Chapter 1465 American Fleet

The United States wants to annihilate the fleet of the island nation in one fell swoop, and the island nation also wants to annihilate the fleet of the Americans. For the island nation, the best way is to wait and see. How good is it to stay on Midway?

Midway Island already has an airport. If they are smart enough, after winning Midway Island, they will immediately mobilize a large number of fighter jets and bombers from the mainland. They can use Midway Island as the core to fight the American aircraft carrier formation, or they can Head east at any time.

It's a pity that time was wasted by them.

Cyric was not optimistic about the islanders, who wasted a lot of opportunities.

"What did Nagumo do?" At this time, in the waters near Midway Island, Pheasant Fifty-Six was also extremely angry: "Actually lost two aircraft carriers!"

The loss of two of the four aircraft carriers is a huge price. You must know that this is only the result of an American air strike. Of course, this result cannot satisfy him.

"But the Americans only have two aircraft carriers to use, and we are evenly matched." Beside him, the assistant said: "Now, General Nagumo is still sailing north, trying to find the main battle for the Americans."

Nagumo originally wanted to retreat, but the pheasants did not agree, so Nagumo could only continue to go north, ready to usher in the moment of confrontation with the Americans.

In their eyes, they thought that the Americans would be able to make up two aircraft carriers at most. They didn't know that the Saragato was also taken off the slipway by the Americans and hurriedly joined the battle.

"Tell Nagumo that the main force of the American fleet must be eliminated, so that we can continue to attack eastward with confidence." Pheasant said: "What about our army aviation? When will they arrive?"

What Cyric could think of, could actually be thought of by the pheasant, but he couldn't help it.

Because the island country is different from Germany, the island country has limited resources. Therefore, the army and the navy compete for resources fiercely, resulting in a great discord between the two services.

In order to compete for resources, the army wants to develop southward, attack Australia, Southeast Asia, and occupy resource areas, while the navy wants to defeat the United States and fight the Pacific War. The strategies of the two sides are different, and the final plan is a compromise.

The navy helped fight Australia, and the army helped increase troops on Midway, but for some reason, Army aviation couldn't get there right away.

The navy has done its best, but the army has been held back.

These, even the pheasant can do nothing, even if he goes to the emperor to complain, I am afraid that the emperor will play fifty big boards each.

The pheasant was worried and waited until dawn.

On the sea, today's wind and waves are a bit big, the huge aircraft carrier is swaying in the sea, and the sailors of the island country are standing on the deck, watching their reconnaissance planes take off.

It is very likely that there will be an encounter today. They first need to find the enemy. The first wave of takeoffs are all reconnaissance planes.

At the same time, the Stuka dive bombers were also raised on the deck, waiting to take off at any time to attack the American fleet. The deck was full of Stuka bombers, and there were fewer than ten Zero fighters in the air defense mission.

Unbeknownst to them, they made a serious mistake.

If there are four aircraft carriers, it can be dealt with calmly. For example, two aircraft carriers are used for air defense, and Zero fighters can be taken off at any time, and two are used for attack, and Stukas can be taken off at any time.

But there were only two left. Chuichi Nagumo, eager to attack, ordered all the Stuka bombers to be put on the deck and released at any time to launch the first round of attacks.

Time is passing little by little.

On the E-13A reconnaissance plane, first-class pilot Cao Ganli Yangsi drove his own reconnaissance plane, shuttling among the clouds.

This reconnaissance plane was successfully developed in 1938. Like other planes, it has a considerable range. Once taking off, it can fly on the sea for 5 hours and has a range of two kilometers, that is to say, after take-off , it can fly on the sea for a day.

It is very difficult to find the American fleet on the vast sea.

This is a three-seat reconnaissance plane, with the driver in the front, the gunner in the back, and a lookout and radio operator in the middle. As a reconnaissance plane, it must have a long-distance telegraph, through the password Sent back to the fleet, not over an unencrypted talk radio.

"Look, what's that?" Suddenly, the tail machine gun pointed to the sky and shouted loudly.

At this time, in the sky, a huge group of aircraft was flying over their heads. When Kanri Yoji saw it, he immediately felt his eyelids twitching.

"The formation of American aircraft carriers! This means that the American aircraft carriers are behind them! Let's fly over and see!"

They don't have to worry about being discovered, they can effectively search the sea surface and can fly higher and stand farther away, but this will make them unable to identify the target on the sea surface, so their flight altitude is very low.

Flying at an altitude of a few hundred meters, they will not be detected by the inaccurate radars of this era, and at the same time, they will not be detected by the US aircraft carrier attack fleet at an altitude of several kilometers in the sky, looking down from the sky , their blue livery blends easily into the sea.

Yoji Ganli pushed the lever and headed towards the direction the other party was flying from. At the same time, the crew member in the middle had already started to take the telegram back.

"One of our reconnaissance planes found that a large number of American carrier-based planes were coming towards us." On the aircraft carrier Kaga, Tadashi Nagumo changed his face when he heard the news he had just received.

"Quick, take off Zero War, and release all our Zero Wars!"

They originally planned to attack first, so the deck was almost filled with Stukas. Now, after hearing the news that the American carrier plane was coming, Nagumo Tadashi immediately ordered the fighter jets to be released first.

Only by protecting yourself can you win. If you ignore these attacking planes, you will be in danger!

"And what about our Stuka bombers?"

For aircraft carriers, the bigger the tonnage, the better. In later generations, the Americans fooled around that heavy aircraft carriers were expensive to build and operation and maintenance costs were high, and small and medium-sized aircraft carriers were king. His own aircraft carrier is bigger than one.

The biggest feature of large aircraft carriers is that the deck is wide, so that there is enough space for taking off and landing fighters, as well as enough parking areas.

And now, the island nation's aircraft carrier will not work.

The rear deck is full of Stukas, making it difficult for them to work on the deck, and generally speaking, it is best to clear the deck before launching.

But it was too late.

And, they're still waiting to take off! After the discovery of the American carrier-based aircraft formation, the American aircraft carrier will definitely be discovered soon, and they are going to take off to meet!