The Hiei was severely damaged, which made the Mikawa Army feel unprecedented pressure. Originally, the four Red Navy battle patrols had great advantages over the two battle patrols, but now they have become four-for-one. Even if several heavy patrols of Kondo Nobutake and Takeo Takagi could continue to fight, it was almost impossible to fight against the battle patrol. Once the King Kong made any mistakes, the remaining heavy patrols would probably be stolen.

After thinking for three minutes, Mikawa Junichi had to admit that he could no longer hold on now, so he could only generate electricity for Kondo Nobutake: "The enemy ship has a significant advantage. Will you retreat temporarily?"

As the commander of the fleet, Kondo Nobutake also felt that the situation was not good. During the gap between artillery battles, his two heavy cruisers launched two torpedo offensives, but they could not do anything to the enemy at all. Now the Hiei suffered heavy damage and fire was a big deal. It would be hard to support the Kwangjong alone. It seems unlikely that the ideal result would be achieved if the battle continues?

For Nobutake Kondo, the so-called ideal result is naturally to destroy the fleet of American livestock, and it is best to destroy the enemy's aircraft carrier. But at present, the enemy's aircraft carrier was beaten away by four main battleships before they even saw it. This is a bit embarrassing.

After thinking for a moment, Kondo Nobutake asked the left and right staff: "How is the loss of the enemy ship?"

In fact, the question of Nobutake Kondo is worth exploring. The reason why he asked about the losses of the enemy ship was simply to know whether he could explain it to the top. If he sunk or severely injured several enemy ships, he could explain it even if he retreated temporarily, which would not be embarrassing. Of course, if there were no results in any battle, with the Japanese's personality of trying to save face, he would probably have to hold on to the end.

Of course, the original intention of Kondo Nobutake to ask this question was not to save face. In fact, he wanted to convey an intention to the staff to give me a reasonable result, so that we can make a successful move.

Yes, Kondo Nobutake's original intention is to retreat, because it can't be defeated no matter how you look at it. However, the commander-in-chief took the initiative to ask for retreat, which is really something. It is best for the staff to take the initiative to suggest that it is best to give a very reasonable explanation, such as, we do not retreat actively, but move forward successfully. Or temporarily retreat and repair and wait for another battle to come tomorrow.

In short, Nobutake Kondo could not take the initiative to retreat, so he had to pretend to maintain the image of the superior. At this time, it was particularly important whether the staff could understand the superior's intentions. It was really difficult to meet that kind of naughty man.

Fortunately, there are still many staff members in the Japanese army who know how to share the worries for their superiors. Soon someone reported the brilliant results of tonight: "The Fourth Destroyer Team reported sinking one enemy light cruiser, severely hitting two. The Fifth and Seventh Cruiser Team reported sinking two enemy heavy cruiser, severely hitting four. Our Fourth Cruiser Team and the Third Battleship First Team jointly damaged one enemy battleship."

Let’s talk about it, according to the Japanese statistics. On this night, they sank three cruisers and severely damaged six, and also severely damaged one battleship. Judging from this book, it is not the glorious results of the battle, but it is really possible to explain it.

Anyway, Kondo Nobutake's face improved a lot. He pretended to be soft and nodded and ordered: "Immediately inform Chief Yamamoto of this good news and tell our team that our fleet will temporarily retreat and repair and wait for another battle in the future!"

About forty minutes later, Iroku Yamamoto received this telegram from Zhujie. As the commander-in-chief of the joint fleet, he could of course see the truth. Regardless of whether these results were true or false, I am afraid that Nobutake Kondo would not retreat temporarily, and there is no possibility of another fight in the future. I am afraid that the situation of his fleet is not very good, otherwise he would not have asked to retreat in addition to a "big victory".

Of course, Yamamoto Iroku would not be so stupid as to expose all this. Since the situation on Nobutake Kondo is not good, it is not the best way to continue to hold on or fight to the death. It is more important to let him retreat to preserve his strength.

