Born in the waters of the Hawaiian Islands, the weeping sea is exciting from the beginning,

Although the Navy of the Republic has obvious advantages in terms of strength and combat effectiveness, especially in terms of the main fleet, the ratio of three to two forces and the ratio of combat power to nearly two to one, allowing the Navy of the Republic to grasp the initiative on the battlefield, but both sides have the ability to attack with one blow and kill, and can defeat the opponent or even annihilate the opponent in an attack that occupies a tactical advantage, so any mistake or mistake of any nature may lead to disastrous consequences. [No pop-up novel network]

Affected by this, before they made contact, the fleet commanders of both sides were stunned and extremely cautious. Not only did they not risk breaking through, but they also left the surveillance range of the opponent's reconnaissance force and disappeared into the vast sea.

Comparatively, the weaker US Navy is more cautious. After the main fleet of the first trade entered the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Navy did not follow the previous method, that is, let the battle fleets meet at Pearl Harbor and then go to the battlefield, nor did it let the main fleet of Dissau go to San Diego, after all, the largest naval base on the west coast of the United States is too conspicuous, and there must be many attack submarines of the Republic Navy outside. From the safety of the country, the US Navy chose the rendezvous point of the fleet on the Levia Hihdo Islands, a kilometer south of the Baja California Peninsula, and deployed attack submarines to the area in advance to carry out reconnaissance and surveillance missions.

The problem is that the U.S. Navy's choice of the fleet rendezvous area in the Reviahihedo Islands is not at all secretive.

As we all know, the distribution of islands in the Pacific Ocean is dense in the west and sparse in the east, especially in the southwest and northeast directions, there is a significant contrast, that is, there are many islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, and there are few islands in the northeast Pacific. From the perspective of island distribution, Polynesia mainly includes the Hawaiian Islands, the Lane Islands, the Tuamotu Islands, the Tubuai Islands, and some scattered islands as the boundary, with dense islands in the west and only a handful of islands in the east. It can be seen that there are only a few islands between the Hawaiian Islands and the North American mainland, among which Guadalupe Island is too close to San Diego to be suitable for the fleet's temporary cobalt mooring, and only the Revia Hihedo Islands are a suitable distance. That is, it is not within the surveillance range of the submarines of the Navy of the Republic, and it is relatively close to the North American continent. Under the control of the US military.

One might ask, did the fleet have to meet near the islands?

Here comes a very simple tactical question, what is the purpose of the rendezvous of fleets?

In the case of a specific purpose. The fleet did not need to rendezvous in the waters near the islands. It is not even necessary to rendezvous before entering the battle, it is entirely possible to make a strict battle plan so that the participating fleets arrive at the battlefield at the same time and enter the battle at the same time, that is, rendezvous on the battlefield. For example, when raiding a fixed target, the participating fleets can be scattered in different ports and naval bases to avoid attracting the attention of the enemy, and then the fleet's actions can be constrained by a strict battle plan. The typical significance of the simultaneous attack of the participating fleets is the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the attack on Midway Island by the Japanese Combined Fleet in World War II. It can be seen from the two typical naval battles that this kind of combat operation with a specific purpose is very rare on the maritime battlefield, and it involves taking great risks, and the results of the operation are affected by key factors. It is more inclined to two extremes, that is, victory is a big victory, and defeat is a complete defeat.

In fact, such a purpose-built situation is very rare in naval warfare.

The main purpose of naval warfare is to seize sea supremacy. The main force seizing sea supremacy is the fleet, so naval battles are often battles between the two fleets, and the fleets are active targets, and the tactical mobility and strategic mobility are very good, so the battles between fleets basically have no specific purpose. It is also impossible to use a tactical plan to constrain the fleet's actions and allow the fleet to meet on the battlefield.

As a result, fleets often had to rendezvous outside the battlefield. Because it is impossible to determine the specific time of the rendezvous, nor the specifics of the fleets. Therefore, the meeting point is often chosen near the island. And most of them choose coral atolls that allow fleets to temporarily cobalt mooring, or natural bays of large islands.

