At four o'clock in the afternoon of December 6, 1942, somewhere in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, the aircraft carrier Dachu of the Chinese task force.

Rear Admiral Jiang Ming, captain of the Da Chu aircraft carrier, sat at the table, staring intently at the radar data of the remaining ship group of the US Pacific Fleet that had just been sent back by the Seahawk reconnaissance plane, and quickly calculated, while Ge Cunsheng next to him was making calculations in front of the sea chart, and the two of them calculated the position of the US fleet at almost the same time.

"21°21 N, 157°59 W, about 220 nautical miles east of Pearl Harbor."

Ge Cunsheng patted Jiang Ming's shoulder approvingly and said, "You kid, after becoming the captain, these basic skills still haven't been left behind." Let's talk about what you have in mind for the next night raid plan. ”

"Yes, Commander." Jiang Ming was also one of the participants in the previous night attack plan, so he was naturally very familiar with it, "According to the plan, when the Seahawk reconnaissance plane discovers the remaining Pacific ship group of US troops, the night attack plan will be fully launched." The follow-up Sea Hawks, which succeeded the Sea Hawks 01 and 02, have taken off and continue to monitor the movements of the US ship group.

In this night raid plan, the Dachu has 2 radar early warning aircraft and 13 modified aircraft equipped with active infrared night vision devices. There are also 2 radar early warning aircraft on board the aircraft carrier Dayan, and 12 aircraft equipped with active infrared night vision devices. There are also six Seahawk reconnaissance aircraft, which have maritime positioning and search capabilities.

In other words, we can participate in the air search of about 6-8 aircraft, and the infrared night combat aircraft with night positioning capabilities is 25.

According to the previous planned exercise, this night attack will be based on maritime search and positioning, and the US warship group will be locked through radar early warning aircraft, and then 25 aircraft equipped with active infrared night vision device systems will serve as the main force of the night attack.

In the plan, in order to strengthen the effect of night attacks, in addition to these 25 fighters with active offensive capabilities, there will also be 35 auxiliary fighters with night take-off and preliminary combat capabilities, which will attack according to the fire caused by the hit of the ship group.

Judging from the previous exercises, as long as there is no major deviation in the mission group, I don't think the problem will be too big, after all, the night battle of the Americans' ship group, except for the weak air defense response, is currently very poor, and their aircraft group basically does not have the ability to fight at night. However, in order to ensure that in case of emergency, I propose to increase the original one radar jammer to two to ensure the safety of the fleet. ”

With the help of the latest more than 20 sets of airborne active infrared night vision devices issued to the navy, he searched and located the enemy ship group through medium and long-range radar, and then gave the infrared accurate positioning over the ship group, often when the enemy has not yet reacted, and was ruthlessly attacked from the night.

Although the Americans are strong in science and technology, in many respects, they have not kept up with the pace of war. For example, judging from intelligence, the US military has done a lot of work on improving its night combat capability and radar search capability, and the corresponding equipment has basically been or will be successfully studied, but the Pacific Fleet is not equipped with truly effective night combat equipment except for radar and air defense searchlights.

"The fleet continues 100 nautical miles, let's start the plan." Ge Cunsheng quickly gave the order, this was a prepared battle, although it was only a supplementary battle plan for the US aircraft carrier fleet not to be within Pearl Harbor, but it was one of the important contents of the 'Yellow Sparrow' plan. In the plan, even if all the US ships were at Pearl Harbor, a large-scale night attack was inevitable.

U.S. Army, remnants of the Pacific Fleet.

"General, this is the latest battle report."

The staff officer handed Admiral Nimitz the latest report on the air battle over Oahu.

Looking at the statistical report, there are some shocking figures, although Nimitz has long been given an early warning report of heavy losses in air battles, but when he actually sees the comparison of losses, he still can't help but be shocked.

"90 to 160 battle damage."

Although counting the losses of bombers and attack planes, this figure is almost one to one, but the huge difference in fighter surnames has made Nimitz realize that the replacement of the Navy's carrier-based aircraft is imminent.

He knew very well that compared with his own aircraft carriers, the six aircraft carriers under his command could be said to be not lagging behind, but lagging behind were the carrier-based aircraft on them.

In addition to the first air battle, in which the US military maintained a relatively large advantage, the US military was completely suppressed in the second and subsequent sporadic air battles. The elites of the US Naval Air Force, who were stunned, were completely unaccustomed to fighting with such a high-speed and highly maneuverable Zero.

"Although this new carrier-based aircraft of the Japanese army was discovered by the intelligence department very early, its excellent performance still shocked us. The characteristics of a high rate of climb, a small turning radius, high speed, and a long range almost completely suppress several of our existing carrier-based aircraft. The staff officer said with some pain.

Nimitz waved his hand, "The war will continue, and before the war on Oahu is over, new planes will not arrive, and what the boys of the air team should do is to use the existing planes to find a way to counter this new aircraft." It is bound to have drawbacks. ”

Looking at the setting sun, Nimitz's brow furrowed tightly, as if a very bad premonition surrounded him.

This unease came from the fear of the powerful combined fleet of the Yue himself, and also from the fear that the Yu himself would launch another surprise attack on the remaining fleet.

