Vice Admiral Fallwood, commander of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet, is absolutely correct in making the deployment of sending reconnaissance planes to reconnaisance the situation around the fleet, and this is also a precautionary measure taken in advance; in the vast sea, whoever discovers the enemy first will have the opportunity to take the initiative to attack, and this opportunity can change the final outcome of a naval battle!

If the reconnaissance plane discovers the Japanese fleet, Vice Admiral Folwood, is not prepared to engage the Japanese naval fleet in this situation, and the matter is prioritized, escorting the follow-up troops of the Second Army of more than 60,000 people is the most important task, even if Admiral Falwood is very eager to fight with any fleet of the Japanese Navy, it will have to be after throwing off the burden of troop carrier formations!

The measures are correct, and the mentality is correct, if the opponent he encounters is another Japanese naval commander, Vice Admiral Fallwood's deployment, can win life for the Pacific Fleet, perhaps, it will also severely damage the first aircraft carrier formation of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, but, very unfortunately, what he encountered is the famous Japanese naval general, Admiral Yamamoto Go**, which dooms himself and the Pacific Fleet to a tragic end!

Standing on the deck of the flagship "McKin" and looking at the dozen or so reconnaissance planes that had disappeared into the sky at the dawn, Vice Admiral Fallwood felt a kind of fatigue after relaxation, and what he did not know was that more than 200 combat planes of various types of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet were facing the dawn of the east, and were heading towards his fleet with murderous spirit.

The carrier-based planes of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet took off 45 minutes earlier than the reconnaissance planes of the US Pacific Fleet, and before the wind and waves on the sea had completely stopped, Admiral Yamamoto unleashed his killer man.

Since then, the U.S. Navy has been declining, and in the Pacific Ocean, in a passive defensive situation, its fleet does not dare to go west out of the Hawaiian Islands, and tries to avoid encounters with the Japanese Navy.

Lieutenant Stanley is a pilot in the reconnaissance aircraft group of the Pacific Fleet of the United States Navy, but a few days ago he was a reserve pilot in the Arkansas National Guard.

Therefore, after receiving the order to become an active duty and serve as a lieutenant pilot in the Pacific Fleet, Lieutenant Stanley was really happy for a while, and a new life began, in the love of flying, Lieutenant Stanley, became one of the few pilots who mastered the ability to take off and land on an aircraft carrier within a few days after he got on the ship.

However, after being assigned to the reconnaissance aircraft group, Lieutenant Stanley's feelings were somewhat low, and what he liked most was to be a carrier-based fighter pilot, flying a warhawk, soaring above the blue sky and sea, and personally killing several Japanese planes.

Lieutenant Stanley is the third reconnaissance plane to take off, and he is responsible for the reconnaissance range, which is all targets within 200 nautical miles southwest of the fleet, and flying this kind of carrier-based reconnaissance plane is not a difficult thing for him, but because the contact time is only a few days, many of the equipment in the reconnaissance plane is not very familiar.

Now, Lieutenant Stanley piloted the reconnaissance plane, casually chewing gum, flying at an altitude of 5,000 meters, the floating clouds over the eastern Pacific Ocean, like a ball of cotton wool, swept under the wings, it was already more than six o'clock in the morning, and the newborn morning sun sprinkled a large area of sunset on the sea, which was absolutely an amazing beauty when viewed from a warship.

But for the pilot of the reconnaissance plane, the sea is full of sparkling waves, and the difficulty of identifying the target is not ordinarily large, and after observing for a while, on the sea surface, there is nothing but the waves, it is an endless monotonous dark blue, and not even a sailing ship can be seen, Lieutenant Stanley withdrew his gaze from the sea, and inadvertently glanced at the sky.

Suddenly, a few small black dots, among the clouds, flashed like lightning, Lieutenant Stanley shook his head, and didn't care, perhaps, he was dazzled, if he was an experienced pilot, he would definitely not let go of the clues, he would definitely fly a reconnaissance plane, and within that range, carefully search, but unfortunately, Lieutenant Stanley, just a pilot who had just become an official beauty ** for a few days, took it for granted to ignore the matter.

