Chapter 1456 Sail to Midway Island

In the Pacific Ocean, the wind and waves are not very big. The fleet splits the waves, rides the wind and waves, and sails forward.

Rear Admiral Fletcher stood on the bridge, the Saratoga under his feet, the deck looked brand new, just in the middle of the sea, the sailors painted a thin layer of moisture-proof on the deck Paint, now, there is a smell of paint wafting on the entire aircraft carrier, Fletcher's hand is leaning on the railing, looking at his own huge fleet.

The fleet of the islanders will definitely be completely destroyed. This naval battle will affect the life and death of the US Pacific Fleet!

Fletcher looked at the sea in the distance. When fighting at sea, the first step is to find the enemy. In the vast sea, it is not easy to find the enemy.

The agents ambushed in the island country have seen all the navy of the island country dispatched. According to the itinerary, they will reach the sea area about 500 kilometers southwest of Attu Island in the next two days or so. For the island country's carrier-based aircraft, five More than 100 kilometers is a normal combat distance.

At the same time, if the islanders want to land on Attu Island, they must get closer, even one or two hundred nautical miles, to cover their ships for landing operations, and even some large warships will come close to the island.

Fletcher turned his head and asked, "How is it? Did our reconnaissance plane find it?"

"No, the reconnaissance plane is still searching nearby, and the fleet of the islanders has not been found."

Where have the islanders gone? Fletcher was a little uneasy in his heart. For the fleet, it is quite dangerous to not be able to detect the enemy early. Who knows what sea area the enemy will ambush in, waiting to encircle and destroy himself?

The islanders have more aircraft carriers than their own. If they are attacked, they may suffer a big loss.

Thinking of this, Fletcher said: "Add an additional aircraft carrier formation of air defense fighters, expand the air defense range to 100 nautical miles, and closely monitor our nearby airspace."

In Fletcher's hunch, he felt that the encounter with the formation of the islanders was almost an instant thing.

He didn't know that his own wait would be long.

"The Americans are wandering around the Aleutian Islands. They never thought that the target of our attack is Midway." Standing on the bridge of the Yamato, Pheasant Fifty-six looked at his huge formation with pride in his heart. The feeling came spontaneously, and at this time, when I heard the compliment from the adjutant on the side, I was even more excited.

The four main aircraft carriers form a mobile formation and are in charge of Nagumo Chuichi. Their task is not to cover the landing troops, but to fight against the possible American main fleet at any time.

The landing is mainly carried out by two escort aircraft carriers and landing ships. The islanders are satisfied with the landing ships produced in Germany. They drive all the way, and they are very stable. Even, in their imagination, the Americans would not react until their own infantry washed up on the beach.

All this, thanks to the reminder of Fuhrer Cyric, he actually knew that the Americans had deciphered their own wireless telegrams. In order to continue to confuse the Americans, the fleet used the original code to communicate. At the same time, after departure, the entire fleet was in radio silence. The state continues to blind Americans.

"Yeah, as long as we capture Midway, we can tightly hold the eastern gate of the Pacific Ocean and block the Americans from the coastline. It's just a pity."

In the second half of the sentence, Pheasant Fifty-six did not say it. Unfortunately, the island country has insufficient resources, insufficient industrial production capacity, and not much population. Otherwise, the island country would have no problem occupying the entire East Asia.

Compared with the United States, the island country seems to have no hope of victory. This is the reason why Pheasant Fifty-six refused to launch a war against the United States, but until now, it seems that the situation is developing in the direction of the island country. Thanks to Germany!

However, why did the island country refuse to form an alliance with itself?

Thinking of this, he did not continue to think about it, and his subordinates had already sent news: "There is still a hundred nautical miles from Midway Island."

"The aircraft carrier fleet has temporarily stopped advancing, and the landing ships and escort warships are advancing at full speed, ready to land on the beach after dark!" Pheasant fifty-six shouted.

This operation has been repeatedly discussed in the Department of the Navy. If it is landed during the day, it can get the full support of the carrier-based aircraft. The carrier-based aircraft can bomb the military base on Midway Island. However, the Americans also It will also react and increase the difficulty of logging in.

Therefore, they finally decided to postpone and let the landing ship land after dark. In this way, it is even possible to complete all the landing tasks without disturbing the Americans, and take the entire Midway Island overnight.

Midway Island is just a coral reef with a total area of ​​only 5 square kilometers and a circumference of 24 kilometers. In such a small place, it would have been enough to have ten landing ships, each carrying 500 marines. As well as some fireboats, these ten will suffice.

The next few ships transported their equipment and supplies, and they were well prepared. It would be trivial to deal with less than 2,000 U.S. troops on the island.

There is no need to make too much noise at all. The focus of our fleet's mission is not to land on Midway Island, but how to deal with the American counterattack after landing, firmly defend Midway Island, and take Midway Island as the center. The Hawaiian Islands attack, and that's all that matters.

The entire fleet slowly stopped, and at the rear of the formation, ships sailed out, formed a new formation, and slowly continued to sail towards the east.

They were the landing ship formation escorted by the Fourth Heavy Cruiser Squadron.

The commander, Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake, stood on the heavy cruiser Chokai, watching his side gradually leave the carrier formation, and at the distant sea level, the target island was about to appear.

Reconnaissance planes cannot be dispatched. There is a new radar station built by the Americans on the island. The carrier-based opportunity is exposed on the radar screen, which will alert the Americans and must approach quietly and directly!

Time passed slowly, the sun slanted from the west and fell on the sea, pulling the shadow of each warship very long, and soon, the sun would take away the last rays of light, and the whole The sea will become dark.

At this moment, the lookout post at the top of the mast suddenly found something and shouted loudly: "At six o'clock, fifteen nautical miles away, there is a fishing boat!"

This was a secret military operation, and the most feared thing was leaking secrets, and now, just as it was about to land on Midway Island, something unexpected happened.

This fishing boat is running back at full speed. It seems that it wants to go back and report to the US Navy!