Battle of the Nine Hundred Solomons
Just when the Soviet Union assembled almost all its armored forces and went southward, preparing to fight to the death with Germany's most powerful group g army, the unprecedented naval battle of the Solomon Islands in human history also quietly kicked off. Net to read books
There is no doubt that this is indeed the largest naval battle in human history, surpassing the scale of any previous fleet battle. It was more brutal than the Battle of Jutland during the First World War, and it was also bloodier than the Battle of the English Channel between Britain and Germany that ended not long ago.
There are not many troops left in Yamamoto's hands. The battleship Fuso is currently performing missions in the Philippine waters and cannot come to help for the time being. Therefore, in the Yamamoto fleet, the Ise and the Hinata among the Ise-class battleships that can perform tasks, plus the two town house treasures of the United Fleet, the Nagato and the 6 Oku battleships.
Of course, another King Kong-class battlecruiser is now on its way back to the mainland, and it is not the reinforcement that Yamamoto Fifty-Six can count on. Therefore, the Japanese navy can squander in its hands this time, only these 4 battleships.
Then let's see what level these 4 battleships are: the old-fashioned Ise and the Hyuga are both antiques. Their combat effectiveness is very limited, and they are all relatively old-fashioned designs. The turret of the main gun is still the classic design of boilers, ammunition magazines, boilers, and ammunition magazines of the Fuso-class battleship. Yamamoto himself knew that it was unrealistic to count on these two battleships.
So he decisively played the trick of luring the enemy to go deep, using the two old-fashioned battleships as his bait, and placed them in the center of the entire fleet. The responsibility of this bait fleet is to attract the attack of the US Navy fleet. Take the two waves of the U.S. Navy's attack aircraft fleet, and you're done.
And he himself led the two most elite battleships of the Japanese Navy so far, that is, Nagato and the two ships of Luao, and brought a group of heavy cruisers and destroyers to enter the center of the US Navy's aircraft carrier fleet from the flanks. The battle determines the outcome of this naval battle.
In other words, the Japanese Navy set up a half-moon formation in the Solomon Islands, relying on nearby islands to hide their whereabouts. The fleet on the two wings is the real killing move, and the fleet in the middle is a huge bait-it is an army that only the United States wants to attack. If you bite it, it will break your teeth.
Yamamoto prepared two insurances, that is, his own assault fleet, and Nagumo Chuichi's air fleet that was hidden to the end on the other side. As long as one of their two fleets has a chance to attack, it can pose a deadly threat to the US fleet.
In fact, the current combined fleet of the Japanese Navy can threaten the US military. Only the two large aircraft carriers under Nagumo Chuichi, namely the Kaga and Akagi, and a slightly smaller aircraft carrier Ryujo. The three aircraft carriers were held by Nagumo, ready to wait for the war to start before launching an attack on the US fleet.
Yamamoto Fifty-Six, who wanted to exchange two old battleships for the greatest results, was exhausted.
And he didn't make a wrong order this time, and he didn't make a foolish act of using an aircraft carrier as a bait and a battleship to attack. So in this way, the United Fleet set up eight golden locks in the Solomon Islands, waiting for the U.S. Navy to take the bait.
An old Japanese Type 95 seaplane was flying leisurely in the sky. The plane took off from a base on the edge of the Solomon Islands to complete some routine patrol and reconnaissance missions for the combined Japanese fleet.
As the war gets closer and closer to this area, it is becoming more and more desperate to perform such long-distance reconnaissance missions. After all, the quality and quantity of American carrier-based fighter jets are no longer comparable to those in the early days of the war.
As one plane after another never returned, the Japanese Navy basically stopped this practice of consuming troops. However, as the war in the Solomon Sea area was clouded, this kind of investigation was enforced again. After all, the Japanese Navy lacked the means of deep-sea search and could only rely on this stupid method of casting a net to catch fish.
"Kagawa-kun, aren't you saying that this is forcing us to die? We knew that the two planes that took off yesterday did not return to the base without escort, and sent the two of us out today." Sitting in the driver's seat The young pilot Akanishi complained.
As the war progressed, the Japanese soldiers who originally flew seaplanes had been added to the fighter force, and new pilots like Akanishi, who were young and had poor flying skills, were mostly sent to this kind of reconnaissance force to exercise exercise.
The Japanese soldier named Kagawa did not put down the binoculars in his hand, and while observing the wide sea, he roared loudly: "For the future of the Great Japanese Empire, for His Majesty the Emperor... even if we sacrifice our lives, we should Is it?"
