Chapter 769 - 770 Fighting Nation
Anyone has such a helpless experience or encounter, they waited there for twenty minutes, they just didn't want to go to the toilet, and finally met the girl on a blind date, and suddenly wanted to go to the bathroom impatiently without chatting a word. The leader of the super creative plan, which he has carefully prepared for three years, has never been polite to Corporal Xian, and finally he was lazy and did one less day's work, and he happened to encounter a surprise inspection by the company......
The Japanese Combined Fleet waited for the United States at Midway for 20 days, but the United States was not fooled, and Yamamoto Fifty-six also felt that Nimitz was clearly a turtle, so he had to take the battleship south to attack "Axis Australia." As a result, not long after Yamamoto left with the Combined Fleet, the US Navy launched an attack on Midway.
Itanium on Midway was not an incompetent man, and his Midway airfield also had a full 110 fighter jets and 90 bombers. However, the quality can really only be said to be average. If they are used as part of the combined fleet, these aircraft are definitely a force to be reckoned with, but if they are acted alone, these aircraft are really not enough.
The main force of the US carrier-based aircraft is the improved P-40 fighter, which is a new fighter that has been reluctantly developed by the German Navy carrier-based aircraft FW-190 and the Japanese Navy Zero fighter, and its performance is better than that of the P-40 used by the US Army Air Force. However, it seems that it is more than enough to deal with those Type 97 fighters in the hands of the Japanese army aviation.
In fact, the Japanese Army also had its own Zero fighter, which was very similar to the real Zero fighter of the Navy, and was named the Hayabusa. It's just that these cutting-edge land-based fighters are deployed on the Japanese mainland and in some important areas, and there are only a pitiful 10 here at Midway, which does not play a role at all.
In terms of strength, they were inferior to the American troops, but in 1939 Japan was a real fighting nation, and their soldiers' fighting quality was high and their determination to fight to the death was the envy of other countries participating in the war. One of the direct effects of the development of the unique Japanese spirit of bushido after combining the idea of loyalty and patriotism was to make Japanese soldiers regard life and death as child's play.
In the sky, the invading American fighters had already merged with the Japanese fighters that had taken off to meet them, and the two sides were entangled in a struggle, and from time to time planes in the sky were shot down and fell to the ground in smoke. At first, the Japanese infantry on the ground raised their guns and cheered, but then the cheers became less and less - because nine out of ten of the planes that fell were Japan's own Type 97 fighters, and very few American planes were shot down.
To be honest, during the war years, when the Luftwaffe was forced to "replace", new aircraft were being tested or put into service almost every month. In just one year, Britain produced two types of aircraft, the Hurricane and the Meteor, while the American aircraft was designed with British engines to improve the original quality. The latest P-51 fighter is already in the test flight stage, and it is claimed that it can already compete with the German FW-190D fighter in various performances.
The Japanese Air Force was still using the aircraft designed in 1936, although this kind of aircraft was indeed very effective and advanced at that time, but with the development of the world's fighter technology, Japan's aviation technology reserves became more and more obvious.
Although the birth of the Zero fighter is a very perverted and excellent design, but it is a completely wrong choice in the choice of development direction, the Zero fighter in the Japanese Navy after a short period of glory, because of the obvious lack of room for improvement, can not keep up with the pace of the times. At present, the design of Japanese fighter planes is not in good shape, which makes the entire Japanese military circle very worried.
"Quick! Send a telegram to Marshal Yamamoto! Tell him that the Americans are attacking Midway! We need the support of the Combined Fleet! Quick!" Antan watched the sky gradually turn into a one-sided battle, and quickly ordered his face-slapping lieutenant to contact the only person who could save him, he didn't know if everything was too late, but as a commander, he had to do everything possible to win the war.
"Ring, ring, ring!" The phone on the table rang, and Anteng walked over and grabbed the receiver, and heard the people inside shouting in a panic: "Your Excellency General! The airport has been attacked by the Americans! The bomb has destroyed the runway, and we are desperately trying to repair it, but there are too many US fighter planes, and I think that soon the air supremacy of Midway Island will be taken away by the Americans." ”
"Ono-kun, please be sure to take off the fighter jet and fight to the death. I have already contacted Marshal Yamamoto, and the navy will immediately rush to support and flank the US fleet, so please cheer up, victory will definitely belong to the Japanese Empire, long live His Majesty the Emperor!"
