Anti-Japanese heroic righteousness

When Jiang Haoran heard that there was such a good thing, he was immediately overjoyed. He was really worried about whether Chen Shaokuan would be able to bring this navy out. Once the backbone of the navy is approved, all problems will be solved.

At the same time, Nimitz's thinking also coincides with his own thinking of delaying the progress of the war and using various forces to rapidly develop industries.The reason is very simple. As long as the island army preserves the strength of the combined fleet, it will also preserve their fantasy of Southeast Asia. In order to keep this fantasy from being shattered, they must invest a lot of manpower, material and financial resources in Southeast Asia. The economy and resources of the Collapse Island Army can also reduce the pressure on the domestic battlefield.But if the threat of Southeast Asia is not eliminated, I can justifiably reach out to the Mi Army and the British Army, asking for guns, cannons, planes, tanks, and all kinds of supplies I need.

Therefore, for Jiang Haoran, this is just a matter of talking and paying nothing. It is completely beneficial and harmless.

Jiang Haoran immediately thumped his chest, he took it upon himself, and immediately suggested that Nimitz once again mobilize long-range bombers to carry out interference bombing against the island army, delaying their advance speed, and the "Yorktown" still has ten With a speed of five knots and an additional tugboat, if the ambush distance is set at 450 nautical miles, the distance to the target is only [-] nautical miles, and it can be reached in two hours.

As for how to explain the temporary change of the combat plan to the high-level officials of the United States, it is actually simple. With the current distance between the enemy and us, out of consideration for the safety of the Third Fleet, it is reasonable to start the war in advance.As long as Jiang Haoran didn't say that all of this was caused by Nimitz's command error, and the two of them jointly issued a reasonable report, there would be no problem in confusing this matter.

After reaching a consensus, both of them seemed a little excited. Nimitz proposed to have a drink to celebrate the two becoming true friends and strategic partners. Jiang Haoran naturally would not refuse.

Nimitz went out quickly and arranged for the bomber to carry out another bombing. When he came in, he already had a bottle of red wine and two wine glasses in his hand.

After drinking a glass of red wine, Jiang Haoran said: "Old ghost, for the sake of your confidence in me, when the time comes, I will give you a great contribution and guarantee that you will suppress the 'veteran' immediately."

"Veteran? Who is a veteran?" Nimitz frowned.

"oh??????"

Jiang Haoran was at a loss for words for a while, the "veteran" he said was Douglas MacArthur, because he once gave a famous speech - "Veterans never die, they just fade away", so later generations call him Veteran MacArthur, but this is no longer It happened after the Korean War. Of course Nimitz had never heard of it. In a flash, Jiang Haoran quickly realized and said with a smile, "After the First World War and the Second World War, what is it if you are not a veteran?"

Nimitz smiled, and immediately understood who Jiang Haoran was talking about. Among the senior generals of the United States, there were not many generals who participated in the First World War, and the only one who had enough weight was the current commander-in-chief of the Southwest Pacific Army, MacArthur. Nimitz's most serious political opponent.

"Jiang, you are so humorous. I like you more and more. I am very curious about your 'gift', and I can't wait."

"Don't be in a hurry, old ghost, we'll talk about it after this battle is over." At the critical moment, Jiang Haoran betrayed himself.

"Jiang, you can't be so bad, I just praised you."

"Hehe, it's not that I don't tell you, but it's related to the battle in front of me. I have to decide the size of the 'gift' according to the result of the battle. So, you have to wait patiently."

"Okay then, we've made a deal!" Nimitz raised his hand towards Jiang Haoran as he spoke.

With a "snap", two palms slammed in the air, Jiang Haoran said: "It's a deal!"

At this time, a senior staff officer knocked on the door and came in, reporting that the reconnaissance plane found that the island army fleet had begun to take off on the aircraft carrier, and it seemed that it was preparing to launch an attack.

The two hurried out of the lounge and entered the war room.

Nimitz immediately ordered the fighter jets on the aircraft carrier to take off immediately and prepare to meet the enemy. At the same time, he ordered the submarines in the rear to approach the island army to pursue the fleet at all costs and launch torpedoes at them to delay their advancing speed.

The slow speed of the rice fleet, coupled with the fact that the "Yorktown" needs to be driven by tugboats, the island army should know that it is not difficult for the "Yorktown" to be injured, and it is far better to be able to destroy the Third Fleet before attacking Midway Island than to face it at the same time. Seven carriers is much easier.

Therefore, it is easy to explain why the island army is eager to attack.

Ten minutes later, a report came from the front, and a tragic air battle broke out [-] nautical miles behind. The island army dispatched all the fighter jets of the first assault fleet and the second assault fleet, and took advantage of the number of multiple points to attack the rice army aviation. attack.

Because of the need to guard against the island army's sneak attack, half of the remaining hundreds of Hellcat fighter jets of the Mi army had to set aside half to escort the fleet. Less than [-] fighters participated in the battle, and the number of fighter jets of the island army was three times that of the Mi army.

Although the performance of the f6f Hellcat is better than that of the Island Army's Zero fighter, it is at an absolute disadvantage in number, and the quality of the pilots is also lower than that of the Island Army pilots.After nearly half an hour of air combat, only fifteen Hellcats flew back, and the rest were all shot down by the island army.

On the contrary, more than 20 submarines in front played a huge role at critical moments, sending more than a hundred torpedoes to the enemy fleet, sinking two destroyers and two cruisers, and causing varying degrees of damage to three or four ships, which greatly delayed the island army's attack. The speed of the attack, but its own losses are also amazing, nearly half of which were sunk by the island army.

At this point in the battle, in fact, the Mi Army is fully capable of competing with the Island Army. With a distance of [-] nautical miles, the Army Aviation fighter jets on Midway Island can easily reach it. Moreover, the Seventh Fleet on the left and right wings of the Third Fleet and the British Army The East India Fleet of the Japanese Army is within [-] nautical miles of the Third Fleet at this time, and the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier can swarm there in a short time, but this means that there will be more ships of the Island Army floating around. outside the encirclement.

The originally planned ambush circle was 350 nautical miles from Midway Island, which is the best combat radius for Army Aviation fighter jets.Of course, even the current 450 nautical miles is not a problem for the P-51 Mustang. If the auxiliary fuel tank is loaded, the combat radius of the Mustang can reach [-] roads, but the farther the distance, the more wasted on the voyage. The more time you have, the less firepower you have to put into the battlefield.

Therefore, Nimitz's play had to continue, and he had to drag the injured "Yorktown" aircraft carrier forward another fifty nautical miles.