Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 2986 Finding the Target
The Chinese Pacific Fleet made the final sprint, and the Japanese Combined Fleet, Yamaguchi ordered his subordinates to call the US Pacific Fleet to inform them that they had found the exact location of the Chinese Fleet and would be there tomorrow morning. Launch an attack on the Chinese fleet.

Yamaguchi's telegram is very skillful in wording, and there is no such statement as requesting the US fleet to come to the battle. He obviously fully considered the delicate relationship between the two fleets. Jin's sophistication, he will never fail to see the true intention behind sending this telegram.

The war was about to break out, just as Chen Ce and Bai Chongxi had hoped for support from the Chinese Supreme Command before, and Shankou was also fully mobilizing all the conditions that could be used.

There is no doubt that tomorrow's decisive battle will be at the national strategic level for both China and Japan. In other words, neither side can afford to lose.

As for why Yamaguchi did not consider that the Chinese fleet would take the initiative to launch an attack, or even launch a night attack, some military historians of later generations made incisive conclusions when they left behind.This military historian named Shi Taiming, who was originally from the United States and later became a Chinese national, believes that Yamaguchi made this mistake not because of lack of ability, but because of the influence of the times.In layman's terms, it's not that Yamaguchi couldn't think of it, but that there has never been a similar incident in the history of war before, so he doesn't think the Chinese fleet has this capability at all.

After the naval battle entered the aircraft carrier duel, it is true that the combat radius and depth of the naval battle have been greatly extended, but at the same time, at least for a certain period of time, corresponding restrictions have also appeared.

It is not uncommon in the history of World War II to use aviation forces to launch night attacks on enemy targets.But that is based on a fixed target and ground guidance.As for launching night attacks on moving targets at sea, because there is still a lack of professional positioning systems and night vision systems, this is basically an impossible task for fighters of this era.

Yamaguchi wasn't worried that the Chinese fleet would launch a night attack at all. What he cared more about now was whether the Chinese fleet's position could be locked.Compared with the Japanese fleet, the Chinese fleet has a certain speed advantage. If the Chinese fleet wants to escape in the long night, it will be really troublesome for the Japanese.Of course, this is actually a good thing for Yamaguchi, who is not determined to fight.

At this time, the Japanese still have high hopes that the Americans can end the Guam battle early so that they can come over in time.

Another reason why Yamaguchi didn't even think about the possibility of being attacked by the Chinese fleet at night was that he thought he had plenty of means to deal with it if it happened.

To deal with this situation, the easiest way is to implement the fleet's collective lighting silence; secondly, you can adopt a method of mixing fish and dragons, such as making the escort ships brightly lit to attract the attention of the enemy, while the capital ships collectively turn off their lights.

Yamaguchi thought the battle would happen after dawn, and Koizumi Toshiichiro thought the same.It's just that Xu Kai's South China Sea Fleet's high-profile expedition may affect the outcome of the Ganbang decisive battle. At this time, in comparison, he cares about Xu Kai's South China Sea Fleet even more than Chen Ce's Pacific Fleet.

The Japanese thought the battle would take place the next day, and so did the Americans.However, perhaps because of the success of the trick, the Americans reacted much more excitedly than the Japanese.Both the United States and Japan have liaison officers in each other's fleets. Long before Yamaguchi decided to notify the United States, the liaison officer of the US Pacific Fleet sent back relevant information to Kim through his own means.At that time, the squadron led by Jin was about [-] kilometers away from Guam.Originally, his plan was to launch an attack on Guam two days later, but after receiving this information, he felt that attacking Guam in advance would strengthen the confidence of the Chinese fleet in a decisive battle with the Japanese fleet and mislead the Chinese, so he decided to attack Guam overnight. Go forward and try to attack immediately after daylight.That night, after receiving a notification telegram from Yamaguchi, he called Li Mei, telling the latter that he would launch an attack on Guam immediately after dawn, and asked Jin to pay attention to grasping the rhythm and strengthening his cooperation with Johns (US Combined Fleet in Japan) Chief Liaison Officer) - "From the intelligence we have, the Chinese are obviously unaware that you are following behind the Japanese fleet. This is an excellent opportunity for the United States to regain control of the Pacific Ocean. Remember, the timing of the attack We must grasp it well. It is true that Japan is our ally now, but we know from the past that our ally is not worthy of our cherishing too much! I hope you can understand what I mean!"

The exact time Li Mei received Jin's telegram was 53:10 p.m., 43 minutes ahead, which is 137:5. At the point of [-]° east longitude and [-]° north latitude, a reconnaissance plane of the Chinese fleet Traces of the Japanese Combined Fleet were discovered.

At that time, the Japanese combined fleet was advancing steadily from east to west at a speed of about [-] knots per hour.

The Chinese pilot who drove this reconnaissance plane was named Li Hao, a young man who was only 23 years old.When the dense lights of the Japanese fleet suddenly turned up from the sea level and fell into Li Hao's eyes, he couldn't react immediately.A few seconds later, as the light became more "brilliant", he suddenly realized his mission, and immediately exclaimed: "Devil Fleet!" Then, he immediately pressed the call button and shouted excitedly Said: "003 calls Tiger Shark, 003 calls Tiger Shark!"

"Tiger Shark" is the code name of Xia Quanyong's landline.This night attack was of great importance, so Xia Quanyong insisted on leading the army in person despite the objections of Chen Ce and Bai Chongxi.Xia Quanyong was driving a golden eagle whose equipment was more like a command plane. When he heard Li Hao's call, he immediately realized that Li Hao must have discovered something, so he immediately responded: "Tiger shark received, tiger shark received!"

"Report 003! Target found! Target found!"

"Tiger Shark received! Very good, specific location, report specific location!"

In the headquarters of the Huangdi aircraft carrier, Bai Chongxi was fine and could divert his attention by analyzing the enemy's situation, but Chen Ce was already a little bit impatient.The first batch of golden eagles that took on the reconnaissance mission took off at 003:[-]. At the speed of the golden eagles, if the Japanese fleet was heading towards each other, they should have found something in about half an hour.And now, an hour has passed, but there is still no news from the front line. Could it be that the little devil didn't come forward at all?Chen Ce was a little anxious. Suddenly, a communications staff officer on the left behind him stood up from his seat and shouted loudly: "Here we come! Tiger Shark reported that our [-] reconnaissance plane has spotted the target!"

"Have you found the Japanese fleet?!" Bai Chongxi straightened up from the sand table and asked before Chen Ce.

"Yes!"

Bai Chongxi turned his head to meet Chen Ce's gaze, and both found some kind of light shining in the other's eyes. Chen Ce said, "Call back and tell Tiger Shark to launch an attack immediately!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)