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Yamamoto Fifty-six once asked him in private, when he was the only two people, and the second cargo youth, about the command ability of the Japanese navy, especially the commanders of the combined fleet fighting on the front line, including himself.

For this question, Ruoyuexin did not describe it euphemistically, or chose to skip it, but gave a very direct affirmative answer.

Measured according to the full score of 100 points, the only one who reaches 90 points is the gambler general.

There are two people between 80 and 90 - Koga Mineichi and Kusaka Ren.

The former was both tolerant and pragmatic, and Onishi Takijiro once resolutely opposed the construction of the battleship "Yamato", which he persuaded in the name of the emperor's ship.

After the gambler's plane was shot down, Koga Mineichi, who accepted the mess, asked everyone to face up to the reality and bluntly said that the balance between the Japanese and American navies had become unbalanced, and Japan's chances of winning were becoming smaller and smaller.

The latter has been the commander of the air fleet for a long time, and is relatively familiar with the operations of carrier-based aircraft units, and is also rare in the navy.

After Yamaguchi Tawen sank with his ships at the Battle of Midway, Kusaka became one of the last remaining aviation generals among the commanders of the front-line fleet.

In the 70-80 sub-region, there are five people: Nobutake Kondo, Vice Takeshi Toyoda, Junichi Mikawa, Yorizo Tanaka, Jizaburo Ozawa, and Takijiro Onishi.

Nobutake Kondo and Vice Takeshi Toyoda can both be in charge, while the latter four are experts in the fields of lightning strikes (Mikawa and Tanaka), aircraft carriers (Ozawa), and carrier-based aircraft (Onishi).

The attack on Southeast Asia and the annihilation of the Allied navies in the region, including the sinking of the battleship "Prince of Wales", were basically brilliant results under the command of Nobutake Kondo.

"If Your Excellency the Commander puts one person in charge of all the Navy's operations in the Solomon Islands, then Vice Admiral Kondo may be the best candidate!"

This is the original words of the second young man before he set off, and the first half of the sentence is that Koga Mine is a handsome talent, and Kondo Shintake is a top general.

If the gambler general is in poor health, it shouldn't be a big problem to use Koga Mineichi as the temporary manager of the combined fleet for a short time.

As for Toyota's vice-martial arts, it's okay to fight with the wind, but if you encounter a mess like Leyte Gulf again, it is very likely that you will still break the jar.

Being able to use the "Oyodo" cruiser as his flagship, this kind of strange thing of having his brain into the sea, is also something that Toyota's vice military can do.

Finally, Nagumo Tadaichi and Kurita Keno, the two pit dads, Nangumo's famous name, who doesn't know? Four large aircraft carriers were sunk by the opposing side at once.

Commanding the air fleet was not his specialty in the first place, and it was his job to let him lead the team to do bait, or simply play lightning strikes at night.

Kurita Keno has a hesitant personality, is more resourceful and less decisive, and is always timid when he encounters problems, looking ahead and backwards, Yamamoto also sees this problem, so he sent him to the rear to be responsible for the escort mission.

The above evaluation is basically consistent with the judgment made by the gambler general to his subordinates, which also makes a very important basis for consideration for future promotion.

Yamamoto Isoroku came out with the 1st Task Force, and the person in charge of keeping care of the house in Rabaul was Vice Takeshi Toyoda.

Koga Mineichi, as a quasi-successor, was taken by the gambler's general, which can be regarded as training.

Nobutake Kondo was in charge of operations in the direction of Papua and New Guinea, with the fleets of Nishimura Shoji and Shima Kiyohide, and admiral McEw maneuvered around the Coral Sea.

The air fleet was given to Jizaburo Ozawa and Kusaka to manage each of them, each with two "Zeppelin"-class aircraft carriers.

Yorizo Tanaka directly entrusted the blessing of the Divine Envoy and was transferred from the Maizuru base on the mainland to the front line, where he continued to command his support fleet.

At the time of the 1st Task Force's departure, Yorizo Tanaka led two heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, and eight destroyers of the Sixth Fleet to make a feint in the waters north of St. Isapelle's Island, which was also the eye laid by Admiral Yamamoto to the north.

"Only those who have the ability can have a temper, and at present, the combined fleet not only needs generals who can fight, but also generals who can win battles!"

On November 29 last year, Tanaka led eight destroyers to encounter the U.S. Task Force 67 at Tasa Falonga.

The opposing side has four heavy cruisers, one light cruiser, and six destroyers, and has an overwhelming advantage in strength.

However, the result of this naval battle was that the Japanese lost one destroyer, and the Americans sank one heavy cruiser and damaged three heavy cruisers!

This is even more valuable among the many generals of the United Fleet, so under the indirect inducement of the second-class youth.

