The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 689 Decoy
In the naval base, Lieutenant General Hudson, commander of the Guam Squadron of the US Pacific Fleet, sat in his office, raised his wrist, looked at his watch, and asked, "How is Mr. Gao?"

A navy captain said: "I just went to see it, and the telecommunications room said that there should be a result soon."

Hudson said: "If Mr. Gao can really decipher the Japanese army's telegram, it means that the legends about Mr. Gao are true. There are really people who know everything in the world."

At this moment, footsteps came from outside, and a Lieutenant Colonel of the Mi Army pushed in the door and said excitedly: "General, Mr. Gao really deciphered the Japanese army's telegram."

This lieutenant colonel is the director of the telecommunications room of the naval base. Since this morning, Gao Jiu has been helping them decipher the Japanese army's telegrams.

Hudson said happily: "This is really incredible, what about Mr. Gao?"

The lieutenant colonel said: "Mr. Gao, go and make it easy, and he will come right away."

Soon, Gao Jiu came to Hudson's office.

Hudson had finished reading the telegram at this time, and he said to Gao Jiu: "Mr. Gao, it seems that your analysis and judgment are correct. There is indeed a Japanese task force in the Coral Sea, including 16 Japanese ships including aircraft carriers. Naval ships, they turned out to be specially designed to intercept you, Mr. Gao.

On the Japanese aircraft carrier operating in the Coral Sea area, there are 42 carrier-based aircraft, and there are a large number of anti-aircraft artillery on various ships.If your plane wants to fly over the Coral Sea, it may be difficult to do so in the short term. "

Gao Jiu sat on a chair, sipping a cup of coffee while thinking.

After a while, he stood up and walked to the chart hanging on the office wall. Hudson also stood up and followed.

Gao Jiu asked: "General Hudson, how many troops are in your fleet, can you tell me?"

Hudson said: "It doesn't matter, Mr. Gao, there are currently two aircraft carriers, three cruisers, 22 destroyers, and 29 other ships at the naval base."

Gao Jiu asked: "If your fleet goes to attack this task force of the Japanese army, is there any chance of winning?"

Hudson was a little surprised, and he asked: "Mr. Gao, do you mean to let my fleet eat this task force of the Japanese army?"

Gao Jiu nodded and said, "That's exactly what I mean."

Hudson said: "If we don't consider other factors, we are absolutely sure to eat this task force of the Japanese army.

However, the sea area where the Japanese task force is currently located is too close to the Strait of Malacca, and the combat area is within the combat radius of the Japanese land-based air force. Japanese naval ships from the Philippines, Malaysia and other places can also quickly come for reinforcements .Not only that, we don't know much about the situation in that area of ​​the sea, and we dare not rush to that area to fight the Japanese army. "

Gao Jiu picked up a pencil, drew a red circle in the sea area northeast of where the Japanese task force is currently located, and asked, "If the Japanese task force arrives in this area, what do you think?"

Hudson's eyes lit up, and he said, "If the Japanese task force arrives in this area, they will not receive reinforcements from other Japanese troops. With the strength of my fleet, I can completely eat them."

Having said that, his eyes darkened again, and he shook his head and said, "However, the Japanese army is also very cautious. How could they stay away from the combat range of land-based aviation and enter the depths of the Pacific Ocean?"

Gao Jiu smiled confidently: "It's possible, these Japanese are coming for me, if I pass through that area of ​​the sea, they will definitely go to that area to intercept."

Hudson understood what Gao Jiu meant, but he still felt a little confused.He said: "Mr. Gao, how can you let the Japanese know that you are going to fly over that piece of sea?"

Gao Jiu didn't answer his words, but looked at the director of the telecommunications room.

The director of the telecommunications room thought about it, and said: "Mr. Gao, what do you mean, we disclosed in the telegram that you are going to bypass the Coral Sea and fly to No. [-] sea area, trying to get the Japanese to intercept the telegram?"

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "That's right, that's exactly what it means."

Although the director of the telecommunications office understood this truth, he didn't know how to do it.He said, "Mr. Gao, how should the telegram be drafted?"

Gao Jiu had to go through several telegrams to achieve what he wanted to achieve, so he went to the telecommunications room and sent the telegrams himself.

Hudson was also curious and followed.

Chongqing, Military Command Headquarters.

Director Li of the intelligence department took the telegram sent by Gao Jiu, found the big boss, and said, "Boss, Brother Gao sent a telegram asking us to cooperate with him. But Brother Gao didn't say what he was going to do specifically. You see, what should we do in this matter?" How to deal with it?"