This time, the US Navy is faced with such a situation. In addition to not being able to confirm the exact whereabouts of the fleet of the Navy of the Republic, the US Navy could not even accurately grasp the time when the main fleet of the Tissau fleet arrived in the rendezvous area. There is nothing surprising in this either, the Revia Hiheddo Islands are located between the shipping routes from the Panama Canal to the West Coast region of the United States, and the Navy of the Republic sent dozens of attack submarines to the eastern Pacific Ocean before advancing to the Hawaiian Islands, according to the records of the Navy of the Republic, by the beginning of July of the 2nd year. Although the U.S. Navy has long deployed hundreds of anti-submarine patrol aircraft in the Tehuantepec area of southern Mexico, and has deployed a regional escort fleet on this route from Panama City to Los Angeles, which is only a kilometer away, and is specifically responsible for anti-submarine search and attack missions in various sea areas. But the significance of these defensive deployments was still very limited, and it did not prevent the Republican Navy's attack submarines from hunting hundreds of American ships along this route. The merchant ships that were sunk on this route passed through the Craftsman, and the total tonnage was as high as the heart. 10,000 tons, nor can it prevent the submarines of the Navy of the Republic from monitoring the US fleet that is reinforcing the Pacific from the Atlantic.

As a result of this, the U.S. Navy had to let the fleet rendezvous at the Revia Hihedo Islands when planning this combat operation, and it was very careful in formulating tactical plans.

To put it bluntly, it tends to be more conservative.

Take the actions of the main fleet of Dissau, for example, after passing through the Panama Canal and entering the Bay of Panama. Didn't sail directly to the Revia Hihdo Islands. Instead, turn south when you reach Cayo Coco. In Darwin, Galapagos Islands, on a round-the-world voyage with the Beagle. I spent many months in this archipelago. And according to the puffins on the island, they thought of the influence of the environment on the evolution of organisms, which became the "theory of evolution." After a short stop, it sailed westward, eventually detouring north via Clipperton Island to reach the Revia Hihedor Islands, a journey that took only an hour to complete in three days. Yi Xunshu said that Xunshan was not the same as the old knife and the main fleet detoured to the Galapagos Islands and Clipperton Island. There is also not much variation in the required sailing time. Therefore, after the main fleet and the first basket air fleet left San Diego, they did not go directly to the Revia Hihedor Islands, but sailed westward. Leaving the inshore waters of San Diego, where attack submarines are frequented by the Republic Navy, south of Los Angeles. So it is within the patrol coverage of those attack submarines that carry out the task of breaking diplomatic relations. It then detours south and eventually heads west towards the Revia Hihedo Islands.

Even so, it took only 2 days for the 2 combat fleets heading south to reach the Revia Hihedo Islands. So before the arrival of the fleet of the main army of Dishaw, these two fleets had been waiting for the meeting place for a few days.

It can be seen from this that it is precisely because of the uncertainty of the calculation of punishment that the US Navy chose the sea area for the fleet rendezvous near the island. Anyway. A fleet that enters the shallow waters near the islands is less vulnerable to submarine attacks than a fleet that remains in the depths of the ocean. In fact, for those attack submarines with a displacement of thousands of tons, or even tens of thousands of tons. It is dangerous to go to the shallow sea in the harsh environment. Under normal circumstances, no submarine commander is willing to direct a submarine with a depth of many meters to carry out a hunting mission in a sea area with a depth of less than a literal meter, unless absolutely necessary.

Of course, rendezvous is only the first step. What happens after the rendezvous is the most important.

After all, given the situation at that time, the US Navy could not predict the battlefield situation in early July, let alone how the Republican Navy would respond after the main fleet of the Dissau entered the Pacific Ocean.

