"Enemy planes! Enemy! "Above the clouds, Japanese patrol fighters were the first to spot their approaching targets.

In the distance in the direction of the Solomon Islands, land-based bombers that the United States had taken off earlier were the first to appear in the air defense circle of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy.

The Japanese Zero fighters, who had been waiting for a long time, rushed forward quickly and began to slaughter these B-25 bombers of the US Army.

It was indeed a massacre, the B-25 bombers loaded with bombs were not fast, and under the entanglement of the Zero fighters, they could only rely on the formation and self-defense guns and machine guns to return fire.

They were not escorted by fighters, because the position of the Japanese fleet at this moment was out of the combat radius of the P-40 fighters.

Any precious escort will waste all the fighters escorted, so the US military can only bite the bullet and launch a counterattack with land-based bombers with a larger combat radius.

As for whether these planes can come back safely, it is not something that the commanders need to consider.

These commanders only knew that even if there was a one percent chance, they would have to try it and see if they could sink the Japanese warship.

"Suddenly! Dodo! "High in the sky, the guns of the Japanese Zero fighters spewed dazzling tongues of fire, and the engine of an American B-25 bomber was hit, and it began to drag up long black smoke.

"Your Excellency, General! American bombers in the direction of the Solomon Islands are approaching, and our fighters are intercepting! The officer in charge of communications walked into Nagumo Tadaichi's bridge, bowed down and reported: "The battle is fierce! ”

"Yo Xi! If we intercept this batch of attacks, we are completely safe! Nagumo Tadaichi seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

The main direction of interception by his fighters is also the airfield of the US military in the direction of the Solomon Islands. Now, as long as he takes out those American B-25 bombers who have ventured to come, he can calmly continue to move northwest and get out of the battle.

"Report!" Another officer walked in at this time, bowed down and reported another new news: "The first group of attack aircraft has approached the target!" The attack has begun! ”

"Yo Xi!" Nagumo Zhongyi continued to nod, which was also under his control. As long as the attack is successful, the Japanese navy can continue to maintain its superiority in the Pacific Ocean, and then it can continue to threaten the Solomon Islands and the Marshall Islands.

Even if it cannot win, as long as the US fleet is crucified in these places, it will be a bearable result for the Japanese top brass who are preparing to expand the Chinese theater.

Everything that was happening in front of us seemed to be playing out according to the script that the generals of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet were expecting.

At the same time, in a cabin of the battleship Mutsu in Japan, a Japanese soldier stared at the screen in front of him, and suddenly his eyes widened.

He looked back at the officer behind him and reported loudly, "Captain Nakamura! Detectives have spotted enemy aircraft! From due south of the fleet! ”

"Due south? You read that right? Hearing the direction, Captain Nakamura was stunned for a moment, and then opened his mouth in shock to verify the sentence.

"That's right! It's a big distraction, but I'm sure! There are enemy planes in that direction! The soldier replied firmly.

"Yaga!" Nakamura scolded, turned around and grabbed the phone hanging on the wall behind him: "Bridge? I'm Captain Nakamura! Let the captain answer the phone! Fast! ”

Hearing the phone being picked up by the captain, Nakamura shouted loudly, "Captain! There are enemy planes coming south of the fleet! It's due south! ”

The Mutsu had not previously participated in the battle for the Hawaiian Islands and underwent a modernization on its home soil.

The focus of that modernization was to use the technology provided by Germany and combine with the Japanese Navy's electro-reconnaissance research to install new electro-reconnaissance equipment on the battleship Mutsu.

Now, this new electric detector, at the most critical time, has made a contribution that is enough to turn things around! If it had not discovered the US attack aircraft force, the Japanese fleet might have been wiped out.

"Yes! I'm sure! The ...... found by Kondo Juncho "grabbed the phone, and Captain Nakamura felt his calves and stomach tremble.

On the bridge side, he did not dare to slack off for half a minute, and immediately issued a warning to the flagship that enemy aircraft were approaching from the south.

"Nani?" Yamamoto Fifty-six, who heard the news, was so frightened that his face turned white in an instant.

He was not an idiot, but a front-line commander familiar with naval warfare. With his cunning character, a lot of things immediately came to mind.

The range of the US planes was not enough to surprise the Japanese fleet from the south, and the US Army air force did not have the ability to turn around at sea and recalibrate its course.

No matter how they are trained, these land-based aircraft are also army aviation, so how can they be used as naval aviation? So, the planes in the south must have taken off from aircraft carriers!

Thinking of this, Yamamoto Fifty-Six Three Souls frightened the Seven Spirits - after all, he still missed an American fleet, the most important aircraft carrier fleet.

At this time, it is useless to think about how the Americans have aircraft carriers, and he has no time to praise the professionalism and accuracy of the German intelligence services.

The question now is: whether the Japanese navy can withstand this attack and turn its disadvantage into an advantage and completely annihilate the American fleet in front of it.

"Sound the battle alarm! Put the fleet into air defense operations! "Just thinking for a moment, Yamamoto fifty-six gave the battle order.

"Telegraph to Nagumo and ask him to take off a new fighter to intercept this group of American attack aircraft!" Next, he gave a second order.

Before he could pause, a third order flew out of his mouth: "Order the supply fleet and the landing fleet to retreat at full speed!" No need to meet, return to Rabaul! Fast! ”

Almost all the warships of the Japanese Combined Fleet sounded the air defense alarm at the first time.

Being able to detect enemy planes in advance, Yamamoto 56 sighed in his heart that he was lucky. The technology provided by the Germans turned against the sky, and the Nagato, where he was located, also had Japan's own electric detection equipment, but no targets were found.

Now Yamamoto Fifty-six has given up on his plan to attack Solomon. What he wants to do now is to eat the American southbound fleet before retreating.

Then, immediately leave this land of right and wrong with the fleet - as for the American aircraft carrier fleet to the south, he is not willing to act rashly until he finds out the details of the other party.

After all, at this very moment, the influence of the American productive forces on him has been infinitely magnified. The Germans said that the United States might have formed a new fleet, and Yamamoto Fifty-six never believed it, and now that the Americans really had a fleet, Yamamoto was afraid that the strength of this fleet would be beyond his judgment.