Chapter 583: Battle of Wake Island

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On the calm sea, an American destroyer walked through the waves. The sea breeze blew across the flag on the battleship. The sailors looked up nervously at the sky, clenching the adjustment roulette on the artillery in their hands, waiting for the enemy to appear.
A few minutes ago, the fleet sounded the air defense alert, and the encounter with the Japanese naval fleet was inevitable, and the time for the decisive battle officially arrived. The US Navy assembled all the forces he could find to defend Wake Island, and the Japanese Navy also took out its own original capital and prepared to fight against the US forces on Wake Island.
"Airplane! Japanese plane!" A sailor pointed to the sky to remind his companion loudly, he was standing on the high lookout tower, which was set near the top of the destroyer's mast.
This sailor is carrying a high-powered telescope. His job is to look out over the sea, give early warning and instruct comrades to attack the incoming enemy aircraft. Today's weather is very good, there are no clouds, clear and windy, so he found the Japanese naval attack aircraft flying densely over a long distance.
"My God! So many?" A veteran with a beard murmured as he looked at the sky that seemed to be covered by dark clouds. Over his head, at least 30 Japanese aircraft did not mean to dive, and were flying towards the core of the US fleet.
"Fire!" With an order, the artillery on the American destroyer began to roar, and one after another shells flew into the sky, exploding at a predetermined height, and turned into a group of gorgeous fireworks. Japan ’s Zero aircraft interspersed between these artillery fires, it seems that the shooters of the American anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns are very annoying.
"Aim! Don't mess! Shoot according to the divided area! Don't give Japanese aircraft a dive space! Quick! Fire!" The air defense commander stood on the open air defense command bridge and commanded loudly, and beside him, US soldiers shooting at the sky with a 12.7 mm caliber machine gun are desperately aiming at a Japanese torpedo attack aircraft.
Japanese planes did not mean to dive and attack at all. Their target was an important target behind these destroyers, so they had no time to waste their energy on these small destroyers. Nan Yun Zhongyi's idea was very simple, that is, he sank the last US aircraft carrier in one breath, and avenged the revenge of the Philippine Green War.
In the rear, on the bridge of the Japanese Navy ’s aircraft carrier Akagi, Nan Yunzhong and General Yamamoto 56 are analyzing the current engagement between the two sides. The entire bridge is very busy, many radio stations are ticking, and some Shao Zuo and Zhong Zuo officers are analyzing the information transmitted from various aspects.
"The water reconnaissance aircraft fired from the battleship King Kong found the US fleet in this area. I ordered the first wave of attacking forces to take off, search and attack this area 15 minutes ago. They just confirmed the information from the pilot aircraft The fleet is attacking one of the battleships. "Nan Yun pointed to the map and introduced Yamamoto's current engagement situation.
In fact, the flagship of Yamamoto fifty-six, the flagship of the United Fleet, is the new battleship captain of the Japanese Navy launched in 1922, but because Yamamoto saw the aircraft carrier ’s future in the battle of the German Navy ’s carrier fleet challenging the sea power of the British Empire. Combat ability, so often moved the headquarters to the Chicheng Nanyun Zhongyi.
Soon Yamamoto fell in love with the spacious battleship such as an aircraft carrier. The straight and spacious deck is easy to relax, and better still, the aircraft carrier can easily provide a larger command room and an officer lounge for Yamamoto to enjoy. Compared with battleships, the software and hardware are not inferior.
He knew that at this moment several battleships in Japan had begun to search forward and attack, approaching the fleet of the US Navy. However, it was obvious that the reaction speed and propulsion speed of the carrier-based aircraft were even better. His battleship fleet had not returned any news. The carrier-based aircraft in Nan Yunzhong's hands has already begun to attack.
"Nan Yunjun, in the future naval battle, the aircraft carrier fleet will inevitably occupy a place. The future of the imperial navy will depend on the commander of an air fleet like you." Fifty-six Yamamoto is a typical bureaucratic commander, let him coordinate Predicting the trend of the battle is definitely a genius-level expert, but if you want him to direct the front-line fleet to fight directly, that is not his strength.
The entire combined fleet is now almost in a mess. The landing fleet is approaching Wake Island, but the battleship originally intended to support the landing troops was transferred to other seas by a command of Yamamoto to search for the fleet that attacked the United States. As a result, the landing forces suffered heavy losses at the beach, but still did not achieve the desired results.