By the time the three combat fleets of the US Navy joined forces on 7 July to form the massive Fifth Fleet, the combat fleet of the Republic Navy had already left the waters east of the Hawaiian Islands, and not only did it not continue shelling the US military bases on the group, but it did not even enter the waters where US submarines and patrol planes pressed the planes. More importantly, during these three days, the long-range reconnaissance planes and maritime patrol planes sent out by the US Navy did not even encounter the fighters of the Republic Navy. At least not encountered in the waters east of the archipelago. That is, the Republican fleet, which had previously been made to bomb the Hawaiian Islands to ruins, disappeared without a trace almost overnight.

If the Republic fleet is afraid of the American fleet that is coming, no one will believe it.

All indications indicate that the Navy of the Republic took the initiative to advance eastward before the Marines landed on Midway, attacking Oahu and other large islands in the eastern part of the archipelago, with the main purpose of forcing the US fleet to come to a decisive battle and gain absolute sea supremacy before formally advancing on Oahu. From this it can be roughly concluded that the fleet of the Navy of the Republic did not leave the battlefield. It just left the reconnaissance and search range of the US military, and was looking for an opportunity for a decisive battle.

So, in which direction exactly is the republic's naval fleet?

Judging from the information obtained after the war, this was not only the most critical issue facing the US Navy, but also the most controversial issue within the US Navy at that time.

In the opinion of some of the admirals, the naval fleet of the Republic after the shelling on July 4. It sailed south, and before the U.S. Navy could adjust its long-range reconnaissance forces and redeploy reconnaissance operations, it passed between Hawaii and the Muen Islands and entered the eastern Pacific. Because the maximum voyage of the Republican Navy fleet is as high as the Blade Joint, and it took the US Navy many hours to adjust its reconnaissance deployment, the Republican Navy fleet has enough time to leave the search area of the US reconnaissance aircraft. The problem is that it is impossible for the Republic Navy to know in advance that it will take many hours for the US Navy to adjust its reconnaissance deployment, nor can it know how the US Navy will use its long-range reconnaissance forces, so it will not choose such a risky route when it is interspersed with east. More importantly, the straight-line distance between Hawaii Island and Christmas Island is only a knife of 1,000 meters, and when the Republic Fleet shelled the Hawaiian Islands, the US military reconnaissance planes deployed on Christmas Island also participated in the search operation, so if the Republic Fleet wants to enter the eastern Pacific Ocean from the south of Hawaii Island, it must also consider the reconnaissance planes deployed on Christmas Island. Of course, there is another point that cannot be overlooked. That is, along this route, the fleet of the Navy of the Republic should reach the waters near the Revia Hihedor Islands as soon as July 6 at the latest, and at this time the US fleet is also in this area, so a decisive battle will be inevitable. In fact, the US fleet was not attacked by surprise, and the reconnaissance planes arranged by the US Navy did not persuade the current Republic Navy fleet within a kilometer of the islands.

It was possible that the fleet of the Republic did not go south, but it was possible to go north. At that time, many US Navy commanders believed that the powerful fleet of the Republic Navy might have moved north from the central waters of the Hawaiian Islands on the night of 4 July and entered the North Pacific Ocean under the noses of the US military. According to this part of the generals, the fleet of the Navy of the Republic is strong enough, and the front-line commanders of the Navy of the Republic are more adventurous. What's more, before that, the Republican fleet had already attacked the US military bases on all the nearby islands with artillery fire, including the US seaplane centers on several small islands west of Oahu, so it was possible that the Republican naval fleet could go north from the central waters of the archipelago under the cover of night. And so it goes. After entering the North Pacific, the Republican Navy fleet was supposed to sail eastward, and the majesty of Honolulu, the west coast of the United States, was about inferior to that of the alum. That is, the alum is in the northeast direction of Honolulu. And not upwards due east. Although the main belief of the Republican naval fleet is to fight a decisive battle with the US fleet and seize sea supremacy, it is inconclusive in the decisive battle, especially when the US fleet takes the initiative to avoid war. The fleet of the Navy of the Republic will certainly take the opportunity to strike at the West Coast of the continental United States. Affected by this. This part of the admirals proposed to strengthen the defenses of the west coast of the homeland. Of course. These generals also overlooked a very crucial factor, namely, that if the Republican Navy did attack the West Coast of the continental United States, the shelling would come before July 7. And it won't drag on until after July 7. What's more. In the case of the unknown whereabouts of the US fleet. There is no reason for the naval fleet of the republic to use valuable shells against ground targets in the absence of a guaranteed supply of ammunition. Not to mention. When taking sea domination operations as the main task, the ammunition carried by the capital ship should be a cluster sub-mother factory; Armor shells are the mainstay, and these two shells are not suitable for attacking ground targets...

