Age of Rebirth

The commander of the Pacific Fleet of the U.S. Navy, Lieutenant General Falwood, made the deployment of reconnaissance planes to observe the situation around the fleet, which is absolutely correct. This is also a precautionary measure taken in advance. , whoever has the opportunity to take the initiative to attack, and this opportunity can change the final outcome of a naval battle!

If the reconnaissance plane finds the Japanese fleet, Lieutenant General Fulwood is not prepared to engage the Japanese naval fleet under such circumstances. Priorities must be given to escorting the 6 follow-up troops of the Second Army. The most important task, even if General Fulwood is very eager to fight any fleet of the Japanese Navy, it must be done after getting rid of the burden of the troop carrier formation!

The measures are correct, and the mentality is correct. If the opponents encountered are other Japanese naval commanders, the deployment of Lieutenant General Fullwood can win the life of the Pacific Fleet, and perhaps, it will severely damage the number one of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet. However, it is very unfortunate that what he met was the famous general of the Japanese navy, General Yamamoto, and this doomed himself and the Pacific Fleet to a tragic end!

Standing on the deck of the flagship "McGinn", looking at the dozen or so reconnaissance planes that sank into the sky against the first dawn, Lieutenant General Fullwood felt a kind of exhaustion after relaxation. What he didn't know was that Today, more than 200 combat aircraft of various types from the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy are facing the first dawn in the east, and are coming towards their own fleet with murderous aura.

The carrier-based aircraft of the United Fleet of the Japanese Navy took off 45 minutes earlier than the reconnaissance aircraft of the US Pacific Fleet. Before the wind and waves on the sea had completely stopped, Admiral Yamamoto released his killer. The opportunity arrived at this time affected a crucial naval battle and changed the balance of power between the US and Japanese navies in the Pacific. [

Since then, the U.S. Navy has gradually declined. In the Pacific Ocean, it is in a passive defensive situation. Its fleet dare not go west to the first-line waters of the Hawaiian Islands. Try to avoid encounters with the Japanese Navy. The Japanese combined fleet has become the overlord in the Pacific Ocean. The Stars and Stripes everywhere gradually lost their luster. This situation did not really change until two years later, after the independent division fleet and the Japanese Navy fleet had a decisive battle in the Pacific battlefield!

Lieutenant Stanley is a pilot of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet reconnaissance aircraft group. However, a few days ago he was a reserve pilot of the Arkansas National Guard. His previous occupation was a flight instructor for a flying club. It should be said so , Lieutenant Stanley still loves the profession of flying very much.

Therefore, Lieutenant Stanley was really happy for a while after receiving the order to be transferred to active duty and served as a lieutenant pilot in the Pacific Fleet. A new life began, and in the love of flying, Lieutenant Stanley, within a few days after becoming aboard the ship , one of the few pilots who has mastered the ability to take off and land on an aircraft carrier.

However, after being assigned to the reconnaissance aircraft brigade, Lieutenant Stanley's mood was somewhat depressed. His favorite thing is to be a carrier-based fighter pilot, fly a warhawk, soar above the blue sky and sea, and kill a few Japanese planes with his own hands. , Excited just thinking about it, flying a reconnaissance plane? It's so boring. This emotion has also been brought to the reconnaissance mission he carried out today.

Lieutenant Stanley was the third reconnaissance plane to take off. The scope of reconnaissance was all targets within [-] nautical miles southwest of the fleet. It was not difficult for him to fly this kind of carrier-based reconnaissance plane. , because the contact time is only a few days, and many equipments in the reconnaissance plane are not very familiar.

Now, Lieutenant Stanley is driving a reconnaissance plane, chewing gum casually, and flying at an altitude of 5000 meters. The floating clouds over the eastern Pacific Ocean, like balls of cotton wool, pass under the wings. It is already more than six o'clock in the morning. The rising sun sprinkled a large area of ​​sunlight on the sea, which is definitely an amazing beauty when viewed from a warship.

But for the pilots of the reconnaissance plane, the sea is full of sparkles, and it is not so difficult to identify the target. After observing for a while, there is nothing on the sea except waves, and it is all monotonous dark blue. , Can't even see a sailing ship, Lieutenant Stanley looked away from the sea, and glanced at the sky inadvertently.

Suddenly, a few small black dots disappeared in a flash between the clouds. Lieutenant Stanley shook his head and didn't care about it. Perhaps, he was dazzled by seeing it. If he was an experienced pilot, he would definitely not He will let go of any clues, and will definitely fly a reconnaissance plane to conduct a careful search within that range. Unfortunately, Lieutenant Stanley is just a pilot who has just become an official US military officer for a few days. Things are ignored.