Nanyun Zhongyi ’s carrier-based aircraft performed well, saving some points for the Japanese Navy. His aircraft was attacking the US Navy fleet, relying on the excellent performance and ultra-long range of the Zero fighter. The Japanese Navy launched earlier than the US Navy. Attack.
Just as Yamamoto mobilized his large combined fleet a little bit chaotically, the US Navy was already miserable. All the carrier fighters on the Saratoga carrier took off and were entangled with the Japanese fighters coming in the air, but the number of Japanese aircraft was much more than that of the US military, and the Air Force was unable to withdraw its troops in time. To support, so the US Navy can only rely on itself now.
It is obviously not an easy task to deal with more and more Japanese aircraft by yourself. After all, although there are three battleships in the US fleet that have just been repaired, these battleships have internal injuries, and the most terrible is because of the age of the ship. The air defense firepower of the battleship is not perfect.
To put it bluntly, this seemingly huge US fleet has a bit of a patchwork flavor inside. In fact, 80% of the US Navy ’s military strength is already here, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the fleet is a patchwork. It's just that the patchwork fleet will soon pay for their helplessness.
The battleship Nevada was first hit by a Japanese torpedo, and its speed slowed down completely. The Japanese planes in the sky swooped down like smelling flies, and the battleship Nevada was seriously injured by the Japanese plane in just half an hour. It was about to sink.
Shortly after the USS Nevada was seriously injured, the USS Tennessee was also hit by a Japanese aircraft, which caused a raging fire. The US fleet immediately showed the fatigue of hitting a swollen face and being fat. Several important warships were all chaotically hit and caught fire. Even Japanese pilots could not believe that they could easily defeat such a huge American fleet.
If the last victory in the attack on Pearl Harbor, to a certain extent, allowed the Japanese naval aviation to establish their self-confidence, it was only after all attacking a fixed target anchored in the port, and it was not considered a regular sea battle. But this time the situation is different. The Japanese Navy and the US Navy are engaged in normal engagement. The results obtained by the Japanese Navy aircraft are genuine, and there is no more water.
"No way! There are too many Japanese planes, and their aircraft carriers are at least four times ours. We don't even have room to fight back." The US military commander sighed helplessly and put down his telescope. Said unwillingly.
His battleship was not far away, the battleship Nevada was slowly sinking, and the battleship Tennessee had also exploded and twisted, and the fire was skyrocketing. The US fleet had no room to fight back at all. The morale of the Japanese squadron that had attacked the Philippine offshore a few days ago was revived by the ferocious Japanese navy air force.
The anti-aircraft guns on the American destroyers and cruisers fired wildly against the air. The tracer also made the trajectory clear during the day. However, the Japanese aircraft that were shot down were pitiful. Most of the time, American sailors could only watch their friendly fighters being killed by Japanese Zero aircraft one after another.
"How could there be such an aircraft? The maneuverability is so good and the speed is so fast?" A US Navy officer complained with a telescope: "I heard that the German fw-190d fighter is very powerful, even better than this kind of aircraft? "
While he was talking, another Army Air Force fighter p-40 was hit by the Japanese plane. This American plane dragged long thick smoke into the sea, crashed into the sea and splashed tall. Water column.
"My God! Another shot down!" He stared at the agitated water column on the sea, his frightened face filled with incredible expression. He did not believe that there was an aircraft more fierce than the Japanese Navy Air Force Zero fighter, nor did he believe that the US Navy could defeat such an opponent today.
"Captain! Telegram!" A sergeant rushed over and handed a telegram to the US officer. The content written above made the American destroyer captain even more frustrated. He looked back in the direction of his fleet. Then he ordered the rescue of as many people as possible, and then left the battlefield.
The telegraph contained news that the US flagship Saratoga was sunk. The commander of the US Pacific Fleet was killed by a bomb dropped by a Japanese plane and killed in his own combat post. With the death of the commander, the battleship Nevada sank, the battleship Tennessee sank, and the other battleship Oklahoma failed to escape the sinking fate. After a few kilometers from the war zone, it was killed by Japanese aircraft. Found that sunk on the road to defeat.
With the victory of the Navy, the Japanese landing forces finally gained a foothold on Wake Island. After a few hours of perseverance, the US Army Defense Forces were ordered to lay down their weapons and surrender to the Japanese army. The battle on Wake Island was all over At this moment, the Japanese navy has found the world invincible.