"Sir, it's Atlanta, Savannah and Dell who are in the thunder! Oh, God, Dell is broken into two pieces..."

In the bridge of the flagship USS Indianapolis, listening to the staff's report, U.S. Major General Wright looked as if he had advanced radar and had an advantage in number. He could teach the Japanese devils a lesson on Midway, but he didn't expect that not long after the war started, he had lost two "flat decks" and a "Farragette" class. Moreover, the sunken "Dell" (Farragette class) was still broken into two pieces from the middle... This means that the ship would sink soon, and the 250 US Navy officers and soldiers on it might not be able to escape. This is really a heavy loss!

"Dissolve the formation!" Major General Wright prayed for the 250 brave American sailors in his heart, and then he gathered his mind on the battlefield. "Order each ship to fight on its own... Be careful of the torpedoes of the Japanese devils!"

The lesson that Wright taught the last time "Ice Sea Night Battle" was that formations were easy to get into thunder, so after being hit by the Japanese, Major General Wright immediately ordered the disbandment of the formation. However, he had no intention of retreating at all.

Behind him is Midway Island. On the three bare coral reef islands without any cover, there are more than 2,000 American engineers and a large number of "Caterpillar" bulldozers and motorized graders. If they are bombarded by the heavy cruiser of the Japanese, the work of repairing Midway Airport will be delayed. This matter is now the top priority!

Because Major General Wright and Mikawa's lieutenant general ordered the disbanding of the formation, the battle, which was called "the first Midway Battle" in later history, began to enter a terrifying night melee.

The Americans have a powerful radar, and the Japanese torpedo are sharp, which is really a bit like a match for the opponent.

After entering the "night melee" stage, the combat distance between the two sides quickly narrowed, from more than 20,000 meters when the fire was first exchanged to several thousand meters. At this distance, the Japanese cat-eye tactics also began to exert their power. However, the American mk11 torpedo can also exert their power.

The two Japanese heavy cruisers that caught fire in the previous battle became targets to attract shells. In particular, the "Ancient Eagle", which is closer to the US fleet, hit 6 and 8 more shells in less than 5 minutes. Two of the three main gun turrets were destroyed, and the entire ship was covered by fire. Another shell drilled into the power compartment, blowing up two heavy oil special boilers, and breaking a steam pipeline, causing half of the power loss. Now this 8,700-ton heavy cruiser is no longer possible to escape from the battlefield!

At 10:45 pm, the half-dead Old Eagle heavy cruiser was hit below the starboard waterline by an MK11 torpedo launched by a "Farragut" class destroyer. The torpedo tore open a huge gap and began to rush in. The Old Eagle tilted seriously to the right.

Two minutes later, another torpedo launched by another American destroyer hit the starboard side of the Ancient Eagle again. The scarred heavy cruiser finally could not support it and slowly sank into the sea as it rolled over.

However, the Japanese quickly avenged the unlucky Ancient Eagle with their colors. At 10:50 pm, the radar of the USS Quincy heavy cruiser, which was firing cannons and bombarding the "Bird Sea", found that two ships of unknown origin appeared 23,000 meters outside the port side and approached at a high speed of more than 40 knots.

The captain of the heavy cruiser of the Quincy immediately realized that these were two Japanese destroyers, and he immediately ordered the artillery to turn and aim at the enemy. However, the two Japanese destroyers ran too fast and the target was too small. The 9 guns of Quincy lost their shots in succession. It was not until 10 minutes later that the first collapsed shot was fired, and the distance between the two sides had been narrowed to about 10,000 meters. This distance was enough for the 16 93 oxygen torpedoes on the two Shimafeng-class destroyers to come to support from elsewhere (the two Shimafeng-class have a total of 30 torpedo launch tubes. Theoretically, a volley can fire 30 93 torpedoes, but the destroyer's ammunition capacity is limited. Even Japan, which attaches extreme importance to lightning warfare, can only install 15 missiles on the Shimafeng-class, so it has to save some use and cannot be used all at once) becomes a daunting weapon!

At around 11:05 pm, the Quincy heavy cruiser was hit on the port side by two powerful Japanese 93 torpedoes, and two huge holes were torn open. Quincy quickly tilted leftwards from a high angle. Because the sea water poured in too fast and could not be blocked, the captain had to issue an order to leave the ship at 11:10. Less than 5 minutes later, the Quincy heavy cruiser with a standard displacement of more than 10,000 tons sank, and 215 of the 708 officers and soldiers on the ship did not have time to withdraw.

Just as the "Quncy" was sunk by a Japanese torpedo, the fire-ridden flagship Torihide heavy cruiser that Mikawa Junyi also became the prey of torpedoes launched by American destroyers. This heavy cruiser with a standard displacement of 13,400 tons is one of the four Kaohsiung-class ships and one of the best heavy cruisers in Japan.

