With the explosion of bombs and boilers, the Independence seemed to be in constant tremor. A large amount of thick smoke and flames poured out from the boiler chamber. They spread from the lower deck along the pipelines and tunnels toward the top. They burned the cabins, destroyed machinery, and even the bottom of the ship was torn apart. The gas turbine that lost the supply of steam gradually stopped rotating, and the motor chamber was already surrounded by flames, and important cables were burned out. The pump stopped operating, and the lighting inside the battleship was also seriously affected.

However, before the Americans on the Independence deployed personnel to repair the warship, another 500kg bomb also fell! This time, it also penetrated several layers of decks and eventually exploded above the gasoline depot at the bottom of the ship. The Americans' warship fire prevention work was good, but the defense at the upper part of the gasoline depot could not stop the half-armor-piercing bomb! As a result, hundreds of tons of gasoline were ignited, and the violent explosion almost tore the Independence into two sections! Less than half a minute after the hit, the aircraft carrier had a serious head inclination, and the propellers at the tail of the hull were exposed to the water. Independence was doomed!

In the end, four torpedo planes were funeral to the Independent. After hitting two torpedoes in a row, the warship finally broke into three sections and sank into the sea. This was the first main battleship lost by the US Navy in this battle, and all this was just the beginning!

When the Independence sank, the fleet originally used to attack the Independence sank, abandoned its attack on the Arizona battleship and destroyers and rushed towards another aircraft carrier, Langley. The Pennsylvania battleship, which escorted him, failed to last until the end. One 500kg high-explosive bomb and three 250kg bombs also severely damaged the Pennsylvania's air defense firepower. As a result, the exposed Langley was besieged by at least 30 various aircraft, and in this battle, the aircraft carrier was even more dead!

This time, the Japanese Navy's torpedo aircraft played an important role. The Japanese torpedo aircraft team that broke through first made the Langley shed the first drop of blood! After fully suppressing the opponent's air defense firepower, the torpedo aircraft was the real killer of large warships. The 12 Japanese torpedo aircraft were divided into two teams and rushed towards the target. The 6 torpedo aircraft were distributed on the front line with a width of more than 300 meters, and then released 6 torpedoes in a fan shape.

Langli tried his best to dodge the death-seeking torpedoes under the sea. The huge hull set out a complete route on the sea. However, when the manpower was exhausted, after dodging 4 torpedoes in succession, two torpedoes weighing more than 700 kilograms finally hit Langli!

The warhead weighing more than 190 kilograms was indeed powerful. The torpedo exploded 7 meters underwater produced a powerful shock wave. The explosion energy squeezed seawater and debris, and the seawater and debris transferred energy to the hull plate. Therefore, after an explosion and a dentifritic metal breaking sound, the underwater defense system of the Langley's ship finally collapsed. The violent explosion directly tore open a 6-meter-long crack. The shock wave and high-temperature and high-pressure bubbles also broke through the underwater protective layer with a defense depth of only 3 meters. The bottom of the hull of Langley was stabbed deeply, and another torpedo brought more than 800 tons of water to the boiler bin of the warship! At this point, Langley entered the countdown to its life!

Subsequently, seven bombs and two other torpedoes hit the poor warship one after another. Ten minutes later, accompanied by a series of explosions, the Langley disappeared into the vast sea. In just half an hour, the three aircraft carriers of the US Navy's First Aircraft Carrier Detachment had sank two, leaving only the last Constellation, who fought to the death with the protection of the escort warship.

However, the battle has reached this point, and the Japanese attack aircraft group has reached the end of its strength. Previously, more than 70 aircraft broke through the defense of outer destroyers. Now, the shot down, injured, and returned due to ammunition consumption are only more than 20 bombers left! At this time, the USS Pennsylvania battleship, which had been injured, and the Nevada-class battleship guarding the USS Constellation aircraft carrier. Although the two battleships were also injured by bombs, the air defense firepower of the two warships is still considerable with the joint efforts!

At this time, the Japanese did not have time to slowly strip away the US air defense firepower as before. On the one hand, it was because the troops were not strong enough, and on the other hand, the reinforcements from another US aircraft carrier detachment were coming! After fighting for so long, it was enough for the aircraft carriers that were not attacked to release the second wave of aircraft, right? And the remaining more than 20 Japanese bombers would definitely not be able to continue to attack the Constellation after the second wave of US fighter jets was in place.

So, in the end, these Japanese bombers remaining on the battlefield decided to fight for the desperate battle! They rushed straight towards the Constellation by over the still dense US Navy air defense artillery, the strongest and largest aircraft carrier of the US Navy!

The two battleships formed a crossfire network to form a death trap on the way the Japanese bombers were advancing. However, the Japanese still rushed up. The first plane was hit by dense machine shells, and bullet holes were covered with bullet holes. In the end, the plane disintegrated under the impact of its own weight and machine guns. The second plane died very simply, and a 5-inch shell directly exploded the entire fuselage. Then the third plane, the fourth plane!

However, in the end, a group of Japanese bombers finally rushed through the seriously weakened US air defense network, and was still the dive bomber. Thinking of the constellation's deck of more than 200 meters, it dropped 500 kilograms of bombshells!

Boom! With a loud bang, Mitchell saw with his own eyes that the bomb hit the rear deck of the aircraft carrier. It was a high-explosion bomb. The huge fireball rose into the air. The deck of hundreds of square meters was violently exploded and then flipped into the air. When the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, a huge hole appeared on the deck, and under the flight armor, the hangar was also affected. More than a dozen planes parked inside were destroyed, and one third of the hangar also caught fire. At this time, the fire extinguishing equipment prepared by the Americans worked. First, dozens of tons of soapy water were in the automatic spray equipment. These equipment directly restricted the spread of the fire. Then a large number of US fire brigades used water dragons and foam fire extinguishers to extinguish the remaining open flames.

At the same time, the ventilation doors on both sides of the aircraft carrier hangar were also opened, and a group of firefighters wore asbestos fire-proof suits to push burning aircraft from the side. The Americans had high efficiency in damage pipes. They put out the fire while eliminating the potential for explosions and gradually stabilized the situation.
Chapter completed!