Before Huang Xiaotian arrived, Han Shaofeng received the same telegram from the theater command after sending a few minutes after the bombing of Midway.

"The U.S. bombing was carried out at night, when most of the supplies on the island had not yet had time to be evacuated. In addition, our air defense fighters were supposed to take off at five o'clock, as a result most of them did not have time to leave the airfield, and less than one squadron of fighters made an emergency take-off successfully. Zhu Rongzhe's expression was not only sad, but also angry. The size of the US military aircraft fleet was very large, with more than 100 escort fighters alone, and two airfields were bombed first, the runways had been damaged, and several other major air defense positions, airport towers, and hangars were all hit intensively. The losses of the hoarded war materiel have not yet been counted, and the US military has not yet bombed our material hoarding sites, and it is almost certain that there will be a second round of bombing around dawn, and at that time the focus will be on bombing the war materiel we have hoarded on the island. Now, the troops defending the island are continuing to evacuate supplies and rescue the wounded. The fighter planes deployed on Lysan Island have also taken off urgently and are rushing to Midway Island, but it is probably too late to stop the retreat of the US bombers. ”

"Can you roughly determine the location of the U.S. fleet?"

"It should not be in the east, and it cannot be in the south, and before the bombing, our reconnaissance aircraft did not find a trace of the Fifth Fleet. Therefore, it is possible to judge whether the Fifth Fleet is to the north or to the west, with the north being the most likely. Zhu Rongzhe paused slightly, "The U.S. bombers are probably returning home, and we may be able to judge the approximate location of the U.S. fleet based on this, and maybe we will receive a new telegram soon." ”

Tan Renhao was not the slightest surprised, when he realized that Midway was very likely to be attacked by a sneak attack, he had already thought that Spruance would take such a step, and it was normal for Midway to be bombed in the early morning of the 16th. At least for Spruance, he had plenty of time to maneuver the fleet into a more advantageous position without worrying about being exposed early.

Ten minutes later, a second telegram from Han Shaofeng made this official. The U.S. bomber group was heading north, because the airfield on the island had been destroyed at that time, and the Fifth Fleet was most likely out of range of tactical bombers on Lysan Island, so Spruance did not have to worry about revealing the general location of the fleet. Then, Huang Xiaotian's plane landed on the aircraft carrier "Longganhu".

"Midway was bombed?" After entering the command cabin, Huang Xiaotian immediately asked, "I received the news on the way, and Spruance's courage is really not small." Dare to attack our rear. ”

"But we still haven't noticed it in time." Tan Renhao glanced at the sky, "There is less than half an hour before dawn, if we were Spruance, we would definitely immediately organize the other half of the bombers to carry out the second round of bombing and destroy all the war materials on Midway." ”

Huang Xiaotian took the telegrams he had just received from Zhu Rongzhe, he read them quickly, and his expression quickly changed. The U.S. bombing of Midway was almost the same as the Third Fleet's attack on Midway, which not only proved the fragility of the island's defenses, but also made Huang Xiaotian feel the seriousness of the situation. If the island's supplies are destroyed, the attack on Kauai will inevitably be temporarily suspended. At least it will be affected a lot. At the same time, he also thought. At this time, the most anxious thing was not for him to talk to Renhao, but for Han Shaofeng on Nihua Island and Liao Hanxiang in Apra Harbor, Guam.

Neither of them was in a hurry to think about how to deal with the blow of the Fifth Fleet. This is something that Han Shaofeng and Liao Hanxiang should be worried about at this time, and even if they want to organize a counterattack, they are not in a hurry at this time.

Forty minutes later, Han Shaofeng's third telegram sent that the US bombers had reached the skies over Midway Island for the second time, and the scale was still extremely large, with more than 500 fighters entering in several batches, and the number of escort fighters alone was more than 100, which was much more than the number of air defense fighters that rushed to Midway Island from Lysan Island. The bombing was still ongoing, although the troops defending the island did not give up resistance. And it is definitely braving the rain of bullets to rush to transfer war materials, but the losses will not be small. The area of Midway Island is quite limited, so it is impossible to completely evacuate and transfer so many war materials, and the bombers of the US army came too quickly!

