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Day. The combined fleet of the Navy wants to completely defeat the United States through a single battle. The aircraft carrier force of the army. To this end, they sent the 1st Air Force ("Akagi", "Kaga" and "Shotsuru"). Commander Lieutenant General Nagumo Tadaichi) and the 2nd Air Force ("Soryu", "Flying Dragon", "Zuihe". Commander Major General Tagan Yamaguchi), Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant General Nagumo Tadaichi. In addition, a large number of fleets such as the First Battleship of the Combined Fleet ("Nagato", "Mutsu", etc., commander Admiral Yamamoto Go**) and others served as support missions.

The U.S. Navy's military strength is much worse, with only the USS Wasc-7WASP, WASPCLASSAIRCRAFTCARRIER, USSCV-5Yorktown, YorktownClass Aircraftcarrier, and USSCV-6Enterprise, which have just returned to port. YorktownClassAircraftCarrier) was able to enter the war. However, under the coercion and lure of Vice Admiral Halsey, Nimitz also sent the USS Hornet (USSCV-8HORNET, Yorktown Class Aircraftcarrier) and the USSCV-4Ranger (Ranger Class Aircraftcarrier), which was supposed to be eliminated. Although these aircraft carriers have undergone emergency repairs, they have not been able to recover their strength until they were attacked.

But the tonnage of these five aircraft carriers on paper is about the same as the six aircraft carriers of the Japanese army, and even a little more, but the "Wasp" has just been repaired and is still a light aircraft carrier; The "Ranger" was not successful, the deck was too narrow, and it was very difficult for the aircraft to take off and land. The Japanese "Zero" carrier-based fighter (referring to the A6M2), the "Val" carrier-based dive bomber (D3A) and the "Kate" carrier-based torpedo bomber (B5N) are all superior to the United States. Carrier-based aircraft of the military fleet. [Note 1]

But Halsey still has his cards, and his cards are the land-based aircraft and seaplanes at the Midway base (including the B-17 "Flying Fortress" strategic bomber, which is used here as a reconnaissance aircraft and a tactical bomber; P-40 Warhawk fighter; the P-39 "Razer" fighter, but this fighter is not commonly used in the army, and the Soviets liked it very much; "Katerina" seaplane, capable of saving the life of the pilot who fell into the water. Finally, there is the very important B-25 "Mitchell" light horizontal bomber, which is also the only land-based aircraft capable of taking off from the deck of an aircraft carrier. ）

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Nagumo Tadaichi is a general who lacks his own opinions, this kind of character is undoubtedly very dangerous, for this kind of general, they are completely unable to make their own judgment, once there is any gap between the course of the war and their own plan, they will be in a hurry. (Excerpt from "Commander in World War II: Battle of Midway")

Vice Admiral Halsey was more pragmatic, and in his opinion, if a battleship could not fulfill her mission, then it should be abandoned, and there was no need for any psychological burden. (Excerpt from "Commander in World War II: Battle of Midway")

Vice Admiral Halsey is now under a lot of pressure, and he will face the most elite aircraft carrier force of the Japanese army, and the difference in strength between the two sides is not large. The only advantage is that Halsey has the support of land-based aircraft, and Nagumo does not have it. But these advantages in Japan. Ben's "Zero" carrier-based fighter seems to have been infinitely shrunk.

Now facing Lieutenant General Halsey is a huge question: how to defeat Day. Ben Navy?

Nimitz had grasped that the Japanese attack was aimed at Midway, and that their real purpose was to bring the United States to the United States. The sea power of the army was completely destroyed and made the United States. The army no longer has the ability to launch naval attacks. At least in the eyes of Yamamoto Isoroku, if the U.S. Navy had aircraft carrier power, the Japanese . Indigenous air defense cannot be implemented.

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Although Nagumo Tadaichi and Halsey are thousands of nautical miles apart in reality, they are both playing the same game of chess in their minds - Midway. This small island northwest of Hawaii is a very important sea base, and without this small island, the U.S. Pacific Fleet will not be able to reach Japan. Ability Sea. And if it's the day. I own this island, so day. I can use this small island as a base from which to launch an attack on Hawaii and even the continental United States.

The aircraft carrier forces of both sides have already entered the combat area, and even the submarines of both sides have already discovered the aircraft carrier forces of the other side. However, none of the seven reconnaissance planes sent by Nagumo Tadaichi discovered the enemy aircraft carrier, but on the contrary, 24 seaplanes of Halsey discovered the Japanese aircraft carrier and marked the exact location on Halsey's chart.

Nagumo Tadaichi's investigation is just a formality and has no real significance, at least in Japan. Ben's base camp looks beautiful. The army's aircraft carrier should not arrive until the next day. So Nagumo Tadaichi thought that the submarine might have seen a merchant ship.

At this time, the submarine -- the I-72 -- sent a telegram: "One enemy heavy cruiser and its escort fleet of twenty ships of various types have been discovered, but no aircraft carrier has been found. "It turned out that the aircraft carrier had arrived a long time ago, and the submarine guarding the main communication route had used an oil tanker owned by the fleet led by the heavy cruiser "Chicago" as an aircraft carrier.

Nanyun is happy in his heart, because this not only proves that his judgment is not wrong, but also allows himself to play better.

Now Nagumo is eating in his small room while yy sinks Mei by himself. The glory and wealth that can be obtained after the military aircraft carrier.

Halsey was also in his small room, but he was thinking about how to get the most out of the day. My aircraft carrier power has made them a country that has lost its sea supremacy. Family. Let's Day. My own fleet became a fleet of existence.

