Take Taobao to fight against Japan

If an attack is launched immediately, there will not be enough fighter escorts, and the runway on the ship will be occupied by aircraft taking off, so the fighter group with empty fuel tanks will all fall into the sea.

At this time, Nagumo Chuichi could only postpone the attack time, first take back the aircraft carrier escort fighter jets, and then decide whether to organize troops to attack the US fleet according to the situation.

"Three aircraft carriers were lost, and the other two were severely damaged? Preliminary statistics shot down 47 Allied fighter jets, 45 dive bombers, 26 torpedo bombers, and eight!"

After receiving the battle report, Yamamoto 56 frowned again, and said brokenly, "The air defense force of the Imperial Fleet is still very strong, but passive defense can only be passive after all! Aircraft carriers play an increasingly important role in naval battles. Compared with the Allied Forces, the number of Imperial aircraft carriers is still too small!"

Hei Dao Guiren nodded and agreed: "Yes, the core force of the current naval battle has become an aircraft carrier battle group. If the empire does not completely abandon the thinking of warship duel as soon as possible, the consequences may be very serious."

"Underworld Lord, let's not talk about this for now, let's talk about it after this naval battle!"

Hearing this, Yamamoto 56 only felt very heartbroken, waved his hands and said, "Next, let's quietly wait for the good news from the Imperial Air Warriors!"

At present, Yamamoto 56's greatest hope is that its own offensive force can achieve greater results and be able to severely sink a few more Allied aircraft carriers.

"Imperial warriors, for the sake of the Great Japanese Empire, charge forward!"

"For the tomorrow of the Yamato nation, strike!"

"The Great Japanese Empire is on board!"

"His Majesty the Emperor onboard!"

At this time, as Yamamoto 56 and others expected, the carrier-based aircraft group that took off from the Kondo Nobutake Second Fleet finally rushed over the Allied Fleet after a series of desperate charges.

Facing the crazy attack of the Japanese aircraft fleet, the Allied escort aircraft fleet and ship anti-aircraft artillery naturally tried their best to intercept and shoot them down on the way to attack!

Compared with the Allied bomber pilots, the Japanese bomber pilots not only had better combat skills, but also had a crazier combat style.

These devil pilots managed to kill the fleet above the fleet. At this time, seeing the vast number of Allied ships, especially those large aircraft carriers, they were like a group of red-eyed wolves, all launching vicious suicide attacks.

But as the old saying goes, there is no shield in the world that cannot be broken, especially when the opponent is not much weaker than oneself, there is really no way to completely prevent this kind of desperate attack.

On the extremely chaotic battlefield, more than 30 torpedo planes of the Japanese army lined up in several straight lines, lowered their flying altitude, and went straight to several large aircraft carriers.

In the suicide charge, after the Japanese army paid the price of more than ten torpedo bombers again, they saw torpedoes plopping into the water, and then formed high-speed sprinting wave lines on the water surface.

Boom boom boom, after a while, the four aircraft carriers were directly hit by one to three torpedoes, causing violent explosions!

Two of the aircraft carriers that were hit by multiple torpedoes were seriously injured, huge holes appeared, and the sea water began to pour in wildly, and sank directly to the bottom of the sea in just a few minutes.

In addition, the pilots of the Japanese dive-bomber fleet also put their lives to the test. Many devil pilots chose to attack by self-destructing directly, and directly crashed into the aircraft carrier with their people and planes.

Immediately afterwards, there was an earth-shattering explosion. The heavy aerial bombs and the fuel on board formed a devastating explosion force, which turned several aircraft carriers into blazing fireballs, billowing black smoke straight into the sky.

"Imai Karma! These damned devils!"

"My God, are all the Japanese soldiers a bunch of lunatics?"

"Damn, these devils are really a bunch of beasts!"

"Brothers, hit me hard, don't let a fight go!"

"Kill it!"

Under the frenzied suicide attack of the Japanese aircraft fleet, the Allied fleet suffered extremely serious casualties in a short period of time, among which the first attack target aircraft carrier group suffered the most.

Seeing that their own fleet suffered such heavy casualties, all the soldiers of the Allied Army also went crazy. They risked their lives to stop them frantically. Numerous tongues of angry flames spewed out from the sky and the sea, forming a frighteningly dense firepower net.

