Chapter 864: lucky

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"Command room! Command room! This is the first observation post, there is no shadow of the current American ship!" A Japanese navy soldier lowered his telescope in the observation post on the mast. The waters near the Marshall Islands have been warm and springy, and the sea breeze is blowing on my face, I feel very comfortable.
Just as the US Navy was preparing to learn the advanced combat experience of the German Navy, it installed the advanced gadgets such as radar on the low-cost naval combat ships such as destroyers. The Japanese Navy has no such high treatment, because the "electric probe" used by the Japanese Navy is almost as large as a truck, and it can barely be installed on heavy cruisers. Warships like destroyers are not blessed to enjoy.
Moreover, this kind of radar is not very easy to use, and the price is very expensive. Japan has not produced a few good ones. All of them have been booked by battleships and new aircraft carriers. There is no extra left for destroyers like boats.
So when the German navy destroyers have enjoyed the color radar screen, and when the US Navy has begun to use radar to replace personnel alert, the sailors of the Japanese navy can only stand on the tall mast and use the telescope to alert the vast Sea surface.
On the destroyer's bridge, a captain of the Japanese destroyer Nakasa put down the telescope in his hand and gave a slight order to his first officer to adjust the course. Since the US Navy has taken the initiative on the battlefield, the Japanese Navy's days have become worse.
The King Kong-class battlecruisers were transferred to the homeland to participate in the modification of the radar system, and the joint fleet was lacking three main battleships for no reason. Because of the lack of sufficient naval aviation, the two aircraft carriers under the Second Air Fleet, the Canglong and the Feilong, were also forced to retreat to Taiwan for reorganization. The current joint fleet can be said to be unable to reach half of its combat power at its peak.
Fifty-six Marshal Yamamoto sat in the Marshall Islands from a staring eye, and always sought a decisive battle with the U.S. Navy, which now became the trapped Marshall Islands, and he was struggling to support the war against the US military. He himself didn't know what had happened, so that the situation he was facing collapsed so quickly.
"Keep on alert! The fleet of the US Navy has been operating more and more frequently in the vicinity recently. We must be careful!" The captain of this destroyer is also the commander of a destroyer squadron. He is responsible for commanding three destroyers and alerting this film In the waters, avoid the US Navy from being too close to the combined fleet of the Marshall Islands.
As he said, the U.S. Navy did come to provocation frequently frequently recently, because the power between the United States and Japan is close to balance. Nimitz, Spruance, and the mighty Halsey are not easy people. They judge. Out of the blue and yellow of the Japanese Navy, so decisively changed the strategy of shrinking defense, ready to use this time to play as best as possible.
The war situation in Europe no longer allows the optimism of the US high level, the situation in the Middle East is on the verge of collapse, Turkey and Egypt are on the wings, and the US troops in the Middle East are miserable. The last point of the British family is not enough to cope with Rommel ’s aggressiveness. .
And the aid in the Soviet Union did not have any expected effect. The Soviet Union lost its ground and lost ground on the Soviet-German battlefield. It made the current American high level have a little comment on Roosevelt's war strategy. It is precisely because the United States is somewhat weak on the German battlefield, so the Roosevelt Group hopes that on the Pacific battlefield, they can recover their lost confidence.
This is also the latest strategy the United States has come up with-Pacific first, then Europe. The central idea of ​​this strategy is to first annihilate Japan, which truly threatens the United States, and then go back and consider the gains and losses of the battlefield in Europe and the Middle East.
The introduction of such a strategy shows that the Germans have basically achieved their strategic purpose: to defeat US attempts to interfere in Europe and the Middle East with consecutive victories, forcing the US military to avoid a decisive battle with the Germans in unfavorable regions.
However, in fact, the United States has not completely given up on interfering with the Soviet-German War. Based on the data comparison, the United States provided the Soviet Union with three times more strategic materials than the Soviet-German war at the moment, including more tank targeting systems. More steel raw materials and more advanced machine tool equipment. Many American engineers even reached the Far East of the Soviet Union to help the Soviet Union train skilled workers.
In the Far East, the reason why the Soviet army dared to deploy 3o divisions westward was because the United States provided a full 2o division of guns and ammunition to help the Soviet Union form 2o new American divisions in the Far East. Unreliable, but it really helped the Soviet Union solve the problem of insufficient equipment.