Rear Admiral Prinsey was one of Halsey's generals, the Tigers, who were in charge of the Hornet and Ranger, while Vice Admiral Halsey was in charge of the Enterprise, Yorktown, and Wasp. Their flagships were sister ships, and in real history, the Hornet would be sunk by the Japanese shortly after, while the Enterprise was lucky enough to survive to the end of the war, but was dismantled for scrap metal.

If you want to ask where Major General Fletcher went? He was in Spain waiting for a U.S. Navy ship to pick him up......

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Nagumo Tadaichi attacked first, and he had all the planes loaded with bombs to attack the ground equipment at Midway. And shortly after the Japanese planes took off, the United States. The beauty of the Midway base of the army. All the fighters were also in the air, and they would bypass the Japanese fighters to bomb the Japanese aircraft carriers.

These planes were carrying bombshells or torpedoes, although the United States. The number of torpedoes that can explode due to the fuse is small, but if you use a sea-like attack, you might be able to sink a few warships.

But the appearance of these planes made Halsey really helpless.

The B-17 carried 16 500-pound bombs, which they dropped from an altitude of 7,000 meters, and the enemy warships were not sunk but were shot down by the enemy's anti-aircraft guns.

The B-25 was carrying a 1,600-pound air-dropped torpedo Mk.13, and they dropped the torpedoes at a very slow speed, but because of the quality of the torpedoes, none of these torpedoes exploded, and all of them got stuck in the hull of the Japanese warship.

The P-40 had some "brilliant successes" - they killed and wounded dozens of Japanese sailors with six machine guns, but did no real damage.

The P-39 squadron achieved the greatest result - their 37-mm air guns smashed the bridge of the Japanese warship into a sieve, and then in a few tens of minutes, the Japanese destroyer lost its command system and crashed into the hull of the "Chicheng", the destroyer lost its bow on the spot, and the "Chicheng" was knocked out of a large gap. Hundreds of tons of seawater entered, but were completely intercepted by the watertight bulkheads that had only recently been reinforced by the Japanese army. At least for now, it seems that there is nothing wrong with the "Sincerity".

The first wave of attacking the land forces returned to the aircraft carrier and immediately replanted the bombs.

But just after the addition was completed, I heard the beauty. The news of the discovery of the aircraft carrier formation, so the torpedoes began to be replaced. The bombs were stacked on both sides of the deck, and with those messy fuel lines, Nagumo Tadaichi was now sitting on a huge time bomb.

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After the formation of the second wave of attack aircraft took off from the United States. The torpedo bomber squadron of the military carrier carried out a bombing operation, as a result of which all the TBDs were shot down, except for the torpedo bomber piloted by Second Lieutenant George Gay of the "Enterprise". And these pilots are also more auspicious.

Now Halsey must decide: should he release fighter jets or dive bombers?

But before he could think about it, the Japanese attack force had already arrived. Halsey quickly unleashed dive bombers, which bypassed the Japanese attack formation. Then there are the F4F fighters, which, although a little backward in terms of performance, are much better than the "Zero" in terms of firepower and protection.

These fighters took off and slaughtered enemy bombers before joining their own bomber formation, where they were tasked with attacking several Japanese carriers that had gathered together.

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Beauty. The vast majority of the warship-based aircraft returned, but the Japanese were not so happy.

Most of the Japanese carrier-based planes were shot down, and most of their aircraft carriers were also injured, only the "Chicheng" was left to take off and land planes, and the other aircraft carriers were slowly sinking. The main reason for the use of "Chicheng" is that the damage control personnel are on the front line, and in order to prevent the ammunition from being soaked in seawater, even the ammunition that has accumulated in the hangar is separated.

So the Japanese army and the United States . The army is now 1:3 (the former sank and the "Wasp" and the latter was seriously wounded and on the way back).

Ari Yongjo was the commander of the first wave of attack aircraft formations, and he also proposed the construction of the second wave of attacks. Out of remorse for the loss of four aircraft carriers in the Empire, he decided to lead the attack.

At the time of takeoff, Nagajo's right wing fuel tank was leaking, and he knew it would be a one-way mission. His wingman pilot wanted to be able to swap planes with him, but was rejected by Ari Nagajo. Its purpose is to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor, how can an innocent person be replaced?

Flew to the United States. After the top of the military fleet, there is not much gasoline in the city of Yongjo.

Although the attack resulted in only eight torpedo bombers, 12 dive bombers, and three fighter jets, the small group of 25 aircraft still had to sink the American aircraft carrier.

The target of the city of Nagajang is the "Hornet", and the target of the other team is the "Yorktown", and they will launch a flanking attack on the two carriers. And the target of the dive bomber is the "big E", mainly because the aircraft carrier is flying the lieutenant general's flag.

After dropping the torpedo, Nagajo was ready to crash into the "Hornet" in front of him, but the right wing was hit, and the plane flew uncontrollably towards the "Enterprise". Then it hit the base of the bridge of the "Enterprise", and the bridge of the "Enterprise" quickly began to burn.

But there is a Nagajo city of achievements soon disappeared - beauty. The army's damage management personnel quickly extinguished the fire, and the second wave of attacks began.

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The Japanese lost all of their fleet's heavy aircraft carriers, hundreds of pilots, and hundreds of equally prized mechanics at the Battle of Midway. These mechanics lost their lives in the detonation of the ammunition. For the Japanese army, it was not only the pilots who lost, but also these professional mechanics. They are irreplaceable.

As a result, Midway deprived the Japanese of sea supremacy in the Pacific, and they had to turn to their German allies for support.

[Note 1] Beauty. The fleet consists mainly of F4F-3 "Wildcat" carrier-based fighters, SBD-3 "Dreadnought" carrier-based dive bombers and TBD-5 "Saboteur" carrier-based torpedo bombers. The performance of all three fighters was weaker than that of the Japanese fighters, and even for the pilots of the TBD, they were on a suicidal mission.