At half past seven, the second group of U.S. bombers left the sky over Midway, and then Han Shaofeng sent a fourth telegram. The results of the losses have not yet been calculated, but they certainly will not be small. The U.S. military must have known that there were a large number of underground warehouses on Midway, and they knew the location of these underground warehouses (most of the underground warehouses were actually built by the U.S. military themselves), therefore. The U.S. military also used a large number of aviation armor-piercing shells in the bombing, and these 160-pound aviation armor-piercing shells that were originally used against battleships were the best ammunition for underground fortifications at that time, and several underground ammunition depots were hit, causing a large-scale explosion, and it spread to other surrounding facilities, resulting in huge collateral losses.

On the same day, Han Shaofeng also sent several other telegrams, saying that the US bombing of Midway Island continued into the evening, and a total of six rounds were carried out, and each time almost half of the carrier-based fighters flew over Midway Island. In other words, the Fifth Fleet was also operating at full speed, with an average of more than three sorties per fighter. From the fourth round of bombardment at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the shore-based fighter units of the Tang Imperial Navy were defeated, and the anti-aircraft artillery positions on Midway Island were basically destroyed, and the troops defending the island could only use the anti-aircraft machine guns temporarily erected to deal with the US fighters, and the losses of the US troops were rapidly reduced. The specific damage report was sent the next morning, Tan Renhao and Huang Xiaotian did not wait so long, after receiving the fourth telegram from Han Shaofeng, Tan Renhao took Huang Xiaotian to the conference room and left Zhu Rongzhe in the command cabin.

"Spruance was very bold in his actions." Tan Renhao watched Huang Xiaotian take out a cigarette, knowing that the Fifth Fleet's sneak attack on Midway Island had a great impact on Huang Xiaotian, "But we must clearly understand that no matter how annoyed we are at this time, it is impossible to change the facts, the important thing is that we must make Spruance pay for this, and we must not let the Fifth Fleet slip away again." ”

Huang Xiaotian lit a cigarette, took two puffs, and said: "Then we will set up an ambush circle on the return route of the Fifth Fleet, so that Spruance will never be able to Pearl Harbor!" ”

Tan Renhao smiled and shook his head. "Xiaotian, think about it carefully, can we set up an ambush circle have an effect?"

Huang Xiaotian did not speak again. Instead, he kept smoking.

"Since Spruance dared to attack Midway, it means that he has already considered a way out." Tan Renhao stood up and walked to the theater map hanging on the wall, "There is a big difference between the Central Pacific and the Southwest Pacific battlefields, the islands here are not densely distributed, and the space left for the fleet to maneuver is very vast. Before that, I played Spruance in the Central Pacific several times, each time. Spruance is very careful to arrange the retreat route, and apart from the last time I fought Spruance, I have not been able to successfully ambush him on his return. Suffice it to say, Spruance is well aware that he will be besieged by us after his sneak attack on Midway, and he will never be careless enough to leave us with an ambush. ”

"You mean, give up the chance to defeat the Fifth Fleet?" Huang Xiaotian raised his head, he didn't know how difficult the ambush was, but he didn't want to give up.

"Of course not. Don't say I don't want to give up. Even if I had this idea, General Liao Hanxiang would not let us give up, I bet you. Before dark, General Liao Hanxiang would send us a new telegram. ”

Huang Xiaotian sighed, and he just asked casually at first.

"There is more than just an ambush to deal with the Fifth Fleet." Tan Renhao sat down, "Since Spruance dares to sneak attack Midway, then we can do more than him." ”

Huang Xiaotian was taken aback and immediately asked, "You mean, let's go to attack Pearl Harbor?" ”

Tan Renhao nodded slightly, now this is just an idea, he hasn't thought about it in more detail.

"A sneak attack on Pearl Harbor is much more difficult than a sneak attack on Midway." Huang Xiaotian's expression immediately became nervous. "The size of Midway is limited, and the number of warplanes we can deploy there is very limited, which is a prerequisite for Spruance to dare to sneak up on Midway. On the contrary, there are several regular US military airfields on Oahu, and there are enough airfields on other neighboring islands, and from the information we have now, the US military has deployed more than 2,000 combat planes on Oahu, Maui, and other islands, and the number of tactical bombers alone is more than 1,000. That's enough bombers to wipe us out. And. We don't even have a very good chance of getting close to Oahu, and it can even be said that it is completely impossible, because the US military has deployed more than 150 long-range reconnaissance planes on the upper ground of Oahu, and so many reconnaissance planes are enough for us not to dare to cross the minefield by half a step. ”

Tan Renhao was still thinking and didn't interrupt Huang Xiaotian's words.