The entire air raid process was not long, only ten minutes or so, but for both the enemy and us, it seemed like a century had passed, and both sides suffered serious casualties every minute and every second.

When the bombing was over and the Japanese army began to return, the red-eyed Allied planes never considered stopping, and all rushed to pursue them with endless anger and hatred.

They have been chasing for more than 200 kilometers, until the second wave of Japanese planes came to rescue, and after an extremely fierce air battle with the Japanese Air Force, they reluctantly went back to their respective homes to find their mothers.

Because the sky had gradually dimmed at this time, and it was less than an hour before dark. If it was later, even if they still had fuel on the plane, there was no way to discredit their landing on the aircraft carrier.

"Huh! Today is really dangerous, and we almost have to explain it here!"

After the dust settled, Liu Qiang let out a long breath. The aircraft carrier Zhenyuan he was on today also became the target of the Japanese army.

But fortunately, it was only hit by a heavy aerial bomb, which blew a big hole in the deck and ignited a raging fire.

The shocking explosion and scorching air wave hit, and Liu Qiang once again felt the approach of death.

The staff officers and guards around were all pale with fright, and insisted on escorting Liu Qiang to leave the Zhenyuan for refuge.

But Liu Qiang had a bad temper, and said very stubbornly that he would live and die with the Zhenyuan.

Fortunately, the damage to the Zhenyuan was not fatal, and the fire-fighting facilities on the ship were complete and advanced. With the hard work of the officers and soldiers on the ship, the fire was finally brought under control.

Chapter 1503 Equal Consumption Is Winning

Looking at the ships that were still emitting thick smoke and even burning, Qiao Qingshan took a deep breath and said, "Yes, I have to admit that the Japanese Navy's combat quality is indeed better than ours, especially their kind that don't want to fight at all. The madness of life really makes one's scalp tingle."

"Instead of destroying them, we must first make them crazy! The more crazy the little devils are, the closer they are to their complete doom!"

Liu Qiang grinned slightly. So far, the Huben Navy has suffered extremely serious casualties, and even two aircraft carriers have been completely destroyed.

But generally speaking, this battle is extremely beneficial to the growth of the Huben Navy, allowing them to learn too much practical experience from it and achieve a qualitative transformation.

After a pause, Liu Qiang said in a serious tone: "According to the nine-stage gradual reduction attack tactics currently advocated by the Japanese Navy, the air strike of the aircraft carrier is only the first step, and then they are likely to launch a submarine operation against us overnight. Mines all around us!

Then, the next thing we have to do is to smash the Japanese army's night attack, and let these little devils understand that not only battleships are outdated in the current era, but also the submarine pack wolf tactics are also outdated! "

"In addition, the engineering troops are notified to go all out in construction, repair the airport as soon as possible, and build supporting facilities such as field hospitals, gas stations, fresh water purifiers, and radar stations, so as to prepare for tonight's big battle and tomorrow's larger-scale decisive battle! "

At present, space-time aircraft carrier battle groups do not have night combat capabilities. The main reason is that carrier-based aircraft have great difficulties in taking off, returning, and landing at night, and are prone to disasters such as getting lost and crashing.

The second reason is that it is difficult for the aircraft fleet to find the blacked out enemy fleet in the vast sea in the dark night. Taking a step back, even if the enemy fleet is found, it is difficult to launch precise bombing in the dark, and the hit efficiency will be very low. .

Before the Huben Navy was able to complete the night attack on the port of Tobruk in the North African battlefield, a large factor was that it was a fixed military target.

However, the Huben Navy now has two major advantages that the Tobruk port night attack did not have.

One is to occupy the airport on Midway Island, which reduces the huge risk of taking off and landing at night. The other is that the current Huben Army has been equipped with advanced Black Widow fighter jets, which have strong night search and combat capabilities.

The only troublesome thing is that in the darkness of night and without satellite positioning, even if the Japanese fleet is accidentally spotted on the sea, it is difficult to locate it accurately!

But these are all things for later. What needs to be done now is to safely recover the flying carrier-based aircraft, and repair the clearance of the airport on Shadao, and then send a reconnaissance aircraft unit to search for the Japanese fleet. Find a solution after finding it Lock them down.

Command room of the battleship USS Pennsylvania.

