Chapter 072: Capture Midway

On September 2, after a few days of replenishment and recuperation, coupled with intelligence reconnaissance, the Beiyang Fleet and the Ship-Island aircraft carrier fleet formulated a plan to seize Midway.

Aircraft carriers, which are moving targets, can use the cover of darkness to make sure that the enemy cannot find a target to attack.

Midway Island is a coral atoll, with a circumference of 24 kilometers, surrounded by East Island and Sound Island, with a land area of 5 square kilometers, subtropical climate, belonging to the United States in 1867, in 1940 the United States Navy built an aviation and submarine base, the Battle of Midway in World War II (1942.6.3~6.6) was a turning point in the Pacific War, of course, the war was turned by Wang Hanzhang, the original situation of the allies was because Wang Hanzhang changed China's weak position, so it was squeezed out by the allies, and the allies weakened again,

There are more than 60 US planes on it, but the United States has some planes on Lixiangsky Island and Lysan Island in the southwest of Midway, but the problem is not big, after all, these islands are very small, and the Chinese fleet is still worried about the US fleet, if it is bitten back, the Chinese fleet is likely to be unable to fight for more than half a year, and it will even take more than a year to recover.

At this moment, Nimitz discussed with the commanders of the remaining three American fleets about the defense of Hawaii.

"Sir, are we really going to give up Midway?"

Nimitz sighed and said, "Isn't there a better way for you?" ”

The officer sighed and shook his head, he was very sensible, but he still said: "But sir, if we give up Midway, our northern gateway will be equivalent to giving up to the Chinese, and it is very unfavorable for the defense of Hawaii, although these islands are small, but together they can put two hundred planes on them, which is undoubtedly a great help to the Chinese." ”

"If Spruance they don't die, if those six fleets still exist, of course I won't do it, the problem is that they don't all exist, the mainland can't get together so many fleets in a short time, and there are not so many reliable soldiers to use, the time is too short, unless there is a month, we can't get the support of the native navy, even if the ready-made navy comes over, this time is not enough, isn't it, the Chinese are not fools he won't give us a chance, those islands are too small, lost the navy, They simply can't defend themselves, and instead of letting those supplies be blown up by the Chinese on the road, and instead of letting those thousands of people be killed, let them go back to Hawaii, where they believe they can make the most of their work. ”

That's all Nimitz has done now, as for letting the remaining three fleets go to the Chinese, Nimitz gave up when he saw them, these people looked like they were in tears, and they lost half of them before they fought, let these people go out and insist on sending them to death,

Nimitz waved his hand and said, "You guys have a good rest, let the submarine strengthen its defenses, go farther, and don't be attacked by the Chinese again." ”

"Yes, General."

In the afternoon, the Americans on Midway, Lysan Island and other islands were all evacuated, and all the things that could not be taken away were destroyed, and the airfields and other things were all blown up, and the Americans could no longer destroy them.

Some US troops have also installed mines in some necessary places on the island, especially on the runways of aircraft, and they know that the Chinese will inevitably repair these places, as long as the Chinese repair these places, then the personnel will inevitably detonate these bombs, which should be able to kill some,

After the last plane left, the sappers left behind by the Americans began to work, and it was not until eight o'clock in the evening that these people were able to get it done, and then left these places on submarines,

The Chinese planes are still invincible, waiting for the early morning to attack, at this time the most tired and guarding the army is also drowsy,

The Chinese Air Force intends to fight a war, so more than 100 planes have taken off, of course, these small islands do not need so many planes to bomb at all, and a hundred planes to bomb them is already the most.

As for whether to take off the second batch of planes, it all depends on the performance of the first batch of air forces, if they perform well, the second batch of planes does not have to take off.

At 1 o'clock in the morning, the plane took off on time, at this time the ship-island aircraft carrier was 800 kilometers from Midway, and two hundred kilometers southeast of him was the Beiyang Fleet, if the American fleet came over, it would probably come from the southeast, and two hundred kilometers was enough time to react.

At a quarter past two, the Chinese Air Force arrived over Midway, and there were no targets for deep bombing on the road, so the bombers carried mostly napalm.

Tons of bombs fell on the road, and the bombardment ignited one fire after another, and soon the fires burned and joined together,

After burning on the ground for a while, there will be violent explosions, and those explosions are the masterpieces of American sappers for several hours, and they have no idea that the Chinese Air Force dropped not only bombs, but also many napalm, and the high temperature generated by the burning napalm detonated these mines and explosives.

More than 10 minutes later, there was a sea of fire on Midway, and half an hour later, the islands of Lysan and Liszinsky were also on fire.

