There are actually countless islands in the Pacific Ocean. According to the area of Midway Island, it is nothing at all. However, its unique and special geographical location determines its strategic position and importance, because the island is 10 kilometers away from San Francisco in the United States and Sasebo in the Far East.
The bases are 2,800 nautical miles apart, midway on the Pacific route between Asia and North America, hence the name Midway Island.
In addition, it is 1,135 nautical miles away from the Pearl Harbor Naval Base in the Far East. It is an important military base and transportation hub for the United States in the Central Pacific region, and is also an outpost deployed by the United States at the gateway to Hawaii. If Midway is lost, the base camp of the U.S. Pacific Fleet will be in ruins.
The Battle of Midway was an important battle because after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the U.S. Navy understood that Midway must be the next target of the Far East Navy because it was too important to the United States, and the U.S. military also wanted to retaliate.
In order to take revenge and hope to open the door to the Hawaiian Islands, the Far East Army also prevented the US military from dispatching to Hawaii.
This time the U.S. Navy's plan is to take this opportunity to draw the strength of the Far East Navy in the Pacific to the vicinity of Midway Island and annihilate it in one fell swoop. In order to achieve this tactical goal, the U.S. Navy also went out in force and invested most of its forces.
, the scale of the fleet even exceeds the scale of the largest naval battle in history.
However, the Far East Army understands that the United States will not be able to make a strong counterattack against the Far East Navy in the Pacific in the short term. However, Li Ningyu is well aware of the military potential of the United States. Once the huge industrial production capacity of the United States is fully integrated into the track of war, the Far East
It would be difficult for the legion to achieve a comprehensive victory, and the hope of victory was very small. Therefore, Li Ningyu hoped to force the United States to declare war before this situation occurred. This was not to sit at the negotiating table, but to quickly end the Pacific War with the United States.
Only then can the United States be completely brought down.
Therefore, some famous military scholars in the world have expressed their views and opinions, claiming that the Far East Navy threatens or is very likely to actually attack the West Coast of the United States.
For this battle, the United States and the Far East have made the greatest preparations. Among them, the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet and all fleets in the Pacific region have entered this battle. The commander-in-chief of the theater is the famous U.S. Navy Admiral Nimitz.
The U.S. Navy participated in the war with four medium-sized aircraft carrier task forces, commanded by Rear Admirals Frank, Jack, Fletcher, and Elliott.
The 17th U.S. Pacific Task Force, commanded by Rear Admiral Buckma, and the 17th U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Group, commanded by Captain Sturt, can be said to have spent a lot of money this time, dispatching 255 Wildcat fighter jets and 788 SBD Dauntless dive bombers.
,333 TBD Devastator torpedo bombers.
All the main aircraft carrier formations and cruiser formations of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet were dispatched. The famous 10,000-ton heavy cruisers include the USS Astoria, the USS Francis, and the USS Portland. There are also 17 destroyer squadrons and more than 300 ships.
Destroyer.
However, the Far East Navy sent out a facelift, including the Far East Pacific Fleet, the Far East Yellow Sea Fleet, the Far East Southeast Sea Fleet, as well as eight aircraft carrier battle groups from East China, South China, Central China, North China, Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, and Tianjin, as well as two Typhoons.
-class strategic submarine.
It is worth mentioning that today's Typhoon-class strategic submarines are no longer the previous Typhoon-class submarines, but strategic submarines equipped with Julang-1 submarine-launched missiles.
Since the missile technology was fully put into use, the Far East Legion missile technology has been gradually growing for ten years. Now it has changed from the original directional guidance to radar guidance. It can be said that it has taken a big step forward. This step is also a qualitative change.
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In addition, in order to win this important battle, the U.S. Naval Intelligence Agency, in close cooperation with relevant British units, began to successfully crack some of the codes of the Far East Navy's main communication system. This was also the first place where the Far East Army was at a disadvantage after the war began.
One of the reasons, but in the end, was that the final direction of the Battle of Midway was irreversible, and the U.S. military completely lost its right to speak in the Pacific region.
Because no matter how advanced the decoding technology of Britain and the United States is, it still cannot replace the technological dominance of the Far East Army. Although it can temporarily crack the Far East communication code and know the approximate correct location, the speed at which the Far East Army changes codes will be worthy of the British and American forces.
The top management is very troubled.
The entire operational plan to attack Midway Island was formulated by the Far East Navy a few years ago. It can be said that everything is ready and all it needs is the east wind. Moreover, the US military has not thought about a problem, that is, if so many US troops suddenly stationed at Midway Island, what will happen to the island?
Are the water supply stations above guaranteed?
Therefore, not long after the war began, the entire Midway Island faced a water shortage crisis, and this was fully exploited by the Far East Legion. After all, American soldiers are different from Far East soldiers. They are very different in terms of beliefs and combat effectiveness.
, after all, on the battlefield, American soldiers will choose to surrender if they run out of food and ammunition, but Far Eastern soldiers will never, they will only fight until the last moment.
In addition, when the U.S. military appointed Major General Spruance to replace the sick Lieutenant General Halsey to command the 16th U.S. Task Force, it did not make much preparation and did not know that Major General Spruance and Commander Ni
Mitz, had an unknown past, which caused a crisis for the 16th Task Force. Instead of mobilizing the main force of three nearby aircraft carriers to support, US commander Nimitz sent more than ten ships to
Support, and finally let them all get into the ambush of the Far East Legion.
The naval logistics support on Midway Island is also weak. After all, there is no decent shipping service on Midway Island, which can work around the clock to repair warships. Even if the aircraft carrier's flight deck is damaged, the U.S. Navy needs to return to the United States if it wants to resurface it. In this way
First, when the battle is intense, the carrier-based aircraft of the aircraft carrier battle group cannot play a decisive role.
At the same time, the commander of the U.S. Navy, Admiral Nimitz, repeatedly violated many U.S. Navy regulations at all costs, all just to achieve the goal of attacking the Far East Navy's aircraft carrier battle group Beijing. Without the above circumstances, Li Ningyu believed that with the
The U.S. Navy's maritime power in the Pacific Ocean region can completely consolidate its dominance, but without these foundations, it is impossible for the U.S. aircraft carrier to be miraculously damaged and miraculously continue to fight like the Far East aircraft carrier.
As the battle to Midway Island unfolded, the Far East Army led by Li Ningyu also began to reach its peak era, a new era belonging to the Chinese. This was Li Ningyu's last battle in his life, so he also came in person
Hawaii is in charge. At the same time, various warships of the Far East Navy began to conduct final inspections and repairs at the Hawaii Naval Base, because tomorrow morning, the Battle of Midway will begin. According to the plan, Li Ningyu will dispatch the Beijing and Shanghai.
An aircraft carrier was the first to attack the USS Enterprise and the USS Hornet.