"Report, the main force of the Japanese fleet has begun to accelerate."
"Report, the Japanese aircraft carrier has begun to launch fighter jets."
"Report, the Japanese battleship force began to organize an attack formation."
"Report……"
Huangdi aircraft carrier, as various information about the enemy fleet was sent back one after another, the atmosphere began to become solemn. Degu must have seen big scenes, but at this time, his face was stiff, his brows were furrowed, and his eyes were fixed. He didn't blink at the sand table in front of him for a long time. "The junior officer once said that the Japanese have a strong attachment to cannons and ships, and it is indeed true." Chen Shichang suddenly said,
As the distance gets closer, the formations and number of battleships of both warring parties are no longer a secret in the eyes of the other side. The total number of battleships, the Pacific Fleet and the Yamato aircraft carrier fleet are not much different, and the gap in the number of main battleships and fighter aircraft is also small. Not big, and can be regarded as evenly matched. The difference is that the Japanese army organizes squadrons based on ship types. As for the Cadet Army, in addition to the submarines and missile speedboat units, the Japanese army organizes squadrons with aircraft carriers and battleships as flagships. Yamato The aircraft carrier fleet is divided into several units according to the sortie sequence, such as the main force, such as the security force, such as the mobile force. Now, the one rushing at the forefront is the third mobile fleet below its mobile force, followed closely behind, then It is the first battleship fleet under the main force, and then there are a large number of destroyers and aircraft carriers wrapped in heavy cruisers. The general formation of the Yamato fleet's main ships, if viewed from the air, is in a flying geese formation. If we follow the example of the Pacific Fleet, it will In the shape of a "pin", there are nine aircraft carrier fleets in line, Han Wu, Wu Dao Tian Wang, Genghis Khan are in the front, Huang Di, Qin Shihuang, Song Taizu are on the left wing, Yan Emperor, Wei Wu, and Tang Taizong are on the right wing. In the middle of the shape is a supply fleet escorted by several cruisers and destroyers.
The air battle started an hour and a half ago, and the confrontation between warships also started an hour ago. So far, Bian Jingdao's Beijing mobile fleet has lost two warships, one destroyer and one heavy tank. patrol, the Japanese army lost four, including three submarines and one heavy cruiser under the Third Mobile Fleet.
When the flagships of both sides were less than 100 kilometers apart, the battle entered a fever pitch. Just when the fighters of both sides began to try to attack the other side's ships, at the intersection of sea areas No. 6 and No. 7 defined by the Xuebing Army, Qi Minghao and Xu Kai led The Ministry launched an attack on the raiding fleet led by Yu Taijun in the south.
The first shot fired by the Pacific Fleet was the "Song-class 512" submarine commanded by Xu Kai himself. Having been detected by enemy sonar troops, Xu Kai's submarine force surfaced and risked the enemy. The ship's gunfire quickly approached the enemy ship group. After losing a Ming-class submarine first, the "Song-class 512" gained the range and released four torpedoes at once.
After discovering that the whereabouts of the aircraft carrier Fukaku were leaked, Minami Utajun asked Nagumo Chuichi for instructions. He believed that there was a possibility of being ambushed by the cadet army when entering the battlefield through the sea between Baba Islands and Yendena Island. Is it okay to ask for instructions? Stationed in the designated sea area and participated in the battle by remotely launching fighter jets, Nagumo Chuichi did not agree to his proposal. Firstly, he thought that there was no time to set up an ambush like the Pacific Fleet. Secondly, the raiding fleet was still 300,000 kilometers away from the battle waters. At a distance of 50 meters, at the speed of the Fifty Special Attack Aircraft, it would take twenty minutes to fly to the battlefield. Based on the current reconnaissance efforts of the Pacific Fleet, once the Fifty Special Attack Aircraft takes off, there will be no secrets left, and twenty minutes is enough. If the Pacific Fleet responded, it would not be able to achieve the effect of a surprise attack, so it insisted that the South execute the plan in accordance with the established plan.
