Age of Conquest Reborn

June 5th was definitely a gloomy day for Admiral Nimitz, commander of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet.

Nimitz commanded an aircraft carrier formation composed of four aircraft carriers and more than a dozen warships. After completing regular training three days ago, he was returning to the Pearl Harbor base in accordance with the order of General Jeff Field, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, preparing to sail to South Korea.

In the Pacific battlefield, the fleet also has the task of escorting the 1st and 3rd Marine Divisions.

Admiral Nimitz was absolutely uncomfortable with this mission. The only reason for his discomfort was Lieutenant General MacArthur, the commander of the Southeast Asia and South Pacific Headquarters.

Logically speaking, two people serving in different branches of the military, one on land and the other on sea, should have no overlap or conflict, but fate plays tricks on people like this. Ten years ago, the two of them were in the Senior Command Department of the California Military Academy together.

When I was studying in the general class, I unfortunately became a classmate. Both of them were arrogant and competitive guys.

During their one year as classmates, MacArthur and Nimitz each became the leader of the Army cadets and Navy cadets in the class. They represented their different viewpoints. Conflicts were inevitable. They usually suppressed each other and undermined each other behind their backs.

They used their own methods to fight, and the fight was endless, and a deep hatred was formed from this, and the relationship between the two further became sour.

Even to the point of being incompatible, the two people didn't even bother to stand together in their graduation photos. The year they were classmates was spent in constant fighting between the two. MacArthur's evaluation of Nimitz was "

Nimitz said that MacArthur was "arrogant and arrogant, and had great ambitions but little talent." Nimitz's evaluation of each other clearly shows their bad relationship.

Fortunately, one is in the Army and the other is in the Navy, so there is no possibility for the two of them to work together. Otherwise, something terrible might have happened. However, things have changed, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff issued an order to separate themselves from that MacArthur guy.

They were pinched together. Moreover, they had to obey the command of that ambitious and talented guy. It was not just his own military rank. He was one level higher than MacArthur. Is that guy worthy of commanding me?

Therefore, although Nimitz had the passion of a soldier in his heart and longed for the smoke-filled battlefield, he was still resistant to going to the South Pacific battlefield to be commanded by MacArthur and was not very motivated. Anyway, the order of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was to let the Pacific Fleet

Setting off after June 8, the aircraft carrier fleet will not be in a hurry to return to Pearl Harbor and sail leisurely on the sea.

Perhaps it was fate, or perhaps God's favor. The aircraft carrier formation was supposed to return to the Pearl Harbor base on the evening of June 4th. However, due to a combination of circumstances and Nimitz's passive approach, the two-day voyage ended with four journeys.

It took so long that the aircraft carrier formation escaped disaster.

Although it was fortunate that the aircraft carrier formation was not baptized by the bombs of the Japanese Navy's carrier-based aircraft, and did not have to become a pile of scrap metal on the seabed like other warships parked in Pearl Harbor, Nimitz's irritability was not at all

Quite a few.

The cause was a telegram from Admiral Jefferfield, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ordering him to immediately report the specific losses of the Pacific Fleet. Poor Admiral Nimitz was in the same situation as MacArthur in the early morning of June 1st.

The situation is strikingly similar to that of the other two. The war has already begun, and I basically don’t understand the situation of the troops.

The same was true on the island of Hawaii. Nimitz sent several telegrams but received no reply. In addition to receiving a funeral telegram that "Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese fleet", Nimitz had no idea about the situation in Hawaii.

With his eyes darkened, how could he reply to the telegram from the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

The position of the Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier formation is currently in the waters near Midway Island, northwest of Hawaii Island, only more than 600 nautical miles away from Pearl Harbor. There is no way back from Pearl Harbor. It was bombed to pieces by Japanese planes, so the formation can be

What to do next? Should we return to the mainland of the United States, or anchor in the waters near Hawaii, wait for detailed information from Hawaii, and then decide where to go?

At this time, it was already past five o'clock in the afternoon on June 5th. Under the order of Commander Nimitz, the Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier formation was anchored only 600 nautical miles away from Hawaii. Regarding the next move, Nimitz

I would also like to request instructions from the Navy Department and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Nimitz wanted to return to Pearl Harbor to see how miserable his hometown was, but he had a concern in his heart, in case the Japanese naval fleet that attacked Pearl Harbor did not return, but continued to search for him.

, with the current strength of the aircraft carrier fleet, if a war breaks out, it will be very dangerous. Japan's intelligence department will not be so incompetent that it does not know that the Pacific Fleet has four aircraft carriers.

As night fell, darkness swallowed up the last bright color on the horizon, and the boundless night shrouded the sea. The wind began to rise, and then came a torrential rain. Huge waves hit the U.S. warship, and the hull was like a toy.

Swaying helplessly in the stormy waves, on this stormy night, the U.S. sailors on each warship could not sleep peacefully.

