Anti-Japanese heroic righteousness

After going back and forth, one hour finally passed, and the remaining voyage would take another hour, but the island army did not slow down its speed even when it was under attack. range.

Although the Shima Army Yamato was wounded and withdrew from the battlefield, the "Musashi" of the same level was still there. The 460mm cannon shells almost exploded after chasing the Third Fleet's ass, and the situation was already very critical.

At 35:15, an hour and [-] minutes before the start of the battle, the bombers on Midway Island of the Mi Army finally arrived over the island fleet.

Fifteen B-17 Sky Fortress bombers, twenty Avenger torpedo planes, and twenty Dreadnought dive bombers, escorted by twenty P-51 Mustang fighter jets, bombarded the enemy's first assault fleet indiscriminately. fry.

The first assault fleet of the island army caught off guard suddenly suffered a lot. The two destroyers on the front line were bombed and sunk, and the Musashi was also hit. The heavily armored Musashi deals deadly damage.

The tactical literacy of the island army’s navy is indeed not boastful. Compared with the Mi army in the same period, it was only higher. The artillery also fired one after another, and an airtight protective net was set up in the air. Because of the small number of escort fighter jets, the fleet of the Mi Army suddenly fell into a disadvantage. The Island Army reversed.

Seeing that it was impossible to make a deep advance, the Mi Army fleet retreated decisively. 75 planes came in, and only 42 of them escaped successfully.More than a dozen of them were shot down by the faster Zero Fighter on the way to retreat. Fortunately, the remaining dozens of Hellcats from the Third Fleet of the Mi Army took off in time and repelled the pursuit of the enemy planes. , otherwise the loss will be even greater.

In fact, the fighter jets invested by the enemy planes in this air battle were far more than the aviation units of the First Assault Fleet, and the Second Assault Fleet also heard the news.

The reason why Nimitz did not put the carrier-based aircraft on the third fleet into the escort formation was mainly due to two considerations. First, to prevent the island army from taking advantage of the opportunity to attack. Second, it was to deal with the island army's concentration of two fleets. The aviation force took advantage of the situation to attack head-on.Facts have proved that Nimitz's handling is justified. At the end of the air battle, the enemy invested at least more than 150 fighter jets. If it weren't for the more than [-] Hellcats who were waiting to work hard to fight against the enemy fleet, their bombers and torpedo planes might be killed immediately. It will follow up and launch a retaliatory bombing of the Third Fleet.

Although the price paid by the Mi Army is not insignificant, it has won at least half an hour for the Third Fleet, and the distance from the Island Army has once again been extended to [-] nautical miles. The most important thing is that the Island Army has to launch an attack again. The formation will take some time, which ensures that the Third Fleet can enter the predetermined distance without any danger.

At [-]:[-], the Taifeng aircraft carrier of the Island Army.

On the bridge, Lieutenant General Jisaburo Ozawa, commander of the First Assault Fleet, stood facing the wind, with the flag of the sun fluttering behind him.

He looked solemn, said nothing, his eyes were a little blank, no one knew what he was thinking, and no one knew what he was looking at.

Carrier-based planes kept flying back on the deck, soldiers were busy everywhere, and search and rescue ships on the sea kept shuttling, salvaging pilots who fell into the water everywhere, including those from the Mi Army and their own people.

In the distance, a destroyer is emitting thick smoke, and soldiers are performing damage control and rescue on the deck.

The formations that were dispersed during the battle began to rearrange, and ships were shuttled everywhere on the sea.Although the battle did not last long, the trouble it brought to the island army was not small.

Nozomi Matsushita, the captain of the Aviation Team of the First Assault Fleet, hurriedly appeared on the bridge and reported to Jisaburo Ozawa that all the rice army aviation units responsible for the sneak attack had departed from Midway Island, including twenty Avenger torpedo planes.As a result of the air battle, the locust army won a complete victory. With the loss of [-] fighter jets, more than [-] enemy planes were shot down. If it was not intercepted by the Hellcat fighter jets of the Mi army, the locust army had been in the air for too long, so it is not suitable to Fighting with them, this result will be expanded.

In view of the sharp decline in the number of carrier-based aircraft of the Mi Army's Third Fleet, Matsushita Nozomi suggested taking the opportunity to launch a large-scale air strike, and the annihilation of the Mi Army's Third Fleet is only a battle in sight.

However, Jisaburo Ozawa obviously had deeper considerations. He believed that the Third Fleet of the Mi Army did not carry torpedo planes and bombers, so it did not pose a threat to the Locust Army. A fleet of pursuit.

The biggest threat in front of the locust army is from Midway Island. At this time, the locust army has entered the attack radius of the land aircraft on Midway Island. If the aviation force on Midway Island is not lifted, the scene just now will continue to be staged over the locust army fleet. Therefore, , Ozawa Jisaburo proposed that the First Assault Fleet and the Second Assault Fleet would mobilize a group of aviation troops, consisting of 36 Type 36 ship-based bombers, 36 Type 108 ship-based attack aircraft and [-] escorting Zero fighter jets. A group of planes launched a surprise attack on Midway Island, destroying the logistics base and airport runway of the Mi Army.

Although the distance of [-] nautical miles exceeds the combat radius of Zero War, loading the auxiliary fuel tank is not a problem at all, and because it is not within the optimal combat radius of Zero War, the Mi Army will not be prepared. With the suddenness of the attack, the probability of success is very high high.

Once the threat on Midway Island is removed, even if all the remaining seven aircraft carriers of the Mi Army show up, the Locust Army will still completely abuse the Mi Army with the absolute advantage of ten aircraft carriers.

Matsushita Ye immediately praised Ozawa Jisaburo's plan, and immediately asked him to lead the team to carry out this glorious mission.

Ozawa agreed immediately, but the matter had to be approved by General Yamamoto 56. However, Ozawa thought this was not a problem and ordered Matsushita to prepare in advance.

As soon as Matsushita left, Ozawa immediately ordered his plan to be reported to General Yamamoto 56, and at the same time requested the Second Assault Fleet to join the attack plan.

At this time, the position of the Second Assault Fleet was no more than [-] nautical miles away from Ozawa's First Assault Fleet. After chasing at full speed overnight, it was even ahead of the First Assault Fleet, ready to outflank the Mi Army's Third Fleet at any time.

And the third assault fleet led by Admiral Yamamoto 56 as the supporting firepower for this battle is still a hundred nautical miles behind Ozawa. Once they find the remaining four aircraft carriers of the Mi Army, they will also outflank them at any time. With a strong lineup, Ozawa believes that the Mi Army will not escape this time even if they have wings.