In fact, in the original history, the combat strength of the 38th Task Force Fleet was far stronger than that of the U.S. fleet; Whether it was the Battle of Gilbert, or the Battle of Marshall Island, or the Battle of Truk; As long as the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet faced the menacing 38th task force, then the Japanese navy would only be tortured and killed.

Therefore, this is also the reason why all the top brass of the Japanese Navy will shrink up like turtles when they face the 38th Task Force Fleet of the U.S. Army, so as to avoid a head-on battle with the other side.

As some of the Japanese high-ranking officials have said, most of the victories we have managed to achieve in the Pacific Theater have been destroyed by the 38th Task Force Fleet, which has suffered heavy casualties.

However, if you don't fight the 38th Task Force of the U.S. Army, you will have to watch as the other side continues to kill the Japanese mainland.

For such serious consequences, the Japanese navy and base camp absolutely cannot sit idly by.

Otherwise, what awaits them is the destruction of the country, so Minoru Minoru, the new naval staff officer of the new Military Command Department, tried every means to deal with the 38th Task Force Fleet of the US Army.

Unfortunately, at that time, the Japanese army was becoming more and more unfavorable with the war, their pilots were very short, and the fleet was not as good as before, and there was no such wealth as the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, so the commander-in-chief of the combined fleet, Koga, and other high-ranking naval officials did not take the heroic battle recommended by Minoru Minoru, a naval staff.

Because the top brass of the Japanese Navy at that time, in order to make up for the loss of their aircraft carriers, they concentrated a large number of land-based aviation units on the islands above the decisive battle lines to establish island aircraft carriers.

It is to use the unsinkable island as an aircraft carrier to use take-off aircraft against the aircraft carrier fleet attacked by the US military, as well as the amphibious landing force.

However, the Japanese Air Force at that time, in addition to the veteran pilots trained by the Fuchida family; Because of the lack of funds, the new aircraft types and the training time were too short, and some pilots had to fly planes to the battlefield to fight only one month after the formation was established and the training was completed, so that the strength of the Japanese air force was greatly reduced, and there was no way to fight the increasingly powerful US Air Force.

Therefore, the current Japanese Navy is secretly funded by Chen Yanlong's new weapons and equipment, and they are also very anxious to obtain the new weapons and equipment they want as soon as possible to fight against the US military.

Therefore, even though the current war situation is at a disadvantage, the Japanese Navy still dispatched Vice Admiral Toyota to command a group of aircraft carrier fleets to receive the new weapons and equipment sold to them by Chen Yanlong.

"Oh no! Your Excellency Commander, we have spotted the fleet and reconnaissance aircraft groups of the American army, conducting reconnaissance under the cover of their carrier-based fighter groups! ”

Just after the U.S. Army's "Hell Dive" SB2C-3, American P-43 "Lancer", and SC Seahawk reconnaissance aircraft group attacked under the escort of the F6F Hell Cat fighter group for reconnaissance; Miyaki Yamamoto, the combat staff officer of Toyota's deputy military general, also immediately reported to him.

"What!"

"How many planes did they come? Which U.S. fleet is it? Do they have aircraft carriers in place? How strong is it? ”

Hearing this, the deputy general of Toyota perked up and immediately asked anxiously.

"I don't know yet! Because they're far away from us! So the strength of the incoming US fleet has not been fully investigated! ”

"However, the reconnaissance of the new German radar equipped with us has detected their carrier-based aircraft group, including about 80 reconnaissance aircraft groups that came to conduct reconnaissance!"

Operational staff officer Gong Qi Yamamoto was covered in cold sweat and worried.

Because the aircraft carrier fleet that they are coming out of now is not as strong as the Nagumo Mobile Fleet, but a second-tier fleet.

In other words, once they encounter a powerful US fleet, then they will face a terrible end.

Either die in battle to feed the fish here, or be hit hard and flee.

In short, they were either crippled or annihilated.

"Immediately flee from the range of the opponent's attack, find a hidden place to avoid them, we must not engage them head-on! It doesn't matter which American fleet! We don't want to fight them, because our purpose now is to trade new weapons and equipment with the Germans, not to carry out combat missions! ”

Toyota's vice admiral didn't want to give an order right away.