After ruling out these two possibilities, there is only one possibility left, and that is that the Republican Navy fleet will return westward to the western waters of the archipelago after the end of the shelling on 4 July, and on July 6, enter the Hawaiian Islands in the North Pacific Ocean from the west of Midway Island, which is the natural boundary between the North Pacific and the Central Pacific.

The question is, where did the naval fleet of the Republic go after entering the North Pacific?

It can be said that this is the issue that the US Navy is most concerned about.

In terms of time, even if the Republican Navy fleet makes a detour to the western waters of the islands, northwest of Midway Island, and with the degree of navigation of the Republican Navy fleet, it is possible that by July 7, it will reach the north of Oahu, and it is very likely that the search for the American combat fleet is underway.

Of course, where the fleet of the Navy of the Republic is located will have to be determined by the purpose of the campaign of the Navy of the Republic.

When it comes to this issue, not to mention the headaches of the top brass of the US Navy, even US President Duchway is confused.

You must know that if the fleet of the Republic Navy had returned to the waters west of the Hawaiian Islands on July 4, the combat operations of the Republic Navy before and after this would have been in the opposite direction, and even the purpose of the campaign would have changed. Not to mention experienced generals, even the most ordinary staff officers know about it. Halfway through the campaign, changing the purpose of the campaign is tantamount to self-defeat. To put it bluntly, before 4 July, all combat operations of the Republic Navy were aimed at forcing the United States Navy to come to a decisive battle. The main purpose is to seize sea supremacy. If the previous analysis is true, that is, the Republic Navy fleet gave up the opportunity to assault the eastern Pacific and fight a decisive battle with the American fleet, it would be tantamount to abandoning the purpose of the campaign and putting the attack on Midway Island in an important position. Although the capture of Midway is also important, and it can even be said that it is related to the smooth capture of the Hawaiian Islands, the significance of capturing Midway at this time is not obvious compared to the sea dominance. To say the least, there is no need for the Republican Navy to confine its sights to one island until sea supremacy is achieved.

All in all, at that time even Duchway did not believe that the Navy of the Republic would abandon the decisive battle.

In a sense, the reluctance of the US Navy and the US top brass to believe it is still due to practical factors.

From the previous analysis, it can be seen that it is precisely in mind that the Republic Navy is eager to fight. So the U.S. Navy made full use of this when formulating operational plans. Judging from some materials obtained after the war, the US Navy's wishful thinking at that time was to lure the Republican naval fleet to a decisive battle in the eastern Pacific, and the US fleet could rely on the North American continent and fight under the support and cover of shore-based aviation, while the Republican naval fleet could only receive limited support from carrier-based aviation and had to deal with the threat of the US air force, so naturally it could not go all out into naval supremacy operations. It can be said that this is also the only chance for the US Navy to win in this naval battle. Affected by this. All the operational deployments of the US Navy are related to this plan, that is, the combat fleet is concentrated in the waters east of the Hawaiian Islands, and mainly operates within the cover of shore-based air forces, and if conditions permit, attack submarines will also be deployed in advance to the sea areas where the fleet operates. All in all, the idea of the US Navy is simple. That is, to do everything in their power to protect their own fleet, and when the time comes, seize the opportunity to destroy the fleet of the Republic Navy.

