Four o'clock in the afternoon of the 8th. The U.S. military's powerful aerial reconnaissance capability finally made progress, and two planes successively spotted the Japanese fleet. At this time, 30 hours had passed since the two armies started the war, and the US troops had finally gotten rid of the situation of being passively beaten.

At this time, in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Army, the Japanese Army, and the Naval Resistance Army were listed from north to south. The U.S. Army is located 200 kilometers east-south of Saipan, the Japanese Army is located 700 kilometers east-south of Saipan, and the Naval Resistance Force is located 1,200 kilometers south of Saipan. The three fleets are not actually in a straight line, and the connecting line is slightly curved.

Japanese Army.

At this time, Ozawa Seisaburo had already gathered all the carrier-based aircraft, and the total number of bombers and fighters was only a little more than a hundred. But accepting it when it is good is a kind of luxury thinking for the Japanese army. Knows how to start a war, is an average chess player. Knowing when to exit the battlefield is a master. Although Ozawa is not a master, he is not a fool, and Ozawa wants to retreat in his heart.

However, for Japan, which was cramped and impoverished, it was simply impossible for the commander to fight according to the idealized state. It was very difficult for Japan to gather such a fleet again, with such a huge supply. Therefore, he can't just take it when he sees it, he needs to use his existing strengths to the limit.

Ozawa Sezaburo believes that until this time (the Japanese army did not know at this time, the US reconnaissance plane had already discovered the Japanese fleet. He still has the upper hand, and he's still a complete winner on the battlefield. If the Japanese army withdraws at this moment, then the Japanese army will undoubtedly be victorious in this Battle of the Marianas.

However, the current results are far from enough for Japan. If Japan is to be given a year or more to recover, the current results are not guaranteed.

Although the losses of the US troops were not light, they were far from being crippled.

The first move on the battlefield is not easy to come by. That was something that the Japanese army had to pay a heavy price for. Seizaburo Ozawa has no right to waste, he must continue to fight.

To be ruthless, Ozawa Sezaburo is not only ruthless enough for the enemy, but also ruthless enough for himself. Seven aircraft carriers, more than a hundred fighters, this is already where all his strength lies. To put it mildly, this is actually just a force that barely protects itself.

But even if his strength was so weak, Ozawa Seizaburo still had no intention of backing down.

As for the time, it was a little late, it was almost evening, after the group hit the US fleet again. Whether he can return or not, he has no time to think. Like gamblers, the Japanese army once again took off more than 70 carrier-based aircraft.

During the 30-hour battle, the Japanese launched a total of four waves of air raids, and it should be said that the results were quite good. But Sezaburo Ozawa was not satisfied.

Not satisfied, what can he do.

Sezaburo Ozawa can only hope for it. These last seventy fighters can inflict heavy damage on the U.S. military.

The Japanese fleet at this time. The huge fleet has only 30 fighters left as the last defense force, like a skinned lamb, waiting for the arrival of American ghost beast fighters. Ozawa, of course, knew it was dangerous, but he was gambling, betting that the U.S. military still hadn't found out.

American.

Vice Admiral Spruance, after the discovery of the Japanese fleet. Immediately ordered a sortie. The US troops were beaten for more than 30 hours, and the pilots and commanders all held their breath of evil when they learned where the Japanese troops were. The speed of the movements of the US military is amazing.

Within 10 minutes, the US military flew 120 warplanes and flew straight into the Japanese fleet.

Lieutenant General Mitchell, the former enemy commander of the US army, carefully considered the issues regarding the combat radius and the time of return. For the U.S. military, the distance between the two armies at this time is almost at its maximum combat radius. And when the fighter plane returned, it was definitely dark in the evening.

But there is no humanity to speak on the battlefield, to the enemy, to yourself. Victory is the only hope of a soldier. Therefore, Lieutenant General Mitchell is also like Ozawa Seisaburo, and the US generals also have a ruthless side, and he did not hesitate to release 120 fighters.

Unlike the Japanese army, after more than a day of fighting, the US fleet still had more than 100 fighters on board the regular aircraft carrier and more than 100 fighters on the escort aircraft carrier. The defense of the fleet is still strong enough.

Naval Resistance Army.

From the early hours of the morning to the Palau Islands, until four o'clock in the afternoon. The naval resistance fleet soared for more than 10 hours, covering a distance of nearly 700 kilometers.