A naval staff officer handed over the statistical report to Nimitz and said: "Report to Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, the battle damage statistics have been released. Including the Huaxia Huben Navy, we lost a total of six aircraft carriers and 43 torpedo planes in this naval battle. , 64 dive bombers, and 79 fighters, killed more than 700 people,

Another seven ships were damaged to varying degrees. ..."

"According to preliminary statistics, we sank at least three Japanese aircraft carriers, severely damaged another two, and destroyed more than 3 Japanese carrier-based aircraft!"

It was the first confrontation with the Japanese Combined Fleet. All officers and men of the Pacific Combined Fleet performed extremely bravely and tenaciously, and exerted their maximum capabilities.

The final record is not ideal, and can only be summed up by killing one thousand enemies and self-defeating eight hundred.

Fortunately, Midway Island has been taken down, and those carrier-based aircraft groups without aircraft carriers can temporarily land on the land of the island, otherwise the loss of carrier-based aircraft would have to be quadrupled.

But in terms of the reduction in the overall strength of aircraft carriers, even if the wealthy Pacific Combined Fleet lost six ships, it still has a full 49 ships, and the loss rate is only 11%.

Conversely, the Japanese Combined Fleet has suffered a lot. Calculating only the 3 sunk ships, they also lost 19% of their aircraft carriers!

Of course, not all of the 49 aircraft carriers of the Allied Pacific Combined Fleet are here. Among them, 15 US aircraft carriers are cruising in the Aleutian Islands, the coast of the United States and other places, and performing escort missions in the transport fleet to and from Midway Island.

Even so, the current number of Allied aircraft carriers near Midway Island is as high as 34, and there are more than 2200 combat aircraft of various types, which is more than three times that of the Japanese combined fleet!

"Generally speaking, this casualty ratio is not bad, because the same loss ratio means we have won!"

Nimitz raised his brows lightly, pondered for a while, then turned to look at Chief of Staff Raymond and said, "General Raymond, do you think the Japanese Combined Fleet will continue to attack us?"

Raymond pondered: "It's hard to say, if it were us, we would definitely go as far as we can, and we will never continue to fight like this.

But they are unreasonable and crazy imperial soldiers who cannot be judged by common sense, and they are likely to do even crazier things! "

Nimitz said with a smile: "So, we can still have a big battle? This is good news. I look forward to these crazy Japanese invaders staying in this sea area!"

After these two days of bloody battles, Nimitz has completely gained confidence, deeply understands the core role of the aircraft carrier battle group, and is no longer afraid of the Japanese combined fleet, which has huge ships with cannons several times larger than his own.

In fact, this is also the case. Although within the firepower radius, a battleship with super thick armor and super firepower is absolutely invincible, and it can definitely hit a fleet with an aircraft carrier battle group as its core.

But the prerequisite is that you have to have the opportunity and ability to rush into the front of the aircraft carrier battle group, otherwise the aircraft carrier fleet can grind you to death with only kite flying tactics!

"I'm also looking forward to this moment!"

Raymond smiled, and then said, "However, I heard that the Huaxia Huben Navy is stepping up preparations for the night bombing, and they don't plan to wait all night!"

"If that's the case, that's really great. These Chinese soldiers are really good at fighting! I'm also looking forward to their success tonight!"

Nimitz nodded happily. So far, naval warfare can only be regarded as neither losing nor winning. It has been a war of attrition, but who can not have some small ideals and small goals?

Just as Liu Qiang expected, Yamamoto 56 and others were unwilling to flee back to Pearl Harbor in desperation. Before the war started, they had already decided to implement the nine-stage gradual reduction invitation attack tactics in this battle.

Yamamoto 56 issued an order a few hours ago to let the 10 submarines that escaped from Midway Island and the 22 submarines that accompanied the fleet lurk around the waters of Midway Island, allowing them to wait for an opportunity to attack the Allied Fleet after nightfall .

Once in the Russo-Japanese War in the Tsushima Sea Battle, the Japanese Navy achieved an unprecedented victory like a textbook. At a small price of losing three torpedo boats, the Russian Navy sank 16 ships, sank 6 ships, and captured 7 ships.

After this battle, the Japanese navy has become an emerging maritime power, and it can be described as a regional hegemony in the Pacific region.

It was also because of this battle that Japan suffered from obsession with large ship cannons and torpedoes, and its naval warfare thinking was shackled to fleet duels.

After the night fell, a total of 32 Japanese submarines started their night hunting journey with this obsessive fantasy.

