Tang Qiuli was not surprised at all by this news, because this qiē was directed by himself, and with such clear information, it was tantamount to suing the Japanese Navy task force, where the target was, and Nan Yunzhong repeatedly made no achievements, that is, the idiot and stupid person who was the number one in the sky. ,!

But Tang Qiuli still asked routinely, "Luo Yu, where did the reconnaissance plane of the Japanese task force find the American aircraft carrier formation?" ”

Bai Luoyu replied: "Division commander, as you said in your intelligence to the Japanese, about 600 nautical miles northwest of Hawaii and the waters near Midway Island, the error is no more than 100 nautical miles, and the position of the US aircraft carrier formation has basically not changed. ”

Tang Qiuli was finally surprised, from providing intelligence to the Japanese Navy's task force to the Japanese reconnaissance plane's discovery of the target, it had been more than ten hours, the Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier formation commanded by Nimitz had been wandering in the waters near Midway, Pearl Harbor was attacked, and a strong enemy was nearby, Nimitz did not take the initiative to seek countermeasures, or take normal concealment measures, what was he doing?

Judging from Nimitz's expression, and Nimitz, a famous American general in World War II, who defeated the Japanese Navy to the ground and always held the initiative in the Pacific naval war, judged the two of them, is it a fallacy in the historical record, or some unchangeable factors that prompted Nimitz to make such a low-level and fatal mistake?

Tang Qiuli was a little confused, if Nimitz commanded the aircraft carrier formation and broke away from the waters near Midway Island in a period of more than ten hours, even if the Japanese Navy task force, with the information provided by itself, it would not be easy to catch the traces as much as possible, Tang Qiuli couldn't imagine why Nimitz, who had a great reputation, would make such a low-level mistake in history.

On the other end of the phone. Bai Luoyu saw that the division commander did not reply for a long time, and did not hang up the phone, only the sound of "squeak" in the headphones. Silent and depressed, Bai Luoyu didn't know that she, the supreme boss and eldest brother, was wandering in the long river of history after a few decades, and couldn't help but whisper: "Teacher, do you have any other instructions?" ”

"Ahh Tang Qiuli retracted his wandering thoughts. Amused by his gaffe, he replied: "Luo Yu, just pay attention to intercepting the telegrams of the Japanese task force, and the attention of the intelligence analysis center should be on Luzon, especially on the actions of the Japanese Fourteenth Army and MacArthur headquarters, and what new discoveries have been made." Report it to me at any time! ”

Bai Luoyu replied crisply: "Yes! Division, resolutely complete the task you have given! ”

Put down the phone. Tang Qiuli said to himself: "Chu Tian, you have been on for four days, why haven't you had any news yet, but don't have any accidents!" ”

At about 7 o'clock in the morning of 6 June, when the sun was shining in the waters near Midway, Yohei Kono, chief of intelligence for the Japanese Navy's task force, held a telegram and almost flew into the fleet headquarters, bringing with absolutely exciting good news, "Rear Admiral Tanio has captured the Americans' aircraft carrier formation!" ”

Kono's words. In the fleet headquarters, it caused a great shock, and the fleet commander, Vice Admiral Nagumo Tadaichi, had a face as ugly as a dead fish at that time, and he had a hot fever, as if he had been slapped with a loud slap in the face. He never believed that information, and just now, he flatly denied the construction of the chief of staff, Rear Admiral Kobayashi Hideizumi, and the fleet immediately entered a combat state.

Moreover, he didn't hide his ridicule, but in the blink of an eye, the ruthless fact gave himself a head-on blow, Nanyun was a little wooden, and he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart?

Kobayashi Hideizumi snatched the telegram from Kono's hand and quickly read it, "Headquarters, Commander of the Fleet Reconnaissance Aircraft Unit, Ryotomo Tanixiong, reported that in the sea area 200 nautical miles northwest of Midway, the US Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier formation, a total of four aircraft carriers, and 23 warships of other types, the US ships are anchoring and mooring, and our reconnaissance plane formation has not exposed the target, so it will be attacked immediately!" ”

The telegram from Ryotomo Tani did not mention the name of Commander Nagumo at all, but mentioned the fleet headquarters, the meaning of which is self-explanatory, Kobayashi stepped into the position of the commander of the task force, and shouted into the communicator: "I am Rear Admiral Kobayashi, chief of staff of the fleet, and now, in the name of the fleet headquarters, I order all carrier-based aircraft to take off immediately and attack the US aircraft carrier!" ”

"All the warships of the fleet, sound the battle alarm, rush to the combat sea area at full speed, the warriors of the Imperial Navy, the time has finally come to be loyal to the Emperor and to dedicate themselves to the Great Japanese Empire, and the warriors of our task force will create a miracle, fight, and with the most courageous and fearless spirit, turn the American aircraft carriers into a pile of scrap metal at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean!"

