever, every US warship is almost in a state of fighting alone, and they are all being attacked by Japanese aircraft, Vice Admiral Fallwood, there is nothing to be done!

He stood on the control tower, holding a telescope, observing the entire naval battlefield, trying to find a solution to the passive situation, suddenly, a Japanese fighter broke through the anti-aircraft fire network and appeared above the flagship of the "McKin".

Many American sailors, even holding submachine guns in their hands, aimed at this crazy Japanese fighter plane, and the fuselage of the Japanese fighter immediately burst out of thick smoke, swaying and hissing, and rushed headlong into the sea, all the American officers and sailors on the "McKin" thought that the danger was temporarily lifted, but the Americans underestimated the madness of the Japanese pilots.

Seeing the Japanese fighter jets piercing into the sea, with thick smoke and flames, they turned around at a strange angle and crashed headlong into the warship, and they were facing the position of the control tower.

With fireworks and shells, the Japanese fighter plane, in the sight of Vice Admiral Fallwood, quickly amplified, "boom", this Japanese fighter jet, slammed into the control tower, a huge fireball, with black smoke, soared into the air, broken steel fragments, scattered in all directions, scattered into the dark green East Pacific sea.

The smoke was quickly dispersed by the sea breeze, only the flame of "beep" burning, with the sea breeze, the devil's arm, dancing irregularly, and a huge black hole appeared in the position of the command tower.

(To be continued)

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