The problem is, such a simple tactical idea. Will the Navy of the Republic not understand?

It is undeniable that at the time of this naval battle in Zego. The Navy of the Republic really prioritized the seizure of sea supremacy, that is, the annihilation of the American fleet. Instead of capturing Midway. Judging from some materials released after the war, the Navy of the Republic even thought of using the attack on Midway as a bait to obtain a favorable naval battle situation if necessary. Other words. The Navy of the Republic was even ready to annihilate the American fleet at the expense of the Marines.

Compared with the U.S. Navy, the Republic Navy did not make too rigid plans when drawing up its operational plans, but left a lot of room for adjustment. This included changing the purpose of the campaign in an unfavorable situation, and making the capture of Midway a mission.

The U.S. military did not know that after the main fleet of the first trade force entered the Pacific Ocean, it attracted great attention from the navy of the Republic.

What's more, on the night of July 4. This was when the main fleet of Tyssau reached Coco Island and turned south to the Galapagos Islands; Attack submarines of the Republic Navy were operating in the waters off Coco Island and intercepted the noise of the main fleet of the First Trade. What's more, the submarine was supposed to repair a faulty torpedo system in the area, that is, the main power was turned off, and it sank to the bottom of the sea, powered by batteries. In other words, in this case, the submarine will hardly make any noise, and it will be difficult for the anti-submarine warfare ships in the US fleet to be seen. No, not to mention, the Navy of the Republic had good luck at this time. A few hours after the main fleet of Dissau moved south from Coco Island, the submarine was the latest to appear. Based on this information, the Navy of the Republic immediately concluded that the US military had no intention of immediately fighting a decisive battle, and thus deduced that the US military would try to lure the Republic fleet to the eastern Pacific. Although at that time there were still people in the Navy of the Republic who advocated going to the decisive battle. However, the situation of the enemy was not very clear, and the activities of the main fleet and the first air fleet were not known. Moreover, when the situation on the battlefield was too different from the operational plan, Zhang Xuefeng, who had been promoted to commander-in-chief of the fleet, immediately made a decision to let the fleet that was preparing to advance eastward retreat to the west and return to the waters of Midway Island.

Judging from the entire battle situation, Zhang Xuefeng's decision is very timely and accurate.

After the war, some people used computers to do simulation analysis. That is, at that time, Zhang Xuefeng did not issue an order to retreat, but still followed the original operational plan and let the four battle fleets that had already reached the North Pacific Ocean from the central waters of the archipelago move eastward, and then advance in a southeasterly direction, and finally fought a decisive battle with the US fleet in a certain sea area between the Hawaiian Islands and the Revia Hihedor Islands. Although it is unlikely that the U.S. military would expect the Republican Navy fleet to bypass the Hawaiian Islands from the north, rather than from the south in a more direct way, it will certainly be lacking in tactical deployment and will be difficult to fully exploit its strategic superiority. However, in this sea area, in addition to being able to put into operation three combat fleets, the US Navy was also able to mobilize thousands of strategic bombers, and at that time, the United States "had as many bombers as many as a recess in the west coast area." Most of them have sea capabilities, thousands of tactical fighters, and even dozens of attack submarines, while the Republican Navy's fleet, as analyzed earlier, can only fight alone, with little support and cover. Even according to the simulation analysis done by the Navy of the Republic of China after the war, even at the beginning of the naval battle, the three main fleets took advantage of the performance advantages of the "Han" class capital ships, the "Xingkaihu" class cruisers, and the "Changbaizhi" class destroyers, especially the range advantage when projecting "reconnaissance shells". Having grasped the tactical initiative and attacking in advance, in the next battle, the three main fleets plus the air fleet will be completely annihilated under the combined encirclement and suppression of the US air, sea and underwater forces. Leaving aside for the time being whether the results of this simulation analysis are exaggerated, after all, there is a suspicion of deliberately elevating Zhang Xuefeng's status, but judging from the situation at that time, the Republic Navy fleet really did not have much chance of winning when it was alone in the depths of the army.

