6 * aircraft divided into 2 formations and rushed towards the target side by side. As with the dives, the Japanese pilots followed the principle of firing at close range, although this doubled their chances of being hit by anti-aircraft fire.

Within a radius of about 1 km, the Japanese planes dropped bombs one after another, and the landed * formed an attack area on the sea surface. Although the sonar room heard the high-speed propellant on the port side, the lookout post was obscured by smoke until the last minute.

For the most inexperienced crew, machine gun fire was aimed at the enemy bombers who had finished dropping bombs, and only a few gun emplacements began to fire*.

The carrier made a blind turn as best it could, dodging 5 of them*, but still one hit the stern, causing the carrier to stop, losing all power.

Rear Admiral Fletcher, who was sitting on the cruiser, received a report from the aircraft carrier that he could not regain power for a short time. Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately gave the order to abandon ship. At this moment, any hesitation can only bring greater losses. He has clearly realized that the Japanese must have come prepared, and there are at least two warbands and four aircraft carriers, so the sooner they admit it, the better.

During the emergency evacuation of the crew, Saratoga still stubbornly floated on the water, and 2 destroyers sprayed water around the sides to extinguish the fire to prevent the ammunition from exploding in advance, and the fire was extinguished in one hour. And the rate at which this aircraft carrier is sinking is getting slower and slower.

However, a third wave of attacks from the take-off bombers of the Canglong came. Fortunately, before the Japanese dropped on the ship one after another, all the members of the aircraft carrier, including the pilots of the ship and the Enterprise, had already been picked up on the nearby destroyer. The Japanese dive bombardment, with a near-100 percent drop hit rate, poured * down, but still could not completely sink the ship.

The * aircraft team that took off from the Canglong got lost halfway and did not find the target to deliver the decisive blow. Seeing that it was getting late, Fletcher ordered the destroyer USS Anderson to launch* and sink Saratoga.

The destroyer made 4 shots and 4 hits, 2 of which exploded under the waterline, finally sinking the giant ship. Fletcher's fleet was able to break free from the drag and disappear into the darkness. He stopped communications and fled to the southeast by means of a complicated route to avoid reconnaissance by Japanese seaplanes and possible submarines. It is hoped that the Lexington round, which is 1,200 kilometers away, will not be in the TF8 round where the Enterprise is located before this, so as not to be dragged down by the Enterprise's slower speed and be overwhelmed by the powerful Japanese fleet.

Fletcher was always a sober and not so impulsive man, the war had just begun, and the days of revenge were yet to come.

At the same time, Halsey watched the setting sun and knew she was saved. He had already received the news that Saratoga had been sunk by his side. He had reason to believe that after this fiasco, there must be a Japanese intelligence agency. Why is their formidable aircraft carrier formation here with a net to be spread? The Japanese Navy is launching an offensive across the Pacific, so why would they deploy a large force here?

The Wyvern continued to take off fighter planes and search Saratoga despite the approaching nightfall, and the last pilots to take off saw the bridge of the last US aircraft carrier left on the surface of the sea in the setting sun. At this time, the rest of the American warships were already far away.

The last futile attack, which caused a squadron of planes to get lost in the sea, ended with the loss of the squad and the loss of 9 pilots, was only for the sake of Commander Yamaguchi's need to confirm the results of the battle, and he had to make clear his results in a report to Commander Yamamoto, instead of being vague about whether or not to sink him, as was the case with Major General Hara.

The war came to an end, with the U.S. losing eighty percent of its fighters and fifty percent of its pilots (some of the Enterprise's pilots stopped at Wake Island. And the Japanese side 4 aircraft carriers were unscathed, but lost 55 fighters, and if the results were so locked, then it could still be considered a one-sided victory.

Yamamoto, who was far away in the Seto Inland Sea, received a telegram from Yamaguchi and sank one enemy aircraft carrier, severely damaged one, and at the same time severely damaged two enemy cruisers. Yamaguchi assured that although he had only received one resupply since the expedition to Pearl Harbor, he would be ready overnight to prepare for the two enemy carriers that would come to him tomorrow. This remark seemed to imply to Yamamoto that the Pacific War would most likely be resolved in advance.

Yamamoto returned to his cabin triumphantly, he always behaved very seriously in front of his subordinates, and he had to set an example to make them tense at all times. But today he was in a good mood, and the gloom that lingered after Pearl Harbor was almost gone.

He poured himself a glass of whiskey and waited for Onishi to bring the mysterious man who could pinch and calculate. He didn't want to see this Asano, but the moment the enemy aircraft carrier arrived as scheduled, he knew that he had obtained a weapon more powerful than a Yamato, or an entire fleet.

Asano stood on the motorboat against the sea breeze, his face full of ambition, and at the moment he was wearing a naval uniform, with a staff ribbon and the rank of lieutenant.

Just this outfit is enough for him to be full of joy, he has also collected a lot of old Japanese military uniforms before, from Nissin to World War II, he wore those military uniforms, and participated in many gatherings of second-hand goods, but the momentum is completely different from today.

Of course, it was someone who promoted him to become a naval officer, which was actually an idea that Onishi came up with, and in order to hide people's eyes, he was actually inconsistent with military discipline when he was a civilian on a warship.

