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If before eleven o'clock, the course of the Battle of Midway can still see the shadow of history. After eleven o'clock, especially after Yamaguchi Tawen took over the command of the Japanese mobile fleet, the Battle of Midway was already a different story.

By 11 o'clock, the US-Tang coalition had achieved an absolute victory, and three of the five Japanese aircraft carriers had been removed.

At half past eleven, the US-Tang coalition forces, especially the Naval Resistance Army, once again achieved considerable successes, damaging two aircraft carriers of Yamaguchi Duowen.

But if you take stock, the strength of the US-Tang coalition and the Japanese army at half past eleven o'clock. It will be concluded that the winning position is not so secure.

The air power of the US-Tang coalition is as follows:

Thirty-two warplanes aboard the Yorktown, including eight torpedo planes, twelve dive bombers, and twelve F4F Wildcat fighters.

The Enterprise and the Hornet each had twelve Wildcat fighters on board.

There were only ten P40s, six dive bombers on board the Liberty Dragon.

The total number of fighters that have not yet returned to these four aircraft carriers is about 40.

That is, the US-Tang coalition had only one hundred and twelve at this time.

The air power of the Japanese army was as follows:

At this moment, there are two waves of strike forces against the aircraft carriers of the US-Tang coalition forces in the air, with a total of 87 aircraft. Forty-six Zero fighters were responsible for guarding the two aircraft carriers.

The total number is one hundred and thirty-three.

If we only compare the number of fighters owned by the aircraft carrier, the Japanese army not only has an advantage in numbers, but also surpasses the US-Tang coalition in terms of pilot quality.

In fact, the US military still has a numerical advantage, that is, the US fighter planes on Midway Island, after a morning of fighting, the US military has more than 130 fighters. At this time, there were about 70 returning or returning to the home. These include seven for the Naval Resistance Force and twenty for the Hornet or Enterprise. However, these fighters can take off again regardless of the time of day, and their combat effectiveness is slightly stronger except for the twenty or thirty fighters on the aircraft carrier, and the other dozens of fighters can see how weak they are when they look at the results of the morning. You must know that the fighters on Midway Island had almost zero results in a morning's battle, and the number of 70 or 80 fighters shot down no more than five Japanese fighters, and not a single bomb hit the Japanese warship.

In the middle of the battle, Admiral Nimitz could not clearly understand the contrast of air power between the two sides, but he was able to deduce a rough result. He is well aware that now the air power of the US-Tang coalition is not superior. As for the quality aspect. Nimitz was definitely not an arrogant person, and he had a very accurate grasp of the quality of American pilots.

Pearl Harbor Underground Command, Admiral Nimitz frowned. As the supreme commander of this battle, his thinking started with Li Guang and Fletcher. Spruance is different.

Li Guang, along with Fletcher and Spruance, only think about the battle, and there is only one goal at its core. Kill all the Japanese aircraft carriers. It was the victory at the Battle of Midway.

And Admiral Nimitz also has to consider how far the battle will end. The situation at this moment is different from history, when the Japanese army only had one aircraft carrier left, and the US aircraft carriers had an absolute advantage of three to one in numbers. And now it's just four to two.

If it was a battle between battleships, four to two, the side with more ships would almost certainly win. But the battle between aircraft carriers. Four to two is hard to say.

For example, if two Japanese aircraft carriers launch a wave of attacks, it is difficult to sink the four US aircraft carriers under normal circumstances. However, whether the US-Tang coalition forces could destroy the two Japanese aircraft carriers in one wave was due to the technical skills of the pilots. It is difficult to give a positive answer.

Nimitz gave a pertinent comparison of battle losses: in the first wave of strikes, the two sides are likely to hit the same proportion of battle losses, with the Americans losing two ships and the Japanese losing one.

Therefore, it is possible that both sides will launch another wave of strikes. And this "another wave" of blows, Nimitz knows very well that the ideal state is only for both sides to die together.

It must be said that Nimitz's inference is very consistent with the comparison of actual combat effectiveness.

But in fact, at half past eleven, the US-Tang coalition was actually at a decisive disadvantage.

The first wave of strikes envisaged by Nimitz was launched by the Japanese army early, and at this time, the Japanese strike force of 87 fighters was already very close to the US-Tang coalition forces.

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On the side of the Japanese army.