Nan Yun had no choice but to do as he was told. After the sonar soldiers discovered the enemy submarine, he felt worse and worse. He brought up the old discussion with Nan Yun, thinking that it would be better to stay in the current sea area and participate in the battle from a distance to be on the safe side. , Nanyun ordered the main fleet to accelerate into the battlefield, hoping to use this to put pressure on the Xue Pacific Fleet, so that even if Chen Shichang was aware of the existence of the raiding fleet, he would be unable to take care of it. Naturally, he would not agree. He was very dissatisfied with Nanyun's performance. In the call back He said sternly that if Nanbu felt that it was difficult for him to shoulder the tasks of the headquarters, he could hand over the command to the captain of the aircraft carrier Taihawk, Rear Admiral Ishii Yie, who would have full command, "You have nine destroyers. Nemesis of submarines, do a good job in anti-submarine work. Chinese submarines will not dare to approach you at all. Ba Ge, Nanbu, if you think you can't do it, let Ishii Eie take command." Nagumo said such cruel words when he changed the general. Now that they have been released, the South dares to raise any objections. They gritted their teeth and ordered the fleet to speed up.
As Nagumo said, when there are enough destroyers, the threat of submarines to the raiding fleet is actually very small. The threat of submarines to surface ships lies in launching surprise attacks. Now that the raiding fleet is prepared, it means Now, if Xu Kai's troops want to continue the attack, they can only risk naval guns and depth charges to carry out a forceful attack, and this is a disaster for submarines. So, as long as Xu Kai is unfavorable and makes him unconscious, he will definitely give up this attack. And choosing to find another place to set up an ambush, Nanfang certainly knew this, but for some reason, he just felt very uneasy.
In Tokyo, Isoroku Yamamoto divided his forces against Chuichi Nagumo before the battle, and organized a raiding fleet to wait for an opportunity to raid the left wing of the Pacific Fleet. He approved of it. Then, when the raiding fleet encountered the submarine force of the Gakuin Army, his reaction was the same as Nagumo's. , thinking that this was not enough to reverse the situation, but when Qi Minghao's missile speedboat unit showed up, the old devil finally calmed down and took the initiative to ask where the Wuwei aircraft carrier fleet was.
After receiving the enemy information report from Nagumo Chuichi, Tsukahara 243 ordered the fleet to accelerate towards the Timor Sea. However, at this time, his troops were still nearly 1,500 kilometers away from the battlefield. Kilometers, even if the Wuwei aircraft carrier fleet can maintain a continuous sailing speed of fifty kilometers per hour, it will still take thirty hours to arrive at the battlefield. The question is, can the Yamato aircraft carrier fleet last for thirty hours? Or, can they? Will the Pacific Fleet be held back for thirty hours?
Of the four torpedoes launched by the "Song Class 512" in the first round, only one was successful. At the critical moment, Nanfang still demonstrated the improvisational ability of a commander. Under his dispatch, the Japanese army bombarded them with rapid-fire artillery, and then used The frigates were forced to fill in, and the aircraft carrier Fuhe successfully escaped at the cost of only slightly damaging one destroyer.
When submarines attack surface ships, torpedo range has always been the biggest problem. If you want to gain range, you can only enter the enemy ship's gunfire coverage. Therefore, the most common tactic used by submarines is not to launch a face-to-face attack, but to lurk somewhere like an assassin. , waiting for the opportunity to kill with one blow, this is also the fundamental reason why Nanyun insists on Nanyun to act according to the established plan and not to take Xu Kaibu too seriously,
Nan Yun thought that if Xu Kai's troops were discovered, they would never carry out a suicide attack in a clear position, but the fact was exactly the opposite. However, for Xu Kai, he gave up his usual tactics and used his own shortcomings to attack the other's strong points. But it was a helpless move. The Japanese raiding fleet was still quite far away from Yendena Island at this time. In other words, it would take some time for Qi Minghao's missile speedboat force to come over. Of course Xu Kai and Qi Minghao could. They waited for the raiding fleet to get closer to launch an attack. However, after their own reconnaissance aircraft conducted close reconnaissance and found that the flight decks of the fleet's three aircraft carriers were all fifty special attack aircraft, Xu and Qi concluded that After realizing his intention and considering the safety of the main fleet, he did not dare to let it continue to approach the main battlefield.
In response to the attack on the southern part, Qi Minghao's missile boat force was actually the first to launch the attack. However, due to the long distance, it was Xu Kai's submarine force that launched the attack in the end.