Influenced by this, the purpose of the campaign of the Republic Navy naturally changed to the capture of Midway.

The problem was that it was Zhang Xuefeng who commanded the naval battle, and the admiral, who was already recognized as the commander of the number one fleet during the war, was not willing to accept such a result.

On the other hand, if we can't seize sea supremacy in this naval battle, even if we can successfully capture Midway, we will have to do so before we march on Oahu. Try to annihilate the U.S. fleet, otherwise the attack on Oahu will not be guaranteed. Herein lies the problem, there is always a big environment for a decisive battle at sea. That is, why the decisive battle, it is impossible to fight a decisive battle for the sake of a decisive battle. In fact, the U.S. Navy will try to avoid decisive battles when it does not have any superiority in forces and the purpose is to stabilize the front. In other words, if the Republic Navy wants to gain sea supremacy over the entire Pacific Ocean through a decisive battle, it has to make a fuss outside of naval warfare, which is why the Republic Navy should fight the US Navy when attacking Midway, because only by attacking Midway can the US Navy come to the decisive battle. It can be seen from this that after the capture of Midway, if the Republic Navy wants to fight a decisive battle with the US Navy, it will have to wait until the next landing campaign. That is, the attack on Oahu.

There is no doubt that the decisive battle against the U.S. Navy during the attack on Oahu will be much more stressful and difficult.

Although in terms of troops, by the end of the year, the Republic Navy will be able to increase the numerical superiority of its capital ships to the old ones, and there will be eight more second-generation capital ships of the "Tang" class, which are first-generation capital ships, and their combat effectiveness is significantly higher than that of the US Navy, but near Oahu, the US Navy has more support points. What's more, Oahu is in the eastern part of the Hawaiian Islands, which is not ugly from the continental United States. The US Navy's investment in the development of 3 will certainly be in mass production and service in the second half of the year, and this is an advanced fighter designed in full accordance with wartime requirements and comparable to Logos in terms of main performance. More importantly, before the design work was completed, the U.S. military had already lost the offensive and defensive battle on Saipan, and out of strategic considerations for defending the Hawaiian Islands, the U.S. Navy requested that the maximum combat radius be increased from the kilometer previously determined for the knife to the U.S. kilometers, and requires minutes of air combat time in the maximum combat radius, so this fighter can take off from the continental United States and fly over Oahu to perform air combat missions of nearly a force of minutes. In this way, even if the Republic Navy has a military superiority at that time. It is also difficult to gain absolute initiative in the face of the naval and air superiority of the US Navy.

Of course, it should not be overlooked. Attacking Oahu is much more important than attacking Midway.

As already mentioned, in order to seize sea supremacy. Zhang Xuefeng even made sacrifices to attack the combat troops on Midway. The problem is that when attacking Oahu, even if Zhang Xuefeng still hopes to seize sea supremacy as the main purpose, the top level of the Republic will not let him do so, after all, the occupation of Oahu is the main step into the US mainland. It has a bearing on future combat operations and strategic deployment. There must be no room for error.

Influenced by all these factors, Zhang Xuefeng made a major decision on 6 July, transferring the combat fleet that had returned to the northwest of Midway Island to the southwest of Midway Island, that is, in the direction of Wake Island, and asking the sea base group deployed to the west of Midway Island to dispatch reconnaissance planes to closely search the sea area east of Midway Island. Judging from this deployment, Zhang Xuefeng's intention is very obvious, that is, to make a fuss about the attack on Midway, to use the marines attacking Midway Island as bait, and if necessary, even let the combat fleet go to shell Oahu again. To put it bluntly, Zhang Xuefeng is mentally prepared to bear losses, and he can pay a greater price in order to win.

