Nimitz frowned, was silent for dozens of seconds, as if he still didn't understand the point, and said suspiciously: "The Japanese have undoubtedly discovered that our aircraft carriers have no torpedo planes and bombers, and the fighters cannot pose a huge threat to their fleet at all, so they dare to advance in a big way, this is completely within our plan, and it is also a flaw that we deliberately exposed to him, there is nothing wrong?" ”

Jiang Haoran said: "Yes, it is true on the surface, but have you thought about it, at this time they are less than a thousand nautical miles away from Midway, although our aircraft carrier is not loaded with bombers, but the B24 and B25 bombers on Midway can easily arrive, and even the B-24 bombers on Pearl Harbor and the west coast of the United States can barely do it, and the air strength of the island army has been sharply reduced by half. But they didn't hesitate at all, and immediately rushed up at full speed, what does this mean? This shows that they have confidence, they are not afraid of our long-range bombers, so where is their confidence? ”

Nimitz slapped his forehead suddenly, suddenly realized, and exclaimed: "Their support is less than a hundred nautical miles behind them, this is their confidence!" ”

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Assuming that the reconnaissance planes of the island army discovered the fighters and bombers of the Chinese army with the intention of attacking their fleet 200 nautical miles away, the rear air force of the island army must not reach the airspace above the fleet to escort it before the forward fleet is attacked, and the distance must not exceed 100 nautical miles, otherwise they will not have time at all.

When Nimitz said this, he was obviously frightened, his face was full of horror, and the staff officers and generals in the room were all discolored, and the war room suddenly fell silent.

If this assumption holds, it means that the Third Fleet will have to deal with far more than the four aircraft carrier fleets in front of it.

Before the war, Jiang Haoran and Nimitz made a prediction on how many aircraft carriers the island army could send this time, and it was estimated that the number of aircraft carriers they could mobilize was between eight and twelve, that is to say, if the island army decided to concentrate firepower to forcibly tear apart the defense line of the Mi army, then the Third Fleet might have to face eight to twelve aircraft carrier fleets, which was a terrifying number, and everyone would have to be frightened.

Historically, the number of aircraft carriers owned by the island army at the end of World War II was twenty-nine, including four that were not launched, but the battle was fought here, and the number of aircraft carriers of the island army had reached twenty-five, and it was also because of Jiang Haoran's strength that forced the Japanese army to be passively strong, but this strength was only superficial, although they occupied Southeast Asia, but Southeast Asia did not solve the key problem of their material shortage as scheduled, on the contrary, they suffered losses and losses in the war, and even Wuhan on the Chinese battlefield was lost, The situation is far more grim than in history, but the materials are even more scarce than in history, and in addition they have to improve their weapons and expand their military spending, their national strength, manpower, and financial resources are already far from the same period in history, and it is no exaggeration to say that if they do not know how to judge the hour and size up the situation and change their tactics, their destruction will be a matter of one or two years, and it will not be delayed until 1945.

In a solemn atmosphere, a senior staff officer of the Mi Army stepped forward and said: "I don't think this battle has been fought at all, the Third Fleet must retreat immediately, anyway, the monkey army in front of us has caught up, and our purpose of luring the enemy has been achieved, even if the retreat should not change the battle situation much." ”

Nimitz was stunned for a moment, looked at the senior staff officer and hesitated for a few seconds, waved his hand and said: "No, no, absolutely not, Yamamoto Fifty-six is not a pig, in the information he has learned, our army is exercising at Midway, and the perimeter protection will definitely arouse his vigilance, and he will inevitably expand the search range and advance cautiously. ”

After Nimitz finished speaking, he subconsciously glanced at Jiang Haoran, but found that he clasped his hands in front of his chest, his face was calm, as if he didn't take this matter to heart at all, and suddenly said suspiciously: "Jiang, do you have a good solution?" ”

Jiang Haoran smiled slightly, did not rush to answer, stretched out his right hand, made a gesture of holding a cigarette, a staff officer of the Mi Army hurriedly stepped forward and handed over a cigarette, and lit it for Jiang Haoran, Jiang Haoran smoked like no one, and the people in the room suddenly looked at him stupidly and smoked.

To tell the truth, from the time I heard that Jiang Haoran was going to participate in the command of the United States Navy, the United States Navy generals were full of disdain, and even extremely dissatisfied, but fortunately he was only a senior staff officer, not a military commander, otherwise they would have to blow up the nest, which was obviously a child's play with the Pacific Fleet.

It is no wonder that an army commander commands naval warfare, even if he is like a dragon and a tiger on land, but naval warfare is not a concept at all, the so-called interlacing is like a mountain, he Jiang Haoran has no record of receiving naval military training in his resume, and even he has almost no record of naval warfare, so no one can be convinced, but the victory in the first battle just now subverted their ideas, so his words and expressions were also full of respect for Jiang Haoran.

Jiang Haoran finished smoking a cigarette, and Si Swen extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray, then looked at Nimitz and said, "I agree with your point of view, you can't retreat!" Not only can we not retreat, but we also have to set up a position to fight them in order to show our purpose of buying time for the rear and delaying the attack of the island army at all costs."

Nimitz was obviously a little impatient, interrupted Jiang Haoran's words, and said: "I know this, Jiang, the difference in strength between us is two or even three times that of the island army, and it is not too much to say that we hit a stone with an egg, so what I want to know most is how we can fight this battle so that the whole army will not be annihilated, to be precise, I want a practical plan, do you understand?" ”

Jiang Haoran's expression was awe-inspiring, obviously he didn't expect that Nimitz would fight this battle at the cost of "the annihilation of the whole army", and he did not hesitate to do so simply and completely, this spirit of daring to show his sword and daring to sacrifice himself suddenly made Jiang Haoran awe-inspired, and said with a straight face: "General Nimitz, although there is a huge disparity in the strength of the enemy and us, and it is inevitable to fight head-on, but if we grasp it well, it is far from being necessary to use the 'annihilation of the whole army' to ensure the completion of this task of luring the enemy." ”

Nimitz's eyes seemed to have a lamp lit, and he couldn't wait to exclaim: "Talk about Jiang, talk about it?" ”