It's really strange to say that the US Navy was fighting smoothly at the beginning of this naval battle. At a distance of more than ten kilometers, it started to fire, and in the second round of shooting, it miraculously sank a destroyer of the Japanese Navy.

With such high hit accuracy, even the powerful naval power, Britain has never had it. The Japanese Navy, which claims to be invincible in artillery battles, actually lost to the US Navy in artillery battles in a confused manner. In today's terms, it is - this is unscientific.

But it may be that everything will turn back when extremes are extremes, or it may be that the US Navy used up all its good luck at the moment of war, and it may be that the other party's destroyer really has some magical power... In short, a miracle was never born in the US Navy again.

Or, to put it bluntly, the qualities shown by the US Navy in subsequent battles can almost really reflect their usual training level.

The cruiser continued to fire and aimed at the Japanese Snow Wind destroyer sailing towards it. As a result, this gun reappeared the magical effect of the two guns just now, and even the shadow of the Snow Wind was not hit. The shell was at least hundreds of meters away from the Snow Wind destroyer, which made the joyful US Navy's mood fall to the bottom.

Immediately afterwards, the US ships began today's evil journey - three cruisers fired in turn, and the main gun shells flew densely to the two Japanese destroyers, but these two destroyers seemed to have their own defensive shields, but even a single shell could not be hit.

Then the US Navy rushed to avoid the torpedo thrown by the Japanese Navy, and the result was that they almost collided together, giving the Japanese Navy a record for nothing. Although they finally escaped the disaster, they were scared and sweated.

The Japanese destroyer on the opposite side suddenly changed his route and turned around to escape, which also made the US Navy relieved - anyway, the purpose of destroying the opponent's warships has been achieved, and it has also created a record of sinking one of the opponent's destroyers with two rounds of artillery attacks, which is enough to make a difference.

So these two Japanese destroyers named Shi Yu and Xue Feng miraculously shook around the periphery of the American main fleet, and returned to the main combat sequence of the Japanese combined fleet in the Marshall Islands without any damage, and began their legendary journey of conquering the Pacific.

The telegram was sent back to the command of the Joint Fleet. Yamamoto Iroku felt that what he was worried about would eventually become a reality. The United States, which could not find any benefits from the German army, was destined to focus on the Japanese Joint Fleet. At this time, it happened to be the weakest moment when the Japanese Navy Joint Fleet was destined to decline.

At this moment, the Japanese Navy only had aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga, which were fully equipped and had certain combat capabilities, and then they could only start to count the pitiful battleships and cruisers in their hands. In this case, the best way to combat that Yamamoto Iroku could think of was to rely on the 6th Army fighter jets on the Marshall Islands to help kill the US Navy fleet.

His plan is very feasible, mainly relying on the 6th Army aviation to restrain the fighter jet units of the US Navy, and then use naval aviation troops with sufficient training in sea attacks to raid the US Navy to disrupt the US combat deployment. Then he relied on the battleships in his hands to cut into the US Navy fleet and achieved a decisive victory.

So while ordering the joint fleet to start preparing for war, Yamamoto grabbed the phone and ordered his subordinates to send a telegram to the command of the 6th Army of the Australian War Zone that could immediately reinforce the Marshall Islands.

However, just as Yamamoto Iroku boarded his flagship, the Japanese Joint Fleet Captain Mon battleship, was talking to Colonel Fururuwan how to attack the US fleet while he was taking advantage of the chaos, he received a response from the 6th Army, and this response almost made Yamamoto Iroku almost spit out a mouthful of blood.

It turned out that more than ten days ago, in order to launch a combat plan to march into India, the 6th Army drew most of the combat power they could find. The 6th Army fighter jets in the Australian theater were drew nearly one-third, and there was no extra force to support naval combat.

The plan to attack India was criticized by the Japanese Navy from the beginning. In the end, it was unexpected that the 6th Army would go so far, leaving the navy side alone, and implemented this huge offensive plan by itself, and began an attack on the Impal region of India in March.

This battle is still in progress, and the 6th Army claimed that its offensive was unstoppable. Yamamoto Isori was not good at commenting on this battle far away in Southeast Asia at one time, but this battle weakened the Japanese troops in the Pacific, which is indeed an indisputable fact. These drawn 6th Army air forces are important reasons why Yamamoto was unable to wander in the Marshall Islands.

But now, the 6th Army aviation forces that should be covered by the Marshall Islands have become a luxury, so it will be a joke to launch a decisive battle with the US fleet in the Marshall Islands. If the Japanese Combined Fleet can win, why should they hide in Marshall? Isn’t it enough to kill directly at the US Navy?

