Yuan Zhongyi sat in the command cabin, looking at the gray silhouette of the Zuihe in a daze a few kilometers ahead, and he had been sitting here without leaving after the battle was over today. The moonlight at night is indeed a nuisance, and it is impossible to hide the ships several kilometers away. So he wants to wait until the first quarter moon sets at sea level before leaving this post, there should be 1 hour left.

Another thing he is still worried about is whether he can find the enterprise number tomorrow and lock in the victory. Maybe the Americans will return part of the momentum? Returning pilots' accounts varied, with some saying that the Enterprise had tilted at least 30 degrees and that it looked like it was near-finished, while others said that the ship was subsequently leveled. This made him a little worried, if the company ran away, he would inevitably be scolded by Yamaguchi. What about Lexington? Why is Bumblebee in this area? Intelligence indicates that it is on the West Coast, performing to raise war bonds. Why didn't the Americans gather their forces near Wake Island, but committed the big bogey of dispersing their forces, which appeared one after another after a day or two of voyages? Why did enemy communications suddenly disappear? All of these questions are in my mind.

He wasn't as brave as Yamaguchi or Halsey, and this personality made him prone to missing out and being easily confused by the most primitive electronic deception.

"Pay special attention to the submarine tonight."

"Commander, at our current speed, it will be very difficult for submarines to intercept it." The captain of the Shozuru, Takashiro Daisa, said confidently that what he said was true, the low speed of the submarine would inevitably become an obstacle to attacking the high-speed fleet, and the 5th Voyage was currently maintaining a speed of 25 knots and preparing to join the Yamaguchi fleet before dawn.

Since the commander of the battle team stayed on the bridge of the battle, it was difficult for Captain Takashiro himself to leave his duty post to accompany him all the time, which of course was very detrimental to the possible encounter tomorrow. Tomorrow, two new US aircraft carriers will appear from a certain direction in the southeast, and the commander will need to stay energetic.

"Commander, it's almost midnight, you go and rest, there will be a battle tomorrow."

"Well, maybe it's just a superfluous worry." He got up and prepared to leave. It had been a full 10 hours since the last communication from the fleet. During this time, his fleet had already moved about 500 kilometers through a changeable course, and it was impossible to be hit by a submarine.

Captain Jacob carefully calculated the change in the radian of his opponent in the periscope, and estimated the speed and course of the target, and in those days there was no accurate means of ranging, and he had to calculate the advance by the change in the position of the target on the reticle line. On the bright side, the attack does not require too precise ranging, and the submarine attack is a ridiculously slow process, enough for the captain to calculate the timing of the attack.

The enemy fleet did not change course, but the speed was high, he calculated 25 knots. He had identified the centerpiece of the fleet's large Japanese aircraft carriers, similar in appearance to the Wyvern or the Lucky Crane, and several heavy cruisers. After the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy had prioritized aircraft carriers to the forefront of battleships, so he was ready to let go of the battleships in front.

He continued to advance on a risky basis, observing the reaction of the destroyers on the periphery of the enemy fleet. * The attack is naturally as close as possible, and the alert range of a general destroyer is about 1 to 3 kilometers, so he must drill into this defensive circle.

The rumbling on one side was getting closer, and he turned 30 degrees, and a destroyer was approaching, but for 20 minutes the course had not changed. In order for these escort destroyers to keep up with the speed of the aircraft carrier, it will be difficult to change the escort route, the route is easy to predict, and it is easy to find gaps.

Ten minutes later, the Shiyu passed an area of about 1 kilometer in front of the submarine, and the captain ordered to increase the speed and move straight forward.

The first aircraft carrier hurried past in front of him, and he didn't make a move, because it wasn't close enough, and another reason was that he wanted to wait for the destroyer to be farther away, no matter what, there would definitely be a life-and-death escape later.

The second aircraft carrier is about 5 km behind the first.

The captain pressed his head against the eyepiece and waited for it to get closer, then gave the order to fire.

* After receiving the order, the non-commissioned officer in the cabin pulled down the firing handle firmly. In a short gap, 6 of the bow *rushed out* of the tube and advanced forward towards the Crane.

At a distance of 30 km, SCP-419 was the first to listen to the movement of the launch* with a delay of approximately 20 seconds. Of course, she had already discovered the submarine, and the drone could clearly photograph the quietly moving periscope after reducing its altitude at night, and even guess the thoughts of the American captain below by moving through its position.

"It's a bit reckless, but it's a good captain." Cheng Dayang rarely praises his peers, but this time he is not stingy with beauty. Because he saw the periscope close to the rear of a destroyer approaching the target, which showed that he was very bold. Of course, it also makes full use of the blind spot of the destroyer's sonar listening. In this year there were already ship-towed sonars, as well as active detection technology, but the Japanese lagged behind in this regard. I didn't see a towed sonar, and it is estimated that it is only a passive listening device, which will be limited by the noise itself.

There are 6 shallow tracks, extending almost parallel to each other, and it seems that the depth set by the captain is very small, which is not conducive to concealment, which is not a small flaw. But the Crane still did not change course, apparently the lookout post did not see it, and the listening crew did not find the port side high-speed propellant.