"This time, they won't be like an air raid on Oahu, we have a sound defense and counterattack capabilities."

After thinking for a moment, Nimitz waved the uneasiness out of his mind, after all, the night was coming, and he should be thinking about tomorrow's battle.

The group of six aircraft carriers and the remnant fleet of more than 20 ships are not vulnerable, but have a strong combat capability, and even if he himself is attacked by a large-scale surprise, he is confident that he can defend against it.

As night approached, Nimitz closed his battle papers and prepared to enjoy the most reassuring dinner since Pearl Harbor.

Because, later tomorrow, the two old aircraft carriers will arrive in a support fleet, although not large enough, but at that time, their mixture with the remnants of the fleet will completely drive him away.

Nimitz didn't think he could raid and defeat the Combined Fleet, what he needed to do was to hold on here and let the American people see that the political axe was doing its best to fight back after the declaration of war.

Due to the time difference, when the night attack group of the Chinese task force departed in the evening, Zhang Shusheng had just eaten lunch.

Because of the Sea Eagle's rotation, Song Zhou and Cai Gongcheng, who had just finished the correction, drove the Sea Eagle with the team again.

The upgrading of the equipment for the surname that the Yellow Bird plans to carry out in half a year is a major exercise of the navy's new equipment in the next few years.

The more accurate radar that radar AWACS has, the longer the search range. The night detection and combat capabilities of infrared night combat aircraft will be a microcosm of night combat in the sea and air in the next few years.

However, the difficulty of this sneak attack is still very high. After all, it is a night battle, and in the previous two exercises, Zhang Shusheng found that even with the help of new equipment, the actual difficulty of this night battle is still very large. Moreover, once the enemy has suffered a major defeat, summed up his experience and lessons, and distributed the corresponding equipment, then the night battles in the future will tend to be more small-scale, and the night air offensive and defensive battles have already been carried out. In the original history, in the late stage of World War II, although the collisions between the Germans and Americans at night were not as frequent as during the day, the results and losses of both sides were also huge.

At 8 p.m. on 6 December, after the U.S. political axe declared war, the remaining U.S. Pacific fleet that was in charge of the Oahu counterattack operation, the U.S. officers and men were finishing a busy day's work, and the last plane also returned from the skies over Oahu. Although the shadow of the Pearl Harbor incident hangs over everyone's heart, optimistic and cheerful Americans always believe that as long as they are alive and as long as the American political axe has not fallen, then it is only a matter of time before they punish the enemy.

"Will, when do you think we'll be able to hit Ben?"

The USS Reading is one of the largest aircraft carriers in the remnant ship group of the US Pacific Fleet, and it not only deploys some of the latest F5F carrier-based aircraft, but also has a powerful radar air defense alert capability, and it is one of the three ships with radar early warning capability among the more than 20 remaining ships.

With the development of World War II, the important surname of air defense early warning has been paid more and more attention, and the US military has also deployed practical radars.

In the radar room of the aircraft carrier Reading, two radar crews were on routine duty. Their gaze only occasionally fell on the radar scope, after all, since their entry into service, anomalies can be detected from the radar scope at night, only on the occasional rare number of night test aircraft takeoffs.

"I don't know, maybe 1944. We should probably hit Tokyo. ”

Will turned on the radio he had brought with him, and the radio was playing Fleet Radio.

“…… President Roosevelt delivered a ...... in Congress To the evil Axe and the representatives of the Axis powers, officially declare a state of war......"

It's not the latest news, but the radio station is repeating it.

"The great United States will definitely defeat Hitler and the Emperor. You say yes, Lawn. Will patted Raun next to him with his big hand.

"Of course, we've never failed, except for Pearl Harbor. However, it was their shameful sneak attack. ”

"Of course ......"

The two passed the time with discussions and broadcasts, until, when Will casually set his eyes on the scope, he was shocked to notice an anomaly, and the radar scope's signal light began to jump abnormally.

"Damn, there's something wrong with this machine."

Will also approached the oscilloscope, and saw a snowflake on the radar scope, and the constantly beating signal light made the two radar soldiers feel extremely troubled.

"Lawn, you didn't use the machine just now, did you?"

"Damn, I've been sitting here with you without moving an inch. There's a problem with this machine, so get it fixed. Lawne grumbled.

"Okay, leave the problem to the engineers." Will said helplessly.

A few minutes later, Nimitz received the first report of an anomaly.

"General, there's a problem with the Reader's radar."

"Let the engineers hurry up and fix it, and they must be back to normal by dawn tomorrow." Nimitz gave the order without thinking.

However, just a minute later, another report of a radar anomaly was in front of him.

"General, USS Tennessee......"

When the staff officer reported the third report of the radar anomaly with a shocked face, Nimitz was shocked to realize that a huge crisis was coming.

"Sound the air defense sirens and prepare for battle."

Nimitz gave the order in time, however, by this time, a light searchman of the USS Reading had already discovered the anomaly. "In the port direction, enemy aircraft ...... detected"

The sailor, roaring hoarsely, suddenly tore through the night sky, "The enemy attacked ......"-

It's back~~