"Boom!" With a huge explosion, the ship of the Hinata battleship suddenly rose and then began to sink. The US Navy equalized the score at this moment. Now two Japanese battleships were sunk by the US military, and two American aircraft carriers were sunk by Japan. Just now, the USS York City aircraft carriers also lost the need for rescue and could only open Tonghaifa and sink.

Having just received a telegram, Colonel Miura, who had been promoted to a major general, stood on the shaking bridge, watching the mess beside him, and the fire was soaring into the sky on the broken turret, and the thick smoke had blocked most of his vision, so that he could only see part of the water.

He smiled bitterly, threw away the telegram for the official promotion, as if he had thrown away a piece of garbage that was not important at all. Miura no longer knew what the difference was between him or a major general at this time, and he didn't know whether it was worth it to lead thousands of troops to die like this.

The entire warship once again vibrated violently, and then a harsh explosion came again. He knew that the fire was no longer controlled, and he knew that it must be a huge explosion in the ammunition depot. In short, everything was over, at least his life would end here.

"Continue... open fire and fight back! Each turret is fighting on its own and shoot freely! Long live the Great Japanese Empire! Long live His Majesty the Emperor!" In the end, Miura still shouted his order, he wanted to hold the American fleet. Only by dragging the American fleet can all these sacrifices be meaningful and valuable.

The hull has begun to tilt due to large-scale water inlets. The 30,000-ton behemoth makes a twisted squeak of steel, and there are explosions and the cry of soldiers. Several main gun turrets of the Hinata have either been destroyed or have lost their shooting angle. The entire warship has basically stopped firing, and the nearby sea is full of floating corpses and soldiers falling into the water.

Just as the tail of the Hinata battleship was tilted towards the U.S. fleet, a Japanese destroyer was accelerating wildly and rushed towards the U.S. Navy fleet. On the middle of the side of the destroyer's hull, the destroyer's name "Yuli" was written in Japanese.

As a bait fleet, the destroyer's escort ship has been following the Hinata battleship. At the moment Miura decided to turn back, the destroyer made the same choice. It started to approach the North Carolina battleship with its highest speed, and finally successfully approached the launch range of the Japanese torpedo.

On the one hand, it was because of the thick smoke from the Hinata battleship as a cover, and on the other hand, the US Navy did not expect that the crazy Japanese soldiers would dare to challenge the battleship with destroyers. So when they were careless, the Japanese destroyer wiped out all the torpedoes in one breath.

When the US Navy soldiers opened fire wildly and turned the USS Xili destroyer into a sieve, the torpedoes fired by the Japanese destroyer finally caught up with the North Carolina, which was inconvenient to move, and turned the injured US battleship into a sieve. The huge battleship ate three torpedoes in one breath, and the entire hull began to tilt due to the water inlet.

Because the damage management personnel on the American battleship were all recruits and there were not many experienced maintenance technicians, the North Carolina eventually failed to repair the damage management and began to slowly sink.

The Solomon Mad Dog Xili destroyed the destroyer this time. Before it sank, it sank the seriously injured American battleship USS North Carolina, completing the most worthwhile exchange in the entire Battle of Solomon.

Unfortunately, because the destroyer Xili did not have time to send a distress signal before it was sunk. The entire Solomon Sea area was too chaotic and rescued, so all the soldiers on Xili did not wait for their rescue team. The most pitiful person floated on the sea for four days and three nights before they were found. At that time, they were all white corpses.

All 1,387 officers and soldiers of the Hinaga battleship were eventually killed in battle, and all 226 people on the Yuri destroyer were also killed. If soldiers from other warships such as the Ise battleship, which suffered heavy losses, the number of Japanese soldiers killed more than 3,000 people will be killed.

This successful torpedo assault also achieved the only result of the Japanese Navy's bait fleet, sinking the USS North Carolina, the latest battleship of the United States. The record of sinking the opponent's opponent was also reversed because of this raid, and the Japanese Navy temporarily led the way with three to two.

"General! The battleship North Carolina was just now sunk by a torpedo launched by a Japanese destroyer!" Spruins also got his vanguard from his men and suffered major losses in the command bridge of the USS Hornet aircraft carrier.

