Age of Conquest Reborn

The commander of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet, Lieutenant General Fullwood, was absolutely correct in making the deployment of sending reconnaissance aircraft to monitor the situation around the fleet. This was also a precautionary measure taken in advance. Whoever discovers the enemy first on the vast sea

, whoever gets the opportunity to take the initiative to attack, and this opportunity can change the final outcome of a naval battle!

If the reconnaissance plane discovers the Japanese fleet, Lieutenant General Fulwood is not prepared to engage in battle with the Japanese naval fleet in this case. Priority is given to escorting the more than 60,000 follow-up troops of the Second Group Army.

For the most important task, even if General Fulwood is very eager to fight against any fleet of the Japanese Navy, he must do so after getting rid of the burden of the troop carrier formation!

If the measures are correct and the mentality is correct, if the opponent is another Japanese naval commander, Vice Admiral Fullwood's deployment can win life for the Pacific Fleet, and perhaps it will also severely damage the number one Japanese naval combined fleet.

aircraft carrier formation, but, very unfortunately, what he encountered was the famous Japanese Navy Admiral, Admiral Goto Yamamoto, which doomed himself and the Pacific Fleet to a tragic ending!

Standing on the deck of the flagship "McKinn", watching the dozens of reconnaissance planes submerging in the sky against the first dawn, Lieutenant General Fullwood felt a kind of fatigue after relaxation. What he didn't know was

, more than 200 combat aircraft of various types from the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet are facing the first dawn in the east, heading towards their fleet with murderous intent.

The carrier-based aircraft of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet took off a full forty-five minutes earlier than the reconnaissance aircraft of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Before the storm on the sea had completely stopped, Admiral Yamamoto released his killer.

This opportunity seized affected a crucial naval battle and changed the balance of power between the naval forces of the United States and Japan in the Pacific.

Since then, the U.S. Navy has been declining day by day. In the Pacific, it is in a passive defensive posture. Its fleet dare not go west to the waters of the Hawaiian Islands and try to avoid encounters with the Japanese Navy. The Japanese Combined Fleet has become the overlord in the Pacific and once dominated the world.

The Stars and Stripes in various places gradually lost their luster. This situation did not really change until two years later, when the Japanese Navy Fleet and the Japanese Navy fought a decisive battle in the Pacific battlefield!

Lieutenant Stanley is a pilot of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet Reconnaissance Aircraft Group. However, a few days ago he was a reserve pilot of the Arkansas National Guard. His previous occupation was a flight instructor for a flying club. It should be said that

, Lieutenant Stanley still loves the flying profession very much.

Therefore, after receiving the order to transfer to active duty and serve as a lieutenant pilot in the Pacific Fleet, Lieutenant Stanley was really happy for a while. A new life began. With his love for flying, Lieutenant Stanley became a captain within a few days after boarding the ship.

, one of the few pilots who has mastered the ability to take off and land on an aircraft carrier.

However, after being assigned to the reconnaissance aircraft group, Lieutenant Stanley's mood was somewhat depressed. What he wanted most was to be a carrier-based fighter pilot, fly a War Eagle, soar in the blue sky and sea, and kill several Japanese planes with his own hands.

, I feel excited just thinking about it. Flying a reconnaissance plane is completely boring. This emotion also brought to the reconnaissance mission he performed today.

Lieutenant Stanley was the third reconnaissance plane to take off. The scope of reconnaissance was all targets within 200 nautical miles southwest of the fleet. Flying this kind of carrier-based reconnaissance plane was not an embarrassment for him, but it was just that

, because the contact time was only a few days, and many of the equipment in the reconnaissance aircraft were not very familiar yet.

Now, Lieutenant Stanley is flying a reconnaissance plane, chewing gum carelessly, flying at an altitude of 5,000 meters. The floating clouds over the Eastern Pacific, like clumps of cotton wool, pass under the wing of the plane. It is already past six o'clock in the morning.

The rising sun casts large rays of rays on the sea. It is absolutely an amazing beauty to see from a warship.

But for a reconnaissance aircraft pilot, there are sparkling waves everywhere on the sea. It is not that difficult to identify the target. After observing for a while, there is nothing but waves on the sea. It is an endless monotonous dark blue.

Not even a sailing ship could be seen. Lieutenant Stanley withdrew his gaze from the sea and glanced at the sky inadvertently.

Suddenly, a few small black dots flashed and disappeared among the clouds. Lieutenant Stanley shook his head and didn't care. Maybe he was dazzled. If he was an experienced pilot, he would definitely not care.

He would let go of any clues and would definitely fly a reconnaissance plane to conduct a careful search within that range. Unfortunately, Lieutenant Stanley was only a pilot who had just become an official American pilot for a few days and took this for granted.

Things were ignored.

