Chapter 960 Rudel's Irony

This era is still dominated by battleships. Even if Germany realizes the importance of aircraft carriers, in terms of external propaganda, they are still talking about the battleships' guns, and there are indeed several naval battles, which are miracles created by battleships.

Island countries also attach great importance to battleships. However, when they attack US ports, they can only attack the theme of aircraft carriers. Some naval personnel in island countries have also realized that aircraft carriers will play an increasing role in future naval battles. .

And this time, the island country attacked Pearl Harbor, and the primary target of the battle was the American aircraft carrier!

All warships in Pearl Harbor, including 3 aircraft carriers USS Enterprise, USS Lexington, USS Saratoga, 9 battleships USS Pennsylvania, USS California, USS Maryland, USS Oklahoma, USS Tennessee, USS West Virginia, USS USS Lisanna, USS Nevada, USS Colorado, 20 cruisers, 69 destroyers and 27 submarines.

Now, the battleships are all inside the port, but the aircraft carriers are not!

What is even more worrying is that our own side went to attack, but the aircraft carrier was not there. Does this mean that the secret of this attack was leaked?

The most important thing about a surprise attack is to keep secrets. If the secrets are leaked, then your side is likely to be surrounded and annihilated.

In particular, if these three aircraft carriers go out, and when they are waiting for their own carrier-based aircraft to dispatch their nests in a certain sea area, they come to attack their own side. Wouldn't it be possible to steal chickens and lose money? Maybe the island nation's navy will be destroyed. Send it to the funeral!

Nan Yunzhong frowned for a while. At this time, his expression seemed to say, do you want to terminate this mission?

Rudel looked at Chuichi Nagumo and knew what he was thinking. Rudel couldn't help but think of Cyric's evaluation of various officers of the island country before leaving.

Pheasant fifty-six, that is a gambler. Once he smells an opportunity, he will not hesitate to put all his net worth into it!

As for Nagumo Chungichi, he is petty. As long as he takes a little advantage, he will be satisfied. He belongs to a person who does not want to make progress.

Now it seems that, as expected, he is so cautious, as long as the enemy changes a little bit, he is afraid.

"How about we send a report back?" Nagumo Zhongichi said to himself.

As the commander-in-chief of the entire attacking force, he doesn't need to discuss with anyone, but now, he has no confidence in his words.

"No." Rudel doesn't care who he is, he just remembers his mission, he must play Pearl Harbor beautifully!

Just finding out that the other party's aircraft carrier is not there, so at a loss?

Never telegram back!

In order to keep the voyage private, they maintained absolute radio silence after they went to sea.

Although there are fishing boats constantly sending back reports, the radio power on the fishing boats is low, and it only transmits one or two hundred nautical miles. If the aircraft carrier wants to communicate with the rear, it needs to travel thousands of nautical miles of radio waves, and the island country receives it. The Americans got it too.

As long as the report is sent, the target is really exposed.

"Collect all aspects of intelligence to find the whereabouts of these three aircraft carriers." Rudel said: "Even if we split a fleet, we have to complete the task."

Split up a fleet? Nan Yun Zhongyi frowned: "This is different from our plan."

"Any plan can't be guaranteed to keep up with changes. As the commander on the scene, you must learn to adapt to the situation." Rudel said: "The fate of the empire, in this battle, you are the most loyal soldiers of the empire, it's a pity , but made me see cowardice."

Stimulate each other! Behind Rudel is a mighty Germany, a country with brilliant combat achievements. His sarcasm is very effective.

Sure enough, Nagumo had an ugly face, and he said to Rudel: "How can we be timid! Continue to collect intelligence, if these three aircraft carriers dare to ambush us, we will sink them!"

"Fly the Zero fighter and search the nearby waters for 500 nautical miles." Nagumo Chuichi continued.

In this era, even if a warship has a radar, it is very primitive, and the carrier-based aircraft on an aircraft carrier is enough to attack targets five hundred nautical miles away. On the vast ocean, there will be hidden dangers at any time.

The Zero fighter has a large range and fast speed. Compared with the slow water reconnaissance aircraft, it is more efficient to use the Zero fighter to search.

Following Nagumo Chuichi's order, the deck became busy.

Captain Matsuzaki Sano of the 40th squad, sitting in his Zero fighter, for the sake of privacy, the aircraft emblem on his wing has been smeared. He took a few deep breaths and activated the 950-horsepower in front of him. Island "Song" 12 engine.

The familiar roar came, his plane was activated, the propellers were getting faster and faster, the brakes were released, the plane rolled briskly on the deck, and then took off.

This is a small and flexible fighter, and Mitsuo Matsuzaki is very satisfied with this fighter.

When the Stuka received from Germany was put on the ship, the comparison between the fighter unit and the bomber unit came. I often heard the pilots of the bomber unit laugh at them, do you want to hang under our belly and take off?

The empty weight of the Zero is only 1,700 kilograms, which is exactly the weight of Stuka!

But what's the use of that?

Try Bibi speed? Compare the voyage again?

And now, to search for the nearby sea, of course, it needs a plane with a high enough speed and a long enough range to be able to act as a Zero fighter, which is the most suitable!

After easily detaching from the flight deck, Matsuzaki Mitsuo flew the Zero fighter and quickly climbed upwards. This small and flexible aircraft has a good climb rate.

The aircraft carrier formation below gradually shrunk to become points on the sea. Matsuzaki Sano's Zero fighter got into the clouds, and when it climbed out of the clouds, it had risen to more than 2,000 meters.

The aircraft carrier formation below took off eight fighter planes, all of them facing one direction, searching for an area of ​​500 kilometers near the aircraft carrier, and the direction of Matsuzaki Sano was the southeast of the aircraft carrier.

Fly, continue to fly forward, the long flight is very boring. At the same time, Matsuzaki Sano also needs to visually search the sea. As the distance continues to increase, the width he needs to search is also increasing.

Half an hour passed quickly.

An hour has passed.

One third of the fuel has been consumed, and the distance has met the requirements. There is nothing in sight. According to the mission requirements, he should return.

But he wasn't. As an island pilot, he was loyal and arrogant.

Keep flying!

When the fuel consumption was over halfway, he was only over a hundred nautical miles away from Pearl Harbor. At this moment, he saw the vague outline on the sea, and he was instantly overjoyed.