However, it is now in a slump. Because it has hit more than 20 shells, the Bird Sea has basically lost its combat power and its speed has dropped to less than 10 knots. It can only watch two American destroyers launch torpedoes at it...

"Summon the Island Wind... Now, give up the Bird Sea!"

At 11:10, the commander of the 8th Fleet of Japan, Mikawa Jun, helplessly issued an order to abandon the heavy cruiser of the "Bird Sea". 15 minutes later, the destroyer of the "Shiwufeng" ended the heavy cruiser of the "Bird Sea" that had turned into scrap iron with a powerful 93 torpedo.

However, the shipwreck competition between the two sides did not end because of the sinking of the Bird Sea. At 11:15, the US Atlanta light cruiser, which had previously been hit by a 93 torpedo, was once again hit by the torpedo from the "Stan Wind". The large light cruiser of nearly 10,000 tons suffered fatal trauma and sank after struggling at sea for more than ten minutes.

At 11:20, the Japanese heavy cruiser Aoba was hit by the opponent's main gun when he was approaching the flagship of the 51.7th US troop, the USS Indianapolis, when he attempted to fire the 93 torpedo. Although he did not explode the 93 torpedo, he knocked off a turret on the bow of the ship, causing a fire, turning himself into a striking target.

However, five minutes later, a 93 torpedo it launched hit the stern of the Indianapolis ship, not only making a big hole in the buttocks of the American heavy cruiser, but also causing the rudder to be stuck by something unknown. As a result, the 10,000-ton treaty ship had to sail straight towards Midway Island. Later, with the help of a "flat deck" class, stranded near the sand island of Midway Island and turned into a "fixed turret".

Due to the profound lessons of Toohai and Ancient Eagle, the Aoba, which was caught on fire, dared not fight and retreated from the battlefield under the cover of her sister Ship Yikata.

After the Aoba retreated and the Yikata left temporarily, only one Kagu was left on the heavy cruiser on the sea near Midway Island, while the United States also had three heavy cruisers, including Wichita, Vincent and San Francisco.

Of course, the Gagu was not the opponent of the three American heavy cruisers. It was beaten to the point of being fired in less than 10 minutes and hurriedly withdrew from the battlefield.

The three American heavy cruisers were not willing to let go of "Gagu" and followed behind the butt while chasing. When they were about to make the Gagu a disabled Japanese rapid destroyers, Shimafeng and Tanfeng, two Japanese rapid destroyers, came out of nowhere and fired 20 93 torpedoes in one breath. Two of them hit the "Vincent" and "San Francisco", causing these two American heavy cruisers to suffer heavy damage. Later, they both went to Midway Island like the "Indianapolis" to get stranded as a turret.

Seeing two American heavy cruisers hit hard, the Wichita, which had a standard displacement of more than 10,000 tons, did not dare to fight again, and protected the two injured heavy cruisers to retreat to Midway Island in shame.

At this time, Shimafeng and Tanfeng had already used up most of the Japanese ships on the sea, and had all fired 93 torpedoes and lost the capital to fight again.

At 11:30, the commander of the 8th Fleet of Japan, Mikawa Army, immediately issued an order to retreat. At the same time, he used the radio station on the Shimafeng to report the situation of the war to the Joint Fleet Command and the Military Command, and requested punishment...

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"The Bird Sea Battle Down, the Ancient Eagle Battle Down, the Ancient Eagle Damage, the Qingye Damage Damage... Baga, the night battle was actually like this, Sanchuan Junyi, this big fool, can apologize!"

Nagano Clever, who received the report, got angry on the spot, lost two heavy cruisers and two other heavy ships, and this was the result of the night battle that the Japanese Navy was "good at"!

If this continues, what else can be fought in the Battle of the Hawaiian Islands? How many heavy cruisers can be used in the Japanese Empire to fight like this?

This is the way to fight for the boat...

"Naono Jun," Yamamoto Iroji spoke at this time. He said to Nagano's self-cultivation: "It's better to send three heavy cruisers, including Kaohsiung, Atago, Maya, etc. to Hawaii, and send another 10 Yuyun-class destroyers, so that two heavy thunder-mounted light cruisers, Nagano and Okiha will also take action in advance."

Nagano Cultivator was shocked when he heard this. According to Yamamoto Iroku's meaning, he not only did not prepare to punish the defeated Midawa Army Ichi and Kamishito, but also confirmed their achievements in Midway Island. At the same time, he also sent 10 precious Xiyun-class (with 2 4-unit torpedo launchers) and 2 "heavy-thunder-mounted light cruisers" prepared for the counter-offensive stage of the Jet-1, and transferred them to Midawa Army Ichi.
Chapter completed!