Nagumo Tadaichi's three aircraft carriers were sharply destroyed by the US-Tang coalition. At this time, the command system of the Japanese army was slightly different from that in history. At half past eleven o'clock in history, Nagumo Tadaichi had already boarded the cruiser Nagara and re-took command.

At this time, Lieutenant General Nagumo had no way to command at all, and when the Akagi exploded, Nagumo Tadaichi was hit in the waist by a piece of steel, and he was already unconscious at this time.

The reason for this change may be explained in the following way:

Historically, 60 or 70 US fighter planes hit the three aircraft carriers Akagi, Kaga, and Soryu, hitting a total of 10 1,000-pound bombs. Of these, the Akagi was hit with three thousand-pound bombs. But now the Naval Resistance Army has killed two Japanese aircraft carriers, while the US military still hit ten bombs, all of which hit the Akagi aircraft carrier.

Under normal circumstances, ten thousand-pound bombs can almost destroy an aircraft carrier, but when the Japanese Akagi was hit, it was in an abnormal state. On the hangar deck, on the flight deck there were not only torpedoes, bombs, but also several refueling trucks.

If you add up all the bombs that exploded, I am afraid that it is more than the power of fifty bombshells.

Under such a violent serial explosion, Nagumo Tadaichi was able to save his life, which was already the blessing of Amaterasu. If you can still command the battle normally, it is estimated that the gods and Buddhas of the heavens will be blessed. And the little devil can ask for the blessing of Aunt Amaterasu at most, and the other immortals have their own spheres of influence, and they don't look down on the evil little devil at all.

Historically, after the Akagi was hit, it was able to float at sea for two days, and then it was sunk by the Japanese themselves with a torpedo. But at this moment, the damage of the Akagi was even more serious, not only the upper deck was destroyed, but even the power compartment and fuel compartment inside the hull were all blown up, and the huge battleship was now a huge torch, I am afraid that it will not be able to support it in the dark.

All in all, Nagumo Tadaichi can't be the same as in history. Continue to command the battle. Therefore, the command continued to be in the hands of Yamaguchi Tawen.

Six hundred nautical miles from Midway, on board the battleship Yamato.

Since the beginning of the war in the morning, Yamamoto Isoroku has been in a leisurely manner, perhaps wanting to show off the elegance of "ghosts and animals disappearing in the middle of talking and laughing" and leave a beautiful story in the history of Japanese naval warfare. Admiral Yamamoto has been playing shogi with his former staff officer, Kuroshima Kameto. (A Japanese board game.) ）

At 9:20, Yamamoto received a report from Nagumo Tadaichi: "The Kaga Mizuru was blown up and caught fire. ”

General Yamamoto Fifty-six has the demeanor of a general, but the corners of his mouth twitched, as if his stomach problem was aggravated. But he did not interfere with the command of Nagumo Tadaichi, and his instructions were simple - to continue the fight.

Although two aircraft carriers caught fire, for the Japanese Navy suffered heavy losses. But for gamblers like Isoroku Yamamoto, there is still hope as long as the chips are not lost.

Yamamoto Fifty-six can sit still, which does not mean that the Kuroshima turtle people who are playing against him can sit still. The Black Island Turtle Man stumbled and almost fell under the blow of the sudden news.

At half past ten, the Yamato received another report: "The Akagi was bombed, and Nagumo Tadaichi was injured." ”

Yamamoto Fifty-six had forgotten about the stomach ache at this time. Such a crushing blow. Even gamblers can't stand it, and in the blink of an eye, most of the chips have been lost. What bullshit stomach aches. At this time, I'm afraid that I will cut off Yamamoto Fifty-six's little JJ. Yamamoto didn't feel the pain either.

The Black Island Turtle Man was no longer stumbling at this time, but fell directly and fainted.

In the past hour or so, the Black Island Turtle Man has figured out the process of the battle. Before the war, he repeatedly explained that he was not allowed to use the second wave of strike forces in case of the appearance of US aircraft carriers. It's hateful that Nagumo Tadaichi turned a deaf ear to this. The bomb was replaced. What is even more hateful is that Nagumo Tadaichi was obsessed with military provisions, and after discovering the US aircraft carrier, he even changed the bomb again.

I wasted the good time to attack.

