By the 23rd, Tan Renhao had received another extremely important piece of information.

"The U.S. Navy is deploying forces to Midway, and this is our submarine present." Hao Dongjue read the content of the telegram first, "The transport fleet arriving at Midway Island can transport at least all the equipment and combat materials of the three 6th Divisions, and the submarine can judge by calculating the degree and draft of these ships, and the transport ships in the fleet are all sailing with full loads, and the 6th Fleet should be nearby." In addition, the U.S. military has also transported a large number of troops to Midway Island by air, using hundreds of transport planes, and it seems that the U.S. military has decided to attack Wake Island. ”

"Three 6 divisions, this is completely consistent with our previous intelligence." Tan Renhao also quickly read the telegram, "But the question is, where is the American fleet?" ”

"I don't know, maybe our submarines outside Pearl Harbor didn't show the American fleet leaving the port, at least, none of those submarines sent a telegram!"

"When did the U.S. fleet arrive at Pearl Harbor?" Tan Renhao frowned, it is not very possible that several submarines will miss the American fleet at the same time. And if several submarines are found and sunk at the same time, this is even less likely.

"On the 20th, the submarine appeared in the US fleet just before the early hours of the morning, and then it was attacked by American destroyers, and the telegram was sent several hours later."

"Hours." Tan Renhao underestimated, "Don't you think there's a problem in this?" ”

"What's the problem?" …

"I don't know much about submarine warfare either, I'm just guessing." Tan Renhao took a few steps back and forth, "The submarine must have first observed the American fleet through the periscope, and then exposed itself, was attacked by an American destroyer, and then dived. The submarine was able to escape the attack of the destroyer, and it was indeed lucky. ”

"What's the problem? We have also had quite a few submarines that have escaped destroyer attacks before. ”

"But those lucky submarines in the past have one thing in common, they are all fleets leaving port, and in order not to delay the destroyers for too long, the destroyers have a short time to attack. Many times after thinking that the submarine has been sunk, they will voluntarily withdraw without doing too many inspections, right? Tan Renhao glanced at his partner, "The problem is that this time the American destroyer has no reason to be in a hurry, and there is no need to rush into the port, unless the fuel and depth charges are almost running out."

In addition, there were many destroyers in Pearl Harbor, and these destroyers could also be called up to participate in the attack.

And the destroyer will definitely leave only after making sure that the submarine has been sunk, at least when it sees the wreckage floating on the surface, right? “

Hao Dongjue nodded slightly, this possibility definitely exists. "Then what do you mean ......"

"If the U.S. fleet knew that we had submarines on reconnaissance missions outside Pearl Harbor, and they circled the harbor and then bypassed Oahu along the coastline, would our submarines have judged that the U.S. fleet had entered Pearl Harbor instead of sailing to the sea north of Pearl Harbor?"

Hao Dongjue was secretly startled, and then said: "This possibility must be there, the submarine can only judge the direction of the fleet by sound under the sea surface, and if it was attacked by a destroyer at that time." If there are constant depth charges exploding around. Then it will simply be impossible for the submarine to judge the course of the American fleet. ”

"That's right, if the U.S. fleet hadn't entered Pearl Harbor, but had gone to some anchorage in the archipelago. So what's going to happen now? ”

"Perhaps, the U.S. fleet is already operating in the waters near Wake Island!"

"It's entirely possible, let's analyze the current situation first." Tan Renhao walked quickly to the chart table, "According to the current deployment of the US military in the direction of Midway, the assembly of the 6th Combat Team on Midway Island is only temporary, as far as we know, there are no fresh water resources on Midway Island, and it is impossible to provide the most basic support for the three 6th Divisions, so the three 6th Divisions will never stay on Midway Island for long." Just finish the build-up and go out immediately. ”

"It's entirely possible that the U.S. military's infrastructure on Midway is not enough to support the officers and men of the three 6th Divisions, unless the U.S. GIs can spend the night on the beach."

