Chapter 58: The Battle of Bougainville
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South Pacific, Bougainville Island, between Rabaul and the Solomon Islands. The island's chΓ‘o wet slopes, with dense jungles, are geographically denser, wetter and less conducive to military operations than Guadalcanal.
After the end of World War II, a Japanese soldier stationed on Bougainville wrote: "The environment on Bougainville was terrible, and the first thing we faced after we occupied and landed on the island was that we had to climb over the ridge on all fours, slide down the hill with a rolling belt, and wade through countless jungle streams, five of which I remember wading through." Every day you had to deal with either a continuous stream of icy streams or the cutting of endless thorn bushes, and in retrospect, the situation was terrible. The continuous rain without ri, the hot food without ri, and the sΔo harassment of mosquitoes at night, all this constitutes endless torture; And in addition to supporting an overloaded body and suffering from hunger, I also had to face the dangers of the jungle itself, and the danger of poisonous snakes was always around. I don't know how the day came about, and at night we didn't even set up a guard at all, and we fell headlong in the bushes next to the cut path and fell asleep.
Target plane, near the waters off Bougainville Island in late May and early June 1943, two fleets were converging here. At this time, at an altitude of 30,000 meters above the waters of the South Pacific, Wang Fan was watching the battlefield images from the geosynchronous orbit satellite in the aircraft.
After returning to the target plane, Wang Fan did not return to Shaanxi directly, so he missed the jingcai scene of the battle of Shaanxi and Jin. Instead, it will fly out of the atmosphere as soon as possible and release a large number of communications and reconnaissance satellites in low-earth orbit, geosynchronous orbit, and in-situ orbit. Before the release of the satellite, Wang Fan asked Yadea to help, so that the maintenance robot processed the artificial satellite shell, plated with a layer of special protective ceramic alloy (Yadea contributed the alloy formula), so that the artificial satellite's ability to resist various radiations and extreme temperatures in the universe was greatly enhanced, so that the life of the satellite can be greatly improved, considering the reliable, durable and high-stability of the military components inside the satellite, Yadea expects that the life of these artificial satellites can reach 25~35 years, It can fully meet the needs of Yanhuang for a long time after Yanhuang.
"Yadee, what do you think of this battle?" Wang Fan asked while watching the real-time battlefield map.
"It's very retro, and it feels like watching a historical film." Yadi replied unexpectedly.
"Vintage? Historical films? Wang Fan frowned and repeated.
"Well, the universe I live in has long been the era of interstellar warfare, and the decisive battle scene of the ocean fleet is very far away!"
"Hmm~~ Okay, then I'd like to hear your speculation about this naval battle." Wang Fan, who learned that Yadi said the reason for the retro, felt that he had a feeling of complaining on the Internet, and then continued to ask.
"From the point of view of the battle front, the fleet of the Wako Mingumo Tadaichi and the fleet of the Stars and Stripes Republic are basically moving in the opposite direction, and it is only a matter of time before they encounter each other. After the Stars and Stripes Republic's Decisive Fleet feinted the fleet, it was basically distributed in a straight line with the two Feint Fleets, while the direction of travel of the Yamamoto Fifty-six Captain was diagonally inserted in the northeast direction of the Stars and Stripes Republic's Decisive Fleet, now look, Yamamoto Fifty-Six's fleet occupies a larger positional advantage, and suddenly Xing is bigger, now look at the battle, the reconnaissance density of the Stars and Stripes Decisive Fleet, if it is a circle, it's fine, if too much emphasis is placed on the front of the fleet, hehe, that's a coffee table! Yadea replied.
"Coffee table?" Wang Fan didn't understand for a moment.
"Ah, the language of your posterity is full of tragedy!!" Yadea said.
"Uh~~ Okay! Yadea!" Suddenly hearing the Internet buzzword from Yadi, Wang Fan was very uncomfortable, and couldn't help but pat his head with his left hand.
"What's wrong?" Yadi asked puzzled.
"Yadi, I find that your mouth is a little poorer and worse!" Wang Fan said.
ββ¦β¦ Well, well, to paraphrase your Yanhuang: those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black!! Yadea, whose vocabulary is getting richer, quickly replied.
"......" This time it was Wang Fan's turn to be speechless.
In the South Pacific Theater, Nagumo Fleet, the Japanese Feint Fleet, the flagship "Zuiho" aircraft carrier, the bow command room, and Nagumo Tadaichi was listening to a communications officer report on the intelligence sent by the reconnaissance plane.
"Your Excellency Nagumo, everything is normal with the reconnaissance aircraft in the northwest direction, everything is normal in the southwest direction (Rabaul direction), and the northeast and southeast directions are being reconnoitred and have not yet been called."
Nan Yun, who had a round head and a big face, looked fierce and full of power, only to see him raise his head slightly, and after pondering for ten seconds, he said: "Adjust the reconnaissance arrangement, transfer three-quarters of the reconnaissance planes to the northeast and southeast directions, and set up three pairs to patrol at 100 nautical miles, 150 nautical miles, and 200 nautical miles respectively. β
"Hey!!" The Communications Officer replied.
"Your Excellency Nagumo!" The adjutant, who was standing behind him with a high-powered telescope around his neck, walked up to Nagumo Tadaichi and asked in a low voice, "Do you think that the enemy will appear from the front and not make a detour around the rear to attack our fleet?" β
"No, I'm not sure, it's just that the probability of going from the southeast and northeast is greater!" Nagumo replied.
"But is it reliable to give our backs to the Army guys?" The adjutant asked in a slightly worried tone.