The Black Island Turtle Man pretends to be a genius. The battle plan formulated can be described as rigorous, but when encountering such a former enemy commander, in addition to sighing: "It's not good to meet people." ”

I could only faint and fall to the ground.

On the battleship Yamato, a group of officers were still arguing about how to respond. Rear Admiral Ugaki, Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet, had already taken over the steering wheel and personally took control of the battleship Yamato and headed for Midway.

Major General Ugaki changed the results of the war games several times before the war. It seems like nonsense, but as a Combined Fleet Chief of Staff, he is different from those middle and lower-ranking Japanese officers who are fanatical in their hearts. When the loss did occur, it was clear that his choice was well thought out.

Continuing to fight, this is a well-thought-out plan of Major General Ugaki.

After a few minutes of fainting, Kuroshima Kameto expressed his opinion to Chief Yamamoto: "Now is the time for Kondo Nobutake's raiders to immediately move closer to Yamaguchi Tawen and rush forward to prepare for a night battle. ”

Kuroshima Kameto is quite a bit level, and after a few minutes of thinking, he came to the same conclusion as Major General Ugaki.

However, his next few suggestions were extremely unreliable, and he wanted to transfer the Japanese fleet from the other three directions in a vain attempt to rush to Midway Island to completely annihilate the American fleet.

If it is said that Kondo Nobutake's strategy troops immediately accelerated, there is some truth. And in the other three directions, the nearest fleet is also the Aleutian Islands raider troops, at least a thousand nautical miles from Midway, and when they arrive, the daylilies are cold.

Nobutake's Raiders were not close to Midway at this time. But unlike in history, in history, Kondo Nobutake's raider unit had a light aircraft carrier with relatively strong self-defense capabilities, so it was three hundred nautical miles behind Nagumo Tadaichi's mobile fleet. However, due to the larger scale of the Japanese sortie this time, there was not only an offensive at Midway, but also an offensive in three other directions at the same time. And the Japanese Navy, the number of aircraft carriers is so limited that there are no aircraft carriers in Kondo's fleet at all, not even light ones, only one seaplane carrier.

In this way, the self-defense force is poor, and he does not dare to put the fleet 300 nautical miles away from the Nagumo Zhongyi fleet. Instead, it was placed two hundred nautical miles away from Nagumo Zhong's fleet. Nagumo Tadaichi's mobile fleet had been moving closer to Midway since four or five in the morning, but Kondo had been sailing at a speed of sixteen knots.

Therefore, the distance between the Kondo Nobutake Raiders fleet at this moment and Midway Island is actually only a little more than three hundred nautical miles. If the supply ships were left behind, the main fleet would be able to reach Midway in twelve hours. The arrival time will be around midnight on the 5th, and it is entirely possible to occupy Midway before dawn. (Sunrise at 4:53 a.m.) ）

Rear Admiral Hiroki Abe, who was the escort of Nagumo Tadaichi's mobile fleet, also sent a telegram at this moment, and he also insisted on launching an immediate attack on Midway. He believed that although the Japanese army suffered heavy losses, the losses of the American army were not light, and that fighting a night battle that the Japanese army was good at could completely turn defeat into victory.

Half past eleven. At this moment, Yamaguchi Tashi, who had already received the command, sent a telegram, and his attitude was clear - to keep fighting. Yamaguchi Tawen concealed in the telegram the damage to the aircraft carriers Hiei and the Hiryu.

Yamaguchi Tawen was able to create a great reputation in the Japanese Navy, and was even regarded as the successor of the Japanese Combined Fleet after Yamamoto 56, and he was definitely quite talented.

He chose to continue fighting, absolutely after careful consideration, and even calculated the psychological activities of several high-ranking officials of the Combined Fleet. If Yamaguchi said at this time, his two aircraft carriers were also injured. Then it is quite possible that this battle will end there.

At this point, the Japanese Navy lost the battle. Yamaguchi can't wash away the shame of losing an aircraft carrier. (The Dragon was lost in the Battle of Ceylon.) ）

Historically, Nagumo Tadaichi was not injured, and after taking back command, he gave the order to retreat. Major General Hiroki Abe demanded to continue the offensive. It was also rejected by Nagumo Tadaichi on the grounds of lack of escort fighters. There is no doubt that the former enemy commander has more say than Kuroshima Kameto and Major General Ugaki. So Nagumo Tadaichi's opinion was implemented.

