Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 3007 Despair
While the battleship formation of the U.S. Pacific Fleet led by Jin and the Chinese defenders in Guam were engaged in fierce artillery battles, the remnants of the Japanese Combined Fleet led by Yamaguchi Fudo and the aircraft carrier formation of the U.S. Pacific Fleet led by Li Mei finally joined forces in the southern waters of the Palau Islands in the Pacific Ocean. .

The Americans came so quickly when they encountered a sniper. Neither Yamaguchi nor Ozawa were fools.Before being attacked by the Chinese Pacific Fleet, the two will definitely have another big fight.But now, because they realize that there is only a chance of survival through cooperation, even if the two of them hate the Americans so much, they dare not mention it.

On the Japanese side, they waited for the meeting with a dark face, while on the American side, Li Mei was also in a very uncomfortable mood. "Cleverness is misunderstood by cleverness", no matter whether Li Mei has heard of this Chinese proverb before, now he has deeply understood the essence of it.The current situation of the Americans is the standard "lose the wife and lose the army".

Both Shankou and Li Mei can be regarded as strategic masters, and they were really impressed by Chen Ce and Bai Chongxi yesterday, so even if the reunion is imminent, they still dare not relax their vigilance, and sent out reconnaissance planes to scout around early in order to avoid Was attacked by the Chinese fleet again.

Soon, the fighter planes of both sides spotted the Chinese fleet in the waters near the Palau Islands in the Pacific Ocean.This discovery made Yamaguchi and Li Mei almost desperate.Regardless of the Japanese combined fleet or the US aircraft carrier fleet, for them, what they need most now is to rest and reorganize, to be able to find a port to dock and then repair the damaged warships, especially the aircraft carrier.And because the coastal strongholds and bases along Papua Island were almost completely destroyed by the Chinese fleet, the Philippines became their only hope, but the Chinese seemed to have thought of this a long time ago, and they actually blocked their way.

"What should we do now? If we force a breakthrough, in the absence of air power, the chance of success will be very low——Yamaguchi-san, I don't know why, I just can't trust the American General Kim, and I always feel that his judgment is too far-fetched If the Chinese fleet still has enough ammunition, then our forced breakthrough is likely to be death!" Ozawa.

Yamaguchi also didn't believe Jin's judgment. He pondered for a while and said, "It seems that we can only ask the headquarters for tactical guidance. If Yamato Soul can participate in the battle, and if we gather the strength of the Americans, we may not have no hope of success!"

Ozawa smiled bitterly: "Do we still have a choice now?"

Yamaguchi asked Koizumi Toshiichiro for help. Considering the current situation of the Japanese army in Southeast Asia, this is actually a very irresponsible behavior.

Life is not easy for Toshiichiro Koizumi!The release of American prisoners of war led to the conclusion of a secret treaty between Japan and the United States. In Toshiichiro Koizumi's opinion, this was the most successful "golden touch" since he traveled.However, because the ensuing land battles and naval battles were not good enough, the situation in Japan did not seem to have changed even a little bit. Gradually, he began to doubt whether his original decision was correct.And for a commander of his level, the impact on the entire Japanese army in Southeast Asia can be said to be fatal.

Originally, in Koizumi Toshiichiro's conception, as long as the industrial base of the Singapore generation can be preserved, even if the combined fleet loses part of its combat power, or even has to retreat back, this is acceptable.But the problem now is that the United Fleet is not only a problem of damage to combat power, but may completely "sink", which is not within the scope of his acceptance.

China's South China Sea Fleet launched a high-profile expedition—this was another blow to Koizumi. He knew very well that this small Chinese fleet appeared in the Malay Peninsula when the combined fleet's combat power was greatly damaged and it would even be forced to remain silent for a certain period of time. What kind of bad consequences the vicinity will bring to the Malan war situation.

"Misfortunes never come singly! It's true that misfortunes never come singly!" His attention was originally swayed by the terrible situation of the United Fleet, but now he had to be distracted to consider the next step of the Malan campaign.

Yamaguchi didn't know that before the water reconnaissance plane he sent out found the Chinese fleet, Koizumi had already known the information that the Chinese fleet appeared near the Palau Islands.Not only that, but on the chart in front of him, the specific location of the Chinese fleet has been marked.Through the observation of sea charts, he also had an insight into the motives of the Chinese fleet one step earlier than Yamaguchi. .

The original plan of Chen Ce and Bai Chongxi was to seize the favorable terrain and prevent the American and Japanese fleets from meeting.However, man is not as good as heaven, because there was a little deviation in the calculation of the position of the US aircraft carrier formation, which resulted in the current situation.That is to say, the Chinese fleet arrived in the waters of the Palau Islands in the Pacific Ocean ahead of the US and Japanese fleets, while the US and Japanese fleets were blocked by them to the south of the waters of the Palau Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

This calculation error could have been fatal, but fortunately, Huang Tianxun's raid fleet managed to cripple the US aircraft carrier formation. In this way, Chen Ce and Bai Chongxi discovered through calculations that they were capable of fighting the US and Japanese fleets at the same time. At that time, the two of them immediately changed their strategy, and simply divided their troops into three groups, instead of trying to divide and annihilate them, they began to implement delaying tactics.

For Jin, it was definitely a huge irony. He thought that the Chinese fleet would run out of stored ammunition supplies and would no longer be able to continue fighting. Little did he know that his opponent was planning to drag down his aircraft carrier formation at this time.

"Many colleagues have mentioned that if General Toshiichiro Koizumi, the head of the Japanese army in Southeast Asia at that time, used the Yamato Spirits to fight against the Chinese fleet, it might be able to rewrite the outcome of the Palau naval battle. In this regard, I can only say that they are too overestimated The strength of the Japanese Yamato Soul Team. Yes, the Japanese special attack troops did have amazing performances in the battle against the United States, especially in the battle against the US Pacific Fleet, which almost influenced the outcome of the battle. But it must be emphasized that they were Against the Chinese, they have almost never won. So my point is that whether or not the Nichida and Soul Team participated in the Palau naval battle, it can’t actually affect its final result! In other words, in the Chinese fleet After the successful air attack on the Japanese combined fleet, the Chinese air fortress group and the raid fleet successfully calculated the US aircraft carrier formation, the outcome of the Palau naval battle is already doomed..."

The above text also comes from the related discussion of the Second Pacific War by Stemin, an American military historian borrowed from China.

Closer to home, because Koizumi Toshiichiro was worried that the appearance of the Chinese South Sea Fleet would affect the final outcome of the Malan Battle, he decided to use the Yamato Spirit Squad to contain the Chinese fleet.And his decision, for Yamaguchi and Ozawa, is tantamount to cutting off their last hope.

(End of this chapter)