The gambler's general decided to ignore his previous suspicions and immediately issued a telegram order to transfer Tanaka back to the front line and re-command the battle.

"Boom ......"

A piercing explosion pulled the thoughts of the young man back to the blazing battlefield in front of him.

In the Iron Bottom Strait, both the Japanese Navy and the US Air Force went all out, and the two sides fought in the dark, and there was no distinction between victory and defeat.

The heavy flues pulled out by the damaged fighters crossed into the gray-black air, and the fireballs generated by the volley explosion became an indispensable embellishment.

Hundreds of dense fiery snakes erupted from the anti-aircraft artillery groups of various types of warships, and they swayed around the aircraft groups wantonly.

The three-dimensional attack launched by the SbD "Dreadnought" dive bomber and the TBF "Avenger" torpedo attack aircraft was easily thwarted by the metaphysical spells of the second-class youth.

The "Izumi" super battleship is still using all kinds of shipboard air defense weapons to frantically strafe the US military aircraft group fighting at high altitudes.

“…… Your Excellency, you see, I'm afraid the 'Ashijo' will not work! ”

Wakatsuki Nobu looked in the direction of Nishida Masao's finger, and a few nautical miles away, a heavy cruiser had been reduced to a burning sampan under the repeated blows of American fighters.

The fire was so big that it swallowed up most of the entire battleship above the water, and there was a shocking explosion, but it could be seen that this lingering heavy patrol could not last long.

The ship was part of Nagumo's Seventh Fleet and was the fourth of the Myoko-class heavy cruisers, with a full load displacement of 15,000 tons.

But depending on the situation, the cargo is basically hopeless, and even the crew is busy jumping into the sea, otherwise it will have to become BBQ.

The young man of the second cargo thought: It's your turn!

Last time, the "Izumi" and Mikawa's fleet fought together, and Nagumo's fleet used it as a decoy, but it actually lost only the aircraft carrier "Zuiho".

He and the Eighth Fleet were beaten by the US aircraft group, and the battleship "Izumi" alone was repaired several times.

“…… Send a report to Mikawa and Nagumo that all damaged warships can retreat on their own without asking for instructions, and must give priority to saving and rescuing all the crew. The rest of the warships continued to fight with our ships, attracting attacks from American fighters. ”

The battle is fought to this extent, anyway, Lao Tzu can't take care of you, your father is dead and your mother is married, everyone takes care of everyone!

"Your Excellency, this ......"

Nishida Masao didn't know what this uncle's intentions were, and he didn't dare to judge it rashly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if we attract one more US fighter here, Commander Yamamoto's aircraft carrier fleet will have a better chance of victory when attacking the US aircraft carrier formation. I hope you can understand that without sacrifice, there can be no victory! ”

Since you are a bait, you have to do it in place, and if the enemy doesn't take the bait, your bait will be considered a failure.

"Yes!"

When the senior officers in the command tower heard such touching words, they all burst into tears of excitement.

After sending the report, Mikawa immediately replied: "The last general and all the officers and men of the Eighth Fleet are willing to follow the divine envoy and fight the US army to the end, the empire rises and falls, and fights here!" ”

Ignoring pain, despising death, self-sacrifice, and serving the country loyally are the essence of the bushido spirit, which is highly respected by the Japanese army.

Regardless of military rank, regardless of navy or army, as long as they join the army, everyone must be mentally and physically prepared to soar (jade shattering) at any time.

After the order of the provisional supreme commander reached the ships of the Eighth Fleet, the officers and men participating in the battle immediately became excited, vowing to fight to the death against the invading American forces.

Nagumo said in a reply: "There are still two heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, and eight destroyers in our fleet, and we are waiting for the dispatch of Your Excellency!" ”

Prior to this, the two light aircraft carriers, the "Yunying" and the "Chongying," had been rapidly retreating, accompanied by two light cruisers and four destroyers.

As the "Haguro" (Myo-advanced No. 3 ship) began to capsize, Nagumo's Seventh Fleet was basically cut in half in terms of combat effectiveness.

Judging from the attitude of the two callbacks, the young man of the second cargo thinks that he is fighting the US army with a dog (Sanchuan) and a pig (Nagumo).

"How's the Mino doing?"

These three H41 super battleships are the core of the team, and even if one of them sinks, it will weaken their own strength to a certain extent.

"Your Excellency, the port side of the 'Mino' was hit by two torpedoes, the bow and stern were each hit by a bomb, the D turret is temporarily unusable, and the maximum speed has been reduced to 24 knots, but Arima Xin Daisa believes that the ship can still cooperate in combat."

Arima Shin was the first captain of the battleship Musashi, and now he and the crew of the ship have been transferred to work on the battleship Mino.

