Therefore, for the first time in the history of war, an aircraft carrier formation engaged in a long-distance battle with carrier-based aircraft. The warships of both sides did not have to meet. This was almost the fairest battle in the Pacific naval battle. It basically reflected the combat effectiveness of both sides. However, for the Japanese and American coalition forces
It seems that the two sides met suddenly, but the Far East Navy had already prepared for it.
And in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the carrier-based aircraft of the aircraft carrier battle group were extremely important. As the world's first air force, the Far East Corps, the pilots of the carrier-based aircraft, and the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the fighter planes were obviously higher than those of the United States and Japan, because
Aircraft manufacturing technology was passed to the United States from the Far East, and then to Japan. The Far East is their originator.
Therefore, if they want to engage in air combat with the originator, they must be prepared to annihilate their entire army. Will the Yankees really rush in and accompany little Japan without hesitation in a life-or-death battle?
According to Li Ningyu's analysis, Americans will definitely not do it, because it can be seen from the entire American history that Americans love a comfortable life very much, and they will never fight to the death unless they have to. This is the true American thought.
At the beginning of 1902, the first year after the armistice, Japan's new combined fleet was still immersed in the joy of its establishment, and had completed the first phase of the task in accordance with their own plan and overcompleted the construction of the new combined fleet. However,
After entering the second phase of the mission, Little Japan immediately discovered that even if they built a large naval base in the deep sea of their own island, they would be quickly attacked by the Far East Legion at any time, so the final construction of a large naval base was not determined.
Come down.
From the perspective of Little Japan, the Far East Group not only has a huge military strength, but also has greater economic potential. Little Japan is a country with poor resources. Once it enters wartime, it cannot guarantee the supplies needed domestically. Therefore, they have formulated a Pan-East Asia Circle
, but everything still needs a gradual and complete process.
First of all, little Japan has increased its dependence on the United States, and has shown even more shamelessness to European countries. Even Germany is no exception. They plan to stockpile supplies needed for five years of war before the summer of 1903, and then start organizing expansion.
And Little Japan has forgotten one thing: Will the Far East Group watch them continue to expand?
Although the war has ceased, the Far East Army has not further advanced its circle of influence. It can still expand its defense circle. One of them is to control Australia. This strategy directly reflects the Far East Group's desire to completely monopolize Asia. However, Australia is a British
However, the Far East Group has become a veritable hegemon in Asia, so Britain has no choice but to borrow the help of Japan in an attempt to create trouble for the Far East Group.
At the same time, the Japanese military headquarters also unanimously believed that Australia would be their largest overseas stronghold for counterattacking the Far East Army through Britain and the United States. By then, it would not only threaten the South China Sea region of the Far East Group, but also guard the throat of the South China Sea. Once a war broke out, the Far East Army would not be able to send troops at all.
Taking care of both ends, the small Japanese army can land in Australia, and finally the navy cuts off the connection between the Far Southeast China Sea and the Pearl Harbor base on the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific.
So starting from the beginning of January 1902, with the tacit approval of the United Kingdom, the Japanese army occupied the Bismarck Islands in the northeastern waters of Australia, and established a naval and land base on Rabaul Island. In early March, they occupied Lae, Sasha, New Guinea.
Lamoa Islands.
Finally, as planned, we began to carry out beach landings on Tulagi Island and Port Morbiz. Since the two places were the main activity areas of the US Navy aircraft carriers at that time, in order not to arouse the resentment of the United States, Japan's plan was gradually eliminated.
It was postponed until the outbreak of World War I. At the end of April 1906, the two light aircraft carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku of Japan, escorted by the 1st cruiser formation Myoko and Haguro, returned to the Japanese army.
Occupied Truk Island.
In January of the following year, the plan to attack Tulagi Island and Port Morbiz was immediately implemented. However, the U.S. authorities simply turned a blind eye to Japan's various small actions in the Pacific. They seemed to want to
He sat and watched the reaction of the Far East Legion, but they were all disappointed. Li Ningyu didn't take Japan's little tricks seriously at all, because he knew that the consequences would ultimately be felt by the British and Americans themselves.
However, the Far East Pacific Fleet was dispatched to patrol Port Morbiz and Tulagi Island at regular intervals, so that Japan did not dare to move.
So just after the Coral Sea Aircraft Carrier War was about to begin, the First Air Force formed by the Japanese light aircraft carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku, escorted by the First Cruiser Formation and 6 Japanese destroyers, first launched from Truk Island
Departing, maneuvering all the way south, and finally crossing between Hawaii and the New Guinea Islands, the Japanese Navy wanted to wait for an opportunity to destroy the surface ships of the Far East Legion in this area.
As for the Japanese cover landing formation, it consists of the light aircraft carrier Shoho, 8 cruisers, and 6 destroyers. The first step is to capture Port Morbiz, and such a plan has long been cracked by the Far East intelligence agency, so
After the Japanese advance operation began, the Far East Army also began to respond, but it did many things that were incomprehensible.
On September 28, 1907, the small Japanese Marine Corps set off from Rabaul Island. Under the cover of the Japanese carrier-based aircraft Shoho, the advance landing force encountered only a small amount of resistance on the afternoon of September 28 and occupied the island.
The small island of Tulagi made little Japan ecstatic, so they accelerated the next step.
Shortly afterwards, the main force of the Japanese landing force immediately boarded 14 large troop transports from Rabaul Island, and under the cover of 6 Japanese destroyers and 1 heavy cruiser, began a mighty voyage to Port Morbitz.
But at this moment, three Far East Typhoon-class strategic submarines that had already entered the sea area on standby launched the first wave of attacks.
The Typhoon-class strategic submarine of the Far East Navy can be said to be the most advanced submarine in the world, and it is also the most expensive submarine in the world. It is precisely because it spends a huge amount of money that it has unparalleled performance. The most powerful of them are two major points:
The first is the huge tonnage of 8,000, and the second is the diving depth of 350 meters.
The Typhoon-class submarines waited for an attack, which immediately brought a heavy price to the Japanese army, because the Typhoon-class strategic submarines did not attack Japanese warships at all, but specifically attacked Japanese troop carriers. The first wave of fan-shaped torpedo attacks, twelve
The torpedoes hit seven troop transports instantly.
Immediately, the Japanese landing troops were scurrying around, and the destroyers immediately began anti-submarine operations. However, after the successful attack, the Typhoon-class submarines had already dived into the deep sea, and ordinary depth bombs were impossible to cause any harm to them.
Without the rescue of a large number of warships, most of the tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers on the seven troop transport ships died in the sea. They were not killed by bombings, but because they did not receive rescue, they finally drowned in the sea.