The Raider sank within the next 30 minutes. The second group of Japanese fighters came to witness the sinking of an American aircraft carrier during the US melee. The news reached the Chicheng, causing a cheer from inside the bridge.

At the beginning of the battle, the United States lost an aircraft carrier, and about 400 sailors were killed. This is clearly a bad start. The balance of power quickly tilted in favor of the Japanese.

Although the Assault is a treaty-type shrinking aircraft carrier, the tonnage is not small compared to the main aircraft carrier of the Japanese side, and it carries a lot of aircraft. Its loss meant the clearance of about 60 carrier-based aircraft, and the Japanese advantage was once again consolidated.

Halsey had no intention of retreating, he was not a man who would back down in the face of a blow.

At present, his main fleet is still not within the reconnaissance range of the Japanese side, and his radar can see the approximate direction of the return of the Japanese aircraft group, of course, there is no lack of 419 inducements, and he is very sure that the Japanese fleet is still near the original position.

And that's true, Nagumo waited in place for the two light aircraft carriers (Xiangfeng and Ruifeng) to approach at night. Nagumo wasn't unaware of the risks, but he didn't want to go through the trouble of making complex maneuvers to delay this moment. For her, tomorrow morning, the aircraft carrier ratio will be 7: 3, and the number of fighters will be 2: 1. When he met with Yamamoto, Yamamoto specially reminded him that he must use his superiority in strength to overwhelm his opponent and not be clever. He was ready to carry out the orders of the commander without compromise.

The second batch of seaplanes was released by the Japanese cruiser on the reconnaissance mission, and the Flying Dragon also served as a reconnaissance mission, and there were always one or two Type II ships on its deck. Due to the Japanese chicken thief personality, he is extremely precise in his calculations of any resources. They were reluctant to take off a few 97* aircraft without * from the aircraft carrier for reconnaissance missions, so on many occasions they used the slower biplane seaplanes on the cruiser for reconnaissance.

Although the Zero fighter can also conduct reconnaissance, because it is a single-seater, it is difficult for the pilot to operate the aircraft while sending a message (the radio of the Zero fighter has a transmitter button), which puts the Japanese fleet, which lacks radar technology, at a disadvantage in reconnaissance.

The unexposed U.S. fleet moved to the south of the Japanese fleet at high speed, and Halsey could observe the whereabouts of the Japanese fighter fleet through radar. Since 419 had been forging a non-existent, U.S. detachment, Nagumo had been taking off smaller formations (6 fighters and 12 bombers or planes) to attack north, carrying out reconnaissance and attack missions at the same time.

This allowed the Japanese aircraft group to fly about 100 kilometers north of the US fleet, and the US radar happened to be able to detect it.

Halsey remained southeast of the Japanese fleet and did not immediately attack, he was thinking of a risky counterattack plan.

Cheng Dayang on 419 could see the situation in its entirety, so he could roughly guess Halsey's calculations, and he planned to take off his fighter plane around 2 p.m., and at about 4 p.m., the plane arrived to launch an attack on the Japanese aircraft carrier. The attack at this time will be carried out against the setting sun, and it will be particularly disruptive to the bombs dropped by the machine. But there is an added benefit, the Japanese planes may not dare to take off in pursuit, because it will soon be dark, and it is likely that there will be no time to return.

Sure enough, at noon, the first batch of four US SBD bombers took off from the Enterprise, and these planes were divided into two teams to serve as reconnaissance missions.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the Nagumo fleet, which had won the first victory by chance, was again discovered by the American troops, and the American planes easily saw the huge Japanese fleet in the clouds, and they did not stay far from the area where the morning was engaged. The U.S. plane slipped away without turning a corner. The Japanese fleet did not observe the appearance of American planes in the clouds, nor did it intercept the subsequent telegrams sent by American planes.

At 2:20 a.m., a large number of warplanes that took off from the Enterprise, the Hornet, and the Yorktown rushed towards the Japanese fleet, and the three aircraft carriers did not coordinate well, and the group of fighters did not form a large formation in the air, and they would attack the Japanese fleet in batches under the command of the two command planes. The Japanese ships lacked radar and could not form an effective early warning.

At the same time, No. 419 has already selected the Flying Dragon as the target of attack, this aircraft carrier is the weakest in all aspects among the five main aircraft carriers of the mobile force, and has not been a priority target, but Cheng Dayang found that the role it plays is quite unique and decisive, so it must be killed as soon as possible.

In fact, in the morning battle, the Wyvern has been used as a rear fist of the Japanese side, and sometimes the deck is vacated, receiving the rest of the aircraft carriers and then running out, and sometimes taking off fighters to replenish the loopholes in the air, so that Nagumo's chaotic dispatch has a room for adjustment. The chaos that the Japanese fleet repeatedly exposed in the morning was finally strangled because of the existence of this hateful aircraft carrier.

419 also observed that two U.S. submarines were moving closer to engagement, and Ma was obviously also 419 had a better chance of fishing in troubled waters.

At 3 p.m., a Japanese seaplane that had taken off to search for the American fleet collided with the huge American fleet on the way. Although the Wildcat fighter quickly shot down the reconnaissance plane, it still sent back a telegram informing a large number of US planes of approaching.