"Let his battleship come closer, I will repair the superstructure immediately, wait until the battle interval to deal with the underwater part, and order his crew to maintain a high-speed drainage of the injured parts, and beware of water entering the surrounding compartments!"

If it is not repaired, it is estimated that this battleship will not survive the third wave of air raids launched by the US military.

The current situation is that the US military aircraft group is focusing on striking the three super battleships, after all, they pose the greatest threat to the US ground forces on Kuah Island.

However, whether it is a "dreadnought" dive bomber or an "Avenger" torpedo attack plane, for the time being, there is no way to help the "Izumi."

And the "Mino", which has been injured and emits billowing smoke. Obviously, it was better to fight than the "Omi", which did not have major scars on its body, so the ship became the target of public criticism.

On the contrary, Mikawa's two "New King Kong" (Scharnhorst-class battle cruisers) relied on their ultra-high speed (more than 30 knots) to use Z-shaped evasion tactics.

In the not too large area of the Iron Bottom Strait, I played hide and seek at sea with US fighters, and I actually played very slippery, and I didn't suffer much from skin and flesh.

“…… Fuxk！ How is that damn battleship still not sinking??? ”

With angry eyes, the US pilots stared at the battleship "Mino," which had already been scarred by the siege of their own planes.

Germany's emphasis on the merits of the battleship's comprehensive protection capability was particularly evident at this time.

The battleship "Bismarck" was torpedoed by the rudder and could not be turned, and was finally sunk under the siege of half of the British Royal Navy's home fleet.

In order to sink its sister ship "Tirbitz" hiding in the Norwegian fjords, the British army even used bombers and dropped a 5.5-ton "goblet" super bomb to get rid of this "lonely queen of the north".

According to the German Navy battleship genealogy, the H39 is an upgraded version of the "Bismarck" class, and the H41 is a fully strengthened version of the H39, and the sinking resistance is naturally to a higher level.

The Pacific Command and the Pentagon deduced that the full load displacement of such a "super-sized warship" or "Yamatokai" class battleship should exceed 70,000 tons.

The caliber of the main guns is at least 410 mm lower than that of the "Nagato" class, and the speed is slightly faster than that of the "North Carolina" and "South Dakota" class battleships of the US army.

Moreover, through actual combat, it has been shown that the range of the main guns and the sinking resistance of this type of battleship far exceed that of the two types of battleships currently in service in the US Navy.

This is also the reason why Washington is going to frantically build sixteen "Montanas" to destroy these Japanese super battleships.

"Boom ......"

One after another, US fighter planes were destroyed by a volley of dense artillery shells and disappeared into the darkening sky.

Although the US aircraft group had long been prepared for a large increase in the anti-aircraft firepower of the Japanese fleet, the desperate interception by the Japanese army and aviation units was an unknown factor unplanned by the US military.

The second wave of air raids on the Japanese fleet numbered 165 aircraft, but was stubbornly resisted by an entire flying division.

The F-4F was no match for the new Japanese fighters, facing as many as 108 Ta-152s.

Several attack formations formed by the US aircraft group were quickly dispersed by the other side, and then they were separated, surrounded, and even annihilated by ship-based firepower and Japanese fighters.

“…… Hurry up! Let's withdraw! ”

Even if they fly out of the range of enemy naval guns, they will still be surrounded and intercepted by enemy aircraft.

Under the fierce pursuit of the Ta-152, the US air attack aircraft group suffered heavy losses.

In the end, only 28 F-4F "Wildcat" fighters, 17 TBF "Avenger" torpedo attack aircraft, and 15 SbD "Dreadnought" dive bombers, a total of 60 fighters retreated, less than a fraction of the number before the attack.

"Nishida-kun, how much have we lost?"

Just by looking at the surrounding waters with a telescope, the young man knew that the US military was by no means for nothing.

If it weren't for the fast running of the two "New King Kong" (Scharnhorst) and the super resistance of the three H41s, I am afraid that there would be many more large aquariums in the Iron Bottom Strait.

“…… So far, there are three heavy cruisers (Mogami, Haguro, Ashigara). In addition, the 'Chongying' aircraft carrier was ambushed by a US submarine when it was retreating, and now it is difficult to rescue and has to be abandoned! ”

Masao Nishida didn't know how long his fleet would be able to hold out under such a high-intensity battle.

The US military sank an aircraft carrier and three heavy cruisers in two waves of air strikes, and it will definitely not stop there.

If there is another wave of larger-scale attacks, I am afraid that the "Mino" super battleship that has been heavily damaged will not be able to hold on.

The young man of the second cargo saw the concerns of the number one follower, so he said bluntly: "The battle in the future can only become more and more tragic, and there is only one way to achieve the final victory, that is-meet on a narrow road, and the brave wins!" ”