The big boss looked at the content of the telegram and said: "Gao Jiu has his own reasons for doing things. It must be inconvenient for him to speak up in his current situation. No matter what he wants to do, we just cooperate with him according to his requirements." .”

Director Li said: "I understand, I will send a telegram to the Guilin side of the military commander."

Most of Guangxi today is still controlled by the Guilin troops in the fifth theater. The Guilin Station of the Military Command received an order from the Military Command Headquarters, and sent him a telegram according to Gao Jiu's request.

After Gao Jiu received the telegram, he sent a telegram to the Military Command Guilin Station.

Several telegrams were exchanged between the two sides in a row, and the telegram signals from Guam and Guilin shuttled back and forth in the air.

On the surface of the Coral Sea, there is a huge Japanese task force floating.On the cruiser King Kong, the flagship of the task force, the commander of the Japanese fleet is listening to the report of the chief of the fleet's telecommunications section.

He said: "Your Excellency, Commander, we have continuously received telegrams from Guam to Guangxi, China. The content of the telegrams cannot be deciphered for the time being."

The commander asked: "What do you want to say, is there anything special about these telegrams?"

He was a little dissatisfied, and didn't understand what the telecommunications chief wanted to say to him with these undeciphered telegrams.

The head of the telecommunications section said: "Your Excellency, although we cannot decipher these telegrams for the time being, there are some strange things in the telegrams. Among them, the transport plane and the number nine are repeatedly mentioned in the telegrams."

Like the U.S. Navy, the Japanese constantly intercepted the other party’s telegrams, and then found out frequently-occurring words. After the accumulation of various words to a certain extent, they were able to guess part of the meaning, the meaning of the transport plane and the capital Chinese character nine, They can tell the difference.

The Telecommunications Section Chief said: "Your Excellency, Commander, according to the telegram sent by the base camp, Gao Jiu was going to fly over the Coral Sea, so we came here to intercept it. But Gao Jiu has obviously left New York, USA, and according to the schedule, he has already arrived The naval base of the US Army in Guam, where they expected him to refuel and continue on to the Golden Triangle.

But we have been waiting for two days, and we still haven’t found Gao Jiu’s trace. According to these strange telegrams that have appeared now, we analyze these telegrams, which should be related to Gao Jiu. Perhaps he will not fly directly to the Golden Triangle, but will go to Guangxi in China. "

Hearing this, the commander stood up, walked to the chart, observed it for a while, and said, "Your speculation is entirely possible."

The chief of staff of the fleet said: "Your Excellency, Commander, if Gao Jiu really passes by that area of ​​the sea in a transport plane, our carrier-based aircraft will not be able to cover that area, and I am afraid we will not be able to intercept him.

However, if we go to No. [-] sea area, which is far away from the naval base, we can only fight alone. How to deal with this matter, please decide, Commander. "

The commander didn't speak, he frowned, thinking there.After thinking for a long time, he said decisively: "The annihilation of Gao Jiu is an order issued by the headquarters. This matter is very important. It is worthwhile to be able to complete this task, even if the risk is taken. Order the task force to go to No. [-] sea area immediately. "

Not long after Gao Jiu sent the telegram, several reconnaissance planes flew out from the Mi Army Naval Base in Guam, but the reconnaissance planes still did not enter the Coral Sea.They hovered nearby, receiving radio signals from the Japanese army.

In Hudson's office, Gao Jiu and Hudson are waiting for news.

The Telecommunications Section Chief hurried into the office, and he said excitedly: "Mr. Gao, the Japanese have been fooled. Their task force is heading to Sea Area No. [-]."

Hudson was very excited, and he immediately ordered the fleet to anchor and sail to Sea Area No. [-] immediately.

Soon after, the huge U.S. Navy fleet, including two aircraft carriers, sailed to Sea Area No. [-].In order to avoid detection by the Japanese task force, they maintained radio silence.

In the early morning of April 4, the reconnaissance plane of the Japanese task force suddenly discovered that the figure of the Mi Army aircraft appeared in the clouds in the southwest direction.

At the beginning, they were still excited, thinking that the Gao Jiu they had been waiting for had finally appeared.

However, they soon discovered that the situation was wrong. What appeared in front of them were not transport planes, but fighter jets and bombers, and not one or two planes, but a huge fleet.

