The sea breeze blows slowly, the smoke of gunpowder dissipates, the smell of blood and burnt paste is replaced by the salty and astringent taste of the sea breeze again, the sky and the sea surface are restored to tranquility, and the wide and deep sea accepts a qiē and also covers a qiē.

In the Battle of Midway, the Japanese Navy Task Force, two battles in two days, first a sneak attack, and then a surprise attack, completely removed the Pacific Fleet, which was carefully deployed by the United States in order to curb Japan's southward ambitions, from the sequence of the US Navy!

In this battle, the Japanese Navy's task force completely annihilated the US Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier squadron in the waters northwest of Midway, and the US aircraft carriers "Saratoga," "Lexington," "Yorktown," and "Hornet," as well as 27 cruisers and destroyers belonging to the formation, were sunk, and all warships and more than 300 carrier-based aircraft were spared!

More than 13,000 U.S. soldiers under Admiral Nimitz, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, were killed, becoming the unjust soul of the vast Pacific Ocean seabed, with no more than 100 survivors.

And the price paid by the Japanese Navy task force was only five special submarines, more than 60 carrier-based aircraft, and five warships with minor injuries!

Such a slight price in exchange for such a huge victory is unprecedented in the history of naval warfare in all countries in the world, and the Japanese have found the best explanation and reason for their boldness and madness, which has also provoked the Japanese army and navy to act even more frantically, and the fear of the US Navy has disappeared without a trace because of the battles of Pearl Harbor and Midway.

More than an hour after the Battle of Midway ended, the US land-based air force and two groups supporting the Pacific Fleet's aircraft carrier formation, totaling more than 30 fighters, took off from Desconsin Air Force Base and hurried to catch up. Finally reached the area of the Midway battle.

What awaits the American pilot is a clear blue and tranquil sky, endless waters, and a few soaring seagulls. If it weren't for the bodies of countless American sailors floating on the sea, the American pilots would not have believed that this was the scene of a fierce battle between the Pacific Fleet and the Japanese fleet.

More than 30 US fighter planes, after circling in the air for a few times, determined the aircraft carrier formation of the Pacific Fleet. The whole army had been wiped out, and the commander of the fighter formation immediately reported the bad news to the Admiralty and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Then, the formation commander consulted with a few squadron leaders, and piloted the fighters back the same way, if, if the pilots of the American army. With the crazy and desperate spirit of a Japanese pilot, chasing them in the direction of the evacuation of the Japanese naval task force might catch the Japanese by surprise. Even if the warship could not sink the Japanese, it would recover a little blood debt for the brothers who died.

It is a pity that the Americans lacked this kind of ruthlessness and courage in their bones, so that the task force commanded by Kobayashi Hidesen returned safely.

The commander of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, was not as ecstatic as he imagined when he received Kobayashi's telegram. It seemed that he was expecting it, and said to Vice Admiral Matsuda, the chief of staff of the fleet, who was flushed with excitement: "Matsuda-kun, report the good news of this great victory to the Admiralty and His Majesty the Emperor." ”

Matsuda looked at Commander Yamamoto with a calm face, and said tentatively, "Commander, do we need to prepare?" With the most solemn ceremony, welcome all the officers and men of the task force who have returned triumphantly? They created a miracle of the Imperial Navy! ”

Yamamoto smiled and said: "Matsuda-kun, you should consider the arrangement, they deserve such a ceremony, by the way, after the task force returns to the ship, you will welcome them on my behalf, the entrance ceremony will be presided over by the chief of staff, Rear Admiral Kobayashi, and also, take General Nagumo directly to my residence, try to avoid the welcoming crowd, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Matsuda's eyes jumped, and he said with understanding: "Ha Yi, Your Excellency Commander, the rank department fully understands that the plan for the welcome ceremony will be presented to you soon!" ”

Of course, Matsuda understood what Commander Yamamoto meant, and in the Battle of Midway, Vice Admiral Nagumo's cousin had become the laughing stock of the entire Combined Fleet, and the Chief of Staff of the Task Fleet, Rear Admiral Kobayashi Hideizumi, the telegram that overstepped the level to report the situation had almost become a deduction within the Combined Fleet, and Kobayashi Hidequan, Tanio Yoshitomo, and Kono Yohei, although they were still at sea, the daimyo spread throughout the entire Combined Fleet.

In contrast, Nagumo's situation is very embarrassing, almost synonymous with pedantic, decrepit, old-fashioned, and incompetent, and the words of His Excellency the Commander reveal such information that Nagumo Tadaichi's road in the Navy has come to an end, in fact, since Kobayashi's telegram directly reached the United Fleet Command, Nagumo Tadashi's control of the task force has been reduced to the lowest point.