After receiving this news, Spruins was so angry that he almost spit out an old blood, because it was supposed to be the front battlefield where the US Navy bullied the few with more, but the Japanese Navy even made the one-for-one end. This is undoubtedly very bad news for the US fleet that wanted to drag down the Japanese Navy by changing the numbers.

"Now, we can only see whether our carrier-based aircraft can sink the Japanese Navy's aircraft carrier fleet. They are our only chance... If they can make contributions, we still have a chance. If they fail, then we will become sinners of the entire United States." Spruins looked at his subordinates and said, "Let the fleet continue to go west and continue to distance from the Japanese eastern fleet."

At the same time, Yamamoto Iroku's assault fleet was accelerating forward, approaching the US Navy fleet frantically. They wanted to approach the US Navy's carrier-based aircraft in exchange for a greater advantage before the US Navy's carrier-based aircraft freed up their hands to kill them. So they moved madly towards the US Navy, hoping to make a decision with a round of artillery attacks.

Just on the bridge of the Nagamon battleship, Iroku Yamamoto received the last telegram from the Hinaga battleship. The words on the telegram made Iroku Yamamoto feel as if he was cut off. After all, his fleet had already sunk two battleships, which was definitely a very bad news for the Japanese Navy.

For the Japanese Navy, every battleship is a valuable asset and a wealth accumulated by the country through frugality. Now that two ships have sunk here, it is an unprecedented major loss for the Japanese Navy.

"Marson!" A staff officer lowered his head behind Yamamoto Izuru and said, "The US fleet has been heading west to avoid head-on collisions with our army. Although the opponent's speed is not low, we are still shortening the distance between the two sides. Based on this time, we should be able to see the US fleet within half an hour."

Of course, Yamamoto knew that they would meet each other's fleet in half an hour, and he also knew that two American warships were under the cover of other warships, one by one, and the other, approaching his fleet. Based on his experience and the information provided by the seaplanes on the battleships, he would soon discover the meeting gift prepared by the US Navy for him, and he was confident that he would defeat the fleet that was ordered to intercept him.

"My bait fleet can sink a new battleship of the US Navy. What should the Americans use to stop my main fleet?" Yamamoto's heart seemed to be relieved. After all, although the battle situation in front of him made him extremely sad, the Japanese Navy took the initiative in the battlefield after all, and had obvious advantages.

In the script that Yamamoto was planning, the assault fleet he led could kill at least two American battleships and disrupt the US combat deployment. On the other hand, Tadichi Nagamoto's fleet succeeded in sneak attacking again, so this time the Japanese Navy basically wiped out the US Pacific Fleet at the cost of about two battleships and two aircraft carriers. The ending was acceptable to him.

"It seems that God is the winner of this naval battle, the combined fleet of our Great Japanese Empire!" Yamamoto Iroku put his hands behind him, looked at the distant sea surface, and quietly waited for the moment when the American battleship entered its range.

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On the US Navy's USS Mississippi battleship, Captain Colonel Oden put down the telescope in his hand, looked back at the adjutant holding the latest battle situation message, laughed softly, and then slowly said: "So, the Japanese bravely counterattacked and sunk our USS North Carolina battleship?"

"Yes, sir! That's what the battle report says. Now we have to wait for General Halsey's reinforcements, which seems to be a little later." The adjutant nodded and replied to his superior.

Colonel Oden nodded, and then whispered to the officers and soldiers in the entire bridge: "Gentlemen, we should let the Japanese know that not only they have brave soldiers, but also our Americans! Today! We want to be our own heroes!"

"yeah!" All the Americans present shouted with their arms waving their arms. The Americans do not lack heroes, nor do they lack heroism. It's just that they need a reason, a reason to get themselves into a hero role. Obviously, the Japanese gave them this reason, and the current US Navy also has reasons that they cannot lose.

"Accelerate forward! The Colorado battleship cannot withstand the attacks of the Japanese Navy. We must help it resist all the attacks!" Captain Oden loudly issued an order to accelerate: "Attract the opponent's artillery fire, let's be the shield of friendly forces!"
Chapter completed!