German radars helped the Japanese Navy to make a great contribution, detecting American carrier-based attack aircraft in advance. Yamamoto dodged the deadliest sword from the United States, and began to plan a counterattack in his heart.

In Yamamoto's view, since the US Navy's carrier-based aircraft have been intercepted, he should send carrier-based aircraft to trouble the US aircraft carrier fleet.

He was more interested in attacking American aircraft carriers than attacking American battleships. Moreover, as a temperamental soldier, Yamamoto Isoroku is of course more inclined to have revenge.

The other side's carrier-based planes have already flown over and slapped him in the face, if he doesn't fight back, then how can he compete with the US fleet at sea in the future?

Therefore, after stabilizing his position, Yamamoto Fifty-six's first reaction was to order Nagumo Tadaichi to counterattack: "Order the First Air Fleet!" Get ready for the take-off of carrier-based aircraft! ”

"Hey!" The herald officer, who had been standing beside him, waiting for his order, stood up and bowed his head and answered loudly.

Yamamoto was waiting, waiting for the reconnaissance plane to send back the news. As long as the reconnaissance plane discovers the specific location of the US fleet, he will let the standby carrier-based aircraft pounce and take out the US aircraft carrier fleet that intends to sneak attack.

As the Japanese naval marshal, Yamamoto Isoroku was determined that as long as he sank these American aircraft carriers, he would be the victor in this naval battle.

Because the American battleship fleet going south could not catch up with the Japanese fleet in a short time. Without the protection of the aircraft, another battleship was seriously damaged by the bombing, and the American fleet heading south may not dare to chase after it.

The American battleships stationed near the Solomon Islands had the same problem: the Japanese fleet was already retreating, and even if they were killed, they would not be able to catch up in a short time.

In fact, the three US battleships deployed in the Solomon Islands were generally very slow, and they were all old-fashioned warships, and it was impossible to fight them out and pursue them.

Therefore, the only aircraft carriers that could pose a threat to the Japanese naval fleet were the four aircraft carriers of the First Fleet in Halsey.

Because of this, Yamamoto Isoroku had no problem with his judgment at all, and his instinct was right: as long as he killed the American aircraft carrier fleet to the south, he would win!

It's just that it is really that easy to sink the US aircraft carrier fleet? Nagumo Zhongyi looked at the busy take-off deck under his feet, and the depression in his heart had nowhere to tell.

Commander Yamamoto Fifty-six can just take orders and command the fleet to rebuke Fang Xuan. But as the commander of the fleet, he has more to take care of.

First of all, the first, during the two-day battle to attack the airfield of the US military in the Solomon Islands, his carrier-based aircraft force has already lost dozens of aircraft of various types.

Then, the second, just now, the first batch of attack aircraft units called to confirm the return. After a fierce battle, only 22 aircraft remained!

He had lost more than 80 planes, and the number of breakdowns that could not take off could be as high as 90.

Then, the third, this figure does not count the Zero fighters that took off to intercept American B-25 land-based bombers before. There is also no calculation of the Zero fighter that has just taken off urgently to intercept American carrier-based aircraft.

If you also count these Zero fighters, the Japanese army probably has more than 40 Zero fighters that have already had air defense combat missions.

The aircraft carriers dispatched by Japan this time include Akagi, Shozuru, and Zuizuru. The total number of carrier-based aircraft is only about 230.

Excluding the planes that were shot down and the planes that had already been on duty, there are only about 100 left.

And that's not all, because to count the 22 aircraft that are returning home, these aircraft will not be able to immediately join the battle.

Therefore, now in Nanyun Zhong's hands, there are only 78 planes that can be dispatched immediately.

The combined fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy has only 78 fighters left that can be dispatched, which is simply a shame for Nagumo Tadaichi.

What's even worse is still to come, among the remaining 78 aircraft, the vast majority of them are 99 ship explosions and 97 ship attacks, and there are not many Zero fighters left.

After all, in the sky above the Japanese fleet at this moment, there are dozens of Zero fighters carrying out combat missions to expel US planes, and it is impossible to protect the attack aircraft group.

If the problem of the number of carrier-based aircraft bothered Nagumo Tadaichi and embarrassed him, then the matter of take-off coordination made him even more dizzy.

In naval warfare, the take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft on aircraft carriers is completely different from that of land airfields. Carrier-based aircraft, whether taking off or landing, can only rely on the deck of the aircraft carrier.

It is almost impossible to arrange a landing during takeoff, and there is no way to fly the plane at the same time when landing.

At this moment, the First Air Fleet commanded by Nagumo Tadaichi has two batches of carrier-based planes to return to land, and another batch of planes is on standby to prepare for takeoff at any time.

How to arrange these planes became a problem that Nagumo Tadaichi had to consider: the 22 carrier-based planes returning from afar had to land first, because they ran out of fuel left.

However, there were more than 45 carrier-based planes on the deck of his aircraft carrier, and they were waiting for the order to take off, which was an order given by the marshal, and they were to take off and attack the US aircraft carrier fleet at the first opportunity.

If these planes do not take off, the deck of the aircraft carrier will not be empty, which means that those returning planes that are about to run out of fuel will not be able to land on the deck.

"Yaga! How so? Nagumo felt that he had never been so aggrieved: he hadn't launched a decent attack on his side, as if he had been tied hand and foot.

Although at this time, his fighter unit was slaughtering American carrier-based aircraft in the sky, although by this time, he had already achieved the result of sinking one American battleship.

"Let the ground crew send the standby carrier-based aircraft back to the hangar first! Move fast! After thinking about it, Nagumo Tadaichi still decided to deal with the 22 returning planes first.

After all, he can no longer afford the loss of planes and pilots: elite pilots have sacrificed hundreds, and even a fraction of the replenishment has not been trained in the country.

"The Zero fighters who intercepted the B-25 bombers should still have some fuel to let them fly in the sky for a while!" Next, he considered the 20 fighters that had taken off to intercept the B-25 bombers.

Although these planes still have fuel, they are almost exhausted of ammunition and urgently need to land to replenish them.

"Wait until these planes are recovered, and then push the standby carrier-based attack aircraft force onto the deck!" After making a trade-off, Nagumo Zhongyi's mission of attacking the American fleet was postponed to the end.