And now, the big gambler Yamamoto Fifty-six's most admired general, the little gambler Yamaguchi Tashiwen, asked to attack.

There was a unanimous opinion within the Japanese army. And Yamamoto Isoroku himself is a gambler. In history, there was only one aircraft carrier left in the Japanese army, the Wyvern. He still did not give up the fight. Therefore, at half past eleven o'clock, Yamamoto Isoroku gave the order to continue the battle.

Yamaguchi's No. 2 Air Force continued to look for opportunities to eliminate the U.S. aircraft carriers.

Rear Admiral Hiroki Abe's battleship heavy cruiser formation rushed to Midway, pinned down American forces, and began shelling Midway at night.

Nobutake's troops must arrive at Midway by midnight. Together with Major General Abe Hiroki, capture Midway.

In this series of commands, there is an extremely unusual message. That is, the two fast battleships led by Abe Hiroki, the Kongo and the Haruna, were used as bait. And such a deployment was simply not acceptable to the generals of the giant ship artillery in the past. The idea of a decisive battle for battleships was deeply ingrained in the Japanese Navy. In the minds of these generals of the Japanese Navy, they have begun to favor aircraft carriers as the core of the fleet.

In addition, there is a little question, why did Yamaguchi Tarumi dare to hide the information about the injuries of the two aircraft carriers?

Could it be that the pilots of the Naval Resistance Army missaw the results of the battle?

No. First of all, the Wyvern's injuries were indeed not light, a torpedo blew through the side of the Wyvern, and the Wyvern tilted four or five degrees in more than ten minutes. However, the damage on board the Wyvern was strong, all skilled veterans, and under the command of Yamaguchi Tawen, the Japanese army quickly controlled the damage.

Yamaguchi Tashi ordered the watertight cabin on the left side to actively fill the water, and the Wyvern quickly regained its balance. At this time, the Wyvern has regained its combat effectiveness, and it will not be affected whether it is to release the fighter or recover the fighter.

The only effect is that after loading a belly of seawater, it is no longer possible for the aircraft carrier to sail at a speed of more than 30 knots, and can only maintain a speed of 223 knots.

And the aircraft carrier Hiei was indeed damaged. However, the structure of the aircraft carrier Hiei was different from other Japanese aircraft carriers.

During the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Liberty Dragon was blown through the flight deck. Not long ago, the Navy's resistance forces came up with a method of reinforcing the flight deck - laying 200 millimeters of reinforced concrete on the flight deck. However, the Naval Resistance Army is not sure whether this method is feasible, and it has been handed over to the technical personnel for verification.

And the Hiei aircraft carrier itself was a conversion of a fast battleship, and the side armor was ten inches thickest at the thickest point. Since all the previous aircraft carriers of the Japanese army did not use armored flight decks. The devil is not stupid and knows the benefits of an armored flight deck.

But if the hull does not have enough weight and stability, it will not be able to withstand thick armor at all. That would be top-heavy.

And the Hiei is different, it is an armored battleship in itself, the hull is heavy enough, and the stability is quite good. Therefore, Japan adopted an armored flight deck on this aircraft carrier.

And the wonderful thing is that the Japanese devils thought of a similar way to the idea of the Naval Resistance Army. At the top was two hundred millimeters of concrete armor, then three inches of steel armor, and below was a layer of one-inch alloy armor.

It should be said that the protection designed by Japan is stronger than that of the Naval Resistance Army, because of the extra layer of one-inch alloy armor.

With such strong protection, although the Hiei was attacked by 800 kg of bombs and also penetrated the flight deck, the amazing kinetic energy of the 800 kg bombs did not penetrate the second hangar deck, and the bombs only exploded in the hangar without fighters at that time.

If the Wyvern were hit by such a bomb, it would definitely be a heavy hit. Eight hundred kilograms of bombs penetrated two or three decks of the Wyvern. If the power compartment is blown up, it is immediately semi-crippled. If the oil depot is bombed, it will immediately be a torch in the Pacific Ocean.

Therefore, although the Hiei died a lot of devils, the damage it suffered was even lighter than that of the Take-off Dragon.

This is also the reason why Yamaguchi Tarumi dared to conceal the injuries of the two aircraft carriers.

From this moment on, there is no trace of history in sight of the Battle of Midway.

(There is one who has a monthly pass in his hand and begged for it.) (To be continued......)