"Asano, I'm going to see the commander soon, so I must be very excited, right?" Onishi sat on the sidelines and said triumphantly, taking all this as his own credit. After Saratoga was sunk, Yamamoto pulled him into private and asked him to bring Asano with him. Onishi knew at the time that his efforts to sell Asano had finally succeeded.

"yes, it feels like the Three Kingdoms."

Asano said with his back to Onishi.

"Three Kingdoms?"

Onishi was taken aback, Asano kept saying that he had already understood, but he really couldn't expect to answer like this.

"I now have a feeling that Zhuge Kongming is about to go out of the mountain."

"Is that so?"

Onishi was taken aback again, but he didn't expect this kid to think quite high of himself.

"So, you want the commander to give advice?"

"Not bad. I'm having a lot of strategy to tell the Commander. If it weren't for Makino's fool and his constant strategy of avoiding war, I think this day would have been earlier. ”

"yes, I don't understand why that friend of yours hates war so much."

"He's not my friend." Asano was disdainful, "When he was on the Kasuga, he and those guys who were engaged in technology didn't look at us who studied history at all. He finally said something hidden in his heart, quite a little villainous ambition.

The motorboat drove under the Nagato, and someone had already lowered the gangway. The two entered through the rear hatch of the main gun on the aft deck, where there were fewer people, and under the guidance of Onishi, they turned around and avoided everyone's eyes and ears to Yamamoto's room.

At the same time, No. 419 was still approaching the battlefield at a speed of 20 knots. At this time, the Japanese and American fleets had each moved some distance to the east, and most of them had moved away from Wake Island. Only the 5th Air Battle, which moved more slowly and still lingered south of Wake Island, was clearly a less decisive commander.

For the 419, which is not as fast as these aircraft carriers, if you want to take back a city and find a balance between the two sides, it seems that it is closer to the two crane-class. But it seems that only Cheng Dayang is more active, and Lin Xiuxuan and the political commissar are not very much in favor of launching an attack.

"Judging from the current course of the two sides, the 2nd air battle is obviously fooled and went to the southeast." "Tomorrow morning, both American fleets will be out of danger," the commissar said. ”

"It's not firing. Do you have a good idea? Within 2 hours, the enemy will be within our attack range. Cheng Dayang said, "You are worried about the lack of ammunition, we can use the flight in the middle of the night*, saving*." ”

Lin Xiuxuan didn't answer, but Cheng Dayang was forced to fight a battle, in fact, Cheng Dayang was the most indifferent to the losses of the United States among the three, and he didn't think that Japan might win at all.

"Report, I heard the movement of a submarine, and the main engine characteristics belong to the American Little Shark class, which may be the one that sent the telegram not long ago."

On the track map, a new calibrated target appeared, and the position and course could be roughly seen, which was a new situation after 20 minutes of continuous sonar detection.

"It looks like they're looking for a fighter. But the course is quite off. It sails like this, it misses the target. Lin Xiuxuan said.

"The 5 air battle has not been reported for 6 hours, and it is not easy to track it, and judging from the style of this commander, it is estimated that the lights will also be controlled." Cheng Dayang said.

"What moon tonight?"

"Today?" The political commissar pondered for a moment, "On the 6th day of November, it is the first quarter moon, and the first half of the night is in the southeast, and the moonlight is good. Moonlit sailing is easy to expose, but it will fall below sea level in the second half of the night. ”

"What do you think of that? We will guide this US submarine in the right direction, and whether it can succeed depends on the US national fortune. Lin immediately came up with an idea.

"Where is it so easy? Even if you send it to you, it's hard to use a direct flight*. ”

Cheng Dayang felt that Lin had a bad idea to perfunctory himself, in essence, he didn't want to fight at all.

"I think it makes sense." The political commissar immediately nodded, "With his back to a round of bright moon, the enemy fleet is easy to spot, and the submarine occupies the northern position, * the wake is not easy to see, and the odds of victory will be very good." ”

Apparently the commissar was on Lin's side, probably because he was worried that with the flight*, there would be problems with exposure, such as the tail flame being seen by the crew. Of course, Lin Xiuxuan's view was more realistic, he rushed here because he was afraid that the US fleet would be completely annihilated, and now it seems that he has only lost one, and he feels that he can't accept it at all. If there is an infinite *, of course he is willing to annihilate the entire combined fleet by Cheng Dayang, but this is completely unrealistic.

"In that case, I can only do this, and find a way to send them to the T-shaped position, but I don't know what the level of that American counterpart is." Cheng Dayang said stupidly.

The commander of the Nagato lived in the cabin, Asano crossed Jiro's legs, sat opposite Yamamoto, holding a wine glass in his hand, Yamamoto personally toasted just now, which made him flattered, but then he thought about it, he deserved the first credit, and there was nothing to be embarrassed about.

"Asano-san can come from the future, Kuangfu Sheji, it's commendable." Onishi chimed in.

"Asano-kun, actually, I've always had a concern," Yamamoto smiled and got straight to the point, "After you come here, the course of history will be skewed because of you. ”

"Yes, we call it a perturbation, and a larger perturbation is called a divergence."

Asano replied confidently.

"So, can you accurately predict the next enemy's move?"

"The commander really thinks long-term and sees this." Asano nodded, this matter Yamamoto is indeed taking precautions, thinking of the front, he has been with Onishi for a long time, Onishi has never mentioned this possibility, it can be seen that Onishi thinks that everything will go naturally.