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Chapter 264: The Commander Who Pit His Teammates!

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    On June 3, 1942, the main force formation of the Japanese Navy led by Yamamoto Ishojuku and Nagumo Chuichi arrived in the waters west of Midway Island. The two fleets separated immediately, and the main naval battle fleet was also divided into two.  Under the leadership, they quickly headed north, preparing to meet the U.S. fleet coming from the Aleutian Islands (Yamamoto Fifty-Six did not know that Nimitz had already transferred half of the fleet there, and strictly ordered the remaining warships not to leave without authorization.  Aleutian Seas.)

    The remaining warships of the main Japanese fleet were led by the Yamato and followed the aviation mobile fleet at an interval of 100 nautical miles, preparing to swarm up and destroy the US fleet after it appeared.

    ?  The aviation mobile fleet led by Nagumo Chuichi continued to sail westward. The four main aircraft carriers, Hiryu, Soryu, Akagi, and Kaga, escorted by two battleships, two heavy cruisers, and more than ten destroyers, arrived in the northwest of Midway Island.  Fang, ready to launch an air strike.

    At this time, the US aircraft carrier formation and the 17th Task Force led by Admiral Nimitz were swimming in the waters north of Midway Island, waiting for the arrival of the Japanese fleet.

    After a night of preparation, in the early morning of June 4, thirty-six Type 97 carrier-based attack aircraft, thirty-six Type 99 carrier-based bombers, and thirty-six Type Zero fighters flew from Flying Dragon, Canglong, Akagi, and Kaga Four  Lieutenant Admiral Nagumo Chuichi also dispatched reconnaissance planes to search and guard the sea to the east and south of the fleet. At the same time, the second wave of attack planes was also arrested.  On the flight deck, prepare to launch an attack on the US fleet.

    However, as in history, the two reconnaissance planes of the heavy cruiser Tone took off half an hour late due to a catapult failure, and the reconnaissance plane on the heavy cruiser Zhumo returned early due to engine problems.  The search was for the sea area where the U.S. fleet was located, which made the Japanese army happen to miss the opportunity to discover the U.S. fleet in the first place.

    However, the U.S. military used radio listening equipment to discover them when the Japanese army lifted the radio silence and launched the first wave of attacks.

    So far, all the actions of the Japanese army are exactly the same as those written in the information provided by Li Hui, as if this is a script for commanding the Japanese army.  As far as the information is concerned, in the end, he chose to believe it completely. It is no wonder that we, as future generations like Li Hui, naturally know the result of this naval battle.  It was a very dangerous battle of life and death.

    This life and death does not only refer to the officers and soldiers participating in the war, nor the US Pacific Fleet, but the direction of the entire war, and even the fate and life and death of the entire United States of America and hundreds of millions of American citizens.

    "The empire is up and down, let's fight again!" The famous words of Togo Heihachiro, former commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet and Admiral of the Japanese Navy, can't be more appropriate to describe Admiral Nimitz's current situation.

    Instead of following conventional tactics, it is better to put all your eggs in one basket and fight to the death. At least it seems that the winning rate of doing so will be very high.

    "He's from the Virgin Mary! Fight it!"

    As Nimitz made up his mind to launch a gamble, the US fleet began to launch a counterattack.

    The dive bombers and torpedo planes on the Enterprise, Hornet, and Yorktown aircraft carriers, which were tens of nautical miles apart, all took off.  Seventeen B-17 heavy bombers, four B-26 medium bombers, nineteen "Dreadnought" dive bombers, twenty-one "Retaliator" dive bombers and six "Retaliator" dive bombers on Midway Island  The torpedo planes were also fully loaded with aerial bombs and fish and flew into the sky.

    Four huge fleets with a total of nearly 260 aircraft flew towards the sea area where the Japanese aircraft carrier formation was located.

    The Japanese navy, who didn't know that the catastrophe was imminent, was still carrying out the combat plan in an orderly manner.  At dawn, a huge cluster of 108 Japanese fighter planes flew over Midway Island, only to find that the US army aviation fighter jets stationed on the island had been waiting in the air for a long time.  Without thinking too much, he rushed up as soon as he pushed the joystick.  Of course, the U.S. pilots greeted them without fear, and the fighter planes of the two sides immediately became entangled, and the Midway Naval Battle officially broke out.

    Among the 28 Army Aviation fighters that the U.S. military took off to face off, 21 were old-fashioned F2A "Buffalo" fighters, while there were only 7 F4F "Wildcat" fighters that could barely compete with the Zero Type.  The Japanese army fleet with quantitative and qualitative advantages, they were quickly defeated.

    After breaking through the interception, 72 attack planes and bombers immediately bombarded the airport on the island. Nearly a hundred aerial bombs of 100 kg and 200 kg bombed the tower, hangar, and warehouse into one.In a sea of ??flames, the airport runway was blown up and covered with scars and craters, completely useless.

    What the Japanese pilots didn't know was that their bombing did not have any impact on the combat effectiveness of the US military, because the airport was completely empty, and those US military planes would take off and trouble their mothership.

