All-people naval warfare: from patrol boats to aircraft carrier fleets

Yamamoto Isoroku certainly knew that the mobile formation commanded by Nagumo Chuichi had suffered heavy losses at this moment. According to normal circumstances, in order to protect the remaining fleet strength, it must retreat.

And as the commander of the combined fleet, Yamamoto Isoroku also knew some information that Nagumo Chuichi did not know, that is, the northern formation also suffered a large-scale aerial bombing, and the losses were tragic.

The Northern Formation itself may not be very powerful, but there is a friendly force operating together with the Northern Formation. Together, they have more than 500 warships, which is more than the entire Japanese-Benzene Combined Fleet. Out twice.

This friendly fleet can be regarded as an unexpected surprise for Yamamoto Isoroku. It suddenly appeared. If it weren't for the order of Hibiscus Locust (it's just a system setting, don't worry about it), he couldn't believe that His Majesty the Locust actually had it in his hands. Such a huge fleet.

The most important thing is that His Majesty Tian Locust specifically stated in the message that this is a mercenary fleet. Those who have been given money can use it casually without being polite.

The cunning Yamamoto Isoroku instantly understood the hidden meaning of His Majesty the Locust. Didn't this mean that he could use this fleet as cannon fodder and a shield?

It was precisely because of the"913" that in order to obtain the support of this mercenary fleet, Yamamoto Isoroku immediately changed the original combat plan, canceled the original mission of the northern formation, quickly approached Midway Island, and assumed the task of sneak attack.

Nagumo Chuichi's mobile formation is still responsible for the frontal attack on Midway Island and covering the landing operations of the landing fleet, but it also acts as a decoy to attract the attention and attack direction of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

The Northern Formation secretly moved to the vicinity of Midway Island. When the U.S. Pacific Fleet launched a sneak attack on the Nagumo Fleet, it was the turn of the mixed formation composed of the Northern Formation and the Cannon Fodder Fleet to appear.

In order to capture Midway Island while also annihilating the U.S. Pacific Fleet in one fell swoop, Yamamoto Isoroku not only changed the combat mission of the northern formation, but he also took the main formation into action.

The reason why the cannon fodder fleet sent by His Majesty Tianlu was placed in the northern formation instead of following the main formation was that Yamamoto Isoroku did not trust this cannon fodder fleet very much.

Worried that the cannon fodder fleet would expose the location of the main formation, they simply pushed the northern formation out. If something unexpected happened, it would only be the northern formation that would be lost, and it had nothing to do with Yamamoto Isoroku.

It’s true that people are old and treacherous, and Yamamoto Isoroku is a really bad old man.

But the facts proved that Yamamoto Isoroku's insidiousness was correct. The mixed fleet composed of the Northern Formation and the Cannon Fodder Fleet was discovered before it started taking action, and it was also bombarded by a powerful air fleet.

All the aircraft carriers and other large capital ships in the mixed fleet were sunk, and the remaining small and medium-sized warships were still in dire straits. There were a large number of bombers and torpedo attack aircraft in the sky constantly dropping a large number of aerial bombs and aerial torpedoes.

On the sea, a fleet of the same size was violently bombarding the remaining battleships of the mixed fleet. The firepower was quite fierce. There was no shortage of aircraft carriers, battleships and other battleships.

Yamamoto Isoroku knew that the mixed fleet was completely finished, but he didn't feel much distress. Anyway, the commander of the northern formation, Hosugi Shirou, had sunk with the ship. Most of the battleships had been sunk, and only the remaining Several battleships are still struggling.

As for the life and death of the cannon fodder fleet, Yamamoto Isoroku didn't care. Since the fate of the mixed fleet has been decided, of course it must be used as waste. While the Yankees' main fleet is attracted and contained by the mixed fleet, then the main force The opportunity to form a team is here.

There are only 19 carrier-based aircraft and 50 seaplanes in the main formation personally commanded by Yamamoto Isoroku. The air power is not very strong.

But Yamamoto, an old devil, sent out all carrier-based aircraft and seaplanes, hoping to find out the U.S. Pacific Fleet, especially the location of the aircraft carrier.

The strength of the main formation is actually quite strong. Although it does not have any air superiority, it has 7 battleships, one of which is a Yamato-class battleship with a displacement of more than 70,000 tons and equipped with a 460mm main gun.

These seven powerful battleships were Yamamoto Isoroku's confidence to attack the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

The carrier-based aircraft and seaplanes released by the main formation did find their targets. The first one to be discovered was the Chinese Fleet's Second Fleet, which was approaching the Nagumo Fleet at full speed, that is, the fleet led by Lütjens.

Although relying on the powerful detection capabilities of the level 8 radar, Lütjens allowed the F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter to take off in time and shot down many carrier-based aircraft and seaplanes, but inevitably, the existence of the Second Fleet has been exposed.

