Imperial Overlord

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"Report! The news from the army, the first wave of Japanese air strikes was counterattacked!" An American police officer, standing behind Major General Fletcher, reported.

On the bridge of the USS Hornet, Fletcher looked at the chart in front of him and asked his assistant, "Haven't found the exact location of the Japanese Navy's aircraft carrier fleet?"

"Sir, we haven't found it yet. Our reconnaissance plane has identified two suspicious areas, and there are still three remaining to be ruled out." An officer quickly replied.

Fletcher shook his head, unable to determine the position of the Japanese Navy's aircraft carrier fleet, he could not launch a decent counterattack.

The P-40 fighter jets of the Army Aviation Corps are barely able to intercept Japanese fighter jets. It is a joke to expect the Army Aviation Corps to deal with the Navy.

Goering had promised that his air force could attack sea targets, and the result was the subsequent slap in the face of the Dunkirk miracle.

He is not Goering, and he will not think that the army aviation, who does not have any sea attack training on weekdays, can play the role of attacking sea targets at critical moments.

Therefore, the Army Air Force on Midway Island is a shield and a decoy. The 50 carrier-based attack aircraft held by the Navy are the daggers of the US Navy's counterattack.

It is indeed a dagger. Compared with the combat power of the six aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy, which can take off hundreds of aircraft in one wave, the current counterattack force of the US Navy is really weak.

If the Japanese Navy's current fleet attack power is a spear, the US Navy's counterattack power can only be regarded as a "dagger" at best.

"Let the reconnaissance plane continue to scout, and the destroyer fleet will search forward! At all costs, we must be the first to find the location of the Japanese fleet!" Fletcher knew that he had little time left.

After the first attack, the Japanese fleet will definitely think of a better way to suppress the Army Air Forces on Midway.

The best way is to rely on the air superiority provided by the Zero fighter and use battleships to solve the problem.

"We have deployed a large number of anti-aircraft guns and hundreds of aircraft on Midway Island! The Japanese army cannot rely on aviation to complete the suppression." Fletcher is very aware of his own defense strength on the island.

That's why he was worried that the Japanese army could not wait to solve the problem: "If the Japanese army starts shelling, and there are anti-aircraft guns in the airfields of the Army Aviation Corps, it will not play any role!"

The basic tactics of the U.S. Navy is to rely on Midway and its own fleet to make up for the lack of naval aviation.

Once Midway or the navy fleet were eliminated, the American troops, which lacked another part of their combat effectiveness, would not be able to resist the attack of the Japanese navy alone.

So, Fletcher wanted to keep the airfield for the Army Air Corps and find the location of the Japanese Navy aircraft carrier before the Japanese Navy covered Midway with heavy artillery.

As long as the battle was brought back to sea before the Japanese navy overwhelmed and attacked Midway, they could continue to take the initiative and put the Japanese army in a dilemma.

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"Still still haven't been able to find the location of the US fleet!" The same thing happened on the bridge of the Japanese Navy battleship Nagato.

A Japanese officer stood at attention and bowed his head, and reported the latest reconnaissance results of the reconnaissance aircraft to Yamamoto fifty-six.

"The U.S. fleet has not appeared, and they are still using the Army Air Forces to tear up our army's Zero fighters..." The news from General Nagumo Chuichi also supports this conclusion.

Yamamoto fifty-six still did not speak. He listened to his subordinates reporting, and calculated in his heart whether the United States deliberately abandoned Midway Island, or whether the American fleet was so calm.

You know, in his calculations, Midway America cannot give up. Once he occupied Midway, the initiative in the Pacific battlefield was in the hands of the Japanese navy.

If the U.S. Navy doesn't show up this time...it's really Amaterasu who blesses Japan...

After praying in his heart, Yamamoto fifty-six firmed his idea of ​​overpowering his battleship fleet.

"Order the battleship team to continue to move closer to Midway, and let Admiral Chuichi Nagumo take off the carrier plane to cover the battleship to the designated location!" He looked at the chart and gave his order.

The Japanese navy's choice was to continue its own operational arrangements, using naval guns to suppress the U.S. Army Air Forces on Midway.

In Yamamoto's calculation, as long as his battleships started shelling, the balance of victory and defeat in the battle would fall to Japan.

Without the American air force in Midway, the strength of the U.S. Navy was insufficient to pose a threat to the Japanese fleet.

"Let the search fleet continue to work! Don't let the U.S. fleet move around! Continue to dispatch reconnaissance planes as planned! I want to make sure that the U.S. Navy fleet is not nearby!" Search of the surrounding seas.

He knew he had at least triple his strength, and as long as he found the American fleet first, he would have won the battle.

At Yamamoto's feet, the battleship Nagato was turning and accelerating. And behind the Nagato battleship is the battleship Mutsu of the same class.

These two battleships were once called the pride of the Japanese Navy, but now this pride has given way to the Yamato battleship, the flagship of the supply fleet.

Because it has not completed the training, most of the positions are still students of the naval school, so although the Yamato battleship was dispatched this time, it was not allowed to join the front-line combat.

To put it bluntly, it is only here to learn and support the personal field. So when Yamamoto fifty-six calculated his own combat power, he didn't even take it into account.

If you count the Yamato battleship, this time the Japanese fleet dispatched a total of seven battleships, not six.

Yamamoto fifty-six stood on the bridge, and the captain of the Nagato battleship stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Your Excellency, for your safety, you should change your flagship and move to the aviation fleet to continue commanding operations. ?"

"There is absolutely no need for this!" With a wave of his hand, Yamamoto fifty-six replied with a smile: "The enemy does not have any means to threaten the battleship fleet, why are you so cautious?"

He glanced at the captain of the Nagato battleship, and said word by word: "The battleship fleet fires, and we are almost half the victory... At this time, I will stand here and watch your main guns attack the enemy! "

"Hi!" The captain of the Nagato battleship was encouraged, bowed his head and said, "Please wait for the news of our victory!"

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