New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

At 07:30, the kamikaze team members finished their meal and began to assemble.At this time a captain pilot came up to them.They knew him. This man was Captain Guan Xingnan, the only veteran pilot in the entire team.A team, even a team that is about to commit suicide, still needs an experienced veteran to lead it.Because, if there is no experienced person to lead them, it is impossible for them to find the target.It is said that Lieutenant General Onishi Takijiro found him and asked him to perform such a task.Captain Guan Xingnan only thought about it for about ten seconds before readily agreeing. Of course, some people said that Captain Guan Xingnan thought about it all night.However, young people are still more willing to believe the previous statement.

"The fighter plane has appeared, now I order, board the plane immediately!" Guan Xingnan was as stern as usual.Many young people couldn't help admiring in their hearts: "You are so handsome. If I could have such an expression in the comfort station last night, I would definitely make the sister who received me pass out. That sister is so gentle, I don't know After I die, will she miss me..."

After boarding the plane, all the people were given a few pills. The military doctor who distributed the pills told them that it was a medicine to prevent airsickness and improve their combat effectiveness.So these young people swallowed these medicines, and then they were so proud of the medical technology of the Great Japanese Empire.

Courage rises from the pill as it falls into the stomach.Every young man longs to beat others to death, and be beaten to death by others.Captain Guan Xingnan waved his hand and closed the canopy.The canopy was also locked, and then he pushed the throttle, and the plane began to slide towards the end of the runway...

Guan Xingnan took the other five Zero fighter-modified suicide planes of his "Shikishima Team" and flew towards Wright Gulf. Behind him, at a higher position, were the fighter jets that escorted them. The leader was the famous Nishizawa Hiroyoshi.

An hour later, the plane entered the sky above Wright Gulf.

It should be said that in the original history, the timing of the Japanese suicide planes was very good. At that time, "Brave Bull" Halsey was attracted by Ozawa's decoy fleet, brought all his own aircraft carriers, and General Willis? Lee The 6 relatively new battleships under his command rushed over to bite the hook, and there were only a few escort aircraft carriers, destroyers, and a large number of transport ships left in Wright Gulf.And the fighter jets equipped on these escort aircraft carriers are still old f4f.This greatly increased the chances of success for the Kamikaze attack.

What's more terrible is that Kurita's second fleet with 6 battleships - one of which is the world's largest battleship Yamato - came over.The US military in front of him only had escort aircraft carriers, destroyers, and light cruisers.All the destroyers of the U.S. Army rushed up to release torpedoes desperately, and all the flying planes on the escorting aircraft carrier, whether they were fighter jets or bombers, all ran to attack the Kurita fleet.Those who have bombs throw bombs, and those who do not have bombs go to straf the anti-aircraft artillery positions.Anyway, no one cares about air defense.As a result, the Japanese suicide planes took advantage of the void and sank the two escort aircraft carriers in one go.

However, giving up air defense was actually the best choice for the Americans at the time. If Kurita's battleship force rushed into Wright Gulf, not only the two escort aircraft carriers would die, but the entire landing force would be dead.So although these planes were not equipped with the most suitable bombs for attacking warships, they still rushed towards Kurita's fleet.

Historically, Kurita was frightened by these messy enemy planes, turned around and fled, and let go of the only chance of losing both sides.Why he ran and what would happen if he didn't run later became a classic topic.

Anyone who is an army fan will know the story of the Wright Gulf War, and of course Ron knows it too.So before the landing battle started, he found a reason to say that there will be a lot of time to cooperate with the fleet in future operations, so he ran to see Halsey.

Ron and Halsey were also old acquaintances.When we were in Guadalcanal Island, we cooperated together.And he fought Midway with the Navy.In the eyes of the navy, Ron can be regarded as one of the few cuter soldiers in the army.Now that he came here and said he wanted to watch the navy fight, Halsey naturally had no reason to disagree.The bold Halsey even provided Ron with a "pirate" fighter jet, and asked him to fly the plane to the Sibuyan Sea to see how his navy "kill little Japan, kill little Japan, no Keep killing little Japan".

As a result, of course, it was the navy's fleet that beat up Kurita's fleet.It's just that this time I don't know why the one that was sunk became the Yamato, but the Musashi that was supposed to be sunk escaped.