However, after learning about the situation of the Second Fleet, Yamamoto Isoroku had no intention of launching an attack. After all, there were only two aircraft carriers in the Second Fleet. This was in line with their previous judgment of the strength of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

But the current situation is a little different. The attack aircraft group that bombed the mixed fleet is too large, with hundreds of bombers and torpedo attack aircraft. This is obviously not the power that two aircraft carriers can possess.

This made Yamamoto Isoroku realize that the intelligence received before the war started was wrong. The U.S. Pacific Fleet was not as vulnerable as having only two aircraft carriers at all. There should be more aircraft carriers.

The fleet discovered by the carrier-based aircraft and seaplanes sent out now is not the main force of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. It should be just a squadron. The main force of the Pacific Fleet should be attacking the mixed fleet.

After Halsey showed up with the Third Fleet and the player fleet and conducted artillery fire at close range, the few remaining warships in the northern formation also sent this final information to Yamamoto Isoroku.

This was also the last order given by Xixuan Shuzilang to all the battleship captains of the northern fleet before the flagship sank. These Japanese officers, who sometimes seemed to be brainless, faithfully carried out this order.

Hearing the huge scale of a battleship with hundreds of battleships, at least 4 aircraft carriers, and more than 4 battleships, Yamamoto Isoroku, an old devil, instantly became excited. This was completely in line with his guess and judgment about the size of the main force of the Pacific Fleet.

4. If the aircraft carrier is overloaded, it can fully accommodate more than 300 carrier-based aircraft. With the support of land-based fighters taking off from Midway, it can fully organize an attack group of hundreds of fighters.

Confirming his guess, Yamamoto Isoroku was quite determined and immediately ordered the main fleet to pull anchor and sail quickly towards the direction of the Third Fleet.

Also during the voyage, Yamamoto Isoroku received The mobile formation suffered heavy losses and a telegram was sent from Nagumo Chuichi requesting to evacuate the battlefield.

At this moment, the main formation commanded by Yamamoto Isoroku was less than 60 kilometers away from Halsey's Third Fleet. Of course, it was impossible to give up the attack at this time, and in order to further contain the strength and attention of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

Yamamoto Isoroku even cruelly abandoned Nagumo Chuichi and his mobile formation. In his opinion, as long as the main force of the U.S. Pacific Fleet could be successfully annihilated, even the northern formation and mobile formation would be destroyed.

With the strength of the main formation and several other squadrons, they also have enough power to capture Midway Island and achieve their strategic purpose of launching this naval battle of Midway Island.

But when Yamamoto Isoroku was excitedly commanding the main formation to rush towards the Third Fleet, the old devil didn't know that their whereabouts had been exposed, and his guess and analysis were completely wrong, even embarrassing. It's outrageous.

Moreover, the movements of Yamamoto's main formation did not escape the reconnaissance and detection of the Chinese fleet.

Nimitz had the foresight to dispatch more than 50 carrier-based aircraft to conduct aerial reconnaissance. The key reconnaissance area was the surrounding situation of the 16th Task Force and the Third Fleet.

With the information provided by Ye Bai, Nimitz could easily analyze Yamamoto Isoroku's idea. Without many aircraft carriers, if he wanted to sneak attack on these two fleets, in addition to closing the distance, he could rely on the strength of seven battleships. With the powerful artillery fire, there is simply no other way. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Therefore, as long as the reconnaissance and monitoring around these fleets are ensured, there is no need to worry about not being able to discover Yamamoto Isoroku's main formation.

No, the carrier-based aircraft that had been flying in the sky for reconnaissance accurately discovered the main formation sailing at high speed towards the location of the Third Fleet.

At the same time, the Level 8 radars equipped on the three Ark Royal-class light aircraft carriers left by the Third Fleet on the periphery of the battlefield also clearly detected the existence of the main formation 2.4.

It can be said that at this time, Yamamoto Isoroku, who thought he was hiding, had exposed his underwear, and he didn't even have a fig leaf in front of the Chinese fleet.

Following Nimitz's order, 3 Nelson-class battleships, 3 Dunkirk-class battlecruisers, 8 Baltimore-class heavy cruisers, 12 Brooklyn-class light cruisers, 24 The Fletcher-class destroyers quickly lifted anchor and sailed quickly north to support Halsey's Third Fleet.

On the Yanhuang, which was still in base mode, carrier-based aircraft soared into the sky and formed flight formations in the sky.

After a period of rest and recuperation, in today's small space, the more than 1,000 carrier-based aircraft that have not been deployed have completed pre-war preparations. They are full of fuel and ammunition, and the pilots are ready to launch a mission.

After the order was issued, the pilots quickly flew fighter planes to attack. They were about to begin the first round of bombing against Yamamoto Isoroku's main formation.

Nimitz was quite bold and sent out half of the escort battleships and all the battleships, leaving only three Prestige-class battlecruisers and the remaining battleships to provide protection for the Yanhuang..