In the clouds, a brigade of Japanese fighter jets was flying at full speed. The brigade leader, Major Hashimoto, cursed fiercely: "Baga, you are all idiots. The vanguard squadron has not discovered the American reconnaissance plane. Can you be sure that we have already?"

Expose the target?"

Captain Kato, the captain of the vanguard squadron, felt aggrieved but replied with certainty: "Reporting to the captain, I can confirm that the American reconnaissance plane did not detect us. So far, his flying posture has not done anything.

Change, or searching blindly.”

Major Hashimoto was not satisfied and continued to ask: "Vanguard Squadron, have you discovered any other US military reconnaissance aircraft in this airspace?"

Captain Kato replied affirmatively: "Report to the captain, our squadron has not found anything. We can confirm that only this US military reconnaissance plane is active in this direction!"

Only then did Major Hashimoto feel relieved. It was good that he had not been discovered by the Americans. Behind his group was the main fleet of more than 200 aircraft. The closer to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, the better, so as to achieve the effect of a surprise surprise attack.

Captain Kato smiled ferociously and said: "Captain, the staff has a suggestion. I will lead my squadron to kill this American reconnaissance plane by surprise to clear the way for the main fleet behind. Judging from our flight time,

It will take more than fifty minutes to enter the attack position. If we don't clear it, the main fleet behind will definitely be discovered!"

Major Hashimoto hesitated, whether this would alert the enemy. In the time it took for the US reconnaissance plane to be shot down, the information would most likely be sent back. However, if this careless US reconnaissance plane was not cleared, the main fleet behind it could not be hidden under any circumstances.

whereabouts.

Major Hashimoto hesitated for a moment and said: "The vanguard squadron requires approval. If you cannot shoot down the US reconnaissance plane before it sends back intelligence, Captain Kato, you will commit suicide!"

After hearing the captain's order, Captain Kato sneered secretly in his heart, "Huh, so much nonsense, you are not afraid that I will steal his position as captain." Captain Kato was 100% sure that he had observed this US Navy aircraft

Regarding reconnaissance aircraft, from the perspective of an expert, this American pilot is simply a fledgling, not even a rookie. I am afraid that he has not taken off and landed on the aircraft carrier more than twenty times!

Captain Kato ordered: "Wingmen, attack left and right in a two-plane formation. Pay attention to using the most intense firepower to break this Yankee and his reconnaissance plane into pieces in the shortest possible time!"

Two Japanese "Type 92" carrier-based fighter jets, like ghosts, flipped down from high altitude. At this time, Lieutenant Stanley had no idea that he was flying against more than 200 Japanese planes.

However, due to the difference in flying altitude, he had already passed by a group of Japanese fighter jets, and he did not know that two Japanese fighter jets were coming fiercely at him from behind.

The air battle was no more than the blink of an eye. Two Japanese "Type 92" carrier-based fighter jets shot out streams of flames on both sides of Stanley's plane at a distance of less than a kilometer. When Lieutenant Stanley discovered it, he fired several rounds

The large-caliber machine gun bullets had penetrated his body. If he were a skilled reconnaissance aircraft pilot, at this moment, he would have transmitted the information about the enemy attack back to the fleet headquarters through the airborne equipment.

But there are not so many ifs in the world. Before Lieutenant Stanley lost consciousness, even the specific location of the equipment that transmitted intelligence was vague. The last memory left in his life was that of the sky.

, the black aircraft, and then Lieutenant Stanley and his reconnaissance plane turned into a ball of flames and debris in the Pacific sky.

If Lieutenant Stanley could pass the information back at the last moment of his life, the U.S. Pacific Fleet would have gained at least more than forty minutes of preparation time. In a naval battle, more than forty minutes would be enough to change the outcome of the battle. However,

Everything that should have happened did not happen, but the tragedy of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet still happened.

At about 6 o'clock in the morning on July 4th, in the office of Tang Qiuli, commander of the ** Division, at the Guangzhou Garrison District Headquarters in Guangzhou, China, a rapid ringing of the phone rang. Tang Qiuli, who was lying naked, woke up suddenly and grabbed his

When I picked up the phone, the familiar voice of Yu Deshui, Director of the Intelligence Division, came over.

"Commander, I'm sorry to disturb your rest. The Intelligence Analysis Center of the Intelligence Department has been monitoring the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet. Those two high-power radio stations have now appeared at a location about 400 nautical miles east of the Hawaiian Islands. They are far away from the original fleet.

The location is more than eight hours away, and the intelligence analysis center has judged that this is a purposeful movement by the Japanese Navy's combined fleet."

Tang Qiuli said calmly: "Okay, Director Yu, I understand the situation. Continue to monitor." He put down the phone and never felt sleepy again, "Isoroku Yamamoto, are you going to attack the US Pacific Fleet? Very soon."

OK, today is destined to be another dark day for the U.S. Navy," he thought with a smile.