"Looks like it can hit. I don't know if I can sink it. ”

He was condescending and had already seen that he was going to be right.

"Then look at the American fortunes." Lin Shou propped his head and said, he really didn't want Cheng Dayang to shoot one more to help the Americans get out of this city later. Because he had a hunch that the Japanese aircraft carrier had not yet arrived.

The UAV captured the silent process of 4 * hitting the target, 2 detonated, and another 2 missed, a very high hit rate, but there were problems with the fuse.

The entire Japanese fleet was probably alarmed, and the two nearest destroyers could be seen turning around and approaching the American submarine.

"Prepare active sonar, maximum power." Cheng Dayang gave the order, he was ready to give the unknown American captain an escape and secretly help.

The Drumfish is making a rapid dive, it has no speed to escape underwater, and must be maneuvering carefully and ready to withstand a series of deep waters*. The entire crew could hear that the Japanese destroyers approaching from both sides, and they had nothing to do but pray for God to bless.

Yamada, the Japanese listener on the destroyer Shiyu, had already caught the small movement of the submarine's leaves, and it was still quietly moving, thinking that it could escape his ears.

As a one-in-a-million ear, Yamada can hear sounds orders of magnitude higher than the average person, and as a child, he discovered that his ears are more sensitive than the family dog. This is also an advantage of Japanese destroyers, which are inferior in technology, to hunt down submarines. In the usual way, he would report the position of the enemy ship to the rear deck *long, and after hearing the deep water * entering the water, temporarily cut off the amplifier. The sound of the explosion would not damage his hearing, but he could not have known that the sound waves emitted by a powerful transducer nearby were approaching at 1.5 kilometers per second, preparing to cause him a temporary deafness.

The active sound wave exploded, like a stick, smashing into the kid's head, enough to turn him into a cage for a while.

The Drumfish heard the destroyer moving away, and then dropped deep water * on a rather unreliable course. Captain Jacob thought, apparently the function of prayer. But after the launch of the *, he also kept praying, why didn't God help detonate the remaining two*?

The submarine sat quietly at the bottom, waiting for the end of the enemy's blind toss, which was estimated to be several hours. During this period, he carefully monitored the water intake of the aircraft carrier. After an hour, the enemy seemed to hold up and began to move.

Yamamoto on the Nagato, still conversing happily with Asano, asked with interest about the fact that he had been shot down because the message had been deciphered.

"So, one of the two planes that took off from Rabaul at that time made a forced landing, and I was shot down?"

"Yes, General Yuhuan survived."

"It's unfortunate, it's unreasonable." Yamamoto smiled, not like he was condemning the sneak attack of the US military, but like he was quite full of Yuhuan's survival.

"So should we review the strategy of the South?" Onishi interjected on the side. He was far less relaxed than Yamamoto, and even began to sweat on his head after hearing about the fiasco at Midway and the meat grinding battle at Kuah.

"There's no rush at this point, let Asano-kun talk about what happened later. It was the case of the defeat in the Bougainville Islands. You brought down Iron Bottom Bay just now? ”

"Yes, the United States and Japan are fighting for strength in the Solomon Islands, and both sides have suffered damage, but our advantage after the war is consumed in vain. As I said, once 1942 is missed, the whole situation will be difficult to turn around. Asano said.

Yamamoto frowned and thought: "If we occupy Bougainville and start a tug-of-war, then where is the enemy's forward base?" It can't be in Australia or New Zealand, it's too far away, it must be in Wattanu? ”

"Yes, their army fighters, the P38s that shot you down, are being refurbished in Vatuanu and flying non-stop to Guadalcanal. Their warship was also there for emergency repairs. ”

"In other words, should we give up the fight for this island?" The nervous Onishi interjected again, his vision was not far away, he could only see the simple causes of defeat, and kept thinking about the countermeasures of those headache doctors.

"I have to judge the whole thing from the point of view of a historical researcher, even if there is no Kuah, there will be a similar war of attrition on the other islands of the Solomon, because our whole strategy is short-sighted, Tojo will even disarm in 1942, and the base camp thinks that the victory of the South Seas is a certainty, which is simply a big mistake."

"So, the base camp has made a serious mistake in judgment."

"That's right, it must be seen that the main support point of the Americans in the South Pacific is Australia, and Japan's lack of determination to win the battle in New Guinea is the turning point of defeat."

Yamamoto nodded but remained silent, waiting for Asano to follow.

"If it is possible to occupy New Guinea, land-based aircraft from where to take off, it will be possible to block the entry and exit of cargo ships from the captured ports of Australia, which will greatly reduce the pressure on the enemy's fleet in other directions. Unfortunately, we maintained a stalemate in New Guinea at the same time, while the enemy held on steadily, and finally gradually drove us back with overwhelming national strength and island-hopping tactics. ”

"Sure enough, it's the incompetence of the army guys that makes our navy top of the cylinder." Onishi jumped out again to express his opinion.