Chapter 1504

Shadao Huben Naval Command.

This is a temporary tent set up on a small high ground. Liu Qiang, Qiao Qingshan and others are sitting around drinking, eating meat and bragging. They are really very happy.

Not only was it because the two-day battle had really excited them so much that they couldn't sleep with their heads covered as soon as it got dark, but it was also because they were all looking forward to the good news sent by the reconnaissance plane sent out as soon as possible.

After dark, Liu Qiang has sent out several waves of Black Widow fighter jets to investigate the Japanese fleet, but unfortunately, so far, they have not been able to find the anchorage of the Japanese fleet.

Before that, Liu Qiang also sent several submarines to the sea areas where the Japanese fleet appeared before, but when they arrived at the place, they found that the Japanese fleet had disappeared.

Obviously, the Japanese navy is not a fool. Naturally, it is impossible for them to stay where they are, and they have already moved.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, if you are idle, you are idle, so you can treat it as training in actual combat.

As for the reconnaissance opportunities sent out, will they get lost after running a large circle, unable to confirm their position in the vast sea and return to the starting point?

Everyone on the earth knows that there was no GPS in World War II. Army aviation can generally use terrain and landmarks for positioning, while the most convenient way for naval aviation to return after fighting in the vast sea is to use radio navigation.

Most airplanes have a radio compass that picks up radio signals from navigation stations.

The radio compass is composed of loop antenna, compass receiver, indicator and other components, and determines the heading by measuring the angle between the aircraft and the radio wave.

In addition, shore-based navigation equipment is also an important part.For example, Roland in the United States uses low-frequency radio waves for navigation and positioning based on the hyperbolic principle. It is mainly used on ships and long-range aircraft in the Pacific Theater, and the navigation distance can reach 2500 kilometers.

Aircraft with conditions can also use Roland navigation to locate and fly back to the aircraft carrier. The AN/APN-29 Loran long-range navigation system on the B-4 bomber played an important role in the burning of Tokyo.

If the radio is not working, the pilot can either follow the lead plane into the dark, look for possible markers by eye, or rely entirely on faith.

As for the aircraft that can carry multiple people, such as ship attack, ship explosion, seaplane or patrol aircraft, there is usually a navigator who is a veteran.

They have rich experience and are good at dead reckoning. Using maps, magnetic compass, gyroscope, sextant, barometer and other tools, coupled with precise timing, they can calculate the coordinates, heading and altitude of the aircraft.

These people often hold lower positions such as bombardiers and machine gunners, but they are very respected.For example, Japan's HNA relies heavily on these veterans because of its lack of radio technology.

In the later period of the war, when there was a shortage of talents, there were more than a dozen major accidents in which the Galaxy bombers collectively lost their way and failed to return.

In order to avoid the problem of reconnaissance aircraft getting lost at night, Liu Qiang has long established a high-power lighthouse on Shadao as a marker, and also established a radio navigation system.

As for whether the Japanese fleet will launch an attack because of this?

Don't worry too much about that.

Because the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet does not have the ability to fight at night, even if they have released the attack and have no intention of recovering it, they must be able to fight a large number of Black Widow night fighters on Midway Island.

The Allied Forces have already established a cordon within hundreds of kilometers around the fleet. No matter from which angle the Japanese Aviation Corps comes to do things, they can find the target an hour in advance.

"It seems that it will be difficult to fight tonight. Let's rest early. There may be a tough battle waiting for us tomorrow. It is necessary to keep up our spirits!"

After eating some luncheon meat and beef jerky, drinking some Moutai, and then two Huazi, Liu Qiang looked down at his watch and found that it was already 11:30 in the middle of the night.

However, there is a saying that goes well, "no coincidence, no book". Just when Liu Qiang was about to wash up and go to sleep, suddenly there was a thunderous explosion in the distance, breaking the silence of the night at once.

"Hey, where did the fight start?"

Liu Qiang frowned, and immediately walked out of the tent, looking towards the sea level where the sound of the explosion was heard in the distance, but everything in the distance was still shrouded by the black night demon, and there was no flame rising into the sky.

"what happened?"

"Did we find the Japanese sneak attack force here? Or was there a ship that was attacked by the Japanese army?"

"Or could it be that the Japanese submarine hit a mine we planted?"

"We haven't received relevant information yet, so it's probably because of something happened to the US military?"