Yamamoto Iroji stood on the deck of the Nagamon battleship, trembling all over. His careful strategy of attracting the enemy to lure the enemy was turned into a bubble because of the 6th Army's aviation force. Fortunately, Yamamoto's determination was amazing. If it were others, he probably started to curse.

At any time, the news is not completely blocked, especially in Japan. It is common for the Navy to have problems with the 6th Army to help propaganda, or the 6th Army to make jokes with the Navy to help gossip. Therefore, even in the Marshall Islands, the Japanese Navy also knew that the 6th Army made many laughable jokes in the Battle of Impal, India.

The attacking troops drove the sheep and cattle, rode bicycles, carried a few days of rations, and came out with a rifle and a small amount of ammunition. Their slogan was "Slay Impal and eat Mountbatten". The 31st Division, which was responsible for the attack, was forced to leave without even completing the basic combat preparations.

The commander of the 15th Army, General Mutaguchi, who was in charge of commanding the front line, gave his instructions to his subordinates: "If you don't have supplies, you can't fight? How can you do it! The Japanese army can endure any hardships and hardships. There is no food to seize from the enemy. I don't believe that we will be worse than the cowards of the navy!"

The combat plan formulated with this attitude is simply terrible in the eyes of experts. The 6th Japanese Army did not evaluate the Chinese Expeditionary Force that insisted on fighting in northern Myanmar, nor did it consider the resistance of the British army. In the eyes of the 6th Japanese Army general Mutaguchi, the squadron was vulnerable, and the British army in India were even more native. As long as his troops drove all the way, these troops would collapse and surrender.

But Mutaguchi's subordinates were not so optimistic. Many people thought it was a battle that could not be won. Many soldiers in the army were pessimistic and felt that they were just going to die.

Before crossing the Chinton River, the commander of the Sato Division of the 31st Division of the 6th Army, the pessimistic opponents, told me: "Everyone, we are going to start crossing the Chinton River tonight. Before that, I have something to explain to you, please listen carefully! As long as there is no miracle, your lives will be lost in this upcoming battle. However, if you do not fall under the bullet, most of you will starve to death in the Alagan Mountains. Please be mentally prepared!"

Of course, Yamamoto didn't know about these things now. He was still angry about the transfer of air forces by the 6th Army. In the end, Yamamoto Iroliu issued an order to retreat the entire army, left behind the 30,000 Japanese troops stationed on the Marshall Islands, and retreated to the Solomon Islands behind the Marshall Islands with his joint fleet.

"Since you have done so well, don't blame me, I, Yamamoto Izuru, who took your 6th Army as a cushion in order to save the Navy! The entire joint fleet retreated to Solomon, and the two destroyers, Xuefeng and Shiyu, were incorporated into the 16th Destroyer Fleet and the 27th Destroyer Fleet behind the temple." This was the last sentence Yamamoto Izuru said before he was furious and fell ill, and then the Navy Marshal fainted on his post.

The joint fleet that lost Yamamoto Iroku, the mainstay, fled in panic. After losing the two destroyers behind the palace, he barely retreated to the Solomon Islands. After scrambling the troops, he now, in addition to the two destroyers that survived the disaster, Xue Feng and Shi Yu, the poor two destroyers, the 16th and 27th destroyers were wiped out.

This battle gave all the advantages that the Japanese Navy destroyer fleet had in previous patrol encounters in the Marshall Islands to the US Navy. The Japanese Navy later on the losses of destroyers on both sides. After this battle, the total number of shipwrecks exceeded that of the US Navy. In the most reluctant war of attrition, the Japanese joint fleet actually suffered greater losses than the US Navy.

Such an intolerable thing actually happened to be born like this. Just when Yamamoto Iroku was trying hard to calculate that a Japanese destroyer had to exchange for at least several American destroyers, the answer given to him by the Japanese Navy was to lose an average of 1.1 Japanese destroyers to sink a US destroyer...

Time did not stand on the side of Japan, and now it seems that luck did not stand on the side of Japan. Yamamoto Iroku is not in the mood to fight to the death with the US Navy, because what he needs to face now is the fact that the letters of the 6th Army complained to the base camp after he retreated to the Solomon Islands without authorization and gave up Marshall.

The Japanese Navy Combined Fleet is now filled with sorrow. As the saying goes, the bird is about to die, and its singing is sad.
Chapter completed!