So Yamamoto Iroru quickly agreed to Kondo Nobutake’s request, but he undoubtedly became worried about the battle after dawn. Why? According to the plan of the Kuroshima Turtle, the carrier-based aircraft of the Second Maneuver Force will land on the Flying Dragon and the Ruifeng. At this time, it is really a question whether the Ruifeng can still merge with the Flying Dragon as planned. Once the two aircraft carriers cannot merge, then some carrier-based aircraft of the Second Maneuver Force will fall into the sea?

So at that time, Iroku Yamamoto decisively ordered Nobutake Kondo to join Nagamoto Tadonico as soon as possible. In addition, he was also considering what happened to this American fleet that fought with Nobutake Kondo. Yes, Iroku Yamamoto felt very strange. Because according to Tadonico Nagamoto's reconnaissance results, the US fleet should still be north of Midway Island, while Nobutake Kondo was in the west of Midway Island when he encountered an enemy ship. This difference was very big and it was completely different.

Yamamoto Izuru had to consider one question: Are there two American fleets on the battlefield?

If this guess is true, then everything can be explained, that is, Nobutake Kondo and Tadaichi Nagamo are facing two completely different fleets. This will cause big trouble!

Yes. Yamamoto Iroku was quite worried. If these two American fleets had aircraft carriers, then the Kuroshima Turtle's counterattack plan tomorrow would be almost a piece of waste paper. No matter what, it would be impossible to win. There was even the possibility of a meat bun hitting a dog without returning.

When he thought of this, Yamamoto Iroku immediately gave two more telegrams to Kondo Nobutake and Tadichi Nagamoto. The telegram to Kondo Nobutake asked him to immediately eject water to detect the situation of the enemy fleet, especially to find out whether the Americans had aircraft carriers. The telegram to Tadichi Nagamoto was similar, but it asked him to confirm the enemy's location and number of aircraft carriers.

The two telegrams were sent out at 1:30 in the morning. It was only an hour later that Tadakaichi Nagamo and Nobutake Kondo received the two telegrams respectively. At that time, the situation between the two was completely different.

Let’s talk about the situation of Tadaichi Nakumo. According to the requirements of the Kuroshima Turtle, Tadaichi Nakumo took the Flying Dragon and other cruisers and destroyers to retreat north at high speed, and did not shoot torpedoes on the fire and explosion of Akagi, Kaga and Aolong. Because the Kuroshima Turtle was still fighting to defeat the Mijiao, he towed these three aircraft carriers back to his hometown to repair the dream.

At that time, Tadakaichi Nagamoto was left with only two destroyers responsible for observation and surveillance. Once he was found, he would definitely launch torpedoes to sink them when he was discovered.

At around 10 o'clock in the evening, the distance between Nagashi Takaichi's fleet was about 200 nautical miles from the US Special Mixed Fleet. This distance was not safe enough, but fortunately, the carrier-based aircraft of the Enterprise and Bumblebee did not find Nagashi Takaichi. After some emergency repairs, some damaged carrier-based aircraft on the Flying Dragon were also repaired. At least Yamaguchi Duoshi was full of confidence and believed that it could do a big fight.

However, Tadakaichi Natsumoto was not so confident. In his opinion, there were four aircraft carriers that could not win during the day. At this time, there were only two small aircraft carriers and one hundred carrier-based aircraft left. It was even more unpredictable. In addition, Tadakaichi Natsumoto had certain doubts about the sinking of two enemy aircraft carriers reported by Yamaguchi.

Of course, Tadaichi Nagamoto was not envious and jealous, but was just talking about the matter. During the war, pilots were soaring adrenal hormones, and what they saw and experienced were not necessarily true. What's more, the human eye is not so reliable. It can be said that a considerable number of the results on the battlefield were false alarms. Apart from these mistakes, the real situation is probably far from as good as you think.

What's more, Tadaichi Nakumo also thought that the tactics of the Kuroshima Turtle were a bit taken for granted, and according to the plan, this batch of aircraft would fly nearly 1,700 kilometers (the Type 99 ship explosion took off later because of its short range, but it would also fly 1,200 kilometers, almost close to its limit range). Such a long distance would have a great test for the pilot, and the consequences would be unimaginable if there were problems with positioning and navigation problems.

