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A total of 13 staff officers were killed along with McCain - the fighter had no idea that he had just harvested a quarter of the TF50 fleet command personnel with a random shuttle, and even nearly killed Halsey as well.

Lieutenant General McCain was the most unfortunate of them all - he was killed by shrapnel from a 20mm shell in the crowd, and before he was shot, the shell had already killed three or four people in a row, and if it weren't for the fact that the staff officers had blocked most of the explosion for him, he would not have even had the opportunity to give Halsey his last words.

And if this shuttle is not played with MG151, but with the more powerful MG213, I'm afraid even Halsey, who is farther away, will have to account for this. By chance, the members of the TF50 Fleet Command encountered the most lethal attack at the worst possible time - if on the bridge, the 20mm shells could not hold the heavy defense at all, but on the exposed deck, not to mention the 20mm shells, even the 12.7mm heirlooms could directly break the human body in two.

McCain's death is the epitome of the tragic fate of the entire TF50 fleet! On this night, hundreds of people were mercilessly killed by fighter jets......

At 21:27, Mitsuo Fuchida, who led the team to leave the battlefield, sent a report on the battle situation, and there was jubilation in the bridge of the Daiho and Katsuragi, and Minoru Genda read aloud the battle report of the second attack wave, arousing everyone's exclamations one after another:

Fleet aircraft carriers: one is believed to be sunk, the other is paralyzed after heavy damage, and the enemy has seen abandon the ship;

Battleship: one with 3 mines, convinced of heavy damage; The other ship was hit by a mine, and its speed was reduced to about 14 knots;

Cruisers: 4 sunk or heavily damaged;

Escort aircraft carriers: more than 6 ships sunk or seriously damaged;

Destroyers: Sink at least 5 ......

"The second attack wave has all returned, some attack planes that are short of fuel have returned to the fleet, and planes with sufficient fuel have landed in the second air battle." Minoru Genda added, "The commander's office has sent the third attack wave, and some of the planes have carried incendiary bombs according to the recommendations of the first attack wave. ”

Tsukahara nodded and smiled: "The Jie-2 operation is basically completed, the rest is to clean up the battlefield, after this battle, the US Pacific Fleet is about to be destroyed, there is no room for struggle, our army can attack Hawaii with all its strength and launch the Jie-3 operation." ”

"Onboard!"

"Congratulations to the chief on such an immortal feat!"

"The main thing is that Chief Lai Hori is well strategic, and all the soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy, and I thank you for your cooperation." Admiral Tsukahara, who proposed the "cross-shuttle" tactic and laid the foundation for the final victory, did not show any self-restraint, but solemnly explained to everyone, "On the occasion of this great victory, I remind all ships to be cautious, especially to pay attention to the sea surface, and not to let the US submarines sneak attack, so as not to fall short." ”

Everyone didn't expect that not all the planes had returned, and there were still 4 planes that did not return, and of course they were not shot down, and the situation they are facing now is unbelievable if they have to describe it in one word!

In the second attack wave, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa and Toshio Ota, members of the Sweeping Trio, each attacked with wingmen to provide cover for the attack group, and they were given two tasks: first, to shoot down the US military plane and protect the safety of the attack group; Second, to find valuable targets for warships and provide attack aircraft with a direction of attack.

Although the night clouds can indicate the targets of the fleet swarm, the individual targets still rely on the pilots to visually search with flares, and the fighters use flares to help the attack planes attack is a strategy that the pilots have collectively discussed.

Hiroshi Nishizawa and his wingman were piloting the Purple Electric Reform, and Toshio Ota and the wingman were piloting the Gale Reform, and after reaching the sky above the target fleet, the expected possible US night fighters did not appear at all, and after turning around a few times and finding that there was no need to cover the attack of the frigate, the four fighters split up to look for valuable targets, and at this time the sea had already become a pot of porridge, and there were attack groups flying up and down everywhere.

Toshio Ota didn't want to join in the fun with others, so he wanted to pull away to see if there were any fish that slipped through the net, and at 21:02, after some searching, his wingman was the first to find an escort aircraft carrier, which was heading in a strange direction, and it was actually straight south, and it was far away from the large formation.

He immediately beckoned Toshio Ota to come over and confirm that the two planes circled and inspected for a while, convinced that they were escorting aircraft carriers, but the strange thing was that no matter how they fired flares and strafed the deck and the planes parked above, the opponent did not react, let alone return fire, as if they were asleep.

Toshio Ota couldn't grasp the thoughts of the Americans, and he couldn't sink the enemy ship with fighter planes alone, so he desperately called the attack plane in the headset, and shouted for 3 minutes, but the attack plane either didn't come, or apologized that the bomb had been dropped and was ready to return, but he beckoned Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, who was not far away, and he took his wingman to also pounce down to take a closer look, and even when he pounced to a very low altitude, he didn't find any movement of the opponent, and finally had the courage to go back and forth over this aircraft carrier three times, but still did not see the US counterattack.

"Strange, all the people on this warship are dead?"

"Maybe the Americans ran away."

"But if you escape, why is the boat still moving?"

"Maybe there's someone hiding in the bottom bin......"

