Anti-Japanese heroic righteousness

Ozawa Jisaburo's heart felt as if it was being roasted on an iron plate. The Yamato ship is the largest battleship in the empire. It is known as "the world's first battleship" and "the savior of the island empire". If he sank in his own hand, even if he won the victory in front of him, he would become a sinner of the imperial navy, so no words could express his anxiety at this moment.

Fortunately, this torment did not last long. Ten minutes later, the carrier-based aircraft of the Second Assault Fleet finally entered the airspace of the fleet and launched a desperate fight with the Mi Army fighter jets. Although the Mi Army Hellcat fighter jets were strong, the locusts The number of fighter jets is a multiple of theirs. At the same time, the Hellcat has been tossing over the locust army fleet for nearly half an hour. The time in the air has reached the limit, so it hardly entangles with the locust army, covering the bombers to quickly evacuate the fleet.

The Locust Air Force took advantage of the situation to pursue and shot down several Hellcat fighter jets and dozens of B-24 and B-25 bombers, achieving a tactical victory.

However, the rice army's tossings made the locust army's attack formation shattered, and the locust army's offensive momentum was hindered. The idea of ​​a pinch was completely broken by the rice army. Therefore, the locust army suffered another strategic failure. .

The "Yamato" battleship was finally not sunk by the Mi Army's aerial bombs. Although the Mi Army's horizontal bombers carried a large number of heavy aerial bombs, it was not easy to hit moving targets when thrown at high altitudes. The anti-aircraft firepower of warships was strafing intensively, and the air force was even more inaccurate in a panic. Most of the aerial bombs fell into the sea.

In addition to the damage to the Yamato ship, a destroyer was sunk, two cruisers were slightly damaged, and about a dozen other small ships and transport ships were sunk and damaged. Of course, the Taiho aircraft carrier was also slightly damaged. Damage, for such a large battle, this loss is almost negligible.

Due to the serious damage to the superstructure, the Yamato ship was unable to continue its mission, and had to withdraw from the combat position and retreat to the rear, and returned to the base with the transport and supply ship for repairs.

Ozawa Jisaburo probably never dreamed that it was precisely because the Yamato ship was damaged and retreated at this time that he was able to survive and escape the fate of sinking to the bottom of the sea.

The danger has been lifted, and the attack must continue. General Yamamoto 56, the commander-in-chief of this battle, sent an urgent message, ordering Jisaburo Ozawa to immediately adjust his forces and re-attack, and must defeat the main force of the Mi Army's Third Fleet before dark. They will also join the battle, trying not to give the Mi Army any chance to breathe, and remove an important obstacle for the capture of Midway Island tomorrow.

After receiving the order, Ozawa immediately lined up his troops and prepared to attack again.At this time, it was past six o'clock in the afternoon, and it was less than an hour before dark. It was very difficult to hit a target more than ten miles away at night. Moreover, whether it was a fighter jet or a reconnaissance plane, it took off and landed on the aircraft carrier at night. It is also a very dangerous thing. If you want to complete the task assigned by General Yamamoto 56, you have to seize these 10 minutes, go to the front at full speed, and quickly end the battle.

However, the Mi Army seemed to have seen through their intentions. When the ships re-arranged their attack formations and pursued them with all their might, the Mi Army’s fighter jets and bombers entered the airspace of the Island Army Fleet again. They were overtaken by Mi Army fighter jets and shot down one by one.

Fortunately, Ozawa has learned the lesson of the failure just now. The fighter jets on the aircraft carrier have already been ready for battle. After learning of the enemy's attack, they immediately took off to meet the Mi Army's fleet and intercept them. The carrier-based aircraft of the Second Assault Fleet quickly joined the battle. The locust army suppressed the Mi army with a numerical advantage. How much damage to the locust army.

The Locust Air Force keenly caught this rare fighter, and a large number of torpedo planes and bombers rushed into the airspace of the Mi Army fleet, and returned after some indiscriminate bombing.

But it took nearly half an hour to go back and forth. When the locust army regrouped again, the Mi army took this opportunity to flee forward for more than ten nautical miles. The locust army chased them all the way until it was completely dark. superior.

Helpless, Ozawa had no choice but to return to General Yamamoto 56 in shame. Fortunately, Yamamoto 56 did not blame him too much. He only ordered him to bite the third fleet of the Mi Army and expand the search area to prevent the Mi Army from sneaking at night. As soon as it was lighted, it immediately launched a general attack on the Mi army, and the attack on Midway Island will only be tomorrow.

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At midnight, the war room of the aircraft carrier "Hornet" of the Mi Army.

The tense and busy afternoon has returned to calm, and the staff and generals shuttled through it to perform their duties, with relaxed and orderly expressions.

Jiang Haoran and Nimitz were sitting in front of a small round table, smoking a cloud of smoke. On the small round table were an ashtray full of cigarette butts, an iron lighter, a pack of shriveled cigarettes and two unfinished glasses of wine. Coffee, the coffee in the cup is no longer steaming. It seems that they have been sitting like this for a long time.

At this moment, they were heading towards Midway Island at a speed of [-] knots. The distance to Midway Island was less than [-] nautical miles, and the island army was chasing after them at a distance of less than [-] nautical miles. Haoran's "cow-raising tactic" has been successful, and the island army is stepping into the ambush circle set up by him.

The price paid by the Third Fleet was not very high. 54 Hellcat fighter jets crashed, 36 bombers crashed, two destroyers and cruisers were sunk, and nearly [-] other transport ships such as submarines and frigates were sunk. , Also, the "Yorktown" aircraft carrier was also hit by a torpedo on the right side of the hull during the retreat, but it was still able to sail.

If the battleship "Iowa" hadn't been sunk, the damage would have been less than [-]% of what Jiang Haoran expected.

And all of this has nothing to do with the Supreme Military Commander Nimitz, it is all due to the senior staff officer Jiang Haoran, the only decision Nimitz made was a wrong decision, and he lost the "Iowa" to the enemy Under the heavy naval guns, it almost caused an irreparable catastrophe. At the critical moment, it was Jiang Haoran who tried his best to turn the tide, which made him more and more incompetent.

"Jiang, can I ask you a question?" Nimitz finally broke the silence, reached forward and pressed the cigarette butt in his hand into the ashtray, looking at Jiang Haoran and said solemnly.

Jiang Haoran waved his hand and made a "please" gesture very coolly, and said with a smile: "You're welcome, as long as I know everything, I can tell you everything I know."