The violent explosion directly cut the warship into two pieces, and the stern at the rear of the No. 4 turret was torn into pieces by violent energy. A flame that lasted hundreds of meters long soared straight into the sky, so that anyone on the battlefield could clearly see it. Then the flames disappeared, and the smoke and gradually condensed into a huge mushroom cloud. Under the mushroom cloud, the Hiei battleship was about to sink. Two minutes later, the Japanese battlecruiser finally disappeared from the sea.

"What's going on?" Yoshimatsu Shigetaro was angry with a hint of uneasiness and impatience. The excitement of sinking Colorado just now was instantly diluted a lot. He felt that the war was moving towards out of control. What the Japanese wanted was an overwhelming victory. Both sides were hurting were not the result they wanted. After all, the replenishment ability of both sides was not at the same level at all.

"It doesn't matter, the American fleet has been severely damaged. Now our situation is like cutting bamboo. When the first few sections are split, the one behind will be solved." Betty is still very calm. With rich combat experience, he believes that the Japanese fleet is still in a huge advantage. The Americans are just looking back and can only use the weak warships to vent their energy. However, a few minutes later, it seems that in order to verify what he said, the Mississippi in the distance finally couldn't hold on.

In the previous battle, the Mississippi was penetrated by a 16-inch shell at a long distance during the battle with the Nagamon. Now, although he is facing the 15-inch gun of the Fusang, the combat distance is much closer. At this distance, the Mississippi, which has been severely damaged, naturally cannot defeat the Fusang, whose firepower is almost completely preserved.

Before the charge, Mississippi had lost 4 artillery pieces, and only 8 artillery pieces could continue to be used. In the crazy close combat between the two sides, although Mississippi hit the opponent many times and successfully destroyed a double-mounted 15-inch shell of Fusang and injured a power cabin of Fusang, what it could do ended here.

In less than 20 minutes, the Fusang hit the opponent at least 12 times, of which 10 times were believed to have penetrated the opponent's armor belt. The No. 1 turret was stuck due to vibration, and the No. 2 turret was penetrated. Then at least 3 shells hit the Mississippi engine compartment, and two operating steam turbines were blown into pieces by over 3 tons of ammunition. The entire warship completely turned into a wreckage that was drifting with the flow. Although the latter was still fighting back in vain with its remaining main gun, it basically could not produce output.

A large number of American destroyers rushed up and tried to drive the butcher away from a distance. However, facing the Japanese fleet with a strict formation, this wave of American destroyers can be described as death. At least 5 destroyers were torn apart by the firepower of Japanese battleships and destroyers. The battlefield was covered with debris and corpses of personnel after the explosion of destroyers. The Mississippi gradually drifted away from the battlefield under the action of the current. The ending of this warship was destined and he would eventually be abandoned. However, for the crew above, this was quite lucky, because the Japanese would no longer waste firepower on this warship doomed to lose. The personnel above could evacuate calmly under the response of the destroyer.

As the battle progressed, the advantages of the Japanese fleet became more obvious. The four Fuso-class battleships of the Japanese Navy, the Yamaki, the Hinata, the Ise, and the Tennessee, the Idaho and the California of the US fleet. In these three pairs of battles, the Japanese fleet undoubtedly had the advantage.

The Nagamon battleship of Colorado attacked the New Mexico, which was damaged by fire control. The former suffered huge losses in the previous battle, while the New Mexico had improved its hit level because it was close-range combat, and it was a draw in a short period of time. The 6th Au also fought a quarrel in the fight with Maryland. It was not that the 6th Au was not strong, but because in order to protect the most elite battleship of the US Navy, a large number of American destroyers blew up the 6th Au, which made the latter fight with a tight hand and keep maneuvering and avoiding, making it very difficult to fire control and distance measurement.

Then, along the battle line, the Fuso and Ibuki are fighting against Pennsylvania and Arizona, the Fuso has the advantage, while the Ibuki is at a disadvantage. The Nevada is fighting against Takabo and Hanoi after taking over Hiei. That's right, you're wrong, Nevada is now being besieged by two Japanese battleships

At the end of the battle line, Redel's Mecklenburg was in a difficult situation to kill with Tosa. Both warships were hit hard, and they were tied for a while. On the other side, Fletcher's armored cruiser was fighting with the Setsu. What is more embarrassing is that even at close range, both sides could not take the other side's penetration power of the Japanese 12-inch artillery before replacing the shells is really unbearable to see.

Before the US Navy officers and soldiers on the Nevada who had just completed the killing had recovered from their excitement, they suddenly realized that they were in desperate situations. Perhaps because their performance was too dazzling, or perhaps because the Japanese were eager to take revenge, the two battleships pointed their muzzles at the first-generation American standard battleship. Therefore, the Nevada needed to use the remaining seven guns, the Nevada, which was 1O main gun, to deal with the opponent's 15-inch and 12-inch guns, which had been hit by one dozen more.

However, even so, in the last half hour of Nevada's life, the performance of this battleship was still very eye-catching. With only 7 artillery pieces, the Nevada hit the opponent at least 8 times, including 4 threatening ones. The first shell hit the back of the hull of Gaobo, seriously damaging the servo cabin of Gaobo, allowing the giant ship to be controlled by hand in a short period of time.

The third and fifth shells hit No. 3 and the artillery corridor of the Gaobo respectively, and the turret No. 3 was stuck due to violent vibrations. The shell hit the cannon seemed to detonate nearby ammunition, causing a fire on the Gaobo and seriously affected the sighting of the Ise. After this attack, there were only 6 artillery pieces left that Gaobo could use, and the ninth shot damaged the Ise engine room. So much so that after killing the murderer who killed Hiei, the Gaobo had to temporarily withdraw from the battlefield to extinguish the fire.

"The Americans fought very accurately. In this battle, the performance of the Nevada was definitely one of the best warships in the American fleet. It left deep scars on our warships. We once thought that without the help of the Hanoi, it would be difficult for us to defeat this opponent. Such an opponent is worthy of respect. He even performed better than new ships such as New Mexico and Tennessee," the Japanese commented after the war.
Chapter completed!