Kagawa is a traditional Japanese with old-fashioned thinking. In his heart, it seems a good thing to sacrifice his life for His Majesty the Emperor. A few days ago, Marshal Yamamoto Fifty-Six had inspected their seaplane take-off base, and encouraged Kagawa a few words. He is still reminiscing about the moment that made his blood boil, so his mind is full of words of loyalty, bravery and responsibility.
Knowing that it is useless to say it, driving this old-fashioned 95 seaplane, Akanishi bit the bullet and flew to the originally planned sea area. This old-fashioned seaplane was designed in 1933 and entered service in 1935. At that time, it was considered a pretty good seaplane, but now compared with the high-quality fighter jets in the United States, it belongs to the kind of garbage that cannot be beaten or run away. up.
So using this kind of aircraft to detect the movement of the U.S. Navy is actually sending soldiers to their deaths—it’s a pity that in the vast sea, finding the position of the enemy fleet is the prelude to an attack. Although he knew he would die, Yamamoto Fifty-Six still dispatched batch after batch of reconnaissance planes. After all, this was the biggest gamble in his life.
Through the somewhat sparse clouds, four American fighter jets swooped down from high altitude with roaring engines. Akanishi was so frightened that he quickly shook the joystick in his hand, trying to avoid the attack of the American fighter jets, but the flexibility of his plane in the sky was obviously affected by the buoys, and he failed to escape the pursuit of the American fighter jets.
"This is the O4 reconnaissance plane! This is the O4 reconnaissance plane! We found the aircraft of the US fleet!" In the back seat, Kagawa reported his findings loudly. While he was transmitting his radio signal, the US fighter jet Fired.
"Tud-chug!" A row of bullets hit the double-layered wing on the left side in front of Xiangchuan. The densely packed bullet holes stretched all the way along the wing, almost turning the wing into a sieve. In order to deal with Zero fighters, the U.S. Navy did not install large-caliber cannons like German fighters on the aircraft, but generally used 12.7 mm caliber machine guns to kill flexible Zeros with dense barrage.
Therefore, in the Pacific Ocean, it is rare to see the scene of smashing the opponent's aircraft into pieces with a single shell. On the contrary, the air battle here is longer, but equally bloody and cruel to the point of despair.
Kagawa took the radio and reported what he saw over and over again. He knew that they were 4 very powerful P-Navy fighters, and they were models with improved engines. Because the nose of this aircraft is quite special, it is very easy to identify. He kept repeating what he saw, and let the opponent's plane hit everything around him with machine guns.
A bullet from a heavy machine gun pierced through the thin skin of the plane, and then hit Akanishi who was piloting the plane. After penetrating his head, he pierced his seat. Then, for some unknown reason, the motive began. Black smoke came out, making Kagawa unable to see what was happening in front of him.
"Long live the Great Japanese Empire! Long live His Majesty the Emperor! I am Kagawa! My plane has been hit! I am crashing!" He looked around and found that the angle of the sea level in the distance was already very strange, and then he said I felt the plane crash into the sea, and then there was boundless darkness, hitting from all directions.
"Your Excellency, Marshal! News has come from the seaplane base on Island No. 7. One of their seaplanes has spotted an aircraft of the US aircraft carrier fleet in an area 1,000 kilometers north of the Solomon Islands." A staff officer stood at Yamamoto Fifty-Six Behind him, he reported the valuable information from the scouting troops.
Yamamoto Fifty-Six nodded, indicating to his staff that he had heard the other party's report clearly, and then Yamamoto remained silent, as if he was waiting for some news. Kilometers are still too far for him, and he has to wait until the U.S. Navy fleet bites into the fleet composed of Ise and Hyuga, then is his chance to start.
"Wait! Wait! Wait for the Americans to exchange fire with Ise first! There is only one chance!" Yamamoto stood on the bridge of the Nagato battleship, looking at the calm sea in the distance, and whispered: "Nan Yun-jun, I can't send you a radio to confirm your location, I hope everything goes well with you. The future of the Great Japanese Empire is here to fight!"
On the flagship of the U.S. Navy fleet a few kilometers away, General Halsey issued his own attack order: "Since two battleships of the Japanese Navy have been discovered, let's not be polite...take off the plane and start attacking!"
Following his order, on the deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier fleet, the propellers of two attack aircraft with bombs mounted began to rotate, the entire aircraft carrier fleet sailed against the wind, and the fleet began to spread out in all directions.
Halsey looked at the horizontal bombers that formed an attack formation in the sky after taking off, smiled and said to his subordinates: "Gentlemen, the Battle of the Solomon Islands has begun!"
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