The pilot of the Japanese reconnaissance plane made an emergency return and reported what they saw.

After receiving the report, the commander of the Japanese task force immediately realized the great danger.He now understands that the task force was ambushed by the Mi Army fleet.

On the one hand, he ordered to find out the strength of the enemy fleet as soon as possible, and on the other hand, he ordered the fleet to prepare for battle and prepare to meet the invading enemy.

Following the order from the command ship, a shrill siren sounded on the Japanese ship, and the officers and soldiers acted urgently and entered their respective combat positions.

On the Evian aircraft carrier, the fighters on duty as combat readiness immediately took off to intercept the fleet of the Mi Army.

The naval officers and soldiers in charge of air defense pointed anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns at the sky.It's a pity that their movements were still a step slow.

The carrier-based aircraft on the Evian aircraft carrier only took off three, and the fleet of the Mi Army has already appeared in the sky.Their goal was very clear, and they flew directly to the Japanese aircraft carrier Evian.The destroyers of the Japanese army guarding in front of the aircraft carrier, all the anti-aircraft guns fired violently into the air.

However, the bomber group of the Mi Army completely ignored the interception of the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery fire and swooped down on the Japanese aircraft carrier Evian. Smoke fell.

However, there were too many bombers of the Mi Army. They broke through the interception of the Japanese anti-aircraft firepower, and finally came to the sky above the Japanese aircraft carrier Evian. Huge aerial bombs fell on the deck of the aircraft carrier and exploded violently. .

On the deck of the aircraft carrier, the Japanese aircraft, which was preparing to take off, encountered a violent explosion and was blown to pieces. The ammunition it carried also exploded.Soon, the aircraft carrier became a sea of ​​flames.

Seeing this situation, the commander of the Japanese task force couldn't help but feel ashamed, he knew that they had lost this battle.

The deck of the aircraft carrier was damaged by bombs, and the carrier-based aircraft could no longer take off. The Mi Army firmly grasped the air supremacy on the battlefield. If this battle continues, the Japanese army will undoubtedly lose.

The commander immediately ordered the task force to retreat towards the Coral Sea. At this moment, the bomber group that took off from another US aircraft carrier also flew over, and they dropped a large number of bombs again.During these two waves of violent bombing, the Japanese aircraft carrier was hit by at least 30 aerial bombs.

The aircraft carrier could not withstand such a huge blow, and soon tilted, and then began to sink.

Hudson, the commander of the rice fleet, received a report from the air force that the Japanese aircraft carrier was sinking. He felt extremely excited and ordered the carrier-based aircraft to return immediately, reload the bombs, and continue to attack other Japanese ships.At the same time, he commanded the fleet and swooped towards the Japanese fleet.

The Japanese army retreated while fighting, with full power, and retreated at a high speed in the direction of the Coral Sea.

After the aircraft carrier Evian was bombed and sunk, in the Japanese fleet, the most important target was the fleet's flagship King Kong cruiser, and they became the key targets of the Mi army's attack.In order to prevent the flagship from being bombed and sunk by the Mi Army Air Force, a large number of Japanese warships surrounded the King Kong cruiser, using the anti-aircraft firepower on the warship to build a dense air defense network.

A large number of bombers from the Mi Army caught up, and they launched a fierce attack on the King Kong cruiser. ,

The Japanese aircraft carrier was quickly sunk due to a sneak attack. Now the Japanese army has already made careful precautions. The attack of the Mi army bomber on the King Kong cruiser was intercepted by a large number of anti-aircraft firepower. The Mi army bomber suffered heavy losses. The first attack failed, with the loss of eight bombers.

After receiving the report from the Air Force, Hudson was very distressed about the loss of the bomber, and couldn't help frowning.A moment later, he ordered the bombers to take off again and continue to attack the Japanese flagship King Kong.

The second attack soon failed again, and this time bomber losses amounted to eleven.

The huge loss made Hudson feel distressed, but he understood the principle of capturing the king first. To annihilate today's task force, it is crucial to destroy the Japanese flagship.Therefore, he still gritted his teeth and ordered to continue to attack the Japanese flagship King Kong.

The commander of the Mi Army's carrier-based aircraft believed that the Japanese army's anti-aircraft firepower was too violent, and he became resistant to continuing the bombing mission. He asked Hudson to suspend the attack on the Japanese flagship King Kong.

At this time, Gao Jiu stood up and said, "I'll try it."

(End of this chapter)