"Won't they give an account?"

The captain officer in charge of the torture nodded, then stepped aside, wiping the blood from his hands as he wiped the blood from his hands. He has been following Han Shaofeng for more than a year, and he knows this general very well.

Han Shaofeng went to the table and picked up the interrogation record, he only glanced at the names of the two American soldiers, one was named Smith and the other was Johnson, so ordinary that they couldn't be more ordinary. The two are a pair, of which Smith is a pilot, 23 years old, Johnson is a navigator, 21 years old, both joined the Navy at the end of 24, first underwent three months of basic training, and then was assigned to the aviation training unit, underwent three phases, half a year of training, and was sent to the Pacific Theater at the beginning of the month, and integrated into the Fifth Fleet.

"You've just come to the battlefield, haven't you?" Han Shaofeng dropped the notebook, and then walked over, "Let me introduce first, my name is Han Shaofeng, a major general of the Imperial Marine Corps, and I have commanded many battles. Also, you must have heard of the person 'Devil Han', right? I am this 'Devil Han'. ”

Both U.S. soldiers trembled slightly.

"Even I can't remember how many prisoners I executed." Han Shaofeng grabbed Smith by the hair and made him look up, "I wouldn't mind executing one more prisoner either." ”

"You can't do that, it's against the laws of war." Smith immediately shouted.

"Don't talk to me about the laws of war." Han Shaofeng immediately raised his voice, "Now outside, there are tens of thousands of my subordinates, and it's just in the afternoon." When you dropped the bombs, thousands of my men died. Do you think I'm going to follow any bullshit laws? I can tell you. It's easy to execute a captive, and I'll unload you into hundreds.

Then throw yourself into the sea to feed the sharks, and no one will know that you have ever been captured, let alone come to justice for you! ”

Smith closed his lips tightly as he trembled even more violently.

Han Shaofeng sneered and walked in front of the navigator. He only glanced at it, and the young American sergeant was so frightened that he peed his pants.

"I'll give you one last chance." Han Shaofeng pulled out his pistol, "Only one of you can get out alive, whoever confesses honestly first will survive!" ”

When Han Shaofeng looked at Johnson again, the American sergeant immediately shouted:

"I say, I say, I say everything......"

"John, you can't tell them ......"

"No, I don't want to die. I don't want to die, I want to live......"

Han Shaofeng sneered and nodded at the captain's officer. Smith was immediately dragged out, and two gunshots rang out outside.

"Alright, now tell me everything you know." Han Shaofeng walked in front of Johnson, "If there is a little bit to hide." Then your partner is your role model! ”

When Han Shaofeng interrogated the American prisoners, Tan Renhao gave the order to turn the fleet, and then discussed the next combat operation with Hao Dongjue.

"You're saying it's unlikely that the Fifth Fleet will be north of Gardner Island?"

"Yes, it's very unlikely." Tan Renhao drew a red cross on the chart on the sea north of Gardner Island. "Let's start with the assumption that Spruance doesn't know where we're going right now."

Hao Dongjue did not rush to speak, but patiently listened to what Ren Hao said.

"Spruance bombed our landing fleet and convoy first, without knowing our whereabouts, so what should he do next?"

"It's definitely going to be a full-speed run." Hao Dongjue followed.

"Yes, he's going to run for his life, but the problem is, he doesn't know where we are, how and in what direction?" Tan Renhao glanced at his partner, "Therefore, he first has to find a way to confuse us." And judging the approximate position of the fleet based on the direction of the bomber group's entry and exit is a method we can all think of. If Spruance's fleet was to the north, would he have the bomber group stay over the landing site for nearly half an hour before heading back? ”

Hao Dongjue shook his head, he was suspicious of this. In the absence of air defense cover, the US bomber group was able to drop bombs in a maximum of 15 minutes, and the extra 10 minutes was enough for the US troops to retreat in other directions and then turn back to the fleet. This will ensure that the approximate location of the fleet will not be judged by the enemy. Hao Dongjue himself will do this.

