In Nagumo Tadaichi's view, the US carrier-based planes went to attack the containment group, thinking that his time had come, so he immediately dispatched the first attack wave, counting 27 attack planes and 10 fighters.
At the same time, two Japanese reconnaissance planes flew over the US aircraft carrier formation, but they were shot down by the US troops.
"General" Fletcher narrowed his eyes, "Although the Japanese reconnaissance plane was shot down, I believe that they must have sent a position report, in other words, our position has been exposed, immediately prepare for air defense combat, increase the number of patrol aircraft, let all the fighters on the deck be on standby, and change the formation to an air defense formation" "Yes" As a result, the distance between the naval warships began to widen, and the distance between the two brigades was more than ten nautical miles.
"General, our radar detected a group of unidentified fighters 88 nautical miles away" "Very well, order the bombers and torpedo planes to take off at once to meet the enemy" "Yes" When the sky over the ocean, the fighters began to collide, Nagumo Tadaichi, smiled, the US military has regarded the containment group as their main force And when Fletcher saw dozens of warplanes starting to attack the USS Enterprise, he learned that the Japanese had another ambush "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" Bombs kept falling.
"Anti-aircraft guns" "Your Excellency, General, we were hit by an enemy bomb, the Enterprise has caught fire, the side of the ship is leaking, and the hull is tilting" "Didn't you understand my words?"
Artillery fire flew and blasted high waves on the sea.
It was getting dark.
"Retreat to the South" "Yes" In order to avoid a night battle, the American troops began to retreat south at high speed.
After the Japanese advance group was attacked, it pursued southward at high speed, and also sent seaplanes to search, only to find one US destroyer rescuing the pilot who had fallen into the water, and nothing else was found.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the reinforcement group has arrived near Kuah Island and will be able to land soon."
"Yo Xi, the two aircraft carriers of the US army have suffered serious damage, and the reinforcements are ordered to immediately attack the US forces" "Yes" Near Kuah Island, a fleet full of soldiers had nowhere to hide under the fire of fighter planes, and even some warships had tilted their hulls, entered the water, and then sank.
The Battle of the East Solomon also came to an end with the retreat of the Japanese reinforcement group.
The Japanese Navy, in the face of the U.S.
Navy, even though it had a numerical advantage in aircraft carriers and warships, still failed and failed to recapture Kuah Island.
When the battle report reached Hideki Tojo's desk, Hideki Tojo only frowned, in this battle, they were sunk one aircraft carrier and one destroyer, one seaplane carrier and one destroyer were damaged, and 90 planes were lost.
The Japanese Navy estimated that at least two US aircraft carriers were seriously damaged.
It looks like it's half a catty.
But what the Japanese did not know was that only one US aircraft carrier was damaged and 17 aircraft were lost.
In other words, in this battle, the Japanese army was completely defeated.
Not only did the attempt to annihilate the US aircraft carrier group not materialize, but also the purpose of reinforcing Kuah Island was not accomplished.
"So, the mission failed," Yamamoto Fifty-six looked at everyone with a grim face, "We didn't make it a top priority to send reinforcements to Kuah Island, and we didn't do our best to ensure the safety of the reinforcement group.
Instead, they only focused on attacking the US aircraft carrier group and neglected the protection of the reinforcement group, so when the main force group retreated, the reinforcement group lost its air cover and fell into a situation of being passively beaten, which was a major mistake in the front-line combat objectives without distinguishing between priority and priority."
No one spoke.
This time, the battle plan was put forward by Yamamoto Isoroku.
The conductor, after removing Yamamoto Fifty-six, is Nagumo Tadaichi.
So, the main responsibility lies with them.
The damage wasn't too great, but it was uncomfortable.
"The responsibility for this operation lies with me, and I didn't clarify the priorities before the meeting, which led to a misunderstanding of General Nagumo Tadaichi" Yamamoto Fifty-six sighed, "Please also gentlemen, cheer up, our enemy is still there" "Hi" If Zhou Weiguo was here, he would definitely still admire Yamamoto Fifty-six's spirit of repeated defeats and battles.
Yamamoto stood up and walked out of the office.
"Your Excellency the Prime Minister."
Seeing Hideki Tojo, Fifty-six Yamamoto was a little ashamed, Hideki Tojo gave him complete trust, but he was "Yamamoto-kun, I'm very disappointed."
Hideki Tojo closed his eyes, "In this way, Kuah Island is still in the hands of the Americans, when will our arrangement become solid?"
"Hi, I'm sorry, Your Excellency Prime Minister" Isoroku Yamamoto couldn't say anything else.
"That's it, I will urge the logistics side to speed up the delivery of all kinds of resources and materials, and I will also speed up the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and other military enterprises to continue to increase production capacity Yamamoto-kun, the road ahead is long, don't lose the courage to fight" Hideki Tojo opened his eyes, stood up, and patted Yamamoto Fifty-six on the shoulder, which was considered as comfort.
This time the battle didn't achieve their goal, then there will be a next time.
"Hi" Yamamoto Fifty-six breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, but he was also even more ashamed.
"Your Majesty."
Hideki Tojo looked at Emperor Showa and spoke, "In this battle, the Imperial Navy and the U.S.
Army were both defeated, and the reinforcements still failed to land on Shanggua Island. ” "I see."
Emperor Showa frowned and sighed, "Tojo-kun, do you still have the courage to move on?"
"Hi Your Majesty, for the sake of the Empire, it's not a pity for Hideki Tojo to die" "Thank you for your hard work" Emperor Showa's tone softened a little, the good news he had been looking forward to, but it didn't come again and again, it was all a failure.
"It's not hard for the glory of the empire," Hideki Tojo shook his head, "Please also ask Your Majesty not to lose courage, only if you continue to persevere, the empire will have hope, and the empire will continue to go now, only this road will continue to go down" "I understand Tojo-kun, tell Yamamoto-kun, one failure, several failures, it's not a problem, let him let go and fight the empire will give him an incomparably hard backing, the aircraft carrier is lost, it doesn't matter if the battleship is lost, it doesn't matter, as long as this heart hasn't failed, we haven't failed" "Hi" For the Japanese, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to the black.
But two consecutive defeats, even if it is as arrogant as the Japanese Navy, will be hit.
As a high-level leader, as a leader, Emperor Showa naturally needs to continue to inspire them at this moment What if the aircraft carrier is gone What if the battleship is gone As long as they have people left, they won't stop What's more, they have not yet reached the point of exhaustion, and there is still the possibility of being able to turn the tables: