Chapter 904: Spruance's choice

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"The Japanese plane may have taken off and it is too late to send a reconnaissance plane." Spruance looked annoyed at the nautical map in front of him, because the Pacific Ocean used to be the back garden of the US Navy, so this chart is very detailed.
The reef islands on the densely packed Solomon Islands are marked above, and these things provide a good cover for the approach of the Japanese fleet. Everyone knows that this time is not a time for complaining, but it is hard to cheer up in a short period of time.
"No, it is still necessary to send a reconnaissance plane if it is necessary to find the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet." In the end, Spruance ordered some seaplanes to take off and immediately rushed to the west to patrol to find the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet. After he gave the order, he was still in a mess.
The battleship unit of the Japanese Navy on the east side, his fleet seems to have no way to resist. Once rushed into the battleship of the Japanese Navy, the US fleet has no chance of winning, but now there are not many opportunities to send aircraft, maybe only once, this requires Prunes chose.
If he chooses to take off the plane to attack the Japanese battleship fleet on the east side, then he may obtain the results of destroying the Japanese battleship force, perhaps at the cost of the Pacific Fleet being hit hard by the Japanese army. Maybe Japan will seize the opportunity to recapture the Marshall Islands, north to Wake Island and Midway, and come to Hawaii again, and this time the United States has no fleet to stop each other.
Of course, if he ordered an attack on the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet, it wouldn't be much better. At least the Japanese battleship fleet would let the fleet he commanded fly into smoke, and when the two battleships in Halsey's hands were killed, the daylily was cold.
However, he has an advantage that the Japanese Navy does not have anyway, that is, even if the fleet in his hand is annihilated, the US Navy will still have more new battleships launched, and these Japanese navy families are not humble To put it in perspective, it is to sink one less one.
Therefore, according to this starting point, Spruance resolutely made his own response: "Order the fighter force to take off first to expel the Japanese attack aircraft group that may appear. We must seize the time to contain the first wave of attacking echelon aircraft. The three-wave attack echelon continues to stand by and is ready to go at any time "
"Yes" a liaison officer of an aviation force stood up and saluted, and then began to set up the task. The number of US aircraft carriers had an advantage. Even if the scene is a bit chaotic, but the time is out, take off the fighters bit by bit, still Barely able to do it.
Spruance's plan was this, he first let some fighters fly, to ensure the absolute safety of his fleet, and find a way to defeat the Japanese attack of the first wave of attack aircraft.
Subsequently, the battleship and other ships were used to drag the Japanese battleship to the east. It could be dragged as long as possible, and then the takeoff aircraft flew to the Japanese carrier fleet to sink the Japanese carrier fleet that was not dominant in number. In the process, his aircraft carrier fleet moved westward, leaning to the west of the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet, and distanced from the Japanese battleship forces. Then the battleships of Halsey began to go north, blocking the Japanese battleship fleet to the east, and striving to pay a heavy price to wipe out the Japanese combined fleet.
I have to say that in such a short period of time, I can come up with such a set of counter-attacks. General Spruance is also worthy of the title of his generation of generals, but there are some wishful thinking in his plan, such as Expect the two old battleships to withstand the attack of two Japanese new battleships in Nagato Mutsu.
There was a loophole in the plan, so after hearing this plan, Halsey nodded and agreed. He led his two battleships, namely the USS Washington and the USS North Carolina, to give up the pursuit of the wounded Japanese battleship and turned around. Start north.
Miura Daisuke's overwhelming aircraft and battleships against the United States ushered in his own "peak turn" when he was about to go to the end of the Ise. He watched the American warship that had entered the range hit a few shells in a hurry, and turned to stop the pursuit.
"Yamamoto's plan succeeded. These Americans are shrinking their troops." Miura Daisuke dropped the telescope in his ship's bridge command room and said to his first officer: "They gave up attacking us, which means they are going back to do it. Something more important "
He gritted his teeth, touched his command knife with his hands, and finally issued a combat command: "Turn around and chase the US battleship at full speed to entangle the two battleships and prepare for artillery."
Miura deserves the strength of the Japanese soldiers. He knows that even if his battleship safely leaves the war zone and eventually returns to Japan, it can't form any greater combat power. However, at this time of chaos, it is possible to help Yamamoto ’s main fleet and Nan Yunzhong ’s air fleet share some of the pressure of the US fleet to help his fleet win the war.