In the clouds, a large group of Japanese fighters was flying at full speed, and the captain of the group, Hashimoto Shaosa, scolded viciously: "Baga, all stupid, avant-garde squadrons, have not discovered the American reconnaissance plane, can we be sure that we have exposed the target?" ”

Captain Kato, the squadron leader of the avant-garde squadron, replied with great certainty: "Report to the captain, I can be sure that the American reconnaissance plane has not discovered us, and so far, his flight posture has not made any changes, and he is still blindly searching. ”

Hashimoto Shaoza was not satisfied, and continued to ask: "Avant-garde squadron, have you found that there are other US reconnaissance planes in this airspace?" ”

Captain Kato still replied in the affirmative: "Report to the captain, my squadron did not find it, and it can be determined that in this direction, only this US reconnaissance plane is active!" ”

Hashimoto Shaoza was relieved at this time, it was good that he was not discovered by the Americans, and behind his brigade was the main group of more than 200 aircraft, and the closer it was to the US Pacific Fleet, the better, so as to achieve the effect of a surprise attack.

Captain Kato smiled hideously and said: "Captain, there is a builder in the department, I will lead this squadron to take out this American reconnaissance plane by surprise and clear the obstacles for the main group of planes behind, judging by our flight time, it will take more than 50 minutes to enter the attack position, if we do not clear it, the main group behind will definitely be discovered!" ”

Hashimoto Shaozo hesitated, whether this would be a surprise to the snake, within the time when the US reconnaissance plane was shot down, it was very likely that the information would be sent back, but if the US reconnaissance plane was not cleared, the main group behind it could not hide its whereabouts under any circumstances.

Hashimoto Shaoza hesitated for a moment and said: "Avant-garde squadron, ask for permission, if you can't shoot it down before the US reconnaissance plane sends back intelligence, Captain Kato, you can cut yourself off!" ”

Captain Kato, who heard the captain's order, secretly sneered in his heart, "Hmph, so much nonsense, it's not that I'm afraid that I will rob him of the position of captain," Captain Kato is 100% sure, he has already observed this US Navy reconnaissance plane, and from his own expert point of view, this American pilot is simply a chick, not even a rookie, I'm afraid that he has not taken off and landed on an aircraft carrier more than 20 times!

Captain Kato ordered: "Wingman, double aircraft attack left and right in formation, pay attention, with the most fierce firepower, in the shortest possible time, this Yankee and his reconnaissance plane, to pieces!" ”

At this time, Lieutenant Stanley did not know at all that he was flying against more than 200 Japanese planes, but because of the different altitudes of the flight, he had already passed by a large group of Japanese fighters, and he did not know that two Japanese fighters were fiercely pounced from behind him.

The air battle was so short that it was only a blink of an eye, and two Japanese "Type 92" carrier-based fighters, on both sides of Stanley's plane, at a distance of less than 1,000 meters, shot out tongues of fire, and when Lieutenant Stanley found out, several large-caliber machine gun bullets had already penetrated his body, and if he was a skilled reconnaissance plane pilot, at this moment, he had already transmitted the information of the enemy's attack back to the fleet headquarters through the airborne equipment.

But there are not so many ifs in the world, Lieutenant Stanley's impression of the specific location of the equipment for transmitting intelligence before he lost consciousness was vague, and the last memory left in his life was a black plane in the sky, and then, Lieutenant Stanley and his reconnaissance plane turned into a ball of flames and debris in the Pacific sky.

If Lieutenant Stanley could have passed the information back at the last moment of his life, the US Pacific Fleet would have won at least more than 40 minutes of preparation time, and in the naval battle, more than 40 minutes would have been enough to change the outcome of the battle.

At about 6 o'clock in the morning of 4 July, in the office of Tang Qiuli, commander of the Independent Division of the Guangzhou Garrison District Headquarters in Guangzhou, China, the telephone rang urgently.

"Division commander, excuse me to rest, the Intelligence Analysis Center of the Intelligence Division, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, which has been monitoring, those two high-power radios, have now appeared in the east of the Hawaiian Islands, about four hundred nautical miles, and there is a voyage of more than eight hours from the original position of the fleet, and the intelligence analysis center judges that this is the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, and it is moving purposefully."

Tang Qiuli said calmly: "Okay, Director Yu, I know the situation, continue to monitor," put down the phone, and there was no longer a trace of sleepiness, "Yamamoto Fifty-six, are you going to attack the US Pacific Fleet, very good, today, is destined to be another dark day for the US Navy," he thought with a smile.

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