The news that Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese navy spread quickly to every post in the aircraft carrier formation like it had wings. This bad news really frightened the American sailors. While they were glad that they had escaped, they also felt sorry for Pearl.

The comrades and relatives in the port were sad. At the same time, a feeling grew in the hearts of the sailors. How could the powerful Pacific Fleet be so vulnerable?

So, when facing the Japanese warships, what will happen to the remaining warships? Everyone is worried and worried about their future fate. To put it bluntly, this is a kind of cowardice that spreads among the soldiers. There is no

During the battle, everything is business as usual, but once it comes to a life-and-death critical battle, such timidity will become a fatal injury to an army.

The wind was howling, the rain was pouring, and the whitecaps were rolling into the sky. Nimitz, who was sitting in the commander's office cabin, had not yet felt that this dangerous phenomenon quietly growing among the soldiers was enough to destroy the entire aircraft carrier formation. He was preparing for

I was worried about how to reply to the telegram to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

What Nimitz had not expected was what kind of fate this hesitant order to anchor in place would bring to the aircraft carrier formation?

The same night, the same weather, absolutely different moods, the commander of the Japanese naval task force anchored outside Pearl Harbor, Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, was in an extremely happy mood because of a man who shocked the world.

A miracle was born in his own hands. The seemingly behemoth U.S. Pacific Fleet, a thorn in the side of the Japanese Navy, was destroyed in his own hands.

It is unbelievable to say that the task force set out from the Kagoshima Naval Base and traveled more than 4,000 kilometers away. Two consecutive waves of attacks. The U.S. Pacific Fleet has become history, and the price paid by the task force is nothing more than

Twenty-nine aircraft and five special submarines. To be honest, even Nagumo Chuichi himself was stunned by this huge victory.

When the first wave of attacking fleets returned, Nagumo Chuichi did not believe their reports at all. The U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet was definitely a behemoth. How could a Japanese naval fleet dare not ignore it? How could it be killed so easily?

After the battle, Commander Nagumo ordered the staff office to verify the results. He verified the results three times and found them to be accurate!

Nagumo Chuichi remained calm on the surface, but in his heart he was so ecstatic that he almost laughed to the sky. He calmly ordered: "Immediately report the results of the battle to the base camp, no, directly to His Majesty the Emperor!"

Now, the Imperial Japanese Navy has taken control of the entire Pearl Harbor, and the U.S. Pacific Fleet is completely finished. The task force is about to return to the homeland, with the glory of victory. Nagumo has even imagined countless times that after returning to the homeland,

The scene of receiving a hero's welcome, as for the battle on Hawaii Island, has little to do with him.

The 50,000-strong Seventh Army could not completely annihilate all the planes, and the two U.S. Marine divisions with more than 30,000 soldiers were in a desperate situation. Lieutenant General Liu Xiapingsuke, the commander of the Seventh Army, should commit suicide by caesarean section!

The night was dark, the wind was howling, and the rain was pouring. Nagumo Chuichi walked slowly to the porthole. The fire in Pearl Harbor was still burning. The heavy rain did not stop the fire. In Nagumo Chuichi's view, this fire in the night

, are so similar to the fireworks that are set off every birthday in my hometown of Kubei County. They are all so bright and dazzling, so poignant and beautiful. I poured a glass of sake and drank it down in one gulp, and a smile appeared on Nayun's face.

"Bang, bang, bang!" knocked on the cabin door, awakening Nagumo Chuichi who was in a state of lust, from his wonderful fantasy. Being interrupted from his beautiful thoughts is always a bad thing, but he was in an extremely happy mood.

Your Excellency, the Commander, doesn't care. Perhaps, he needs someone to share his joy at this time.

"Come in!" Chuichi Nagumo shouted softly, and the hatch opened. Task Force Chief of Staff Rear Admiral Kobayashi Hidezumi, Fleet Aviation Commander Rear Admiral Tanio Ryōtomo, and Fleet Intelligence Director Colonel Yohei Kono, all covered in rain, joined hands.

Come.

Nagumo Chuichi said with a smile: "You guys are so excited. On a stormy night, when you visit my commander, are you asking for a few glasses of sake?" The old-fashioned and dull Commander Nagumo would make such a joke in the empire.

There are unprecedented things happening within the navy. From this, we can see how happy Commander Nagumo is.

It is a pity that Commander Nagumo's first joke in his life was not understood by the three subordinates with their eyes shining and their cheeks rosy as if they were feverish, nor did they smile in agreement.

Rear Admiral Hidezumi Kobayashi, Chief of Staff of the Fleet, tried his best to suppress his excitement and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I'm really sorry for bothering you late at night. I have an important report from my humble position. Just thirty minutes ago, we received an intelligence report and discovered that

The specific location of the U.S. Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier formation!"

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