So he resolutely decided to turn around and return to sail, entangled with the US battleship, to buy more time for Yamamoto's 56 attack plan. I have to say that the Japanese Navy has established itself in the world in two naval battles for seventy years, not because of bragging and luck, but because of its cunning and fierceness. Miura Daisuke is a typical example of such a Japanese navy.
The second wave of U.S. attack aircraft in the sky has been ordered to return, and the U.S. Navy has taken some advantage first, and achieved the record of sinking the battleship Ise of the Japanese Navy. This is equivalent to taking the "single blood" of the battle of Solomon. Morale is boosted.
"Fire the gun and tell the group of Americans that we are here." Miura followed his command knife and stared at the sea to issue combat orders: "Pay attention to the air combat alert, be careful of the American plane and return to the Marshal Yamamoto Telegraph to tell him my ship Return to the war zone, prepare to entangle the US battleship, and ask him to wait for the opportunity "
"Yoshi Nishiura Daizuo really is a model of the imperial navy." Yamamoto even felt a little sorry. He felt that if he appointed Miura as the commander-in-chief of the decoy fleet, he might be able to play better. However, when he heard that the former battleships of the United States began to shrink, he was shocked by the rapid reaction of the US Navy.
Since Miura decided to completely sacrifice the decoy fleet to help him accomplish his great cause, then Yamamoto should not be stingy, so he immediately ordered and sent a message to the base camp to temporarily promote Miura Daisuke to Major General Miura.
So there was a serious loophole in Spruance's plan, that is, he hoped to go back and deal with the Yamamoto fleet of the Halsey fleet, which is now entangled by a broken ship in Miura. The whole battlefield is now unpredictable and has become a mess.
"The Japanese attack aircraft group is close to" the US Navy with radar really has an advantage over the Japanese navy with blind eyes. When the Japanese aircraft approached the US fleet, the US radar discovered these uninvited guests.
So the American planes standing by in the sky greeted the attacking fleet of Japanese troops. Japan ’s Zero fighters are still a very dangerous opponent even if they are familiar with the performance of the United States, because these aircraft are piloted by the most elite Japanese pilots, and if they are accidentally bitten by these crazy sky hounds .
The fighter planes of the two sides soon intertwined together. There was a constant explosion of the aircraft in the sky, the roar of the engine when the two sides pulled up the aircraft, and the roar of the engine when diving, making the sky of the Solomon Islands noisy. . A tremendous air battle kicked off, and the first wave of Japanese attack echelons fell into a bitter battle.
With a slogan shouted, the pilot of a Japanese aircraft of "Wu Yun Long" shouted a slogan and drove a torpedo plane toward an American aircraft carrier. Obviously, the air defense firepower of the US military is very fierce, and some US destroyers are also dispersing the offensive formation of Japanese aircraft as much as possible. Dazzling straight lines dragged by tracer bombs everywhere in the sky, forming a large airtight net.
The plane collided with a fire net ejected from an American anti-aircraft gun, and instantly turned into a pile of burning debris, but another Japanese plane behind this plane luckily rushed across the air defense fire net and put a The torpedo was accurately directed at the US aircraft carrier in the distance.
A white straight line stretched fast in the sea, and then hit the USS Navy aircraft carrier Assault, and then the huge explosion slowed down the aircraft carrier, igniting a raging fire, which was difficult to extinguish for a time. With such a good start, Japanese aircraft will naturally not waste opportunities, and seized the opportunity to throw a few torpedoes at this aircraft carrier.
So the USS Assaulter ’s hull began to tilt in the explosion, and the main fleet just started fighting, and it sank an aircraft carrier. This is definitely not good news for the US Navy fleet. Spruance is in the Hornets. Seeing the billowing smoke in the distance on the bridge of the aircraft carrier, I did not know how to end this as soon as possible.
Soon, these Japanese carrier aircraft showed their superiority in attack quality. After all, these carrier aircraft pilots were also the last elite of the Japanese naval aviation. They continued to attack the American fleet, with heavy casualties, and even created an unparalleled opportunity.
The Saratoga aircraft carrier was hit by a Japanese aircraft and started to burn. This was the second main carrier of the US Navy to be hit. This also means that the US aircraft carrier fleet has lost almost half of its troops before it has started to fight back.
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