At half past seven, the kamikaze members finished their meal and began to assemble. At this time, a captain pilot walked up to them. They knew him, and this man was Captain Guan Xingnan, the only veteran pilot in the entire team. A team, even if it's a team that is about to commit suicide, still needs an experienced veteran to lead it. Because, without an experienced person to carry with them, they simply cannot find their target. It is said that when Lieutenant General Takijiro Onishi approached him and asked him to go on such a mission. Captain Guan Xingnan only thought about it for about ten seconds before readily agreed, of course, some people said that Captain Guan Xingnan thought about it all night. However, the young people are still more willing to believe the previous statement.

"The fighter plane has appeared, now I order, board the plane immediately!" Guan Xingnan kept a straight face as usual. Many young people couldn't help but praise in their hearts: "What a style, if I could have such an expression in the comfort station last night, I would definitely make the sister who received me faint." That sister is so gentle, I wonder if she will miss me after I die......"

After getting on the plane, all the people were given several pills, and the military doctor who distributed them told them that this was a medicine to prevent airsickness and improve their combat effectiveness. So the young men swallowed the medicines, and then took pride in the great empire's medical technology.

As the pill fell into the stomach, so did the courage. Every young man longs to kill others and be killed by others. Captain Guan Xingnan waved his hand and closed the canopy. The canopy was locked, and he pushed the throttle valve, and the plane began to slide towards the end of the runway......

Seki Yukio flew towards Leyte Gulf with the other five Zero fighters of his "Shikishima Team", and a little higher behind him were the fighters escorting them, led by the famous Hiroshi Nishizawa.

An hour later, the plane entered the skies over Leyte Gulf.

To say that in the original history the timing of the suicide plane of Rì himself came very well, when "Brute Bull" Halsey was attracted by Ozawa's decoy fleet with all his own aircraft carriers, and Willis ?? General Lee's six relatively new battleships rushed over and bited the hook, leaving only a few escort carriers, destroyers, and a large number of transports in Leyte Gulf. And the fighters equipped on these escort aircraft carriers are still old F4F. This gave the kamikaze commandos a great boost in their hopes of success in this attack.

To make matters worse, Kurita brought a Second Fleet of six battleships, one of which was the largest battleship in the world, the Yamato. And the American forces in front of him were only escort aircraft carriers and destroyers, as well as light cruiser ships. All the destroyers of the US army rushed up and desperately released torpedoes, and all the planes that flew up on the escort carriers, whether fighters or bombers, ran to attack the Kurita fleet. Those who have bombs drop bombs, and those who don't have bombs go to sweep shè anti-aircraft gun emplacements. Anyway, no one cares about air defense. As a result, Rì's own suicide plane took advantage of the situation and sank two escort aircraft carriers in one go.

However, giving up air defense was actually the best choice for the Americans at that time, and if Kurita's battleship force was allowed to rush into Leyte Gulf, not only the two escort aircraft carriers would die, but the entire landing force would be dead. Therefore, although these planes did not have the most suitable bombs for attacking warships, they still rushed at Kurita's fleet.

Historically, Kurita was frightened by these chaotic enemy planes, and turned and fled, letting go of the only chance to lose both. Why he ran and what would happen if he didn't become a classic topic later.

This story in the Battle of Leyte Gulf is not unknown to anyone who is a military fan, and Ron certainly knows it. So before the landing battle began, he found a reason that there would be many times when he needed to cooperate with the fleet in future operations, so he ran to meet Halsey.

Ron and Halsey are also old acquaintances. When I was in Kuah, I cooperated together. And he also fought Midway with the people of the Navy. In the eyes of the Navy, Ron is also one of the few more cute Army. Now that he came and said that he wanted to observe the naval war, Halsey naturally had no reason to disagree. The bold Halsey even provided Ron with a "pirate" fighter jet, and let him fly the plane to the Sibuyan Sea to see how his navy "killed the little rìben, killed the little rìben, and kept killing the little rìben".

As a result, of course, it was the Navy's fleet that beat Kurita's fleet badly. It's just that this time, I don't know why it was the Yamato that was sunk, but the Musashi, which was supposed to be sunk, escaped.