The four aircraft carriers, with the exception of the Wyvern, began to take off fighter jets in an attempt to intercept American fighters. Qin Xiaosu simulated the communication of the US command planes and induced the second batch of US planes to move north. Approach the target in a large circle.

419 occupies a God's perspective, and it is clear that the US planes are swarming from one direction, and there is not much chance, and the Japanese fighters can wait in one direction and organize a layered defense. So you have to lure them into changing the number of offensive paths. In the era when there was no air-to-air*, the distance of fighters was about a kilometer, and it took a lot of time to move from one corner of the fleet to another, and this created an opportunity.

The first batch of U.S. Wildcat fighters to arrive collided with twice as many Zero fighters as themselves. * The planes continued to attack the Japanese fleet at low altitudes, but this time it was unfortunate that they were facing a prepared Japanese fleet, and the Japanese anti-aircraft guns attacked these bombers together, and the Zero fighters continued to pounce down from the high altitude and attack. The 20mm cannon of the Zero type can easily shred these * machines.

The battle was quickly decided, and the Japanese planes shot down more than 20 US planes without losing a single plane. However, the group of American planes, guided by 419, moved to the north, where the Japanese defense was weaker. In the sky above the Chicheng in the north, there were only 6 fighters at this time.

At the same time, the destroyers of the Nagumo fleet perimeter observed the American submarine. This caused this huge fleet to begin to accelerate, and the original rectangular formation of the four aircraft carriers was chaotic because some destroyers who suddenly received anti-submarine missions were scurrying around.

The sudden arrival of the US aircraft group exacerbated Nagumo's predicament. The US aircraft group launched an attack on the aircraft carrier on a priority basis. After discovering the US plane, the Chicheng only took off four Zero fighters, while there were as many as 30 US fighters in the air.

After the 419 sonar heard the launch of the U.S. submarine, it also launched a *, which went straight to the Wyvern.

One* may not be enough to sink the ship, but injuring it can completely destroy the flexibility of the Japanese army's troop movements, so this * is heading straight for the Wyvern Power.

The observer on the Wyvern saw from a distance that the six* launched by the U.S. submarine were fanning closer, and Yamaguchi was reluctant to dodge, because at the moment his flight deck was taking off fighter jets at high speed. He observed with his own binoculars and judged that * was attacking Kaga, but one of the edges of the fan would pass in front of him, and he predicted that even if he did not slow down, * would pass at least 200 meters in front of him.

Yamaguchi Adventure did not make any evasive moves, certainly not entirely unworried, he stood in the battle bridge, condescendingly observing the track. You can see a white trail under the water* approaching its own direction at 1 o'clock, which is still far away.

The first explosion of the Chicheng's hand attacked by the American plane caused Yamaguchi to temporarily look away, turn to the other side of the battlefield, and then turn back and watch * pass in front of the bow of the ship. The others were easily avoided by Kaga in front. All six of these * were going to cross the entire Japanese fleet, but basically there would be no chance, and the only value was to disrupt the formation of the fleet.

He was smug when suddenly a huge explosion accompanied the whirlwind of the sky. Yamaguchi was unsteady on his feet and fell to the ground. It was a completely different experience than being hit by aviation*, where the hull of the ship could be felt lifted and then dropped heavily. When he fell, he was still thinking, how could he still be shot, having already observed all six * fired by the enemy?

419's *depth was so large that it was not seen by any of the Japanese fleet's observers, and it was almost below the Wyvern before it began to raise its head to attack, heading straight for the rear of the hull. The huge power caused the hull to explode a gap, and the entire power stopped.

Of course, this blow did not directly destroy the Wyvern, but it quickly tilted more than twenty degrees, and the planes waiting to take off on the deck slipped into the sea.

Fifteen seconds before the Wyvern was hit*, Chicheng was hit directly by a monstrous 1,600-pound* and a near-miss of the same weight*.

Chicheng was quickly engulfed in flames, but the hull did not enter the water. Within a minute, two aircraft carriers of the mobile forces lost their combat effectiveness.

The U.S. submarine SS222 Barracuda, which was hiding in a corner of the battlefield and was catching cats with Japanese destroyers, observed two Japanese aircraft carriers being shot, and he, regardless of the danger exposed, sent a report to the fleet headquarters that two Japanese aircraft carriers had been shot, one of which was hit by his own launch*.

Of course, Captain Chapman knew very well that the Wyvern was not in his preset attack range, and his * was heading for Kaga, of course, due to the angle problem, the one launched by the No. 1 *tube would be very close to an aircraft carrier behind Kaga, but it was impossible for him to be greedy enough to attack two targets at the same time when he made the plan. But I didn't expect to hit the passenger car by mistake. It seems that praying to God has a role, and the captain feels guilty that he has not been to church once in the last ten years. He ordered an immediate U-turn, and since God was on his side, he was ready to try his luck with another 4* stern.

A third group of U.S. planes arrived from the southeast to search for the Japanese aircraft carriers below and launch an attack. Nagumo disembarked from the Akaisei and moved to a cruiser to continue commanding. When he climbed aboard the Tone, he found that the fire on Chicheng seemed to be extinguished. His old rival, Yamaguchi's Wyvern, looked even worse, entering the water quickly and probably not making it through tonight, but Yamaguchi hadn't abandoned the ship yet. This made Nagumo feel a little embarrassed.