The Chinese Air Force is very satisfied, they did not encounter any resistance, there was no air in the air, there was no anti-aircraft artillery on the ground, although it felt very strange, but they completed the scheduled bombing mission without a little damage, this kind of thing strikes like,

After the bombing was completed, the planes flew away, and at this time the beach-grabbing formation composed of submarines, helicopter carriers, and small warships was still two hours away.

These are all calculated, napalm needs to burn for a while, plus the trees on the road or something also need to burn, and when they are extinguished, two hours should be about the same,

After the bomber formation completed the bombing, it sent back a report to the army Huang Feihu and the helicopter carrier formation, Huang Feihu learned that the Americans had disappeared without a trace and had no resistance at all, he immediately asked Li Huixian to be more careful, not sure that the Americans were planning to let them win a small victory, and then take advantage of the Chinese fleet to attack the Chinese fleet carelessly.

The whereabouts of the U.S. fleet are still unknown, which means that it may emerge from anywhere at any time to launch an attack on the Chinese fleet.

This night is destined to be another sleepless night for the Beiyang Fleet, their planes cannot take off, otherwise there is no way to retract the aircraft carrier, so they can only rely on submarines to explore everywhere, plus the fleet's radar to search around,

Two hours later, the helicopters on the helicopter formation were loaded with Army soldiers on Midway Island and other islands, and they did not find the American troops in the next two hours.

Of course, the trap of the American ** team was also wiped out by the fire, and it did not play any role in the Chinese soldiers at all, if those American sappers knew about it, would they vomit blood, of course, maybe they are still fantasizing about the tragic appearance of the Chinese soldiers stepping on the mines,

Huang Feihu wondered very much, what happened to the Americans, they actually gave up Midway, from the scene, although the road was full of bombs, but most places did not look like Chinese bombs, because most of the Chinese planes dropped incendiary bombs, napalm,

The fortifications and underground depots on the island were obviously not bombed, Huang Feihu hoped that the Americans would better not even Hawaii, and he sent troops to fight in the wild, of course, this is impossible, the Americans are not flashing oil lamps,

Hawaii is a must-defend place for any commander, and if the archipelago of more than 10,000 square kilometers is ceded, then the enemy can use it as a base to attack their homeland, Hawaii can be said to be the most geographically important and best military base among the small islands in the Pacific.

Huang Feihu knew that the Americans were probably forced to give up the small islands of Midway, these islands were too small, there was no way to defend them at all, there was not even a small hill, and it was not easy to repair a fortification, and the Chinese Air Force had a helicopter, a landing weapon that could land anytime and anywhere, and that kind of small island was even more impossible to defend.

It can be said that it is a wise move for the Americans to give up these islands, but after investing in this matter, Huang Feihu can probably guess the current strength of the US Navy.

If you exclude the ship-island aircraft carrier, although the Americans' strength is still much stronger than the Beiyang Fleet, but with the ship-island aircraft carrier, the two sides are comparable, and the Chinese side is better than the American fleet, after all, the performance of land-based aircraft is not comparable to that of naval aircraft, plus the Chinese Navy can attack at night, which gives the Americans a lot of deterrence, so even if Huang Feihu is not pressed down from above, he will choose to shrink his forces and use it to defend the main island in southern Hawaii.

Spruance hadn't slept well all night, and now he was so worried that he wanted to kick his head at the donkey, and the uncertainty about the strength of the Chinese fleet put them in an extremely passive disadvantage.

He had personally interrogated the American pilots who had returned, and they all said that the Chinese plane had superior performance, just like the P51, and that the plane was similar to this plane.

Nimitz had to suspect that the planes that came to attack the American fleet were army planes, and not naval planes that took off from sea carriers,

But the closest thing to Midway to the south is Wake Island, where the number of planes that can be docked is extremely limited, and to the east is South Bird Island, which is too small and too far away for the Chinese to take off planes from here to bomb the Pacific Fleet.

The winter rain in the east is all under the control of the U.S. military, and it is even more impossible for Chinese planes to take off from these places to attack the U.S. fleet.

In addition, the pilot reported that the Chinese planes flew from the east, only a small number flew to the south, and the southern ones flew from Wake Island, so where did the Chinese's huge planes take off from, Nimitz couldn't figure it out,

Could it be that the Chinese's aircraft technology is suddenly advanced to such an extent that it can fly over the mainland to bomb, it is absolutely impossible, but if it is not, there are no islands there that can take off and land so many planes, is it possible that the Chinese's planes are all seaplanes, this obviously does not make sense,