His prestige and prestige are no longer enough to command the most mobile and assault fleet of the Imperial Navy, and it is imperative for the task force to be handsome, and the three of Kobayashi Hideizumi, Tani Yuyo Yoshitomo, and Kono Yohei will be the three rising stars of the Imperial Navy, and the so-called World War I fame is most appropriate for these three bold guys, if there is no accident, Kobayashi Hidequan will take over the position of commander of the task force.

Chief of Staff Matsuda has already figured out how to deal with these three young Zhuang faction officers who are in full swing and have a heroic halo on their bodies, especially Major General Kobayashi Hideizumi.

The news of the victory at Pearl Harbor, the naval victory at Midway, and the series of victories of the Japanese Navy quickly spread in Japan, and the Japanese people were boiling, and the whole of Japan was in a kind of extreme madness.

The fat and sturdy behemoth on the other side of the Pacific Ocean was no longer invincible, and the victory of the navy was regarded by the Japanese as a victory of the overall strength of the entire country compared to the fierce battle for the islands in the South Pacific.

On the night of the annihilation of the US Pacific Fleet, the fanatical Japanese held a grand parade on the streets of Tokyo, and then, batch after batch of Japanese youths, with white cloth wrapped around their heads and blood letters, knelt in front of Emperor Hirohito's palace to express their allegiance to His Majesty the Emperor and to go to the soup for the Japanese Empire!

The names of Rear Admiral Hideizumi Kobayashi, Chief of Staff of the Task Force and Staff, Rear Admiral Yoshitomo Tani, Commander of the Fleet Air Force, and Yohei Kono, Director of Fleet Intelligence, have been widely praised and have become the new idols of the young generation of Japan!

In contrast, Vice Admiral Nagumo Tadaichi, who commanded the task force and won the great victory at Pearl Harbor, seems to have been completely forgotten, and shortly thereafter, Nagumo Tadaichi was transferred to the headquarters camp Admiralty Institute of Strategic Studies of the Admiralty.

As expected by Vice Admiral Matsuda, chief of staff of the Combined Fleet, Rear Admiral Hideizumi Kobayashi, former chief of staff of the task force, took over the post of commander of the task force, while Rear Admiral Yoshitomo Tani, former commander of the task force aviation, was transferred to the post of commander of the Combined Fleet Aviation, and Yohei Kono, former chief of fleet intelligence, was transferred to the Strategic Intelligence Office of the Admiralty Intelligence Center as the chief of the office.

Although the military ranks of the three people were not promoted, they were undoubtedly transferred to important posts, and the reuse of these three new stars by the top of the Navy was very obvious, in addition, Emperor Hirohito issued a special decree awarding the three people the "Yamato" Medal, which is the highest honor that the personnel of the naval system have received so far!

As for the mysterious telegram providing the exact location of the US Pacific Fleet's aircraft carrier formation, it never showed up again, and it became a permanent mystery, and since no one came to receive this great credit, the Japanese Navy was happy to pretend to be confused, or tacitly let the Japanese people believe that the navy of the Great Japanese Empire had taken out the Americans' Pacific Fleet by virtue of its true ability!

The so-called joy of some people and worry about others, the joy of the enemy is based on their own pain, and the joy of the Japanese is the pain of the Americans!

On 6 June, just before noon, Admiral Jeffrey Field, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, received a report from the Admiralty, the contents of which were like a violent boxer, striking him head-on, making him dizzy and star-populated, and the letters on the report were beating irregularly and were blurred.

Admiral Jeffrey Fell could not believe that the Pacific Fleet, which has the largest combat power and the largest tonnage in the Pacific Rim, was annihilated in two days and in different places, Pearl Harbor was blocked at the doorstep of the house, and Midway was caught up and attacked, in order to deter the Japanese from going south, the Pacific Fleet formed has not yet played a role, and it is over, which can be described as a typical portrayal of dying before leaving the army!

The war was originally on the other side of the distant Pacific Ocean, but suddenly after a night's work, the flames of war burned to the doorstep of the Americans, and on the island of Hawaii, two US Marine Corps divisions, under the support of hard work, the fierce attack of the Japanese army, and the ferocious fighting style, let the division commanders of these two divisions, several telegrams a day, fly to the Joint Staff Committee, crying for reinforcements!

Admiral Jeffrey Field, looking at the large map of the Pacific region hanging on the wall, from Luzon to the Marshall Islands, to Midway, and finally to the Hawaiian Islands, the Japanese are about to build a springboard for the Navy and Air Force to approach the west coast of the United States step by step on the flat ocean, he can't help but fight a cold war, it is too terrible, and the ambitions of the Japanese are obvious.

Admiral Jeffrey Fell could no longer sit still and hurriedly drove to the White House, where he was going to meet the president and state the impending crisis facing the United States!

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

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