"Then, the U.S. 6 team must have left Midway Island before the 25th, and the time to arrive at Wake Island is about the 27th, and the time to land on 6th Wake Island is either the 28th or the 29th." This time is very easy to calculate, Tan Renhao circled Wake Island on the chart, "If the U.S. task force is still in Pearl Harbor at this time." Even if they go out today, it will be the 25th to rush to Wake Island, and at most they will bomb Wake Island on the 26th to seize air supremacy, and then they will have to carry out at least three days of artillery preparations, and then it will be the 29th. Unless the U.S. military calculates the time extremely accurately, and there will certainly be no accidents along the way, we will also stand by and watch, otherwise we will not arrange the time so tightly! ”

"In this way, the U.S. task force has secretly come out, and it is about to arrive at Wake Island, and I am afraid that the bombing of Wake Island will begin in these two days!"

Tan Renhao nodded, and then sighed. "Immediately send a reconnaissance plane to the nearest island, and send our analysis and judgment to the second task force, as well as the garrison on Wake Island, so that they can be vigilant!"

Hao Dongjue did not delay for any time this time, and immediately went to give an order to the communications staff officer.

While the fleet was silent, the seaplanes could only be sent to the radio station on a nearby island, which would take about a few hours of delay.

When Hao Dongjue was busy, Tan Renhao was still lying on the chart table and thinking. He felt a little headache. Arguably, the last thing he wants to face is an opponent like Spruance, and he is more than happy to take on Halsey. Although Halsey's aircraft carrier tactics are abundant, he is a more impulsive commander, and likes to attack as risky as Tan Renhao. Facing an opponent with a similar style to himself, Tan Renhao is more sure, but Spruance is a completely different opponent, an opponent who makes him unpredictable.

"The plane has already been released, I hope that Lao Lei and they can receive it in time to revise the fleet ground action plan."

"I hope so......" Tan Renhao suddenly froze, he glanced at Hao Dongjue, and his gaze immediately fell on the chart.

"What, still have questions?" Hao Dongjue also became nervous.

"Don't you think there's a problem?"

What's the problem? Hao Dongjue was a little confused.

"Why did the U.S. military gather 6 troops on Midway Island with great fanfare, and use not only sea forces, but also air forces, can't they stuff more officers and soldiers on a few broken ships? American GIs are not so squeamish as to take cruise ships. Or is it an airplane, right? Tan Renhao glanced at his partner, "In addition, the 6th unit can completely come out of Pearl Harbor without assembling at Midway, which only saves a day's sailing time, and the entire transfer process of the 6th team needs to waste more time, spend unnecessary materials, and waste a lot of manpower." The U.S. military only needs to send war materials to Midway, and does not need to send the Deng-6 unit to Midway, and it is completely unreasonable for them to do this now! ”

Hao Dongjue was slightly startled. "You mean, the U.S. military deliberately drew our attention to the change in the direction of Midway?"

"Yes, the U.S. military must have wanted to let us know that they were about to land on 6 Wake Island. But why? Tan Renhao touched his forehead, "This Deng 6 operation must be directly commanded by Spruance, there is no absolute necessity, he will not reveal the time of landing on 6 Wake Island, let alone let us know when Deng 6 troops will come out of Midway Island." Isn't this tantamount to exposing their Deng-6 troops to the blows of our fleet? ”

"Bait!" This time. Hao Dongjue also understood. "If Spruance decides that Task Force 2 will not go into battle immediately, but will wait until we arrive before proceeding, he will release a decoy that Task Force 2 cannot let go. Let Task Force 2 attack, and he only needs to ambush the four aircraft carriers, as soon as the 2nd Task Force reveals its whereabouts, he will immediately launch a fatal blow, and Task Force 2 will be finished. Spruance then bombed Wake Island, seized air supremacy, and brought Team 6 ashore. When we arrive, we will be alone, and if we choose to enter, we will have to fight one-two. If we choose to retreat, it will take at least four to five days for the 4th Task Force to arrive on the battlefield after receiving the order, and the US 6th Squadron can use these extremely precious days to consolidate the 6th Battle, and even occupy the airfield, and at that time, even if the 4th Task Force arrives, we will be in an extremely disadvantageous situation, and the hope of retaking Wake Island will be very slim! ”

Tan Renhao did not refute Hao Dongjue's analysis. That's what he thinks too. Although Spruance has only recently been reused, judging from the calmness and composure he showed in naval battles, as well as Nimitz's reuse of him, Spruance is capable enough to achieve his current status.

