Chapter 22 Bad Luck
Compared with the US military on the Pacific battlefield, the disaster has just begun. The attack was led by Rear Admiral Raymond.
The 67th Special Mixed Fleet commanded by Rear Admiral Spruins, he owns the large aircraft carriers Enterprise and Saratoga, and there are three medium-sized aircraft carriers of 50,000 tons.
But when the entire fleet faces the attack of submarines, Raymond.
Rear Admiral Spruins felt that his fleet was so unsafe.
"God, the Japanese submarines, they are going to launch a torpedo volley again..."
The Japanese submarine attack in the early morning yesterday caused Lieutenant General Robert Gormley to lose all his medium-sized aircraft carriers, and the loss was shocking. But no commander of a fleet could be sure that his warship could escape unscathed under the wolf pack tactics of the opponent's submarines.
According to the orders of Lieutenant General William Frederick Halsey, the 61-standard fleet commanded by Frank Jack Franker and Raymond.
The 67th special mixed fleet commanded by Rear Admiral Spruins put a lot of effort into anti-submarine.
During the fleet's maneuver, within a radius of dozens of kilometers, not only destroyers were constantly patrolling and anti-submarine fighter jets, but also constantly threw float sonar into the sea. Judging from the momentum of these two fleets, it was very useful to float the specialist and cover the entire ocean.
This shows how deeply the attacks carried out by the Japanese Navy's submarine force in the early morning of yesterday left a deep impression on the US Navy.
Then today Raymond.
Rear Admiral Spruenz doesn't want his 67th special fleet to lose several more aircraft carriers. If that were the case, I'm afraid there would be no need to fight this battle in Guadacanal. The losses of the US military have exceeded the bottom line of the commander of the Pacific War Theater General Chester William Nimitz.
"Can't lose the aircraft carrier anymore!"
Raymond.
Rear Admiral Spruins told himself this, so he not only sent fighter jets and destroyers, but also small anti-submarine airships. This is a small anti-submarine airship that can be modified using simple aircraft carriers and carried by ships.
It is equipped with anti-submarine rockets, although it cannot carry artillery due to recoil problems. However, the dense hedgehog launcher can make it complete tasks better than other anti-submarine equipment.
Therefore, when the Japanese submarine group launched another attack on the 67th Special Mix Fleet with two attack groups, they were immediately discovered by the anti-submarine airship patrolling the outside of the 67th Special Mix Fleet. Although the Japanese submarines were almost sunk in the sea as yesterday, when they just opened the door of the torpedo launcher, they were discovered by the people on the anti-submarine airship.
Almost as soon as it was discovered, the "Hedgehog Bomb" launcher dropped the first wave of deep-water bombs on those Japanese submarines.
Then at this time, Japanese submarines faced a problem: whether to launch and guide torpedoes, or to avoid deep-water bombs by maneuvering. It can be said that this is a very sad choice. It is undoubtedly difficult to launch a torpedo in this way at such a long distance.
But if it is not launched, it will take so much time to lurk and lose the opportunity to attack.
"The torpedo is launched with a fan aimed at the target, and it will maneuver immediately after the launch."
Everything became extremely nervous when discovered by the US anti-submarine airship. Major Nakagawa made a decision within a few seconds. Through the radio float, he issued an order to retreat after attacking the entire attack group. As usual, after issuing the order and disconnecting the radio float, he asked the Japanese Navy fleet for help.
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Rear Admiral Spruins immediately reported to Lieutenant General William Frederick Halsey.
"The 67th Special Mixed Fleet was attacked by the Japanese submarine battle group. The destroyer Courage and the Fok light cruiser sank. Our anti-submarine force sank five Japanese submarines! However, our Hawkeye Reconnaissance Fleet has detected the location of the Japanese Navy fleet. The specific location has been sent to you. The 67th Special Mixed Fleet is on standby!"
At this time, Lieutenant General William Frederick Halsey seemed to have foreseeed that he might not have a rest for a long time, so he was filling coffee cup after cup.
He only gave one order to the news that had just been transmitted.
"Immediately join the 61 fleet and grab that bastard Nan Zhizhongyi hard. He will continue to harass him at night and launch a decisive attack early tomorrow morning!"
After dealing with this, he held the coffee cup in his hand again. Looking at the liquid in the cup, he had a bad premonition, thinking that he might have to change to a refreshing drink. His expression almost immediately fell into the eyes of the adjutant and received a response immediately!
"Sir, I think you should try it with a cup of tea. Compared to the richness of coffee, tea is a better refreshing drink!"
Lieutenant General William Frederick Halsey, who was worried that coffee and cigars would lose its effect, accepted the proposal. When a cup of hot green tea was placed in front of him with a fragrance, his tired spirit was revived.
I don’t taste tea very much, this kind of beverage that is not very harmonious with Americans’ living habits. Although drinking tea is becoming the beverage that many Americans would rather choose due to the invasion of Chinese federal culture. Compared with coffee, tea is more awake and does not give people more burdens or adverse effects.
"I heard that the Duke Lukner of the Chinese Federal Navy likes to drink tea. Does he like this kind of tea?"
Looking at the liquid emitted from the cup, he asked the adjutant who gave him a suggestion.
"No, he likes the best Tieguanyin, and the tea he brews for you comes from my tea leaves. You know that green tea can moisturize your skin more than Tieguanyin, and..."
With just one sentence, Lieutenant General William Frederick Halsey, who had just become interested in tea, dispelled the interest of Lieutenant General William Frederick Halsey.
Chapter completed!