In the clouds, a brigade of Japanese fighter jets was flying at full speed. The captain, Major Hashimoto, scolded viciously: "Baga, all the idiots, the avant-garde squadron did not find the American reconnaissance plane, can you be sure, we have already Expose the target?"

Captain Kato, the squadron leader of the Vanguard Squadron, was aggrieved but replied with certainty: "Reporting to the captain, I can be sure that the American reconnaissance plane did not find us. So far, his flying posture has not done anything. Change, or blind search."

Major Hashimoto was not satisfied, and continued to ask: "Avanguard Squadron, have you found any other US reconnaissance planes in this airspace?"

Captain Kato replied affirmatively: "Report to the captain, my squadron has not found it, and it can be confirmed that in this direction, only this US reconnaissance plane is active!"

Major Hashimoto felt relieved, as long as he was not discovered by the Americans, behind his brigade was the main fleet of more than 200 aircraft, the closer to the US Pacific Fleet, the better, in order to achieve the unexpected surprise effect.

Captain Kato smiled ferociously, and said: "Captain, the staff has a suggestion. I will lead the squadron to kill this American reconnaissance plane by surprise, clearing the way for the main fleet behind. Judging by our flight time, It will take more than 50 minutes to enter the attack position, if we don't clear it, the main fleet behind will definitely be discovered!"

Major Hashimoto hesitated, whether this would scare the snake away. It is very likely that the information will be sent back within the time when the U.S. reconnaissance plane is shot down, but this sloppy U.S. reconnaissance plane cannot be eliminated. The main fleet behind it cannot be hidden no matter what. whereabouts.

Major Hashimoto hesitated for a moment, and said: "Avanguard Squadron, request approval. If you can't shoot down the U.S. reconnaissance plane before it sends back the information, Captain Kato, you will] kill yourself!"

Lieutenant Kato, who heard the captain's order, sneered secretly in his heart, "Hmph, so much nonsense, it's not because I'm afraid that I will take his position as captain." Captain Kato was [-]% sure that he had already observed the U.S. Navy As for the reconnaissance plane, from my expert's point of view, this American pilot is simply a baby, not even a rookie. I am afraid that he has not taken off and landed on an aircraft carrier more than twenty times!

Captain Kato ordered: "Wingman, attack left and right in a two-plane formation, pay attention, use the most violent firepower, and smash this Yankee and his reconnaissance plane to pieces in the shortest time!"

Two Japanese "Type 200" carrier-based fighter jets, like ghosts, turned upside down and fell from the sky. At this time, Lieutenant Stanley had no idea that he was flying against more than [-] Japanese planes, but , because of the different flying altitudes, he had already passed by a group of Japanese fighter jets, not to mention that two Japanese fighter jets were rushing fiercely from behind him. [

The air battle was so short that it took only a blink of an eye. Two Japanese "Type 1000" carrier-based fighter jets fired tongues of fire at a distance of less than [-] meters on both sides of Stanley's plane. The caliber machine gun has already penetrated his body. If he is a skilled reconnaissance pilot, at this moment, he has already sent the information of the enemy's attack back to the fleet headquarters through the airborne equipment.

But there are not so many ifs in the world. Before Lieutenant Stanley lost consciousness, he even had a vague impression of the specific location of the information transmission equipment. The last memory left in his life was in the sky. , The black mass of the plane, and immediately, Lieutenant Stanley and his reconnaissance plane turned into a ball of flames and debris in the Pacific sky.

If Lieutenant Stanley can pass the information back at the last moment of his life, the US Pacific Fleet can at least win more than 40 minutes of preparation time. In a naval battle, more than 40 minutes is enough to change the outcome of the battle. However, it should Everything that happened did not happen, but the tragedy of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet still happened.

At around [-] a.m. on July [-]th, in Guangzhou, China, in the office of Tang Qiuli, commander of the Guangzhou Garrison Command, the independent division commander Tang Qiuli, the phone rang urgently. Tang Qiuli, who was lying naked, woke up suddenly and grabbed the On the phone, the familiar voice of Yu Deshui, director of the intelligence department, came over.

"Mr. Commander, excuse me for resting. The Intelligence Analysis Center of the Intelligence Department has been monitoring the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy. The two high-power radio stations have now appeared in the east of the Hawaiian Islands, about [-] nautical miles away. According to the judgment of the intelligence analysis center, this is the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, with a voyage of more than eight hours."

Tang Qiuli said calmly: "Okay, Director Yu, I know the situation, and continue to monitor." Putting down the phone, he didn't feel sleepy anymore, "Yamamoto 56, are you going to attack the US Pacific Fleet? Very good. , Today is destined to be another dark day for the US Navy," he thought with a smile.

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