However, there is one thing that is undoubtedly true, that is, the United States has placed its own strategic focus on the Pacific Ocean, and this shift in strategic focus has indeed brought a huge return-the US military has recaptured it The initiative on the Pacific battlefield and successive victories gave Roosevelt and the group behind him a chance to breathe. At least on the surface, the prospects for war in the United States were promising.
"Signal to the other two destroyers! Tell them that we are adjusting the course and let them pay attention to follow up." The captain of the destroyer then added a command. Suddenly, without knowing why, his heart became inexplicably irritable, making his whole person uncomfortable.
So he turned his head, looked at the two destroyers driving on his flank in the distance, and then said to his deputy: "I do n’t know what the purpose of His Excellency Marshal Yamamoto ’s frequent visits to this sea area. There is no carrier-based aircraft and Radar, it is impossible for us to show American traces first. "
As if to confirm his complaint, and as if to explain his inexplicable annoyance just now, the telephone bell corresponding to the warning post on the mast suddenly blew. The first officer walked over and grabbed the phone, and the Japanese watchman on the alert sent out a heartbreaking warning: "Front ahead! Right ahead! The enemy's warship! It's very fast! We are approaching our side!"
"What? What's going on?" The Japanese captain questioned loudly, frowning.
His chief mate quickly reported the incident to him: "Your Excellency Nakasa! Now the US Navy battleship! The specific model cannot be judged! Please give a combat command and sound the combat alert."
Because the Japanese navy ’s destroyer training is very good, as a naval power, Japan has always paid more attention to destroyer tactics. In addition, the oxygen torpedo developed by the Japanese navy is a very advanced torpedo weapon in World War II. , Have never suffered a big loss.
In several small-scale collisions, the Japanese destroyers were more victorious and sank many destroyers of the US Navy. Although he suffered a lot of losses, he never lost. This is one of the reasons why Yamamoto fifty-six dared to release the destroyer for investigation.
However, the US Navy built the destroyer much faster than Japan, so even if the Japanese Navy defeated the US in the battle of the destroyer, it could not bear such huge consumption, which is one of the important reasons for the depression of Yamamoto 56.
"Raise the battle alert! The fleet adjusts the voyage! Pull into the distance!" As the commander of this reconnaissance fleet, this Nakasa immediately issued a combat command, and he did not need to back down. In general, the contacts in this case are American ships. Retreat first, or lose out. As a naval commander of the Japanese Imperial Army, he still has confidence that he can surpass his American counterparts.
Over time, the US Navy did not mean to avoid this time. The two sides moved towards each other, and the distance was quickly pulled in. At this time, the Japanese Navy's watchman had a problem, so he sent back very important information: "Report the bridge! The US Navy is larger, it should be a larger cruiser or heavy cruiser! Not a destroyer!"
This is worth considering. Although the destroyers compete against each other in the Japanese Navy, but if the destroyers are used to fight the cruisers, Nakasuo still thinks that he still lacks the certainty of winning. Moreover, the other party is not just a cruiser, but a cruiser with several destroyers.
"Sign the other two destroyers and tell them to adjust their course to the left by 3 degrees to prepare for shelling and torpedo shooting!" After thinking about it, Zuo Zuosi decided to focus on stability. At the same time he issued the combat command, he also issued a command to report to the joint fleet: "Telegram to the main fleet! Tell them that we have the American cruiser fleet and are preparing to engage! Let them respond in time and send reinforcements!"
"Hi!" The chief officer nodded and hurried to do these things. Just as the chief officer got the command of the captain, a large-caliber shell fell so abruptly near the side of the destroyer On the sea, a huge water column was stirred. The captain was stunned by the scene in front of him. He did not know why the US military fired at a distance of 15 kilometers, and it was so accurate.
"Baga Yalu! These Yankee shells have long eyes?" Zhong Zuo looked at the exploded water column on the sideboard and cursed. What he didn't know was that the opposite US Navy was also stunned by the magical artillery fired by them. They were cheering and firing their more magical second artillery.
"Boom!" With a loud noise, the 2o3 mm main gun on the US Navy cruiser actually shot the Japanese destroyer for the second time, and the shell hit the front turret of the destroyer. By the time the Japanese turret and the bridge passed half of the Japanese army.
"Call Xuefeng! Call Xuefeng! We were hit! The captain was killed! Request rescue!" On the collapsed bridge, the first officer with a face mourned.
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Three more offerings, warriors of the empire, good night!
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