"This sortie itself is a gamble, we are bait, we must have the consciousness of bait!" Nagumo said with a self-deprecating interface: "Order the troops, keep as many fighters on the deck as possible, put half of the ship riot and ship attack into the aircraft carrier hangar, and free up the deck space as much as possible, so that the fighters can take off at any time to meet the enemy." β
"Hey!!"
"From now on, the whole fleet will maintain the highest vigilance, and order the fighter group to be ready to fight at any time!" Nagumo then said loudly.
"Hey!!" Everyone in the command room bowed together and replied.
At the same time 300 nautical miles away, Frederick? Rear Admiral Sherman's feint force TF38 is sailing in Jingjie, and the fleet is a large aircraft carrier "Saratoga" and a light aircraft carrier "Princeton", surrounded by a ring of protection formed by three cruisers "Honolulu", "Helena", and "St. Louis" and six destroyers.
"Haven't you found any trace of the combined fleet of pirates?" Frederick? Major General Sherman asked.
"General! The reconnaissance plane has not yet called back! Colonel Mark, who was next to him, replied.
"How long have we been on our way?" Frederick? Major General Sherman then asked.
"The fleet departs at 8 a.m., and it's 1 p.m., Admiral!"
Sherman glanced at his watch, frowned and thought for half a minute, and then said: "Let the troops quickly take turns to eat, and finish lunch within 1 hour to maintain combat effectiveness!" β
"Yes!!" Colonel Mark replied.
By 1:30 p.m., the TF38 Task Force had taken turns to eat for half an hour, and the entire fleet was a little relaxed because of the ample lunch time. Many soldiers joked and drank coffee, after all, the morning-long Jing ring did not gain anything, and I don't know how much time it will take to really spot the enemy troops, and all the reconnaissance planes have been released, and a comfortable atmosphere has begun to spread among the TF38 task force.
At 1:40 a.m., Fujiwara Akiyama was piloting a reconnaissance plane from the southeast to the northeast to reconnoitre, and his binocular vision of up to 1.6 was the capital of his peers. At this time, he was carefully observing the sea with his eyes open, and he just ate a little rice hastily in the morning, and at this time there was a cooing sound in his abdomen, but Fujiwara, who was gathered and attentive, automatically blocked these disturbances, and looked at the sea intently, and suddenly he found a few small black spots on the sea in the distance. So he quickly pulled the lever in his hand and adjusted the course of the plane, Fujiwara piloted the reconnaissance plane and flew quickly towards the small black dot, and 10 minutes later, a beam of radio waves that found the fleet of the Republic of the Stars and Stripes was transmitted to the Nagumo fleet.
"Your Excellency Nagumo, 190 nautical miles to the southeast, the fleet of the Republic of the Stars and Stripes has been discovered, and a total of one heavy aircraft carrier, one light aircraft carrier, 3 cruisers and 6 destroyers have been found in the Republic of the Stars and Stripes to escort!"
"Only 2 aircraft carriers, one heavy and one light?" Nagumo asked with a heavy frown.
"Hey! The reconnaissance plane lost contact after sending a telegram, and it should have been shot down, so do you need to send a telegram to Commander Yamamoto now, Your Excellency? The adjutant replied as he suggested.
"Sending a report? Do you think that the four aircraft carriers I have here can't even beat the two aircraft carriers of the other side, one heavy and one light? Nagumo Yin asked with a calm face.
"Hey! Your Excellency, please be angry! Of course not! β
"Humph! Ordered, all the shipstorms on the deck on standby took off, sent half of the fighters to escort the escort, and the rest of the fighters also rose into the air in turn to wait for the enemy, and finally, the shipstorms and shipstorms in the engine room were transported to the deck in turn and stood ready for departure. β
"Hey!!"
"Send a telegram to all reconnaissance aircraft, continue the search, and scout for other aircraft carrier formations that the Star-Spangled Banner may have sent!"
"Hey!!"
Fifteen minutes later, Nagumo's first strike attack formation was already in the air and galloped towards the TF38 task force.
After another 5 minutes, the position of the Nagumo Fleet was also discovered by the reconnaissance planes of the Republic of the Stars and Stripes Banner, and the TF38 Task Force quickly sent a report to the TG50.3 Task Force, and at the same time sent its own attack formation, leaving more than 30 fighters and destroyers in the whole team to form a high, low, and deep defensive formation.
150 nautical miles away, the TG50.3 task force that received the telegram quickly fine-tuned its course, released fighter planes, and nearly 300 planes rose into the air one after another, forming a huge attack formation, divided into three attack waves, and slaughtered in the direction of the Nanyun fleet.
Maybe it's providence, maybe it's a coincidence, with the route formed by the two fleets as the middle line, the attack cluster sent by Nagumo flies close to the left side of the middle line, while the attack cluster sent by the Stars and Stripes Republic flies close to the right, and neither side notices the other, like two blades of a pair of scissors, each flying towards its own target.
The attack aircraft group dispatched by Nagumo is composed of 2 attack teams and 1 air supremacy team, and is under the jurisdiction of:
The 1st Air Force had 23 Zeros, commanded by Captain Saburo Saito;
The first attack team consisted of 18 "99" shipblowers and 29 zero-combat aircraft of the "Zuizuru" aircraft carrier, commanded by Captain Takahashi;
The second attack team consisted of 17 "99" shipblowers and 24 Zero Fighters of the "Flying Eagle" aircraft carrier, commanded by Senior Captain Gao Yanchenxiong.
More than 30 minutes later, the attack aircraft group sent by Nagumo reached above the target fleet and took the lead in attacking.
The TF38 task force, a total of more than 60 attack aircraft sent by Rear Admiral Sherman, is still about 15 minutes away from the target fleet, and the TG50.3 task force is still 35~40 minutes away.
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