Nagumo Tadaichi didn't know that his adjustment, intentional or unintentional, might have been inspired by his own mistakes in another distant time and space.

Whether or not he knew how he had made the adjustment, at least he made up for his mistake and got the First Air Fleet on the attack in time.

On the deck, Japanese fighters began to take to the skies for combat, because American fighters taking off from the Solomon Islands were interfering with the take-off and landing of the Japanese fleet in the sky.

There were also Zero fighters carrying out such expulsion missions, and American fighters were shot down one after another.

In the sky, an American fighter jet hit by a Japanese fighter jet dragged a thick cloud of black smoke and fell towards the sea level in the distance. And above the head of this plane, there are also American planes that are wrestling with the Japanese Zero fighters.

The engines roared and staggered, and a Zero fighter was finally hit in the wing in a firefight.

Then the fragile wings of such a fighter snapped and burned in the sky into an exploding fireworks.

Another carrier-based fighter was shot down...... Seeing this scene in front of him, Nagumo Zhongyi was heartbroken. These are all elites brought out by him personally, and they are also talents that Japan cannot replenish in a short period of time.

Every loss of these pilots was a huge loss for the entire Japanese Empire, and what made him even more depressed was that Japanese fighter pilots rarely had the habit of parachuting!

On the one hand, because the fighter jets of this era are generally not fast, most of the time, as long as the aircraft does not disintegrate in the air, then the survival rate of a forced landing is higher than that of a parachute jump.

On the other hand, it was also because the Japanese fighter pilots admired the spirit of bushido, and they despised the cowardly method of parachuting to win, and preferred to live and die with their own fighters.

Such a habit caused a large number of losses to these elite pilots, and the Japanese Navy rarely found those who returned to continue the battle.

You know, it is not a strange thing to be shot down in World War II, Rudel, the land-washing maniac has been shot down dozens of times in history, and Hartman, the super ace pilot, has also had the experience of a forced landing in real historical time and space.

They were able to return to the front line several times, continue to fight and set a terrible world record. However, most of the time, Japanese pilots would die when they were shot down for the first time, and they could not return to the front line to continue the battle.

Of course, there is also a specific problem related to equipment: the structure of the Japanese Zero fighter is very fragile because of the weight loss, so it often burns and catches fire after being hit, and the structure breaks in the sky, which is one of the reasons why Japanese pilots rarely escape.

"Take off!" On the deck, the Japanese ground crew waved the flag in their hands and gave orders loudly.

The pilot, who saw his flag, began to speed up the plane and rushed towards the end of the deck. A Zero fighter retook off and joined the ranks of intercepting American fighters.

On aircraft carriers, fighters always have to take off before attack aircraft, because fighters are relatively light in weight and need to take off on a shorter runway, so they take off first to make room for a longer runway for subsequent aircraft.

Then, in the back, attack planes loaded with heavier torpedoes and bombs were able to use the longer runway to accelerate takeoff off from the carrier deck.

The Zero fighters that took off first turned the entanglement in the sky into a one-sided slaughter, the American fighters began to retreat, and the Japanese Zero fighters began to chase and kill.

Then the Japanese 1st Air Fleet, which had regained tranquility in the sky, began to take off to attack the torpedo attack aircraft of the American southbound fleet.

One after another, the Type 97 carrier-based attack planes took off in formation and converged into a huge group in the sky.

The first wave of attack was carried out by 30 Type 97 carrier-based attack aircraft, which carried torpedoes and accelerated in a northeasterly direction.

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In the midst of the U.S. attack fleet, Halsey stood on the Cambridge of the Sangamon and gave the order to attack: "Let the planes take to the skies!" Launch your first attack! ”

He has 4 aircraft carriers, so the take-off efficiency is a little higher. Of course, the shortcomings are also obvious, and it is a very complicated thing for the four aircraft carrier formations to coordinate and control together.

Despite this, Halsey had to form a team like this, after all, the Sangamon-class aircraft carriers were converted light escort carriers, each of which could only carry 40 aircraft.

This is also because some of the original parts were removed, the flight deck was modified, and the open bow design was used, so that some more were installed.

Originally, these carriers were designed for the Atlantic Ocean, with higher sides and closed bows.

Now that it has been refitted, only a few more carrier-based aircraft have been installed, and the number of 40 can be barely made up.

Halsey had more planes taking off in the first batch than the Japanese, so his planes would take longer to form a line.

He dispatched 36 attack aircraft in one go, including 16 dive bombers, and 20 torpedo planes.

"According to the coordinates provided by the land-based fighters on the island, and the radios they emitted! Directly let the plane into the attack zone! Discover the Japanese aircraft carrier and start attacking! Halsey looked at his men and said loudly.

Right above him, American carrier-based aircraft began to form and, in the absence of escort fighters, rushed to the position where the Japanese fleet was located.

In the Battle of the Solomons, Halsey's intelligence advantage was very obvious, not only in the Solomon area, but also in the Solomon area, there was also a coordinate reference for land-based fighters.

With army planes pestering Japanese fighters, navy planes can fly safely to designated locations.

"The first batch of torpedo attack aircraft has been completed in formation and is flying in the direction of the Japanese fleet!" An officer stood in a salute and reported the take-off behind Halsey.

"Hopefully, the Army's fighter planes can do everything that has been arranged in advance......" Halsey prayed softly with his eyes closed.

This is definitely the most complex coordination operation in the history of the US Navy, and it is not only the three fleets of the Navy that need to coordinate and control, but also the cooperation between the Army and the Navy, and also requires a lot of communication and liaison.

It is a pity that under the constraints of the technical conditions of World War II, it is simply impossible to properly arrange the joint and coordinated operation of multiple arms under such circumstances.

Therefore, when the carrier-based aircraft of the US Navy began their own attack, the second batch of land-based fighter cover units belonging to the US Army in the Solomon Islands had not yet taken off.

They were waiting for the news that the fighters on the front line had run out of fuel and returned home, but what they were waiting for was the news that the first batch of friendly fighters had taken off and that they had all been wiped out......

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The second one is a little later, and you can watch it tomorrow morning.