It is not only a problem with the aircraft and pilots, but because it is necessary to fly long distances, when this batch of carrier-based aircraft aircraft take off from the Second Maneuver Force aircraft carrier, it only refuels and refuels. That is to say, after landing on the Feilong and Ruifeng, it will only carry out refueling and refueling operations. However, according to the time calculation, it is around 8 o'clock in the morning at any time. Then, it will be around 9 o'clock in the morning after refueling.

Now in the summer of the northern hemisphere, the daylight is very long, and it is usually dawn at 5 o'clock in the morning. In other words, for more than four hours between five o'clock in the morning and nine o'clock in the morning, Tadonico Nagamoto's fleet will be in great danger. Once the US military discovers their location, it is possible to attack first. If the Flying Dragon and Ruifeng are destroyed, then more than 80 carrier-based aircraft flew from the Second Mobile Force will also go into the sea to feed the fish.

In short, this plan is too "fine" and there is almost no room for fault tolerance. Once a problem occurs in a certain link, it will be a catastrophe. However, people must not avoid making mistakes, especially in a highly tense environment, the possibility of mistakes is higher.

Anyway, Nakayakashi was quite nervous. In order to get more time back and to prepare more, he led the fleet as much as possible to move closer to the second mobile unit in the north to shorten the flight distance.

His insurance practice caused two problems. One is that Yamaguchi Takitsuguchi is dissatisfied with the high dissatisfaction of Yamaguchi Takitsuguchi, who is proud to be proud, believes that Nagashi Takiichi was avoiding war and was running away from the US fleet. According to Yamaguchi Takitsuguchi's idea, it is better to be closer to the US fleet, which will shorten the attack distance and make it easier to accurately grasp the movements of the enemy aircraft carrier.

However, in Nagashima Takaichi's opinion, this was even more dangerous. In fact, even at 8 o'clock in the evening, Nagashima Takaichi did not fully escape the strike range of US carrier-based aircraft, but it was just that it was impossible to attack because it was dark.

This is the first question, and in the second question, if Nagashima Tadao runs north, the further the journey of Kondo Nobutake to go north to meet him. Originally, the time for Kondo Nobutake to travel was tight, and once he couldn't catch up, the fun would be great.

Of course, Tadaichi Nagamo also made preparations, that is, if Kondo Nobutake's Ruifeng did not catch up, then take off the carrier-based aircraft on the Flying Dragon to attack first. After these twenty or so planes flew away, they just accommodated more than fifty carrier-based aircraft that the second mobile unit landed in the first batch (the 99th ship took off after the explosion and was still behind). In this way, the Flying Dragon alone could complete the attack.

However, this plan is also problematic. The first problem is that the Japanese were forced to divide the attack waves into three. Think about it, there were only one hundred carrier-based aircraft. After they were divided into three waves, their strength was naturally greatly dispersed, and the strike force was naturally reduced. This seemed to be simply nonsense in Yamaguchi Daoshi. Yamaguchi Daoshi strongly advocated sending out all attack aircraft in one go, rather than throwing it into it little by little.

This is still the first question. The second question is that the Second Mobile Force has more than 80 carrier-based aircraft, and it can theoretically operate on the Flying Dragon aircraft alone, but it has to be said that this is quite barely enough. The more than 50 carrier-based aircraft landed by the Second Mobile Force must refuel and mount bullets? It will take an hour no matter how fast it is. During this period, if the Flying Dragon released the first wave of attack aircraft to return, or the zero battle used to protect the Flying Dragon will land and refuel, where is the deck still there at that time?

Let me put it this way, Nagamo Tadaichi's approach puts high demands on the deck operation of the aircraft carrier. The Japanese must coordinate everything, otherwise there will be a lot of fun. Let me put it this way. The Japanese's combat plan is too "compact" no matter how they coordinate. Unless they can be as rigorous as robots or computer programs, the consequences will be difficult to predict.

After talking about Tadichi Nagamo, let's look back at Nobutake Kondo. When sending a telegram to Iroku Yamamoto, he should not be confident, at least he is quite sure of retreat. His plan is to protect the palace of the four warships that can still fight, the King Kong, Atogo, Tori and Suzuya, and the Hiei, with the seriously injured cruiser, left first.