No matter how much risk Zhang Xuefeng took in doing so, he must first admit that the pressure on the US Navy commander is no greater than if he said that Zhang Xuefeng was eager to gain sea supremacy in the campaign to attack Midway. Then the U.S. Navy would be more hopeful of turning the tide before Oahu is attacked.

For the U.S. Navy, the loss of Midway is not much different from the loss of Oahu.

Although in the middle of the year, the Navy of the Republic did not formulate any operational plan for a strategic strike against the main islands in the eastern part of the Hawaiian Islands, and according to the overall strategic plan of the Republic, it would deal with the Hawaiian Islands in the same way as Australia only in the most compelling circumstances, but from the perspective of the US Navy. The problem is not so simple. Judging from the situation at that time, the first thing the US Navy needed to worry about was that the Republic would use Midway Island as a springboard to make Oahu lose its military value by means of strategic bombing. In fact. The Republican Navy's deployment of the USS Granny Sea Base to the front line, coupled with the strategic bombing operations in the Southwest Pacific, had every reason for the Navy to believe that the Republican Navy would not occupy the key island if the cost of attacking Oahu was too great. All in all. From the standpoint of the U.S. Navy, the loss of Midway is equivalent to the loss of Oahu.

Obviously, at a time when the fleet of the Navy of the Republic was retreating to the west, it was the US Navy that was even more anxious for a decisive battle.

As a result, the three combat fleets of the US Navy left the Revia Hihdo Islands on the night of 7 July, but when the whereabouts of the Republic Navy fleet were unknown, the US military muscles were generally heading directly to the Hawaiian Islands, but instead sailed in a northwesterly direction. It is the sea area of the northern Indian Ocean north of the Youwaii Islands. It can be seen from this that when the Yuan and France were sure to be able to fight a decisive battle with the Republican Navy fleet, the US Navy also adjusted its campaign plan and changed its main objective to holding Midway, that is, to let the fleet go to attack the Republican Navy's amphibious fleet near Midway and the sea base west of Midway, in an effort to turn the tide before the Republican Marines landed on Midway.

Of course, it must be admitted that the US Navy is also very cautious in taking over officers.

A point can also be seen from the actions of the US fleet. That is, the commander of the US military was still worried about encountering the Republican naval fleet during the battle, especially when attacking the Midway landing site, and was suddenly attacked by the Republican naval fleet. Exactly. The U.S. fleet only circled to the north of the Hawaiian Islands. In this way, they will be able to stay in the sea area of a kilometer northwest of Wahuwu. No need to get too close to Midway. It also gets air cover from the west coast of the mainland. What's more. If the fleet of the Republic Navy wants to think of a sneak attack, it will enter the strike range of the US strategic bombers. In other words, even if the fleet of the Republic Navy succeeds in a sneak attack, it will be attacked by thousands of strategic bombers in turn. Because more than 4 kilometers to the north is Alaska, so if necessary. It was even possible to mobilize bombers deployed in Alaska, bombers in the region to carry out combat missions of bombing the mainland of the republic for a long time, increasing the bombing power by a factor of two. There is no doubt that no fleet in the world has yet been able to withstand the repeated attacks of recessed bombers.

Looking at Zhang Xuefeng's deployment again, it is not difficult to see that he has already anticipated this action of the US Navy.