"So now there are two possibilities. First, the Fifth Fleet is at most 250 nautical miles away from Gardner Island, so that its bombers do not have enough fuel when they return home, so they can only return directly to the fleet; in addition, we still have quite a few reconnaissance planes active here, and there are a number of long-range reconnaissance planes of the Navy at night, so it is very unlikely that the Fifth Fleet will avoid all reconnaissance planes. Tan Renhao put down his pencil, "Another possibility is that the Fifth Fleet is only 150 nautical miles away from Gardner Island, and it is not north of Gardner Island, so his bombers can fly a few dozen nautical miles to the northeast first, and then make a detour back to the fleet, so it is difficult for us to guess his approximate location." ”

"The latter might be bigger."

"If the latter is the case, then we can first exclude the waters south of Gardner Island, and if the Fifth Fleet is so close to us, even if we don't find him, Spruance will find us, and his bombers will definitely come to kill us first, not the landing fleet."

Hao Dongjue nodded, this is for sure, if the Fifth Fleet is in the south of Gardner Island, then it is only 100 to 150 nautical miles away from the First Task Force, and in this range, Spruance's reconnaissance planes will definitely have something to gain, and when the time comes, it will definitely be the First Task Force that will be bombed, not the landing fleet.

"And the possibility that the Fifth Fleet is east of Gardner Island, to the southeast, is not very likely, and their bombers are going around very south." Tan Renhao drew a few red crosses on the chart, "Now, the only possibility is that the Fifth Fleet is in our northwest direction, that is, in the southwest direction of Gardner Island. It's about 200 to 250 nautical miles from us and only 100 to 150 nautical miles from Gardner Island. ”

When Hao Dongjue saw Tan Renhao circled the sea area on the chart, he immediately frowned.

"I bet. Spruance has an 80% chance of being here. ”

"But we didn't send a reconnaissance plane during the day."

"yes, that's a shame!" Tan Renhao sighed. "I didn't think of it before, and now that he has a night of maneuvering, I'm afraid he would have run away long ago."

"But the question is, if Spruance has our whereabouts, will he be here?" Hao Dongjue raised a new question.

"That's another outcome that we have to consider." Tan Renhao smiled bitterly.

"Even if Spruance knows where we are, he doesn't always know what we're doing. And since yesterday, we have not provided aviation support to the Marine Corps, then Spruance knows for sure that we are looking for the Fifth Fleet. In this case, if he comes to fight us, the result will be a defeat for both sides, and he will not take any advantage. ”

Hao Dongjue lit a cigarette. "So Spruance is deliberately avoiding us?"

"yes, and besides, there's no way he always knows what we're doing. and where we are. That is, Spruance can only make approximate judgments, but not accurate ones. In this way, he will not be able to organize an offensive, which is why he did not bomb us in the first place. Tan Renhao pondered for a moment and continued. If we were exposed in the waters near Gardner Island, then Spruance would not have been able to go to the northern waters of Gardner Island, which would be within our strike range. As a result, he would make the fleet's course a little further south, even from the south of Johnston Island. If we had been spotted last night as we were heading south, it would have been possible that he had been in the waters north of Gardner Island, but we should have spotted him during the day today, and his bomber would certainly not have returned directly. If we had been discovered during the day today, it would not have been very possible for him to even maneuver to the sea area of attack, and it would have been even more difficult to bomb the landing fleet. ”

"That said, there's still a good chance that Spruance is in this area."

Tan Renhao nodded slightly. "Then, he will definitely find a way to escape back now, and as long as the Fifth Fleet is still active, then we will not dare to fully support the Marines, or even provide support to the Marines at all. Therefore, the most important thing Spruance should do now is to save his strength and wait for a better opportunity. ”

"Then he'll have to find a way back to Pearl Harbor, at least back within the cover of shore-based fighters on Necker Island."