"Since His Excellency the Shogun already has a plan, it is natural that Ono will fight to the death and do his best for the future glory of the Great Japanese Empire. Ono replied firmly on the phone. On the contrary, they are still winning on the surface, so most Japanese soldiers still believe in the words of the base camp that they will win, and they are willing to believe that they will help their country win the war.
In the hearts of the Japanese, they are unwilling to admit defeat, because they rely on continuous adventures and victories to have today's strong state, and they are eager to rely on gambling to win the future, which can be said to be the most typical bandit logic. But at least these Japanese generals believed that they could win the war and continue the glory of their predecessors.
"Martial arts are long!" Anten hung up the phone after saying this, he did not want to waste his time at such a time, judging from the number of US naval aviation, the probability of the United States landing in the next day was as high as more than 80 percent, and he had to order his troops to be ready for battle to meet the US marines.
Thinking of this, he grabbed the phone again and wanted to call the headquarters of a wing near the seaside trench: "I'm Anteng, you should have seen the attack of the US fighter planes...... Right...... It is necessary to step up the defense work, and if the US forces launch a landing, they must drive the Americans into the sea...... Yes, for His Majesty's sake, not a single American is allowed to go to Midway!"
"Hey!" replied loudly from the officer in charge of the beach defense, "Your Majesty the Emperor, long live!"
In the waters east of Midway, the U.S. Navy's carrier commander Admiral Spruance was deploying troops, and Nimitz chose him as the front-line commander of the U.S. Navy's counterattack on Midway, and this time the U.S. had repaired battleships and the hastily launched new aircraft carrier USS Vespa, in addition to the three remaining aircraft carriers. For the first time, the number of capital aircraft carriers has reached the scale of four that are often used by the Japanese Navy.
In fact, the U.S. Navy planned to be a shrinking turtle until the new aircraft carrier was commissioned, but the fatigue and weakness of the Japanese Navy made the keen Nimitz realize the opportunity, and he planned to take advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese Navy to go south to recapture the strategically important Midway Island and regain the initiative in the Pacific theater.
After all, President Roosevelt, who supported him, is not in a good situation now, the war situation in the Middle East is already very erosive, and the losses in the Atlantic Ocean have also made the United States feel a little painful, and at this time the United States needs a large-scale victory to boost the fighting mood of the whole country, since it is a little troublesome to win from the Axis powers, then start from the Japanese side.
So the U.S. intelligence agencies began to operate at full power, and finally determined the location of Isoroku Yamamoto and his fleet. An American spy in the Marshall Islands took photographs of Isoroku Yamamoto's inspection, and the Australian side also announced the intensification of the Japanese army's offensive, all of which strengthened Nimitz's determination to find self-esteem in the Japanese.
This time, the U.S. Navy almost poured out of the nest, taking advantage of Yamamoto 56's southward departure, and immediately launched this large-scale Battle of Midway. For the first time, General Spruance commanded 4 aircraft carriers, and the tasks carried out were relatively simple, and there was no rush.
Standing on his command ship, the USS Saratoga, he gave the order to continue the attack on Midway: "Order, the second wave of attack forces will begin to take off and suppress the opposing air force as well as the airfield." The third wave of attacking forces then carried out air strikes on ground targets in preparation for the landing!"
"Let these Japanese stupid pigs taste our awesomeness!" As a U.S. Navy commander roared, the guns of a battleship simultaneously began to suppress the Japanese beachhead at Midway, huge flames erupted from the barrels, and then thick smoke rose from the beaches of Midway.
The Japanese troops, who had always had superiority at sea, rarely experienced the pain of being suppressed by naval guns, after all, it was one of the best tactics they played. Therefore, when the US Navy actually bombarded the beachhead, the Japanese Army realized that the improvised fortifications they had built were not worth mentioning in the face of the Navy's giant artillery.
Before he could sit down in his chair, he witnessed the destruction of his beachhead by the guns of the US Navy, and watched the soldiers blown into the sky by the air waves, and the position was completely destroyed by the huge explosion, and he finally realized what a difficult situation he would face.
"Quick! Send another telegram to Marshal Yamamoto Fifty-six! Tell him that Antan must go north at once to rescue the tens of thousands of Imperial Japanese soldiers on Midway! Hurry! We are running out of time!" Anteng looked at his adjutant and said in the most sincere tone.