Among all the officers and men of the fleet, the pilots of the reconnaissance planes of the Maritime Resistance Force are the most hard-working group. From the early hours of the morning, the reconnaissance planes took off in turn, and for the course of the day, the air strictly maintained uninterrupted reconnaissance.

The performance of the TBY torpedo machine used by the Maritime Resistance Army was really poor, and Li Guang was very dissatisfied. However, there is no more suitable reconnaissance plane to replace it in the Naval Resistance Forces. One of the biggest problems is that this reconnaissance aircraft can only take two people, and neither the pilot nor the radar operator can replace it. The long flight is extremely exhausting of the pilot's physical strength and energy.

However, in the center of the Japanese army, no matter how hard it is, you have to persevere. Reconnaissance planes are the most important guarantee for the fleet's security, and there is no room for sloppiness.

At this time, there was a strange phenomenon - the US military did not inform the naval resistance army of the location of the Japanese fleet. After the war, the U.S. military explained that an intelligence officer had made a mistake in his job and had forgotten to send a report to the Naval Resistance Army in a hurry, and had been imprisoned in a military prison.

This is pure nonsense, a kid's go.

The U.S. military has only two ideas: First, the Japanese fleet has been discovered, and the U.S. military has the advantage of military strength and has the chance to win, and it does not want to share the credit with the naval resistance army. Second, the U.S. military knows very well that a wave of strikes is not enough to destroy the Japanese fleet, and if the Japanese army does not retreat, then the naval resistance fleet may be able to use it as bait again to attract the attention of the devils for the U.S. military.

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At around five o'clock, the planes of the US and Japanese armies passed by at a high altitude, and the two sides had a total of 200 warplanes, which were more than 10 kilometers wide and stretched for dozens of kilometers, but they did not even discover the existence of the opponent, and the miracle of war was really omnipresent.

At about six o'clock, a fierce battle broke out over the US Japanese fleet at the same time.

More than 120 advanced US fighters completely defeated the more than 30 escort fighters of the Japanese army, easily made a breakthrough, and threw bombs one after another in the face of the frenzied blows of the Japanese air defense artillery.

In a battle of just 10 minutes, the US forces shot down more than 20 Japanese fighters, and they did not lose a single one. When the fighters with excellent performance broke through the Japanese anti-aircraft fire network, the losses were less than 10. Ozawa watched as the U.S. fighter planes swooped down from the sky like vultures, dropping deadly bombs one after another, and the Japanese aircraft carriers could do nothing but dodge or dodge.

To tell the truth, the level of bombing by the US military is not high, and the hit rate is not even 10 percent. But it was this less than 10 percent hit rate that inflicted terrible losses on the Japanese fleet. Blame the little devil for using unrefined crude oil as boiler fuel, and a bomb that blows up a little bit can set a huge battleship on fire.

Ten minutes.

Of the seven Japanese aircraft carriers, two of which suffered fatal blows, flames soared into the sky and had already begun to sink. The only regular aircraft carrier suffered heavy damage, and the hull was crooked, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to protect.

The battleship Nagato was hit by a torpedo and suffered heavy damage.

A heavy cruiser was blown up in the stern with a lack of power.

Ozawa Sezaburo was expressionless, and blood was dripping from his heart. The rate of such losses has already exceeded the losses in the Battle of Midway.

As night fell, Ozawa had lost almost all of its striking power, and the fleet had to withdraw in the direction of the Philippines.

At six o'clock, the U.S. fleet was not very comfortable. Although the Japanese army only had more than 70 fighters in this wave, there was no terrifying kamikaze attack. However, this is the most elite part of the Japanese aviation in two days.

After a vicious battle, although the Japanese fighters suffered heavy losses, more than a dozen fighters still dropped bombs or torpedoes. The US military once again paid a heavy price, a regular aircraft carrier suffered heavy losses, an escort aircraft carrier was sunk, and a cruiser was injured.

At around eight o'clock, the US military plane group returned home. In the night, the US military boldly turned on the deck lights, but it was still difficult for the US air force, which had insufficient level of night landing, to land smoothly.

In the two-day battle, the US military lost less than 50 fighters on the regular aircraft carrier, but in the process of recovering the fighters, more than 70 fighters were lost, and the price was not low (to be continued......