As soon as the echo of Chief of Staff Kobayashi fell, the entire task force, the terrible sound of the battle siren, resounded on the sea, it should be said, Kobayashi Hidesen's order was concise and clear, with an indomitable momentum, very indemgent, the Japanese naval officers and soldiers did not lack the blood of the beast, Kobayashi's words are undoubtedly an excellent pre-war mobilization.

Including the Japanese naval officers in the headquarters, they were all stimulated by the words of the chief of staff, but everyone instinctively ignored that the supreme commander, Vice Admiral Nagumo, was still there, such an order should have been issued by His Excellency the commander, and the chief of staff's approach was obviously overstepping his authority, but in the tense atmosphere of the imminent war, who cares about this?

Nagumo Tadaichi was about to get angry, but after thinking about it, he held back, Kobayashi's transgression was obviously a contempt for his authority, but the orders had already been issued, and the fleet had already entered a combat state, at this time, it was even more shameful to repeat the order himself, in fact, since the moment Yutomo Tani sent a telegram to seize the American aircraft carrier formation, his prestige in the task force collapsed like an avalanche.

The only thing he wanted to do was to change Kobayashi's order, and all carrier-based aircraft would participate in the raid, which was obviously a desperate way of playing, according to the normal deployment, it should be divided into two or three batches to attack, in order to maintain an uninterrupted assault, but all the carrier-based aircraft, on the take-off line, changing the order, can only cause chaos, so that it affects the raid operation.

Nagumo Zhongyi sadly found that he, the supreme commander of the fleet, could not do anything, and could only watch his subordinate chief of staff command the entire battle, and a sense of weakness suddenly hit Nagumo's heart.

After Kobayashi Hidesen gave the order, he stood in front of Nagumo, bowed deeply, and said with unusually sincere words: "Your Excellency Commander, please forgive Kobayashi for overstepping his authority, in extraordinary times, what Kobayashi did was for the sake of the Great Japanese Empire, for the honor of the Imperial Navy, and he was willing to accept any punishment from the commander, the supreme commander of the task force, or you, General Nagumo!" I'm still your subordinate! ”

Nanyun smiled bitterly, "Punishment, punish him what?" Exceeding authority? It's still self-defeating, you can't, this arrogant guy has commanded his own army in public, and punishing Xiaolin at this time will be angry! ”

Nanyun waved his hand tiredly, and said in a calm tone: "Chief of Staff Xiaolin, my body is not very well, so I will entrust you with full command of this battle!" After saying that, ignoring the surprised eyes of the other officers, he left the command cabin with the orderlies.

Xiao Lin's face was calm, but there was a hint of pride on the corner of his mouth, and he bowed and said: "Thank you for your trust, Your Excellency, the humble duty will definitely live up to the trust, and the task force will definitely shine under your leadership and within the Imperial Navy!" ”

In the blue sky, more than 500 fighters and bombers of the Japanese Navy's task force formed two batches of formations, and like two dark clouds, they swooped down in the northwest direction of Midway!

On the sea with blue waters and flat mirrors, more than 70 Japanese warships, with eight aircraft carriers as the core, spread out their battle formations, like open tiger's mouths and arrows off the string, and cut through the calm sea surface with their bows and rushed towards the sea area where the US Pacific Fleet's aircraft carrier formation was located.

Last night's stormy night was a night of torment for Nimitz, his mood was even worse than the weather, anxiety and depression, and the uncertainty of the battlefield situation tore at his heart in turn, on the one hand, the specific situation of Pearl Harbor was unknown, and on the other hand, the Joint Staff Committee forced himself to report the specific situation of Pearl Harbor, and until dawn, he could not know the specific situation of Pearl Harbor.

In a reply to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Nimitz judged that the main force of the fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor was probably completely annihilated, otherwise, even though the operator shouted hoarsely, there was no response, he reported truthfully, and at the same time, he was secretly glad that the four aircraft carriers and their affiliated warships were not in the harbor for normal training in the waters of Midway, and they were able to escape a doom.

At 8:20 a.m. on 6 June, Nimitz received an order from the Joint Staff Committee, "Your aircraft carrier formation will immediately return to the mainland and assume escort missions, and the five divisions transferred by the Joint Staff to the Hawaiian Island battlefield have assembled in San Francisco on the west coast." ”

Nimitz breathed a long sigh of relief, the only remaining strength of the Pacific Fleet, finally has a direction of action, if the army can be eliminated, the Japanese infantry that landed in Hawaii, Pearl Harbor will return to their own hands, with the national strength of the United States, to supplement the current losses of the Pacific Fleet, it is not a difficult thing, in a few months, the Pacific Fleet will still stand proudly in the Pacific Ocean, that will become a nightmare for the Japanese Navy!

At 8:40 a.m., the US aircraft carrier formation sounded one whistle after another, and the warships put away their anchor chains one after another to prepare to return home; on the decks of the four aircraft carriers, the sailors were busy carrying out routine operations, and one carrier plane after another was still in the engine room.

In the southeast sky, there was a roar of the engine, and it was particularly clear on the calm sea, and the American sailors who were busy with their work put down their work and turned their heads to look at the sky.

(To be continued) ......)

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