"Yes, it is unlikely that the Fifth Fleet will return to Pearl Harbor, because Han Shaofeng and they will soon be able to regain their combat effectiveness, and the mission of the Fifth Fleet has not yet been completely completed. He would go to the vicinity of Necke Island and wait for the next opportunity. ”

Hao Dongjue hesitated slightly, and immediately said, "So, you let the fleet sail in the northeast direction?" ”

Tan Renhao nodded. "I don't know which course Spruance will take, but one thing is for sure, he'll find a way to get back to Necke Island first, and won't risk attacking our landing fleet again. All we have to do is stay near Necker Island, and he'll have to crash into him. ”

Hao Dongjue nodded slightly, Tan Renhao was going to take risks again.

At this moment, the communications staff officer came running quickly, holding a telegram that had just been translated. "Urgent telegram from General Han Shaofeng."

Tan Renhao and Hao Dongjue were shocked at the same time, and then Tan Renhao took the telegram, and there was only one possibility for Han Shaofeng to send a telegram at this time, and the interrogation had a result.

"It seems that Spruance did surprise us!" After Tan Renhao read the telegram, he gave it to Hao Dongjue, "He is really in the southwest direction of Gardner Island, and he has prepared every pilot, damn, it's really fucking ruthless!" ”

Hao Dongjue quickly read the telegram and had the same feeling as Tan Renhao. The US bomber navigator explained the flight route, and at the same time gave orders to each pilot, that is, try not to parachute above the enemy fleet, not to make a forced landing in the sea area where the enemy fleet is located, and if captured, to strictly abide by the rules, not to disclose military secrets to the enemy, and even choose to sacrifice themselves to protect the secrets of the fleet.

In other words, Spruance hinted that these pilots, after being captured, should commit suicide instead of being tortured by the enemy!

Tan Renhao walked back and forth in the command cabin for a while, and finally stopped in front of Hao Dongjue. "Tomorrow's reconnaissance force will be rearranged, and it will be necessary to monitor all sea areas within a 180-degree sector to the west of the fleet. Also, let the bombers be ready, either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, we will have to fight Spruance! ”

Hao Dongjue nodded. "I'll arrange it now, I must not let him slip away this time!"

After Hao Dongjue went out, Tan Renhao called the navigation staff over and revised the route and navigation data. Since Spruance had the courage to sneak attack the landing fleet, Tan Renhao was ready to retaliate by launching a sneak attack when the Fifth Fleet returned, taking Spruance by surprise!

The staff officer immediately took action, and Tan Renhao came to the outside of the command cabin.

After breathing in a breath of fresh air, Tan Renhao gradually calmed down. He didn't doubt that Spruance would retreat eastward, but he couldn't pinpoint which route Spruance would retreat from, and whether Spruance would be in a hurry to return to the waters near Necker Island. And these two problems actually make it possible for his action to fall through this time.

This is what Tan Renhao is most worried about. Spruance had a number of options, he could go straight back, he could continue to sail around Johnston Island, or maybe even head north from the western waters of Lysan Island and back north from Gardner Island. And with the capabilities of the First Task Force, Tan Renhao simply could not intercept the Fifth Fleet halfway. This is where Task Force 1 passives. If the Fifth Fleet enters the cover range of shore-based fighters on Necke Island, then the attack will definitely be greatly affected, and whether or not the Fifth Fleet can be killed is a question.

You can imagine how depressed Tan Renhao was at that time, if he had another opponent, he would have gone up and knocked him down, but in front of Spruance, he always had a feeling of helplessness, as if the entire battle situation was controlled by the enemy, not under his own control.

Thinking of this, Tan Renhao also smiled bitterly, if he wants to defeat Spruance, he must change from passive to active, find the fatal flaw of the enemy, and then launch a decisive blow, perhaps, this time is an opportunity!