    After throwing away all the bombs, the first attack fleet of the Japanese army began to return at 7:00 in the morning. The commander of the fleet, Captain Tomonagajoichi, sent an electric power to Lieutenant General Nagumo Chuichi, requesting to send a second attack fleet to continue the bombing of Midway Island.

    At the same time, the Japanese fleet also detected a large number of active radio signals, and judged that the US fleet was active nearby. However, limited by the monitoring technology at the time, the Japanese army could not determine where the source of the radio signals was, and thus could not know.  The specific location of the U.S. fleet can only be taken after the reconnaissance plane discovers the U.S. fleet.

    However, just after Nagumo Chuichi received the telegram, the U.S. military planes that took off from Midway Island appeared in the sky above the Japanese fleet. The first to arrive were six "Retaliator" torpedo planes and four B-26 medium-sized planes.  A torpedo attack formation composed of bombers.  However, under the interception and killing of the Zero fighter jets and the fierce anti-aircraft artillery fire of the Japanese fleet, seven aircraft were shot down before this formation approached. The remaining three B-26s relied on their strong fuselage and dense  The airborne firepower escaped, but they did not dare to move forward. After drawing a huge arc in the air, they began to return with black smoke.

    This wave of attacks by the US planes, together with the report from Captain Tomonagajo City, convinced Lieutenant Admiral Nagumo that the defense of Midway Island was still strong, so he decided to replace all the torpedoes mounted by the second wave of attack aircraft on the deck with aviation  bombs for the second round of bombing of Midway.

    It is easy to say to reload a carrier-based aircraft that is ready for combat, but it is very troublesome to do it.  The aircraft with the torpedoes installed on the deck must first be sent to the hangar, and after the torpedoes are unloaded and replaced with ground-to-ground high-explosive aerial bombs, the aircraft will be transported back to the deck for take-off.

    Just as the Japanese logisticians were scrambling to transport planes and exchange bombs, the reconnaissance plane that took off from the Tone half an hour later sent a telegram, saying that a small US fleet had been spotted in the waters 200 nautical miles north of Midway Island.  Chuichi Nanyun immediately ordered the reconnaissance plane to find out whether there was an aircraft carrier in the U.S. fleet, and also ordered the suspension of reloading of the carrier-based aircraft.

    Just as Nagumo Zhongichi was waiting for the results of the investigation, the air defense alarm sounded again in the Japanese fleet¡ªthe second batch of US aircraft from Midway Island arrived.  This fleet is composed of 19 "Dreadnought" dive bombers and 21 "Retaliator" dive bombers. Although there are 40 in number, these bombers themselves are not like b-  The 26 was able to resist and fight like that, so it was quickly repelled by the fleet of Zero fighters that scrambled to take off.

    After solving these bombers, the reconnaissance plane finally sent a reply: After reconnaissance, it was found that there is indeed an aircraft carrier in the US fleet, but the specific model is unknown!  "

    Upon receiving this news, Nagumo Chuichi waved his fist fiercely, and said joyfully: "It took so much effort, the big fish finally appeared, and ordered the carrier-based aircraft to immediately switch back to the fish and launch an attack on the U.S. aviation!"

    Well, this is really what the general said, the soldier is tired and broken!  The logistics soldiers on the aircraft carrier greeted Nagumo's mother in their hearts, and at the same time sent the plane back to the hangar to reinstall the torpedoes.  But they kept urging, there was no way, in order to gain time, the logisticians had to reload the plane with torpedoes on the deck, and the unloaded bombs were all piled on the deck on the spot.

    If Nagumo Chuichi knew what happened an hour later, even if he let the US aircraft carrier run away, he would have people pull the aircraft back to the hangar to change bombs, but there was never an if in everything, and hidden dangers were buried.

    At 8:30, the first wave of attack aircraft attacking Midway Island returned to the sky above the Japanese fleet. The Zeros that had just taken off to attack the US bombers also needed to land and refuel. At this time, the second wave of attack aircraft on the deck had not completed reloading.  As a result, Nagumo Chuichi fell into a dilemma because of his stupid order just now: if the second wave of attack aircraft took off at this time, not only would the number of bombs they carry be insufficient, but there would also be no fighter jets to escort them.

    And if they insist on changing orders before taking off, the first wave of attack aircraft and escorting Zero fighters will crash into the sea due to exhaustion of fuel.  So Nagumo Chuichi had only one option left: to postpone the second wave of attacks, first take back the planes that attacked Midway and intercepted US bombers, and then reorganized the troops to attack the US task force.

    In order to shorten the attack distance, Chuichi Nagumo also ordered the Japanese fleet to approach the spotted US fleet at a speed of 25 knots.

    These erroneous orders finally led the Japanese Air Mobile Fleet to a point of no return. Sadly, its commander was the gravedigger.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com)?'s order finally led the Japanese Air Mobile Fleet to a point of no return. Sadly, its gravedigger was its commander.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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