In other words, Nobutake Kondo felt that it was not a big problem to fight and retreat, but what he didn't expect was that the script was taken wrong from the beginning. Less than five minutes after he issued the retreat order. The King Kong, the pillar of the rear of the palace, was blown up.

In the fierce attack, the Red Samara suddenly exploded into the small universe. The volleys were more accurate at one time. Five rounds of volleys in the front and back made a hit! In these ten rounds of volleys, the King Kong actually ate a total of six 305mm shells!

The first one to be hit was the last turret on the stern of the ship of the King Kong. The 229mm gun shield was not enough to withstand the strike of the Red Navy's 305mm armor-piercing projectile. With a shocking loud noise, the three long gun barrels on the turret were all twisted and deformed. One of the bombed gun barrels was even directly inserted into the rear bridge of the King Kong, breaking a Japanese officer on the spot.

This is the lightest. What's more important is that the armor-piercing bomb rushed into the turret, killing all the Japanese gunners who "dare to" block the way and then exploded suddenly. This explosion ignited the bombs waiting to be fired in the turret. With two earth-shaking roars, the turret turned into an air-breathing pressure cooker, which immediately lifted the top cover.

For the Japanese, the only good news is that the shell exploded in the turret, instead of rushing directly into the ammunition depot under the turret, the consequences are unimaginable!

Just as the entire ship of King Kong was busy putting out fires and saving people, another 305mm shell flew over, and this one was surprisingly accurate, hitting the "air-leaking pressure cooker" again. The only difference was that the turret was punched against each other and killed many Japanese soldiers who were putting out fires nearby with the metal fragments it produced. It drilled into the deck of King Kong from the other side, penetrated several decks, and hit the horizontal armor and exploded.

The explosion destroyed five or six surrounding cabins and caused a steam turbine of King Kong to strike, causing its speed to begin to decline. It can be said that it was this bomb that made King Kong no longer able to escape.

It was not over yet. In the following rounds of firefighting, the King Kong was hit one after another. The main armor under the bridge was opened. The shot in the middle of the ship caused some anti-aircraft guns to explode. The fire began to spread, and the King Kong was getting slower and slower.

Soon, the King Kong was caught up because of its slow speed, and was twisted by four Red Navy battle patrols at a very close distance. According to post-war statistics, within ten minutes, the King Kong was hit with a total of 15 305mm shells, 125 130mm shells and 278 76mm shells. As for the 30mm grenades fired by the AK-630, there were countless.

Anyway, the Vajra was directly beaten and sank on the sea, so he could not move. However, the old saying goes, it is a good fortune. Seeing that the Vajra is already a dead dog, Mikhail Sergeievic ordered the stop attack on the Vajra because he felt that there was no need to waste shells and time. It is more important to chase the Birui in the run.

This decision made the Sanchuan Army save his life. At that time, he was ready to commit suicide, but who would have thought that the beautiful animals would actually run away in a hurry, which made him feel a little relieved, and then quickly ordered the officers and soldiers to rescue the King Kong, and it would be best to restore power as soon as possible.

When Mikhail Sergeevich left with four battle patrols, the Umaki Huo, who was hiding in the dark, approached the burning King Kong, which was burning and began to spray water on it to help put out the fire. At that time, the servo of the King Kong had been completely destroyed, and it can be said that it had lost its steering ability. The hull was even more insignificant, the bridge had collapsed, and the remaining part was pitch black.

A scent of barbecue can be smelled by fifty meters away from the King Kong. However, this smell could not promote appetite at that time, but it made people feel very angry. At that time, the Sanchuan Army thought that even if the King Kong was broken, they could not give up. After all, this was a precious battleship. He hoped to use three destroyers to drag the King Kong out of the battlefield.

However, this idea was opposed by Kondo Nobutake from the beginning. The reason is very simple. The waters where the King Kong is located are not safe at all. There are also "American Lives" cruisers and destroyers around. Once caught, not only the King Kong cannot be protected, but the three destroyers towed King Kong may also have to be destroyed together!

So Kondo Nobutake ordered: "Immediately sink the Vajra, and all the officers and soldiers retreat on destroyers!" (To be continued.)

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