He will not rashly fight a decisive battle with the two most powerful task forces of the Tang Empire, but will find a way to kill two task forces one by one, or even three task forces. And Spruance will definitely find trouble with the Second Task Force first, take advantage of Lei Shaoqing's shortcomings to defeat Lei Shaoqing, and then turn around and kill the First Task Force.

Thinking about it, Tan Renhao thought of an extremely critical point, that is, the purpose of the US army's attack. From beginning to end, Tan Renhao and even all the admirals of the Tang Empire judged that the purpose of the US counterattack was to seize Wake Island and kick off the prelude to a strategic counterattack. The capture of Wake Island is only the ultimate goal, and the key to capturing Wake Island is to seize sea supremacy, so Spruance will definitely put the seizure of sea supremacy in an important position, that is, to kill the Tang Imperial Navy task force in a key position. As long as one or two task forces of the Tang Empire can be annihilated, even if they cannot land on 6 Wake Island for the time being, this will also achieve the goal, and when the initiative falls into the hands of the US military, they can choose to counterattack at any time.

Thinking of this, Tan Renhao glanced at Hao Dongjue and said: "It seems that we have underestimated this opponent, and immediately send planes to report again, so that the second task force must not go north, stay in the standby sea area, and send as many reconnaissance planes as possible, be sure to wait until we arrive, take the annihilation of the US task force as the first priority, and never fight the US military alone, let alone fall into the trap of the US military!" ”

Half an hour after the previous seaplane took off, the second seaplane left the catapult of the "Li Jing" and flew to a nearby island. Two hours later, Lei Shaoqing received two telegrams in succession within half an hour's interval, two completely different telegrams.

Tan Renhao's first telegram would only make Lei Shaoqing decide to let the fleet go north and take the opportunity to intercept the US 6th Fleet, as long as the US 6th Fleet was killed, then the US army's plan to attack Wake Island would be bankrupt. But he also knew one thing that it was more important to take out the US task force than to take out the US 6th Fleet. Just when Lei Shaoqing was hesitating whether to revise the fleet's battle plan, the second telegram arrived.

"Ren Hao's judgment is very reasonable, the reasons are very sufficient, we have enough reason to believe that Spruance is lying in ambush in the nearby waters, not to mention that if we go north to intercept its 6th fleet, I am afraid that we will be suddenly attacked by US bombers when we go north." Chang Jianxin's point of view has always been very clear, before the US task force is killed, even if Wake Island is attacked, it cannot be easily rushed over to support the island defense troops. "Lao Lei, we should immediately arrange more reconnaissance planes, and at the same time let the fleet move a little further south, and strive to meet with the first task force as soon as possible."

Lei Shaoqing pondered after reading the telegram. In his telegram, Tan Renhao emphatically emphasized the fact that the two task forces were working together, and it was obvious that Tan Renhao had a strong sense of danger.

"Where is Task Force 1 now?"

"The telegram does not say so, but this telegram is from the island of Cuseé, and the First Task Force must be in the waters near here, and the First Task Force will arrive on the 25th, and we will probably meet it in the morning."

Lei Shaoqing quickly calculated the time and said: "Then, let's wait until the 25th, the fleet will immediately move a hundred nautical miles south, and at the same time send all the reconnaissance planes, organize a squadron of bombers to also carry out reconnaissance missions, and seaplanes, and must not miss any sea area north of us!" ”

Seeing that his partner had made a wise choice, Chang Jianxin also sighed. He hopes to have a chance for revenge, but at the same time, he is also very aware of the courage and ability of his opponent, and in this choice, Chang Jianxin is very sensible, "You must wait until the first task force arrives on the battlefield before you can act, and you must not risk the second task force!"