Prior to 6 July, the Republican Navy Combat Fleet was northwest of Midway, that is, to the left rear of the landing ground, so if the U.S. fleet attacked the landing ground in the waters north of the Hawaiian Islands, it would certainly be within the range of the Republican Navy fleet. If the American fleet attacks a group of sea bases, it will actively hit the muzzles of the naval fleet of the Republic. Of course, the biggest problem with this deployment is that the fleet is exposed. In any case, before the US fleet rushes over, it will certainly mobilize all reconnaissance forces to search the sea area ahead, and the US strategic reconnaissance planes deployed in the Aleutian Islands only need to adjust their patrol methods, that is, change the alert patrol in a fixed area into a full-course reconnaissance patrol, and then increase the reconnaissance radius to more than 1,000 kilometers, so that the Republic Navy fleet can now be instigated by a kilometer to the south. In the same way, the navy fleet of the Republic of China can also rely on the strategic reconnaissance planes deployed on the "Numa" to extend the reconnaissance range to the east by 1,000 kilometers, thus ensuring that the US fleet can enter the warring waters in a timely manner. Thus. The basic tactical idea of this deployment is to assume that the right to information is basically equal. Fight a dignified naval battle with the U.S. military, which also hopes to use a decisive naval battle to determine the supremacy of the Pacific Ocean. Of course, this is also a naval battle where strength determines victory or defeat. After adjusting the deployment, the fleet of the Navy of the Republic also chose an ambush.

I have to admit that Zhang Xuefeng is very good at tactical decision-making, at least when judging the opponent's tactical intentions, he has a very strong intuition. Under the circumstances at that time, even if the US Navy was eager to fight and was eager to win a naval victory before the fall of Midway, the US fleet would certainly not go to the battlefield chosen by the Navy of the Republic to fight a decisive battle, but would try by all means to delay the landing of the Republican Marines on Midway after the current Navy of the Republic and strive for a better chance of a decisive battle, thus making the situation on the battlefield even more complicated. More importantly, as the US fleet is approaching and the Republican Navy fleet is unable to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop, the Republican Marine Corps will certainly have to re-evaluate the combat operations of landing on Midway Island, adjust its operational strategy, and even withdraw the landing fleet. That is, as long as the US fleet can create tension on the battlefield. will be able to hold Midway without engaging the Republican Navy. In a sense. This is the fundamental purpose of the US fleet to rush to the waters of Midway Island.

It can be seen from this that even if the fleet is withdrawn, it is equivalent to pushing the marines to the front, and even exposing the sea base group to the enemy. It is precisely because of this that many people are evaluating Zhang Xuefeng. They all think that he is a very typical "admiral." "That is, a general like Lin Xiaolei, who only thinks about the interests of the navy. What type of general Zhang Xuefeng is depends not only on his decision-making. It also depends on the impact of the decision. Taking this decision as an example, on the surface, Zhang Xuefeng regarded both the Marine Corps and the sea base group as a sacrificial bait, but from the overall goal, that is, the mission of the Marine Corps is to capture Midway Island, if it can take this opportunity to destroy the US fleet. Even if the Marines suffered heavy losses, they would be able to take Midway. Because it is not who has the most ground forces that determines the ownership of Midway, but who has the right to control the sea.

Anyway, on July 7th. The situation on the battlefield has changed.

On the morning of 8 July, the US Navy adjusted its reconnaissance deployment and dispatched a large number of strategic reconnaissance planes and long-range maritime patrol planes to search the waters west of Midway, especially the waters in the northwest and southwest, and extended the reconnaissance and search area from 4,000 kilometers to 1,000 kilometers.

In order to cooperate with the reconnaissance operation, the US military also attacked the sea base group in the middle of the day, forcing the Republic Navy to use fighter jets to intercept US bombers instead of those reconnaissance planes that went on search missions.

By the evening of the same day, the U.S. military had again increased the intensity of the bombing. According to the US military's operational records, a number of bombers were deployed in the attack that evening, and many heavy anti-ship missiles were consumed. Although the outcome of this attack was far from what the US military expected, it was such a frequent and high-intensity bombing campaign. The Republican Marines had already been forced to retreat the landing fleet to the waters where the sea base group was located, temporarily halting the combat operation of the attack on Midway.

As the curtain fell, the atmosphere on the battlefield became even more tense.

After a day's fighting, the Republic Navy fleet did not show up, the US Navy fleet did not show up, and neither side seemed to appear on the battlefield, so will there be any change in the battles at night?