As in the original history, at around 24 p.m., Halsey's fleet spotted the Ozawa fleet as bait. In this fleet, Halsey discovered all four aircraft carriers owned by Rìben.

Destroy them and you'll have 100% sea supremacy! The temptation made Halsey's head heat up all at once. Almost as soon as Kurita's fleet retreated, he gathered his men and planned to cut off Ozawa's fleet.

"General, I'm a layman, but there are some things I don't quite understand." Ron, who was watching the game, said to Halsey.

"Ah, my little friend, what don't you understand? Just ask me. I'm the one who would love to be a teacher for young people. "It can be seen that there is a chance to completely annihilate all the remaining aircraft carriers of Rì himself, and this Halsey is in a good mood.

"General, what if the enemy's battleship units come back again at night?" Ron asked.

"The enemy has retreated! Probably won't be coming back. Halsey didn't care.

Later critics have contrasted Halsey and Barton in this way. They say that Patton is fake bold and really careful, and Halsey is really bold and fake careful. Patton's mouth cannon said that fools would protect their ass all day long, but when directing the battle, he never really exposed the ass of his troops. Halsey is different, he never cares if someone will break his ass, as long as he can break his opponent's ass and take two hits, he doesn't care.

"General, if they come back after nightfall, as they did on Kuah Island, they should be able to kill Leyte Gulf as soon as daybreak. As soon as the Philippines is lost, the fleet will be finished. At this time, what would you do if you were a rìben commander? Ron asked.

"I'm Commander Rìben?" Halsey clasped his hands to his chest, circled the chart twice, and said, "Then I would rather sink all the warships in this battle than inflict huge losses on the Americans." Let me think...... Kincaid is guarding Surigao, and there must be no problem here......"

"General, the opportunity to take out the aircraft carrier must not be missed. However, I just heard in the newspaper that there are four aircraft carriers, and only one of them is a large aircraft carrier, and the others are light aircraft carriers. To deal with such a force, it is not necessary to send the entire fleet out. We left some battleship forces, plus one fleet carrier, and with 8 fleet carriers to fight four of that kind of small things is not the same certainty. ”

"Let me think again!" If someone else proposed this, Halsey wouldn't care too much at all, but Ron is a very capable guy, and he has proven his talent for command in Kuah Island and Midway. And Halsey didn't really understand the risks of his approach, he was just a little impulsive, and after a slight interruption, Halsey, who had calmed down, would naturally find that his decision took unnecessary risks.

"I said Ron, you're a young man, how do you do the same thing as Spruance, like a little old man! But...... Well, there's some truth to what you're saying. We're going to attack overnight, and I can't leave all the battleships behind, or we'll be in trouble if we run into enemy battleships on the night voyage. In this way, I will leave four battleships and one aircraft carrier. Jean Willis?? General Lee took them with him. That's all it takes. Well, just give the order! …… Ron, are you with me, or with Willis?? Plum? ”

"Naturally, I'll follow you. You've definitely got a war to watch there, Willis?? General Lee doesn't have any. Ron said as he thought to himself, "Willis?? Li didn't do a good job on his side, so he had to fight an artillery battle, and the safety factor was much lower. Or is it important to save your life......"

……

So when Rì's own suicide plane arrived, the skies over Leyte Gulf weren't as careless as they were historically, Willis?? Lee's fleet overwhelmed Kurita's fleet, forcing him to flee again. And those F4F fighters on the Navy's escort carriers are hovering over the transport fleet.

Captain Seki shook his wings and motioned for the other planes to follow him, and then rushed towards the American escort carrier. Several F4Fs spotted them, but the planes apparently failed to anticipate the enemy's attack.

"At 10 o'clock, the Rì Ben fighter was found, and it was a zero battle!" An American pilot shouted.

"Climb, take advantage of the height first, and engage them." Their captain gave such an order.

This directive is honestly fine. Because F4F is so old, it is even weaker in terms of xìng energy compared to Zero. It was only because of the good take-off and landing that the petite escort aircraft carriers took a fancy to it and chose it as a carrier-based aircraft. If you can't have a high superiority, it will be quite difficult to fight. However, this decision caused a lot of trouble for the American fleet.

Taking advantage of the fact that the enemy planes were climbing without a chance to rush over, Guan Xingnan approached the US escort aircraft carrier with five suicide planes......