"They won't want to surrender, will they?"

"If you want to surrender, why don't you stand up and wave the white flag."

"Maybe I'm afraid we'll sink it without asking."

"Isn't it faster to die by hiding in the bottom warehouse?"

The four people talked in the headphones for a long time, and in the end they still couldn't come to a clear conclusion.

Toshio Ota was heartbroken and said, "I'll go down and have a look." ”

Nishizawa was surprised: "Haven't you gone down?" ”

"I mean, I landed on it, and if the Americans wanted to surrender, I convinced them!"

Others were taken aback: "It's so risky!" ”

"You guys light up the flares, I guess it's no problem to land, the Americans can take off and land, and so can I!" Anyway, he didn't care about one of the three seven two, so he really pounced, and Nishizawa Hiroshi didn't have time to stop it, so he had to let the other two light the flares while driving the plane to monitor the bottom at all times, and prepare to fire if something was wrong.

Toshio Ota's Gale successfully hooked the barrage on the empty deck and parked the plane on the runway - the Gale was more than a ton lighter than the F6F, and the distance required to stop was shorter than the F6F, and it didn't hit the shattered F6Fs at the back of the deck.

Toshio Ota, who landed, didn't dare to make a mistake at first, and hid in the cockpit for half a minute, his fingers kept pressing on the machine gun, ready to fire if it was unfavorable, but the American soldiers who were in ambush did not come out, and he finally had the courage to jump out of the cockpit with a pistol and looked around, but the more he looked, the more surprised he became, there was no one up and down the entire ship, and those F6Fs were also empty, as if it was a ghost ship. The other 3 people above their heads didn't know why, but they felt even more weird, and the cold air on their backs swished up.

However, there were a lot of things discarded on the deck, and he pulled a carbine from it and rushed down to the bottom compartment, and the other pilots did not even dare to get out of the atmosphere, and flew around the aircraft carrier while paying close attention to his performance.

After the end of the warehouse, an even more shocking scene appeared in front of Toshio Ota: there was also no trace of enemy troops inside, he yelled in English a few times, and pulled out the carbine and fired a few shots, but there was no response for a long time. When he rushed to the engine room, he almost laughed - the huge rudder wheel was tightly jammed by two iron rods, and he had to aim for the 180-degree course to the south.

"Did the Americans throw the ship away?" He couldn't figure out what was going on, and as he returned to the deck in a muttering voice, he beckoned the planes above to come down as well.

Nishizawa Hiroshi saw that he was waving, but he didn't know what he was shouting, so he was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, and finally the other party shouted a few times and found that something was wrong, and returned to the car with headphones: "You guys come down, there is no one on this boat!" ”

"No one?" Everyone was taken aback and expressed disbelief, "How is that possible?" ”

"It's just no one, what am I lying to you about, oh, I'm going to turn on the lights so you can land."

He fumbled for several minutes, and finally found the deck light switch of the Bismarck escort aircraft carrier by understanding some English, lit up the deck in an instant, and then pushed his gale away with force, kicking off the deck debris and making room for the others—he believed that it would not be difficult to land on this escort carrier with the skills of his comrades.

Everyone did not suspect him, and they landed in turn led by Hiroshi Nishizawa, and as soon as they stopped, they jumped out of the cockpit impatiently, and asked around Toshio Ota.

"The people below want people to surrender?"

"Nope! I mean, there's no one down there! ”

"What? So who's driving the boat? ”

"The boat is driving on its own...... Oh...... The rudder was deliberately jammed. Toshio Ota led everyone to take a look at the scene, and they couldn't hide their shock.

"What the hell is going on? We captured an empty ship? Several people exchanged heads, all expressions of disbelief.

"Which of you will sail?"

"This? I won't ......," Hiroshi Nishizawa touched the back of his head in embarrassment, "I'm a pre-trained student, and I haven't touched a boat." ”

"Neither will we!"

Only pilots from naval academies have the opportunity to receive systematic navigation education, and these pilots who have graduated from aviation schools do not know where to leave even if they have a little theoretical impression of navigation.

"Well, I've been a sailor for a few days, and I've seen how the chief engineer operates, so I'll do it." Toshio Ota had the courage to pull out the iron rod and struck it in the right direction in a decent manner, saying something in his mouth, "The right rudder is 30 degrees." ”

Everyone only felt that the huge hull under their feet began to slowly turn, although it was not clear whether it was 30 degrees, but it was certain that it turned to the right.

Hiroshi Nishizawa complimented him: "It's a pity that you don't go to the naval academy to be a captain......"

"I'll pass the captain's addiction first, you go outside to see if there are any fish or time bombs, and then quickly send a telegram to the commander, and ask them to find a way to send someone to receive it, I can't drive it back......" Toshio Ota sneered, "The Americans are really losers, such a good boat said no, don't want it?" ”

During the ensuing rounds, they found that there were several steel cables on the deck that were dragged to the railing on the left side of the hull, and the other end was long and dragged in the seawater - something that had not been seen clearly during the circling reconnaissance just now, and when they saw these things and thought of some of the debris on the deck, they seemed to understand something......