As in the original history, at around 24 pm on the 4th, Halsey's fleet spotted the Ozawa fleet as a bait.In this fleet, Halsey spotted all four of Japan's aircraft carriers.

Destroy them to gain 100% command of the sea!This temptation suddenly made Halsey's head hot.Almost as soon as Kurita's fleet retreated, he gathered his troops and planned to cut Ozawa's fleet completely.

"General, I'm an amateur, but there are some things I don't quite understand." Ron, who was watching the battle, said to Halsey.

"Ah, my little friend, what don't you understand? Just ask me. I am most willing to be a teacher for young people." It can be seen that there is a chance to wipe out all the remaining Japanese aircraft carriers, this Hal West is in a good mood.

"General, what if the enemy's battleship force comes back at night?" Ron asked.

"The enemy has already retreated! They probably won't come back." Halsey didn't care.

Later critics have made such comparisons between Halsey and Button.They said that Barton was bold and careful, and Halsey was bold and careful.Patton's mouthpiece said that only a fool would protect his ass all day long, but when commanding operations, he never really exposed his troops' ass.Halsey was different, he never cared if someone beat his ass, as long as he could beat his opponent's ass and get himself hit twice, he didn't care.

"General, if they come back at night, like they did in Guadalcanal, they should be able to reach Leyte Gulf at dawn. Once the Philippines falls, the Japanese fleet will be finished. At this time, if you are the Japanese commander Officer, what are you going to do?" Ron asked.

"I'm the Japanese commander?" Halsey folded his hands on his chest, circled the chart twice, and said, "Then I'd rather sink all the warships in this battle than give The Americans have done a huge loss. Let me see... Kincaid is guarding Surigao, there must be no problem here..."

"General, the opportunity to kill the Japanese aircraft carrier must not be missed. However, I just heard that there are 4 Japanese aircraft carriers in the newspaper, of which only one is a large aircraft carrier, and the others are light aircraft carriers. It is not necessary to deal with such a force. The fleet is sent out. We leave some battleship troops and add a fleet aircraft carrier. With 8 fleet aircraft carriers, it is still not as sure to fight four such small things.”

"Let me think about it again!" If it was someone else's suggestion, Halsey wouldn't care too much about it, but Ron is very capable. He has proved that he commanded the island in Guadalcanal Island and Midway Island. talent.And it's not that Halsey really doesn't understand the risks of his actions, he's just a little impulsive, after a little interruption, Halsey who has calmed down will naturally find that his decision has taken unnecessary risks .

"I said Ron, you're a young man, why are you acting like Spruance, like a little old man! But, ... well, there is a certain truth in what you say. We are going to attack overnight, I can't Keep all the battleships, or it will be troublesome if you encounter enemy battleships during the night voyage. In this way, I will keep four battleships and one aircraft carrier. Let General Willis? Lee take them. This is safe. Well, give orders like that! . . . Ron, are you coming with me, or Willis Lee?"

"Of course I'll follow you. You definitely have wars there, but not General Willis Lee." Ron said as he thought to himself, "Willis Lee's side can't do well. In artillery battles, the safety factor is much lower. It is more important to save your life..."

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So when the Japanese suicide planes arrived, the skies over Wright Gulf were less guarded than they had been in history, and Willis Lee's fleet overwhelmed Kurita's fleet, forcing him to flee again.The f4f fighter jets on the navy's escort aircraft carrier are circling over the transport fleet.

Captain Guan Xingnan shook his wings, signaling other planes to follow him, and then rushed towards the American escort aircraft carrier.Several f4fs spotted them, but these planes obviously failed to anticipate the enemy's attack method.

"Japanese fighter jets were found at 10 o'clock, it was zero battle!" A US pilot shouted.

"Climb up, take advantage of the altitude first, and fight them." Their captain issued such an order.

This command is honestly okay.Because f4f is too old, it is even weaker in performance than Zero War.It was only because of its good take-off and landing performance that the petite escort aircraft carriers took a fancy to it and chose it as a carrier-based aircraft.If you can't take advantage of the altitude, combat will be very difficult.However, this decision brought a lot of trouble to the US fleet.

While the enemy plane was climbing and had no chance to rush over, Guan Xingnan approached the US escort aircraft carrier with 5 suicide planes...