"At the beginning, Hao Dongjue proposed to attack Pearl Harbor, but you vetoed it, and now we have missed the best opportunity for a sneak attack, the US military will definitely be ready for it, and we will kill it, and there is no difference between sending it to death."

"Today's situation is different, and it makes sense for me to veto Hao Dongjue's proposal at the beginning, but I don't think it's impossible to attack Pearl Harbor now." Tan Renhao looked at Huang Xiaotian, "Last night, I carefully summarized the battle report for this period of time, since we bombed Kauai, the US military has lost more than 1,500 combat aircraft, of which the number of combat aircraft is more than 1,000. In addition, starting on the 13th, the US warplanes deployed on Oahu began to fully support the defense of Kauai, and the US airfield was certainly operating at full capacity, and it was difficult to spare more forces to deal with us. What's more, the U.S. military certainly never imagined that we would attack Pearl Harbor, and this was our chance. ”

Huang Xiaotian frowned slightly, surprise the enemy is a key factor in winning on the battlefield, the US military really would not have thought that the Imperial Navy would attack Pearl Harbor at this time, this is indeed an opportunity.

"After receiving the news of the bombing of Midway, my first reaction was to intercept the Fifth Fleet, so that Spruance could not return to Pearl Harbor, obviously, this is also your first reaction." Tan Renhao picked up the teacup, "Spruance will also expect this, Nimitz will expect this, General Liao Hanxiang will give such an order, and even the chief of staff and the principal will directly intervene and ask us to do our best to annihilate the Fifth Fleet." So whether it's Spruance or Nimitz, the first thing they have to do is prevent the Fifth Fleet from being ambushed by us, and the first thing they think is that we are setting up an ambush, not going to attack Pearl Harbor, and they won't even think that Pearl Harbor is already in danger. ”

"There should be a possibility."

"If we add some of our arrangements, then I don't think the success rate of the attack on Pearl Harbor will be very low." Tan Renhao took a sip of tea, and after putting down the teacup, he continued, "To ensure the safety of the Fifth Fleet, the U.S. military will find us first, so Nimitz will deploy more reconnaissance planes to the airfield on Kauai." With the destruction of our combat materiel, the Marine Corps' offensive will certainly slow down, or even switch from offensive to defensive, temporarily abandoning the offensive, and then the US military will be able to make full use of the airfield on Kauai Island to deploy reconnaissance planes, especially long-range reconnaissance planes. If nothing I expected, within these two days, US military reconnaissance planes will be dispatched. Then, we only need to let the U.S. military know that the fleet is looking for Spruance's whereabouts and is setting up an ambush circle for the Fifth Fleet, so that the U.S. military will not perceive the threat to Pearl Harbor, and we can take advantage of the opportunity of the U.S. military to assist the Fifth Fleet in retreating to destroy Pearl Harbor in one fell swoop, so that the Fifth Fleet will never be home! ”

Huang Xiaotian thought for a while, and then said: "The possibility is not too small, the question is, how can we make the US military think that we will not attack Pearl Harbor?" ”

"It depends on the actions of Yan Yulong and Zheng Guanhua." Tan Renhao laughed, "Let their two fleets, plus the third task force, move to the waters northwest of Kauai, and two of the aircraft carrier task forces will keep a distance of more than 350 nautical miles from Oahu." And we quickly left the sea. If you didn't know that we were going to attack Pearl Harbor, what do you think was the purpose of this deployment? ”

"Shut the door and hit the dog?"

Tan Renhao laughed. "In the eyes of the U.S. military, this is a shut-in-the-door beating, but for us, this is called a tooth for a tooth!"

At this point, Huang Xiaotian basically agreed with Tan Renhao's proposal, since Spruance attacked Midway, then it would be necessary to make the US military pay a higher price!