In the Pacific Ocean, the wind and waves are not very strong, and the fleet splits the waves, rides the wind and waves, and sails forward.

Rear Admiral Fletcher stood on the bridge, the Saratoga at his feet, the deck looked brand new, just in the middle of the sea voyage, the sailors had painted a thin layer of moisture-proof paint on the deck, and now, the smell of paint wafted across the entire aircraft carrier, and Fletcher's hand held on to the railing, looking at his huge fleet.

It will definitely completely crush the fleet of the islanders, and this naval battle will be related to the life and death of the US Pacific Fleet!

Fletcher looked at the sea in the distance, fighting at sea, the first step is to find the enemy, in the vast sea, it is not easy to find the enemy.

The agents who are ambushed in the island country have already seen all the navies of the island country dispatched, and according to the itinerary, they will reach the sea area about 500 kilometers southwest of Attu Island in the last two days or so, which is a normal combat distance for the carrier-based aircraft of the island people.

At the same time, if the islanders want to land on Attu Island, they must get closer, even one or two hundred nautical miles, to cover the landing of their ships, and even some large warships will come close to the island.

Fletcher turned his head and asked, "How's it going?" Did our reconnaissance aircraft make any discoveries? ”

"No, the reconnaissance plane is still searching nearby, and it has not found the fleet of the islanders."

Where did the islanders go? Fletcher was a little apprehensive in his heart, for the fleet, it was quite dangerous not to be able to detect the enemy early, who knows in what sea area the enemy will ambush, waiting to encircle and annihilate his own side?

The islanders have more aircraft carriers than their own, and if they are attacked, they may suffer a big loss.

Thinking of this, Fletcher said: "Send additional aircraft carrier group air defense fighters, expand the air defense range to 100 nautical miles, and closely monitor our nearby airspace." ”

In Fletcher's hunch, he felt that the encounter with the formation of the islanders was almost instantaneous.

Little did he know that his own wait would be long.

"The Americans were wandering around the Aleutian Islands, and they didn't even think that the target of our attack was Midway." Standing on the bridge of the Yamato, Pheasant Fifty-six looked at his huge formation, and the pride in his heart spontaneously arose, and at this time, he was even more excited when he heard the compliments of the adjutant on the side.

The four main aircraft carriers, forming a mobile formation, are in charge of Nagumo Tadaichi, and their task is not to cover the landing force, but to fight a decisive battle with the main US fleet that may arrive at any time.

As for the landing ships, the two escort aircraft carriers and landing ships were mainly carried out by the two escort aircraft carriers, and the people of the island people were 100 satisfied with the landing ships produced by Germany, and they drove all the way over, very smoothly, and they would be invincible when they landed on the beach, and even, in their imagination, until their own infantry rushed onto the beach, the Americans would not react.

All this, thanks to the reminder of Führer Cirek, he actually knew that the Americans had deciphered their own wireless telegraphy, and in order to continue to confuse the Americans, the fleet continued to use the original code for communication, and at the same time, after departure, the entire fleet was in a state of radio silence, continuing to deceive the Americans.

"Yes, as long as we capture Midway, we can tightly hold the eastern gate of the Pacific Ocean and block the Americans from the coastline, but it's a pity."

The second half of the sentence was not uttered, but it is a pity that the island countries do not have enough resources, insufficient industrial production capacity, and not many people, otherwise, there would be no problem for the island countries to occupy the whole of East Asia.

Compared with the United States, the island countries seem to have no hope of victory, which is also the reason why the pheasant 56 refused to launch a war against the United States at the beginning, but until now, it seems that the situation is developing in the direction of the island countries, all thanks to Germany!

However, why do island countries refuse to form an alliance with themselves?

Thinking of this, he didn't continue to think about it, and the news from his subordinates had already arrived: "There are still a hundred nautical miles from Midway." ”

"The aircraft carrier fleet has temporarily stopped advancing, and the landing ships and escort warships are advancing at full speed, ready to rush to the beach and land after dark!" Pheasant Fifty-Six shouted.

If the landing is during the day, it can be fully supported by the carrier-based aircraft, which can bomb the military base at Midway, but the Americans will also react and increase the difficulty of the landing.

Therefore, they finally decided to postpone the landing and let the landing ship land after nightfall, so that it was even possible to complete the entire landing task without alarming the Americans, and take the entire Midway Island overnight.

Midway is just a coral reef, with a total area of only 5 square kilometers and a circumference of 24 kilometers, and in such a projectile land, it would have been enough for you to have ten landing ships, each carrying 500 marines and some internal fireboats, and these ten ships would be enough.

And the next few ships, transporting their equipment and supplies, can be said to be well prepared, to deal with less than 2,000 American troops on the island, it is simply trivial.

There is no need to make too much of a fuss at all, and the focus of the task of our fleet is not to land on Midway, but how to deal with the counterattack of the Americans after the landing, firmly hold Midway, and launch an attack on the Hawaiian Islands with Midway as the center, which is the most important thing.

The entire fleet slowly stopped, and at the rear of the formation, one ship after another moved out, formed a new formation, and slowly continued to sail towards the east.

They were the landing ship formations escorted by the Fourth Cruiser Squadron.

The commander, Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondo, stood aboard the heavy cruiser Torikai and watched as his side gradually moved away from the carrier formation, and in the distance, at sea level, the target island was about to appear.

Reconnaissance planes cannot be dispatched, there is a newly built radar station on the island, and the carrier-based aircraft will be exposed to the radar screen, alerting the Americans, and it must be quietly and directly approached!

Time passed slowly, and the sun's rays slanted from the west fell on the sea, stretching the shadows of each warship very long, and soon the sun would take away the last rays of afterglow, and the whole sea would become dark.

At this moment, the lookout post at the top of the mast suddenly noticed something and shouted loudly: "At six o'clock, fifteen nautical miles away, there is a fishing boat!" ”

This was a covert military operation, and the most feared thing was leaks, and now, just as it was about to land on Midway, something unexpected happened.

The fishing boat is running back at full speed, and it seems that it wants to go back and report to the US Navy!